Chapter 615 - 374: You Are Killing Good People

Chapter 615: Chapter 374: You Are Killing Good People

The busy day was finally over...

Plenty of gossip was making the rounds along the way.

Rumors were spreading about the events of the previous day.

One rumor claimed the attack on the docks was actually part of an internal power struggle at the port.

Some powerful figure, dissatisfied with the current distribution of profits, had wanted to shake things up.

So they contacted an unknown powerhouse to cause a scene.

After killing the four strongest members of the Debt Collector faction, the attacker vanished without a trace, leaving the Debt Collectors severely weakened.

And all of this was extremely advantageous for their arch-rivals in the port, the White Blood faction.

Thus, Lu Luwei’s attack had sparked endless speculation.

After strolling through the port for a few minutes,

Lu Cang spotted the silver-haired Cat Girl, Xiumi, again.

Because he had run into her so many times, Lu Cang’s Perception had specifically marked her. Now, he could spot her the instant she entered its range.

"That was really scary, meow."

"But I can’t believe that righteous Thunder Envoy was actually killed, meow..."

"Sigh... He even helped me look for a Thunder Beast once, meow."

"But the one who killed him is just too terrifying. I never thought someone that scary was on this island. Good thing they didn’t go on a rampage, meow."

’I wouldn’t go on a rampage...’

’I won’t attack unless provoked.’

’He brought it on himself...’

Lu Cang thought to himself, feeling no great emotional stir—only calm certainty.

WHOOSH—

With another flickering step,

Lu Cang arrived back at their residence. Leng Qingying was leaning against a wall, and Lu Luwei was already awake.

"How are you feeling, Lu Luwei?"

Lu Luwei was pressing a hand to her forehead, having just woken up. ℯ

Her mind was still muddled.

"My head hurts," Lu Luwei said. "My Sea of Consciousness is still dark and murky."

"But... I feel like I can see for a vast distance."

Lu Luwei extended her Perception and was shocked to find it covered a radius of two hundred thousand kilometers. The profound change in her Sea of Consciousness had given her Perception a strange enhancement.

"Mm... It’s all right."

"Lu Luwei, your Sea of Consciousness will slowly recover. It’s only a matter of time."

’In truth, recovery is normally impossible.’

Lu Cang was simply deceiving her. Right now, as long as Lu Luwei believed it, it could come true.

"But, if you can’t make a full recovery, Lu Luwei, I’ll have to kill you."

Lu Cang added, his voice calm as he delivered the threat.

’I have to threaten her.’

’Otherwise, if Lu Luwei becomes addicted to that cold and cruel personality, she might never want to change back.’

’A little deterrence would make her realize that remaining in this ’polluted’ state is a dead end.’

’Her only choice is to recover.’

"Leng Qingying, I’ll leave Lu Luwei in your care for a while."

Leng Qingying gave a slight nod.

"Mm..."

「After that.」

Soon, another four days passed. Having an island with such a dense population of Demons had certainly yielded a great harvest.

In a dim basement,

Arrays of weapons floated around Lu Cang, all of them temporary creations he had forged.

Although they were only Tier Two, some were just as practical in combat as his Void Spirit Star Ring Battle Spear.

The ship to the next island had arrived at the port today.

Moon Sea Ships had to record their routes between two locations.

The vessels themselves were precious and vital.

Sometimes, a single ship serviced an entire route, meaning a journey could take anywhere from ten days to half a month.

Lu Cang was beginning to understand why this world had no cell phones or similar devices.

Electromagnetic waves were a Rule unique to Earth.

On Earth, the fastest a signal could propagate was at the speed of light, as it was defined there.

If you tried to communicate with an Earth cell phone here... by the time the signal reached its destination, hundreds, if not thousands, of years might have passed.

The speed of these so-called electromagnetic waves wasn’t even as fast as he could move.

As he admired the masterpieces he had forged in the basement, his Perception twitched.

’They’re here again.’

More powerhouses from the Church Court had arrived on the island.

News that an evil presence had emerged on the island had spread. As a result, various groups had begun to arrive: Evil Hunters, Demon Hunter teams, and even a Judgement Team from the Orthodoxy.

Their goal, basically, was to eliminate him.

Although they didn’t know his identity, they knew that an "evil being" was performing an evil ritual somewhere on the island.

And because they came to hunt him, to kill him, Lu Cang had killed them in turn, feeling nothing at all.

"I’m not some evil being."

"Why are they always trying to hunt me down..."

Sensing another batch of arrivals landing on the island, Lu Cang couldn’t help but murmur.

"Forget it... I’ll let them off the hook today."

’I’ve collected enough materials from the Demons.’

’It’s time to leave.’

He retracted all the floating weapons into his Storage Bag. With a slight turn, he left the dim basement and appeared in the dimly lit little room.

The three of them were still squeezed into the same room.

Leng Qingying slept standing up, leaning against the wall.

Lu Luwei slept on the bed.

As for Lu Cang, he hadn’t slept at all for the past few days.

In his current state of mind, sleep wasn’t exactly a necessity.

Lu Cang said, "We’re leaving."

"I’ve bought tickets for the ship to the next island. We’ll likely be spending most of our time on board from now on."

"We’re heading straight for the Land of the Moon. We should only pass by two continents for layovers along the way."

Leng Qingying stared at Lu Cang.

Her expression was complicated.

"Mm... I see."

She hesitated for a moment before adding, "Lu Cang, it seems you’ve killed a lot of people these past few days."

She was clutching a black-and-white newspaper.

Lu Cang glanced at it.

It was the *Moonfall Island Events*.

Each continent had its own newspaper that reported on major local events.

Moonfall Island was no exception.

And the headline story in this paper was...

*A Crusade Against Evil: The Life Church’s Judgement Team—Annihilated*

*The Mysterious Evil of Moonfall Island—None Who Hunt It Have Survived*

"Lu Cang... you did this, didn’t you?"

Lu Cang sighed in resignation. "They came to kill me. Isn’t it only natural that I’d fight back?"

"You even killed people from the Life Church?"

"They aren’t Kumironi," Lu Cang replied seriously. "They’re just from the Church here in the Moon Sea."

"People from different regions are worlds apart. If they had been from the Life Church in Ruelun, even if not from the Lorren Region specifically, I probably would have spared them."

Leng Qingying’s expression remained complicated. "But you’re clearly capable enough to have avoided causing such a stir."

"Besides, with your power, they posed no threat to you, even if you didn’t kill them."

Lu Cang tilted his head, looking puzzled.

"Leng Qingying, aren’t you an Assassin?"

"Why are you, of all people, talking about sparing enemies who want to kill you?"

Leng Qingying’s brow furrowed. "When I kill, it’s as Kumironi taught me—to kill bad people, to eliminate evil."

"But the people you’re killing are good people."

Lu Cang, however, was completely unmoved. He replied, "What absolute definition of good and evil is there in this world?"

"So, if they’re ’good people’ who want to kill me, I’m not allowed to kill them back?"

"Isn’t that a little absurd?"

"Leng Qingying, if you cling to ideas like that, you won’t last long in this world."