Chapter 2713: Chapter 1836: The First One (The Gallbladder Is Slowly Getting Better, Meow)
Star God fragments.
Mary had never seen this thing before, but she knew how terrifying it was. After all, Duanmu Huai had dealt with the Star Gods several times, and he had never gotten any real benefit from it. You could say that although Duanmu Huai wiped out the Star Gods every time, he himself always wound up in a wretched state because of it.
According to Duanmu Huai, some Star God fragments were very powerful, and some were weak.
But Mary felt that the Star God fragments placed here definitely wouldn’t be the weak kind, otherwise they wouldn’t be stored here.
"We should do something about this..."
Mary stared at the black stone and the coffin before her, but she had no idea what she was supposed to do with this thing. The Space Undead’s Physical Laws had perfectly fused with the real world; at least Mary’s Golden Pupil couldn’t see any abnormal anchor points or curves. This made her stop in her tracks, not quite sure what to do.
In the end, Mary decided... to contact Lumiaire first.
"Lumiaire, how are things on Mr. Duanmu’s side?"
"Oh, they’re busy beating the crap out of each other."
"Beating the crap out of each other?"
"That’s right. Mr. Duanmu blew up that Evil God’s weapon, and the latter obviously got furious to the extreme. So now the two of them are clenching their fists and trading punches, one for one. No dodging, no Defense, like they’re just seeing who can endure more Attacks and who’ll fall first."
Lumiaire’s account was very precise, very clear, but it left Mary speechless.
Granted, this did fit perfectly with Duanmu Huai’s usual style—once he got carried away in a fight, he stopped caring about anything else.
But this black Stone Coffin in front of her was just as unsettling, especially now that its glow was flickering faster and faster. This gave Mary a persistent sense of foreboding. Maybe she should act first to prevent that Cunning Deception’s evil scheme from succeeding; if the other side made a move when Mr. Duanmu was already exhausted, then things would spiral beyond prediction.
But right now...
The voice in her heart was screaming, desperately warning Mary that this wasn’t a good idea, that she had to eliminate this threat as quickly as possible, that this was a trap. An obvious trap. If she just sat here and watched, then something irreparable would happen. She had to do something to stop this disaster.
So she had to...
As Mary was thinking, she suddenly felt a hand reach out and grab her. She turned her head to see Nemume Satori smiling at her, eyes squinting in delight.
"Satori knows, Teacher doesn’t like being disturbed. If he gets disturbed at a time like this, Teacher will be very angry."
"I understand, but..."
Of course Mary understood what Nemume Satori meant. She looked at the black Stone Coffin, then at Nemume Satori, and stayed silent for quite a while.
"...All right, we’ll just stay here and watch."
Mary spoke as she stepped back, keeping her Eyes on the black Stone Coffin in front of her.
"At the very least, even if a Star God really does come out, I’ll be able to warn Mr. Duanmu in advance."
Mary closed her Eyes and calmed her breathing. At that moment, she felt her previously irritable mood gradually settling down. The voice that had been screaming inside her just now also sounded again, only not as loud as before.
Is this the right thing to do?
I don’t know.
Your choice could very well lead to a wrong ending. Won’t you regret it? You are his Followers, his Queen. You should fight for him, you should come up with a way to completely wreck this scheme.
But I don’t even know what this is. All I have are bits of information about the Star Gods from Mr. Duanmu’s vague descriptions. I have absolutely no idea what this big coffin in front of me is, or what’s sealed inside it.
Its Strength is growing, it’s waking up, it’s about to break free of its bonds. You understand this, you can feel it—that overwhelming Strength. If you don’t do something now and just sit here watching it awaken, then it could very well lead to an unimaginable outcome.
Maybe so. But Mr. Duanmu is fighting right now, and like Miss Zuo Niao said, he really doesn’t like being disturbed in the middle of a fight.
Is that really more important than his life?
I don’t know... maybe it is.
Mary shrugged.
If this keeps up, you’re all going to die.
The voice grew weaker and weaker, as if swallowed up by a howling gale.
When that time comes, you’ll regret it... You know you’ve made a choice, but it’s not an entirely correct one. Maybe there’s a better option, maybe there isn’t. But in any case, there’s no harm in trying. See? What’s the problem with at least trying? You’re his Queen, you have the right to do this—and you save him. As long as he’s not a complete idiot, he won’t get mad at you. Because you’ve already wagered your own life to help him. How could that possibly be wrong?
Maybe it is, maybe it isn’t.
Mary lowered her head, staring at her notebook, then let out a long breath after a moment.
"Scary as hell."
So this is Cunning Deception?
Mary closed her Eyes and sighed inwardly. She didn’t even know when her thoughts had started to be affected. All the way here, Mary had felt she wasn’t doing anything wrong—she worried that Cunning Deception had some plot against Duanmu Huai, and then Lumiaire really did find a clue, and following that clue, they arrived here.
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