Chapter 685 - Too dumb to be a godhunter
GDK 685: Too dumb to be a godhunter
Han Shuo could roughly figure out what was going on right after listening to the woman’s explanation. Those scrolls that Rahman distributed in secret had to be producing results. Surely, a few of them weren’t able to resist the temptation and engulfed the divine energy of other destruction edict cultivators.
Han Shuo had been staying in his training field all this while and he did not release mystical demons to survey the situation in Fort Verka. However, from the fact that the House of Croton had mobilized large forces to investigate everyone who cultivated in the edict of destruction, Han Shuo could tell that the situation must have gone sour.
Han Shuo pondered about it in silence for a moment. As he was rather curious about how they would investigate, he decided to leave the training field with that woman.
Han Shuo then discovered several other energy of destruction cultivators waiting right outside. They were not wearing the unique armor of divine guards, so he figured they must have been suspects to be investigated like himself.
“Come with us. We just want to ask you a few questions. This will not take too much of your time,” the woman with fiery red long hair said after taking Han Shuo to the rest of the suspects.
“Miss Eunice, what is actually going on in Fort Verka? Why is it that recently, strange miserable shrieks can often be heard at night? Are the godhunters launching large-scale invasions?” a boorish, bulky man asked that red-haired woman concernedly.
That red-haired Eunice swooped a glance across the few lowgods of destruction and replied in a cold voice, “This is Fort Verka. Under the guardianship of my House of Croton, how would godhunters have the audacity to attack this place so openly? Hmph, but I can tell you that there are indeed a few godhunters in the fort, and they could be standing beside you right now!”
Han Shuo sneered in his heart after hearing Eunice’s reply. Having previously eavesdropped on Rahman’s conversation, he knew that Rahman did not take the House of Croton as a threat at all. In fact, that was the reason why Rahman had chosen to strike in Fort Verka. Eunice should be a member of the House of Croton. It appeared that she had no idea just how big of a trouble they were actually up against.
“Miss Eunice is right. The godhunters definitely wouldn’t be so brazen to assault this fort openly!” a third person voiced his opinion. He proclaimed in a righteous tone, “Those godhunters are truly repulsive, horrible beings. They better hope they don’t come across me because otherwise, I, Lexis, will surely give them hell.”
Han Shuo had not anticipated this situation at all and therefore he was so at ease with inserting a strand of his divine energy into the testing device. Who knew that he would end up in such a huge blunder.
After the conversation with Cauldron Spirit, Han Shuo found himself heavily encircled. Barnett and Eunice wore gloomy faces as they stared fixedly at Han Shuo. Barnett proceeded to ask in a cold voice, “How many accomplices do you have? As long as you cooperate with us, I will grant you a more comfortable death.”
“This is a misunderstanding, a big misunderstanding!” Han Shuo forced a smiled and explained. He did not know if he should laugh or cry as he looked at those divine guards that formed a few layers around him.
“The evidence is undeniable. This cannot be a mistake!” Eunice coldly shouted. “For the last few months, there were altogether thirteen destruction edict cultivators killed by having their divine energy drained. The tower has shown that your destruction divine energy is not pure. How could this be a misunderstanding?”
“Kill him! Kill this damned godhunter!”
“Miss Eunice, kill him in the cruelest way possible. It is his bunch who murdered my wife!”
“My brother died to them!”
Everyone in the training field glared furiously at Han Shuo. Some of those people who had lost their family and friends to godhunters were even charging towards Han Shuo with sheer vengeance. If the divine guards were not holding them back, they would have tried to kill Han Shuo.
Han Shuo could sense the fury of all those around him. It was now that he truly recognized why godhunters would always do things surreptitiously and refrain from big cities. He knew that if he doesn’t give a good explanation and exonerate himself immediately, he might not be able to walk out from this training field. Even if he were to escape using demonic arts, with the presence of divine tablets, he wouldn’t need to think about having a foothold on Elysium.
“I can assure you, this is a misunderstanding!” facing the furious crowd, Han Shuo explained with a bitter smile.
“Youngster, you have been exposed and there is nothing to be disputed. If you would like to do it the hard way, I can slowly kill you and extract every little secret from your soul!” Barnett, a midgod cultivating in the energy of death, said as he sneered grimly.
“I’m not a godhunter!” Han Shuo said with a bitter smile.
“Then how do you explain the anomaly on the energy tower?” Eunice was starting to get impatient and seemed like she could strike at any moment.
“I cultivate in two energies and my body contains two types of divine energy. That’s why it gave a false alarm!” Han Shuo hastily explained. Immediately, he transferred the divine energy of his avatar of death to form a domain of divinity around him. Then, after a short while, he turned the domain of divinity from the energy of death to the energy of destruction.
Every last person in the crowd gasped and looked at Han Shuo up and down with strange gazes. Barnett too gestured at his divine guards to disperse.
“I really did not expect that someone could be as foolish as you to simultaneously cultivate in two energies. Not only will you go nowhere with your cultivation, if you slip up, the two energies will clash with each other and you will die in no time,” Eunice said to Han Shuo while looking at him like an idiot. Shortly after, she turned to Barnett and said, “Uncle, someone as dumb as him cannot be a godhunter, right?”
“He’s definitely not one!” Barnett nodded and agreed with Eunice. He then said to Han Shuo, “Alright, you may leave!”
Han Shuo smiled speechlessly. He was prepared to return to his training field and continue to research the Orb of Destruction when he suddenly discovered that Rahman had brought some people over. Just like Han Shuo, those people had previously read that special scroll from his store.