Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 309 - 193: Holy Shit, You Stupid Ass (5)_2

Chapter 309: Chapter 193: Holy Shit, You Stupid Ass (5)_2

The Hero Team directly added eight new members, expanding from the original eight to sixteen.

Aside from Muse, Ronald and Erin who were unable to attend, the other thirteen followed the Hero in a grand procession to the frontline.

Everyone knew that this was an incredibly strong force; Angelica and Antasia were slightly weaker, but apart from these two, the strength of the others was impeccable.

Nevertheless, this was the Hero’s first real venture onto the battlefield, and forces from all sides took it very seriously. They absolutely could not allow any mistakes to befall the Hero, which is why the Holy Court, Earth Mother Goddess Sect, and the Royal Family all arranged for a large number of elite troops to follow.

The person leading the team from the Earth Mother Goddess Sect was none other than Holy Son Oniens... This man was very handsome, but extremely childish. He did not have such qualifications, but his connections were very strong.

Qin Chu seriously suspected that Saint Monica had intentionally sent Oniens to the battlefield, pondering whether there might be a chance for a demon to kill this fool, which would save her a lot of trouble.

Qin Chu could not be bothered with this idiot, but the guy always harbored strong animosity towards Qin Chu, glaring at him with rage whenever he saw him, as if Qin Chu had stolen his wife.

Although they were all members of the Hero Team, there were clear divisions among them.

Angelica and a few others gathered around Qin Chu, while Asina, Aili, and Rose Vesper, who were original members, huddled together.

Sherry seemed to want to stay by the side of Rose Vesper, her senior, but she could feel that she was not welcomed there. She politely backed away, although she seemed to have a good relationship with Princess Carol.

Nadia was nonchalantly by Qin Chu’s side, indifferent to the gazes of others.

Rose Vesper occasionally wandered between the different groups; she was very sociable and seemed to have quite a good relationship with most people.

Inas stuck close to Oniens. Whenever she was around, Oniens would throw glances at Qin Chu, full of pride... and envy.

Proud to have a beauty like Inas by his side...

Envious that there was only one Inas.

He was jealous that a mediocre man like Qin Chu could have so many beauties by his side. Shouldn’t that have been his own privilege to enjoy?

Originally, Oniens would not have thought this way. After all, the women he usually interacted with were almost all Inas and Saint Monica, and some nuns... But now that he had left the Imperial City, he realized that this world had so much more to offer.

Inas was beautiful, but after seeing her so much, she seemed to be just that...

Qin Chu completely ignored Oniens’ looks; compared to that, he was more interested in the strand he had extracted from Silf’s body.

These past few days, Qin Chu had taken the time to check Catherine’s soul.

He had thought that there should be something similar inside Catherine, but in fact, there was not. Catherine’s Soul World was not as tainted as Silf’s, though it could not be called entirely pure either.

Since a strand had been pulled from her, the mark that had disappeared below Silf’s neck had not intensified again. This finally allowed Silf to breathe a sigh of relief. Over these days, her attitude towards Qin Chu seemed to have improved somewhat; she was no longer as fierce as she was at the beginning.

Of course, if other members of the Hero Team were present, Silf would still wear a sullen face, unapproachable and indifferent.

Silf had once taken advantage of the time when Qin Chu was alone to ask him to remove another mark of the Void from her soul, but this request was refused by Qin Chu. He wouldn’t act again without thoroughly researching this thing.

This caused a bit of dissatisfaction in Silf. The proud Elf pouted her mouth as if mumbling something and then left. Qin Chu did not catch it clearly.

Night fell.

This special troop temporarily camped in a grassy area.

It was several days’ journey from the frontline, and as a few girls were preparing the evening meal, Qin Chu sat alone by the campfire at the front of the tent, not joining the cluster of chattering women.

He took out the sphere formed from the Holy Light again. Inside, the red strand that resembled an iron wire worm was still writhing. Several days had passed since it had been stripped from Silf’s soul, and even though it had lost its host and was sealed by Holy Light, the thing had not dissipated.

It seemed to be a living being with its own consciousness.

Or it was nothing more than a strand of pure Energy.

Qin Chu once tried to make contact with his consciousness, but no sooner had he touched it than a kind of violent madness surged in his mind, a desire to kill, to destroy, to plunder, to possess everything...

Shaye was also leaning on Qin Chu’s shoulder, but even with her knowledge, she couldn’t figure out what it actually was.

"Do you think this could be the will of some powerful being that has fragmented and dispersed?" Shaye suddenly proposed a rather outrageous assumption.

The will?

It was something difficult to describe, yet Qin Chu weirdly felt that Shaye’s guess might be very possible.

"What’s strange to me now is why Silf’s spirit hasn’t collapsed?" Qin Chu scratched his head. "I merely sensed it briefly and almost went mad; I don’t think Silf’s mind is that strong. It seems that this thing isn’t so simple, perhaps even more terrifying than the entity corrupting Karsas... Are we missing something?"

"If it’s like the modification done to Karsas, what kind of monster is it planning to turn Silf into?"

When purifying Karsas, Qin Chu had not felt the violence and ferocity contained in this thread. Instinctively, he judged that whatever was parasitizing Silf’s body was not on the same level as what was done to Karsas; what afflicted Silf was much more high-level, and much more dangerous.

He couldn’t imagine if these threads also existed for the purpose of manipulating and transforming Silf, what would this elf eventually turn into.

Qin Chu and Shaye were both deeply engrossed in studying this mysterious entity, neither of them noticing the faint sound of footsteps that had stealthily approached.

It was the Holy Son of the Earth Mother Goddess Sect, Oniens.

Seeing Qin Chu, Oniens’s brows furrowed into a frown; he instinctively detested this man who was more popular than himself and could not recognize any sign of nobility in him.

This was merely a commoner from a different world, who bore the title of Hero, yet displayed none of the qualities befitting a hero.

The identity of a hero was nothing but a tool for him to play with women.

This guy, he was nothing compared to the First Generation Brave.

He couldn’t understand what those women saw in this dirty man; after all, he was superior in every way and carried a noble heritage.

This handsome man glanced around, and after realizing that Catherine, that dreadful woman, was not there, he felt relieved.

"Hey, Qin Chu..."

"I warn you, don’t think that just because you’re the Hero you can do whatever you want. I know what kind of person you are, but... keep away from Inas. Understand? Inas is mine."

Although he disliked Qin Chu, Oniens decided to give the Hero a warning not to act recklessly.

Seeing that Qin Chu was intently focused on the orb in his hands, completely ignoring him, Oniens felt the humiliation of being disregarded.

It was the first time in his life that someone had dared to ignore him like this.

The bad temperament that developed from being spoiled since childhood made Oniens lose control immediately, even worse than the Prince.

Unable to tolerate Qin Chu’s ignorance, he stepped forward abruptly and slapped towards the orb in front of Qin Chu, "Hey, you bastard, the Holy Son is talking to you, don’t ignore me..."

Snap!

The orb suddenly shattered!

Red threads swiftly pierced Oniens’s fingertips and instantly entered his body.

Oniens seemed to feel a prick in his fingertips, and he raised his hand, but there was no wound.

Qin Chu, on the other hand, sat there dumbfounded.

Oniens thought Qin Chu was shocked by his might, and felt smugly proud.

A few seconds later, Qin Chu’s body began to tremble in a weird way, pointing a finger at Oniens, "F*ck, you idiot..."