“Ouch”
The black whip gently pressed against Nuo Ai’er’s tender cheek. The slightly cool touch made the white-haired loli, tightly bound in the rope net, tense up all over.
“Sister Stella!”
In that moment of extreme tension, Tina, who was also restrained nearby, finally couldn’t hold back and pleaded.
Tina’s voice was very soft. “Please… don’t hurt Nuo Ai’er…”
She knew her situation was terrible. Given Stella’s usual temper, going against her would end badly.
The only thing she feared was Stella getting angry enough to actually harm Nuo Ai’er.
She wasn’t afraid of being punished herself.
She absolutely couldn’t accept her benefactor being bullied in front of her.
“I insisted on protecting her. I deliberately disobeyed you. Nuo Ai’er has nothing to do with it.”
Tina spoke each word humbly and sincerely.
Nuo Ai’er: dare not speak.
Bound nearby, Nuo Ai’er closed her eyes gently.
‘She knows Stella is unreasonable.’
But hearing Tina lower herself to plead for her made Nuo Ai’er’s heart ache a little.
Stella watched silently for a long moment, then sighed softly.
As her voice fell, she raised her hand and withdrew the black whip hovering beside Nuo Ai’er’s cheek.
“This isn’t interesting.”
The two lolis were both surprised by this.
Stella casually gripped the whip and asked slowly:
“I’m asking you: what exactly happened in this cabin just now?”
At that, both Nuo Ai’er and Tina were momentarily stunned.
Especially Nuo Ai’er—her eyes were full of confusion and bewilderment. Her little mind went completely blank.
‘What’s going on?’
‘Why is Stella suddenly asking that?’
Actually, Stella had been so furious at Tina’s defiance that she used her talent to knock them both out, tied them up, and was about to punish them.
But after calming down, the more Stella looked, the more wrong things seemed.
While cooling off outside, she had carefully inspected the entire cabin.
High-intensity battle traces everywhere…
And many cutting marks.
All the evidence indicated that an extremely intense, irregular fight had taken place here.
There was no way these two lolis could have caused that kind of destruction.
Stella originally thought Tina was lying to protect an enemy.
But now, it might not be false.
She had to admit that she had been blinded by anger and assumed Tina was lying.
But the actual combat marks on the scene couldn’t be faked.
If a third party not belonging to either guild had really intruded, and a deadly crisis had occurred—
Then—
Stella’s eyes still held deep confusion.
She looked at the petite Nuo Ai’er, unable to figure out the key point.
‘With such a small body, seemingly powerless, barely able to protect herself—how could she have saved Tina from danger of that level?’
Stella was genuinely curious.
She wanted to know what ability this soft-looking little prisoner possessed.
Facing the guild master’s question, Tina didn’t hide anything. She faithfully recounted everything that had just happened.
“I see…”
After hearing the whole story, Stella fell silent.
She stared blankly at Nuo Ai’er, still tied up.
“This…”
‘It seems she underestimated this white-haired loli.’
‘Her planning was extremely meticulous.’
‘Sharp mind, calm under pressure, and her predictions were spot on. She even took a hit for Tina in the end.’
If everything Tina said was true, then Nuo Ai’er was indeed Tina’s real lifesaver.
“I understand. Since you really saved Tina, I…”
She slowly raised her hand, ready to untie them completely.
[Ding—!]
But just a second before untying, a cold system prompt sounded in the minds of all three.
[A player has been eliminated!]
It was a guild elimination notification, broadcast only to guild members; outsiders couldn’t hear it.
The next moment, three completely different expressions appeared in the cabin.
Nuo Ai’er heard the cold notification from Glazed Guild.
[Glazed Guild player—Hui Mei, has been eliminated.]
Nuo Ai’er: …
‘Hui Mei got eliminated?!’
Nuo Ai’er’s pupils shrank instantly.
‘What’s going on?!’
Meanwhile, Tina’s ears were empty—no notification yet.
She blinked, then looked at Nuo Ai’er’s suddenly panicked and pale face, and immediately realized—
‘Did something happen to someone from Glazed Guild?’
But then she was stunned too.
Because both Tina and Stella heard the Falcon Guild’s system broadcast at the same time.
[Notice: Falcon Guild player—Nailuo, has been eliminated early.]
Nailuo.
Eliminated?
Instantly, all the softened expression on Stella’s face froze completely.
All the earlier regret vanished in that moment.
“What…”
‘Nailuo was eliminated…’
‘She lost the game before they could even meet up?’
Since Stella didn’t know the specifics, and didn’t know Hui Mei had also been eliminated, she now saw only her own guild falling behind.
The slight gratitude she had felt toward Nuo Ai’er was instantly swept away by the crisis of the guild battle victory.
“Damn it—”
Stella gritted her teeth and entered an extremely aggressive state again.
The situation had changed drastically now. She had no time to consider favors.
Her only goal was to squeeze more useful information out of this little prisoner!
Stella’s eyes turned sharp, fixed on Nuo Ai’er, her voice cold and fierce:
“Sorry, I’ll remember the favor, but I don’t have time for that now. I have to win!”
“Tell me all the intel about your Glazed Guild—everything!”
Nuo Ai’er: Ah?
The sudden change caught Nuo Ai’er off guard.
She was still panicked over Hui Mei’s elimination, her mind blank and dazed.
‘Did the other side also lose a member?’
‘If so…’
“Th-That, actually our guild also had a—”
A black whip shot out.
Stella didn’t give Nuo Ai’er a chance to say another word.
The long whip struck precisely, hitting Nuo Ai’er’s slender, fair thigh.
Slap!
“Wuwu…!”
A slightly numbing sting exploded.
The sudden lash made Nuo Ai’er let out a soft, sweet cry.
Her words were cut off.
Before she could recover from the sting, the second whip fell!
Slap!
This one lightly grazed Nuo Ai’er’s small chest.
“Ooh ooh ooh ×__×”
Stella wasn’t hitting hard—it wouldn’t cause serious injury.
But for a clumsy loli like Nuo Ai’er, it was painful enough.
Only broken, soft, sweet cries escaped her throat.
Seeing this, Tina panicked and quickly tried to plead again:
“Sister Stella! Don’t—Ah?!”
Before she finished, another whip struck her.
Stella’s eyes were cold, her voice full of anger and disappointment:
“You traitor. You heard Nailuo was eliminated, right? You can’t protect the enemy now!”
The whip didn’t stop.
Lash after lash fell continuously.
The force was deliberately restrained—just punishing taps with a numbing sting, perfect for disciplining naughty lolis.
“Wuwu! Yaaah! Ooh ooh… I’m gonna die.”
Nuo Ai’er was already weak and limp. With each whip hitting her, she could only let out soft, sweet cries, her body trembling, unable to dodge.
Tina couldn’t help but softly exclaim:
“Nuo Ai’er… Ah!”
The closed cabin was filled with sharp whip cracks and soft loli cries, echoing one after another.
Nuo Ai’er: I can’t take it anymore.
Leinata, Emilia, come quickly. I miss you…