Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder

Sorry i had something urgent to take care of, so the chapters has been delayed,

Dw i will publish all the delayed chapters after fnishing that thign.

For now I will try to updated some chapters daily.

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"Boss, please... please check this pendant one more time! This is definitely top-quality goods—I couldn't be wrong about it!"

In the northern district, the demon girl clasped her hands together, staring anxiously at the appraiser with fearful eyes.

But the old man examined the jade pendant through his magnifying glass for a long time before tossing it aside with disgust:

"What carved spiritual patterns? This is just a broken rock."

"Get lost! This thing's worthless."

The old appraiser waved her away, signaling for the girl to leave immediately.

The girl caught the pendant and held it in her palms, examining it again. The hope she'd held onto for so long was finally doused with cold water.

She thought about the protection money she'd paid out of her own pocket, then touched her swollen, still-aching cheek where she'd been slapped...

Now it looked like Erli had lost money and gotten beaten up.

"But... I clearly saw spiritual energy radiating from his pendant back then..."

"How... how did it turn into a broken rock..."

Standing at the entrance of the appraisal shop, the girl gradually lost control of her emotions, her eyes reddening with tears.

If she could at least comfort herself that the beating had been worth it before, now Erli truly didn't know what to tell herself anymore.

This was Demon Abyss City.

She was a child who'd been kidnapped and sold to the district as a slave when she was little.

All these years, She had endured everything silently, trying every possible way to earn money to buy her freedom. She wanted to return home and reunite with her parents...

But in this Demon City where absolute strength ruled everything, it was really hard for Erli to earn money with just her small, frail body.

After all, she was just a little demon—even the stray dogs on the street could chase her around and bite her...

"Here, this is a hundred silver coins. Go buy your freedom."

At some point, a young man's cold voice came from behind her.

Facing the little raccoon's dirty, tear-stained face, Yino casually tossed a bag of silver to the her.

She was caught off guard but instinctively reached out to catch the treasure bag.

"...?"

This windfall left the previously sobbing little girl completely stunned.

Erli looked at Yino, then at the bag of silver in her arms. She carefully opened it, but was soon blinded by the glittering silver inside.

"How did you..."

Erli held the money bag, staring at Yino in disbelief.

But soon, after recognizing who he was, her survival instincts from years of struggling in Demon Abyss City made her quickly hide the silver behind her back while backing away several steps from the young man.

However, Yino didn't care. He just waved impatiently:

"Look at you, little money-grubber. I told you to take this money and buy your freedom. Don't you get it?"

"Why... why are you helping me..."

Erli's eyes widened, and after confirming it several times, her voice trembled with emotion.

But just as the girl was about to cry from excitement, Yino smiled coldly.

"Because I want to see you get another beating."

"What do you mean?"

For a moment, Erli didn't understand what he meant.

Suddenly, Yino's gaze shifted from the little raccoongirl to the tall figure walking up behind her.

"See, as long as the money's right, your mine supervisors can smell it from a mile away."

Yino smiled and politely bowed to the towering bull demon.

The bull demon glanced at Yino with mild curiosity, then snorted dismissively. Gripping a spiked club in his hand, he walked over with heavy steps.

At the same time, Erli sensed the massive presence behind her and quickly turned around, backing away in fright.

As she retreated, she accidentally bumped into Yino's arms.

Yino hadn't reacted much initially, but when he vaguely heard a small dog on his shoulder growling in warning, he quickly stepped back two paces to maintain a safe distance from Erli.

"Erli, instead of working during your time off, what are you doing standing around here daydreaming?"

The bull demon approached the group, casually swinging his spiked club while snorting impatiently through his oily breath.

He was a full three meters tall and two meters wide. His massive, bulky body cast a shadow that blocked out the lamplight on both Erli's and Yino's faces.

"B,,,B- Boss!"

"I've scraped together the redemption money required by our mine!"

Although Erli's heart was trembling with fear, in this situation, she instinctively handed the bag of silver to the bull demon.

Hearing this, the bull demon raised his eyebrows curiously.

He roughly snatched the money bag and opened it, pouring all the silver into his palm to examine and count.

"Hmm, mm-hmm..."

More bull-like grunting sounds.

Erli watched expectantly. Seeing that he'd finished his appraisal, the girl blinked her beautiful eyes and smiled hopefully: "Boss, is it enough?"

"Not enough..."

The old bull demon smiled faintly and slowly stuffed the silver into his pocket.

At the same time, he looked mockingly down at the petite raccoon girl as if she were an ant: "You've owed this redemption fee for four or five years now. The interest alone is more than a hundred silver coins!"

"—?"

At these words, the raccoon girl who'd been full of hope suddenly froze.

This unprecedented plot development left her completely panicked.

Erli looked back at Yino, trying to ask him for an explanation, but Yino remained expressionless throughout, maintaining an attitude of a bystander eating popcorn. He didn't feel bad about the hundred silver coins at all.

After all, those were just a bag of broken stones that Jinyue had enchanted with illusion magic...

"How... how can this be..."

For a moment, Erli was helpless and dumbfounded.

She seemed to think of something and, as if grasping at her last chance, stepped forward and grabbed the bull demon's arm with a tearful, stuttering voice: "Then, then I won't pay the redemption fee first. Boss, can you give me back the hundred silver coins? I'll definitely find a way to use this money to compound interest and gather more redemption fees to pay off the interest..."

The girl squeezed out the most ingratiating smile she could manage to please the bull demon.

But he just smiled coldly and casually flung the sixty-pound little girl away with one arm.

"Cut the crap! Pay your debts—it's only natural!"