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Chapter 382: Chapter 379 - ’...Please Don’t Make the Same Mistake Again

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"Leken! Where are you taking Miss Lin Yin!"

Seeing Noel trying to drag Lin Yin away, Sherrod immediately followed a few steps.

"The sea monsters are attacking the city. I must take her to the underground treasury, to the safest place in Pulaya," Noel explained somewhat irritably.

Seeing Sherrod standing directly in his way, Noel drew the short sword from his waist: "Move aside."

"Swoosh!"

"Sorry." Sherrod unyieldingly drew his knight’s sword.

He held his golden knight’s sword firmly in front of Noel, preventing him from dragging Lin Yin away: "This matter must respect Miss Lin Yin’s wishes."

Seeing Sherrod unfazed, Noel’s eyelid twitched, and he immediately turned his head, looking at Lin Yin:

"Lin Yin, let’s go. There is no more time to delay here!"

Lin Yin still looked bewildered, not yet understanding how dangerous the situation of "sea monsters attacking the city" was.

But at that moment, she heard a "ding dong" from the team chat.

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[Su Ming’an: Noel, are you on the city wall?]

[Noel: I am...]

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The moment she saw this message, Lin Yin immediately stepped back, and a milky white defensive barrier quickly appeared around her.

"You are not Noel! Who are you!" she yelled loudly, already beginning to quickly contact her teammates.

Her hands blossomed with light, and the face of the man in front of her began to peel away.

He revealed a dignified and beautiful face.

... It was exactly that of Princess Tulip, who was supposed to be locked up.

At that time, her beautiful yet ambitious eyes were no longer their original color.

... but had become a pair of deep red eyes, as if filled with blood.

A transparent spiritual body floated behind her, and the corners of her mouth gradually showed sharp, pale fangs.

"Back away—!"

Sevya, who had been following Lin Yin and was responsible for protecting her in secret, immediately appeared, shielding Lin Yin behind him.

He was not worried about the princess running away, as the Black Pike who held back because of her had already been poisoned by them and could no longer demonstrate any combat power. With just the princess alone, the situation could certainly not be overturned.

But... the princess in front of them was clearly not right.

This golden rose, which had always been extremely dignified and beautiful, now bared some extremely ugly fangs in front of them.

Her fingernails gradually grew, becoming sharp and elongated... turning into claws like those of sea monsters, able to easily slit a person’s throat.

The ears on the side of her head disappeared, replaced by a pair of transparent, delicate fins resembling insect wings.

Her slender body began to elongate and stretch, the exquisite palace dress violently stretched, revealing a body covered with pale blue scales and featuring a fish tail.

Her body lines were extremely sharp. Pale bone spurs grew from her forehead, limbs, and fish tail, their tips extremely pointed and glowing faint blue, clearly carrying deadly poison.

Her golden hair gently fluttered behind her, and all the emotions of anger, grievance, and despair that filled her eyes had disappeared, turning into a pair of lifeless, undulating eyes.

The transparent spiritual body floated behind her, seemingly a transparent, blood-red sea monster that embraced her body from behind, gently kissing her ear, and at the moment she opened her eyes, her gaze became chilling and cold, as if looking at several dead people.

In the most desperate of moments,

Princess Tulip, thoroughly corrupted in soul, was reluctant to let go of the power in her hands.

She could not bear to surrender her throne to Su Rin, nor to merely be a mascot harboring a Sea Monster’s soul, relegated to a status-less existence under house arrest in the palace, serving as a tool to suppress the surrounding Sea Monsters.

Yet she could not remove the Dong Xue pendant around her neck, the threat of death loomed over her constantly.

As time passed, it eroded her original intentions, the temptation of immortality diminishing her will like a devil.

Eventually, she chose to completely bury her past self, young and impassioned,

...and embraced the soul of the Sea Monster.

Unlike before, she did not use the Sea Monster’s soul to help her occupy the next "host."

Instead, she chose to become the "host," offering herself to the Sea Monster, allowing its soul to take dominance in exchange for the power to break free from her predicament.

At that moment, she suddenly realized.

Originally, when she ventured out to sea and encountered that Sea Monster, as beautiful and stunning as a human, it was the King of Sea Monsters.

What she had taken was only a part of the Sea Monster King’s soul, the evil aspect of the Sea Monster’s soul.

And the more powerful, more complete side of the soul,

...she had never obtained.

The complete soul had fallen into the hands of the person she envied most, the vile one who, although loved by the deity, scorned this divine favor to choose rebellion.

Under the biased malice of the Sea Monster’s soul, she lost her original intention, obtaining "eternal life" through the most malicious means, while he could wander carefree in Pulaya, enjoying the care of a complete soul and full emotions, living well, and even easily usurping her throne.

—Why him?

—Why Su Rin?

Her eyes were a bloody red.

Intense energy waves rippled around her, her enlarged spiritual body completely blocking the path of escape.

"Princess."

The most shocked at this scene was not Lin Yin, who heard the system announcement "Combat Power 3500 Sea Monster King BOSS battle begins," but Sherrod, who suddenly weakened and knelt down.

In his green eyes, overwhelming sadness surged.

"Run—!"

Sevya grabbed Lin Yin and started to move away from the side.

"You can’t run." the princess with blood-red eyes said faintly.

She raised her hand, and a sea-blue Barrier rose around the room, completely enveloping it. Even when Sevya bombarded it with lightning, it had no effect.

Seeing escape was impossible, Sevya gritted his teeth and stood in front of Lin Yin.

"Princess." he said, "Don’t let Pulaya be destroyed by your hands."

The princess lowered her gaze.

"Pulaya was built on the sacrifices of many generations, including your own ancestors," Sevya said. "If you have any royal responsibility or pride left, don’t offer your life to the Sea Monster! Do you want to ruin this land?"

Listening to Sevya’s accusations, the princess actually started to laugh.

"Hahahaha..."

She laughed out loud, relaxed, utterly lacking in manners, as if throwing away all taught etiquette with this burst of laughter.

"—You say, I want to ruin this land? I lack royal responsibility and pride?"

As she laughed, tears came out.

They were blood-red tears.

Like blood, the crimson tears slid down her gradually scaling cheeks.

"On the contrary!" she suddenly exclaimed in a cold voice, "—it is precisely because I love this land!"

"I love this land, I love all the people upon it, and it is for that reason... I have imprisoned myself in ’eternity’ to this day.

"—And it is precisely because I possess the pride of the royals that I cannot allow Su Rin, this vile man, to subvert my land of Pulaya!

"How could you, a subordinate of a despicable ruler, understand my actions?

"My land does not need your intrusion, my homeland does not need your salvation! You, who yield to foreigners, how could you foresee the future of Pulaya? You, who advocate for peaceful coexistence between humans and the Soul Clan—how could you understand the prosperity of Pulaya now?

"To accuse me, to question me—is utterly absurd, search your own heart, what have you done for this land? I have summoned my own strength, fought for my own land, so that I could brighten the future of Pulaya with my own hands—how dare you accuse me with righteousness?

"I am alive, yet have I ever experienced a moment of the freedom that comes with eternity?

"I rule this land, yet have I ever indulged in a moment of the vanity that befits nobility?

"Pulaya was built on the sacrifices of generations, including my ancestors—yet those people you mention, generation after generation—they were all me!"

She shrieked nearly madly, her back radiating a blood-red, eerie light from the soul of the Sea Monster.

Sevya’s face turned pale.

The immense aura of the Sea Monster pressed down like a mountain, and he stepped back half a step, protecting Lin Yin behind him.

In that moment, the Princess raised her right hand.

Upon her hand, pale white bone spurs, snake-like, climbed up her arm, gradually metamorphosing into a sword-like blade.

She had long since learned about balance and sacrifice.

The young Jin Qiangwei, who would cry over a helpless sacrifice plan, weeping in an alley muttering "I’m sorry," had died during these long sixty years.

She had personally killed that far too young, naive version of herself.

The situation in Pulaya was not generous; it allowed no one to live carefree and did not accept naive thoughts. Romantic and freedom-loving human nature was not permitted here.

All battles were necessary, avoiding a single one would result in filling the gaps with even more sacrifices.

And now,

...she was about to initiate a battle to expel the "invaders," to kill those peering at the throne.

She was going to return the rule of Pulaya to her hands.

Only she could deliver the future that her beloved citizens yearned for.

...A future from now on without more "sacrifices."

"Swish!"

She raised her right hand high and swung it down vigorously.

A crescent moon-like white light flowed down her arm toward Sevya and Lin Yin leaning against the Barrier.

Electric light flickered in Sevya’s hand as he tried to block the strike.

However, with a gap of 500 points in combat power between him and the King of Sea Monsters, even with Lin Yin’s assistance, the situation was unalterable.

Blood seeped from his body.

Covering the wound, Sevya, with all his might, protected Lin Yin, who was activating the Teleportation Scroll.

In that moment, the Princess’s left claw glowing with a faint poisonous light, was already close to his body.

"Boom!"

A pair of hands firmly grasped the Princess’s extended bone claw.

The sharp bone claw pierced through his hands, and blood slowly flowed down his armor.

In the Princess’s eyes, which gradually became profound and indifferent, suddenly a hint of clarity appeared.

"Sherrod...?" she softly called, gazing at the knight kneeling on the ground.

He held his upper body straight, his hands tightly clasping hers.

Even as he was stopping her attack, his legs were still kneeling towards her.

He had sworn to her.

He was a Royal City Knight sworn to her loyalty.

"Princess," Sherrod said, clasping her bony claws, pleading.

"...please, do not err again."

Sharp bone spurs pierced his palms, and blood flowed like a stream. The skin on his palms had started to darken as the poison from the Sea Monsters began to seep into his body.

A brilliant golden light gradually emanated from his body. It was the Divine Power unique to the Knight of Light, blessed by the church.

...This was the energy that could best restrain the Sea Monsters.

As a "Brave," he could somewhat defend against the Sea Monsters’ attacks.

At that moment,

the golden light on his body seemed to ignite autonomously, climbing up the princess’s arms from his, like golden flames dancing over her bony claws, as if to burn away the spiritual body of the Sea Monsters residing in her.

"...I beg of you," he implored softly.

The princess noticed the intensely fierce golden flames, and her expression changed.

The next instant, her figure abruptly disappeared from the spot.

The startled Sevya and Lin Yin walked over.

"Did she leave?" Sevya asked.

"She must have returned to the Sea Monsters to recover," Sherrod replied with a forced smile.

"That must be the King of Sea Monsters," Lin Yin looked at the spot where the princess had vanished, "According to The Great Library, as long as there are Sea Monsters to sacrifice themselves for her, she is immortal—unless we can break into the Sea Monsters’ territory outside the Barrier and kill her directly..."

She pondered for a moment, "...Sherrod, your Light Energy is very effective, good at restraining the Sea Monsters, join us on the city wall."

As she spoke, she noticed the knight on the ground, just staring at his own blood-stained hands.

"Let me help you."

She handed him a notebook and pen from the ground and then wrapped his palms with a strip of cloth.

"...Thank you, Miss Lin Yin," Sherrod picked up the Knight’s Sword from his hand.

He briefly closed his eyes, then swiftly opened them.

"Defending Pulaya is my undeniable duty, I will ascend the city wall," he told Lin Yin.

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On the city walls of the island, the fierce battle continued.

To protect the civilians still outside the city walls, rushing toward them, the Soul Hunters chose to strike first, drawing the attention of the Sea Monsters to shield their fleeing relatives.

Even though they were completely outnumbered by the attacking Sea Monsters.

The cracks in the Barrier widened, gradually becoming holes, and the number of invading Sea Monsters increased exponentially, soon swarming everywhere.

"—Listen up, every second we can delay is a second earned! Do not close the Barrier until the very last moment!"

Above the city wall, Soul Hunter Cliff commanded, holding a small white crystal in his hand.

When this white crystal was shattered, the Barrier would rise, and by then, those still outside would no longer have the chance to rush into the city.

His gaze swiftly swept over, gauging the running speed of the residents below, judging the moment to raise the Barrier. Then, quite abruptly, he saw a figure moving against the crowd.

Her hair amidst the wind and snow was like a flurry of Flowing Fire, rushing towards the sea against the cold surge.