Online Game: Low Drop Rate? I Have a Guaranteed Drop System! - Chapter 362

Chapter 362: Chapter 362: The Tragedy of the Haldrem Empire
The Haldrem Empire hadn’t been taken over by the Six-Armed Demons for long, but when Johnnie and the young people from the guardian village entered the city, they were shocked to find it had turned into a real hell on earth.

Though they didn’t know what the city had looked like before, it definitely wasn’t like this now. The streets were full of blood, dead bodies, and people who looked empty-eyed, like broken puppets.

In the center of the city was a big fountain — or maybe it should now be called a blood pool.

Countless bodies of Haldrem Empire citizens floated gently in the water, like garbage, moving with the flow of the melting snow.

At the very center of the pool, on the iron pole that used to hold the Haldrem Empire’s flag, there were bodies twisted in pain, pierced through like meatballs and hanging there.

Lisa was trembling all over. Her breathing became fast and her eyes turned red.

The other divine powers from the Haldrem Empire were also stunned, unable to believe that this was once their peaceful city.

A little girl, covered in blood, with no arms and no legs, was slowly crawling toward Lisa.

Even Lisa, a Lesser God, didn’t notice her at first.

It wasn’t until the girl lightly bit Lisa’s pants with her teeth that she suddenly looked down — and saw the child on the ground.

“Your Majesty, thank goodness you’re back!”

“Daddy, Mommy, and my little brother all said Your Majesty would never leave us. They were right!”

Looking at the little girl’s big eyes, her smile, and the blood all over her body—along with the torn arms and legs that hadn’t fully healed—Lisa opened her mouth slightly, but couldn’t say a word.

She was the Queen of the Haldrem Empire. She had to…

In the next moment, Lisa fell to her knees, pulling the girl into her arms and crying uncontrollably.

“I didn’t expect this… I’m sorry, I’m sorry… I should have stayed.”

“I should have stayed!”

“I’m sorry!”

Tears flowed from Lisa’s eyes like a broken dam, pouring out without control.

The little girl tried to reach out and comfort her, but only her shoulders moved slightly.

“What did they do to you?” Lisa tried to calm herself.

The Six-Armed Demons suddenly appeared. Their power was too strong. Lisa led the other divine warriors of the Haldrem Empire into battle, but they couldn’t fight back.

There was nothing left to do. She had to order the army to leave the Haldrem Empire and attack the Montemar Empire instead.

Many ordinary people couldn’t follow them. To keep their strength, Lisa had no choice but to leave them behind.

She knew that if they didn’t move quickly, there would never be another chance to take back the Haldrem Empire.

Even though she had thought about the people who stayed behind, she hadn’t imagined that the Six-Armed Demons would be so cruel.

After hearing Lisa’s words, the girl started to shake. She buried herself deep into Lisa’s arms and answered in broken sentences.”They… they killed my dad and my mom. And… they took… my little brother…”

“He was on their weapons, crying and screaming in pain…”

“I tried to save my brother, and then… my hand… was gone…”

“Later… I was hurt, but I had to protect my little brother… I jumped up… and then I lost my legs…”

“Your Majesty, those people were really strong… really strong… Will they come back again?”

Thinking back on the pain she had gone through, the little girl’s eyes became very dark. Just the thought of the Six-Armed Demons possibly coming back made her face—once full of innocence—fill with fear and pain, twisting into something sad and broken.

Lisa held her breath. Her eyes focused on the girl’s wounds, her whole body tense. She bit her lip and said,

“They won’t hurt you again. Not this time.”

“This time, I’ll be with you. I promise!”

Everyone around them fell silent as they watched Lisa and the little girl.

The joy and excitement from defeating the Six-Armed Demons and taking back the Haldrem Empire had completely disappeared. A heavy, sad feeling spread through the air, creeping into everyone’s hearts.

Johnnie let out a slow breath. Montemar Empire and Haldrem Empire had been enemies before, but now, seeing the suffering of these Haldrem people made him feel terrible inside.

What if it was Montemar Empire that had been taken over?

Johnnie couldn’t even imagine that.

The Universe Continent, Montemar Empire, Earth… those places had too many people he knew, people he cared about.

If one day they were tortured like this, he would go crazy.

Star Raiders weren’t just enemies of Montemar Empire. They were enemies of everyone.

Anyone who still wanted to invade and take over had to die. He wouldn’t let the people around him suffer like this.

Johnnie tried to remember everything that had happened. He needed to remind himself that he couldn’t be careless, couldn’t stop moving, and had to keep getting stronger, so that this kind of thing would never happen again.

…

In the broken palace of the Haldrem Empire, Lisa stood next to the throne. She didn’t sit down. Instead, she looked toward Johnnie.

Johnnie knew what she was thinking, so he gave a slight nod.

Then Lisa sat down and started working on how to calm the people and rebuild the city.

Johnnie waited a little while, and after Lisa had mostly figured out the direction of the work, she told the other divine powers to leave.

With no one else around, Lisa suddenly felt like she had lost all her strength. She fell back into the throne, her eyes red, and tears fell one by one onto the cold floor.

“It was my fault. I shouldn’t have left them behind.”

“Master, it was my fault. Everything was my fault. I was just too weak…” Lisa kept saying over and over.

Johnnie sighed and shook his head.

Back then, he and Lisa had been enemies. But ever since the Six-Armed Demons appeared and Lisa became his servant, they were on the same side.

Johnnie now understood that Lisa kept saying it was her fault because she hoped Johnnie would tell her it wasn’t.

There was no doubt that as the ruler of the Haldrem Empire, Lisa had some responsibility for not protecting the people.

But now wasn’t the time to blame her. The most important thing was to help her regain her strength, to let her take control of the empire and get stronger, so they could face whatever came next.

So after thinking for a moment, Johnnie said.”At that time, there really wasn’t any other choice.”

“You don’t need to feel too guilty. If you keep blaming yourself, you might make some bad decisions, and that would be really hard to fix.”

Lisa nodded slowly, then stood up from the throne and walked over to Johnnie. She opened her arms and hugged him.

She rested her head on his chest and cried silently.

No one knew how long it had been. Finally, Lisa took a deep breath, wiped the tears from her eyes, and then slapped her own face hard.

“Master, you’re right. I’ll do my best to take care of the Haldrem Empire.”

Johnnie nodded. He could feel that Lisa was already feeling better.

After that, Johnnie asked Lisa to stay in the Haldrem Empire for a while. He gave her a task: send people to watch over the Dark Hollow Cave. If anything strange happened, they should tell him right away.

After all, there was still a strong person named Weston locked inside the cave. He might wake up at any time.

Once everything was arranged, Johnnie left the dark forest with Seth and others, along with the mechanical Domains. They went back to The Chinese City in the Montemar Empire.

As soon as he showed up, he saw Dylan, the old leader, Lina, Holly, and others waiting for him.

When they saw Johnnie was safe, they all let out a big sigh of relief.

The old leader spoke first: “Johnnie, how did it go?”

Johnnie nodded and said.”The Six-Armed Demons in the Haldrem Empire are all dead.”

“What! All of them?” Dylan’s eyes widened.

At the same time, two strong energy waves appeared not far away. Johnnie looked over immediately.

“Stop hiding. Come out.” he said, frowning.

Aiden and Cameron came out, smiling awkwardly, no longer trying to hide.

“Well, Cameron and I were worried about this mission, so we came to check in. We didn’t get a chance to say hello before you found us.” Aiden said.

In fact, after they followed Johnnie and arrived at the Haldrem Empire, they had already seen the Six-Armed Demons.

At that time, Johnnie went into the Dark Hollow Cave, but Aiden and Cameron were afraid of danger, so they didn’t go in. They quietly left instead.

Johnnie was definitely the best person for Soul Transference, but compared to Johnnie, their own lives were more important.

But they didn’t expect Johnnie to come back alive, and even manage to kill all the Six-Armed Demons that had taken over the Haldrem Empire!

This shocking news made Aiden and Cameron lose control of their energy for a moment.

Johnnie gave them a cold look and said.”Do you have something to say?”

“No, nothing. I mean…” Aiden didn’t finish his sentence before Johnnie spoke again.

“Then get out.” Johnnie said without any hesitation.

These two did nothing, and Johnnie had to waste some energy watching them.

Aiden and Cameron’s faces turned stiff. They weren’t happy about what Johnnie had said.

Aiden took a deep breath and said in a strange, mix of feminine and masculine tone.”Okay, as long as you stay alive, that’s enough. Cameron and I won’t bother you anymore.”