allonlinenovel Chapter 226 Stupid
Chapter 226 Stupid
Mei went to explore the way. Gloria's helmet had night vision function, so she walked in front to help Howard find a place to rest.
The place where they were now looked like a mine tunnel. Broken lights were hung on the walls on both sides, but some were still on. These lights were originally designed to emit bright white light, but now they emitted a dim light with a hint of red.
In the movie, this is a full horror tone and violent implications.
Among the lights that were still on, many of the wires had been broken, but some unknown force allowed them to still emit light.
If it were somewhere else, Howard would definitely stop and think about it carefully, but this is an orc's lair, so Howard is not surprised.
Gloria soon found a place to rest. It was an abandoned passage in the mine. Outside the passage were piles of abandoned mine carts, which just served as a shield.
Gloria was the first to climb to the top of the mine cars to observe the situation on the other side. After confirming that it was safe, she signaled Howard to follow.
Finally, the two of them hid in this hidden spot, Howard sat inside and Gloria stood at the entrance.
Even the physical fitness of the battle nuns could not compare with that of the elves, especially the high-level elves like Mei. Gloria could endure this journey much longer than Howard, but it was impossible to say that she was not tired.
Even when she was recuperating, Gloria still held her gun tightly and remained alert. The recuperation of a battle sister was different from that of a mortal like Howard. As a mortal, Howard needed to completely stop his activities, drink some water and eat something to recover his strength, while a battle sister only needed to stop and keep breathing, and her strength would be quickly restored.
In the small space and dangerous situation, Howard felt a little embarrassed to just sit there, so he tried to chat.
"Do you... do you trust that Eldar?" Howard asked. He didn't specify whether the Eldar was Charandi or Mei. He didn't care because he just wanted to talk.
As a result, Gloria looked at him as if he was mentally retarded, and Howard shrank his neck when he saw this.
He was being stupid again. If Gloria didn't trust these elves, she would never agree to cooperate, no matter if she believed in them voluntarily or was forced to.
Besides, in fact, from the beginning to the end, Gloria had no choice. Everything was calculated by Howard. Gloria either followed the steps set by Howard or died. Gloria did not want to die meaninglessly. At least she wanted to meet that stupid commander and then hit him in the face.
The attempt at conversation only made the atmosphere more awkward, with Howard digging his toes into the floor.
He knew that he was actually a very lazy person, and that was the case in this world as well as in his original world.
He could use his brain, but often didn't want to. When he was in danger or facing an enemy, his mind raced, thinking ten things through before he spoke, analyzing the cause and effect of the situation and every subtext in others' words, striving to avoid revealing any flaws or flaws in his words. When it was running at full speed, Howard felt like his brain was about to burn out. If his brain were a computer, the water cooling system would hum at full speed. Although Howard would feel a little proud of the successful result after the task was completed, it was really tiring.
So Howard actually doesn't like to use his brain unless it is necessary. What is a non-necessary time? It means when facing those who pose no threat to him, facing those people with whom he can make mistakes, he doesn't have to be nervous, and he doesn't have to turn what he wants to say over in his mind before saying it.
So it's easy for Howard to make stupid mistakes in front of people he's familiar with, like now.
"Uh..." Howard tried to make amends after saying something stupid, but this time his words went through his head: "You still want my blood?"
After leaving the anti-psychic field of the Sister of Silence, Gloria will once again face the impact of the orcs' violent psychic energy, and so will Mei.
However, these space elves have special methods to resist this kind of psychic impact. They would not take the initiative to use this method on a human. Even if they are willing, it is still uncertain whether the alien things can work on humans. Moreover, cooperation with the elves is already the bottom line, and Gloria would never accept anything from the elves.
So before leaving, Howard fed Gloria blood again and collected a bottle in a small bottle for her to wear on her body.
"I'm fine," the Battle Sister replied coldly, continuing to cut off the conversation.
This time Howard kept his mouth shut, but when he did, the Sister of Battle took the initiative to speak:
"I know you're lying." Gloria said.
Howard spread his hands and did not intend to argue. When Chalandi relayed their conversation to these imperial soldiers, Howard was destined to lose their trust.
Especially the trust of this battle sister. To the other imperial soldiers, Howard was at most secretly communicating with the elves and hiding something important from them... Although these two things were enough to drag him out and shoot him for half an hour... But to Gloria, Howard was truly lying and his words were inconsistent.
Now she is willing to cooperate with Howard's actions, not because she trusts Howard, but because Howard gave her a reason she cannot refuse. It can even be said that it is because Howard is threatening her.
"If I only told the truth, I might not be here... No, I definitely wouldn't be here." Howard sat up straight and looked at the Battle Sister and said, "Sister, have you never told a lie in your life?"
"Yes." Gloria said.
Howard was just about to say, "Look, aren't we all the same? You should be able to understand me." But before he could finish his words, he heard the nun continue, "When I was in the convent, I had a very good sister. Once, she and I were on a mission and were seriously injured. I told her that I would definitely save her, but I didn't... This is the only lie I have ever told in my life."
Howard was speechless for a moment. He believed that Gloria was not lying to him just to show off. The life of a battle sister could not be inferred by common sense. Ordinary people would tell all kinds of lies out of helplessness, but battle sisters were required to serve the Emperor wholeheartedly. These sisters had bad tempers and strong backgrounds. They never hid what they thought in their hearts. If they didn't like an Astartes, they had the confidence to curse them directly.
"So, I despise you." Gloria looked at Howard and said, "I do all this entirely for the Empire. For the Empire, I can abandon my honor and cooperate with a despicable villain like you, and I can cooperate with dirty aliens, but this does not mean that we are friends. I see no honor in you. You are just a bastard who got lucky and gained power. You said you wouldn't have gotten here if you hadn't lied, so why don't you just die?"
Gloria then answered for Howard, "Because in the eyes of people like you, your own life is the most important thing. You'll do anything to stay alive, you'll lie, you'll betray. Because in your pathetic life, you can't find anything more important, more noble than life, something worth dying for. It's a good thing you don't have a soul, otherwise your soul would make me sick. Compared to you, those dumb monsters are so adorable."
"You used despicable means to make me cooperate with these aliens. When this is over, I will personally send you to the tribunal and personally send you to the gallows."
Howard listened to the Battle Sister's accusations against him. After she finished, he said calmly, "Thank you very much. Being hanged by humans is a good ending for me now."
Damn it! Howard thought to himself, do you have to be so sarcastic and retort? Can't you just say something nice to comfort her?
But Howard couldn't do it, because even if he fought with such a weird attitude, the nun would never hurt him, and he would only act stupidly in front of people who were harmless to him.