I Shouldn't Have Hit You So Hard-I Nearly Beat You to Death (9)

Although Magic Creature didn't exist in Violet's time.

After a moment's thought, Violet gave a detailed answer, "If I'm not mistaken, they'll probably use these wounded soldiers returning from the battlefield to reprimand you, the Hero, for being idle and spending your time indulging in pleasure in the Imperial City instead of fighting Magic Creature..."

Living a life of debauchery? Do I really need to?

I did do some things too!

"After all, on one side are soldiers covered in wounds, and on the other side is Hero with two beauties by his side and a group of guards behind him. The contrast between the two makes it easy to think that you, the Hero, are really terrible."

Qin Chu smiled; Lance was a little smarter than he had imagined.

During my first playthrough, I spent almost every day training in the training grounds, so Lance probably didn't have the opportunity to do something like that.

"You actually call yourself a beauty?"

"Of course, although I'm a bit tall, I'm very confident in my looks." Violet's answer was very straightforward; she didn't feel ashamed of saying she was beautiful.

Perhaps the customs of a thousand years ago were different from those of today.

After a brief pause, Violet continued, "If their plan succeeds, then the next step will likely be to force you to appear on the front lines against the Magic Creature. After all, being humiliated like this is something no one with a modicum of pride could tolerate."

"For a Hero whose strength has not yet been fully developed, the probability of dying on the front lines against Magic Creature is extremely high."

"As for whether they died at the hands of Magic Creature or human assassins, there's a lot of room for interpretation."

"If you're really thick-skinned and completely indifferent, they can still create chaos, ruin the Hero's reputation, or create opportunities for the assassins later on. Afterwards, they can simply blame it on other countries not wanting to see the empire's power continue to grow. As for these soldiers, just kill them."

Although it was simple, it was indeed a very malicious plan.

Violet looked at Qin Chu: "This is my judgment, what do you think?"

Qin Chu nodded calmly, "Yes, that's what I think too."

"Should I beat them to a pulp?" Violet seemed eager to try, her gentle demeanor almost crumbling. "However, their disguises are terrible. If you're going to do something like this, at least inflict some real injuries. Faking it like this is so unprofessional. Besides, that general is very volatile; he's not a qualified leader, just a desperado."

Is this the wisdom of living for thousands of years? They can even see through the other person's personality.

Fake injury?

Qin Chu shook his head. "No, no, no, I think it's necessary for Hero like myself to teach Wadsworth's son a lesson. This time, I'll do it myself."

Now that the other party has already handed him leverage, if he doesn't seize the opportunity to cause a scene and teach that eldest prince a lesson, he wouldn't be Qin Chu.

He does need to demonstrate some strength.

With increased strength and the addition of companions like Violet by his side, if he continues to be as cautious as before, he risk being looked down upon and arousing suspicion.

Otherwise, everyone would think that this Hero is easy to bully. Although it wouldn't really be that bad, it's like a fly buzzing around your ear, which is really annoying.

Qin Chu indeed didn't want to stay in the Imperial City forever. There were too many spies there, making many things inconvenient. His current strength wasn't enough; only after coming into contact with Magic Creature could he unleash his full power.

Most importantly, Qin Chu is very vengeful.

He had never forgotten that when he was being executed, it was this bastard who was laughing the loudest in the stands.

If I don't teach this idiot a lesson, does he really think I'm made of clay?

As the two sides drew close, Qin Chu, being an elegant gentleman, was not at all arrogant like a typical nobleman. He even politely made way for the wounded soldiers.

However, Qin Chu's courtesy did not earn him the treatment he deserved; a wounded soldier stumbled and fell headfirst into Qin Chu's body.

The soldier was instantly thrown backward as if he had hit a spring. Before he could get up, he was coughing up blood and screaming, "They've hit someone... the wounded are being attacked..."

The exaggerated acting left Qin Chu stunned.

You should at least hire some professionals! Didn't any of you even rehearse?

This howl instantly attracted the attention of countless people. Pairs of eyes on both sides of the street were all fixed on this side. Gossip is human nature, and even nobles are no exception.

In a short moment, they were surrounded by layers upon layers of people, pointing and whispering among themselves.

The leading general rushed forward, grabbed Qin Chu by the collar, and his thick, hairy arm almost lifted Qin Chu up.

He was originally a fugitive, and only rose to his current position because of the Crown Prince. He would faithfully carry out the Crown Prince's orders, and the consequences were not his concern.

"You bastard, can't you see where you're going? Didn't you see my men are injured? And you deliberately bumped into them?" the general shouted sternly.

Angelica wanted to explain that her master had already made way for her, and that the soldier had accidentally bumped into her, but Qin Chu stopped her with a look.

Qin Chu showed no intention of resisting; he simply smiled and gazed silently at the man before him.

That gaze seemed to possess a power that could see through everything; even though Qin Chu hadn't done anything, it still sent chills down the general's spine.

It seemed that the Hero in front of him knew everything about his plans.

That's impossible. This Hero was gone for several days and only returned last night. I must be overthinking it.

Besides, even if he knew, so what? The current Hero is nothing but a weakling; he has the First Prince backing him. With the First Prince protecting him, there's no need to fear this Hero whose strength hasn't even fully developed yet. The First Prince has promised to reward me with a beautiful maid from his manor and a large sum of Mana after the deed is done. In this day and age, nobody knows when they'll die; I might as well enjoy myself first...

Seeing the conflict erupt, Nicholas stepped forward with his guards, but he did not break through the encirclement of the wounded soldiers.

"General Horne, please calm down. This is just a misunderstanding. You don't know, do you? This is the Hero. I think the Hero certainly didn't mean it," Nicholas pleaded.

Nicholas got paid.

This guy, with just one sentence, confirmed that he had deliberately bumped into the other person.

The general Horne Horn seemed to have been waiting for these words. His scarlet, ferocious eyes swept over Qin Chu, then over Angelica beside Qin Chu and the towering Violet, who even surprised him with her size. Finally, a twisted smile appeared on his rough face, "Hero?"

"Does Hero give you the right to act recklessly and run people over in the street?"

"We brothers just came down from the battlefield fighting Magic Creature, each of us injured. And this Hero just recklessly knocked us brothers away. Isn't this bullying honest people? Is there no justice? Is there no law?" Horne shouted loudly, immediately putting Qin Chu in a very bad position.

Qin Chu was a little speechless. He felt that the last two sentences sounded familiar, as if he had heard them somewhere before.

A rustling sound came from all around, as if everyone felt that even Hero shouldn't be so domineering, especially towards these soldiers who returned from the battlefield bearing the scars of honor.

The whispers around him only fueled Horne's smugness. He grinned, revealing his blood-red maw. "So what if you're Hero? We brothers are out there fighting Magic Creature, and you're just holed up in the Imperial City doing nothing. Do you even deserve to be called Hero?"

"We summoned you, Hero, to fight against the Magic Creature. You should be on the battlefield, not here indulging in pleasure and surrounded by women."

"Tsk, with two stunning beauties by your side, are you having a great time?"

Upon hearing this, a group of rather dim-witted nobles readily agreed.

Voices accusing Qin Chu began to come from all directions.

"That's right, although he's called Hero, it seems like he hasn't done anything at all."

"Don't say that, Hero is still growing and needs time..."

"But he hasn't grown up at all, though he's always surrounded by two pretty girls."

"Is this guy really Hero? I don't think he deserves it. He's far inferior to the First-Generation Hero."

"What has he contributed to our world? He gets 100,000 Mana a month... that's almost enough for me to buy a new dress."

"I heard he's also juggling four relationships..."

"Come on, isn't the Hero's mission to eliminate Magic Creature? Did he come here to play with women? These outsiders he summoned really aren't going to do their best for our Skyvault Continent."

The accusations coming from all around made Angelica's face flush red. She trembled with anger and wanted to retort, but there were just too many accusations, and Angelica didn't know how to respond for a moment.

A few voices spoke in support of Qin Chu, but these were quickly drowned out by the cacophony.

Violet was also somewhat bewildered; she hadn't expected that the human world would become so terrible after a thousand years.

She looked at Qin Chu with some suspicion. Was it really necessary to fight against Magic Creature to protect these people?

This is truly a terrible world, terrible people, their souls are already rotten.

People like that are better off left to fend for themselves.

The accusations from all around grew louder, and Qin Chu's expression gradually turned cold. A few seconds later, Qin Chu suddenly roared:

"Shut the fuck up, all of you."

A roar, like rolling thunder, erupted.

One by one, they felt a buzzing in their ears, and the words that were about to come out of their mouths were immediately stuck and could not be uttered.

No one could have imagined that this seemingly harmless Hero would still dare to be so arrogant at a time like this.

Qin Chu's face was grim. Horne was clearly an excellent warrior who had experienced many battles, but at this moment, Qin Chu's face gave him a chilling sense of fear. When Qin Chu's gaze swept over the many nobles around them and landed on his face, and their eyes met, Horne felt his scalp tingle.

Finally, Qin Chu spoke, his voice icy and chilling:

"Hero? Who wants to be a Hero?"

"If you're so capable, why don't you stop summoning Hero from the Skyvault Continent? Aren't you all so powerful? Go fight the Magic Creature yourselves, don't rely on the power of Hero!"

"That won't do. If it weren't for the First-Generation Hero, the people of your Skyvault Continent would probably have been wiped out long ago, wouldn't they?"

"I was living a perfectly good life in my original world when you suddenly summoned me to this one. I haven't even said anything yet, and you bunch of people are already spouting nonsense. Who do you think you are?"

"You're saying I didn't do anything?"

"Who found those hundreds of Magic Creature spies in the Imperial City? If I hadn't eliminated them, how many of you would have died?"

In an instant, a deathly silence fell over the surroundings. The nobles avoided eye contact, some not daring to meet Qin Chu's gaze.

"Remember, I was forcibly summoned here by you. Whether the Skyvault Continent lives or dies has nothing to do with me, not even a fraction of my Mana. Even if the Skyvault Continent is ravaged by Magic Creature, I don't care at all."

"So you don't welcome me, an outsider, right?"

"Fine, starting today, I'm giving up..."

"I'm not going to be this Hero anymore."

Go ahead and make a scene, Qin Chu is determined to escalate this!

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Chapter 119 I shouldn't have used so much force, I almost killed you (9)

Sometimes, Qin Chu even wondered what was wrong with this world, that it could produce such a group of rotten people.

Now, Qin Chu wants to make a big fuss about this matter, the bigger the better, so that he can do some things of his own. He was still figuring out how to do it when someone unexpectedly provided him with a solution.

The eldest prince immediately gave Qin Chu a chance, and he really wanted to thank that fool.

Therefore, Qin Chu acted recklessly, completely disregarding gentlemanly etiquette, constantly using the slang "I am Laozi," wanting the people here to know that he was very angry.

Silence fell over the surroundings. Only then did the nobles who had just spoken out against Qin Chu remember that Qin Chu had eliminated a Magic Creature spy right there at the banquet as soon as he arrived on the Skyvault Continent.

In the following days, they wiped out all the hundreds of Magic Creature lurking in the Imperial City.

In any case, this can't be considered as doing absolutely nothing, right?

If these hundreds of Magic Creature are allowed to continue lurking within the Imperial City, constantly transmitting intelligence, how much loss will the human world suffer?

They didn't care about the lives of the soldiers on the front lines, but if those soldiers couldn't stop the Magic Creature's advance and allowed Magic Creature to storm the Imperial City... the thought of that scene made these nobles' faces change.

His face turned even paler after hearing that Qin Chu had decided to give up and not be Hero.

Without Hero, who will fight against those powerful Magic Creature?

Who will defeat the terrible Demon King?

They were scared.

"You are a bunch of ungrateful bastards!"

"You were just summoned and you've already slain hundreds of Magic Creature. That's an achievement even the First-Generation Hero couldn't accomplish. How could you forget that?"

"Don't forget, the Hero also participated in the rescue of Benson, a former member of the Hero's Party. What a noble character that is! How can you slander the Hero like this..."

Some clever nobles immediately and shamelessly changed their words, seemingly forgetting that they had just been part of the accusatory army.

These nobles had very flexible moral standards.

Angelica was even angrier by these people's fickleness. The thought that her master was fighting for such scoundrels made her feel depressed.

Violet was also dumbfounded. She was shocked by the shamelessness of these people. Although she had just realized that people in this world had long been depraved, she still did not expect that a person could be so shameless.

The sudden change in tone made Horne's face stiffen. Their original plan was to use public opinion to force the Hero to go to the front line. Once he left the Imperial City, there would be plenty of opportunities to kill him, so as not to let His Highness the Crown Prince be stigmatized.

As for the Hero?

At worst, we can just summon another one. He's just an outsider; who would care?

Unexpectedly, Qin Chu's move directly reversed public opinion. Those nobles who had just been echoing him all turned their anger towards him, blaming him and his ilk for being careless and offending the great Hero.

Qin Chu's expression grew increasingly cold, and his icy gaze caused Horne's pupils to contract.

"Horne Horn, can you bear the consequences of not becoming Hero?"