A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 2658: Chapter 1791: The Hero Begins the Offensive (So Lazy, Don’t Want to Get Out of Bed)_2

"It’s okay, miss you......"

A red light flashed by.

Sede was completely confused about what was happening.

At this moment, time seemed to slow down immensely in Sede’s eyes. He saw the red light fly in from the side, piercing through the young lady’s body. Warm blood flew towards him, splattering on Sede’s face.

When Sede snapped back to reality, he only felt the warmth of the blood on his face, and the sticky, revolting sensation. He lowered his head to see the young lady, who had been smiling at him earlier, now lying in front of him. Most of her body was gone, leaving only charred chunks of flesh.

Ah, this is just like what I saw in the kitchen, those failed human meats made by the novice chefs......

Sede looked indifferently at this scene, and the thoughts that appeared in his mind were unrelated to the current situation. Perhaps he still hadn’t realized what had happened, or maybe his brain was refusing to accept the reality in front of him.

However, this was not the end, for soon, screams erupted from all directions.

"Uwaa!"

"What’s going on? Attack! We’re under attack!"

"Where are the guards? Why........ Ahhhhh!!"

Hearing the screams around him, Sede finally raised his head to look around, and only then did he realize that the orcs around him were scattering in all directions. Beams of red light shot from the city walls, targeting them. These beams were everywhere, in all directions. Many orcs didn’t even have time to evade before being directly killed. However, some orcs were resisting the attack, trying to retreat.

"Everyone careful! Gather, let’s kill our way out!"

The one commanding loudly was a sturdy orc, whom Sede knew. It was the student council president of this school, currently leading a few orc subordinates, swinging a shield in one hand, blocking those beams while loudly commanding the survivors. Its shouts naturally attracted attention, and soon several beams of red light were aimed at it. The orc raised its shield to block, but this time, Sede watched as the thick shield in its hand turned bright red under the beam bombardments, then completely evaporated, and the unhindered beams ruthlessly penetrated its body, turning the large orc into black char.

Sede didn’t know what would happen; he just instinctively lay on the ground trembling, as did the human slaves driven here to dig for rescue. They didn’t know what happened, nor why it happened; they just hid here, silent and shivering.

After some time, the strange "whoosh" sound disappeared, and then the previously dark surroundings suddenly brightened. Sede raised his head to look and was shocked.

He saw that on the originally dark academy walls, there was now a dense crowd of people, most holding a long tube, and some with torches. They all wore black leather armor, their entire bodies cloaked, silently watching this side.

What is this? Who are these people?

Just as Sede was puzzled, he saw a tall and terrifying figure appear from behind those Men in Black, like a Demon.

"Well done."

Duanmu Huai looked at the scene before him, nodding satisfactorily, then turned to the man beside him.

"You’ve also learned to extrapolate, very good."

"Thank you, Master."

"You’re welcome, I’m quite happy you can grow like this."

Duanmu Huai waved his hand with a chuckle. He was indeed quite pleased; this plan was suggested by a former human slave who found him. The person had served an orc brat here before, so was very familiar with the terrain. Thus, he proposed a plan, which was to blow up a boulder on the mountain at night, letting it roll down to damage the academy, pretending it was a natural disaster.

In this situation, the orcs would definitely come to help or to watch the spectacle. And they could seize this chance to infiltrate the school and capture all the orcs.

Looking at it now, the strategy seemed quite effective.

After all, disguised as an accident, most of the orcs would not be on alert, only thinking they were trying to help due to unforeseen circumstances, making it highly likely for them to be captured all at once.

"Alright, go chop off their heads, and prepare some ingredients. The pampered young lady will surely taste better."

"Yes, Master."

The man bowed his head, made a gesture to the others, and quickly those people descended from the walls and began executing the fallen orcs, cutting off their heads. As for the human slaves, they were driven to one side.

"I never thought they would do this......"

Watching the humans harvesting the orcs, Lisetta appeared quite complex. Earlier, she had considered these people merely pitiable, ordinary individuals enslaved.

But now?

What do they count as now?

"They are warriors."

Duanmu Huai seemed to have guessed Lisetta’s inner question.

"Humans need no Heroes. Humans will fight for themselves as long as someone can tell them this. Kneeling in despair praying for a Hero when faced with danger is merely the act of fools, true warriors should lay down their lives for human victory...... Hmm?"

Just then, suddenly there was a commotion not far away. Duanmu Huai turned to look and saw a young man tussling with a soldier.

"Let her go!"

"What are you doing, she’s an orc!"

"What’s going on?"

Duanmu Huai looked over there, opening his mouth to inquire, and the soldier hurriedly turned his head towards Duanmu Huai.

"Report, Master, we intended to collect this orc’s head but were stopped by him......"

"You can’t do this!"

The young man angrily clenched his fists, glaring at them.

"The young lady was a good person, why did you kill her? She always cared for me, took care of me...... Why, what are you trying to do?"

"........."

Upon hearing this, those soldiers also turned their heads to look at the young man, who was in tears.

"The young lady always wanted to improve human and orc relations; she always worked hard for this. Why did you kill her...... Clearly back then humans enslaved orcs and mistreated them, leading to retaliation, but even so, the young lady told me it was something that happened before we were born, we shouldn’t be held responsible for that. She said she would work hard to mediate human and orc relations so everyone could coexist peacefully, not treating humans as slaves and food...... But...... But......"

Duanmu Huai came up beside him, staring at the young man before him.

After a brief pause, he spoke.

"I trust your words, but this holds no significance."

"Eh?"

"I believe there are good orcs."

Duanmu Huai’s voice echoed in everyone’s ears; even the soldiers appeared quite surprised. However, due to their trust in Duanmu Huai, they continued listening.

"I believe, as you said, there are orcs desiring peace with humans, but this is meaningless."

"Wh, why......."

"Because they cannot coexist peacefully with humans forever. Perhaps after one or two hundred years, their offspring may attack again, attempting to enslave and annihilate humans. So even if they themselves maintain such thoughts, it has no meaning."

"But, but, as long as we strive to understand each other......"

"Mutual understanding doesn’t solve future problems."

Duanmu Huai interrupted the young man’s argument.

"But exterminating the orcs entirely can solve this problem thoroughly."

"........."

Duanmu Huai no longer looked at the crestfallen young man, instead turning to give orders to the soldiers beside him.

"Sympathizing with Alien Heretic thoughts is not allowed, execute him."

"Yes."