Vol 4. Chapter 72: Something Is Very Wrong

Several dozen minutes earlier,

in the eastern part of the Great Winter Forest, inside the villa Karina had built for Mother Yumo.

At this moment, Mother Yumo was humming a little tune while gently stroking the pure-white armor resting on the table, which radiated a sacred aura.

This armor was the exclusive set Miss Yumo had deliberately crafted for Mengxi using the Heart-Soul Scales and a massive quantity of Sacred Stones.

Although Mengxi was not currently by Yumo’s side, so Yumo naturally could not measure her body directly,

because of all those indescribable incidents that had happened inside the tent before, Yumo obviously had a much deeper impression of Mengxi’s delicate body now.

There was no need to measure her again.

Yumo could already clearly recall Mengxi’s three measurements.

Therefore, making a perfectly fitted set of armor was not difficult at all.

...

As Miss Yumo gently caressed the armor, dense waves of crimson Shadow of Silence Power began continuously rippling around the girl.

A terrifying pressure rapidly spread outward with her as its center. Had Miss Yumo not prepared beforehand and protected everything inside the hall with her own power, the residual force of this aura alone would have been enough to tear everything inside the room into pieces.

At this moment,

the crimson Shadow of Silence Power was continuously flowing along Yumo’s hand and enveloping the armor.

There was no doubt that the Heart-Soul Scales were an extremely special material.

Not only did they possess extremely high resistance, but they could also cultivate corresponding resistances.

It was like feeding a child specially prepared poisons of various kinds from childhood onward. Over time, the child would naturally develop a certain degree of resistance to poison.

Armor whose primary material was the Heart-Soul Scales could similarly develop powerful resistance against Shadow of Silence Power after repeatedly being stimulated by an appropriate amount of it.

As the Child of Destiny, Mengxi needed exactly this kind of armor.

Therefore, Miss Yumo had sealed off the entire hall and was carefully tempering the armor with her own power inside.

The process was naturally dull and tedious.

However, after merely imagining the satisfied smile Mengxi would show upon seeing the finished product, a sweet smile involuntarily appeared on Miss Yumo’s beautiful face.

The boredom vanished completely,

and her heart became full of enthusiasm instead.

“That girl should like it, right?”

When the time comes?

She’ll probably be really grateful to me, right?

What will that girl say when she gets this armor?

I’m looking forward to it~

Hehe~

Driven by such thoughts, Miss Yumo became even more focused on her forging work.

After all, her power was simply too overwhelming.

If she made even the slightest mistake, the excessively powerful Shadow of Silence Power might directly tear the armor apart.

Wouldn’t all her effort go to waste then?

“Work hard!”

Miss Yumo silently encouraged herself.

Dense crimson Shadow of Silence Power methodically washed over the armor forged from Heart-Soul Scales.

However, just as Miss Yumo intended to seriously concentrate on her work,

the surrounding environment?

did not seem particularly cooperative.

There were always some badly timed noises constantly drifting into the house, irritating our Miss Yumo.

...

“Rumble~”

...

“Boom~”

...

“Bang~!”

...

“Awooooooo!! Awoo!”

...

“Rumble~ Bang bang bang!!”

?!!

“Hmm?”

As one strange loud noise after another rang out, Miss Yumo, who had kept her eyes closed for quite some time, could not help but frown.

After being repeatedly disturbed by these inexplicable noises, even someone as good-tempered and patient as Miss Yumo could not help developing a trace of irritation.

Seriously!

“What the hell are they doing outside?! Why are they making so much noise? What exactly are they doing?!”

Miss Yumo unconsciously puffed out her cheeks and complained.

Normally, Yumo would not care if the children caused a bit of a commotion.

On the contrary, she would actually feel quite happy.

After all, what mother would not enjoy seeing her own children lively and full of energy?

Moreover, the Great Winter Forest had always been quiet and desolate.

The children making noise could bring a certain amount of vitality and life to the forest, so Miss Yumo naturally welcomed it.

However, the current situation was different from usual...

Right now,

she needed to concentrate properly on her work!

Thinking of this,

Miss Yumo abruptly opened the eyes she had kept closed for so long, revealing those gemstone-like crimson eyes radiating an ‘angry’ light.

Clearly, this continuous noise was not going to stop anytime soon.

Besides,

hadn’t I already told them I was working and asked them to keep it down?!

What the heck are they even doing out there?!

Mother Yumo was unhappy.

And the consequences were serious!

As crimson energy surged, the black-haired girl raised her hand and directly stored the exquisite half-finished armor in front of her inside her spatial ring.

Then, clenching both of her small fists, the girl sprang up from the sofa and aggressively marched toward the front door.

...

The next moment,

the black-haired girl waved her small hand.

The heavy door abruptly opened,

and the beautiful snow-covered world immediately entered Yumo’s sight.

However,

along with that beautiful scenery, there seemed to be some rapidly enlarging black object entering Miss Yumo’s vision as well...

“Eh?! Huh? Wha—”

...

The next instant, before Miss Yumo could react—

“BOOOOOOM!!!!!”

Accompanied by an earth-shaking explosion and a terrifying eruption of Shadow of Silence Power, the iron ball empowered by Limo’s strength struck a certain black-haired girl squarely in the face.

An unstoppable force immediately erupted outward in every direction with the girl’s face and the iron ball as its center.

Terrifying crimson-red energy waves swept across the ground, directly blasting crack after crack across the luxurious and sturdy mansion.

Even the mansion’s windows were completely shattered by the shockwaves.

In the blink of an eye, the brand-new and magnificent mansion looked as though it had just been baptized by the flames of war, turning into a shattered structure on the verge of collapse.

After an intense burst of impact,

the crimson Shadow of Silence Power slowly dispersed.

Without the energy supporting it any longer, the iron ball abruptly dropped straight down from in front of the black-haired girl and smashed heavily onto the mansion’s steps.

“Crack~”

With a crisp sound, the iron ball shattered apart, turning into a pile of iron fragments scattered across the ground...

“...”

Originally,

Miss Yumo had intended to say something after opening the door.

But now, she forcibly swallowed those words back down.

Her entire body fell into an eerie silence as she silently lowered her head and calmly stared at the fragments on the ground.

In an instant, the atmosphere around them became incomparably strange...

...

Not far [N O V E L I G H T] away,

watching everything that had just happened,

and staring at the black-haired girl who had been struck directly in the face by the iron ball before falling into an eerie silence,

almost every child immediately held their breath.

An unprecedented solemnity appeared on everyone’s face.

The timer for the ‘dodgeball’ game was still running, but at this moment, neither Karina nor Liyu’s side had any interest in continuing.

They silently returned to the ground and hurriedly dispersed the Shadow of Silence Power surrounding their bodies.

Even little Limo, who was normally carefree and had been smugly celebrating the success of her sneak attack, finally sensed the strange atmosphere.

She slowly crouched down and drooped her fluffy ears.

?!!

Th-This is bad...

Looking toward Mother, who had fallen silent in the distance, Karina practically stopped breathing.

As the thoughtful daughter who had spent a long time at Yumo’s side, this Demon King-class existence naturally understood very clearly.

That direct point-blank attack to the face had undoubtedly pushed Mother right up to the critical point of a volcanic eruption.

“Damn it! I... How could I be so careless?!”

Karina could not stop regret from surging through her heart.

She regretted getting so excited while playing that she had actually forgotten Mother’s instructions.

Although she had finally reunited with her little sisters after such a long separation and had also met an adorable new little sister,

as the older sister, she still should not have lost control like this, let alone become so absorbed in playing that she forgot everything else!

Karina continued blaming herself.

Of course,

self-blame was only part of what she was feeling.

More importantly,

she was nervous...

At this moment, the Flame Demon King who had once dominated the world and terrified practically every living being on the Anqieka Continent was timidly lowering her head, anxiously waiting for the black-haired woman in the distance to react.

And it was not just Karina.

Liyu and Shuoyue beside her were the same.

As an older sister, Liyu thoughtfully grabbed Yuan’er’s little hand and pulled her behind herself...

A moment later,

under the anxious gazes of all her daughters, Miss Yumo, who had remained silent for a long time, slowly raised her head...

revealing that incomparably beautiful face,

along with the same loving, gentle, and tender smile she always wore.

However, that smile, as refreshing and pleasant as a spring breeze,

did not bring Karina and the others even the slightest trace of warmth.

Instead,

it brought an indescribable pressure.

Facing that sweet smile, a drop of cold sweat slowly slid down Karina’s forehead.

Liyu, Shuoyue, and little Yuan’er also instinctively covered their butts.

Even little Limo, who was normally completely carefree, suddenly shoved her head directly into the snow.

Then, a muffled voice slowly came from beneath the snow...

“Awooooo...” (You can’t see me, you can’t see me, you can’t see me...)

Liyu: ...Big Sister, isn’t that basically just burying your head in the sand...?

...

Smiling as she glanced at the garden in front of her that no longer existed, and then at the severely damaged villa behind her,

Miss Yumo’s eyes gradually narrowed.

The Blood Butterflies that always fluttered around Yumo began restlessly beating their wings.

Wisps of black aura gradually began appearing around the black-haired girl.

A strange pressure started spreading rapidly outward in every direction with Yumo as its center.

After sensing this aura, the nearby Abyss Demons fearfully looked toward the villa, then immediately crouched down and curled themselves up in the snow, trembling.

Some monster groups that had originally intended to come over and file complaints with Mother Yumo immediately turned around the instant they sensed this aura and rushed straight back home without so much as looking behind them.

“...”

After another period of silence, Yumo finally shifted all her attention toward the group not far away.

Looking at the row of daughters standing neatly together and trembling in fear,

Miss Yumo tilted her head and asked in an unprecedentedly ‘gentle’ tone:

“Hey, children, could you explain to me what exactly happened here?”