A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 899

Chapter 899: Chapter 632: Midnight Raid Chapter 899: Chapter 632: Midnight Raid Black Oak Tree was a renowned inn in Deepwater City, mainly catering to quite wealthy guests. Initially, Kasim and Roxia hadn't planned on staying in such an expensive inn, but Duanmu Huai gestured for them to give it a try.

“Think about it, you don't always encounter the chance to save a city from a crisis, and this might be your only chance to stay in such an inn. Wouldn't it be a huge loss not to experience it?”

In the end, Kasim and Roxia agreed to stay, just as Duanmu Huai had said; they were just adventurers, and they might die in their next adventure. There was nothing more unfortunate than dying with regrets of not having enjoyed life.

The guest rooms in Black Oak Tree were luxurious and prestigious, but for Duanmu Huai… they were naturally a bit too small.

“Though I wasn't expecting the level of a royal suite in a Five Star Level hotel, isn't carpeting the floor a bit too much?”

Duanmu Huai silently rolled on the floor, then complained to Ogis sitting beside him. Of course, the carpet beneath him was handwoven and even enchanted with magic to feel comfortable, but that still didn't change the fact that it was just a carpet covering the floor.

“I thought Master was used to it by now.”

“That's why I dislike going out. All these things are tailored for ordinary people, totally unsuitable for me.”

Duanmu Huai frowned and started complaining, then turned to Ogis.

“Speaking of which, Ogis, how do you feel about this outing? Enjoying it?”

“Not really.”

“Not enjoying it?”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai's question, Ogis blinked, moving her gaze from the book to Duanmu Huai.

“As long as I'm with Master, anywhere is fine.”

Then, she spoke up.

“That's not really a good answer.”

Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders; he actually didn't like such a response, though it sounded like a confession at first listen. Typically, it also meant that the other party wasn't much interested in the surroundings and only felt it was okay because they were there.

It's like complimenting a woman by calling her cute–it's just flattery with nowhere else to go, a cover-up.

“Don't you like it here?”

“I don't know…”

Ogis tilted her head.

“Master seems to be enjoying himself.”

“Every trip to a new world is an adventure. I'm the Judge, and also an adventurer. Honestly, different civilizations, different environments, they always feel interesting.”

After all, that's how players are, new maps, new quests, new factions, new adventures. All these excite and intrigue players; even Duanmu Huai felt the same. He had been to Deepwater City in the game before but had never visited every place. If possible, Duanmu Huai would even like to enter every door to see what's behind them… that would be truly interesting.

“But… isn't the essence of many things the same?”

“The essence indeed is the same, but for us, the essence doesn't really matter. What's important is enjoying the process.”

Duanmu Huai stretched and yawned.

“You see, for instance, right now, no one would expect someone to attack this inn.”

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai suddenly reached out, grabbing towards the window. The next moment, a fully black Drow Elf emerged slowly from the air, staring at Duanmu Huai in surprise, apparently not understanding how he had been noticed.

“Drow Elves, seeing you reminds me of that damned Dark Spirit Clan… just as ugly, lowly, and troublesome.”

Duanmu Huai glared at the Drow assassin in front of him, his eyes glinting with a cold light, and in that moment, the Drow Elf felt an immense fear. Just as his right hand moved slightly, magic-created darkness swiftly covered the entire room. However, Duanmu Huai barely exerted any effort, and the next moment, the darkness dissipated, followed by the body of a Drow Elf with a broken neck being tossed aside by him.

“Well, a bit of physical activity before sleeping isn't so bad.”

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai stood up.

For the Drow Elves, darkness was their shield.

Through secret passageways, the Drow Elves silently arrived at the surface. They moved through the streets like shadows, but the guards tasked with security were completely unaware of their presence–until their throats were slit, and even their bodies disappeared into dark corners.

The Chief Martial Artist led this operation, which for him was routine. Although Deepwater City boasted incredibly powerful spellcasters and warriors, the Drow Elves feared none of them. Even the mightiest mages could hardly penetrate the Dark Region's Bottomless Abyss. They wouldn't possibly reach the Drow city. As the Chief Martial Artist of the First Family, he had led soldiers on numerous raids against other families. In comparison to the tight security among Drow Elf families, the humans' guard seemed almost negligible to him.

Black Oak Tree was just an inn, though it also had its guards and mages. But they were no match for battle-hardened Drow Elves. Their throats had been cut, and their bodies were hidden. If everything went smoothly, perhaps it would not be until the morning that the people of Deepwater City would notice something was amiss here.

If everything went smoothly.

“Boom!”

A gigantic hand suddenly burst through the wall, smashing towards the Chief Martial Artist. As a leader of the First Family, he quickly raised his thin sword in an attempt to block this sudden attack, but the next moment, the gigantic hand hit him squarely, sending him flying backwards.

The Chief Martial Artist only heard the whistling of the wind by his ears before he felt a severe impact on his back. The blow was strong enough to shatter his bones, but still, he painfully gritted his teeth and stood up, only to see a tremendously tall figure stepping through the other side of the broken wall, approaching him. In his hands, he carried two soft, limp Drow Elf bodies.

“Pathetic vermin, you really picked a fine time to cause trouble.”

Duanmu Huai sneered at the Drow Elf in front of him, who gripped his thin sword and stared back at him. Meanwhile, several Drow Elf Soldiers appeared from all directions, surrounding Duanmu Huai completely. They raised their crossbows, the dull, dark purple tips of the arrows unlit even under the light.

“Originally, according to my style, you would have died very swiftly, but just right, I plan to try a new method of fighting …”

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai raised his hand.

“Let's use you as the first batch of test subjects.”

As soon as the words fell, Duanmu Huai clenched his right hand.

Invisible magic fluctuations suddenly burst forth from the center of Duanmu Huai, and the next moment, the ordinary clothes worn by the Drow Elves slipped off their bodies, leaving only the magic breastplates on their chests and waists, which greatly baffled the Drow Elf Warriors. They instinctively looked at their bodies, trying to figure out what was happening.

However, this was just the beginning.

An overwhelming sensation of ecstasy seemed to pierce through the brains of the Drow Elf Warriors at that moment, sapping all their strength. These Drow Elf Warriors had undergone severe training and could endure pain beyond what ordinary people could withstand, but pleasure was entirely different. Almost no one could resist this inherent instinct for life's joy; their will began to collapse, dissipate, and they even felt as though their souls were drifting to the clouds.

But this only lasted less than a second.

An ice-cold fear instantly took control of their bodies and minds, the once shattered will under the influence of pleasure stood no chance against the sudden fear. The Drow Elf Warriors' eyes widened in terror as they looked toward Duanmu Huai. But then, something even more terrifying occurred–the surroundings and even their own forms began to distort and twist, their skin started dissolving, bones began to fall off, and the walls around them sprouted numerous tentacles, which suddenly stretched out and tightly coiled around the bodies of the Drow Elf Warriors.

Following that, within the tentacles' suckers, huge gaping mouths opened, revealing cold, fish-like eyes staring out.

Upon locking eyes with those, the Drow Elves' minds–completely collapsed.

“Excellent!”

Looking at the Drow Elves who had fallen beside him, Duanmu Huai nodded in satisfaction.

This was the experiment Duanmu Huai had long wanted to conduct after acquiring the Pink Book–rather, it was only after obtaining the Pink Book that Duanmu Huai finally understood the power of the Pleasure God was far greater than he had imagined.

Fear and pain, though formidable, can be resisted with training. However, pain and fear can be overcome with training, but no one would willingly resist pleasure, for the instinct of life is to seek pleasure, which is the highest pursuit of life for being alive; happiness is the source of life, hence pleasure is irresistible.

This is also why undead creatures lose the capacity for joy. They abandon life to become undead monsters and, consequently, lose the ability to experience pleasure.

Thus, Duanmu Huai wanted to conduct an experiment, and now, this experiment had succeeded.

He opened the system panel, looking at the content displayed in the information column.

[Player casts Group Bliss Technique]
[Drow Elf Warrior resists Group Bliss Technique–resistance fails, Willpower -3]
[Drow Elf Warrior enters 'Brief Daze' state]
[Player casts Fearful Aura]
[Drow Elf Warrior in 'Brief Daze' state, cannot resist Fearful Aura]
[Drow Elf Warrior enters 'Terrified' state!]
[Player casts Old God's Will]
[Drow Elf Warrior in 'Brief Daze,' 'Terrified' states, cannot resist Old God's Will]
[Drow Elf Warrior SAN value -30]
[Drow Elf Warrior enters 'Mental Breakdown' state]
[Drow Elf Warrior gains 'Brief Daze,' 'Terrified,' 'Mental Breakdown' states, cannot resist Fearful Aura]
[Drow Elf Warrior dies instantly!]
[Player gains Pleasure God Experience +1, God of Destruction Experience +1, Old God's Will Experience +1]
Very good, very smooth!

Looking at the information before him, Duanmu Huai nodded in satisfaction.

Using the [Pleasure God]'s [Pink Divine Arts] to break the opponent's will, then using [Old God's Will]'s [Mental Corruption Defense] to thoroughly destroy the opponent's resistance, and finally using [God of Destruction]'s [Fearful Aura] to completely kill the opponent.

In this way, with the forces of three deities at once, naturally, three experience points were gained.

This is killing three birds with one stone!

The only pity is that the range of effect of the [Group Bliss Technique] is too narrow, but it can be enhanced with divine power …

Hmm … it seems this journey to the underworld will be a great test subject.

With that thought, Duanmu Huai withdrew his gaze from the twisted, mutated bodies of the Drow Elf Warriors and turned to leave.

For him, it was now time to get some good sleep.

Chapter end

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