Chapter 4: Dear Tenant, Please Be My Hostage
Lucien feels that he’s definitely screwed, baked, roasted and ready to be served on a silver platter to the slis.
On the other hand, seeing his kin coming to help, the sli in Lucien’s arms seed to be injected with a new found courage.
It flipped its body around, raised its head high and snorted.
"Mu! Mu!"
My people are coming to save !
Bad human, release this prince in this instant!
Unfortunately, Lucien couldn’t understand sli language, but sensing the sli cub’s sudden pride and arrogance, Lucien twitched his lips.
Dude. You fear the strong and only dare to bully the weak—
But who said that I’m weak?
At least, I’m stronger than a brat like you!
Instead of releasing the sli cub, Lucien held the sli tighter and took a step back!
Tap.
Sizzle....
The giant sli slid one step forward, and so did the other slis.
Gulp.
Lucien’s face was still calm and cold, as if he was just walking back casually, but inside, Lucien’s soul broke into cold sweats with tears flooding his heart.
Ahh! Don’t get closer! Or— or—
...wait, sothing is wrong.
It’s too quiet.
Lucien slowly peeked at the sea of slis around him.
They were indeed nacingly marching forward, but at a snail speed.
And even more strange, their bodies trembled slightly.
None of those slis actually used their corrosive saliva to attack him.
Even the sli cub who was struggling in Lucien’s arm slowly quieted down, belly up, its body shivering slightly.
"Muuuu..."
Spare the child...
? What’s going on? Why are the slis acting weird?
Are they afraid of accidentally hurting the sli cub?
But he heard that slis are immune to their own corrosive saliva?
As if to answer Lucien’s confusion, a new system interface popped up and one skill listed on the status window was shining brightly.
[Dungeon Landlord’s innate skill: ]
[Land Conqueror (Legendary) (Passive Skill)]
[Description:
A landlord’s dignity is everything.]
[In the eyes of your tenants and potential tenants, you are emitting an aura one rank higher than their rank, no matter what the landlord’s true rank is.]
[Applies anyti and anywhere.]
[Reminder: If the landlord loses their dignity, the passive skill will not work!]
Lucien’s eyes widened and he almost lost his composure.
What? What kind of OP skill is this??
So as long as he pretended— ah no, kept being cool, others would be fooled?
Indeed.
In the eyes of the slis, Lucien’s figure suddenly beca like a looming mountain, mysterious and distant.
If Lucien understood the slis’ words, he would definitely hear the slis’ chattering noisily.
Glurg! T-that’s definitely not an F-rank bipedal monster!
Glurg! Must be an E-rank!
Glurg! Scared!
The slis were scared, the landlord was also scared, but the giant sli wasn’t really scared.
Glurg! I’m an elite sli, glurg! I can tackle an E-rank solo!
And what if it’s an E-rank bipedal monster, glurg?
There are so many of us, glurg!
We can definitely gang him up, glurg!
The elite sli’s words imdiately boosted the other sli’s confidence and their entire aura changed.
Lucien was just feeling relieved when the shivering slis suddenly stirred, their tiny eyes becoming sharp.
Lucien’s keen coward— animal instinct imdiately rang.
Uh oh. Sohow, those slis suddenly beco rebellious?
Did his passive skill fail? Is he not dignified enough??
If his aura didn’t work...
Lucien’s eyes imdiately landed on the shivering sli cub in his arms.
Speaking of this cub, those slis were all reacting because of it.
Is this cub...special?
Of course, it’s special.
Only the little cowardly guy was still shivering, not showing any signs of being rebellious, unlike other slis.
As the saying goes, pick the softest persimmon to pinch.
If he didn’t choose this guy, who else could he choose?
Unfortunately, before Lucien could pinch the persimmon, the closest giant sli slowly moved, its corrosive saliva gathering in its mouth—
And then it spat out with great vigor.
"Ptui!"
A blueish-black liquid instantly flew in the air and Lucien subconsciously stepped to the left, narrowly avoiding the corrosive saliva.
Splat!
The saliva instantly dissolved the innocent pebbles on the ground, just an inch away from Lucien’s shoes.
A shiver crept up Lucien’s spine.
If that hit his body....
Lucien’s legs almost turned into jelly, but his mind was moving extrely fast.
[System! Find
a contract-related skill!]
There should be the one he’s thinking about—
DING! [Opening your status window ?????? ]
[Sign A Contract (Legendary)]
[Description: What is a landlord without a tenant?]
[Sign a tenant for a certain period of ti by asking for a deposit. The deposit can be anything of value.]
[Reminder: Every tenant will bring the landlord different surprises.]
[Your current limit: 1 month contract]
[Tenant: 0/2]
[Estimated skill usage recovery: 24 hours]
Yes, it’s really there!
How could a capitalist landlord not have a cheat item such as an unequal contract?
If he contracted this special little thing—
Lucien grabbed the shivering sli cub with equally trembling arms.
Before the cub could even scream, the bad landlord imdiately visualised creating a contract and "chanted" the spell.
"Sign a contract!"
A strange energy flowed out of Lucien’s fingertips, forming a translucent, glowing piece of blank paper in the air with only a few sentences.
[Trial Tenant Contract]
[Deposit: An ??? Sli’s saliva]
[Absolute rule:
The tenant must not harm the landlord’s dignity. All interpretation belongs to the landlord.]
[The landlord must ensure the tenant’s safety and comfort. All interpretation belongs to the tenant.]
[In the case of either party’s breach of contract, there will be a penalty for the party involved.]
[Landlord’s signature here]
[Tenant’s signature here]
Before the giant sli could recharge his saliva bazooka and the other slis could follow suit, Lucien pressed this thumb on the [Landlord’s signature] column.
"Okay, your turn!"
Then, he plastered the sli cub’s body onto the [Tenant’s signature] column.
Squeeze.
The mont both sides signed the contract "willingly
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