Heroes' Prison

Chapter 469 - 459: The Hero’s Pact

"Oh?" Heavenly Dao became interested upon hearing Huang Yi’s words and asked, "What agreement?"

At this moment, every spectator and journalist in the venue locked their eyes on Huang Yi.

Huang Yi spoke seriously, "Let’s not use our Ultimate Skills and save them to fight against the Seven Demon Lords’ Vanguard, which is our common enemy. This match, let’s just use some normal skills. What do you think?"

This statement left the entire audience stunned! Even Heavenly Dao was slightly taken aback.

Nobody expected Huang Yi to voluntarily give up his significant advantage to have a fair contest with Heavenly Group.

"Has God of Slaughter gone mad? Why would he say something like that? They have more Ultimate Skills than Heavenly Group, and he’s just giving up this great advantage!"

"Ladies and gentlemen in the audience, God of Slaughter has just personally proposed an agreement, to compete without using Major Skills! During the critical period of the Seven Demon Lords’ Vanguard’s invasion, this act of God of Slaughter is nothing short of a noble deed. He forsakes his own interests to consider the bigger picture, with a far-sighted vision, truly worthy of being one of the leaders of Chinese players..."

At this point, the entire spectator stands were boiling with excitement, with both the audience and journalists expressing their thoughts!

Previously, Huang Yi’s image was filled with Killing Intent, especially after the incident in Dragon City where he slaughtered hundreds of thousands of players, even the King of Hell, Yanmo, from The Seven Archdemons personally named him King of Slaughter. Yet now, this same person spoke words of great righteousness, considering the well-being of the whole world, completely overturning his image.

Every member of the Heavenly Group looked at Huang Yi with gratitude. Heavenly Dao, leading them, pursed his lips and emotionally said, "God of Slaughter, I have always felt that you were an opponent to be feared, but only now do I realize that you are an opponent to be respected. Your character impresses me more than your strength."

Heavenly Dao paused then continued, "This time, with the invasion of Giant General into our country, every one of our compatriots is facing an unprecedented disaster. I often wonder, why did The Seven Archdemons choose us, why do we have to endure such pain, why is it only our people that suffer from the Demon Clan’s Trample. It wasn’t until later, when more and more countries suffered invasions from The Seven Archdemons, that my heart felt somewhat relieved. I am ashamed that compared to your noble deeds, I have been much more selfish. Today, you made me realize that we are not fighting alone. I’m very grateful you’re willing to make such a sacrifice for us. I hope in the future, we could be friends rather than enemies!"

The words of Heavenly Dao resonated clearly in the ears of countless spectators. Being the Continent Guardian of Land of Dongying and the only player in Japan who was bestowed with a name, he was the leader of Land of Dongying; his words held great significance.

At this point, the mood in the venue was more harmonious than ever. Such a scene had never occurred since the beginning of the competitive match, and the two sides that were once on edge with each other were now peaceful.

And those members of Heroes’ Guild who had not understood Huang Yi were also letting go of their reservations under this atmosphere.

"Preparation time is over, the match officially begins!" Just then, the system systematically issued the prompt for the start of the match!

"Heavenly Emperor, let us treat all of this as just a game from now on!" Huang Yi shouted towards Heavenly Dao from a distance, then issued the Attack command to the entire Heroes’ Guild.

"Isn’t this all just a game, after all?" Heavenly Dao also nodded at Huang Yi and issued the Attack command to Heavenly Group.

Thus, the match without the use of Major Skills commenced.

Both teams were powerhouse squads and should have fought fiercely and spectacularly, but now they were fighting with Minor Skills in a very calm manner, making the match even somewhat dull to watch.

However, there were no complaints from the spectator’s stands, who watched the match enthusiastically, with many no longer caring who won or lost, as this had already become a battle in which both sides won.

Gradually, time ticked away second by second. Since no Major Skills were used, the contest came down to the pure strength and Attributes of the teams. The average strength of the members of Heavenly Group was stronger than that of Heroes’ Guild, but since they entered the arena incomplete, missing dozens of members, and had been fiercely fighting non-stop, they were tired, and in this evenly matched battle, they were slowly being outmatched.

This slight difference, which would normally be negligible and unexpected by anyone, became a butterfly effect, becoming more and more significant as time went on.

After three minutes, the situation on the field became clear; Heroes’ Guild still had over four hundred people, while Heavenly Group was down to just over three hundred. If the battle continued in this vein, Heroes’ Guild was very likely to win the fight.

Indeed, by the seventh minute, Heavenly Group’s numerical disadvantage had become evident, and their surviving numbers had dropped to less than half that of Heroes’ Guild.

"God of Slaughter, it’s pointless to keep going like this. Who would have thought that even without using Major Skills, we would still be defeated by you; it seems it’s fate!" Seeing this situation, Heavenly Dao spoke to Huang Yi from afar. His tone was very relaxed, without any trace of frustration or reluctance towards defeat.

"Just luck!" Huang Yi replied casually as if chatting.

At that moment, Heavenly Dao suddenly raised his hand, making a gesture to halt, and said to all the team members, "Alright! All Heavenly Group members, cease fire. There’s no need for us to continue this match. Let’s admit defeat! We should hurry back and fight those demons from the Demon Clan."

Upon hearing this, the Heroes’ Guild also stopped their actions, and the entire place quickly fell silent.

Heavenly Dao looked around at the countless spectators, gave a slight bow, and addressed all the audience, "Sorry! We didn’t give you a spectacular match this time. Right now, the Seven Demon Lords’ Vanguard is invading our motherland, and we must return quickly to join the battle. We hope to present a highly competitive match for everyone in the future. Thank you!" After saying this, he turned to look at Huang Yi and said, "God of Slaughter, I hope we can be friends in the future! We’re withdrawing first!"

After speaking, Heavenly Dao submitted a surrender request to the system and led all members of the Heavenly Group out, forfeiting the match.

"[System Prompt]: Heroes’ Guild has won this battle, Points +1..."

The next moment, the system’s prompt resounded throughout the venue, and the Heroes’ Guild won against one of the world’s top teams, the Heavenly Group, in such a fashion.

However, at this point, what mattered more to everyone was not the outcome, but the covenant that Huang Yi had spoken of—a covenant that would be inscribed in the annals of The Second World.

"Ladies and gentlemen viewers, this concludes today’s live broadcast. This match may not have been exciting, with neither side using their Ultimate Skills and both trading blows in a rather mundane fashion, but the significance of this match is profound! It heralds the beginning of the world’s nations uniting to combat the Seven Demon Lords, the first initiative since the opening of The Second World for countries to join forces! The God of Slaughter’s action will set a precedent and become a role model! I really hope to see it become a Hero’s Covenant that will be followed in future competitions. Players from all countries around the world should adhere to this covenant, and we look forward to it becoming another rule for the martial arts tournament—a new rule proposed by the God of Slaughter that all teams and competitors from various nations should follow as we unite to fight the Seven Archdemons," some journalists in the audience concluded their commentary on the match with excited tones.

"Let’s go too!" Huang Yi said to his team, and then they teleported out.

When the Heroes’ Guild reappeared in front of the City Hall Plaza in Dragon City, cheers from the Hero Guild’s members still resounded thunderously. But this time, the cheers were a bit different.

Many of them were staring at Huang Yi as if seeing him for the first time. In fact, it wasn’t just them—the Hero’s Covenant he had just announced had made many people see a brand-new Huang Yi.

Huang Yi nodded at everyone and then took Qin Shiyu and Xiao Chunzi to the Tower of Pantheons.

"I always thought that Brother was just a bit stronger than us. Only today did I realize that his vision has always been ahead of us all, he looks farther than we do," Sunset from the Heroes’ Guild said to the Light Demon next to her as they watched Huang Yi’s departing figure.

"Sigh! If only I knew to say those words, I could have crafted a glorious image for myself with just a few sentences!" The Light Demon licked his lips, evident regret on his face.

...

At this time, Huang Yi couldn’t hear the commentary outside; he, Qin Shiyu, and Xiao Chunzi were wholeheartedly leveling.

"Brother, I’m going offline to eat. I’ll be back later!" Xiao Chunzi, having just reached level 69 in the Tower of Pantheons, called out to Huang Yi.

"Okay, see you later." Huang Yi nodded, patting her little head.

Gazing up, the playful Xiao Chunzi looked at Qin Shiyu and then at Huang Yi, pouting and warning, "You two better not do any naughty things! I’ll be mad if you do!" After saying that, she gave Huang Yi a serious look and then logged off.

Following that, only Huang Yi and Qin Shiyu were left in the Tower of Pantheons, both of them awkwardly silent, with a slightly tense atmosphere.

"Brother Yi, turn around for a moment," Qin Shiyu suddenly said, turning to look at Huang Yi.

"What’s up?" Huang Yi asked, killing a monster with an axe chop, wiping the sweat from his forehead and staring at Qin Shiyu.

"Just turn around! You’ll know in a moment!" Qin Shiyu bit her tender red lips, stamped her foot, and shuffled coyly, her cheeks turning pink as she seemed to find it hard to speak.

"Alright, are you going to do something naughty?" Huang Yi chuckled and turned around, facing away from Qin Shiyu.

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