A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 2300 - 1552: The Tale of a Borderland Boy (The Bouncing, Rolling Cat)_3
"Mina......"
At this moment, in Litt’s eyes, it seemed that only the girl in front of him remained; everything else in the world seemed nonexistent. He slowly lowered his head, moving closer to Mina......
"Boom!"
Yet at this moment, suddenly, a huge dark shadow descended from the sky, landing beside the two. Startled, they snapped back to reality, and gazed intently ahead, immediately shocked — what stood before them was a giant monster several meters tall, with a massive, brawny build, and six arms!
"Hahaha, humans, delicious humans! Finally, I’ve caught you!"
"Get out, Demon!"
Litt stood in front of Mina, raising the Longsword in his hand, yet the latter merely glanced at him, and in the next instant, Litt’s Longsword became red hot all of a sudden. Feeling overwhelming, unbearable heat, Litt hurriedly dropped the Longsword, watching as it melted into a pool of bright red liquid steel on the ground!
Is this the strength of the Demon Clan?!
"Haha, a mere human, trying to block one of the Four Heavenly Kings, truly seeking death!"
The great Demon cackled coldly again. Hearing this, Litt and Mina instantly stiffened all over.
Four Heavenly Kings?
Is this Demon in front of them one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Demon King’s Army?
"Mina, run!"
At this moment, Litt gave up concern for his life, grabbed a nearby branch, and charged straight at the Demon! Yet just as he started, he felt a sudden darkness, then flew backward, crashing heavily onto the ground.
"No, Litt—————!!"
At this time, all Litt could hear was Mina’s blurred screams in his ears; what he saw was the Demon reaching out, trying to grab him — yet suddenly, a hand reached out from the side, grabbing the Demon’s arm.
In the next moment, Litt sank completely into unconscious darkness.
"............"
Who knows how long passed before Litt slowly awoke. He sat up, looking around, finding himself seemingly in a strange room. Just then, the door opened, and Litt saw an old man walk in — it was the Old Village Chief.
"Oh, Litt, you’re awake!"
"Village Chief!"
Seeing the Village Chief, Litt grew excited.
"Where is this place? How’s the village? Is everyone alright? Aileen, Mina......"
"Alright, calm down, Litt."
The Old Village Chief reached out, patting Litt’s shoulder.
"The village is safe, everyone is fine."
"Everyone’s fine? But the Four Heavenly Kings......"
"Indeed, the Four Heavenly Kings attacked, it frightened us all, we thought we were doomed. Fortunately, at the crucial moment, the Brave Lord who eliminated the Demon King’s Army arrived. Truly worthy of the Brave Lord, he easily tore that horrible demon to shreds. Thanks to him, you and Mina were saved; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable."
"This......"
"This is my home. Earlier, Aileen was taking care of you, but she’s quite exhausted, so I sent her to rest. Mina came to see you before, seemingly wanting to tell you something, but she left since it’s so late. However, Mina’s home was destroyed by the Demon King’s Army, she should be staying at the inn now."
"I see...... Thank you, Village Chief."
Litt moved his body, nodding in thanks to the Village Chief.
"No worries, you should thank the Hero. Ah...... Indeed, the hero is remarkable. Even against a Great Demon like one of the Four Heavenly Kings, it’s no match for him. Now it seems, our country really has hope...... Anyway, as long as we’re safe, that’s good. It’s very late today, we’ll talk about the details tomorrow, hurry home to rest."
"Alright, thank you, Village Chief."
Litt nodded, then left the Village Chief’s house.
Walking out of the building, he saw indeed a mess all around, but most remained intact. Seeing this, Litt breathed a sigh of relief, then turned and headed home. Yet halfway, Litt saw the inn not far away, recalling Mina’s figure.
Along with everything that had happened before.
"Mina......"
Litt murmured his childhood friend’s name, hesitated, but ultimately headed towards the inn.
The inn was also devoid of people. Litt pushed open the inn’s door, entering it to find a dim, empty lobby.
Just then, Litt heard a low, creaky sound coming from upstairs, like something twisting, and amidst that, he faintly heard a voice.
"Ooh...... Mm... Mm......"
"Mina?"
Though the voice was unclear, Litt could tell it was his childhood friend’s voice, having grown up together. Could it be, Mina was injured?
Thinking this, Litt hurriedly walked up to the second floor, arrived at the guest room door, reached out, but the door was already locked. Inside, the sound remained faintly audible.
"......"
Alongside the noise, the voices inside came intermittently.
Litt focused his attention, but still couldn’t make it out.
"Master... Hero Master......"
"Is everything okay?"
"Yes, Master, leave it to me......"
"——————!!!"
The noise became more intense, and the originally vague sound fluctuated.
"How could this be? This is even more———!"
"Well, enough for now?"
The voice inside paused momentarily, then resumed, suggesting Mina had made up her mind.
"...... No... I’m fine, Master......"
Hearing this, Litt squinted, what on earth was Mina saying? What exactly did she want to say? 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
"Then how will you proceed?"
"Please use my———please use my———!"
His ears rang intermittently, at this moment Litt felt as if he wasn’t treading on the floor, but rather in the clouds, like inhabiting a dream, unable to believe the words echoing in his ears. Was it his childhood friend’s voice? Did she say this?
This lively, cheerful girl who always greeted him with a laugh, taking care of Aileen like a big sister, his closest childhood friend, had a side he wasn’t aware of?
"Well, then get ready!"
"Yes!"
"——————!!!!"
The twisted noise grew more intense, making it feel as though the entire inn was shaking, the floor vibrating like an earthquake erupting.
Yet at this moment, Litt felt his mind a complete blank.
