A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 883 - 620: Forest Sea and Snowfield_2

Duanmu Huai nodded in satisfaction, then turned to the two and said something before leading Ogis into the cave. Amelia and Luganis exchanged a glance and had no choice but to follow helplessly.

Truth be told, at the moment they felt like burglars who had forcefully occupied someone else’s house...

Although the process was somewhat baffling, in the end, everyone found a place to stay. Amelia started a fire and began preparing food while Ogis took out a book, curled up in Duanmu Huai’s embrace, and started to read.

Amelia and Luganis whispered to each other, while Duanmu Huai closed his eyes to rest, all the while contemplating their next move.

Truth be told, this world was actually quite advantageous for Duanmu Huai, as it was similar to the Greek Mythological World he had previously visited—an abundance of deities. That meant Duanmu Huai could very well replicate what he had done in that world: slay deities, absorb their Divine Power and Divine Position for his own use.

However, in the game, no players held any Divine Position, so deities were essentially NPC to players.

For Duanmu Huai now, the experience gained from common enemies was already quite low, just like a level hundred player chopping down level one kobolds, where one can only gain a little experience as if killing a hundred kobolds was easy and convenient, but it was too inefficient for leveling up.

Deities were much better, and in this world, there really were occurrences of snatching Divine Positions and killing gods, although not common, but not unheard of either.

As for the supreme deity AO, Duanmu Huai didn’t give a damn about it; at most, it was just a Grand Demon-Class Subspace Spiritual Being. Should it seek to trouble Duanmu Huai, he wouldn’t simply surrender without a fight.

Although this world also used terms like "Celestial Realm," "Plane of Major Material," and "Hell" to differentiate between the worlds, in essence, there wasn’t much difference from Duanmu Huai’s original world.

Whether it’s the "Celestial Realm" or "Hell," both belong to the subspace planes, whereas the so-called "Major Material World" is the real world.

This could be seen from the Divine Wars of this world; whether from the side of good or evil, to pray for the descent of their revered deity, one must sacrifice their own life, and then the deity would be able to dispatch its avatar, a Saint, to the Plane of Major Material to help their followers.

The essence is actually the same as the Evil God Cultist performing large-scale sacrifices, then weakening the boundary between reality and subspace to allow the Evil God to send demons into the real world. It’s because the real world cannot tolerate the invasion of subspace creatures, so they must rely on the power of the soul to maintain their presence or they would be weakened and then expelled.

Indeed, this is similar to Amelia, being Tyler’s Sacred Knight, sacrificing her own deity in the fight against the wicked Lich King, and then summoning Tyler’s Saint to take down the Lich King.

In Duanmu Huai’s eyes, this was essentially the same as the Evil God Cultist’s self-sacrifice, and then through her soul’s power, the Evil God intervened in the real world from subspace.

Everything’s the same.

There’s no difference at all.

Duanmu Huai had already decided to find time to visit the Battlefield of the Blood War in this world—the battle between Hell and the Abyss suited him. On the one hand, whether it was devils or demons, they were rather strong subspace spiritual beings, and on the other hand, the might of Hell’s generals and The Lord of Demons from the Abyss was substantial enough to be considered prey for Duanmu Huai.

Of course, there’s another aspect: the Blood War could be seen as a knockoff version of an Evil God’s realm, and before the final battle with a true Subspace Evil God, it was essential to accumulate some experience in similar regions.

Going to Heaven Mountain to slay deities was difficult, but going to the Abyss to slaughter demons was much easier...

Amelia, of course, had no idea what kind of rebellious thoughts were swirling in Duanmu Huai’s mind at the moment. After chatting aimlessly with Luganis for a while, she then decided to rest—after all, it had gotten dark, and there weren’t many entertainment activities at night in this world... Well, Duanmu Huai did want to teach them some, but the two would certainly refuse.

"Roar————!"

However, just then, the black bear that had been huddled in the corner of the cave suddenly stood up and let out a low growl, steadfastly staring outside the cave. Faced with the black bear’s uncharacteristic behavior, the two girls were also taken aback.

"What’s the matter?"

"Eh? Did Mr. Duanmu scare it again?"

"I did not, is there something outside?"

Duanmu Huai glanced at the black bear, and at this moment, it seemed as vigilant as if facing a formidable enemy; clearly, the bear must have sensed some kind of danger.

"Outside?"

Amelia extended her hand to grip the hilt of her sword and approached the cave entrance, vigilantly surveying the surroundings—all was silent in the dim forest.

"There’s nothing there, right?"

"It doesn’t look like it."

Duanmu Huai glanced at the black bear again, and if earlier it had appeared as if on high alert, now it had hidden behind him, hands over its head, quivering in fear!

"Luganis, think of something, you are a mage, aren’t you?"

"I am an Energy Shaping Magician!"

Luganis emphasized the term "Energy Shaping" while looking outside the cave, then after pondering for a moment, she raised her hand.

"Light Magic!"

Quickly, a sphere of light emerged from Luganis’s hand, flew out of the cave, and illuminated the surroundings.

Next, as if under the glare of an incandescent lamp, suddenly, there was a rustling noise from the nearby bushes, as if something was approaching.

Oh? Was there actually something?

Duanmu Huai stood up with interest and looked outside, while at the cave entrance Amelia had drawn her sword from its sheath, and on the other side, Luganis gripped her magic wand tightly. Only Ogis continued to flip through her book unconcernedly—even moving closer to the fire.

"Rustle-rustle——"

The bushes continued to shake, and moments later, a shadow emerged from them.

"Phew... it’s just a deer."

Seeing the deer emerge under the Light Magic, Amelia breathed a sigh of relief, but at that moment, Duanmu Huai’s expression grew tense.

"No, that’s not a normal animal, look carefully!"

"Huh?"

On hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, both Amelia and Luganis were momentarily stunned, and at the same time, they saw that the deer didn’t run away but instead walked straight toward them. As the deer drew closer, everyone finally got a clear view of its appearance!

They saw that almost all of the skin on the deer’s neck had fallen off, revealing rotting, decaying flesh with bare white bones visible beneath! The half of the deer’s face was swollen like a balloon, filled with yellow pus. Not only that, but a closer look revealed a massive, seemingly gnawed-out hole where the deer’s right eye should have been, from which a thick, pox-marked tentacle stretched out, wriggling incessantly!

"What, what is this thing!"

At this sight, everyone was shocked.