Demon King: Hero, don’t run away!

Lying in the tent, the night gradually deepened, and the dim light illuminated Yang Yu’s tent.

Looking at the back of his hand, slightly raised and blocking his view, Yang Yu seemed to see a bright flame before him.

The flame enveloped the entire Benliang City, burning everything he had ever seen to ashes.

Closing his eyes, everything became so real.

Even lying on the comfortable bed drawn from the System, Yang Yu felt not a hint of drowsiness.

He had originally thought that after the big fire, he could still organize the team as usual, step by step to implement his plan and ultimately reach his goal.

However...

”Unexpectedly heavy... or rather, too heavy...”

Yang Yu muttered to himself, wondering when he had developed such demonic thoughts.

The Sailuomen Plain would hinder Flame Magic from producing fire, but the real fire had no restrictions.

In war games, using fire attack is not something rare.

Historically... or rather, not exactly historically, that is, in ”Romance of the Three Kingdoms,” there were multiple instances of fire attack being used.

Fire attacks seemed to become a standard for those doing big things.

Zhou Yu burned hundreds of thousands of Cao Cao’s troops in one go, and Zhuge Liang also used the characteristics of bamboo armor to burn a large number of Southern Barbarian soldiers.

I don’t know how they felt when using those strategies at that time.

Perhaps, it wasn’t executed by them, but by the entire army, so there was no psychological burden.

This is a world of magic, where the existence of outstanding individuals is infinitely magnified.

In the world Yang Yu originally lived in, facing hundreds or thousands alone was almost nonexistent.

But in this world, such situations are not rare.

That’s why the giant dragons formulated such rules to limit the participants and some skills to avoid overly devastating wars.

As a result, he still caused the situation the giant dragons least wanted to see.

It was thought that a fire caused by that method counted as a variant of super large flame magic, but upon use, it was far more devastating than imagined.

Yang Yu had not yet heard how many survivors there were in Benliang City.

Many survivors probably hate him to the core...

This is an unavoidable matter...

Despite comforting himself over and over again, the heaviness in Yang Yu’s heart remained relentless.

Suddenly, Yang Yu’s tent was opened.

Her golden hair was messy, and the bangs she had cut short before had unknowingly grown long, covering half of her face, and in her hand was a smooth Magic Wand.

The visitor was none other than Bai Jin.

”That… Grand General...”

Although she came up with the idea, it was Bai Jin who ultimately released the magic that caused the fire.

Even though he said he would take all responsibility, after witnessing the scene, Bai Jin’s heart must have also become quite uneasy.

As the leader, what am I wallowing in?

Wiping his face, Yang Yu sat up from bed and asked:

”Is there something you need, Mu Jin?”

Being stared at seriously by Yang Yu, Bai Jin became a bit shy and didn’t know how to start.

Yang Yu opened his mouth to ask, ”Is it about what happened today, after all?”

Bai Jin nodded, used magic to perceive there were no people nearby, then boldly advanced a few steps toward Yang Yu.

Before officially speaking, Bai Jin took a few deep breaths to calm down.

”Grand General, please, pull yourself together.”

Though before entering Yang Yu’s tent, Bai Jin had contemplated again and again how to start the conversation with Yang Yu to soothe his heart, when she stood before Yang Yu, she drew a blank, forgetting everything she had prepared, and only managed to squeeze out a few words awkwardly from her mouth.

Before Benliang City, Bai Jin had never seen Yang Yu show such an expression.

Under the glow of the fire, Yang Yu seemed to lose his usual composure, his cheeks paled.

When the giant dragons extinguished the flames, during Yang Yu’s standoff with the dragons, Bai Jin could sense Yang Yu’s impatience; it seemed like Yang Yu was merely reciting pre-prepared lines.

If it were the old Yang Yu, perhaps he would have directly stepped onto the yet unextinguished flames, loudly proclaiming the legitimacy of his actions, adding fuel to the fire of criticizing the dragons’ inaction in an attempt to extract some useful information from them, and then pressuring the dragons with an attitude of ”If the dragons don’t want to intervene, they should just stand aside and watch” to provide him with trivial ”services.”

Yang Yu was supposed to be full of confidence and composure from start to finish, to end this war.

Bai Jin also had her grievances.

Since joining the army, because it was necessary, Yang Yu deliberately kept his distance from them; despite wanting Yang Yu to promote her, to have more time together, he always dismissed it with ”It’s not the time yet,” ”There are some magics you need to learn, to prepare, don’t waste time on complex military duties.”

Hearing Bai Jin’s words, Yang Yu looked somewhat surprised, ”Am I really listless?”

”Yes. That… this…”

Bai Jin nodded vigorously, wanting to say more encouraging words, yet feared the gloomy side of her would come out and turn encouraging words into a heap of curses, making things worse, she was desperately enduring while trying to squeeze out some encouragement from her mouth.

Observing Bai Jin’s appearance, Yang Yu couldn’t help but move forward.

”Hey, Bai Jin.”

Calling out to Bai Jin, Yang Yu extended his hand towards her cheek, cupping Bai Jin’s face and couldn’t stop himself from asking:

”Are you alive?”

Feeling the chill emanating from Yang Yu’s palm, Bai Jin slightly widened her eyes, then her view bore a gentle expression hidden under her bangs; all the previous tension was cleared away.

She lifted her hands, clasped the hand that touched her cheek, smiled, and then pressed her slightly warm face against Yang Yu’s hand.

”That’s right.

I’m still alive.

Right now, I am alive here.

I haven’t gone anywhere, nor am I some phantom; this world still has many, many interesting things, dying now would be such a waste.

So, you’ll take me to see this beautiful world again, won’t you?

At that time, you said you wanted to go on an unprecedented adventure, and I’ve been looking forward to it.

So…

I won’t say to return to the careless you, who even when facing a formidable enemy, would always grin.

Because the one in front of me now might be the real you.

”

Bai Jin’s gentle words pierced Yang Yu’s heart like an arrow.

What he couldn’t understand just now suddenly became clear to Yang Yu.