A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 307: Chapter 243: The Void Nightmare_1

Facing the angry dwarf technician, Duanmu Huai also helplessly showed his palms in regret.

What could he do? He was also helpless!

The biggest sacrifice for Duanmu Huai in destroying Achane this time was the Metal Secret Dragon. Although the Metal Secret Dragon was immune to physical attacks, it was not immune to magic attacks. Not to mention that, after being sprayed by the heads of the dragons blessed by the three Evil Gods, its body was also contaminated with energy from Chaos Evil God. Thus Duanmu Huai could only burn it directly with the Black Flame, so as not to be transformed into something even more troublesome.

“……If it is broken, then there is nothing to be done.”

After hearing Duanmu Huai’s explanation, Baddy also sighed helplessly.

“But I have told you, it is not easy to manage that, I can’t make the second one without material.”

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“If it really won’t work, I will choose a standard one…..A mass-produced one won’t bother me if it’s lost.”

“Alright then.”

Baddy nodded.

“In that case, I will redesign one for you…..”

“Thank you. Oh, and this time I hope it won’t be too scary…….”

“No problem.”

Although Duanmu Huai found Baddy’s “no problem” indeed problematic, he still couldn’t manage things on his own, so he could only hope that Baddy could truly make him something normal. He did not want it to be too exaggerated; it would suffice if it were similar to Achane’s horse in size. It wouldn’t be hard, would it?

Having left the Puppet Zone, Duanmu Huai paid another visit to the church, where he saw a group of Sacred Knights training under the guidance of angels. Perhaps due to the angel’s instruction, these Sacred Knights performed exceedingly well… Well, this wasn’t surprising anyway.

Though the Holy City is peaceful now, the training of the Sacred Knights wasn’t slackened. After all, they will be part of the church-forest clan agreement, heading for the Borderland. Despite Duanmu Huai using the Law of Death to destroy the Golden Tree and wipe out the Death-born and those bug-type undead, the Borderland is still a dangerous place. These Sacred Knights will represent the church and embark on a new journey there.

But……these knights are cut out for this task.

With this thought, Duanmu Huai started to feel a headache again. He really couldn’t find a battlefield suitable for his new soldiers to train on at the moment.

The technology level has to be high, the firepower has to be fierce, the intensity can’t be low……

When all else fails, let them help the Guardians in the fight against the Cabal or the fallen ones?

But the Guardians may not welcome the Tribunal’s intervention.

Forget it, we’ll see where fate takes us.

Duanmu Huai sighed, shook his head, and left the cathedral with Ogis.

After all, he still had plenty of time.

In the infinite void, all sorts of scenes emerged.

A girl hid in fear in a corner, trembling and curling up. In front of her, there were bodies covered in blood lying on the ground. The shrill cries of despair, the shouts and the sound of gunfire echoed from afar. The girl could do nothing but stay still in the corner, even afraid to utter a word. She tightly covered her mouth, as if trying to stop her breathing.

“Thud…Thud…Thud…”

From the other side of the wall came dull sounds and hits, as if some gigantic creature was passing by. The girl covered her mouth and stared, her frail body trembling violently.

The next moment, the wall at her side suddenly collapsed.

“Boom!”

A huge shadow broke through the wall and stood in front of the girl.

“Hahaha, look at what I found!!”

The monster shadow in front of her stared at the girl, let out a terrifying laugh, then reached out towards her.

“—————-!”

The girl jerked and fell heavily off the bed. Her head hit the cold floor directly, causing her to wince in pain. Then she sat up quickly, reaching out to cover her head – there was a red mark as a sign of the collision.

That dream again……

Grasping the pendant in her hand, the girl became uneasy and began praying. Several days ago, she started having a strange dream. In her dream, she seemed to be possessed by another girl who was invaded by a terrible monster. She saw the girl’s parents being killed by the terrible monster and fed to the beasts. All she could do was to escape desperately in the ruins of the city……

Initially, she thought it was just a dream, but after several days, she wasn’t sure if it was a dream or reality.

Should she…go ask an adult about it?

Grasping the pendant hanging around her neck, the girl thought. This girl was none other than Hitomi the Starseer, who Duanmu Huai had rescued from a pirate ship. Though she was on the ship now, there was essentially nothing for her to do. After all, Duanmu didn’t have a plan for the Starseer to operate.

This was perfectly normal. In Duanmu Huai’s view, she was nothing more than a novice Starseer. If he could find the Starseer’s collection, perhaps Duanmu Huai would let Hitomi train herself. But for now, she just needed to stay put. Otherwise, she might misinterpret some message from a Chaotic Demon in the subspace and lead everyone else into trouble.

Honestly, Hitomi did not want to bother Duanmu Huai over such a trivial matter. However, Duanmu Huai had told her to report any abnormalities to him without delay — and he meant it as an order.

This kind of weird dream…probably counts as an anomaly, right?

Thinking of this, Hitomi hesitated a little and then stood up, changed her clothes, and left her room.

Though she was blind, Hitomi was quite familiar with the residential areas of the ship. She quickly arrived at the door of Duanmu Huai’s room and knocked on it.

“Sir, it’s me.”

However, there was no sound in the room.

Perhaps he is not in?

Hitomi reached out again and knocked on the door, but still there was no response.

“………….”

The Starseer considered for a moment, then decided to obediently wait at the door. After all, this was a command issued by Duanmu Huai, and she must act according to the command.

At first, Hitomi just stood, but then gradually she squatted down, and then sat on the ground. Following that…

“Boom!”

Flames exploded before Hitomi’s eyes. She saw the scene before her shaking rapidly moving backwards, while she herself was running forward at a frantic pace. At her side, several muscular warriors, weapons in hand, were firing at something behind them. Soon, a huge shadow roared and pounced from behind, pressing one of the warriors to the ground and snapping his neck.

“No, you damn creature!”

Seeing his companion killed, another warrior roared and raised his gun to charge over.

“Run, run fast!”

Hitomi took her eyes off them and looked ahead. All that lay before her was a wasteland, but she had to run, continue running, until…

At that moment, a hand rested on Hitomi’s shoulder.

“Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!”

The next moment, Hitomi let out a scream.

“What the hell is going on?”

Seeing the girl in front of him suddenly screaming, Duanmu Huai was also startled. He had just taken a stroll around the Holy City with Ogis, then went to the restaurant for dinner before teleporting back to the warship to rest. Then Duanmu Huai saw this girl dozing off outside his room; honestly, Duanmu Huai had forgotten who she was for a moment. Luckily, Ogis recognized Hitomi… so Duanmu Huai tried to wake her up and ask what she was doing outside his room.

He didn’t expect her to scream so loudly.

Can’t you see with your eyes that this would scare me?

“Ah, Master…!”

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s voice, Hitomi snapped back to reality and quickly stood up.

“I’m very sorry, I…”

“It’s okay. Did you come to me with something?”

“Yes, actually there have been some strange occurrences…”

“Oh?”

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Huai’s face became slightly more serious. After all, this was the Starseer speaking, and he had to pay attention.

“What’s the matter, come in and let’s talk.”

“Alright.”

After that, Hitomi followed Duanmu Huai into the room and described her experiences to him in detail.

After listening to Hitomi’s account, Duanmu Huai also frowned.

“So, these past few days, you’ve been having a dream, where you become another girl, and you are escaping in a city that has been destroyed? And monsters are attacking the city?”

“Y-Yes..”

“I see.. well…”

Duanmu Huai nodded, this didn’t seem like the demon’s trick, but more like she had received information from other Starseers unconsciously.

“Alright, I get it. Can you determine the location of that planet?”

“Yes, I probably can… Sir, do you think my dream isn’t just a simple one?”

“In my opinion, it’s more like you have received information from other Starseers.”

“Huh?”

Upon hearing this, Hitomi was taken aback.

“You mean, the girl in my dream is another Starseer?”

“It’s not strange, Starseers are rare, but they do exist in the universe, and because the Imperial empire has collapsed, many Starseer families have lost their inheritance. Perhaps this girl herself possesses the ability of a Starseer, but she doesn’t know about it. Of course, it’s currently unclear where and when this information came from… Hmm, anyway, tell me the coordinates and I’ll investigate.”

“Yes, Master.”

Taking the address coordinates from Hitomi, Duanmu Huai looked at the numbers. Even though he wasn’t sure about the situation yet, but if that world was really like what Hitomi said, with humans almost extinct, monsters invading en masse, and extremely fierce… maybe it could be used as a training battlefield for the new recruits of the Tribunal?

In any case, he’d look into it.