The Villainess Cannot Escape — Five Beast Husbands Chase Her Madly-Chapter 69: Holy Female Ah Jin’s Prayer

To the northeast, high walls of gray stone, like the fangs of a great beast, encircled the encampment of the Bone-Eroding Lizard Beastmen.

Inside the mountain cave, flickering torches cast crimson shadows on the vaulted stone ceiling.

Hundreds of the Heart-Eating Nightmare Spiders’ translucent cocoons hung crisscrossed, like grotesque chandeliers.

Curled figures were faintly visible inside the cocoons, and with every sway of the silk threads, the faint sound of struggles could occasionally be heard.

Mixed with the putrid stench drifting from the depths of the cave, the scene was chilling to the bone.

Nieruo, the lizard leader who stood a full two meters tall, lounged on a throne built from the twisted leg bones of spiders.

In the corner, an old Light Brain covered in cobwebs and slime suddenly let out a shrill vibration.

A voice message from Lord Li arrived, accompanied by two clear images.

One was of a young woman in a magnificent princess gown with a radiant smile. The gold thread embroidery on her skirt exuded an air of nobility.

The other was of a handsome Beastman in the uniform of the Judgement Court.

Black Poisonous Flood Dragon scales were faintly visible beneath his uniform, and his cold gaze seemed to pierce right through the screen.

"This time, I’m sending you Princess Su An’an."

Lord Li’s hoarse voice carried a suppressed excitement.

"Although she’s an Intermediate Female, her bloodline is noble."

"Be careful of her Poisonous Flood Dragon Beast Husband. He’s an Executor from the Judgement Court, a 2S Combat Beast."

The voice message ended, and the Light Brain automatically disconnected.

"A Royal High Female?"

A greedy red light swirled in Nieruo’s murky pupils. ’Perfect! Just what I need to restore my energy!’

A white-haired female, around forty years of age, crawled on her knees to the side of the throne.

Her pink-and-white mouse ears twitched nervously. Her slender fingers clutched a gilt wine jug, and around her wrist was a Restraining Bracelet woven from spider silk.

"Congratulations, my Lord, on acquiring one of a royal bloodline."

She poured an amber liquid into a goblet studded with spider fangs, her voice trembling just the right amount.

"I heard that Executor Night Abyss is an extremely powerful fighter. By sending him here, isn’t the Rebel Army just causing trouble for you?"

"So what if he’s a 2S Combat Beast? So what if he’s a Judgement Court Executor?"

Nieruo shot to his feet, the force of his whipping lizard tail gouging several deep marks into the rock wall.

"In my territory, even a dragon has to kneel before me!"

"Bone Splitter!"

At his sharp command, a giant, man-headed lizard covered in bone spikes stomped forward with a THUD.

Nieruo ordered coldly,

"Take two squads of Blood Smellers! Mince that Snake-man into paste to feed the spider eggs. Lock the Princess up for me to have a taste first, then send her to the female cave to start breeding!"

"Yes, sir!"

A greedy red light gleamed in Bone Splitter’s bloodshot eyes as he eagerly turned and left.

"Leader, Bone Splitter’s spiritual power is unstable. If he hurts the Princess..."

Before the white-haired female could finish, she was sent flying by a whip of the lizard’s tail, slamming hard against the rock wall.

"So what if he hurts her?"

Nieruo grabbed her by the neck and said viciously,

"As long as she can pop out offspring, that’s enough."

"Leader, please calm your anger. Lord Li only sent one female this time. I was just worried it wouldn’t be enough for breeding."

the white-haired female said with difficulty.

"Those bastards in the Rebel Army took the spider venom I gave them and only sent one wench in return! I’ll settle the score with them sooner or later!"

Nieruo threw the white-haired female to the ground. "Get lost!"

「In the dark, damp, remote female cave.」

The white-haired female limped inside, carrying a warm ceramic bowl.

The rising herbal aroma, mixed with the light sweetness of rice porridge, dispelled some of the putrid air.

Glow stones she had secretly placed were embedded in the cracks of the cave wall, casting a soft halo of light.

More than twenty pairs of eyes watched her from a corner strewn with dry grass.

Though still wary, they were no longer empty with despair.

"I added herbs today. It should help suppress the pain when the spider venom acts up."

She passed the ceramic bowls through the iron bars one by one, gently pressing her fingertips on the trembling hand of a one-eyed female.

"Don’t touch the wound. I’ll bring some ointment tonight."

The one-eyed female looked like she wanted to say more, but in the end, she only took the bowl and whispered, "Be careful."

A faint cough came from the corner. A severely injured pink-haired female tried to get up.

But the movement pulled at the ragged cloth bandage wrapped around her waist.

The white-haired female hurried forward, her mouse tail deftly hooking the other’s elbow to steady her.

"Save your strength."

She lowered her voice, her ears swiveling alertly.

"I heard some news. The Rebel Army actually sent the Third Princess, Su An’an, here!"

"The Empress will definitely send the Imperial army to rescue her."

"As long as we hold on until then, we can follow the Princess back to the Imperial City and be free of this place for good!"

The females’ breathing suddenly quickened. One of them gripped the iron bars, her knuckles turning white. "You’re just trying to trick us again..."

"Can tricking you heal your wounds?"

The white-haired female pulled up her sleeve, revealing a fresh bite mark on her forearm.

"This morning, I had a chunk of flesh bitten off by Nieruo’s new pet just to get some more herbs."

She deliberately held the wound up to the glow stone. The gruesome teeth marks shone with a ghastly blue-purple hue.

"If you don’t want to die, then drink every last drop of this medicine and hang on to your lives."

"The Princess’s Beast Husband is Executor Night Abyss of the Empire Court of Justice, a Level 2S Combat Beast! With him here, we’ll definitely be able to hold out for reinforcements!"

The iron cage suddenly began to tremble—not from frantic collisions, but from the females pounding the bars with their weak fists.

Ah Jin watched as the light reignited in their eyes.

She remembered how, when she first arrived, they didn’t even have the strength to resist.

As she turned to leave, she secretly pressed half a piece of hard bread, which she had hidden in her skirt, into the palm of the severely injured female.

Meeting the other’s grateful gaze, she silently mouthed, "Hold on. Freedom is close."

「Outside the cave, dusk was falling.」

A cub with a mouse tail and a body covered in pearl-colored lizard scales was mimicking the web-weaving motions of a Heart-Eating Nightmare Spider.

White spider silk was being woven into a fine protective net between the cracks in the rock wall.

This was a Spider Control Skill that even adult members of the Bone-Eroding Lizard Clan found difficult to master.

"Female Mother, this is for you..." The cub’s hoarse, childish voice was cautiously trying to curry favor. He pulled half a piece of hard bread from his fluffy fur. "I found it in the storage room. It’s not spoiled yet."

"Who wants your filthy things!"

Ah Jin kicked a pebble away, but the tip of her tail paused gently as it brushed past the cub’s cheek. She lowered her voice and said,

"If I see you near the female cave again, I’ll tell the leader you’ve been stealing food."

The cub bit his lower lip, looking wronged. Tears welled up in his big eyes as he sadly ran away.

She watched his retreating back, the tips of her ears twitching slightly.

’Only by making him stay away from me can he survive in this man-eating tribe.’

Ah Jin curled up in a cold, damp rock hollow and carefully took out a half-withered sprig of sage.

"Her Majesty the Queen, I beg you, you must come and save us."

She murmured to the sage, her voice as faint as a strand of spider silk.

"I’ve stalled for too long. Nieruo is growing more and more suspicious."

"The bodies of those sisters can’t hold on much longer. Little Tao is so badly injured, she might not make it through the night..."

She thought of the eyes in the female cave that had slowly begun to brighten, of their trusting gazes as they drank the medicine, and her own eyes began to burn.

"I grovel before that beast every day, enduring his humiliation, all for this one day. As long as you can get us out of here..."

Her nails dug deep into her palm.

"I’m willing to pay any price, even if I have to be tormented by the spider venom again, even if..."

The heavy footsteps of a patrolling lizard soldier sounded from outside the cave.

Ah Jin fell silent at once, stuffing the sage into her mouth and chewing it.

A bitter juice mixed with the taste of blood spread through her mouth.

She silently repeated the ancient prayer of the Mouse Clan in her mind:

’May the moonlight illuminate the path ahead, and may the winds of freedom blow through this cage.’

After finishing her prayer, she took a deep breath and forced her stiff body to move.

Her mouse ears perked up again, and her tail curved into a fawning arc.

Holy Female Ah Jin had once again transformed back into the obsequious, white-haired female.

But deep in her heart, a sliver of unprecedented hope was taking root.

’Perhaps, this time, salvation will truly come!’