Chris skillfully opened two rooms; she and Sylvie shared one, and Karl had a single room to himself.
After entering his room, Karl stood by the window, his gaze fixed on the street outside. San Marino City, as a major stronghold, was truly incomparable to Wind Chime City.
The streets were bustling with Adventurers everywhere.
Karl narrowed his eyes. Although he didn't know what Aisha was up to, his current goal was to engage with more powerful individuals in various ways to elevate his own status, which was his primary objective.
Just then, the door was pushed halfway open, and Chris slipped in from outside. Her expression was not good as she looked directly at Karl: "We had an agreement before; you're not allowed to lay a hand on my companion."
Karl knew Chris was referring to Rabel: "I didn't lay a hand on her; it was just a regular check-up. You wouldn't want the person we're entrusting ourselves to be a symbiote, would you?"
Chris's eyes were suspicious: "You can detect symbiotes?"
"Of course." Karl smiled confidently, his gaze sweeping over Chris. Now was a good time to go out and practice his skills, and he might as well bring her along as part of some Time Stop play.
"Come with me. I plan to check the tavern first to eliminate any threats."
Chapter 33 Humanoid
A flicker of doubt passed through Chris's eyes; she harbored reservations about Karl's explanation.
In her eyes, Karl was an Evil Dragon who wouldn't let any female escape, which aligned with people's inherent perception of dragons.
Chris hesitated for a moment. She and Sylvie shared a room and hadn't even had time to clean up the turbid fluid Karl had injected into their abdomens.
Seeing Karl had already walked out of the room, she followed him: "How do you plan to detect a symbiote?"
Karl didn't turn back, merely stating blandly: "Keep up, don't talk."
He couldn't very well say that he'd know if it was a symbiote by finding a pretty female and inserting himself.
Chris frowned but chose to remain silent, quietly following behind Karl. The two descended from the second floor together and entered the tavern's main hall.
The hall was buzzing with noise.
Adventurers gathered in groups of three to five, raising their glasses and loudly discussing their adventures. Of course, how much exaggeration was in those stories was unknown.
The air was filled with a strong smell of alcohol.
Karl's gaze swept over the Adventurers in the tavern one by one, finally settling on a tall Lizard Woman warrior.
Her cheeks were covered with fine scales, her mouth slightly protruding, her appearance somewhere between human and lizard, revealing a wild beauty.
A large tail rested casually on the ground behind her.
Her height, over 1.9 meters, made her stand out among the Adventurers.
Lizard species are all natural warriors.
She was holding a glass of wine, chatting idly with her companions.
Karl slowly raised his hand: "Time Stop."
In an instant, time was frozen, and everything around fell silent.
Chris's expression tightened. Although it wasn't her first time witnessing the marvel of Time Stop.
Yet, each time she faced such a power beyond comprehension, an indescribable sense of helplessness welled up from the depths of her heart.
"Don't just stand there, come help." Karl walked towards the Lizard Woman warrior.
Chris was full of questions, but she still followed.
Karl pointed at the Lizard Woman warrior's armor and said to Chris: "I suspect she might be a symbiote. Help me unfasten her armor."
Chris frowned, carefully examining the Lizard Woman warrior in front of her.
From her appearance, no characteristics of a symbiote were visible.
But she only had a partial understanding of these things. After a brief hesitation, she proceeded to unfasten the Lizard Woman warrior's chainmail as Karl requested.
Karl watched the Lizard Woman warrior's body gradually reveal itself.
Her body was streamlined, with well-defined muscles and large patches of scales.
After removing her armor, due to her height of over 1.9 meters, her figure looked rather slender.
As the chainmail was unfastened piece by piece.
She was completely exposed before Karl.
"How do we determine if she's been symbiotically possessed next?" Chris asked, standing to the side.
Karl walked up to the Lizard Woman warrior, reached out, and cupped her chin, applying a little force to make her mouth open, revealing a row of serrated teeth.
Karl then extended two fingers, pinching her tongue. Unlike a human tongue, her tongue resembled a forked serpent's tongue.
"Come, hold her head. I'm going to verify it."
Chris frowned, following his instructions and gripping her head.
Karl unzipped his pants, carefully avoiding her sharp teeth, and inserted himself into her mouth. Lizards are completely different from humans; their throats can swallow a wide range of prey.
He experienced an unprecedented stickiness and a sensation of being enveloped.
And it was quite tense; a slight slip could result in being scratched by her sharp teeth.
"..." Chris watched his actions, her face growing increasingly grim. She understood that Karl wasn't looking for a symbiote at all; he was simply humiliating her.
She desperately wanted to throw her hands up and leave, but seeing time stopped all around her, the sense of dread in her heart forced her to endure.
Then, looking at little ka.
Recalling an instance when her own jaw was dislocated, the anger in her heart flared up even more.
Karl enjoyed Chris's expression of anger mixed with helplessness, while also savoring the peculiar stickiness.
Indeed, the target shouldn't be too fixed.
Otherwise, one misses the unimaginable, special anatomical features of non-human races.
However, Chris was also somewhat mistaken about Karl.
He approached the Lizard Woman warrior partly because he had seen Rabel, the tall Mature beautiful older sister type, earlier that day, but to avoid complications, he hadn't gone all the way.
He really wanted to 'pull a big cart'.
More reasons were that the Lizard Woman warrior's appearance differed most from humans and she looked like a Mixed-blood Species, fitting the symbiote population.
"Hoo..."
Karl exhaled a long breath; the experience was quite good.
He looked at Chris: "Come, pick me up."
"What?" Chris already found him extremely repulsive, and this request was baffling.
"Can't you see I can't reach?" Karl said righteeously.
"You!" Chris was furious, her face changing color. Suppressing her anger, she hugged Karl's waist from behind.
The scene was utterly absurd.
The pure and beautiful Saintess, holding a Little Boy in her arms, her face ashen, behind him, repeatedly pushing his small body towards the 1.9-meter tall Lizard Woman in front of them.
"Hurry up, haven't you eaten?" Karl urged.
"..." Chris.
"Harder." Karl said again: "Slower, slower, can't you use some technique!"
Chris's face grew more and more ashen.
After quite a bit of struggle.
"Stop, stop, stop." Karl quickly called a halt, got down from Chris's embrace, and said to her: "Come, open your mouth."
"You!!" Chris's anger erupted, then subsided. She squatted down, her face ashen, and opened her mouth.
"Not bad." Karl straightened his clothes: "Chris, you're not as comfortable as she is."
Chris's fingernails almost dug into her flesh.
Karl watched Chris's expression change. He was very satisfied. He could clearly feel that the new position had once again increased his experience in the Time Stop domain.
His gaze shifted from Chris and began to sweep around.
His eyes finally landed on a table of Adventurers.
A team of four Adventurers sat together. In the center was a human male, tightly clutching a ring, his face filled with tension and anticipation.
Beside him, a beautiful elf female sat, covering her mouth with her hand, her eyes full of surprise.
This was a marriage proposal.
Karl smiled, then walked over.
"Wait!" Chris came up, her face pale: "Leave them alone."
"Oh~ Are you going to take her place?" Karl pointed at the elf.
Chris's face changed, and she gritted her teeth: "Yes."
Before long, in the frozen space of Time Stop, a suppressed, heavy breathing sound echoed.
Chris braced herself on the ground with both hands, gritting her teeth to endure the tearing pain. She hadn't expected Karl, this Evil Dragon, to take such an unconventional path.
Karl was embracing her, enjoying himself.
Suddenly, there was a 'sizzling' sound of flowing water.
"No way, no way, the Saintess actually..." Karl stopped mid-sentence, suddenly noticing a group of elves nearby. Ribbons of silk, very small in quantity, were emerging from their mouths and seemed to be attracted by something on this side, floating over.
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Chapter 34 Ribbons
Chris lay on the ground, hands propped, her face pale, gritting her teeth to endure the pain. This position made her feel like a stray dog, her dignity trampled on the ground.
Karl didn't intend to humiliate her; it was mainly due to his height. If Chris didn't lie prone, he simply couldn't reach.
When the symbiote ribbons emerged from beneath the pure-looking elf's long dress in front of him.
Karl was dumbfounded. It really did attract a symbiote, but these ribbons were tiny, completely different from what he had encountered before.
Chris felt him suddenly stop moving. After waiting a while and not seeing him continue.
She didn't think Karl would be kind enough to give her time to adjust.
Chris slowly raised her head. The pure-looking elf in front of her was frozen at the moment of accepting the marriage proposal, her face beaming with a happy smile.
However, from beneath the elf's white long dress, wisps of tiny ribbons emerged, twisting towards Chris.
"symbiote?"
Chris exclaimed. Could it be that Karl's absurd actions earlier were truly for the purpose of finding this type of symbiote?
She subtly wiggled her waist. Now that the symbiote had been found, she signaled Karl to pull out.
Karl, with his Child's height, stood behind her. The position made her feel very ashamed, and besides the psychological discomfort, her body truly ached.
"Don't move." Karl's voice was low, his gaze fixed on the tiny ribbons.
According to his experience, symbiotes would instinctively emerge to protect their host during Time Stop. So why did these symbiotes only appear after a prolonged period of Time Stop?
What mechanism attracted them out?
Chris, reprimanded by him, immediately realized she was being impatient. The most important thing now should be to observe the symbiote.
Even understanding this point.
Chris's face remained grim. She was currently prone, Karl was holding her waist, his full weight pressed on her, and he was also clamping the dragon artifact, all of which made her very uncomfortable.
She endured the physical pain, carefully observing the symbiote before her.
Then her brows furrowed.
Besides the pure elf, her other two teammates, a dwarf and an orc, also had ribbons emerging from their nostrils and mouths.
However, compared to the elf, the number of ribbons emerging from them was significantly fewer.
These ribbons floated in the air, slowly drifting towards the water stains she had just sprayed on the ground.
"?" Chris's mouth slightly opened.
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