The Emperor’s Daily Nitpicking

5th month, 721 years of Beifeicu, inside the Andoha Jungle.

It was the last night of the spring season.
The longest period of miasma mist engulfing the Eastern Mainland had just finished, and there were rarely any animals willing to come out from their nests.

Because the large environment was tranquil, a slightly faint noise of activity within the depth of the jungle seemed particularly loud.

A lion was in the middle of digging mud.

It appeared to be a little petite compared to ordinary lions, as if it hadn’t fully grown yet.
Its shoulder was leaning over, and its buttocks were protruding out with scraped bruises all over its body.
Some parts had already festered with rotting flesh mixing with pus and blood, emitting an indescribable smell.

However, it didn’t seem to care.
It only used its tail, which had rolled all over the mud, to sweep away the mosquitoes and flies nearby its body.
Its soft two front paws flipped up and down.
It had quickly dug out a pretty big pit on the mud surface.

It let out a growling sound from the base of its throat.
Its attitude towards the food underneath the mud seemed excited and full of expectation.
After all, it had been hungry for too long already…

At that moment, even its excited tail couldn’t help rising towards the sky.
Its front paws, which were used to dig into the wet mud, suddenly touched something.

Just by hearing the “ding” metal’s sound, its pointed paws shook and suddenly withdrew.

The lion, “…”

It was not the sound that could be made by meat!

The lion stared blankly at the mud pit.
Its upward tail plopped down onto the ground.

It hesitated for almost half a day before finally surrendered to its hunger and mustered up the courage to continue digging.

Before long, the thing hidden inside the pit was ultimately revealed –

That was a monster in human form!

Saying it was a monster was because that one person had two heads.
The front and back were joined together so that they couldn’t be differentiated.
It was similar to the appearance of a round and hard melon.
There weren’t any clear spots that could be found all over his body.
Everywhere was wrapped inside and outside by three layers of old mud, except for the hands folded on the chest.

There was a metal hand armor covering half of his hand – from the wrist until the base of the fingers.
The rust trace was mottled, covered in moist mud, and blackened until the original color couldn’t be seen anymore.
The only revealed first half finger was neither affected by filth nor any trace of blood.
It was pale and clean to the point that it was simply abnormal.

Even if this person was genuinely ill or not, fresh or not, the lion didn’t care as long as it was edible!

It hopped to the monster’s chest, bowed its head, and then prepared to take a bite!

A soft sound of metal friction was abruptly heard.
That pair of hands that seemed thin and weak suddenly jerked.
One hand was against its sharp teeth, while the other rapidly found its back.
Without another word, it was given a precise slap on its buttock.

The lion let out a wailing sound.
Suffering from such humiliation had rendered it to be stupid, “….”

Not having any time to fight back, its tail was seized by that monster and violently thrown to the side.

It stretched its sharp claw and crawled up in one movement.
It attempted to bend its body to pounce again.
But it was clamped in the throat by that monster and pinned firmly on the ground.

The monster panted heavily, letting out breaths from both mouths.
He lifted one unoccupied hand and strangled his own neck.
After a burst of metal friction sound, the tottering ‘head’ was rudely lifted and casually thrown to the ground.
It was an old-fashioned head armor covered in mud.

At the same time that he took off the head armor, the rough edges hooked out a thin string tucked under the collar of the strange man.
A muddled silver metal plate fell out, which for a moment revealed the strange man’s full name – Kevin Fassbinder.

The lock along the heavy armor piece had been broken for a long time.
Kevin didn’t need to spend any strength to neatly get rid of the burden.
He only kept a set of inner clothes, which original appearance couldn’t be recognized long ago anymore, a short knife buckled around his waist, and a leather bag that had fallen to the ground.

The lion he pinned under his left hand desperately turned around its body at this moment.
Although it hadn’t fully grown yet, its strength couldn’t be underestimated.
The steel blade-like claws clawed out numerous deep gashes on Kevin’s arm, making it dripped with blood.

Kevin gasped in pain and frowned.
He clicked his tongue, quickly unbuckled the short knife, and raised his hand to draw it against its neck.

The lion became anxious and unexpectedly burst out with an astonishingly large strength.
It caused Kevin’s hand to be numb, allowing it to turn over and slip out.

The lion didn’t intend to continue fighting, probably realizing that this man in front of it was a savage one.
It nimbly bore a hole, spread its legs, and ran away.
If this hasn’t fully grown lion wanted to escape, so be it.
But without thinking, it also took away the leather bag Kevin had dropped.

Kevin, “…”

He had just crawled out from the mud, then displayed a series of fighting as a survival instinct.
Although his body could keep up with it, his brain still lagged slightly.
He was stunned for two seconds before remembering what was stored in the leather bag.
Immediately, he rolled his eyes, his thumb stroked the back of the knife briefly, raised his feet, and chased after it.

The lion let out a wailing sound and ran in front with all four paws, wishing it could directly fly to the sky.

However, it was useless…after all, it had already been hungry for too long, and there were numerous poisonous wounds on its body.

“Still going to run? Hm?” Kevin asked, patting the lion’s head.

He probably hadn’t spoken in a long time; his voice was low and hoarse.
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