Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 520 - 362 Asina Turns Evil (1)

Chapter 520: Chapter 362 Asina Turns Evil (1)

Truth is often crueler than imagined.

Before Asina went to Snow Mountain to rendezvous with Muse, she had serious self-doubts. What was Jie Luo’s real reason for saving her?

After all, she stood out so sorely among the members of the Hero Team. At the time, Asina worried that Jie Luo saved her because he coveted her talent for amplifying Magic Power.

Although Asina had her suspicions, she had been consoling herself, thinking it couldn’t be true, that she was probably just overthinking. But the truth often turns out to be so much crueler... and even more vicious than expected.

He had been watching everything all along, but chose to show up just when the Magician was about to violate her, saving her only to deepen her positive feelings and impression of him.

And her affection for Jie Luo did not stem merely from that clichéd scenario of a hero saving the damsel in distress, but also from the Charm derived from the Evil God that bewitched her.

Asina thought she was miserable enough, but Silf by her side was even worse off.

Jie Luo seemed to see her as the Evil God, planning for Silf to bear his child, then to imbue his own soul and consciousness into the fetus, and take over.

Silf’s purpose of existence was simply to give birth to this child, and then to watch as the child died.

Once the child was born, Silf’s life would come to an end; Jie Luo would never allow her to live.

Similarly, after plundering all the riches from her, Jie Luo would probably not hesitate to finish her off without any mercy.

That man... the man whom both she and Silf had cherished and deeply loved, had heartlessly spun a cage of despair for the two of them.

It would be a stretch to say Jie Luo ever considered either of them as lovers; he had never liked Asina or Silf. In Jie Luo’s heart, they were nothing more than pure tools, objects for his eventual Desire.

Asina looked up at the sky, where the sunlight filtered through the dense leaves, speckling the view with flickering Crimson, almost sacred in its appearance.

Yet even under this sunshine, Asina felt an icy chill throughout her body.

Her hands clenched tightly over her shoulders, but her body couldn’t stop shaking.

Her heart felt as if it had been completely pierced and torn apart, a stabbing pain, and her organs seemed riddled with holes, every breath aching.

The warm airflow felt like blades tearing through her throat, turning her laughter into a hoarse wail of grief.

Her abdomen convulsed violently, twitching erratically.

Thinking of the sweet nothings she once shared with Jie Luo, the adoring gaze she fixed on him, and the heart that trembled at his smile, finally, Asina couldn’t bear it any longer. She felt an intense wave of nausea and, staggering, supported herself against a tree trunk as she began to vomit forcefully.

So violently, it felt as though she might expel her very organs.

No wonder she had always felt, when Jie Luo occasionally gazed at her with an intense flame in his eyes, yet kept his distance, she had thought him a gentleman.

No wonder when she confessed her feelings to Jie Luo and was met with a heartless rejection, she thought he was preoccupied with the welfare of the masses.

No wonder Jie Luo preferred the company of Muse, Benson, Karsas, and Ronald, a bunch of murderous maniacs—perhaps they were more akin to Jie Luo’s true nature.

Now, everything became clear.

Ha ha... He he... He he he... Asina, you really are a fool.

Especially when she thought of all she had sacrificed to resurrect Jie Luo, perhaps that’s what they call a clown.

From deep within Asina’s throat came a strange sound as her laughter grew increasingly eerie. Her beautiful, almost bewitchingly attractive face was now nearly contorted.

The laughter became sharper, more ferocious, more resentful, and more vicious.

Asina was breaking down, but her will was much stronger than imagined, and she stood up again from the wreckage.

In those eyes, there was now only a dense hatred and cruelty.

Jie Luo, is this your plan, your purpose?

A streak of darkness flitted across her gaze.

Dark, like a night sky devoid of stars.

I won’t let you succeed that easily.

I won’t...

I won’t...

I won’t!

Her lips nervously quivered, repeatedly articulating the same syllable.

Asina’s consciousness was in an extremely volatile state, yet at this moment, she was forcing herself to calm down. Yes, she was more rational and clear-headed than ever before.

At the same time, her intellect was working frantically.

She had always been a skeptical woman, often questioning everything, and now more than ever.

To Asina, this might just be her most potent talent.

And what she doubted the most now was... Did Jie Luo really die?

Not knowing the truth was one thing, but now that she was aware of these matters, the incident of the brave one-on-one showdown with the Demon King ending in being torn to shreds seemed particularly odd and full of suspicious points.

First, the Jie Luo they faced was not the true Hero.

His purpose was never to eliminate demons and save the world; destroying demons was merely a convenient act of disguise while he carried out the Evil God’s tasks.

His only desire towards the female members of the Hero Team was lust, not affection; he treated them as tools rather than companions. Even towards Muse and Benson, he probably was not much better. It was simply impossible for him to confront the Demon King alone for the sake of Sky Dome Continent or the other members of his team.

Secondly, Jie Luo had already devised such a detailed plan to use an Elf as the host for his rebirth, then rapidly grow in strength and plunder the vast amount of Magic Power stored within himself, quickly returning to his most powerful state.

In such a scenario, Jie Luo had no reason to engage the Demon King in a one-on-one battle.

Therefore, it was very likely that Jie Luo’s one-on-one battle with the Demon King was itself a trap, a deception.

Jie Luo seemed to want to make everyone believe that he had truly died, not just deceiving his former teammates but even concealing himself from the gaze of the Void.

The most important point was that within the soul fragments, there was only the imprint left by the First Generation Jie Luo. The soul of the so-called first-generation Hero, the Second Generation Jie Luo, had long since vanished without a trace.

Why?

If it was coincidence with one soul fragment, maybe, but two, three, four, all the same—then it was definitely not just a matter of coincidence.

Asina pushed her natural talent for doubting everything to its limits, desperately expanding her mind.

All sorts of possibilities gathered in her head and the conclusion that finally emerged made even Asina shudder.

Jie Luo’s plans might have been discovered by some entity from the Void, for some reason.

So Jie Luo had to change or even abandon his long-prepared plans at the last minute, using his death in the battle with the Demon King to escape notice for a while.

If this were the case, then Jie Luo could not possibly be truly dead.

Jie Luo’s plans, no matter what, had only one core point, which was to be reborn using another’s body... then, could it be that the so-called Demon King Nage was actually...

The idea that emerged in her mind startled Asina, her breathing even became unusually rapid.

A flush of heat spread across her cheeks, hehe, how interesting. On one side, a Demon King striving to destroy all of humanity, and on the other, a Hero saving the world. Linking these two together, that was not something an ordinary person could achieve.

Asina, it’s no wonder it’s you.

Asina prepared to continue to exploit her ability to doubt everything, to see if she could deduce the so-called truth.

So, if Jie Luo had not died, where did Rose Vesper’s Resurrection Technique come from? Was it from another version of Jie Luo or, perhaps, from the Void?

But just at that moment, the pale-faced Silf had already been calling Asina’s name many times.

Silf, listening to Asina’s mutterings, heard content that almost made her break down.

Silf did not know as much as Asina, but just by hearing those words, she could guess the gist of it, and precisely because of that, it was even harder for Silf to accept.

This couldn’t be possible; it couldn’t be true.

Jie Luo just wanted to make her pregnant, then use the unborn child as the vessel for his rebirth?

No.

Jie Luo was never such a cruel man; he could never treat her and their child this way, never.

Her body trembled uncontrollably, her lips quivered ceaselessly, and she clenched her teeth tightly together.

She wanted to ask Asina why she would say such things and hear from Asina’s own mouth that everything was just a joke. But the current Asina was completely lost in her own thoughts, not hearing Silf at all.

Watching the neurotic Asina, a mix of shock, desolation, or perhaps anger surged in Silf’s chest, and she could no longer hold back.

"Ah..."

An abrupt scream came from her throat as five slender, elegant fingers stretched out and grabbed Asina’s slender neck.

She was an archer.

When it came to strength, she fell far behind warriors, Berserkers, and knights.

But against Asina the Magician, her strength was still overwhelmingly dominant.

That delicate neck was nearly twisted by Silf’s hands, pushing Asina back until finally, with a loud bang, she hit against a tree trunk.

Asphyxiation brought Asina back from her neurosis; she stared blankly at Silf in front of her, and after several long seconds, focus slowly returned to her eyes.

"Asina, tell me, what exactly did you find in this soul fragment?" Silf asked, her voice hoarse.

The truth, she wanted to know too.

Asina did not mind being choked at all, and her face only showed a weird smile: "Silf..."

"If Jie Luo is still alive... what would you do?"

She did not know how Silf would answer.

But her, Asina.

She would use her own hands to smash all of Jie Luo’s plans to pieces.

This was her, a weak woman’s vengeance.