Chapter 232: Preparing to Leave 1
In the room, three metal battle armors were displayed.
The surface of the battle armors was dark and smooth, seemingly fused with golden elements, with subtle gold thread patterns amidst the low-key black.
The battle armors had various sensors and weapon interfaces, but unfortunately, they were all destroyed by Xi Rui’s shooting.
The moment Li Yue entered, she noticed the difference in these battle armors. Her hand gently caressed the patterns on the armor, her voice trembling with anger: “This, this is battle armor fused with gold!”
“These insane nobles, they disregard the disaster in our Guang Star and actually put such precious materials into battle armors as decorations!”
For their Guang Star, monsters were a disaster, and it was this gold that gave them a chance of survival. But, they never expected that after the royalty took all this gold away, they would use it on the outer shell of the battle armor!
Enraged, Li Yue pried open the core. The person inside, having lost combat power due to the battle armor, suffered mental damage and was in a comatose state.
Xi Rui had no idea there was someone inside. Silently, she drew her bow and arrow, piercing the heart with an arrow.
With a ‘whoosh,’ Li Yue was stunned. The arrow flew past her ear and into the heart of the person in her hands, blood flowing down her hand to the ground.
Xi Rui: “There’s another one, open it.”
Her voice was ice-cold, as if she were killing poultry, not a person.
Zuo Xue Feng had been hunted by people from Imperial Capital Star all the way here. Although he wasn’t the one using the battle armor, he didn’t have any good feelings towards them; if they died, they died.
But Li Yue and Hua Xi were not.
They had never hunted monsters, nor had they ever killed anyone.
Li Yue was already stunned. Sang Chu walked forward and held Xi Rui’s hand: “I’ll handle it later, you go wash up, check for injuries, and apply some medicine. Sai Yue, you take Xi Rui to get medicine.”
“Oh, okay.”
Sai Yue, who had been watching, suddenly found Sang Chu calling her and quickly walked over. Before Xi Rui left, she suddenly said: “Being soft on enemies is being cruel to yourself. If they had captured you today, they wouldn’t have shown you mercy. For people like you who haven’t experienced killing, you should be glad you met A Chu. Otherwise, not only would they die today, but you would also die by my arrow. Useless, not fit to live.”
Sai Yue pulled Xi Rui towards the door: “Alright, why say so much? Master said she’ll handle it, so don’t be angry.”
Sai Yue knew Xi Rui didn’t want Sang Chu to have these useless people around, but as Sang Chu said, she would handle things. Sai Yue felt it wasn’t right for Xi Rui to interfere with the Master’s affairs.
After the two of them left, Sang Chu walked to Li Yue’s side, took her hand off the corpse, and wiped the blood from her hand with a cloth: “I’m sorry, Xi Rui is decisive due to her own experiences. She won’t leave any danger around.”
Li Yue looked up at Sang Chu, her voice trembling: “Will you also force me to kill?”
Sang Chu smiled: “Of course not. I don’t treat you as Card Slaves when I contract you. Do you remember when I first came here?”
Seeing the three silent, Sang Chu said: “At that time, it was my first time entering another world, and I knew nothing. In my world, people are very terrifying beings. They would kill each other for a bit of food, and do anything for a chance to survive. But you showed kindness to a stranger like me, which surprised me and warmed me. When I first arrived in this otherworld, I was quite scared.”
Hua Xi thought of Sang Chu going out alone on missions and couldn’t help but say: “It doesn’t look like you were scared.”
“That’s only because I couldn’t be scared. I needed to go home, I have family waiting for me. I can’t die in a strange world, so reality didn’t allow me to be scared. I could only keep getting stronger, to be able to protect myself and those around me.”
Speaking of this, Sang Chu suddenly remembered the first time she killed someone, the disgusting feeling of blood sticking to her hands, the foul smell that made her vomit uncontrollably. But she couldn’t show it, because Mu Xue was not in her right mind at the time.
Realizing she had drifted off, Sang Chu pulled her thoughts back and said: “Follow me back to the Apocalypse. In my Base, I will do my best to create a safe place for you. No one will force you to do things you don’t want to do, so rest assured, my promise is always valid.”
Sang Chu helped Li Yue up and said to Hua Xi: “Sister Hua Xi, please take Doctor Li to rest for a while.”
Hua Xi: “Okay.”
Hua Xi looked at Sang Chu, wanting to speak but hesitating. From what she had just said, she seemed to see again the girl who came to A City alone and went to hunt monsters alone.
In the end, all her words could only be swallowed. She really didn’t know what to say. Li Yue left, supported by Hua Xi.
Zuo Xue Feng looked at Sang Chu and said: “What do you plan to do with the remaining one?”
“Kill him.”
If Xue You were here, perhaps he could find a way to extract his memories, but now it’s impossible, so he can only be killed.
Zuo Xue Feng frowned slightly: “He can use battle armor, why don’t you contract him?”
Wouldn’t it be better to contract him first, obtain the method of using the battle armor, and then kill him?
Hearing this, Sang Chu explained: “It’s impossible unless he willingly becomes my Card Slave without any coercion. That’s why I asked you to be willing when I contracted you. A warrior like him would never willingly become someone’s servant. If there’s even a trace of unwillingness in his heart, I could be backlashed. That’s the rule.”
Sang Chu’s contract with Li Yue and the others was not without risk, Tu You knew this. But he also knew that Li Yue and Hua Xi had no choice, and their Power was not strong, so the backlash to Sang Chu would be minimal. But a warrior is different.
Once their resentment and anger reach a certain peak, not only will they not gain a Card Slave, but they might also die on the path of contracting a Card Slave.
This is the difference between the Magic World and other worlds.
It is also a rule established to protect people from other worlds who might be forcibly contracted.
Having received the explanation, Zuo Xue Feng said nothing. Following the method Li Yue had just used, he opened the other battle armor and severed the opponent’s head with a swift stroke.
“What next?”
Sang Chu: “The carriage is too conspicuous to continue using, but my Hovercar is broken and unusable. Xi Rui is injured and can’t continue hunting monsters. How about this: you and I go hunt monsters, and you can get familiar with your new weapon. The carriage will be converted into a Card and carried with us, so the target won’t be as large. Once Rabbit comes out of B City, we can prepare to return to the Apocalypse.”
Zuo Xue Feng had no objections to Sang Chu’s words, but Xi Rui unexpectedly refused. After taking a bath and applying medicine, she changed her clothes and came to find Sang Chu, only to hear her words.
“A Chu, I’ll go with you guys. He’s too weak, I don’t trust you to go with him.”
Zuo Xue Feng never expected to be looked down upon like this one day: “.”
