A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 254: Chapter 203: Entering the City (The internet is finally fixed, so sad)_2

“To be honest, this is my first time on this land…umm…”

Duanmu Huai took a moment to think and then looked at Roger.

“Are you familiar with this place?”

“Quite familiar, after all, I have been here before.”

“Then, I would like to make a deal with you.”

“Oh?”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s proposition, Roger curiously raised his head and stared at him.

“What kind of deal?”

“I also need to find some things in this city, but I’m not familiar with it.”

Duanmu Huai, looking at Roger, began to speak.

“And as you’ve seen, this city is very dangerous right now. So, I can help you, and all you need to do is answer a few of my questions.”

“Hmm………”

Upon hearing what Duanmu Huai had to say, Roger thought for a moment and then nodded his head.

“Indeed, judging from the recent battle, you are a formidable warrior. It would be more convenient for me if you were to guard me. But, what do you want to know?”

“To start, what exactly is limb grafting?”

Duanmu Huai, looking at Roger, posed a question that had been bothering him. After all, while he had already heard from Little Red Riding Hood outside the city about how to graft limbs, he still couldn’t understand what was the benefit of doing so.

Could it be that there’s some kind of lunatic bioengineer in the city?

“This story begins with the master of this castle, ‘Gold’ Gerrick.”

When it came to this name, Roger also rarely sighed.

“I think you should know that this land was once ruled by the Golden Law. However, after the sinister conspiracy night, the Golden Law shattered, the War of the Shards broke out. All demigod offspring held Law fragments, trying to restore the Golden Law, and recast the glory of the Golden Clan. Gerrick was one of them…. However, his personal strength was too weak. After being defeated in the original battle, he escaped from the Royal City amongst women and hid in Stonewell. He even knelt in front of a Valkyrie after being defeated by her, begging for his life.”

“Oh……. He sounds really weak.”

Although Duanmu Huai wasn’t clear about what transpired, just by the fact that he escaped among women, behaving like a turtle in a jar, and begging for his life after being defeated by a Valkyrie, Duanmu Huai already classified him as weak.

“Of course, Gerrick didn’t give up just like that. He tried all he could to enhance his strength, and the method he came up with… was limb grafting, attaching others’ arms onto his own body.”

“…… What???”

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Huai was dumbfounded.

“Why?”

Is the method to increase strength attaching other people’s arms to your own body? Is it trying to imitate Guanyin, becoming a god after grafting a thousand arms?

“Only Gerrick himself knows the answer.”

Roger shook his head.

“In any case, after that, Gerrick started sending troops to capture ‘Blighters’. He would bring them here, chop off their arms for grafting, and even stitch together the remaining body parts of these ‘Blighters’ to create a monster called the ‘Nobility of Limbs’…”

“…….”

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Huai furrowed his brows and began to recall Little Red Riding Hood’s words once more.

“The ones who came to the Borderland to fight with me, had their heads, feet and arms chopped off and became a part of the Spider…”

It seemed like he had started to guess what had happened.

“Do you have any more questions?”

“Of course.”

Upon hearing Roger’s question, Duanmu Huai nodded his head.

“You said that Gerrick grafted all the people he caught and then stitched the remaining parts into monsters, right? So… where is that place?”

“…….”

Faced with Duanmu Huai’s questioning, Roger was silent for a moment, before extending his hand to point to the little door behind Duanmu Huai.

“Through that door, you’ll arrive at the Hall of Limbs… However, I must forewarn you, that place… it’s more frightening than you can imagine.” @@novelbin@@

“I beg to differ.”

Duanmu Huai nodded at Roger, joked, after all, he considered himself well-experienced, such trivial tricks intended to scare him? Not a chance.

“Thank you for the guidance, I shall return shortly.”

Having said this, Duanmu Huai turned around and strode towards the little door. Roger watched Duanmu Huai’s retreating figure, shook his head, and then sat in place, closing his eyes to meditate.

Following Roger’s instructions, Duanmu Huai entered the door and continued moving forward, only to end up in a large hall.

This place looked like a grand dining room, from the tables placed around, this should have been where the knights of the city used to dine.

Used to.

The reason for saying so was because this hall, now, had completely transformed into something else.

Numerous severed limbs were hanging high up on both sides of the hall, on the floor, one could see a heap of… bodies wrapped up in cloth, resembling insect pupae. They accumulated layer upon layer, casting shadows under the dim firelight.

“Did you know? After being grafted onto a spider, humans look like insect pupae? It’s really strange, isn’t it?”

I see.

Seeing this scene, Duanmu Huai squinted his eyes, he almost understood what Miss Little Red Riding Hood had seen.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai lifted his head, staring at the center of the dining room.

Under the dim light, a massive chunk of meat was writhing. Upon a closer look, it was something extraordinarily bizarre.

Its back was covered with a black cape, surrounded by dozens of slender limbs, each brandishing a sharp blade and a shield. At first glance, it appeared to be a massive crab with multiple pairs of legs. And on the belly of this “crab”, numerous human heads were densely clustered.

I see, so this is the creature Roger mentioned, a monster stitched together from the victims’ remaining bodies, called the Nobility of Limbs?

Aside from that, how does it look like a noble?

“————–!!!”

At this moment, the monster had noticed Duanmu Huai’s presence. It growled and squirmed towards Duanmu Huai at a speed much like a spider’s. However, Duanmu Huai just stood where he was, not even attempting to dodge. Watching the creature charge at him, he raised his war hammer high, then brought it down with force.

“Thud!”

The Nobility of Limbs, which had just reached Duanmu Huai, was immediately flattened by the blow onto the ground. Then, Duanmu Huai lifted his war hammer once again and swung down.

“Thud!!”

The Nobility of Limbs began to counterattack furiously. It swung its abnormally long arm, like several human arms jointed together, brandishing a blade, hacking indiscriminately against Duanmu Huai’s armor. However, its struggle was as ineffective as a mouse facing a dinosaur.

“Thud!!!”

Accompanied by the third thunderous thump of the war hammer, the impact completely penetrated the body of the Nobility of Limbs. It twitched for a moment before collapsing, turning into a pitiful corpse.

“Rest in peace.”

Duanmu Huai retracted the Thunder Warhammer, looked at the carcass of the Nobility of Limbs and spoke. Afterward, he once again looked up, gazing at the hall in front of him with a troubled expression.

“But having said that…how am I supposed to find?”

From what he could tell, it seemed that the friends of Little Red Riding Hood were likely long dead and buried. What’s his next move now?

You couldn’t mean…I should just randomly pick up two stones and bring those back, right?

“Hmm——-!!”

At that point, the purple Soul Jellyfish quietly appeared beside Duanmu Huai. It stretched out a tentacle, patting Duanmu Huai on the shoulder, then started to drift forward.

“You mean I should follow you?”

Seeing this scene, Duanmu Huai brightened up. He remembered Little Red Riding Hood mentioning that this Soul Jellyfish had been with her for a long time. He may not know, but the Soul Jellyfish…perhaps it did!

“Hmm!”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s question, the Soul Jellyfish nodded its head, then started moving forward again. Duanmu Huai decisively followed behind it, venturing deeper into the Hall of Limbs.