Life Game In Other World
Chapter 321: Dawn Breaks, Leader (Mission Complete/Double Release: Please Follow, Subscribe, and Vote for the Monthly Ticket)

Chapter 321: Chapter 321: Dawn Breaks, Leader (Mission Complete/Double Release: Please Follow, Subscribe, and Vote for the Monthly Ticket)

He Ao’s speed wasn’t fast, as his body had been charred, and every step came with excruciating pain.

Yet even so, he managed to escape a considerable distance, relying on various techniques.

Eventually, he was caught up by Noan on the rooftop of an abandoned building.

Noan’s insistence on killing He Ao actually stemmed from a ’lure’ that He Ao had placed on himself.

Though the lure’s effect was weakened on B-level powerhouses, if the bait held a special attraction to the target, the effect would be greatly strengthened.

As long as the mockery was appropriate, Noan would be drawn to He Ao.

When Noan caught up to He Ao, he found him crouching in a corner of the rooftop, struggling to support himself with a short sword.

"I actually have a question,"

He Ao looked up at Noan, "About two hundred kilometers south of Dawn City, there is a snowy mountain named Winno. Beneath the mountain is a thriving camp. Have you ever sent someone to attack that camp?"

Noan stopped in his tracks, staring at He Ao, and suddenly smiled, "Kid, I was wondering why you looked so familiar. Turns out you are Kano’s child. I knew your father."

The flesh over his heart writhed, turning into swaying tendrils one moment and smooth skin the next.

"Your father was an outstanding man,"

Noan moved closer to He Ao, speaking softly, "About ten years ago, I disguised myself as a fur trader and went into the wilderness to investigate an exotic beast uprising. It was then that I met your father.

Your father was a far-sighted man. He realized that trading with Wilderness Hunters wasn’t sustainable, so he always wanted to clear relations with the city to sell furs directly in Dawn City.

In the end, we hit it off, and I promised to ’take care of’ the City Defense Army for him so that they could enter the city to sell their furs.

After that, we often corresponded by letter. I admired his wisdom and character, so I deliberately turned a blind eye and granted the Wilderness Wanderers the right to enter the city and sell their furs directly."

"Then you turned around and told the Wilderness Hunters, stirring up conflict between them and our camp,"

He Ao looked calmly at Noan, "The mercenaries hired by the Wilderness Hunters to attack my father were nearly C-level. Given the financial power and unity of the Wilderness Hunters, it’s impossible they could afford such mercenaries, so that mercenary must have been hired by your people, right?"

In the event where Ronald’s father was attacked by the Wilderness Hunters, the traitor Hank who had been bribed stayed in Dawn City, easily escaped the camp’s pursuit, and continued to capture Wilderness Wanderers for the Kyle Manufacturing Company.

And Kyle Manufacturing Company was actually an asset of Noan.

If Noan had truly been paying attention to Ronald’s camp, it was impossible for him not to know about Hank.

Moreover, with the money from his betrayal, Hank had repaired his Mechanized Body and even switched to a C-level Mechanized Body.

The Wilderness Hunters, who lived by the edge of the knife, couldn’t possibly have the money to bribe Hank.

Similarly, those Wilderness Hunters couldn’t afford to hire mercenaries capable of attacking a C-level.

He Ao continued to watch Noan, "You arranged for someone to disguise themselves as Wilderness Hunters and hired mercenaries to ambush my father at a critical moment, causing him serious injuries that eventually led to our camp’s downfall.

The reason you did all this was that the wanderers from the wilderness, when losing their homes, subconsciously didn’t choose to enter the city; instead, they sought refuge with another strong Wilderness Wanderer Camp.

Because of my father’s management, our camp had a reputation, so most Wilderness Wanderers’ first choice was to join us. The more Wanderers joined us, the fewer entered the city, and the fewer ’workers’ you got.

In this matter, my father had become a benchmark. As long as he and our camp existed, the Wanderers who lost their homes always had a place to go, rather than having to enter the city.

You had to take down this benchmark, but you couldn’t do it under the name of the City Defense Army. Once you used the power of the City Defense Army, the Wanderers would be even more afraid to enter the city.

So, you chose an indirect method, seriously injuring my father, then used the rioting exotic beasts to slowly kill him."

"You’re very smart," Noan laughed, "as smart as your father."

He kept his gaze on He Ao and continued to approach step by step, "You were able to guess all this. So does that mean you killed Kyle, and all those wanderers in my factory were rescued by you?"

"Child, do you know why your father died?"

Noan smiled lightly as he continued,

"It was because of his absurd sense of responsibility. After he was injured, he could have easily abandoned those useless burdens and swiftly healed his injuries.

With his strength, he could have been a guest of honor anywhere, but instead, he chose to protect those utterly useless burdens and literally wore himself out to death. And you, you’re doing the same thing.

You saved those Wilderness Wanderers. Let me guess, you’re standing here blocking me because Christos promised you that those Wilderness Wanderers could live peacefully within the city, didn’t he?"

At this point, his tone suddenly shifted as he spoke softly, "I know you’re talking to me to buy time. Since you could accurately take out my plans, you must have sent someone to find the Captain. Indeed, the Captain could deal with the exotic beasts around us and could kill me."

He looked at He Ao, his smile teasing,

"But my people have been following the Captain all the time until before midnight yesterday. The Captain should have been at the location of the A-level exotic beast. Now it’s eleven fifty-five. Even if the Captain left immediately at midnight, he wouldn’t be back until twelve fifteen at the earliest.

In these twenty minutes, it will be enough for me to kill you and Christos, and then deal with the Nord Consortium.

And after everything is resolved, do you think the Captain will still be able to kill me when I’m already the Mayor?"

He Ao did not respond to him but looked toward a tall building in the distance. The television screen on the building was broadcasting the inauguration ceremony in front of the Glorious Palace.

The time was displayed in the upper right corner of the screen.

11:55

He Ao’s wristband had already burnt out a while ago, and he could no longer contact Eve.

And in the moment he turned his head, Noan suddenly attacked.

He leaped into the air, flashing to one side, and landed in the very center of the rooftop.

But Noan’s speed was clearly faster. By the time He Ao landed in the center of the rooftop, a strong and aged arm had already reached in front of him.

Burgeoning flames turned into a fuse that wrapped around He Ao’s body; the slightly lined palm gripped He Ao’s throat and slowly lifted him up.

"Good boy," Noan smiled as he watched He Ao,

"You won’t wait until the Captain gets back. I know you have a strong sense of responsibility. After you die, I’ll catch all those Wilderness Wanderers you released, one by one, and make them work endlessly for twenty-four hours until their lives are exhausted.

I will build one factory after another and capture all the Wilderness Wanderers, use them like disposable energy until they are depleted, and then throw them away."

"Child," his voice was aged and kind, his grip tightened, strangling He Ao’s throat, "you need to understand that there are always people in this world who are disposable energy. Their mission from birth is to contribute all they have to us, and then be discarded like trash."

"Disposable energy," He Ao’s throat was constricted, his breathing becoming more difficult. He spoke slowly and with difficulty, "can also think, can feel pain, cry, fantasize about the future, taste the sweetness of sugar."

He managed a weak smile, "I wasn’t actually waiting for the Captain,"

Noan was slightly taken aback by these words.

In his moment of distraction, He Ao forcibly burst through the flames surrounding him, and with a flash of silver sword light, sliced his wrist. Then, He Ao stretched out his legs to clamp around the old man’s body, and with a forceful push downwards, wrapped his arms tightly around Noan.

Bright red blood dripped from his wrist onto the concrete below, completing the concealed pattern on the ground.

A brilliant radiance lit up beneath their feet, forming a grand and complex purple heart-shaped pattern.

A strange and enticing sensation spread from this pattern.

"What are you doing?"

Noan saw the pattern under his feet and a sense of foreboding came over him. He released his grip on He Ao’s throat, trying to shake off He Ao and leave, but He Ao clenched him firmly.

"What I’ve learned," the ancient chanting filled Noan’s ears, "all things in the world are but illusions, and the eternal universe returns to joy."

The giant heart-shaped pattern emitted a dazzling light, and chaotic emotions surged into He Ao’s mind.

A hazy and ethereal figure with a stunning figure emerged in He Ao’s mind,

It communicated with He Ao’s spirit, transmitting waves of restless energy, and established a connection with He Ao’s consciousness.

The Witch of Desire.

While disrupting the Witch Church’s plans on the top floor of the Nord Consortium building, He Ao had briefly received the ’Divine Inspiration’ of the Witch of Desire, who took a liking to him and wished to bestow her ’Divine Favor’ upon him, which he rejected.

But it was then that he acquired the ritual to communicate with the Witch of Desire.

However, in the next few copies, he had no need to contact the Witch of Desire.

The ritual of the Witch of Desire is different from the God of Knowledge’s.

The God of Knowledge’s Ritual Array is simple, but it requires seven different ritual materials, arranged in a specific order.

The Ritual Array of the Witch of Desire, however, is very complex, but it does not need physical ritual materials; it requires something else.

Emotions, from calm to intense.

Any emotion would do, such as anger, resentment, greed, disgust, or lust.

The ritual of the Witch of Desire does not limit to the pleasures of the flesh, but such pleasures are the easiest way to stir emotions, thus many adepts of the Witch Church use it.

That’s also why He Ao had not approached Noan to address the issue of Ronald’s father’s death.

He needed this emotion, this transition from calm to intense emotion, as ritual material.

The Array under his feet was something he had gone out of his way to prepare that morning before leaving; this building had long been abandoned, an ideal location for a trap.

The materials used were invisible materials provided by Christos, but He Ao hadn’t completed the drawing, leaving part of the pattern to be filled in with his own blood when the time came.

A complete ritual pattern had Transcendent properties and could easily be discovered by Noan.

At this moment, He Ao’s thoughts also connected with that beautiful being filled with all kinds of emotions and desires from beyond the endless expanse of time and space, and then he softly said in his mind,

"The God of Knowledge asked me to relay a message to You; your offspring is too fragile."

Back in Dawn City’s Sky Plaza, He Ao had used the ’Divine Punishment’ of the God of Knowledge to destroy the offspring of the Witch of Desire.

Brilliant and vast purple radiance traversed the sky, tearing through the clouds and shining upon the ground.

The Witch of Desire did not respond, but through that fragile connection that was on the brink of collapse, He Ao could feel the surging rage of the Witch of Desire.

It’s wrong to hit a person in the face or insult someone by pointing out their weaknesses.

Hopefully, She won’t trouble a good friend.

The surging purple brilliance gathered in front of He Ao, condensing into a tiny purple spark, then suddenly erupted, devouring both He Ao and Noan whom he was holding down.

Twisted emotions and desires, like tidal waves, assaulted He Ao’s mind, attempting to swallow his consciousness and warp his spirit.

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When all the radiance had disappeared, the once abandoned building had been completely reduced to rubble, and a staggering figure lifted the concrete slab hanging over him and laboriously rose,

His body was pierced through, most of his bones exposed to the air, and countless twisted pieces of flesh writhed on his body as if they wanted to escape.

As he had anticipated, the Witch of Desire had been gentler than the God of Knowledge.

After all, it was the first time; a few more times, and the strikes would become harsher.

The reason He Ao did not choose to contact the God of Knowledge this time was because the last time the God of Knowledge had safely destroyed several floors on top of a large building, and contacting Him again might mean more than just destroying He Ao and Noan.

Old friends can have too fierce of a temper.

The population of the city is too dense, and a small disturbance could mean the death of thousands.

Killing people is illegal.

He Ao, carrying a silver short sword, slowly cleared away the debris, eventually finding what he was looking for.

An elderly head with only half a shoulder left, mixed in the rubble, stared with wide eyes fixedly ahead, his life long extinguished.

The Divine Punishments of both He Ao’s old and new friends focused on spiritual attacks, with the Witch of Desire’s spiritual attack comprising an even greater proportion than the God of Knowledge’s.

This meant He Ao, though weaker, but with slightly stronger mental resistance, was more likely to survive.

But even with survival, his time was short.

It was then that staggering footsteps and a soft call came from behind,

"Leader?"

He Ao turned around and saw the figure behind him; his vision was blurry, but he still recognized the person,

"Penny, how did you find your way here?"

"Leader," Penny staggered forward, coming to He Ao’s side, tears streaming down her cheeks, "You said I would become the best Hunter in the camp."

Tracking is fundamental for a Hunter,

"Did I say that?"

He Ao chuckled, leaning against a broken cement column as he slowly sat down, "I don’t remember."

"Leader, don’t sleep, don’t sleep, if you fall asleep, you’ll never wake up again, I will take you to the Doctor, you know that amazing Doctor, he can surely heal you..."

Penny reached out to lift He Ao, but he gently stopped her.

"Penny, is it dawn already?"

He Ao’s vision had completely blurred, and he could only vaguely see a ray of light shining in the misty sky, "We will have... a new home from now on... Penny... I leave the camp to you, take my sword... return it..."

His voice faded, until it was barely audible.

[Mission Completed]

[Evaluating mission...]

[Will return to the original world in 90 seconds]

[Return Immediately (90)]

"It’s dawn,"

Penny looked up at the sky, where a dazzling morning light pierced the clouds to touch the ground, "It’s dawn, Leader."

This time, she received no response as she turned her head back.

The splendid sunlight draped over the battered body behind her.

Propped against the broken pillar, he was closing his eyes gently, with a smile on his lips as if sunk in a deep sleep.

"It’s dawn, Leader."

[Returning to the original world...]