"I'm flattered, but I hope you can keep the promise you made earlier. From now on, please refrain from interfering in the matters here in the Eastern Land," Ricky said firmly, reminding Queenie of what she had promised before the fight.
The contrasting change in Queenie's attitude before and after they fought made Ricky realize that she was more than what she was letting on. She appeared like a conceited and arrogant woman who could easily make mistakes, but the opposite seemed accurate. She was a cunning woman.
Ricky didn't believe that Queenie could let go of what happened quickly. Even if she let it go now, she would be likely to come back in the future and seek revenge.
Meanwhile, Norris and his companions seemed to be the most frightened of the bunch. After all, they would end up with miserable deaths if Queenie left them alone. And she was someone highly liable to do that.
At that moment, Norris was begging Queenie telepathically to save the Nether Manor for the sake of their same identity as human devils. He was also reminding her of the things he had done for her in the past years.
However, Norris didn't expect that the mutant that worked for Queenie would suddenly attack him. He was killed instantly.
After all, it was too easy for a saint to kill a middle spiritual emperor.
What happened, of course, shocked everyone present.
All the warriors panicked when they saw that Norris had turned into ashes all of a sudden, especially the Nether Manor members and the creatures that followed the Nether Manor.
Ricky, the Wood Saint, Mason, and their companions were confused too. Why did Queenie have her subordinate kill Norris?
"Is that enough to show you my sincerity?" Queenie said with a faint smile while looking Ricky in the eyes.
"Thank you!" Ricky said respectfully, although he wasn't sure how to feel about what she had done.
He did not feel sympathy for Norris despite the latter's sudden death, because he had wanted to kill him. At the moment, he was more preoccupied with the fact that Queenie was not as simple as he had thought. She was by no means a self-conceited princess who could easily be played.
"This woman is not easy to deal with. She is cunning and seems to be moody. You can't guess what she will do next," the Dragon Intent Grass said warily.
"I don't think it was necessary for her to let that mutant kill Norris," Ricky murmured regretfully.
"Who knows? Maybe she was planning to do that from the start..." the Dragon Intent Grass said gently.
"Mister Ricky, you can say that I did you a favor since I killed a big enemy of yours for you.
In return, you have to do something for me," Queenie said to Ricky telepathically before he could say anything.
"Norris was an enemy of mine, but you seem to be mistaken. I didn't ask you to do that for me, so how can it be a favor? I was going to kill him anyway. You just happened to do it before me," Ricky replied.
At this moment, he sensed that Queenie did have some other intention, just as he had thought.
"Aww. How could an incredible demi-spiritual emperor be so mean? Do you really have the heart to refuse the request of an extremely beautiful woman like me? You don't even know what I was going to ask you to do," Queenie said lightly upon hearing the answer of Ricky.
"Beautiful women who I'm unfamiliar with are generally dangerous," Ricky replied telepathically.
Queenie was indeed lovely, but Ricky would not agree to do anything for her only because she was beautiful. Only an idiot would do that.
"Mister Ricky, it seems that you know a lot about women. I will give you more time to think about this, so please do so. In the next few days, I will be waiting for you in the Nether Manor. If you don't come, I will make sure you regret it." Finally, Queenie ended their conversation with a threat, smiling the whole time evilly.
Then, she left with the mutant that worked for her and the human devils of the Nether Manor.
'Did she just threaten me? I wonder what she is planning...' Ricky's heart sank after he heard Queenie's threat.
But soon, he filed that away at the back of his mind. He needed to deal with the forces that had already been following the Nether Manor before anything else. These included the Luxurious Chamber of Commerce and the Desolate Empire.
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