Chapter 694: Bloodbath

Norton roared with anger as he felt his precious fur being soiled with human blood. Ruby pouted indignantly as she was met with yet another punishment from Jake and scandalized stares from the other squad members.

She had nothing to do with this. These natives were really too brittle.

Everyone was focused on that soldier's accidental death rather than the barrier she had erected to save them from being knocked off the demon gorilla. Deep down, she felt Norton was thoroughly guilty of this crime. As soon as he had chosen to gallop at full speed in his bestial form, the mutant should have known that it would end up like this, taking ordinary humans on his back.

For the time being, if there was one person who was extra lucid about his condition, it was Trash. At his request, he had let himself be tied up by Carmin's whip to avoid such a fatal ending. The Vampire had squeezed a drop of blood from him out of gastronomic curiosity, but she had quickly lost interest in him after revealing a disheartened countenance.

Lily also tasted his blood by pricking his fingertip with one of her sharp fingernails, but her reaction proved to be even more raucous than her older sister's. Seized by a fit of giddiness, she retched a few times akin to a toddler eating spinach for the first time.

"It looks like you have the potential to live safely in Laudarkvik." Elduin nudged the teenager teasingly. "Odd, the Vampires seem to find your blood stale. Any idea why?"

Ignoring the answer, Trash shook his head, but if Jake wasn't busy leading the way he could have provided an explanation. The Oracle Scan had clearly mentioned that the orphan was also Half-Leprechaun.

So he wasn't human. Hence the indigestion.

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