Ultragene Warlord

nd Qi just to help us—you just wanted to shore up your reputation! Am I right?

“You duplicitous man!”

Hong Xi rolled her eyes.
“My master has better things to do with his time.”

Zhang Lie added, “Don't you think I'm famous enough as the champion of the Void Cup and dragonlord of China? Why would I waste my time with such a pointless gesture?”

In anger, the man thundered, “You're keeping your pretenses up, I see! Well, I don't care—you have to take responsibility for causing so many deaths in Qi!”

“Yes, you do! Before you came, everything was fine with Qi, but we've had disaster after disaster because of you.
The walls of Qi were twice destroyed, and thousands of casualties ensued as a result! Perhaps you shouldn't be held responsible for those deaths, but you directly caused Qi's walls to fall once more because you fought so close to the city.
Don't you think some compensation is necessary in that case?”

Quite a few wounded hunters strode forward, blocking Zhang Lie's path.

Hong Xi retorted in rage, “You're all ungrateful fools! If not for my master being here, Qi would long since have fallen.
He could easily have waited on Earth, but he chose to enter Qi to save all of you because you were all fellow humans! How could you criticize him in this fashion? Scram, or I'll make you scram!”

Sun Mengmeng added, “Right, we've all seen how Zhang Lie stepped up to defend Qi in times of crisis.
How can you have the conscience to blame all this on him? If not for him, would you be able to unite with your long-lost relatives who were suffering in the lands of the sura? Would you have the land that Zhang Lie reclaimed from the enemy races nearby? If you want to die, I'll send you on your way!”

Li Feng laughed coldly.
“Do you think what Zhang Lie did for Qi can be compared to a mere wall?”

“Even the governor hasn't complained—what right do you all have to do so?”

“So what? Isn't it your fault that the walls collapsed?”

“It's because of Zhang Lie that my good friend's been heavily wounded!”

“There aren't many hunters left in Qi, and most of the forces have been injured because of the fighting.
Isn't it reasonable that you would provide some compensation in the form of these limit-breaking potions?”

“You're the hero of Qi, aren't you? You should be more considerate of us hunters, then! You have a large stockpile of these potions, enough to issue a bounty with them, so why not give us a few?”

“I'm not your parent—why should I provide for you? Scram!” Zhang Lie snorted as he made to walk away, but the man in charge blocked his path with a group of people.

“Hold it! We won't let you leave so easily.”

“You've saved Qi a few times already, haven't you? What's one more time? Why don't you hand over these limit-breaking potions so we can all get stronger and defend Qi more easily?”

“If you don't hand over the potions, your reputation as a hero will quickly fall apart.
Do you understand your circumstances?”

Zhang Lie couldn't help but laugh.
“Are you all crazy? As I've said, I don't care about my reputation.”

Zhang Lie didn't care about being a hero, and he didn't care about how others addressed him.
What was important was following his heart, his own code of ethics.
He had never considered himself a champion of mankind, nor a hero in any sense of the word.

“No, we won't let you leave unless you hand over your limit-breaking potions!”