A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 1077 - Chapter 1077 Chapter 742 Assault_2

Chapter 1077: Chapter 742: Assault_2 Chapter 1077: Chapter 742: Assault_2 At that moment, Mash seemed to have seen something and hastily extended her hand to point at the insect swarm. Duanmu Huai turned his head to look and saw, within the midst of the insects, a young girl was undulating ceaselessly, as if swept up by waves formed by the bugs.

“Hmph!”

Upon witnessing this scene, Duanmu Huai’s expression darkened. Then, the Fearful Aura suddenly unfolded, and in the next moment the insects let out shrill screams, hastily retreating backward, attempting to crawl back into the holes in the nearby walls. However, Duanmu Huai simply waved his hand, and immediately, pitch-black flames burst forth, engulfing all the insects in front of him and annihilating them completely.

Afterward, Duanmu Huai approached the girl, examining her carefully.

The girl in front of him had vacant eyes. If not for the slight rise and fall of her chest, one might have thought her to be dead. Duanmu Huai picked her up, and her delicate body was like the size of a Barbie doll in Duanmu Huai’s palm, showing no emotional fluctuations even when looking at Duanmu Huai.

“Medea, check her condition.”

“Yes, MASTER.”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s command, Medea hurriedly came to the girl’s side and began a careful examination. Then Medea’s expression turned increasingly grim.

“Really, I didn’t expect there to be such a thing… Although I had considered it when I first sensed the presence, this is too…”

“Is there a problem?”

“Yes, MASTER. Although I don’t know who did this, someone is attempting to change this young girl’s body, altering her and transplanting those insects into her body…”

“Oh ho… As expected of a heretic.”

Duanmu Huai’s expression grew colder.

“Is there a way to save her?”

“Of course, there is no problem! I can heal her using my Noble Phantasm!”

“Then use it.”

“Yes!”

Upon receiving Duanmu Huai’s permission, Medea also stood up and raised her magic wand.

“As the blueprint of the soul, by my lifeline, I command redevelopment, return, restore form–Pain Breaker!”

As Medea raised her magic wand, the next moment a beam of light shone upon the girl. While there seemed to be no special change on the surface, one could see the girl’s previously vacant eyes gradually closed, and her faint breathing became much calmer.

“What do we do now, MASTER?”

Mash, worried, looked at the girl who had fallen into a deep sleep, and asked.

“Hmm… For now, let’s find a place to settle her down. As for this place…”

Speaking thus, Duanmu Huai glanced around and then reached out to pull out a disk-like object from behind and threw it to the ground.

“The rest will be left to Omnom.”

After saying this, Duanmu Huai left the dilapidated Western-style house with the others.

About two hours after Duanmu Huai and his group left the Western-style house, a gaunt and frail old man, leaning on a walking stick, slowly made his way back up the slope. Upon seeing the remnants of the Western-style house, which looked like it had been forcefully demolished, the old man’s eyes widened in shock.

“Wait, what happened here? My workshop, why would it… Who exactly…?”

At this moment, the old man had lost the leisurely pleasure he had earlier while taking a walk, and he hurriedly stepped into his home.

However, just as the old man stepped through the gate, he felt as if his right foot had stepped on something.

“Crack.”

“Hmm?”

The old man looked down in confusion and then noticed an additional round iron disk at his feet.

That was…

“Boom————–!!!!”

The next moment, the thermite bomb erupted completely. The searing flames, hot enough to melt warship armor, shot up into the sky, swallowing up the old man and the dilapidated Western-style House in its entirety.

Meanwhile, Duanmu Huai and the others had arrived at a guesthouse on the outskirts of Fuyuki City. Of course, they didn’t have currency from this era, but it didn’t matter. During Medea’s rescue, Duanmu Huai, adhering to the player’s spirit of taking advantage of every opportunity, had collected some money from the Western-style House and temporarily rented the guesthouse.

As the fire from the thermite bomb lit up the dark sky, Duanmu Huai and his group were eating on the guesthouse’s balcony.

“What’s that noise?”

Hearing the sound of the thermite bomb’s explosion, Mash asked in wonder while Duanmu Huai merely glanced back.

“Who knows, probably a gas explosion or something.”

He then dismissively responded.

After dinner, everyone gathered again around the sleeping girl, all looking at each other, at a loss for words.

“What do we do now, MASTER? We can’t possibly take her back to Chaldea, can we?”

“Of course not… Let’s just wait until after the Holy Grail War is over before we worry about it.”

Duanmu Huai waved his hand. Setting aside the complications of the timeline, it was impossible to take such a young girl back to Chaldea.

“What do we do now? Miss Medea has already sensed the presence of a Heroic Spirit near the docks. Are we going to confront it? But if we do that…”

Mash looked troubledly at the girl. If they all went to fight, the girl would be left alone. It would be bad if anything happened to her in their absence.

“Hmm…”

Duanmu Huai pondered for a moment then snapped his fingers.

“Got it, just a second.”

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai’s fingertips moved slightly, and the next moment, a Soul Card disappeared between his fingers. Then, with the Holy Light shimmering, Lorena appeared before Duanmu Huai.

“Ah, Sir Knight, did you summon me for something? Ah? Who are these two…”

Lorena blinked in curiosity at the sight of Mash and Medea, who in turn looked back at her in surprise.

“MASTER? Who is this…”

“Is she also a Servant?”

“I’ll explain the details when we get back.”

Duanmu Huai clearly didn’t have the time to answer their questions one by one, so he spoke briefly to Mash and Medea, then turned to Lorena and quickly explained the girl’s situation.

“…In short, that’s the situation. We are going into battle next, and there’s no one else available to take care of her, so I’m entrusting you with this responsibility. No matter what happens, you must protect her. I don’t want to go through the annoyance of having someone we’ve worked hard to rescue being taken away… It’s irritating enough in games.”

“Yes, leave it to me, Sir Knight!”

After hearing Duanmu Huai’s instructions, Lorena nodded emphatically.

“I will definitely protect this girl!”