240 The youth would eventually become a King (2/2)
However, the Absolute Choice made it a necessity and the motivation for him to execute the ‘Plan of destroying the Demon City’!
Choice 1: Defend against thirty waves, becoming a hero!
Choice 2: Destroying fifteen cities, becoming a villain!
With Shi Xiaobai’s character, if not for any necessary reason, he would obviously not choose to be a villain!
However, was defending for thirty waves truly a hero?
Who was he helping or who was he saving as a hero?
That would just be the false honors of a hero!
And by destroying fifteen cities, allowing sufficient number of rookies to gather together to finally destroy the Demon City to let everyone clear the level was what a true hero was!
Hence, Shi Xiaobai chose to use the actions of a villain to achieve his objective as a hero!
He ignored what others thought of him. He ignored their hatred and abusive invectives, because he wanted to become a hero from deep within his heart. He had also put in the necessary hard work to become a hero.
He was very happy that he had not made the wrong choice. This was because nearly all the rookies were looking mildly at him. This proved that the rookies he had to help were worth helping!
“Since the option of destroying the Demon City exists, that implies that a counteroffensive can be launched on the Demon City. We already have about three hundred people. Furthermore, our numbers would only increase. We will win this battle!”
Shi Xiaobai slowly walked forward and the rookies that blocked his path quickly made way. The rookie that had raised his saber had lowered it quietly. The short-haired teenager wanted to shove his way up the waypoint as his expression drastically changed, but he was held back by the rookies beside him.
The crowd moved aside like the sea that had been split. They automatically made way they revealed a path for a single person to walk through.
Shi Xiaobai slowly walked along this path and loudly said, “However, we have to destroy the Demon City with sacrifices minimized or even to the point of emerging unscathed. We do not know what the Demon City is like, nor do we know how many demonic beasts there are in the Demon City, but we do not need to know that. This is because we are not slaughtering demonic beasts, nor destroy the city. All we need to do, is kill the Demonic Tree!”
“And there is only one person who can kill the Demonic Tree. Only one person is enough, the person holding Holy Radiance!”
“And that person is This King!”
“And what all of you need to do is to try your best to attract the aggro of the demonic beasts that are defending the city so as to buy time for This King. The moment it turns dangerous, all of you are to immediately retreat. Regardless of the case, This King will kill the Demonic Tree!”
“There is naturally the risk of failure in all this, but it is because there exists the possibility of failure that allows us to succeed!”
“So, don’t be afraid of failure. Those who are willing to bet on this and are willing to trust This King to not let all of you down, please raise your fists!”
Shi Xiaobai slowly walked in front of the crowd and raised his clenched right fist. He loudly said, “If you still have a tinge of anger about the unfairness of the assessment program, if you do not wish to be relegated to the elimination team, if you still have the will and courage to resist, then please follow This King to launch a counteroffensive on the Demon City!”
“We will not only succeed in the challenge, we will use the most hot-blooded method to tell that cold assessment program that we are here. We have defeated your rules. We have defeated your unfairness. We will not defend for thirty waves. We will not struggle defending!”
“We are going to attack, we are going for a counteroffensive, we are switching from defense to offense!”
“We want to shout out loudly to all the rookies that have left before us that our experience and victory cannot be compared. You are not to belittle our pace of catching up to you!”
“Come on. Follow the footsteps of This King. This King will lead you to victory!”
At that moment, everyone’s eyes glazed over as they felt their hearts quiver. Their minds resounded with the words Shi Xiaobai had just said. Suddenly they felt fighting spirit surging in them as though their blood was boiling. Their souls seemed to be consumed in fire in an irremediable manner!
One person lifted his right fist!
Two people, three people, ten people, thirty people, a hundred people… Everyone slowly raised their right fists high. Even the short-haired teenager eventually raised his fist with a stiffened expression.
“Counteroffensive on the Demon City!”
Suddenly, someone shouted!
“Counteroffensive on the Demon City!”
“Counteroffensive on the Demon City!”
One voice after another sounded from the crowd.
Shi Xiaobai grinned and bellowed, “Counteroffensive on the Demon City!”
“Counteroffensive on the Demon City!”
Everyone followed him and shouted in unison. A deafening cacophony seemed to tear the sky apart.
At that moment, there was this black-haired youth who was just a youth. He had delicate facial features without any domineering air to him. He was also just an inexperienced rookie just like them.
However, as that youth stood there, they recalled all his actions and words, and felt as though a king had appeared. Immediately they felt respect for him, one that bordered on reverence.
The youth would eventually become a king!
At that moment, nearly everyone had such a thought flash in their minds!