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Chapter 478 - 287 Nightmare Octopus King_1

Chapter 478: Chapter 287 Nightmare Octopus King_1

Having familiarized himself with his current body, Mu You didn’t waste any time. He quickly tossed a few fish from the net into the basket and headed towards the castle with the basket on his back.

There were many creatures along the way, not only humans and elves, but also various bizarre humanoid creatures.

Stranger still was that everyone here had a smile on their face – not a natural one, but a rigid one forced by twisting the facial muscles, as if everyone were just puppets on strings. To him, a living being, it was extremely creepy.

Helpless, Mu You could only try to mimic the same expression to avoid standing out.

On the way to the castle, Mu You was quietly counting the number of elves present.

He found that there were quite a few elves alive here. Along the way, he saw at least twenty or so. Judging by their dress and actions, they were doing relatively light work like watering flowers and caring for plants. Not one coolie was in sight, indicating that the elfs had a high status here.

"Halt!"

Upon reaching the castle, Mu You was stopped by two Octopus Soldiers guarding the gate, who questioned his purpose.

"I’m here to deliver lunch to Lord Zubaiz." Mu You replied, maintaining his ’smile’.

The two octopuses glanced at the fish basket behind Mu You, found no issues, and let him through.

The interior of the castle was much larger than it looked from the outside. The various corridors and decorations were incredibly opulent, even the entire floor and walls were crafted from flawless gems. Such a castle was beyond the capacity of ordinary humans to build. Even more preposterous was the fact that only areas below three meters were normal space. The areas above three meters were all covered by seawater. The seawater above didn’t overflow down, completely defying the laws of physics.

However, considering this was a dream, nothing about it needed to make sense.

There were also a significant number of staff within the castle, and there seemed to be even more elves inside the castle.

Everyone he encountered along the way would smile and nod at him in greeting. Mu You could only respond to each one, trying his best not to expose himself.

Mu You was wandering aimlessly in the castle. He didn’t know where the kitchen was, nor did he intend to go there. His purpose was merely to gather information, and with only half an hour, he had to act quickly.

But just as he was passing a corridor up ahead, Mu You suddenly spotted an octopus coming out from around the corner.

This octopus was a size larger than the Octopus Soldiers outside, its skin had turned red, and it wore a chef’s hat. Furthermore, there were some people with fish baskets on their backs greeting the octopus and walking past it.

Mu You had a bad feeling about this. Had he just walked straight to the kitchen? Would his bad luck lead him there?

What Mu You didn’t know was that because of the castle’s enormity and numerous intersections, there was an anti-lost design that would lead commonly lost people to their workplaces. It was impossible to go anywhere but there.

With the Invisibility Cloak and the Hermit Card unusable, and the octopus appearing in front of him, Mu You could only maintain his smile and humor and keep walking.

As he passed the Octopus Chef, he followed the actions of those before him, nodded in salute, and continued on.

At first, the Red-skinned Octopus didn’t take notice of him. However, just when he thought he had passed successfully, the Red-skinned Octopus suddenly called him back.

"Stop!"

Mu You could only halt. He had initially thought his facial expression had given him away, only to see the Octopus Chef walk up to his basket, take a glance, and scold: "Why is the basket only half full? You should at least bring a full basket back here, you damn idiot!"

The Octopus Chef then glared at Mu You: "I’ve never seen your face before. You’re a newbie, aren’t you? You dare to slack off on your first day? You deserve to be beaten!"

Just as he spoke, the octopus raised a tentacle to strike Mu You.

However, the ’Octopus Whipping’ was stopped midway.

Mu You seized the Octopus’s tentacle with one hand, his eyes growing colder.

This Octopus appeared to rank high. At the moment, there was no one on either side of the corridor, so Mu You was considering whether he should just abduct the Octopus and force out the quickest possible information from it.

"What are you doing?"

The Octopus was taken aback when he saw his tentacle grabbed. When he looked at Mu You again, he found his smiling expression had twisted and his eyes flashed with a touch of murderous intent.

"What is that expression on your face? You, you can’t be thinking about rebelling, can you?" The Octopus Chef became cautious, showing signs of fear, and desperately tried to pull back his tentacle. However, he found that the other’s strength was much greater than his, tightly holding his tentacle like a rock.

These special ability-bearing octopuses were quite weak in combat. At this moment, being countered by someone, the Octopus Chef started to panic, while Mu You’s eyes grew colder and colder.

However, just as a confrontation was about to kick off, a voice came from behind the two: "Chef!"

Mu You turned to see a female elf walking over, holding a tray in one hand and smiling.

"Chef, what seems to be the problem?"

"Meryl, just in time!"