Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!
Chapter 110

Chapter 110: 110

"I say, kind Angel," pleaded Yang Yu, "we have a companion here who has fallen ill. Could you possibly give us some time until her illness improves, and then we can fight?"

Yang Yu attempted to communicate with Amon, but all Amon responded with was a smile.

"In battle, no one will spare your life just because you suddenly suffer a heart attack."

"You’re right, if it were me, seeing an enemy with a heart attack might even excite me more, and I’d rush forward with a twenty-meter-long cleaver to chop him down."

As expected, the negotiation failed. Yang Yu took a deep breath, calming his heart, "Iyas, help Bai Jin to the corner, then get ready for battle."

"But..."

Looking at Bai Jin, who was coughing violently in his arms, Iyas was heartbroken but helpless, reluctant to move, hoping Yang Yu would come up with a better solution.

Bai Jin grabbed Iyas’s arm, her face wan, "Do as he says. We must defeat... defeat that angel... to survive... cough cough..."

After speaking, Bai Jin continued to cough violently. Iyas bit her teeth and eventually did as Yang Yu said, helping Bai Jin to the corner.

Yang Yu looked up at Amon, "Thank you for your compassion, Angel. For giving us a little time to prepare."

"I am not some kind Angel, the time I gave you was just so I could prepare," Amon held the Long Spear horizontally in his hand, the spearhead, glowing with a golden light, was enveloped by Darkness in an instant, and Magic sculpted it into a Sharp spearhead, "What I am now is all thanks to him; he pulled me out of fallenness, and yet I fell again... I’m afraid that the last form he bestowed upon me was meant to awaken me from my fall. It’s just too late... too late."

Saying so, Amon swung the Long Spear, shaking his wings.

"Originally, after four games, you would have been able to see this form of mine. Forcing through the limits, I need some time to slowly recover back to full health.

"But, this time I’ll give you an extra chance, if you can solve my question, I will not recover my Status and fight you."

"Really, there’s such a good deal after all. Indeed, you exude a sense of Compassion deep in your bones."

Yang Yu twisted his neck. Although for a Tamer, if the strategy was mastered, full health or half health didn’t make much of a difference, considering Bai Jin’s condition, in order to care for her as soon as possible, Yang Yu still agreed,

"Whatever you want to ask, just ask."

Amon’s face was devoid of any smile, serious and earnest,

"Suppose one day you come to a fork in the road and see a runaway carriage hurtling toward five people. You are limited in power, unable to stop the carriage, you can only divert the path to another road. At that moment, a little girl plays merrily on the other road, and if you change the direction of the carriage, she will be crushed to death under the hooves. Faced with such a choice, what would you do at the fork?"

First, it was the riddle of the Sphinx, followed by the ’chickens and rabbits in the same cage’ and classic misleading problems, now it’s the trolley problem...

Yang Yu sighed.

The first time he encountered the trolley problem, Yang Yu agonized for a long time. Sacrificing one person could save the lives of five others, but changing the course would forcibly involve an innocent person. It was a tough choice.

Back to the present, Yang Yu was no longer entangled with this boring question.

"What would I do?" Yang Yu’s lips curled into a smile, "Just do whatever I feel like doing at the time!"

The unexpected answer caused Amon to slightly widen his eyes, tossing aside all the follow-up questions he had prepared.

"That can’t count as an answer, can it?"

"Was yours even a real question?"

Human life is inherently priceless. Attempting to compare it is profoundly foolish.

If one day you were walking on the street and a doctor named Zhang San suddenly grabbed your shoulder and said to you, "Young man, I have five patients with serious diseases, each with a failing heart, liver, spleen, lung, or kidney, and they are about to die. Could you please sacrifice yourself, one death for the happiness of millions?"

Would you find that appropriate?

Clearly, it’s inappropriate.

If it really came to that, can you imagine how terrifying this world would become?

Everyone’s life would be priced, and used as tools for the greater happiness of others without restraint.

For the overwhelming majority, their lives are priceless. Placing them on a balance, no one could accept it, not even the heroes who stand up in critical moments.

So, your question, no matter how you choose, is a lose-lose situation.

Just follow your heart. If you want to save those five people, then save them. If you don’t want the girl to die, then don’t let her die.

The five people saved may feel justified, while the little girl’s parents may hate you to the bone; you may also be socially condemned for not stopping the carriage.

Neither choice may lead to a good outcome.

What’s important is the courage to bear the consequences after making a choice."

Yang Yu drew his sword from his waist, facing Amon suspended in the sky,

"I can somewhat guess why you’ve suddenly asked this question.

You said after being cleansed, you fell again.

In your lifetime, you’ve surely faced many choices like the trolley problem.

As you made choice after choice, the consequences piled up, you started to doubt your own decisions, and eventually, you broke down, proclaiming, ’It’s not me who’s wrong, but the world,’ and chose to fall.

Now, seeing my comrade suddenly fall, what you’re thinking is, ’If I force him to choose between letting one person survive a fight between two and the annihilation of us all, what would he do?’ That’s why you suddenly asked me this question.

Am I right?"

There was an indescribable sense of relief in his eyes. Amon slowly vibrated his wings, raised his head to look at the blue sky, but saw only the cold ceiling.

"You really are incredible. It’s as if all my confusion has been unraveled. The sense of ease I felt before dying... it turns out that’s what it was all about. Being dead means I don’t have to endure anything anymore. Whatever happens in the world has nothing to do with me. That’s why I felt such immense relief..."

"The incredible one isn’t me. The words I just said didn’t come from me alone. They are the lessons I’ve learned from countless games and from countless people. The truly incredible ones are those who know just how cruel the world is and yet still live their lives with laughter and love.

Well, do you think what I said makes any sense?"

"I really have learned quite a lot..."

Amon returned his gaze to Yang Yu, flapping his wings. The black Long Spear made a sinister arc in the sky, and a crescent-shaped black beam flew towards Yang Yu, who stepped back, completely dodging Amon’s first attack.

"Since you know my purpose and that I want to force you to make a choice, can you tell me your choice? Will you save the severely ill girl, leading to the demise of your group, or abandon her and defeat me?"

"Do you even need to ask?" Even before Amon finished his question, Yang Yu wore a confident smile and charged, "Of course, it’s to have everyone survive and conquer this labyrinth!"