CHAPTER 297: CHAPTER 278: THE SIN OF THE DEMON RACE

"Strange, it seems they’ve changed direction."

Cappello, the Demon General, suddenly turned his gaze towards the direction opposite the Teleportation Array, with a curious expression on his face, saying:

"They’re running this way."

Bachman followed Cappello’s gaze:

"That way?"

Then he lowered his head in deep thought:

"What are they trying to do?"

Cappello jiggled his plump mass, grinning:

"Trying to do? Ha~ just follow them and we’ll find out."

"Let’s go, this way."

...

In a pitch-black room where you couldn’t see your hand in front of you, a door was suddenly flung open violently.

Silver moonlight poured in from outside the door.

Through that faint light, two pairs of terrified eyes lit up in the dark room.

"Mom, Mom, I’m scared!"

"Don’t be afraid, Leta, Mom is here, don’t be scared."

A little disheveled girl clung fearfully to the emaciated woman beside her.

At this moment, a Demon Race with a hideous face appeared at the door, his sinister face glowing with a fervent light.

Then, one of the Demon Spirits entered the room, reaching out to grab the woman’s arm and said:

"Come with me, you’re free now."

However, with the appearance of the Demon Race, the fear in their eyes intensified.

The girl hysterically clung to the woman’s body, crying out:

"No, I don’t want to be separated from my mom, you’re all bad people."

"Let go of my mom!"

The Demon Race kicked the girl aside, sneering:

"Little thing, when you grow a bit older, it’ll be your turn, don’t rush."

Saying this, he pulled the sallow-faced woman forcefully to his side:

"Come, our Demon Monarch wants to see you."

Watching her mother being taken away by this thing she called a demon, the girl dashed forward in terror:

"No, I don’t want to be separated from my mom."

"Don’t take my mom away, no!"

Seeing the hysterical girl, the woman’s face was also filled with tears and helplessness:

"Leta, I’m sorry, I should never have brought you into this world, I’m sorry."

The Demon Race holding the woman sneered at her:

"If not for her, you think you could have lived until now? Hmph!"

"Come with me!"

"You demons, one day you’ll all meet a terrible end!"

Facing these two hideous Demon Races at the door, the woman let out a final scream with all her might.

However, the two Demon Races ignored the woman’s curse:

"If that day comes, too bad you won’t see it."

Their faces turned stern:

"Stop blabbering and walk!"

But just then, an unexpected change occurred, and a light ball hit the back of this Demon Race, exploding:

"Arcane Missile"

"-2456"

"Who?!"

The Demon Race was shocked.

But what greeted it next was a purple longsword piercing through its chest.

"Arcane Impact"

"Puchi!"

"-2310"

In terror, it quickly flung the woman aside and raised its weapon to counterattack, but then realized that its body couldn’t move at all.

System: Weapon paralysis effect triggered, restricting target’s movement for 1.5 seconds.

Before he could react, he saw a human male standing in front of him with a purple longsword.

"Human, you!"

"Puchi~"

"-750

The longsword pierced again into the Demon Race’s body, its eyes losing focus, and its body fell limp to the side.

"Bang~"

Simultaneously, another Demon Race also fell, and Yuna landed gracefully next to Lin Yi.

This time, Lin Yi, rarely, gave this woman a thumbs-up and said:

"Impressive."

Perhaps Lin Yi just praised casually, without much thought, ...

Yuna, hearing Lin Yi’s compliment, blushed immediately:

"Really?"

However, Yuna lowered her head shyly and failed to receive any response for a long time.

"Hello, are you alright?"

When Yuna looked up, she found Lin Yi holding the woman who had been tossed aside by the Demon Race, with a heavy expression on his face.

Yuna couldn’t help but roll her eyes and spat: "This guy!"

Despite her grumbling, Yuna curiously walked over to Lin Yi, looking at the emaciated, barely clothed woman. Her face froze, hesitantly saying:

"She... seems to be dead already."

Just then, the door behind them was suddenly opened, and a ragged child rushed out.

She desperately snatched the woman’s body from Lin Yi, crying out in anguish:

"Mom, Mom!"

No matter how the girl called, the woman lying on the ground showed no sign of reaction.

Yuna suddenly smelled a stench, turning her head and realizing it was coming from the room the girl had emerged from.

Lin Yi stood up, looking at the woman who had died with her eyes open, and sighed softly:

"Sorry, we came too late."

Lin Yi then looked around; the layout of this place was identical to what he remembered.

Yuna couldn’t help but ask curiously:

"Where is this?"

Lin Yi acted as if he hadn’t heard Yuna’s question, walked to the room’s exterior, and reached out to push the half-open door.

Yuna hurriedly said:

"Don’t open it!"

"Bang!"

But Lin Yi had already pushed the door wide open, a nauseating stench hitting them in the face.

However, Lin Yi only furrowed his brows, staring dumbfoundedly at the pigsty-like filthy scene inside.

Lin Yi had once heard rumors about Demon Races keeping humans captive, but back then, he didn’t feel much.

Firstly, at the time, he only considered it a realistic game, with everything onscreen just data, so the psychological impact of any events was greatly reduced.

Moreover, Lin Yi had merely heard about it and hadn’t seen it firsthand.

So at most, he’d listen with interest, without any significant emotional response.

But witnessing it all today in person, an overwhelming shock surged into his mind, and a towering anger suddenly ignited in his heart.

In the past, when he saw the Demon Race slaughtering the indigenous people, he’d merely lament at the harsh laws of the jungle of this world.

Survival of the fittest was a basic rule present in any world.

There was no shame in being weaker.

But the scene before him deeply violated Lin Yi’s principles as a human being.

Abyss Demon Race!!!

Never had Lin Yi wanted so much for this race to be completely wiped from existence as he did now.

Their actions were utterly intolerable!

Withdrew his gaze from the room, then under Yuna’s bewildered gaze, he approached the next room...

"Bang!"

As the door swung open, aside from the nauseating stench, the room was empty.

The next one...

"Bang~"

This time, inside were a disheveled man and woman huddled together in terror, constantly repeating:

"Don’t kill me, don’t kill me, don’t kill me..."

In their vacant eyes, Lin Yi saw only fear, devoid of any semblance of humanity.

Then Lin Yi took a few steps back, leaving the door wide open.

Even so, the two showed no inclination to escape, merely repeating the phrase, "Don’t kill me."

Yuna walked over, witnessing this scene, incredulous:

"This..."