A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 499

Chapter 499: Chapter 373: What if We Can't Win?_1 Chapter 499: Chapter 373: What if We Can't Win?_1 It must be said that subduing the Snow Woman was both easy and hard for Duanmu Huai.

The easy part was that he didn't have to lift a finger. The Snow Woman didn't put up a fight and just laid herself flat.

The hard part… even though the Snow Woman was passive and taken down, her inner self was still resisting becoming a familiar of Duanmu Huai.

Which meant…
“Damn, failed again.”

Duanmu Huai couldn't help but let out a harsh curse when he saw the rope slip from the Snow Woman's body. Fearful from his angry roar, the Snow Woman immediately shrank back.

Because the capture of Tutu went smoothly, Duanmu Huai was not aware of the consequences when a demon beast resists from within. Now he understands why demon beast trainers need binding ropes to catch demon beasts. Despite having the Snow Woman bound up nice and tight, the rope would just slide off her body as soon as he was done tying the final knot. It's as if he was trying to bind a piece of porcelain or something.

Duanmu Huai thought maybe if he knocked out the snow woman, who was resisting him in her heart, everything would work out. However… It turns out that this Snow Woman, with her sniveling exterior and seeming spinelessness, still didn't want to become Duanmu Huai's familiar…

“Such a hassle…”
Duanmu Huai scratched his head, looking at the Snow Woman. At this moment, the Snow Woman was crying on the ground, her clothes in disorder, kimono terribly unarranged, and even her shoulders were exposed… Of course, this was not because Duanmu Huai did something to her, but a small mistake during binding.

“Let me see what the book says… The book doesn't say anything! Damn it!”

Duanmu Huai flipped through the Atlas again and then threw it aside in frustration. The book only wrote about how to capture and what happens if the capture fails, but it didn't mention how to remedy the situation after a failed capture. Isn't there a Master Ball for trapping difficult Pokemon? Is subduing a Demonic Beast Lady really this complex?

Of course, that's a game setting. Whether or not a real elf would be so easily responsive… Duanmu Huai didn't know.

The contracts with Tutu and the maid were quite easy, giving Duanmu Huai a false impression that capturing a Demonic Beast Lady was not a big deal. Now it seemed that was not the case at all… no wonder there was such a lack of female Demon Beast Trainers in this world.

“Sigh…”
Looking at the Snow Woman again, Duanmu Huai sighed helplessly and stood up.

It can't be helped, this one is uncapturable. Saying yes with her lips but no in her heart, the forced melon is not sweet. But now Duanmu Huai knows that not all Demonic Beast Ladies are as silly as Tutu…

“Forget about it, let's move on.”

Having concluded that the Snow Woman in front of him did not want to follow him, Duanmu Huai did not want to waste more time on her. After all, it was just a task, catching a rare one would be his personal wish, it would be good to catch one, if not, finding any one to complete the task would do…

“Huh?”

Seeing Duanmu Huai turn around to leave, the Snow Woman appeared stunned.

“Wait, where are you going?”

“I'm leaving, sorry to have disturbed you for so long. Since you're unwilling, we'll leave it at that.”

Duanmu Huai waved a nonchalant hand and headed down the mountain. Seeing this, the Snow Woman stood startled.

“Wait, that's it? Don't you plan to pin me to the ground, ignoring my struggles and cries, ruthlessly violate my body and soul, until I'm exhausted enough to submit?”

“………”
What kind of masochist?

Duanmu Huai twitched a corner of his eye at the Snow Woman's question.

“You want to be treated like that?”

“No, no way!”

The Snow Woman jumped up in a hurry, took two steps back, and shook her head vigorously.

“I am a Snow Woman, I will never submit to humans… But, but if not, humans will treat me violently. They will capture me and force me to submit. Even my pure body will be subjected to the torture and play of humans, they won't let me go no matter how I cry or plead. Yes, then I will be treated like an animal, ah… as a Snow Woman, being bossed around by humans…”
As she spoke, the Snow Woman clung to her body, trembling slightly, her voice getting more and more emotional. She lifted her head to the sky, her body shaking uncontrollably.

“I would then be locked in a filthy and sunless room, used by humans as a venting object day after day. My body would also become terribly dirty, when I cry and beg them to let me go, they would only step on my face, saying I'm a worthless stray dog… Ah, I would be treated so cruelly…”

“… Let's go.”

Duanmu Huai silently turned his head and walked down the mountain.

Even if this Snow Woman begs him, he doesn't want her now.

When she doesn't speak, she seems quite human… In a way, this rare creature truly is rare.

“…then I would end my life in a dungeon, becoming a forgotten, rotting, and filthy corpse… huh?”

It took some time before the Snow Woman seemed to come back from her imagined life. When she regained her senses, Duanmu Huai had long since vanished from sight.

Where did he go?

The Snow Woman looked around, puzzled.

“This must be a human scheme, they want to let my guard down, reignite my yearning for freedom, then plunge me into the despairing abyss, making me submit to the man… Yes, that's right, I won't let him succeed!”

Returning to her senses, the Snow Woman quickly thought things through, and reached a conclusion. Then she clenched her fists, glaring at the mountain's foot.

“Don't think you can hide from my sight. Since you want me to let my guard down, then I will watch you to see how long you can keep up this charade!”

As her words fell, the Snow Woman vanished into the whistling cold wind in a flash of light.

“How did we end up dealing with this kind… ”
Meanwhile, Duanmu Huai headed down the mountain, grumbling to himself.

When you talk about Snow Women, aren't they typically icy beauties? Of course, when “that one” doesn't speak, she is indeed an icy beauty, but once she opens her mouth, she's just an aberration.

“Ahahaha, Tutu finds her very interesting!”

“Occasionally, this type of Demon Beast species does show up…”

While Duanmu Huai was complaining, Tutu didn't seem to mind. The maid, on the other hand, spoke in a calm tone.

“Forget it, we'll come to the snow mountains later. Let's go to the plains below… oh, looks like they have already arrived?”

While continuing the conversation, Duanmu Huai turned his gaze forward. Not too far off from the foot of the mountain, he saw a group of girls running around on the plains. They were wearing strange clothes, with ears on their heads and tails behind them…

“Ah, those are the Horse Maidens.”

The maid looked in the direction of Duanmu Huai's gaze and provided an answer.

“They always move in herds across the grasslands. They're quite hard to catch, these girl monsters.”

“Let's choose one of them.”

After dealing with the Snow Woman, Duanmu Huai no longer wanted to find any more rarities. He decided to simply complete the task and be done with it.

As soon as he finished speaking, Duanmu Huai picked up Tutu and the maid, along with Ogis. They jumped off the cliff and landed directly on the grassland below.

“Thud!!”

A loud landing sound echoed, startling the Horse Maidens who were running nearby. They stopped and curiously looked in his direction. They whispered to each other after seeing Duanmu Huai, but it was unclear what they were saying.

Duanmu Huai set Tutu, the maiden, and Ogis on the ground, then walked over to the Horse Maidens. Soon, one of them, who seemed to be their leader, stepped forward.

“What do you want?”

“I'm a Demon Beast Trainer.”

Duanmu Huai stared at the Horse Maiden and spoke. He found that, unlike Tutu and the maid, the Horse Maidens depicted a lot more variations. They all had ears and tails, but the color of their hair, their looks and even their sizes were all different. But for Duanmu Huai, now was not the time to think about these things.

“I want to sign a contract with a Horse Maiden to become my Familiar.”

“I see.”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai's words, the Horse Maiden thought for a moment and nodded.

“Are you the successor of that Demon Beast Trainer?”

“Something like that.”

“Understood.”

The Horse Maiden nodded again and stepped aside.

“If you want a Horse Maiden to become your Familiar, the rule is very simple. Race against us, if you can win, then you can sign a contract.”

“…What?”

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai was stunned.

He hadn't expected the other party to be so straightforward…but the problem was…this rule…it was risking his life!

Because Duanmu Huai's Agility was only 14 points!

Of course, compared to ordinary humans, Duanmu Huai's Agility was quite high. But… Horse Maidens – like Tutu who has the characteristics of a rabbit, undoubtedly have the characteristics of a horse.

Can an ordinary person outrun a horse?

Definitely not possible.

Duanmu Huai… At the moment, he didn't have his Power Armor or Jetpack with him, nor any Soul Cards to increase his speed!

A race against the Horse Maidens?

Can he win??

What should he do now?

When faced with the Horse Maidens' demand of a race, Duanmu Huai was instantly thrown into a dilemma…

Chapter end

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