Chapter 379: Absolute Kindness

"Beast Taming World, Phantom Butterfly."

Lin Chao murmured, wondering what he was pondering.

He thought of that young girl again.

That young girl who had always accompanied him, waiting for him.

Unfortunately, he had never encountered her again.

"Butterfly Bird."

Lin Chao sighed softly, his eyes filled with endless futility.

"After breaking the limit and leaving this realm, I must restore my cultivation to that of a Main God. The Three Thousand Worlds... I must find her!"

A Main God is someone who possesses the ability to leave a Small Thousand World and travel to other worlds.

Thinking of that frail young girl, Lin Chao felt both heartache and pity, but even more so, self-reproach.

What he owed Butterfly Bird was something he could never repay in a lifetime.

At this moment, outside the main gate, Shivana wore a long court dress, a moon-white belt wrapped around her waist, making her figure appear even taller, her waist slender enough to be encircled by one's hands, with graceful curves.

Her long, slender legs were wrapped in black silk stockings in the distinct style of the Saya court, and her delicate toes were exquisite, like works of art.

Seeing Lin Chao this time, Shivana had clearly dressed up with great care.

She saw Lin Chao and stopped her footsteps.

It was the first time she had seen so many expressions on Lin Chao's face.

In Shivana's eyes, the Nine Prince of the past had always been calm and indifferent, as if he cared about nothing, with no rich expressions on his face.

But at this moment, on Lin Chao's face, she saw... pity? Longing? Or perhaps...

For some reason, Shivana felt a tightness in her chest.

However, she still gathered her spirits and walked gracefully toward Lin Chao: "Your Highness, the people from the Light Temple will soon arrive at Koya City."

"Who is coming?" The emotions on Lin Chao's face vanished, and he returned to that calm and indifferent appearance from before.

"Guangming Xiu." Shivana's tone was somewhat complex when she mentioned this name.

Lin Chao was also slightly stunned: "It's actually him? It seems the internal power struggle within the Light Temple has become this severe."

Guangming Xiu is the Grand Commander of the Paladins of Light in the Light Temple.

The Light Holy War Army is not just a title, but a powerful profession.

However, wanting to change one's profession to a Holy Knight is not that simple.

It first requires a condition: one must believe in the Light, and one's alignment must be Lawful Good.

People who are Lawful Good can be said to possess very good moral character.

As for Holy Knights, they are somewhat paranoid; "absolutely kind" is a more accurate way to describe them.

However, for Lin Chao, they were somewhat troublesome.

Especially the Holy Knights of the Light Temple; they were a group of fanatics.

It could be said that they are harder to deal with than villains.

"Guangming Xiu is a Legendary, and not an ordinary Legendary at that; he is very difficult to deal with." There was a trace of worry in Shivana's eyes. "Wherever the Light Holy War Army goes, sin will inevitably be purged."

"I remember you used to admire Guangming Xiu very much?" Lin Chao smiled.

"No, no!" Shivana hurriedly retorted. "I don't admire him; it's just... some of his past deeds were admirable."

Shivana hurriedly denied it, as if afraid Lin Chao would misunderstand.

"His deeds are indeed well-known." Lin Chao sighed.

Guangming Xiu is very famous even on the God Continent.

In the eyes of the impoverished, Guangming Xiu is hope, representing justice, capable of saving people from suffering.

The thing Guangming Xiu did that shook the Continent the most happened ten years ago.

At that time, Guangming Xiu led the Paladins of Light in pursuit of a follower of an Evil God.

Guangming Xiu passed by a city in the Bauhinia Empire, the Sea Pearl.

That city was one of the ports of the Bauhinia Empire, and its commerce was very prosperous.

It could be said that apart from the capital of the Bauhinia Empire, that city was the most prosperous.

However, deep within that prosperity lay filth and darkness.

That city operated various maritime trades, among which the most famous was the slave trade.

Every year, a large number of slaves were transported by sea and sent to the Sea Pearl.

Those slaves included humans, elves, and orcs.

During the transport, more than half might die at sea and be thrown into the ocean.

Such things were very common on the God Continent.

However, when Guangming Xiu arrived at the Sea Pearl with the Paladins of Light, many young Holy Knights saw the slaves covered in scars and emaciated, and their eyes were filled with anger.

However, the nobles of the Sea Pearl also knew the terror of the Holy War Army and did not let them enter the city, instead having them camp outside.

That night, many slaves and people from the lowest classes in the Sea Pearl ran out and told the Holy Knights about the wickedness of the nobles and the black-heartedness of the merchants.

Those young Holy Knights were furious and wanted to perform Array Detection to purify the Sea Pearl.

Unfortunately, they were stopped by the older Holy Knights.

Because those Holy Knights understood.

Once evil was detected, the Holy Knights would have no choice but to act.

If they did not see the darkness and evil, they could pretend nothing had happened.

That night, many young Holy Knights were devastated, their beliefs collapsing.

At the final moment, Guangming Xiu made a bold decision: to perform an alignment detection on the Sea Pearl.

Three thousand Paladins of Light poured into the Sea Pearl to conduct Array Detection.

However, among all people, how many are absolutely kind and untainted by any evil?

Especially the Sea Pearl, which was still a prosperous commercial city.

It could be said that once Array Detection was cast, darkness and evil were everywhere.

The Sea Pearl experienced three days of chaos.

Thousands of nobles were hanged, and nearly ten thousand merchants and evildoers were beaten to death.

Throughout the entire city, anyone who was evil was crusaded against by the Paladins of Light.

Everywhere there was Fire and cries of agony.

Finally, an envoy from the Bauhinia Empire arrived and reached an agreement with the Priest of the Light Temple, and this chaos came to an end.

This incident also shook the Continent.

Many of the impoverished know the name Guangming Xiu.

After all, he killed too many bad people in the Sea Pearl, and he was even adapted into stage plays.

Classic stage plays like Edward the Miser, Hai Er the Incestuous, and Black Hand Ghost the Fratricidal all originated from Guangming Xiu.

These classic stage plays each tell of three great villains who committed numerous evils in the Sea Pearl and were eventually Slayed by Guangming Xiu leading the Holy Knights.

"The Sea Pearl, having experienced the baptism of light, has now... become a ghost city," Lin Chao sighed softly.

Indeed, because of the righteous baptism of the Paladins of Light.

All the merchants and nobles withdrew from the Sea Pearl.

Now, in this city, order has dissipated, the economy has regressed, many of the middle class have moved away, and what remains are the bottom-dwellers.

Because of the lack of resources, the Sea Pearl is now filled with gangs, and there are street fights everywhere.

The Sea Pearl has also become a ghost city, or perhaps a city of chaos.

This makes one sigh.

A look of regret also appeared on Shivana's face: "In the past, when I heard that Guangming Xiu had purged the Sea Pearl, I admired him very much.

However, looking at it now, I was wrong before.

Or even to say, why he purged the Sea Pearl might not have been for the justice in his heart.

But rather... the Light Temple's suppression of the Bauhinia Empire.

And he, Guangming Xiu, was nothing more than a blade for the Light Temple."

The timing of Guangming Xiu's arrival in the Sea Pearl was exactly when conflict had arisen between the Light Temple and the Bauhinia Empire.

It is said that the shadow of the Light Temple was also pushing behind the commoners leaving the city to find the Holy Knights that night.

Lin Chao nodded: "Now that this blade is reaching toward us, I just don't know if it is sharp or not."

Lin Chao does not fear Guangming Xiu.

He just feels that this person is quite troublesome.

If Guangming Xiu causes chaos in Koya City or Iron Stone City, then he should not blame him for being ruthless.

"Shivana swears to protect Koya to the death, to protect His Highness the Prince!" Shivana said, seizing the moment.

However, the tone of her voice this time was somewhat different from before.

"Mm," Lin Chao nodded, "Be careful. If you encounter danger, come to Iron Stone City to find me; it is safer here."

"Alright," Shivana nodded, feeling a little satisfied in her heart.

She glanced at Lin Chao's profile and wanted to say something more, but in the end, she did not speak, instead turning to leave.

"Shivana..."

Just then, Lin Chao's voice rang out.

Shivana stopped her steps, feeling a little secretly happy inside: "His Highness, what is it?"

"If I remember correctly, in another month, my Eighth Prince will come of age and become betrothed to the young daughter of the Sky Duke. Arrange to send some congratulatory gifts over."

Among the many princes and princesses, Lin Chao is only at odds with the Third Prince.

His relationship with the other princes is very indifferent.

With his Eighth Prince coming of age and getting engaged, Lin Chao naturally will not go in person, but gifts must still be sent.

Such basic etiquette must still be observed.

"As you command," Shivana nodded, then looked at Lin Chao and asked casually: "His Highness will also come of age in another year.

I wonder which noble's daughter will be fortunate enough to be granted in marriage to His Highness by His Majesty?"

Within the Royal Family of the Shaya Kingdom, every prince is granted a marriage by the King upon coming of age.

Of course, in this era, coming of age is a bit late for a marriage grant.

But it does not affect anything.

Ordinary princes might have already gotten together with those mature maids when they were still very young.

One of the reasons Shivana admires Lin Chao is Lin Chao's self-discipline.

She vaguely knows that Lin Chao has never had intimate relations with the maids in the residence.

This is very rare within the Royal Family.

"A year... that's still a long way off," Lin Chao chuckled, "The world is unpredictable; who knows what will happen in a year?"

Indeed, a year's time is very long for Lin Chao.

Nowadays, the number of players is increasing more and more.

How strong Lin Chao will become in a year's time, even he himself does not know.

As for the King's marriage grant, Lin Chao does not need to pay it any mind at all.

Shivana looked at Lin Chao and finally took her leave.

……

Iron Stone City.

Ye Di said with a face full of joy: "Master, look, I didn't lie to you, right? A game created by virtual reality technology!"

Jiang Ruoyu stood in the game, his eyes somewhat dazed.

He bent down, cupped Water from the lake nearby, and a look of contemplation appeared in his eyes.

"It's too real... unrealistically real."

That was clearly his own creative idea.

No, it originated from a dream of his.

Later, after achieving success and fame, he looked back on that initial thought and felt he had been a bit foolish.

Virtual reality technology simply could not reach the level he had imagined.

Such a game was also not something the game company he had previously worked for could produce.

Now, having come to this game that was exactly the same as the scene in his dream, he felt dazed, and also felt it was somewhat unreal.

He was even suspicious... what exactly was going on?

"Master, just like you, when I first entered this game, I also felt it was too real, as if living in another world, not a game at all.

The technology of this game company... is truly amazing!"

"It is indeed amazing." Jiang Ruoyu nodded.

In fact, he had already sent people to secretly investigate this game company.

As a result, the information obtained was blank, non-existent.

He also asked his good friend and gave him the highest level of authorization, but the result was still that he could not find any news about this game company.

This either meant that the background of this game company was very, very deep.

Or it meant that this game company did not exist at all.

Moreover, he had only told his superior about this game proposal, and it was only done verbally.

A few days ago, when he investigated, he found that his superior had long since lost money in the stock market within a year of his resignation, jumped from a building, and died.

It could be said that the only person who knew the plot of that game was he, Jiang Ruoyu.

The plot of this game was exactly the same as his dream.

Furthermore, many details he had not written in the proposal were actually present in this world!

This made him feel illusory and horrified.

Was that... really just a dream?

Was this... really just a game?

"Master, do you want me to wait for you to level up?

There are many classes in this game..." Ye Di introduced from the side.

"……Okay." Jiang Ruoyu nodded.

He wanted to understand this world more clearly and figure out the truth of this world.

……

Inside the Abyss.

Lin Chao looked at the bottomless giant pit in front of him and the collapsed mountain range, a look of satisfaction appearing in his eyes: "Arcane Eye... is truly powerful."

The Arcane Eye had been successfully built, but it had not yet been tested.

Thus, Lin Chao brought the Arcane Eye to the Abyss to test it.

The Abyss was incomparably vast and boundless.

There was no Abyss Lord on this level, so Lin Chao could experiment recklessly.

The power of the Arcane Eye in the experiment just now exceeded his expectations.

During the test just now, two demon races were at war.

The number of people on both sides of the battle exceeded one hundred thousand.

Even Legendary demons were present, five of them.

One of them, even when Lin Chao saw it, felt a trace of danger; clearly, it had touched the edge of a Demigod.

One step further, and it would be a Demigod.

However, under the Arcane Eye, it did not even have time to react before it directly turned into fragments.

Moreover, under the Arcane Eye, the one hundred thousand demons, as well as three Legendary ones, all perished and turned to ash.

It could be said without hesitation that this Arcane Eye, which he had optimized, had truly touched the edge of being able to kill gods.

"I must leave quickly; the commotion here will surely attract the attention of other powerful demons." Lin Chao thought for a moment, took the Arcane Eye, and his figure dissipated and vanished.

News about the Arcane Eye must be kept hidden.

Otherwise, it would bring him fatal disaster.

Thirty breaths later.

A terrifying figure appeared in the place where Lin Chao had just been.

Its gaze looked toward the giant pit in the distance.

"This kind of power..."

There was some shock in the terrifying figure's eyes.

The giant pit was bottomless, and occasionally rolling magma could be seen pouring back in.

"My this avatar... would likely perish if it took one hit.

What on earth... is this weapon?"

"A human's?"

"If it is... then that would be interesting."

(End of chapter)