Hero's Grudge

Run?

Don't trust him?

What?!

Hearing the voice, Li Miao shuddered and instinctively turned his gaze toward Hero Aluga's soul behind him.

"What's wrong?" Landfall looked at Li Miao in surprise. The Hero Helmet was not in his hands, so he had not heard the voice.

Facing Li Miao's gaze.

Hero Aluga remained motionless, his expression terrifyingly calm.

Soon, the Hero Helmet spoke again.

"Don't destroy the pillar... It will let him escape..."

"He... wants to seize your bodies..."

The voice ringing through his mind again immediately reminded Li Miao of Hero Aluga's soul's previous behavior.

After a long silence, he said, "You aren't the real Hero Aluga."

Landfall was instantly shocked.

Upon hearing this, Hero Aluga revealed a strange smile.

"Ah... so that damned helmet was behind this after all... Looks like I can't keep up the disguise anymore."

"What a pity. I was so close..."

"If I could have seized these two immortal bodies, I would have been free..."

As he spoke, he turned to look at the cracked pillar, his eyes filled with coldness.

"...Why are you so stubborn?"

"As long as you destroy this damned pillar, you can gain freedom with me..."

"But you'd rather remain trapped here forever, all for this meaningless world..."

"Those people are already scraps left behind after the world burned. A light breeze would scatter them to the wind. No one would care about them. Your efforts will not change the predetermined outcome in any way..."

"Ah... I refuse to accept this..."

"After everything we've been through, do you still not understand?"

"The spirit of a hero cannot save the world, cannot save others, and is so pathetic that it cannot even save itself!"

"Only power... is everything!!!"

With every word, Hero Aluga's soul grew more ferocious. By the end, he