A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 2644: Chapter 1780: This Hero Is Too Cold-Hearted

Lisetta led Duanmu Huai to the next battlefield, a border city. When they arrived, the city’s residents were in chaos. According to their claims, one of the Four Heavenly Kings was leading its Undead Army here. They had previously attacked another city, and now they had an army of over ten thousand Death Army.

But things weren’t that simple.

When Duanmu Huai and Lisetta came to the city walls and saw the Undead Army, they realized the situation was far worse than they imagined.

Among this group of undying spirits, there were also numerous living people. They were bound like prisoners, then dragged by the Undying spirits as if they were pets. Among them were both men and women, old and young. They cried, screamed, and pleaded. Caught in the midst of the Undying spirits’ army, they were advancing forward.

Meanwhile, the guards responsible for protecting the city stood on the wall, at a loss as they watched the scene.

"Hahahahaha."

At the rear of this Undying spirits’ army, a three-eyed demon was laughing loudly.

"Now, what do you plan to do, foolish humans? The choice is yours! Will you kill your own kind, or let yourselves be killed? Come on, make your choice......"

The demon stood at a distance, mocking the foolish humans, cackling shrilly. Meanwhile, the soldiers on the wall had already lost morale. It’s one thing facing the Undead creatures, but seeing

However, for Duanmu Huai, this wasn’t a problem.

"Do you have any way to purify these Undying spirits?"

"Me?"

"Aren’t you a Goddess?"

Duanmu Huai stared at Lisetta, as if looking at a useless fool, making Lisetta very displeased.

"I-I am, but the power I can use in this world is limited..."

"Then there’s no way."

Duanmu Huai said nothing more, he withdrew his gaze from Lisetta, then reached out, taking out a small piece of iron from his chest. Lisetta didn’t see clearly what it was, because the next moment, Duanmu Huai raised it and threw it out. It whistled through the air, then vanished among the army of tens of thousands of Undying spirits and living beings.

In the next moment, a dazzling light burst forth.

The scorching, brilliant light that even seared her retinas stung Lisetta’s eyes; she screamed and raised her hands to shield her face. She felt a scorching wind rush toward her, and even as a Goddess, Lisetta had to instinctively curl up, taking cover behind the wall. After a while, she finally opened her eyes and looked outside.

Lisetta was left dumbfounded.

The tens of thousands of Undying spirits on the plains and the humans captured by them were all gone, leaving only the originally green grassland now turned to blackened char. The Duanmu Huai who had been standing by her side had vanished too; Lisetta blinked and looked into the distance, finally seeing Duanmu Huai standing at the rear of the battlefield, next to a bloody heap.

Even without seeing, Lisetta could guess that Duanmu Huai had used that burst of light to launch a surprise attack and had taken down this Heavenly King.

However......

"You, you went too far!"

After reuniting, Lisetta’s gaze at Duanmu Huai was full of dissatisfaction and complaint.

"Didn’t you see the looks in those people’s eyes, they almost regarded you as a monster! Although I know your decision is understandable, I hope you can think about......"

Duanmu Huai stopped walking; Lisetta couldn’t react in time and bumped into him. The hard iron shell almost made Lisetta burst into tears.

"I asked you."

Duanmu Huai stared at Lisetta.

"I asked if you had any way to deal with the Undead creatures, and you clearly said you couldn’t."

"I can’t, after all, it’s the rule......"

"Then there’s no choice, this is the best way."

Duanmu Huai continued to move forward.

"On the bright side, their souls are at peace now, rather than suffering in eternal evil."

"Even so......"

"If you want the best of both worlds, you’ll need a way to achieve it, do you have one?"

"............."

Lisetta fell silent, she admitted she didn’t have one, and she also admitted, Duanmu Huai had asked her. But she had no way, and evidently, neither did Duanmu Huai, so he decisively chose this method. This left Lisetta a bit disheartened, she had never encountered such a situation before. Back then, the heroes would accept her explanation that the deities couldn’t arbitrarily interfere in other worlds and had to rely on their own strength.

Lisetta didn’t think anything wrong of it.

Until now.

She began to seriously contemplate whether everything she had done was indeed correct. Of course, Lisetta also knew, it’s the rule. Gods cannot interfere directly in the mortal world, but if that’s the case, then why guide heroes at all? Because gods can’t defeat the Demon King, they need heroes to defeat him. It means, the heroes are just pawns and tools of the deities......

"Forget it, let’s not talk nonsense."

Duanmu Huai clearly didn’t know what Lisetta was thinking, nor did he have any patience for it.

"How much do you know about the geography of this world?"

"I, I, of course, I know it fairly well."

"Good, now I’ll ask you a few questions, answer them one by one."

Although she didn’t know what Duanmu Huai wanted to ask, Lisetta could only bite the bullet and answer. Fortunately, Duanmu Huai did not ask her questions about height, weight, and body measurements as she feared. He only asked some information, including which kingdom this city belonged to, the kingdom’s location in this world, and the routes the Undead had used to attack the city before.

This knowledge was not confidential information for Lisetta, who was a goddess. In fact, this was information she, as a Guiding Goddess, should introduce to the Hero. However, Duanmu Huai’s previous behavior had been so astonishing that Lisetta had completely forgotten to introduce this basic knowledge to him.

"In any case, not here."

Lisetta looked around, and at this moment, the two of them were standing in the middle of the street, with the city’s residents and guards watching them from the side, completely afraid to approach. In theory, as the hero who saved this city, Duanmu Huai should have received cheers and thanks, a scene Lisetta was accustomed to seeing when guiding heroes to victory.

But the current situation was completely different. The surroundings were dead silent. The people looked at Duanmu Huai not as a hero, but rather as if they were looking at a notorious killer. The soldiers clutched their spears tightly, their expressions more tense and uneasy facing Duanmu Huai than when they had faced the Undead before.

"Anyway, let’s move to another place. This isn’t a good place to talk."

It was first time Lisetta had ever encountered such a thing, and it made her feel very uncomfortable. Clearly, this city seemed to not welcome them, so there was no reason for them to stay here. Lisetta opened the teleportation portal again and set the location.

"Let’s go back to that initial grassy village. The people there shouldn’t have any bad feelings toward you and won’t care about your appearance."

"I don’t care......"

"I care! Hurry up, let’s go!"

Lisetta forcefully pushed Duanmu Huai, then walked into the teleportation portal. The scenery blurred for a moment, and the two found themselves back at the initial grassland. However, this time, Lisetta had set the location within the village, yet...... the scene before them made Lisetta gasp in shock.

The once peaceful village was now completely engulfed in flames, the streets littered with villagers’ corpses. The entire village had been utterly destroyed.

"How is this possible?"

Seeing this, Lisetta was puzzled.

"The Demon King’s Army is still far from here. Why was this village attacked?"

"You’ve already said the answer."

In contrast to Lisetta, Duanmu Huai’s voice remained calm, even cold.

"This village was attacked by the Demon King’s Army."

"How is that possible?"

"Why not? When we first came here, wasn’t one of the Four Heavenly Kings attacking us on the grassland? Naturally, some demon clan came here and attacked this village. Isn’t that a natural course of events?"

"Hahaha, as expected of the Brave Lord."

Just then, an elderly figure appeared not far away, covered in blood but smiling, looking at Duanmu Huai and Lisetta.

"I knew you would come back, but unfortunately, it’s too late!"

"Late?"

"That’s right."

The old man gestured, and a giant turtle, its entire body engulfed in flames, appeared behind him. The turtle opened its mouth and spat out a pile of scrap metal.

"That, that’s......?"

"You came here for it, right, the Legendary Armor! The armor made from Gaia Brand’s hardest material, diamond, also known as the Vajra Armor. It’s a Divine Artifact that can even withstand the Demon King’s attacks! But unfortunately, before you arrived, I, Chilcabur, the Summoner and one of the Four Heavenly Kings as well as a strategist for the Demon King’s Army, had already completely destroyed it!"

"..............."

"..............."

Originally intending to find a place for a side quest, they accidentally triggered the main storyline. What the hell was going on?

"If I say, we originally didn’t know anything about this Legendary Armor, would you believe me?"

".........Huh?"

"Forget it, it doesn’t matter."

Duanmu Huai silently clenched his fist, glaring at the old man before him.

"Since you’ve come out to deliver yourself, then go to hell."