A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 2668: Chapter 1801: This Divine Realm Has No Choice (There’s a Lot to Buy)

"...and then, they killed everyone there without exception."

Looking at the Great Goddess Isis in front of her, Lisetta’s complexion was pale. Even now, thinking back on that scene made her feel apprehensive.

After that, Duanmu Huai didn’t stay long in that world. He stirred up trouble, inciting the Four Heavenly Kings to fight for the Demon King’s throne, while taking the opportunity to gather the human slaves and educate them to become faithful believers of the Tribunal. Then, when the Four Heavenly Kings were tangled in chaotic battles, he appeared directly and killed them all.

With the Demon King and the Four Heavenly Kings gone, the Demon King’s army completely collapsed, and Duanmu Huai left the world, having accomplished his task.

Although many Orcs survived, for some reason, Lisetta was certain that they probably wouldn’t be able to continue existing. Duanmu Huai was also convinced of this, which is why he left that war-torn world without looking back.

"I understand your feelings, Lisetta."

Seeing the pale-faced goddess, Isis spoke softly to comfort her.

"What worries me isn’t just this, Lady Isis. Before leaving that world, Mr. Duanmu handed them some books. According to him, those books were the Tribunal’s doctrines and handbooks on identifying heretics and aliens. What are they really planning? What will the future of that world’s humans become?"

Indeed, this was Lisetta’s greatest concern. Before, when she summoned heroes to save the world, they mostly just defeated the Demon King, and that was it. But Duanmu Huai was different; not only did he defeat the Demon King and save humanity, he also introduced them to new thoughts and concepts.

When Lisetta left that world, she saw with her own eyes that the people had started worshipping skulls and the War Hammer. They would even preserve the skulls of the deceased as a form of commemoration. Though she left the world, Lisetta couldn’t help but wonder what such a world would become in the future.

What would the Tribunal do?

"Are we really going to cooperate with the Tribunal, Lady Isis?"

Lisetta, although not very bright, understood what this meant—the Tribunal might save every world, but they would also bring their ideology to each world, teaching the humans there to follow the Tribunal’s doctrines and ideals, ruthlessly and mercilessly destroying any heretical ideas that dared to rebel against the Tribunal.

Is this really the right thing to do?

"I don’t know, Lisetta."

However, Isis’s answer plunged Lisetta’s heart into despair.

"I understand your thoughts, but there’s nothing we can do. Strictly speaking, while you might see this as bad, for us it isn’t."

"Huh?"

She couldn’t help but feel shocked when the elderly person she always thought of as kind and tolerant said such words.

"Summoning heroes to save humanity is indeed our mission. But you know as well as I do, it’s not an easy task. Saving the world requires patience, determination, and courage. Many human worlds face crises, yet as deities, we cannot directly intervene. Even if we go to those worlds ourselves, our Divine Power would be sealed, forcing us to act like ordinary people."

"......"

"Saving humanity is a glorious mission, but in reality, it has nothing apart from glory."

"Huh?"

"Why do you think we grant power to the heroes who cross over? Because at the end of the day, it’s a thankless job—dangerous, offering no actual benefit other than glory. Of course, in many hero stories, the hero who slays the dragon wins the Princess’s favor and gains the throne. That is the reward they deserve, but for the heroes who cross worlds, they cannot obtain this."

"This......"

Facing Isis’s candidness, Lisetta was speechless. Upon reflection, it indeed made sense. After defeating the Demon King, these heroes would return to their own worlds, leaving behind no fame or status, gaining only the power they acquired during their journey.

"Furthermore, not every hero is willing to stay and save the world. There are many summoned individuals who feel resentment because of it. From this point of view, the Tribunal is actually a good candidate for cooperation; it’s their duty. Moreover, from your report, the Tribunal has a set of very reasonable and mature rules and protocols, which makes it easy for those worlds to rely on their own strength to resist future threats."

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

"But......!"

"Perhaps you find it ruthless and cold, but to save most of humanity, we often must make sacrifices. While the legend of heroes is indeed exciting, mere tales and passion often cannot save humanity."

"........."

Lisetta opened her mouth but quickly lowered her head. She understood the Great Goddess Isis’s point. Perhaps it was true, but saving humanity was supposed to be a noble and glorious mission, wasn’t it? Does it really have to be like this? Is there no better way?

What Lisetta hoped for was a sacred, glorious army with beliefs, raising golden banners as they brought a ray of hope to worlds covered by death and destruction.

Not an Iron Army, spreading fire and blood wherever they went.

But alas, she could only imagine it. Because right now, the Steel Warriors from the Tribunal had already entered the Unified Divine Realm, disregarding the curious, probing gazes of the deities. They walked the streets proudly with weapons in hand, as if they were the true rulers of this world.

Incidentally, even the responsibilities of the Guiding Goddess were canceled—perhaps Duanmu Huai had enough of Lisetta’s constant nagging, and upon returning to the Unified Divine Realm, he immediately protested to Isis. Ultimately, Isis changed the way the deities guided. From then on, deities would no longer follow the Tribunal warriors but only provide a brief briefing of intelligence about the world when opening the Teleportation Portal to send them there.

Similar to a task briefing before the operation.

Then the Tribunal would determine the threat level of that world and decide whether to dispatch a squad or an army to enter the world and take action.

Of course, without the Guiding Goddess, these warriors would not be able to return until the Demon King had been defeated. Only after defeating the Demon King could they leave that world and return to the Tribunal.

The responsibility for recognizing and evaluating these warriors fell to Mary and Hei Chuan Chi Yin.

The reason for assigning Mary was simple. Mary had followed Duanmu Huai to many worlds and had gained a relative understanding of the threat level each world posed. As long as she reviewed the reports, she could roughly compare and judge that world’s threat level and completion status.

Meanwhile, Hei Chuan Chi Yin mainly followed Mary to gain experience. Once she fully mastered this work, Hei Chuan Chi Yin would take over this role completely.

As for Duanmu Huai... he was back at the desk again, passing the time by watching the progress bar.

After all, replenishing resources and constructing warships take time; it’s not as simple as snapping your fingers to get it done in a second. At present, Duanmu Huai stared at the screen, experiencing the feeling of a game installation progress bar moving abnormally slowly—essentially increasing by just ten percent every ten days.

Utterly boring.

By the way, the Unified Divine Realm was not going anywhere; Duanmu Huai already placed a statue of the Tribunal there. This means everything there is under the Tribunal’s jurisdiction. Nothing would happen if the gods cooperated as needed, but if not... well, at least for now, most are cooperative.

After all, for the Tribunal, if they don’t cooperate, the cooperation unit would only be turned into a directly controlled unit.

Just a bit of paperwork, nothing significant.

And Duanmu Huai’s interest in the Unified Divine Realm was not solely about saving the Human World.

One must remember, the Milky Way is immensely, immensely, immensely vast.

The Tribunal is merely one of its forces, and Duanmu Huai cannot locate every human civilization within the Milky Way. Through the Unified Divine Realm, Duanmu Huai can pinpoint the location of those humans and establish their positions—in short, lighting a candle on the map.

Needless to say, the Tribunal’s achievements during this period were brilliant. Watching the dark star map light up with points representing humans’ survival, this sense of accomplishment was strong.

Moreover, this brought Duanmu Huai an unexpected joy.

Especially when Duanmu Huai noticed a bright point appearing in the Eye of Fear on the star map, he almost excitedly jumped up.

This thing is genuinely effective!

It can actually enter the Eye of Fear?

More importantly... does the Eye of Fear still have surviving human civilization?

That is the Eye of Fear, Chaos’s base camp! The Milky Way’s largest and most infamous location, can humanity continue surviving inside it?

Not even Cadia dared to be this bold, right?

Upon learning this, Duanmu Huai decisively made a decision.

"I want to find out what’s really going on in that world!"