Chapter 694 The Unknowable Future
The stars shine.
Duanmuhuai sat on a chair, staring at the sky of the universe outside. Just now, Aikote had reported to him that all enemy ships had been annihilated. But this is not the end, just the beginning. The gears of fate begin to turn, and the battle between the Tribunal and the Chaos God will begin again.
He has no choice.
Duanmuhuai closed his eyes and took a deep breath. In this unlucky world and unlucky identity, if possible, he also hopes to find a garden world with beautiful mountains and clear waters to retire in. Unfortunately, this was impossible, the seal had begun to loosen, and the bastards trapped in the Eye of Fear began to try to escape from the prison one by one and return to the free galaxy. Like hungry beasts, they will devour all living creatures.
But what does this have to do with me?
Duanmuhuai opened his eyes and glanced at the system information in front of him again.
He is just a player. Maybe he will die when he dies. Maybe there are other heroes in this world who will stand up and fight against Chaos, just like the Iron Man War, the Horus Rebellion, and the Black Crusade - justice finally defeated Evil, maybe not himself, but someone else will continue to fight against Chaos and win.
But... maybe he's good at this.
Duanmuhuai admitted that although the world seemed very fucked up and dangerous, he felt that he seemed to be more suitable for this world. Because here, he can pick up the war hammer without any scruples and smash the heads of everyone who dares to stand in front of him, and wipe their brains on the ground. Maybe he was born to do this. After all, even in the original world, he couldn't do any ordinary work like this, and extraordinary work... well, there's no way he could do it.
So maybe it's better this way now.
Duanmuhuai retracted his thoughts and looked at the information column again. Mortarion's death brought a lot of experience points. However, now for Duanmuhuai, he did not think about the harvest immediately, but mainly focused on the battlefield information records. ——Only through these records can he review everything on the battlefield and find better countermeasures.
After all, fighting the BOSS as a player and fighting the BOSS as a god are two different things.
In the game, it is impossible for players to challenge Mortarion alone. In reality... well, Duanmu Huai is not considered a solo challenge.
Taking a look at the battle information bar, the first thing you see is the various auras of both sides competing against each other.
[Mortarion resisted the Aura of Fear——The resistance was successful]
[Duanmuhuai resists the death plague——The resistance is successful]
[Mortarion resisted the Whisper of the Old One——The resistance was successful]
[Duanmuhuai resisted the sound of crying——The resistance was successful]
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Judging from the system information, the two sides activated their auras for the first time in the battle, and then there were various non-stop mutual resistances and immunities. Just like mortals who enter Mortarion's poisonous gas realm will be corrupted into bloody chaos monsters, mortals who enter Duanmuhuai's fearful aura will also die directly due to extreme panic.
If this were on a large battlefield, both sides would do nothing but emit halos, which would be enough to clear out all the soldiers around them.
But when they reached this level, it was difficult for them to break through each other's defenses by shining halos on each other. The only reason why Duanmu Huai was able to win a big victory in a short period of time was because of the love from Dice Girl.
[Mortarion resisted the Whispers of the Old...a big failure]
That's right, if Mortarion hadn't failed in resisting the Whisper of the Old One in this "round", he wouldn't have been able to break through the defense so easily, and then Duanmu Huai would have seized the opportunity to kill him instantly.
Mortarion's experience is divided into two parts. The God of Destruction is still at level 15 and has not been upgraded, but the experience bar has increased by nearly half, which is higher than when he killed Rose. The Will of the Old Gods has been upgraded to level seven, raising the level of the aura ability [Whisper of the Old Ones] to LV3. At the same time, he also gained a brand new ability.
[The long-lasting call: The Old Ones were once there, the Old Ones are always there, and the Old Ones will always be there. They wander silently and primitively, not in the space of the universe as we know it, but 'in between' the universe, not in dimensions, not visible to humans (let go of your heart and call to those on the other side of the universe) The Old Ones are coming)]
This move is really a killer.
Looking at the skill introduction in front of him, Duanmu Huai twitched the corners of his eyes. One day when he gets tired of living, he can try to use this to summon Azathoth. Forget it, Zathos eats it. If everyone dies together, well, this skill is good as the ultimate insurance.
But in the battle with Mortarion, Duanmuhuai was not without gains. He was surprised to find that among the three priesthoods he held, apart from the [God of Destruction], the [Will of the Old God] was the most powerful. Restrain these demon princes.
It's normal if you think about it carefully. The demon princes are all the original genetic bodies of the demons. More than half of their bodies do not belong to the real world, but to the subspace. If it were gods from other orders, they might not be able to fight against these subspace demons. But it's different when it comes to the Old Gods - their existence is higher, stronger, and more fierce in competing for influence in the subspace.
This is the reason why Mortarion completely broke through the defense with just one big failure. If Duanmuhuai can improve the level of [Old God's Will], then there will be no problem in dealing with other demonic primitives. He could use [Old God's Will] to break the opponent's defense, and then use [God of Destruction] to go up and harvest the opponent's soul.
As for the [God of Joy]... Well, this level is too low, and it probably has no other use than grabbing some souls.
Duanmuhuai checked the battlefield records again and confirmed that everyone else was normal. Then he closed the information bar and closed his eyes. The benefits of destroying a demon primarch are basically negligible, because of Mortarion's characteristics, his trophies are of no use to Duanmu Huai. Those gadgets that are full of germs, poisonous gases, and deadly infections are all worth giving away to Duanmu Huai. Not to mention that if he uses these gadgets, wouldn't it be equivalent to indirectly spreading his father's love?
Maybe at some point that fat nerd will come looking for me with a smile on his face.
In fact, all demon primarchs are killed like this, with a large amount of experience, but other than that, they rarely drop any trophies, or no one dares to use them if they drop. Players who used those trophies were basically contaminated by Chaos, and then were overthrown by the crowd.
Since these trophies only have a chance to be dropped when killing the Demon Primarch BOSS, no one will be idle and open an alt to touch corpses. Players who can reach the level and equipment to attack the Demon Primarch will naturally I don't want to waste my account for such nonsense.
In other words, for Duanmu Huai, it was a good thing that Mortarion didn't drop anything. If it dropped any equipment, then he would have to worry about whether his loving father had begun to pay attention to him.
At least for now, everything is fine.
Sure enough, we still need to find a way to improve the level of [Will of the Old Gods], but we can't do it in Faerûn... Well, maybe we can try going to Baator Hell?
Anyway, the devils and devils there have nothing else to do but fight all day long. Duanmuhuai stood up, moved his body, opened the door and walked out of the room. At this moment, he saw An walking over from the other side of the corridor.
"Ah, Mr. Knight!"
When he saw Duanmu Huai, An seemed to have found some target, and angrily ran to him and complained.
"Next time, can you please explain the situation in advance when you summon us? It's really smelly there! I've been soaking in the bathroom for a whole hour... ugh... I should have no smell anymore, right?"
As he spoke, An sniffed his body from side to side, and at the same time raised his hands to Duanmu Huai. Duanmuhuai also lowered his head and sniffed lightly.
"No, it's normal."
"That's good. To be honest, the stench is so terrible. I thought I would never be able to get rid of that horrible smell in my life."
An breathed a sigh of relief.
"Where's Gulea?"
"Ahahaha..."
Hearing Duanmuhuai's question, An blushed.
"Gulea...she fainted and is resting, hehehe..."
"Are you making another excuse to check if she is clean and if you have done anything to her?"
"Hey hey hey..."
Looking at An who smiled awkwardly, Duanmuhuai shook his head helplessly. He also couldn't figure out what the relationship between An and Gu Leiya was. To say that they were just best friends, An was sometimes too affectionate towards Gu Leiya. And if you say there is any further relationship between them, it doesn't seem like that. At least as far as An is concerned, she seems to just like to take advantage of Gu Leiya by using her identity as a girl.
Looking at the Sorcerer Princess in front of him, Duanmu Huai suddenly thought of something.
"An."
"Huh? What's the matter?"
"Have you ever thought about the future?"
"The future?"
"That's right, the distant future, the future after a hundred years, a thousand years, maybe longer?"
“Woo………………”
Hearing Duanmuhuai's inquiry, An frowned and thought for a moment.
"I have never thought that far ahead. I think it will be better to consider future matters later."
"So do you think you and Gu Leiya will still be like this in a few decades?"
"Of course I hope it will be like this, but who can say for sure what will happen in the future."
After saying this, An smiled.
"I don't know what you think, Mr. Knight, but in my opinion, as mortals, we can only 'expect' for the future, and then work hard to realize our expectations. As for whether the future can really achieve our 'expectations', Let’s wait until then.”
"You sound like a princess when you say this."
"What does it mean to be like, I am a princess."
Looking at An Qi's bulging cheeks, Duanmu Huai smiled and stretched out his hand to touch her head.
"Indeed, we can think about the future things later."
Duanmuhuai nodded.
"Let's go back to Arkham first."
Then, he spoke.
(End of chapter)