By the end of the sentence, Elza's tone seemed to be filled with pain, her eyes were slightly teary and she looked like she was ready to beg.
Fynn saw her like that and felt a little bad, he glanced at Kale from behind, as for the blade handle he was grabbing before, he had long forgotten about it.
'Is it a good idea for them to stay with the master?' He thought, he didn't even realize that he had seriously started to address Kale as master without considering the age difference even when thinking.
Kale saw the expression of the woman and sneered inwardly 'This bitch, she is trying to probe what type of man I am, if I have the fetish of saving a woman in distress or enjoy a helpless woman begging to me? Humph, even the weakest Elite I trained back then won't be fooled by something like that, you wanna play? Sure,'
"No need, but how can I trust you, you are three and we are two, anything can happen inside a dungeon, what if you three are actually thinking of killing us to seize the treasure, what if you have hidden weapons," Kale said with a faint smirk.
Elza was somewhat taken back by Kale's slight change in tone but then she noticed his faint smirk and loosened, she felt like she understood the hidden intention behind his words.
She made a reluctant and limited hateful expression when looking at him, she then again looked at her companions who were anxiously looking back at her and deeply sighed. Elza turned to Kale and a light of resolve flashed in her eyes. She clenched her hand into a fist then loosened it and spoke.
"You are right to think like that friend, we might have a hidden weapon with us under the clothes and may try to ambush you as a group using numbers as an advantage, so I have a solution, we three are adults and have the mature mentality, removing the upper armour to show some skin and confirm that we have no hidden weapons isn't a big deal.
As for the grouping problem, we can divide into two groups based on age difference during the checking, that elder friend there, you can search me while Xara and Zalie can be searched by the young friend there. We can put aside our weapon during the checking to show our friendly intentions too, how?" Elza said with a serious and understanding face.
Fynn on the side was stunned. He looked at Kale with wide eyes, Fynn wasn't a fool and can understand the hidden theme behind the conversation. He was wondering if Kale wasn't the type of person he thought he was, Kale too might have the same weakness in front of beauty.
Kale's eyes widened and he lightly laughed, he said "You are more sincere than I thought, taking your sincerity into account, we will also leave our weapon behind during the searching, once we confirm that you aren't an enemy we will help you get out safely with the best of our abilities as fellow adventurers,"
He purposely decided to leave the weapons out, because if he didn't then it would seem suspicious, moreover giving up the weapons will make the enemy let down their guard if he didn't do it and Elza becomes suspicious, then she might change her mind and attack right now.
Elza looked relieved after hearing his words, Kale continued "But first let me discuss some things with my friend here, he is a little uncomfortable to present his opinions in front of others,"
Elza nodded with a hollow smile, she acted like she already knew what kind of boyish talk the two was about to have.
Kale signalled Fynn to follow and went behind the tents, Kale confirmed that no one was around then taken out a long sharp needle from his inner weapon holding belt.
{Listen well, I don't know what and how you are going to do it, either do a sneak attack, play the flesh slapping game, start the love chat or gain her sympathy, I want to see her dead the next time I come to see her, and if you got overcome by lust and tried to have your way, forgetting the task assigned to you, then believe me, it's your last night as a man.
This needle here contains the best poison I have right now. If you can, then sneak attack with this, it will slow her down temporarily then kill her, and yeah, don't make any noise that can cause a disturbance,} Kale transmitted the message to him.
Kale handed him the needle then patted his shoulder before he turned around to leave.
Fynn dumbly looked at the needle in his hands then at Kale, it took him some time to process the meaning behind the words said to him, he reacted {Wait, I won't do it,}
Fynn instinctively replied.
Kale steps halted, he slowly turned around and looked at him with eyes filled with endless chilling cold intent {Did I hear it wrong? What did you just say?}
Fynn's body shook, he felt like he was locked inside an ice coffin having no way out, still, he thought about the woman a while ago and gathered some courage, he replied {Even if you punish me, I... I won't blindly kill innocents for no reason,}
Kale stared at him for a few seconds then his serious expression turned into that of amusement, some memories flashed by his eyes {Humans... What interesting creatures, if it was an ugly man with scars on his face seeking help instead of that beautiful woman then no matter how kind he may be, people would treat him like a demon but because it is a beautiful woman, even if she is an assassin who kills without caring about her enemies' life or their families, her smile is making you court death.
You stopped thinking with your brain the second you saw her beauty, it is people like you who spout nonsense that they didn't find true love or someone loyal that cared about you, what you people really want is a peerless beauty out of your reach, something you never deserved, as for the ones that really care for you, you completely ignore them,}
After saying that much Kale walked closer to him and said {Listen you fukking idiot, you think you can get punishment for mission failure and get away with it? You dumbass, if you don't kill her, she will kill you.
You worked under that bandit for so long now acting nice won't make a difference, you worry about that beauty right? Listen well, if you don't kill that assassin, then even if you managed to survive, I will kill both her and you, and you should already be aware that I won't give you an easy death,}
After saying that much Kale turned around and left, Fynn was left standing on the spot, from the words earlier, he noticed Kale calling her an assassin, he always believed whatever Kale said. He already believed that the woman was an assassin and now that he revised everything that happened, things became clearer but still, this time, Fynn was having issues in executing his task.
Kale also knew it was foolish to send three women to bait and kill them with such a bad plan, but he also knew that according to assassins they weren't found out.
After a few seconds, Fynn came back following behind Kale, the three women looked at each other and nodded.
Elza followed behind Fynn and went into the tent on the left side, while Kale supported Zalie with Xaxa and proceeded to the tent on the right.
***
Once inside, Kale slid the curtain and feigned a serious expression staring at Xaxa standing in front of him.
Zalie acted shy like usual as she sat on the side, and held her bandaged leg.
Xaxa coldly looked at Kale as she removed her wrist guards, then reached out to remove the upper armour, as the armour was removed Kale could almost see her chest slightly bounce, the innerwear was made of soft cloth to protect against the friction between armour and skin but it also fully showed her around curves.
Xaxa ignored his stare then loosened her waist belt dropping down the lower armour and removing the metal plate boots, once she finished removing all the armour, she was left wearing a one-piece white gown like innerwear that started from her shoulders and barely covered some of her thighs.
Kale then glanced at the other girl.
Zalie was sitting on the ground, she was a little shorter even compared to Xaxa, she removed her armour while sitting, unlike Xaxa who furiously stared back at Kale all the time, Zalie looked down in embarrassment.
Kale then switched back his attention to Xaxa, whose eyes were almost emitting killing intent.
"Now we done?" She said in a cold tone, as she spoke she reached out her hand to pull the armour on the ground but Kale stepped forward and grabbed her wrist.
"What's the hurry?" Kale said with a smile as he closed the distance.
"What do you want?" Xaxa said with anger flashing in her eyes, and even Kale could tell, this anger wasn't fake.
"Oh? Angry aren't we? Acting like you didn't know the inside story," Kale said with a smirk as he held her chin tightly with his other hand.
Xaxa gritted her teeth but didn't speak, Zalie was acting shy on the side, but her attention was fully focused on Kale, she was slowly unwrapping the white bandage around her 'injured' leg.
Xaxa tried to resist but didn't attack, she had no intention to ruin the plan, she was securing the opportunity for Zalie.
In the next second, Kale did something completely out of her expectations, he grabbed her waist, pulled her chin closer and sealed her lips with his.
Xaxa felt the soft warm sensation of his lips touching hers, the feeling alone made her mind go blank but then the realization hit her and the shock turned into deep anger, frustration and hate towards Kale.
Contrary to her, Kale completely neglected her change in attitude and her trembling body, instead, he sucked on her lower lip then slid down his other hand at her back and squished the round piece of flesh tightly.
Xaxa tried to moan in pain, her mouth opened and Kale took the opportunity to slide his tongue into her mouth, Xaxa felt disgusted, she was about to bit on it but then realized Kale's grasp over her chin was very tight, she had higher strength compared to normal humans, due to being a dwarf, that could be further increased using Battle Qi, but she didn't use it, she rolled her eyes towards Zalie.
Zalie was already in action, she unwrapped the bandage from her leg and wrapped it around her right hand, she injected some Qi in it then the bandage shrank and became tougher like a metal, numerous thin spikes appeared on its surface. She quietly approached Kale from behind, reading to deal a lethal blow.
At the same time, Xaxa felt something wrong, she realized that she couldn't sense her tongue anymore, a numb feeling spread around her throat, her vocal cord lost its use, making her unable to utter a sound then her whole body started to feel weak.
Her eyes widened, she peeked at Kale who didn't seem bothered in any way, she understood something very bad was going on, she again looked at Zalie trying to warn her.
But Zalie's attention was fully on Kale's movements, she didn't recognize the change in Xaxa's eyes.
Zalie clenched her fist, the muscles on her hand tightened summoning an untestable force, she had no idea that numerous Ghost Spirits were surrounding them right now, watching her every move, the second she raised her fist and was about to strike.
Kale reacted.
Psychonic Energy gushed out of his Origin Chasm and spread in the whole body.
Swoosh... Swoosh... Swoosh... x 2
Several sharp bone spikes grew from his bone frame and came out of his back piercing his own skin in the process, Zalie had no idea about his mutant traits and was taken by surprise.
She instinctively defended using her hands, sharp bone spikes pierced her arms and waist then retreated as fast as they came, leaving tiny holes on Kale's back.
Zalie stepped back and looked at Kale in shock, she then noticed the unnatural widened eyes of Xaxa. Kale released her lips and his hand holding her, Xaxa fell to the ground without any resistance, she could see Kale but could do nothing, she had lost all control over her body.
"You knew!" Zalie said as she dashed at Kale at her fastest pace trying to punch him again, retreat wasn't an option for her due to the situation.
Kale smirked.
'Vanishing Ghost Step'
Zalie was ready to punch but Kale disappeared from her vision, just then, she saw two hands passing from below her arms from behind then holding her neck from the sides, before she reacted, Kale applied a body lock move on her then bumped her head on the ground.
A normal person would see the world spinning after that much, but Zalie was different, the situation only made her battle intent surge, she was confident in her innate strength, she believed she could break this body lock with sheer force, but in the next second she felt her body turn numb.
'How? I too got poisoned? But we didn't kiss, wasn't the poison on his lips,' Several similar questions appeared in her head, Kale knew her doubts but he wasn't interested in answering them.
After he finished cultivating the first phase of ‹Nether Venom Body›, all the fluids coming out from his body carried the paralysis venom, whether it was his saliva forced into Xaxa's mouth or the blood on his bone spikes when they penetrated Zalie's arms.