A Core Ship From The Start
/ A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 816
Chapter 816: Chapter 576: Dragons and Monsters Chapter 816: Chapter 576: Dragons and Monsters “————–!!”
The Giant Dragon that had fallen to the ground still wasn't willing to give up; it opened its mouth and let out a sudden Breath towards Duanmu Huai and the others. However, such a level of Attack was of course not something to concern Duanmu Huai, who let out a roar, with his Jet Backpack suddenly bursting into action, propelling him high into the air. Trailing an arc through the sky, Duanmu Huai then, gripping the War Hammer, forcefully slammed it down upon the Giant Dragon's head!
“Go to hell!”
The Giant Dragon, sensing the strength of Duanmu Huai's strike, immediately began to struggle in an attempt to dodge. But at that moment, Ogis spread her arms wide, and invisible threads instantly tied tightly around the dragon's neck. Simultaneously, Ann lifted her Magic Book, and one after another, Magic Circles appeared out of nowhere, spinning and binding around the dragon's body.
“Haaahhhhhhh!!”
Facing the inevitable, Duanmu Huai's hammer came crashing down, striking directly onto the dragon's skull. Then, they saw the dragon's head burst open, with flesh and pieces of shattered cranium scattering everywhere. In an instant, the entire upper half of the dragon's head was completely destroyed, and the dragon let out a mournful howl before collapsing motionless to the ground.
“Hmph, weakling.”
Duanmu Huai landed heavily, glanced at the Giant Dragon's corpse, which had lost all signs of life, then hoisted his War Hammer and began striding forward.
“Alright, let's take a look at the other reptiles… Hmm?”
As he spoke, Duanmu Huai's gaze swept around, and he paused abruptly.
He clearly remembered that just a moment ago, Greiya's Dragon Soul Tear had smashed the entire group of dragons down to the ground. Logically, the smaller-bodied Dragon Race should be nearby as well. But it was strangely quiet here at the moment, even the roars were absent… What was going on?
“Ann, Greiya, have you guys found anything?”
Duanmu Huai looked around and then called out through the communicator, and soon, Ann's voice came through.
“Ah, Mr. Knight… well… how should I put this… if you're asking about discoveries, then yes, there are…”
“What's the situation?”
“Uhh… Anyway, you should just come over and see for yourself.”
Hearing Ann's hesitant speech, Duanmu Huai was also baffled but quickly made his way around the Giant Dragon's corpse to the other side, where he found Ann and Greiya. And then, Duanmu Huai understood why Ann was so hesitant.
There, on the grass beyond the Giant Dragon's body, a group of women huddled together, shivering, their bodies completely unclothed, and their faces pale.
“What's the situation? Were these captives taken by the Giant Dragon?”
“No, Mr. Knight, I think… these women are probably those dragons…”
As she spoke, Ann shyly pointed her finger, and following the direction Ann indicated, Duanmu Huai realized why Ann would say such a thing, as those women were very similar to Greiya, with wings and tails on their bodies. However, their tails were much thinner and not as thick as Greiya's, and unlike Greiya, they didn't have horns on their heads.
“So you mean to say, the dragon group we saw earlier actually transformed into these people?”
“Uhh… Probably? Mr. Knight, I'll leave this to you–look, even Greiya doesn't know what to do.”
Indeed, Greiya was standing there, staring at the women in front of her, a bit unsure of what to do. Clearly her mind was also in turmoil, as conventionally, there were not supposed to be any Dragonkin in this world, yet here was a crowd of Dragonkin before them…
“I'll have a look first.”
Duanmu Huai dropped a line and then marched over to those women.
Seeing Duanmu Huai approaching, the women huddled together even more, desperately covering their bodies. However, just then, one of the women stood up, unabashedly positioned herself in front of the others, and glared fiercely at Duanmu Huai.
Even though the woman was entirely exposed, Duanmu Huai didn't divert his gaze like the naive male protagonists often found in games and animations. What a joke, aside from whether or not to take advantage of such a “blessing,” the woman could very well be an enemy. Shifting his gaze in front of an enemy was akin to courting death.
Ling'Nu had once said that Female Ninjas would sometimes use similar tactics in battle, deliberately offering a “wardrobe malfunction” to distract their opponents. If the naive guy got distracted even a bit, the next moment they'd end up a corpse.
You have to admit, that's a pretty ruthless tactic, as it plays on most men's instincts.
And so, Duanmu Huai walked right up to the woman and stopped in front of her, then reached out his hand, grabbed her by the neck, and lifted her straight up.
“Ugh… ugh…”
Under Duanmu Huai's iron grip, the woman's face turned a painful shade of pale green, but Duanmu Huai was indifferent as he stared at her, waiting for the results of the cranial scan.
…Hmm, mutation level zero, a perfect match.
“What are you?”
With that in mind, Duanmu Huai finally let go of her and looked at the woman, asking her.
“Were those dragons we saw earlier you guys?”
“Cough… cough cough…”
The woman Duanmu Huai had dropped coughed several times on the ground before managing to lift her head, glowering at Duanmu Huai as if she refused to submit. She should be thankful Duanmu Huai was wearing a helmet at that moment.
Otherwise, that would have been a death wish.
“This is… my problem… you are…”
“Answer me, or die.”
Duanmu Huai coldly cut off the woman's speech, and hearing his voice, unmasked with a murderous intent, the woman shivered, yet she clenched her teeth tightly.
“We, we are humans! We are the real humans, not the people of this fake world! On the contrary, you are…”
While speaking, the woman shifted her gaze away, but not to someone else, it was directly on Greiya, who was not far behind Duanmu Huai.
“How dare you imprison my compatriots and even let her attack us!”
“Compatriots?”
Duanmu Huai followed the woman's line of sight to look at Greiya, then glanced back at the women.
“Oh, I think you've mistaken her for someone else, she may have wings and a tail like you do, but she's not your compatriot…”
“Nonsense! Those are clearly the features of my race…”
However, as the woman tried to gather the courage to argue with Duanmu Huai, suddenly the ground began to tremble slightly, and sensing the earthquake-like tremors, her complexion changed drastically. The other women behind her also turned pale and screamed incessantly.
“No, no good, the Singularity has been open too long…!”
[Report, Master]
Just then, suddenly, Leia's voice came through the communication channel.
[Detecting unidentified creatures rapidly approaching your location, please be careful]
“Unidentified creatures?”
“Boom!!”
Before Duanmu Huai could react, suddenly, a huge shadow fell from the sky, crashing heavily into the forest nearby. It looked like some kind of giant insect monster, dozens of meters tall and extremely bizarre in appearance, with insect-like claws and a monster-like body.
Next to this monster were several smaller monsters–although these looked small by comparison, they were, in fact, also about a dozen meters tall.
“Oh no, it's the STMC!”
Seeing the monster, that woman's face also changed drastically as she screamed.
“STMC?”
“You don't know? They are terrifying creatures from the universe, even we dare not… no good, we must leave here and close the Singularity! Otherwise…”
“Ahh———-!!”
By now, the group of women seemed to be scared out of their wits, as they screamed, turned, and ran. Then, amidst the smoke, they transformed back into pink dragons and flew straight into the hole in the sky they had come out of. The cave then closed rapidly, and the entire sky returned to normal.
“Hmph.”
Duanmu Huai no longer bothered with the group of women who could turn into dragons. Although he did not know who they were, at least from the scans of their skulls, the degree of variation in these women was very low on the human scale, much lower than that of Dragonkin like Greiya, so he decided to ignore them for now.
Instead, the troublesome problem here was a bit annoying.
“Wow… Mr. Knight, what is that monster?”
“It's huge…!”
“Whatever it is, the visitor means no good.”
Duanmu Huai clenched his War Hammer, and at this moment the monster indeed seemed to be filled with a desire for destruction, as it roared and swung its tail and limbs, breaking all the trees around it, and then headed towards the small town not far away. Led by it, the several smaller monsters followed suit.
At least from the current situation, these monsters clearly intended to cause trouble here.
So, there was only one answer.
“Let's go!”
With that thought, Duanmu Huai decisively issued the command.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the distant horizon, a Black Battleship was rapidly advancing in the direction of Duanmu Huai and the others.
On the bridge of the ship, the atmosphere was tense.
“Dimensional shock readings have disappeared! STMC reaction detected!”
“Damn monster, it really came!”
Hearing her subordinate's report, the woman sitting in the chair clenched her teeth and slammed the chair forcefully.
“We must stop it before the STMC destroys the town!”
At that moment, a girl with cat-like ear accessories and fluffy long hair standing not far away turned her head and looked seriously at the woman, speaking out.
“Captain!”
“I know.”
Sensing the girl's gaze, the woman nodded her head.
“Even though we've only come to this world by chance, we will not stand idly by! All hands, prepare for battle… Launch! The target is STMC!”
Chapter end
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