After Being Sold Out By The Empire, I Decide To Assist The Demon King
Chapter 54 - 53 Harpy Leader

Chapter 54: Chapter 53 Harpy Leader

"They’re coming~"

The woman said this as she watched Yila approach the mountains alongside the troops. She addressed the Half-Elf wrapped in a black robe, saying, "Do you want to go meet him? Wenresa?"

"..."

"Let’s go, now’s not the time."

The Half-Elf, who was also observing Yila seated behind the Death Knight, said this. Her body gradually faded and disappeared into the Harpy’s mountains.

"Hey, at least take me with you..."

The human woman said helplessly. After waiting for a while without a response, she rolled her eyes and said nonchalantly, "Well, taking this opportunity to communicate with Yila isn’t bad either."

As soon as the words were spoken, a slender arm stretched out from the empty space and placed itself on the human woman’s shoulder. Her body turned transparent as well, disappearing from the Main Material Plane.

Before leaving, she looked deeply at Yila... this remarkably talented child had overturned many people’s understanding of the "Profession" in such a short time. *She was truly looking forward to what kind of person he could become in the future.*

She had learned a bit about Yila’s situation.

Monsters, the Empire, betrayal... but those things were trivial in the grand scheme, as power grew and lifespan lengthened, those matters would occupy less and less space in one’s heart.

In the end, only interesting things would be pursued, and if there was nothing interesting... one would sleep for a long, long time.

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"..."

"What’s wrong, Mr. Yila?"

Hilena’s question went unanswered by Yila. He felt as if someone had been observing him just now... and the level of that person’s Mana Power was far beyond what ordinary "creatures" could match.

Yila had felt this kind of gaze before when he and the Elf Empress Cassiopeia had teamed up to steal the World Spell from the World Tree; he had felt such gazes then too, at least a dozen of them.

Although no one had come to stop them at the time, Yila had been scared to death.

Thinking about matters related to the Silver Moon Tree Court, Yila touched the World Spell on his neck and shook his head, replying, "No, it’s nothing... the number of Harpies is more than I imagined."

As they approached the mountains, they could see numerous Harpies flying in the sky. With beautiful faces and voluptuous female torsos, their arms had been replaced with eagle wings.

In addition, their legs and feet were bird-like, with feathers growing from their hair near their ears.

Seeing the Harpies flying around the Death Knight and saluting Satan Ye, as well as the curious ones gazing at him, Yila suddenly thought of something and said, "Hilena, I have a question."

"Hmm?"

Thinking about something, Yila said, "Are there any males among the Harpies? Also, considering the gender ratio of Succubi, Tipcapu must have a hard time, right?"

"..."

Hilena didn’t know whether to say that Yila was being tactful or something else.

She covered her face helplessly, shook her head, and said, "There are males among the Harpies, and due to the gender ratio, they indeed have a hard time. But most of the time, they attack males of other races to bear new Harpies."

Well, that’s dangerous, but for those males, it might not be a bad deal...

"Once used, they may be kept around and continuously used by all the Harpies or may be killed and even eaten... So even after the war, the number of Harpies can only be maintained at this level."

Yila: "..."

For some reason, Yila felt that the Harpies’ curious gazes toward him might carry something more dangerous. *He could only offer a silent prayer.*

"Succubi are different; they don’t have the habit of attacking their kind."

Hilena said casually, and then they were led into a cave after dismounting, surrounded by the Harpies... It’s worth mentioning that the Harpies’ ranking is different from human perception.

For Harpies, the higher their status, the closer their residence was to the lower part of the mountain, opposite to humans... perhaps because being closer to the ground made leaving easier.

A Harpy with an air of nobility nodded and greeted them, nodding to Satan Ye, Hilena, and the Black Flame Headless Knight respectively, saying, "Good afternoon, Demon King, and Hilena, Lodya, and..."

Seeing Yila, the Harpy froze for a moment. She immediately became vigilant and questioned, "Yila! Yila Elkaras!? What the hell are you doing here?"

Recognizing Yila instantly, the Harpy leader glanced questioningly at the other leaders, stepping back half a step from Yila... It seemed Hilena hadn’t told her about Yila’s situation.

The well-informed Harpy seemed unaware of Yila’s defection.

"Sorry, the situation is a bit complicated."

Yila said with a bit of distress, shaking his head... So, the Black Flame Headless Knight’s name was Lodya. It sounded like a ceremonial guards’ name (super pretty ornamental knights with no combat power who had to be stunningly beautiful to qualify).

No, it was too rude to judge a warrior based on their name.

"In short, Master Yila is now the teacher of His Highness the Demon King."

Hilena summarized Yila’s current status in one sentence, and explained their purpose in the next, saying, "We are now going to clear the traitors in Centaur Territory, Lizardman Territory, and Gorgon Territory."

"Although the strength of a small number of Insect Men, Headless Knights, and Black Knights is sufficient, we need to gather Harpies who can use wind pressure power for escort to train the Little Demons in combat."

"..."

The short summary was enough to stun the Harpy leader with a beautiful face and a bombshell figure. She glanced at Yila, then at Satan Ye, and then at Lodya.

After confirming they weren’t joking, she opened her mouth wide in a look of shock and asked, "So, Yila... sorry, so Mr. Yila is going to help us fight?"

The Harpy leader’s character and wording seemed... to have a wild frankness.

(High Emotional Intelligence: Wild Frankness)

(Low Emotional Intelligence: Savage)

"Pretty much, yes..."

Yila nodded.

"Holy shit?! We’re invincible!"

...

As expected, when the monster leaders knew Yila was going to help in the fight, they had similar reactions.