"Why should I bother doing that? When I can just kill you and take these rings away?"
Not at all flustered by Felix's question, or his intense aura pressing down on her, the woman calmly spoke her part.
"I know you can. But if you will kill that man for me, I'm willing to offer this to you."
Saying so she removed the mask and revealed her face to him.
In that very instant, it was like the bright world had turned dull instantly while she was the only bright individual stealing all the attention.
The woman had long red hair which looked like it was on flames, just the same as her eyes that were like two burning suns.
Her face showed that she was in her mid 2os, while her face, however, looked kind and cute not at all going along with that hourglass figure of hers.
"My name is Celia Clemons, and if you fulfil that wish of mine, I'm willing to offer my body to you for the rest of my life."
[Main Mission 3.4 - The Queen of Cooking
How long do you plan on eating ordinary food that doesn't befit your status as the future Hentai God?
Have your Queen of Cooking let you dine on the best food ever, while she warms the palace hearth.
Rewards - 1000 SP, The Hentai God's True Yang Bloodline will be 1 time less diluted, Eternal Hearth Flames, and 5000 Gold.
Time Limit - 1 week]
[Eternal Hearth Flames - The perfect Dao flames to cook food, and warm the hearth.]
"You cook?"
"How... How did you know?"
Unable to understand how the expert in front of her knew about her interest in cooking, Celia re-examined Felix to see if she knew him from somewhere.
However, no matter how much she thought, Celia was sure that she never met Felix before. Because his handsome face wasn't something which could be forgotten, even if all you did was glance at it.
Seeing that Felix looked at her still waiting for an answer, Celia could only push the remaining things to the back of her head and answer him.
"Ah...yes! I do cook."
"That's good. So who is this one you want me to kill?"
In response to Felix's simple question, Celia told him a long story which could've easily been summed up very shortly.
In short, her father was the previous head of the Green Dragon Bandits group, but his subordinate betrayed and killed him to steal a treasure. Which he used to establish his own bandit force.
And learning this news, Celia who was travelling the world learning various styles of cooking rushed back immediately and tried to get revenge but that sly bastard was always on the run and escapes even before she can find him, due to which she couldn't kill him with her superior cultivation.
After hearing all of her story, Felix felt that she truly hated that man for killing her father. She hated him so much, that she was putting her body in the line in exchange for revenge.
However, Felix had seen so many cold blooded murders done for stealing simple herbs in the past years, due to which such stories weren't able to incite his sympathy too much.
Still, since this was something she wanted, there was no way Felix would act like a jerk.
But, that didn't mean he'd spend a while searching for the man she wanted without even having the skills for it. If it was some beautiful girl, then maybe he wouldn't mind doing the search on his own.
Instead, he knew someone much more perfect for this type of hunt and kill jobs, his wife, Athena.
Entering the private space and wasting a few minutes watching Athena do a naked workout in her room, Felix asked her to come with him. Which she did instantly by throwing on whatever clothes she could find.
She was quite straight forward that way, and didn't waste too long by taking a bath because she wondered about what others would think.
Disappearing and reappearing with another woman beside him, Felix successfully managed to stun Celia and made her think he was even stronger than she expected.
"Do you have a picture of the guy you want us to kill?"
"Yes."
Hastily pulling out a portrait her subordinates gave her, Celia gave it to Felix who didn't even bother looking at it, and directly handed it to Athena.
Athena who already knew what Felix expected of her, looked at the picture after which she closed her eyes while her ears slightly twitched once every while.
After a few minutes, Athena rushed off in one direction and encountered a huge group of bandits who weren't willing to answer her, due to which she killed a few until they told her what she needed.
Next, she went to the location they told her about, but even before she got there the man she was hunting was already running frantically.
Seeing this Athena only smirked, and pulled her God Decimating Bow and lodged on one of her never ending Devil Piercing Arrows.
Pulling the arrow back to its limits, and ignoring all the trees and various obstacles between her and her target, Athena left the arrow which left the bow with a thundering roar.
Even before the man who was escaping could turn his head and look at what that sound was, he felt the worst pain of his whole life as one of his legs was instantly cut off and sent flying with the arrow.
"Aaaaaaaaaaa!"
Ignoring the pathetic wails and screaming originating from the man, and how he was begging her to spare him, Athena pulled on his collar and dragged him back to Felix.
"Are you satisfied Felix?"
Nodding his head, Felix patted Athena's head and said, "Thank you. You did a great job."
In that instant, the always emotionless face of Athena showed a rare expression as she blushed cutely and smiled after which she immediately went back into the palace.
"Feel free to kill him however you want to."
With that said, Felix moved away to give some space and let Celia have her sweet time in taking revenge.
However, against his expectations, it didn't take that long, as she didn't even listen to the man's begging and instantly killed him with a sword.
Once she did that a sigh leaked out of her mouth, after which she dropped the sword beside the corpse and walked towards Felix while not even looking back, as if everything in her life until now was put behind her.
"You killed him so fast. Was it really worth exchanging your life for this?"
Shaking her head a smile blossomed on her face as she no longer looked as if she did something unforgivable.
"It was never truly about torturing him to death since I always hated such things. In fact, it was due to this that I gave up on using a sword, and found my love in cooking. I'd rather be someone who'd feed one with my own hands, instead of taking a person's life."
"If not because I had to be filial and take revenge for my father's undeserved death, I wouldn't have even come back. Though I can't call it undeserved since he was a bandit."
"Well enough sadness for now, how about we go and hunt a huge fire dragon cow for lunch? I'll cook!"
Saying so Celia placed her hands on her waist as she licked her lips from just imagining how it would taste.
If it wasn't for that last line of hers, Felix would've believed that she was a truly kind being that didn't even dare to injure an ant.
But it seemed like she just hated killing humans, and didn't hesitate to feast on tasty things, which was visible on her face from she licked her lips from anticipation when she talked about eating a fire dragon cow for lunch.
Chuckling at how Celia had a truly interesting character, Felix ignored the system notification that he had finished his mission and started walking as she began following behind him.
"Hey! Don't ignore me! With your strength, it should really easy for you to hunt a fire dragon cow! I cook really well! So trust me and hunt one! Please! Okay, at least tell me your name!"