Chapter 559

After saying this, March 7th observed Lin Yu's surroundings and asked Lin Yu with a hint of curiosity.

"Could it be that you're planning to hold back your power in this battle?"

"Of course, otherwise..."

Lin Yu glanced at the Golden-haired Witch outside the window, but didn't finish his sentence.

It would be far too boring to smash Cocolia into a dried persimmon with a single punch here.

I certainly don't want the history books of Belobog to contain disgusting records like, "The seventeenth Supreme Guardian, Cocolia, bravely sacrificed himself in battle against outsiders to prevent them from infringing on the rights of the local residents."

Svarog should be following plan.

Oh well, it's okay if he doesn't follow the plan.

If he does things well, that's great; if he doesn't, it doesn't matter, since Cocolia's fate is already sealed.

Cocolia, who was outside the hotel, felt the gazes from inside and shouted to the people inside.

"Announcement—Any outsiders who have taken my Belobog residents hostage inside the hotel, drop your weapons now, raise your hands and come out through the main door!"

"If you surrender now, I, as the Supreme Guardian, can grant your request. I will treat this matter leniently and even forgive it. However, if you continue this foolish behavior, you will definitely regret it!"

"This guy...!"

Hearing Cocolia's blunt and scathing slander, March 7th was furious and ready to retort on the spot.

"Alright, March, calm down."

After pulling March 7th back from the window, Lin Yu smiled and said to March 7th.

"There's no need to waste time here with her; she wants us to leave..."

"Are we just going to go out?"

Seeing Lin Yu nod with a smile, March 7th asked suspiciously.

"What kind of trick are you planning to pull?"

"Oh, to put it simply—I went out last night, got a map of the area, and also did some research on the history of this district."

After creating a map of the upper town of Belobog using the light screen, Lin Yu pointed to a location near the hotel and spoke to everyone.

"In fact, what we see of Belobog is not the whole picture of Belobog."

"Belobog is divided into the Upper Town and the Lower Town, and through this location I'm pointing to, we can go directly from the Upper Town to the Lower Town by crossing this rift."

"Hmm, I see..."

Seeing that March 7th nodded slightly, Dan Heng seemed to have no objections. Xing asked the three very tacitly understanding people with a puzzled look.

"I have a question, why... do we have to run?"

"In a direct confrontation, we're not without a chance of winning, are we?"

"Ah, about that."

Hearing Xing's simple and blunt idea, March 7th said with a bit of helplessness.

"We are nameless visitors who came to explore, not bandits or terrorists."

"Although Cocolia is really awful, those Silvermane Guards don't seem like bad guys. I don't think it would be good to fight them seriously."

"Although this may seem troublesome to you, pioneering is inherently a complex process."

"... That's true."

Listening to March 7th's explanation, Hoshi recalled the conversation she had with Himeko yesterday, during which Himeko told her several key words about pioneering.

"Exploration" - In an unknown world, we continuously expand the path ahead.

"Understanding" – immersing oneself in the local culture and ecology.

"Establishing" – a connection with the new world, sharing its joys and sorrows.

"Connection"—worlds to worlds, forging an unbroken path.

As a result, they haven't even completed the most basic exploration. So how can their reckless actions be considered pioneering?

Now that Xing thinks about it carefully, she feels that her personality shouldn't allow her to have such extreme thoughts.

Before leaving, I glanced back at Cocolia's star and suddenly felt my cheeks getting slightly hot.

Her cheeks were slightly flushed because of Cocolia —which was clearly impossible.

The reason she had that thought just now was fundamentally because she was angry.

As for why she was angry...

Because I felt that this woman had caused Lin Yu trouble and slandered him, that's why I had that extreme thought.

No, no, no, that can't be.

Even if Lin Yu is my benefactor, I shouldn't react so extremely just because he was treated this way.

March was right; the Silvermane Guards didn't seem like the kind of people who knew about these things.

They were just following orders, so wait... Sigh, I guess Lin Yu and Dan Heng already knew they should hold back.

As a result, I'm the only one experiencing this.

At that moment, Xing looked at her companions' backs and began to feel like a fool.

Especially after comparing his own performance with Lin Yu's...

Although both of them were newcomers and unknowns, Lin Yu was infinitely more mature than her in his actions.

All I can say is that, given this exaggerated comparison, Xing really feels like she's becoming more and more like a slacker.

After everyone left the grand hotel, Cocolia, who was outside, saw that they had actually left the hotel and narrowed her eyes slightly.

"Wow, you guys actually came out. Well then..."

"Not laying down their weapons means they intend to declare war on us, Belobog —can I interpret that way?"

Hearing Cocolia's unreasonable words, the four people behind Lin Yu took a step back in unison and looked at Lin Yu.

"Ah, everyone's being so kind. Alright then, I'll just say a few words on behalf of everyone."

"Ahem, let's start..."

Seeing a young girl leading a squad of Silvermane Guards rushing towards them from not far away, Lin Yu cleared his throat and calmly spoke to Cocolia.

"I'm not here to start a war with Belobog. The only person I'm unhappy with is you, Cocolia."

"You bastard...!"

At this moment, the Silvermane Guards, who had been brought here by Cocolia, were dissatisfied with some of Cocolia's commands in the past few days. However, this did not mean that they would feel secretly pleased because someone had provoked Cocolia.

Cocolia is still the Supreme Guardian of Belobog, no matter what. How can an outsider come here and try to trample on the Supreme Guardian?

The Supreme Guardian is the supreme commander of Belobog. To slap her is to slap the faces of everyone in Belobog. It would be a miracle if they could tolerate Lin Yu's provocative remarks.

"Um, wait a minute..."

Hearing the footsteps behind her, Cocolia, certain that she hadn't sent any other troops to follow her, suddenly frowned and turned around to look.

Then, Cocolia, who had been perfectly calm just moments before, suddenly cried out.

Bronya?!

Realizing her lapse in composure, Cocolia composed herself and spoke coldly to Bronya.

"Bronya, I remember I sent you on another mission, now..."

"Alright, take your men and leave. I'll take care of this."

"I refuse."

Bronya, who had already arrived beside Cocolia, picked up her weapon and aimed the gun at Lin Yu in front of her.

"Someone is trampling on the dignity of the Supreme Guardian. As a member of the Silvermane Guards, how can I stand idly by!"

"Oh, I see..."

Looking at the familiar-looking girl in front of him, Lin Yu nodded slightly.

Svarog is quite efficient, and the timing is almost too precise.

I told him to "do whatever it takes to lure Cocolia's daughter to Cocolia's side," and he actually did it.

I really don't know whether to say Svarog is too cunning, or that Bronya here is too easy to fool.

If my wife were here, she definitely wouldn't be so easily fooled.

"Take back your insult to the Supreme Guardian, or else—"

"Otherwise?"

After snapping his fingers lightly, Lin Yu directly used his life force energy to wrap around Bronya's gun barrel, shattering the weapon in her hand with sheer power.

Faced with Lin Yu's action, the Silvermane Guards took it as a signal to start a battle and opened fire without even waiting for Cocolia's orders.

"Ugh, this is so boring."

After using his life force energy to deflect all the bullets, Lin Yu used the same method to shatter the weapons in the hands of the Silvermane Guards.

Then, he looked at the clearly astonished Silvermane Guards and smiled.

"Gentlemen, you don't really think these toys can harm my body, do you?"

Looking at the man in front of her, Cocolia felt that she had been a bit too arrogant this time.

She had expected the other party to be very strong, but she hadn't expected them to be this strong.

Whether it's using the power of destiny to block bullets or shatter weapons, these things aren't difficult for Cocolia.

The problem was that when Lin Yu used his Destiny Energy, Cocolia sensed an incredibly terrifying sense of pressure emanating from Lin Yu.

At least for now, she is certain that if they were to fight using only the energy of their destiny, she would be no match for him.

The timing isn't right yet, could it be that...

—Will I be forced to use the power of the Star Core by this man here today?

Trailblaze Chapter Sixteen: The Show Begins

Although Cocolia thought this man was not easy to deal with, he was not powerful enough to rival the Star Core.

It's important to understand that the reason Belobog transformed from a technologically advanced planet seven hundred years ago into its current wretched state is entirely due to the power of the planet's core.

In Cocolia's limited understanding, the star core that caused all of this was almost synonymous with "omnipotence".

She didn't want to use the star core for two reasons.

On the one hand, although most citizens of Belobog are unaware of the Star Core, that does not mean that everyone is ignorant of it.

For example, Cocolia's former friend Serval Landau, once began to study the star nucleus.

If she were to use the power of the star core here, many things might not be able to be kept secret.

Although in her eyes, everyone present except her adopted daughter Bronya Rand would die before the Star Core activated its power, revealing her power now would inevitably cause her more trouble.

Another reason is that Cocolia quite gauge the extent of Lin Yu's strength.

If Lin Yu's strength is too great, causing Cocolia to use the power of the Star Core and consume some of its power, resulting in the terrible situation where "the Star Core power is insufficient to fulfill her wish," then Cocolia will only have a more troublesome situation than the previous one.

Belobog was already short of time, and after listening to the Star Core's voice, Cocolia even 'accelerated' in this regard.

If the star core were to malfunction at this time, then...

—What meaning do the sacrifices she made before have?

"Oh, why are you suddenly silent?"

Seeing the woman staring at him coldly without saying a word or taking any action, Lin Yu shrugged helplessly.

"I thought you would keep slapping a few more labels on me, and then make me and the Silvermane Guards fight to the death."

"After all—in your eyes, we outsiders and the Silvermane Guards are all blocking your path to saving the world, aren't we?"

"You're talking nonsense!"