Chapter 24:  On the Tenth Day of Being a Slave, the Escape Plan Begins

Chu Tian stared at the stunningly beautiful girl before him, babbling a string of words that nearly left him dazed.

His gaze was fixed solely on her face… she was simply too breathtaking.

As for the girl’s specific proposal, he roughly grasped the gist of it.

First, Su Nian no longer wanted to work handing over the tasks of feeding magical beasts and cleaning the cave to the goblins.

That wasn’t an issue.

As for…

The strength-draining potion.

Chu Tian pondered carefully.

Having been deceived by Su Nian once before, he still felt a lingering unease.

Fine.

He’d trust her this once.

Besides, after tormenting the girl these past days, he had amassed a tremendous amount of Anger Points, and his strength had undergone a qualitative transformation.

In contrast, Su Nian had been imprisoned all this time-her power could only have weakened.

Even if she were restored to her peak condition, she would still be no match for him.

Of course.

He still disliked the idea of the girl deceiving him or attempting to escape.

If that happened, he might have to revert to his original plan…

Before that.

Chutian had two different paths for dealing with Su Nian.

Namely, the Ultimate Torment Plan and the Joint Beast-Raising Plan.

The first path, the Ultimate Torment Plan, was centered around Chu Tian’s ruthless exploitation of Anger Points to rapidly enhance his strength.

It was divided into three stages.

The first stage where they were now-involved imprisoning Su Nian, controlling her food and drink, and using rewards and punishments to make her understand that he was her master.

The second stage would deepen the torment, employing collars, restraints, and other tools-even taking her to cities where slavery was legal for further “training.”

The third stage would crush her dignity and everything else, turning her completely into his submissive pet.

This multi-layered approach to extracting Angry Points would maximize his strength growth.

Yet, before even reaching the second stage, Chu Tian had begun developing reluctant affection for Su Nian during their interactions, making him consider switching paths.

Namely, the path advocated by Human Chu Tian-the Joint Beast-Raising Plan.

Treating the girl as his wife, they would capture and raise magical beasts together, relying primarily on the negative emotions of these creatures to grow stronger.

Though Human Chu Tian’s approach was slower in terms of power progression…

Perhaps this was the only way to truly earn the girl’s favor and affection.

For now.

Chu Tian hadn’t settled on a definitive path.

At present, Su Nian’s proposal-that she manage the beasts while he went out to capture them-aligned somewhat with his future plans.

It was worth a try.

However…

If the girl before him used her restored strength to escape or even attempt to kill him…

Then he would have no choice but to reconsider the first plan.

“You can leave out that potion in future meals, but…”

“Remember this well-as your master’s slave, the one thing you must never do is betray or flee from me.”

Chu Tian, confident in his newly enhanced strength, still couldn’t help adding a warning.

“Mm-hmm, I’ll remember. I’d never betray Master,” Su Nian replied sweetly, though in her heart, she added, Yeah, right.

Everything she did was for the sake of escape.

Did he really think she’d submit to a horned demon and be his slave for life?

In his dreams!

The next three days passed.

Su Nian’s strength gradually recovered, and as planned, she handed over all the original tasks to the goblins.

Once her power was restored, she even gave those goblins a beating…

They deserved it for looking at her with those lecherous eyes!

Time passed, and it was now the eighth day of Su Nian’s captivity.

The number of magical beasts in the cave had increased.

Since stronger beasts absorbed more “anger points,” Chu Tian had even slaughtered a few of the low-level demon wolves captured earlier.

Because of this, Su Nian finally had meat to eat.

Over these three days, Chu Tian, still somewhat uneasy about the possibility of Su Nian escaping, frequently reinforced the cave entrance.

As for his own strength, he seized every opportunity to improve himself whenever he gained anger points.

By now, Chu Tian had reached B+ rank, following a solid path of dual cultivation in martial arts and magic.

His physical strength, swordsmanship, and mastery of dark and lightning magic had all improved simultaneously.

As for Su Nian-

Ding dong!

The host’s status has changed to “Healthy.”

Current Status:

Clothing Integrity: 91%

Condition: Healthy

Status: Imprisoned

Virginity: Intact

Su Nian sat in her rocking chair, supervising the goblins and orcs at work.

Now that her strength had fully returned, the ropes binding her hands had been removed.

If any magical beast bared its teeth at her or any disobedient goblin or orc acted up, she wouldn’t hesitate to deliver a solid kick to the gut.

If they still didn’t behave, she’d follow up with a “heart-lung revival” and a “dragon fruit” treatment.

Over time, the looks these creatures gave her became much more… respectful.

In just these few days, her standing within the cave had skyrocketed.

From being bound and locked in the deepest cell, she had risen to command the other monsters, becoming the second most powerful figure in this demonic lair.

Truly, second only to one!

As for the chair she now sat on and the comfortable mattress she slept on at night…

She had acquired those too.

Of course, this required her to swallow her pride and beg that damned horned demon, finally convincing him to let her redecorate the cave.

However…

Even with her strength restored, she still lacked the courage to challenge the horned demon again.

Perhaps because of this, her “Mental Path Resilience” had dropped by 2 percentage points.

[Mental State]

Horned Demon Favorability: -99

Mental Path Resilience: 87%

Total Humiliation Points: 61,716 (Upgrade to 3-star system at 100,000)

Current Usable Points: 52,567 (Cannot access store while imprisoned)

There was no helping it.

Just two more days, and she could complete her mission, using the new features of the 3-star system to escape far more reliable than risking her life against the horned demon.

Right now, she had tens of thousands of unused humiliation points.

Once she finished the “10 Days as the Horned Demon’s Slave” mission, she’d have over 100,000 points.

After spending them all, her power would see a massive boost.

Then, she’d challenge the horned demon again!

Two days later.

It was Su Nian’s tenth day as a slave.

By her calculations, only one hour remained until mission completion!

At this moment-

Su Nian knew she had to ensure the horned demon was away and wouldn’t return anytime soon.

So, beforehand, she sought him out.

“Master-,” Su Nian said with feigned shyness, “I’d like two jars of peach blossom wine… I have something important to tell you tonight.”

She was clearly trying to mislead the horned demon.

Earlier in casual conversation, she had mentioned that peach blossom wine was a traditional wedding drink shared between brides and grooms in her hometown.

This particular wine wasn’t available in Flash town-it could only be purchased in the neighboring city of Avenus.

The round trip would give her more than enough time to escape.

(*^^`)o Hmph!

That stupid horned demon might be strong in a fight, but when it comes to brains, he’s nowhere near my level!

Once she broke free from captivity and spent all those humiliating points, her combat power would reach astonishing heights.

She could hardly wait to see the look on that bastard horned demon’s face when she crushed him with her overwhelming strength!