pertwk Chapter 92 Current Status of the Island
Chapter 92 Current Status of the Island
Chapter 92 The Current State of the Island (4K)
"How ugly, considering he used to be a soldier."
"They are no longer warriors, but a bunch of demons."
"Judging from this, it seems that both of them are experiencing pain in sync."
"Hey, does he really need to torture himself like this? If he wants to interrogate someone, why doesn't he just chop this guy up with a sword?"
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"This looks much more painful than being cut by a sword."
Galadriel did not believe that this awakened one had a weak will.
After all, they were once a handful of soldiers.
Warriors like Priscilla, who are powerful yet mentally fragile, are rare.
The vast majority of high-ranking warriors possess strong willpower.
Such a wretched state can only mean that the pain was truly unbearable, and that he had been detached from his warrior identity for far too long.
Well, he is a male warrior after all.
They awakened decades ago.
Theresa stared at Xu Yuan and suddenly said, "A strange energy appeared out of nowhere in his body. That energy was tempering his body, and the process caused him great pain, as if his body was being shattered and rebuilt."
As she spoke, she frowned, bit her lip, and "shout" out.
Those somewhat cold and clear silver eyes revealed dissatisfaction and heartache.
Alice and Bissie were both taken aback by what they heard, and their eyes suddenly reddened.
The others were also taken aback.
Destroying and rebuilding the body?!
That is definitely much more painful than being cut by a sword.
So, was Mr. Xu actually strengthening his physical body?
Did you also share your pain during the process with the other person?
Everyone guessed the truth.
Four minutes passed gradually.
After the violent energy within him dissipated, Xu Yuan let out a soft breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
As he was about to say something to the crowd, two figures suddenly rushed into his arms.
She held him tightly, refusing to let go.
"Alice, Bissi," Xu Yuan chuckled, ruffling their hair. "What are you two doing?"
The two sisters didn't speak, but just buried their heads in his arms.
After a long while, the two said in muffled voices, "Sir, sir, you must have been in a lot of pain just now?"
"It's alright," Xu Yuan said nonchalantly. "It's just a small price to pay to become stronger."
After comforting them, Xu Yuan was slightly taken aback when he saw their eyes redden as they looked up.
Crying and laughing are the most direct and intense ways for humans to express their emotions.
However, during this period of time, no matter how funny or touching the movie was, they didn't react much.
This made Xu Yuan somewhat worried, concerned that they were experiencing a severe lack of emotional connection.
Now it seems that this has put his mind at ease.
"Alright, not all ways to become stronger are painful; some are quite comfortable." Xu Yuan chuckled and patted their little heads. "Master needs to rest and recuperate."
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After saying that, he thought to himself, "100 points of soul strength."
A gentle, soothing energy washed over his soul.
Theresa let out a soft exclamation: "Another strange energy has appeared, but this one is different from the previous ones—I don't quite understand this energy, what is it doing?"
She truly doesn't consider herself an outsider at all.
A substitute for someone else; if you want to see it, just reach out and ask.
Now that I'm curious, I just ask directly.
Xu Yuan glanced at her and said, "Nourish your soul."
"Where did you get all these things?"
"I can't say, it's a secret."
Xu Yuan rarely lies; he usually says what he thinks and simply doesn't say what he doesn't want to say.
"Okay." Theresa didn't press the matter further.
"Does the soul really exist?" the others wondered.
Only Theresa wasn't curious.
Because she had previously seen Shin Kamiya in his spirit form.
"It exists," Xu Yuan said.
"Can the soul become stronger?"
"Sure. Although you can't use my method, there should be other ways to strengthen your soul."
While there are few supernatural systems in Japanese anime that involve soul cultivation, they are not entirely absent.
Putting aside other things, in some magical worlds, the soul is not something particularly mysterious.
Just then, the little crow flapped its wings and flew back.
It just went to suck blood while it was still hot.
After all, the body it is currently inhabiting is a vampire.
It can obtain benefits by absorbing blood.
For example, after DI0 absorbed a large amount of demi-human blood, he not only overcame sunlight but also gained the demi-human resurrection ability (although it was an incomplete version that required the consumption of life energy).
"You certainly don't waste anything," Xu Yuan said, looking it over.
It felt as if its aura had broken through to the second tier.
Of course, first-order, second-order, and so on are the hierarchical classifications of his extraordinary system.
As for the others, we can only make a rough estimate.
Moreover, the estimates may not be accurate.
"Little Crow needs to continue digesting, Master."
As the crow spoke, it landed on Xu Yuan's shoulder.
Theresa glanced at the pile of corpses surrounded by crows not far away and asked curiously, "Can it get stronger by sucking blood?"
As they spent more time together, everyone realized that Xu Yuan's pet was not a real bird.
This made them breathe a sigh of relief.
The idea that birds in the real world can read is really disheartening.
Incidentally, Theresa sometimes teases it.
Unfortunately, the crow never paid her any attention.
It is only close to Xu Yuan.
In addition, it holds grudges and is particularly rude to Alicia and Bissi.
"Okay," Xu Yuan said.
"Hey~ Could it be that after I digest it, I'll reach their level?"
"Perhaps."
Blood is only a part of the Awakener's body, and the Crow cannot absorb 100% of it.
But the sheer number of them is what it is.
It took a big breath this time.
Once it has fully digested all the power in that blood, it might actually reach the third tier.
Even if it doesn't work this time, with such a simple and straightforward way to become stronger, Xiaoya should have no problem breaking through to the third rank in this world, and might even break through to the fourth rank.
At this moment, Xu Yuan suddenly looked at the unconscious Awakened One and said calmly, "If you're awake, stop pretending to be asleep."
Upon hearing this, the awakened one sighed and reluctantly opened his eyes.
"I'll ask, you answer," Xu Yuan said.
"What? Want to try some more?"
Upon hearing this, the other party immediately shuddered.
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"No, no, no! I... I was just curious." The awakened one looked at Theresa. "I know you, Smiling Theresa, right? You've awakened?"
If it's awakened, why does it take the form of a warrior?
It's important to know that although one can revert to a human form after awakening, it's always the form one took before becoming a warrior.
Who can continue to maintain the appearance of a warrior?
You could say she hasn't awakened yet, but her strength is terrifying, and she doesn't have any wounds on her neck.
Theresa loved to look beautiful, and after removing the demon's flesh and blood to heal her wounds, she refused to wear the greatsword uniform again.
Instead, he bought a whole bunch of modern clothes online.
She was wearing light blue jeans and a white shirt today.
Well, in the eyes of people in this world, it's definitely a strange outfit.
But this is not important.
Importantly, the fact that she had no wounds on her neck immediately caught the attention of these awakened individuals.
As he spoke, the Awakened One glanced at Alicia again.
This child is in the same situation.
The other twin's neck was covered, so it was impossible to tell if he had any wounds.
Although he asked, unfortunately, no one paid any attention to him.
Xu Yuan said, "Enough with the nonsense. Tell me what's happened in the last five or six years. I'll only count to three. If you still don't tell me by then, we'll talk again in a few minutes."
"I'll talk, I'll talk!" the awakened one said hastily.
He glanced at Xu Yuan with fear.
There was no demonic aura about them, and there were only so many male awakened individuals, all of whom knew each other.
In other words, this person is not a warrior.
But for some reason, it gave him a sense of danger.
The methods they just used were unheard of.
To be honest, while he was curious whether the smiling Theresa had awakened, he was actually more curious about who this man was, where he came from, and why he was with these people.
However, thinking of the excruciating pain he had just experienced, he ultimately didn't dare ask him those questions.
"About six years ago, many of the soldiers—" He glanced at Theresa and the others before continuing, "suddenly disappeared."
"Are there only warriors?" Xu Yuan suddenly asked.
The awakened one was taken aback: "Are there other people?"
"It's alright, you can continue," Xu Yuan said.
This awakened being seemed unaware that the missing people at the time weren't just the Greatsword, but also a portion of the management personnel.
This even included the organization's leader, Lemoto, and key researcher, Daye.
Clearly, the relevant information has been blocked.
It may also be related to the fact that most of these awakened individuals, who are not very bright, do not pay much attention to the behind-the-scenes managers, so they do not deliberately inquire about information.
However, while it's easy to keep information from management, it's much harder to keep news of the missing sword hidden.
Because they each have their own area of responsibility.
They need to travel around.
The sudden disappearance of a large number of greatswords could not be concealed.
"About six months later, Isley led his Awakened Legion to attack the organization—"
Isley, the first male greatsword master.
After awakening, he was known as the "Silver King".
He appears to have awakened voluntarily, possibly out of a sense of responsibility to eliminate other awakened individuals.
Perhaps he felt that he was still himself after awakening.
But clearly, he overestimated himself; he wasn't as special as he thought.
All initial intentions vanished after the awakening.
"How long do you mean?" Xu Yuan asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Half to six months later."
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The so-called Awakened Legion actually only consists of twenty or thirty people.
There is no need to prepare provisions or anything like that before going on a campaign.
Taking action only six months after the incident is incredibly slow.
Is it due to the information lag in the agricultural era?
Or perhaps they didn't have any intelligence agents and received the news too late?
Or perhaps, it took a lot of time to find out the specific list of missing Claymores?
But as the saying goes, speed is of the essence in war.
This took half a year —
"Let's continue, and what's the result?"
"The entire Awakened Legion was wiped out, and Isley escaped with serious injuries."
"Oh." Xu Yuan wasn't too surprised.
Luo Yalu, however, was completely baffled: "The organization won?! How did they win?"
"It's probably the country behind the organization that intervened," Inelli guessed. "Six months is enough time for the remaining people to ask for help. Moreover, six months is also enough time for the organization to recover some of its strength."
Xu Yuan agreed with Inili's guess.
If it were a normal experimental process, the country behind the organization might not have intervened.
But what happened at that time was clearly an abnormal situation.
If they ignore it all and let the organization fend for itself, even abandoning the two imprisoned dragon descendants, then he would have to wonder if the country behind the organization truly valued this experiment.
Six months is enough time for the organization to select some new greatswords and restore some of its strength.
Isri probably considered this point.
What he didn't consider was another point—foreign aid.
Because he didn't know the truth about the organization.
In the manga's side story, Isley, during his Greatsword era, described his awakening as "becoming a monster of unknown origin," which suggests that the first male Greatsword user did not originate from the war-torn continent.
They, too, were island natives unaware of the truth.
After he awakened and left the organization, settling in the north, he had even less chance to learn the truth.
The awakened one was completely bewildered.
What is meant by the country behind an organization?
Isn't the organization controlling this continent from behind the scenes?
Is there a country behind it?!
Of course, he didn't dare to ask, and continued, "After Isley was seriously injured and fled, he encountered West Riful and eventually died at her hands."
If the organization didn't have outside help, perhaps Isley could have destroyed it while still retaining the strength to confront the other two Abyss Beings.
After all, that was when the organization was at its most vulnerable.
A large number of greatswords disappeared, including many high-ranking greatswords.
Even the organization's leader is gone.
However, the combat strength that can be restored in six months is ultimately limited.
But there are no "what ifs".
There are powerful people behind this organization.
As a result, the Awakened Legion was completely wiped out, Isley was seriously injured and escaped, and finally died at the hands of Livlu, who was watching the fight from the sidelines.
"After Isley's death, the organization occupied the north. Fearing a repeat of his fate, Livlu began creating Awakened Ones in an attempt to increase her comrades, but this did not go smoothly. Afterwards, the continent maintained a situation where Livlu occupied the west, Luciela occupied the south, and the organization occupied the east and north."
"Awakened individuals like you, who don't belong to any particular faction, are mostly located in the central region, right?"
That's right.
"Oh, you can continue."
"Then, more than two years ago, the warriors who had disappeared suddenly reappeared."
"The number of soldiers under the organization exceeds sixty."
About half a year ago, because Livlu had been making constant moves, the organization decided to gather its forces to take her down.
"Colifredo somehow persuaded Luciela."
"The two major abysses and organizations are locked in a fierce battle in the West."
"During the fierce battle, No.0.1 at the time suddenly awakened and became a monster far surpassing the Abyss Ones."
"Livlu and Lucyella escaped and their whereabouts are unknown."
"Almost all the organization's fighters present were wiped out."
"Oh." Xu Yuan nodded. "That No. 0.1 is called Priscilla?"
The awakened one was puzzled upon hearing this.
You already know this, so why are you asking me?
Could it be that, as I suspected, these simple questions were just a test of my honesty, and the real questions were yet to come?
"That's right."
"Where is Priscilla?"
"I don't know, I heard they roam around eating people."
"Is there anything else you'd like to add?"
"No, that's all I know."
"Okay, let's get going then."
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