ebookslot Chapter 1514 - 108: Reality (Part 1)
Chapter 1514 - 108: Reality (Part 1)
Of course, the one who died was Tu Kulu, that poor native. He was killed in his own home.However, at the time, the villagers were panicked after the murder, so they all fled immediately.
Lu Hong happened to cross over at that moment. Although his body was extremely weak, Lu Hong quickly learned of his time travel through a conversation with the system and shouted about wanting to go back.
Clearly, going back was impossible. The system told Lu Hong that he must clear this world, allowing it to absorb the essence of this world, before he could be helped to return to Blue Star.
Forced to accept reality, Lu Hong had only one thought in his heart, his inseparable sister; he had only one notion in his heart, to clear the world quickly, a must-do task.
And at this time, the first villager who came to his senses after the murder thought that Tu Kulu’s home might have food or valuable items hidden, so he quietly returned alone, sneaking into Tu Kulu’s home to loot money and food.
Just coming through time travel, Lu Hong’s body was extremely weak and naturally couldn’t jump up and fight this villager, so he chose to play dead.
Frustrated without finding anything valuable, the villager wanted to whip Lu Hong’s corpse.
In desperation, Lu Hong chose to launch a surprise attack, killing the villager when he was unprepared.
After killing this villager, the system’s functions were evidently activated, especially the main system function of gaining experience and leveling up through killing.
Coincidentally, Tu Kulu had not yet entered the First Transformation to become a master, but he was just a step away.
Although he killed an ordinary villager, it indeed brought Lu Hong a bit of experience, and just this bit of experience allowed Lu Hong to cross the threshold of becoming a master, to transition and become a warrior.
Of course, what specific profession he transitioned to was up to Lu Hong’s own choice.
With the help of the system, he chose the warrior profession.
Although he transitioned and gained the special power of Fighting Spirit, Lu Hong’s body was still weak, but with the support of Fighting Spirit, Lu Hong could barely move.
During the day, Lu Hong didn’t dare to go out, so he quietly left the house at midnight and sneaked into the home of that villager.
This villager, as per the original memory, was also a single, impoverished man in the village, but at least he still had some food at home.
Lu Hong got by eating a few bites to stave off hunger and then fell into a deep sleep.
The body was certainly impossible to deal with; Lu Hong didn’t have the strength to do it, so he just did a hasty cover-up.
Within a few days, the villagers discovered the body. Although this villager was single and poor, his death, with Tu Kulu’s body missing, made it obvious, even to fools, that the other side most likely didn’t die but fought back and fled.
So, the villagers panicked and began searching everywhere for Lu Hong’s whereabouts.
After two days of recovery, Lu Hong finally regained some strength and confidence.
So he ambushed in the dead villager’s house, under the principle of ’Those who kill will eventually be killed.’
He counter-killed the strong men from the village investigating at the villager’s house.
This kill seemed to have opened a floodgate; Lu Hong continuously roamed the village, killing the villagers one by one until he massacred the entire village.
And his level reached First Transformation Level 2 after the slaughter.
As Taichu slowly recounted, Lu Hong finally straightened out this real experience from his chaotic memory.
"Your murderous nature began to accumulate from this moment and grew larger and larger. That’s why I altered your initial descent experience into the world I created, in hopes of suppressing and wearing down your murderous nature."
Upon hearing Taichu’s response, Lu Hong sneered, "My murderous intent is great? Damn, if I didn’t kill them, it would definitely be me who died. Since they wanted to kill me, they’d better be prepared to be killed by me!"
After slaughtering the entire village, Lu Hong scavenged around, found quite a bit of money and food, then set the village ablaze, burning it to ashes, and left the small settlement, embarking on the road to the town.
Because killing granted experience, Lu Hong chose to kill those seemingly weak demon beasts on the road.
Then, awkwardly, the system wasn’t familiar with this world’s demon beasts, nor was he.
Upon his first attack, a demon beast chased him down, and he barely escaped with his life from a wild boar-like demon beast. During his desperate escape, Lu Hong encountered Danni and Nono, who were heading to the Imperial Capital.
Thus, Danni and Nono kindly took in Lu Hong, who appeared severely injured and pitiful, and brought him into the Imperial Capital.
Owing to his previous experience of being thrashed by demon beasts in the wild, Lu Hong chose to lay low at Kains Academy, where Nono brought him for recovery, to learn some knowledge and combat theory before starting his grand plan of gaining experience.
"So, Nono and the old man Hughes are real events, huh?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Hong started to calibrate his memory.
In response, Taichu shook his head and said, "In reality, you and Nono were just ordinary friends. You wanted to join Kains Academy to learn something useful, but the faculty rejected you because your aptitude was too poor, not suitable for learning magic or anything like that. Although your physique seemed quite good with a foundation for close combat, you had already missed the best opportunity as an adult; your natural aptitude was hard to change, and the Academy ignored you. Helpless, you turned to Princess Nono, who then directed you to Hughes to learn a few moves. So, you actually became a disciple under Hughes, though the process seemed quite convoluted."
Gradually, through Taichu’s narration, Lu Hong also integrated this part of his memory into the right track.
Yes, at that time, he had no way to access this world’s power system. Before crossing over, Lu Hong was just an ordinary nerd who played games well, what formidable abilities could he have?
Without learning the usage and techniques of this world’s power, just having Fighting Spirit in his body was essentially useless.
Remembering this, Lu Hong asked Taichu, "So why did you reverse this master-apprentice relationship for me? And why did you insist on setting up this world to be exactly like the game I played before, making me leap to become a Warrior Master?"
Upon hearing this, Taichu replied somewhat helplessly, "I had no choice. Although I dragged you into the dream realm I created, you, as a Demon King who has slaughtered for hundreds of years, had developed subconscious combat instincts by killing through my world. If I didn’t set up a game-world setting, I definitely couldn’t suppress your strong combat instincts, which would lead to fundamental logic flaws in the dream world. If you became aware, the dream would shatter, leaving me no choice but to incorporate a setting similar to the game you played before and provide a reasonable explanation for your combat prowess."
Upon hearing this, Lu Hong nodded: "I remember, at first, I was completely useless, being dragged by Hughes to practice swordplay, standing still, running laps day in and day out, living through crappy days that even a dog would shake its head at."
Under Hughes’ training, Lu Hong made rapid progress, working diligently on learning swordsmanship and combat, eager to return to Blue Star as soon as possible.
"So, the Warrior Temple never actually collapsed, right?" Lu Hong asked Taichu.
Taichu nodded, "Yes, the Warrior Temple never collapsed, and in the end, the War God was killed by you."
Upon hearing this, Lu Hong interrupted, "Wait, let’s not talk about things so far ahead, let’s go over things slowly. If we ramble too far, I’ll get confused again."
Hearing what Lu Hong said, Taichu sighed helplessly, "Essentially, it was you learning warrior techniques and skills from Hughes. Once you made some progress, you couldn’t wait to go out and hunt demon beasts to level up. After all, relying solely on cultivation and meditation was too slow. Hughes also felt the time was right for you to see the world, so he took you to the Imperial Hunting Manor. However, it was not as you storming through the manor killing every beast like in the dream realm; rather, you were beaten miserably, taking three days just to kill two demon beasts, and that too with Hughes’ help. However, killing the beasts did grant you substantial experience, and after half a month of struggle and managing to kill over a dozen demon beasts, the experience you gained promoted you to Level 3 of the First Transformation as a warrior."