蝴蝶影院

“I can feel…the call of the Elemental Spirits…”

The Night Guard lifted his head, looking towards the heavy gate closed in front of them.

“They… they’re right behind this door…”

“Stay back.”

Duanmu Huai casually remarked. Then he walked up to the sealed iron gate, reached out to pry open the slight gap between the doors. Following this, the originally tightly fixed iron gate was forcibly pulled open by Duanmu Huai, emitting a harsh sound of metal friction and breakage. However, Duanmu Huai seemed not to care, he just forcefully extended his arms, prying the gate apart and then gave a strong push!

“Boom!!!”

The next moment, the steel door was torn apart and heavily fell to the ground. Duanmu Huai then grasped his war hammer and strode in. The Night Guard, dragging his battered body, followed Duanmu Huai into the room.

Ahead of them was a giant, observation deck-like hall. At the front of the hall, lay a seemingly bottomless abyss. Within the abyss, a blue column-shaped object, under the chains binding it all around, was radiating a dim blue glow.

If Duanmu Huai was not wrong, these should be the Elemental Spirits mentioned by the Night Guard.

Well…although they look different from what he had imagined as “Spirits”.

He had been expecting to see three beautiful little sisters trapped somewhere…now it seems those hopes were in vain.

However, there was something even more startling nearby.

The sides of the abyss were lined with track, which carried metal cages. In these cages were Yajinians — or rather, their souls.

These souls were to be refined and squeezed in this factory, to be converted into energy supply. They are now being extracted from the peacefully sleeping Elemental Spirits, and taken away……

On seeing this, the Night Guard gritted his teeth, turning to look at Duanmu Huai.

“Judge, Your Honor….”

“I know.”

Duanmu Huai nodded, then strode forward with the intention of freeing these Elemental Spirits.

However, just as he took a step, several reddish circular portals appeared in front of Duanmu Huai. Soon after, Duanmu Huai saw a few tall figures stepping out from within, blocking his path.

These demons were tall, with long horns on their heads, wearing dark green armor, holding battle axes and sharp blades in their hands. Seeing them, the Night Guard at Duanmu Huai’s side immediately became livid!

“Traitors!!”

“You know each other?”

Duanmu Huai turned his head, curiously looking at the Night Guard at his side, who nodded vehemently.

“Yes, Your Honor, they used to be members of the honorable Night Guards, but they betrayed their oaths and faith, selling themselves to the Demons and the Mek Tribe!”

“We just made the right choice.”

One of the Demon Guards sneered, interrupting the Night Guard’s words. It scornfully stared at the battered Night Guard, its eyes flashing with an evil, red glow. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Look at you, poor little guy, the Elemental Spirits you worship have been captured. So what are you still insisting on? The queen will truly dominate this world, ruling all. No one can…”

However, the words of the Demon Guard weren’t finished when, Duanmu Huai suddenly reached out and attempted to grab him. The Demon Guard felt as if his body was uncontrollably flying towards Duanmu Huai, and before he could react, the heavy hammer was just coming at him. His head was smashed into a pulp as a result.

“Bang!!”

The demon guard’s body hit the ground, and Duanmu Huai tightly grasped his war hammer, staring at the few other Demon Guards.

“You betrayed humanity, abandoned the people and countries you should have protected, and willingly descended into servitude to aliens and chaos? You’re no longer loyal, so your existence is meaningless! Die, traitors!”

“Who do you think you are!?”

Seeing their comrade being killed, the other Demon Guards were shocked. They then drew out their weapons, roared, and charged towards Duanmu Huai!

“Die!!”

As a judge, Duanmu Huai regards all those tainted by chaos as his enemies, especially these traitors who have sold their bodies and souls to chaos. They are the number one execution targets of the Tribunal. In any era, whenever Judges encounter such traitors, they have only one way to go: death!

Therefore, facing the Demon Guards charging at him, Duanmu Huai didn’t hesitate. He roared, and with a whoosh, he swung his hammer towards them!!

“Stupid idiots!”

Seeing Duanmu Huai’s incoming hammer, one of the Demon Guards didn’t choose to evade but instead met it head-on. It quickly raised both hands; a shield formed from red hell energy appeared in front of the Demon Guard, aimed at the hammer Duanmu Huai was swinging!

“You can’t possibly imagine the power of the demons…”

Sadly, he didn’t get the chance to prove to Duanmu Huai how powerful demons can be. The mighty hammer shattered the forcefield shield in the demon guard’s hands, hit his face, shattering his cheekbones, breaking his teeth, blasting his eyeballs, and blew his head away like a baseball.

The body without a head wobbled for a moment on the ground, then collapsed with a thud. Fresh blood gushed from the neck, splattering on the ground. However, no one paid it any mind. At that moment, Duanmu Huai had already reached out and grabbed another idiot who was trying to sneak attack while his comrade had distracted him.

“Even demons are no match for me, where does your confidence come from to think you shackled by mere remnants of Chaos Force can confront me?”

Duanmu Huai stared at the Demon Guard his hand was gripping, jeering coldly. All the while, his grip tightened and tightened. Before long, his iron glove effortlessly pierced through the demon guard’s skull like cracking an egg. Then, with a forceful clench of his left hand!!

“Splash!!!”

The Demon Guard’s head violently exploded: chunks of flesh and brain matter were all that remained in Duanmu Huai’s hand, the once sturdy skull now willingly crushed to fragments.

“You’ve all lost the purity of being human.”

Looking at the twisted, deformed skull fragment with a pair of crooked horns in his hand, Duanmu Huai gave a cold huff.

“Then purification is your only option.”

Duanmu Huai wasn’t an extremist Judge from the Alien Tribunal who abhorred extraterrestrial beings. For him, any human who dares to sell their soul, forsaking humanity to turn to Chaos, are unforgivable traitors.

Besides immolation by purifying flames, there is no other path.

He flung the corpse from his hand, and then he marched forward. All the Night Guards who had sold their bodies and souls to the demons could not stop him for even half a minute before they were completely exterminated.

Then, Duanmu Huai arrived at the platform’s front, raising his head to gaze at the billowing Pillar of Fire before him.

Elemental Spirits.

To Duanmu Huai, his first encounter with Elemental Spirits was nothing remarkable. He simply extended his hand out, held up the War Hammer, and swung hard at the chains on the platform.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!!”

The breaking chains shook the prison binding the Elemental Spirits. And finally, when Duanmu Huai swung his War Hammer for one last time, breaking another chain, the azure Pillar of Fire burst forth like an unshackled Giant Dragon, drilling straight through the dome and into the skies.

“———————!!”

Even though Duanmu Huai could not hear the Elemental Spirit’s roar, he could feel its rage from the energy field oscillating in the air. Indeed, being a hostage of invaders from another world would not be a pleasant experience.

The boiling blue flames erupted from the Elemental Spirit, quickly engulfing the cages imprisoning the souls of the Yajinians. Then, the blue flame vanished into the sky. Only a single spark gently floated down, landing in Duanmu Huai’s hand.

Simultaneously, a line of system notifications emerged before Duanmu Huai.

[Hidden task “Peace of the Soul” stage one completed]

[Task Evaluation: Outstanding]

[You have freed the imprisoned souls, but their rage is far from subsided! Only blood for blood can bring peace to these souls!]

[Obtained Elemental Spirit Mark – You have gained the Elemental Spirit’s approval, from now on, you command an invincible army!]

[Hidden task “Peace of the Soul” stage two activated]

[Task Objective: Exterminate the Demon Army and the Mek Tribe, avenge the Yajinians]

[Blood for Blood!]

As expected, the task was more than just that.

Seeing this, Duanmu Huai raised an eyebrow. But this was better, the task required him to exterminate the demons, which fits the advancement requirements. This meant that once he completed the task, he could immediately advance his career!

But… the system said I have an army? Where is it?

Duanmu Huai looked around doubtfully. But when he turned around, he jumped— behind him, thousands upon thousands of Night Guards in soul form respectfully knelt before him.

So that’s how it is.

Seeing this, Duanmu Huai instantly understood everything.

Given the extinction of the Yajinian civilization, the Elemental Spirits could no longer receive their faith and protection. So, they simply gave the souls of these Night Guards to Duanmu Huai and then slipped away. And yes, in the game, Duanmu Huai knew that many Ghost Fleets increased their soldiers in this way.

However, he didn’t expect this to happen to him.

Regardless, having an army of ghost soldiers was quite menacing.

So what Duanmu Huai needed to do next was to follow the mission objectives and eliminate the Mek Tribe and the Demon horde!

But where did they go??

After asking the Night Guard Ghosts, Duanmu Huai learned that before his arrival, the Mek Tribe had already joined forces with the demons to find another human habitation. Currently, they were launching a large-scale attack on that planet, trying to thoroughly assimilate it into Hell just like Nur’s Ring.

Good grief, no wonder there was hardly anyone here!

Having learned the whereabouts of the enemy, Duanmu Huai’s next course of action was clear!

If that’s the case, he’ll go to that planet, get rid of the overbearing Mek Tribe, and utterly shred the Demon Army!!