Chapter 1309 - 1309: Do You Regret It?

Honestly, everything around and the words spoken by that emperor-like figure left Liu Zixuan utterly bewildered.

First, he didn't understand what the situation was.

Second, giving him such a difficult choice right from the start, is that really okay?

If one wishes to achieve a great cause, they have to kill that beautiful young lady.

Liu Zixuan paused for a moment, then asked, "I'd like to know, what heinous crime did this young lady commit?"

"No, on the contrary, she is still a benefactor to our tribe," the emperor-like figure replied.

Liu Zixuan raised his eyebrow: "Since she is a benefactor, then why push her out? I think we should protect her."

"But if we don't push her out, the entire tribe will be slaughtered by others, and then the whole tribe will cease to exist. Right now it's just her who would die." The emperor-like figure said.

Liu Zixuan scratched his head: "Why should I be the one to choose?"

"Because she is your wife, and here only you can decide whether she lives or dies!" said a middle-aged man beside him.

Liu Zixuan seemed to understand a bit more; he was indeed in an illusion realm because in the real world, he wasn't even married to the beauty beside him.

Before he could say a word, the beauty beside him turned around: "Husband, I am willing to go out."

Upon hearing the word 'husband', Liu Zixuan first felt a bit awkward, then he was deeply moved inside.

Regardless of whether he had a real relationship with this woman, just her attitude was enough to make him feel reverence.

Death, many say, is not something to fear.

Usually, those who say that haven't truly experienced death; they don't understand that helpless feeling of fear.

To suddenly leave all you love and long for, to be buried alone in the ground, no one probably wants to try that!

But at this moment, to achieve the greater good, this beautiful young lady actually volunteered to go out and die!

Not even the phrase "women not inferior to men" could explain the woman's actions.

Looking at the resolve in her eyes, Liu Zixuan took a deep breath and looked at the emperor-like man: "I can decide her life and death, right?"

"Right." The man nodded.

"Okay, before I decide, I want to ask everyone a question. Today she goes out to die, trading for a period of peace for the tribe, next time when the enemy comes, who will trade for that peace?"

As Liu Zixuan finished speaking, the whole place fell silent; everyone was moved.

The enemy making such a demand fundamentally shows no real intention of reconciliation.

Everyone knows this young lady is a benefactor to this tribe, and now you're sending your benefactor to death; who would dare to help this tribe in the future?

Undoubtedly, this is not a condition for reconciliation, but rather a divisive tactic used by the enemy.

To make this tribe lose its morale, it would then be a piece of cake to conquer in the future.

The people around fell into silence, but the emperor was completely unmoved.

"Right now, I can't think about so much; I just want to protect this tribe and the people in it."

Liu Zixuan laughed coldly: "What you most want to protect is merely your position as the tribal leader!"

"How dare you! I am your brother, and the position of tribal leader will be yours in the future." The emperor-like man suddenly slapped the chair as he stood up and shouted angrily.

Liu Zixuan smirked: "It is precisely because I have deep feelings for this tribe that I haven't confronted you with force; otherwise, even before the enemy attacks, I would have slaughtered this place first!"

"What do you mean?" Several burly men who had been surrounding the beauty now drew their weapons and pointed them at Liu Zixuan.

Liu Zixuan shook his head: "No other meaning."

With that, he walked to the woman's side, took her hand, and spoke to everyone: "My decision is, since this situation can't be salvaged, then I will go out with her together!"

"Husband." The woman had a strange expression on her face.

Liu Zixuan smiled warmly: "If I can't live with you, then I will die with you. You called me husband, so I must bear this clouded sky for you!"

"But the tribe…"

"Tribe?" Liu Zixuan paused, then said with determination: "If this land is in ruins, what use do I have for it! If this land is filled with decay, why should I keep it!"

That said, Liu Zixuan immediately took the woman's hand and walked out.

At this moment, he forgot his identity as Liu Zixuan and why he came here to face the challenges.

The only obsession in his mind was to carve a bloody path with the woman who called him husband.

Live, die!

Maybe in such an environment, they couldn't make the decision themselves.

But how to live, or how to die, others had no right to dictate!

When they stepped outside, thousands of powerful warriors had gathered, their weapons appearing extremely menacing under the blazing sun.

Each person's face was full of mocking expressions.

"How does it feel to personally hand over the woman you love?" One of the warriors sneered at Liu Zixuan.

"..." Liu Zixuan did not respond.

"Your tribe may be the strongest in a hundred miles, but even so, you can't protect a weak girl!" The warrior continued to mock.

Coldness surged in Liu Zixuan's eyes as he glared at the warrior, speaking firmly: "If the tribe cannot protect her, then I will!"

"You protect?" The warrior's face was increasingly ridiculed, sneering disdainfully: "Just you alone dare to boast so boldly?"

Liu Zixuan tightly clenched the woman's hand, then drew the weapon from his waist and pointed it at the thousands of warriors: "By myself alone, I dare to kill!"

When the city gates opened and Liu Zixuan charged toward the thousands of warriors, the scene suddenly halted, and everything turned into nothingness.

The woman was still there, but everything around had changed.

This was a room, like a woman's boudoir.

Liu Zixuan slowly turned around: "This… what is?"

"Everything earlier was something I once experienced." The woman wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and said.

"So you are the true Gatekeeper of this layer?" Liu Zixuan finally recalled the real purpose of stepping into the illusion realm.

The woman nodded and sat on a round chair, slightly lifting her head: "Do you regret it?"

"Regret what?" Liu Zixuan was puzzled.

"The choice you just made!" the woman asked.

"No regrets." Liu Zixuan replied with utmost certainty.

"Why?"

"There's not much why about it; I'm not a villain, but I've never considered myself a savior. If a man won't protect his loved ones, there's no way he could protect a homeland." Liu Zixuan spread his hands: "I just don't quite understand, why such a challenge was set for the seventeenth level…"