A Core Ship From The Start
/ A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 1046
Chapter 1046: Chapter 720: This Is Getting Interesting (End of the Month Request for Monthly Ticket, Meow) Chapter 1046: Chapter 720: This Is Getting Interesting (End of the Month Request for Monthly Ticket, Meow) It must be said, Mary's painting skills were quite decent. She took out her notebook and quickly started to draw — soon, Duanmu Huai saw a human figure appear on Mary's notebook, which she then shaded in black before adding something resembling a suction pattern…
“What does this mean?”
“This is what I saw… That person's appearance, his body seemed to contain something like…”
Mary paused momentarily.
“Like a black hole… I don't know if it's correct to describe it this way, but in any case, I could see something similar inside these people, and they are absorbing everything around them…”
“Hmm… Hmm???”
Hearing this, Duanmu Huai nodded first, then hesitated, as if he had just thought of something.
“Wait a moment…”
Duanmu Huai turned his head to look at Priest Tyler.
“How did you discover these Lost Souls? Did you use some kind of Divine Arts?”
“This… It's strange, Grand Judge-sama, most magic and Divine Arts are ineffective against them.”
Priest Tyler hesitated for a moment but then spoke.
“For example, if we release a Divine Art to detect good or evil, we usually get the results we want. But with these Lost Souls, the Divine Arts almost never work, and according to the envoy sent by Lord Elascoe, most magic also has a limited effect on these Lost Souls.”
“So, do you feel disgusted or loathe being around them?”
“This…”
“Tell the truth.”
“Yes, Grand Judge-sama.”
Priest Tyler hesitated briefly and nodded.
“I know I should not treat these unfortunate people with this attitude, but… May Tyler bless me, even standing next to them makes me feel somewhat uncomfortable.”
“I understand.”
Duanmu Huai nodded silently. However, unlike his calm exterior, his mind was in turmoil. The reason was simple — he knew what these Lost Souls were!
Damn, aren't these the Untouchables?!
The so-called Untouchables are a particular genetic mutation in humans. Based on the standards of this world, every person's soul has a projection in the Subspace, commoners have small projections, Psychics have larger projections, and higher beings like Demigods or Deities are practically moon or sun-sized existences.
However, the projections of the Untouchables in the Subspace are — black holes.
Yes, the projection of Untouchables in the Subspace is a black hole. They have no projection and no soul in the Subspace and are entirely immune to being targeted by the Chaos Evil God and Demons. Similarly, they cannot use Spiritual Energy.
But for Psychics, these Untouchables are terrifying indeed.
To quote Faelun, these Untouchables practically come with an anti-magic halo. A powerful Untouchable could render all the Psychics in a Hive City useless. Even the weakest of Untouchables, like Mages, Priests, Priests, and other Psychic users, would feel incredibly uncomfortable and unwell just by standing next to them. Not to mention Psychics, even ordinary people would feel this way. Hence, they are termed Untouchables — ordinary people can't avoid them quickly enough, who would dare to touch them?
Thus, Untouchables are essentially the bane of Psychics. Even if it's a Chaos Daemon, if you put it in a box and tie a group of Untouchables around it, you have essentially disconnected that Chaos Daemon.
Because of this, these Untouchables are also called Soulless — hmm, indeed similar to the phenomenon of these Lost Souls here.
However, in the game, Untouchables are almost always born from natural genetic mutations, while the people here seem more like they were artificially created…
Can Untouchables be manufactured artificially?
If I could master this technique, wouldn't I be able to create Silent Sisters?
Then, with the addition of Grey Knights, this Tribunal Court will essentially have its framework set up.
Duanmu Huai felt no discomfort, probably because his Strength was too powerful and these Untouchables too weak. If these were Alphlevel Untouchables, then he would probably notice. But fortunately– Mary's Golden Pupil helped him discover the problem ahead of time.
Could it be, that Supreme True God is a powerful Untouchable?
If that's the case… then things might get even more complicated.
But how did he turn others into Untouchables as well?
Duanmu Huai couldn't understand; in the game, Untouchables were all naturally born and there were no instances of artificially created Untouchables, and players were also unaware that Untouchables could indeed be manufactured…
This just got interesting.
“What else can you see? Take a closer look.”
Duanmu Huai asked Mary again, clearly, these people were not naturally born Untouchables, because their fanaticism for the Supreme True God was too intense, looking like they were brainwashed. But as previously mentioned, since Untouchables are almost immune to magic, any kind of Divine Arts and magic should not work on them, so even brainwashing should not be successful.
According to Mistelina, these people weren't like this before, which means their fanaticism for the Supreme True God and becoming Untouchables likely have some connection.
“Hmm…”
Mary carefully walked around the Untouchables, then observed them again.
“Also, there seems to be a string… attached to their shadows?”
“A string? On the shadow?”
“Yes.”
As she spoke, Mary continued to sketch in her notebook, and Duanmu Huai saw that the figure she had previously drawn now had an additional shadow below it, from which a black string extended upwards from the direction of the shadow's head, reaching up into the sky.
“Can you trace where this string leads to?”
“Umm… it's difficult because the string is very faint. Honestly, it's not easy to see…”
As she spoke, Mary blinked.
“And it's quite tiring.”
“Do you have a general direction?”
“North.”
“Anything else?”
“That's it.”
Although the information gathered wasn't much, thanks to Mary's Golden Pupils, Duanmu Huai had already figured out most of the situation. Clearly, these individuals with soul-loss syndrome had turned into ordinary people who became Untouchables for some reason. The reason why they became Untouchables was unknown. From Mary's description, it seemed likely that they were being manipulated by someone through their shadows. However, given that Untouchables should be immune to most magic, who could be manipulating these Untouchables?
“Ah… it seems I'm destined to be busy, just got back and now I have to leave again.”
Walking out of the Temple of Tyler, Duanmu Huai sighed silently.
“Was the previous investigation dangerous?”
Hearing Duanmu Huai's sigh, Mary curiously asked. She hadn't accompanied Duanmu Huai before, so she was unaware of what had happened there.
“Dangerous isn't the correct word, just a bit exhausting. It seems I should not say I'm idle anymore… Truly, it feels like a curse.”
As he spoke, Duanmu Huai silently calculated. He had confirmed that the enemy this time was most likely the Untouchables, and powerful ones at that. Therefore, all the Psychic members had to be excluded, such as Anhe Guleiya, Ogis, and Gavi. This meant Duanmu Huai could only bring Physical members this time.
Physical members, huh… When talking about the top-notch Physical member under Duanmu Huai, it naturally had to be Lorena, the fierce Priest. Besides her, Mary had to go as well, since her Golden Pupils were the mission guide. Without the Golden Pupils, Duanmu Huai wouldn't know where to go.
Next… well… Duanmu Huai had to admit, he hardly had any Physical Soul Cards; most of them were Psychic.
Mistelina was a skilled Swordsman, but since she was managing the territory, Duanmu Huai couldn't let her go… had to go.
At that moment, Duanmu Huai suddenly remembered that he had previously summoned a girl named Blade Dance – Tioni that seemed combat capable, so he had appointed her to manage the territorial army. Afterwards, Duanmu Huai hadn't inquired about her situation, but since Mistelina hadn't reported anything special, it implied she must be doing well.
If he remembered correctly, she should be in the barracks.
“Mary, do you know how to get to the barracks?”
“………Mr. Duanmu, you are the Lord of this territory…”
Hearing Duanmu Huai's question, Mary looked incredulous.
“Good thing I know the way, come with me.”
The military base was located on the eastern side of Arkham City, near the city's entrance bridge. It naturally made sense because the moat surrounded the entire territory, and thus this bridge was the only route into the Tribunal Court Territory. Therefore, it was logical to have the military base here. The buildings here also adhered to the Gothic style of the Tribunal, albeit fortified with stringent guard and walls, forming a large fort-like structure.
As soon as Duanmu Huai entered the fort, he saw a group of soldiers training in the square. From their demeanor, these soldiers must have been new recruits who had recently joined. Before them stood a girl with twin golden ponytails dressed in a pink dress, her hands covered with gauntlets and gripping an epee.
At that moment, she was scolding them.
“That one there, don't step back! We must always carry the pride of being a knight! With that attitude, are you not ashamed? Tighten up!”
It was indeed an eye-opener for Duanmu Huai to see a girl dressed like a young lady utter such coarse words in front of the soldiers.
“Ah, Lord!”
At that moment, the girl also noticed Duanmu Huai, paused for a moment, then hurried over and gave him a bow.
“Hello, nice to meet you!”
“You are…”
“I am under the command of Lady Tioni, currently responsible for providing swordsmanship training here!”
“Oh…”
Hearing her answer, Duanmu Huai nodded. He obviously knew that these cards could summon derivative cards, and clearly, this blonde-haired girl instructor was Tioni's summon responsible for training the soldiers… From her recent demeanor, it seemed the soldiers were being trained quite well.
“Is Tioni around? I have something I need to discuss with her.”
“Of course, please follow me.”
Chapter end
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