Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 1249 Warrior's Curse

The sun has just risen at this moment, it is morning time... the most vibrant time of the day.

People are dressed and on their way to work, already at work, or just hanging out outside, chatting with others.

From the first circle to the second circle, vendors were shouting and preparing their goods - many of them were mobile vendors, and their "shops" were actually carts, and some even had a simple bed on the cart.

Men, women, old and young gathered around their carts, waiting for food or drinks to be produced. Often, there were slaves in simple and plain clothing sitting or surrounding them further away, eagerly waiting for something.

When you reach the third ring road, the streets suddenly become much cleaner.

Not only were there no vendors pushing carts, but there were also no slaves sitting on the ground. There were fewer people on the street, and the shops on both sides of the street looked more upscale and luxurious.

But in the next moment, a wave of waves that were almost visible to the naked eye suddenly passed by his feet——

Many fragile pottery pieces in the second circle burst almost at the same time. People felt unstable under their feet. Some people suddenly fell to the ground, and some cars and signs collapsed as a result. The first circle just suddenly shook violently. The water surface shook violently, and the winnowing baskets containing food and ingredients were overturned.

However, the disaster suffered by the more noble third ring suddenly increased several times.

The ground rolled, like a cup of milk covered with a thick layer of chocolate powder, and the ground rolled to reveal deeper gravel. The barriers in many shops flickered, and people would suddenly fall down when walking on the road. The trees in the city shook and collapsed, and the fragile buildings collapsed.

There was no confusion or crying - those who could come here were all strong people from the outside world, the lowest was at the fourth energy level, and there were many fifth energy level strong people.

All of a sudden, all kinds of paths were filled with brilliance.

The solidified yet shattered barrier, the solidified yet broken earth... the chanting spells, the eerily lit rituals, and even the roar of a giant dragon.

With everyone's joint efforts, the shaking earth soon returned to calm.

Only by looking from directly above could one clearly see the consequences of Haina's attack - within her attack range, there was a twisted and tattered ruin that looked like it had been gnawed by a dog. It basically covered the residence of the right master of ceremonies, but could not continue to spread outward.

“So… so fast…?!”

At this moment, it was only more than a minute since Haina launched that attack.

She was stunned - in Haina's understanding, even if the third circle would not collapse or break because of her furious attack, it would at least fall into complete chaos. People would cry, be afraid, flee, die... She even felt guilty about it.

This is also the reason why Haina rarely uses the power of Tao.

She was vaguely aware of her own power, but she didn't dare to bear the consequences of using it. Although she was already the world's top fighter, she was unwilling to admit it and still hoped that she could maintain her previous interpersonal relationships.

It's like a very fat cat that stubbornly wants to get into the cardboard box it used to be in its childhood.

While Haina was wary and afraid of her own power, she actually also had a strong sense of pride and a hint of arrogance.

She actually knows how much damage she can cause, and how many people she has defeated. Because of this, there is a kind of hidden arrogance hidden in her gentleness and humility. It is a kind of complacency and peace of mind that "although I am very polite to you, I can destroy you at any time."

But now...

She actually used this power, but did not get the results she imagined.

On the one hand, this made her feel relieved and at ease... But from another perspective, Haina also felt a little empty and lost, and even a little cautious, or timid, to adapt to the unique path. "Lily, let's go quickly. They will soon discover the problem here."

"Leave? You should leave. The master is waiting for you to come back. You've been away for too long. Have you run into any trouble?"

Lily just said calmly: "But don't be too hasty. You can also see their reactions first." "Because..."

Haina shrank her neck, feeling a little guilty.

——She had actually found the position of the right master of ceremonies a long time ago, but he was sleeping.

If she aimed to kill the opponent directly, the process might not even take two hours. If a fragile ritualist was caught off guard and a warrior of the same level—even a warrior who had obtained the Golden Path attribute bestowed by the Pillar God—was within three seconds of approaching him, he would basically be dead.

It was just that this was Haena's first revenge... She wanted to have a more ceremonial feel. Or maybe it was because of the confidence and arrogance that came with the powerful strength she had just gained, she wanted to confront the other party face to face and then judge him justly, instead of using sneak attacks or assassinations.

Therefore, Haina waited patiently until the other party woke up.

She even replayed his every move during the promotion ceremony in her mind - how he approached and deceived her with a kind and reliable smile, and how she brought him into the shelter she had worked so hard to build as a teammate.

Over a long period of time, Haina and the refugees she has worked so hard to collect have built trust and established friendships.

But when she smiled and introduced this hard-earned "teammate" to the refugees and children, she might have subconsciously thought that these promoted people who came from the same world as herself had a "more equal" relationship.

Since then, people have been missing in the shelter. It wasn't until the tenth person that Haena finally found him.

The baker did not simply kill them. He also tortured them with great patience, causing them to have great emotional fluctuations, so that these civilians could be transformed into ritual materials most efficiently... He even used magic to skin a person alive in front of Haina, and this person was the person Haina had rescued in the first place.

It was the stimulation at that time that made Haina truly realize that she had walked out of the campus and entered this cruel and extraordinary society.

In a sense, the cake maker is Haina's real mentor. She was protected by her mentors because of her excellent grades in school. During her internship, she met Aiwass and Sherlock and gained the friendship of these "future big men", which made her life smooth sailing... In fact, she has never really entered the workplace, nor has she faced extraordinary criminals who are stronger and more cunning than herself, and she has never even killed anyone.

It was from that time that Haina began to lose her innocence.

——Perhaps rather than judging the other person’s sin, she wanted to judge her foolish and naive self. Haina sometimes thought so.

Because she really couldn't refute every word the baker said - she was really stupid to trust others during the promotion ceremony; it took her so long to realize something was wrong, if she was outside she would have died long ago.

Because of this, Haina rehearsed the lines in her mind many times.

Just like the exciting lines in knight novels, justice refutes the opponent's hypocritical and lying words one by one, leaving the opponent speechless and making a just judgment.

…But when Haina killed his guards and the real quarrel began, she realized a problem.

She couldn't win the argument.

She couldn't even refute every word of the baker with a clear conscience - the promotion ceremony was indeed fake, and the transcendents should really seize every opportunity to become stronger. Just like an audience should not regard the villain in a stage play as a bad guy... Even if the baker was indeed a very bad person, there seemed to be something wrong with her motive for causing trouble for him.

In the end, she smashed the opponent into a pulp with her shield and completed her revenge with great ease - she even stepped into the Holy Spring City for this revenge and was about to face Tiansi.

This emptiness, this sense of nothingness... made Haina feel that her "hatred" was a little ridiculous. It seemed that she was really narrow-minded and had taken it away from reality because of the killing in the virtual game.

Could it be that she was wrong?
But she clearly felt that something was wrong... She clearly thought that the other party was wrong, but she just couldn't refute the other party's sophistry.

Haina just felt that her brain had turned into a mess.

——I don't know if it was a curse from the highest heaven, but she felt that the more she advanced in her career as a warrior, the dumber her smart brain became. She could think of answers instantly before, but now her brain was working slower and slower, and she couldn't even answer some middle school questions.

(End of this chapter)