Hell’s Handbook - Chapter 308

Chapter 308 Disbandment Of Team Boning Knife

Su Jin and Chu Yi had saddened looks on their faces. They found a large rock for Situ Jin to lean against and rest, then carried Bo Ya’s body over to where Kano Mai and Ye Yun’s were.

More than an hour later, Situ Jin slowly woke up again. He was extremely exhausted and goodness knows how hard it must have been for him to carry Bo Ya’s body all the way here. Su Jin and Chu Yi felt that the fact that he made it here was a miracle in itself.

“Su Jin… Bo Ya… is dead…” Situ Jin’s eyes were bloodshot. This was a man seemingly made from steel, a man who never shed a tear no matter how much he had to suffer in order to protect his country. But now, he seemed to have completely fallen apart.

Su Jin patted his shoulder, then moved aside enough for him to see Ye Yun and Kano Mai’s bodies. His voice was grim. “Not only Bo Ya. Mai and Ye Yun too.”

The three men fell silent. They felt so guilty for failing to protect the women in their team. They felt indignant that this island had taken so many lives.

Su Jin consoled Situ Ji by saying, “All is not lost. I now know that as long as we become gods, we’ll have the chance to revive them. We can rely on our own power to revive them without using the power of the Handbook.”

Situ Jin took a moment to process these words before his face lit up. He grabbed Su Jin’s shirt and asked, “Are you serious? Are you serious?”

“He’s serious, but we have to become gods,” said Chu Yi.

A tear ran down Situ Jin’s cheek, but this was a tear of joy. No matter how hard the road ahead was going to be, as long as he had a goal and a chance, that was going to be his hope. He believed that he would definitely be able to revive Bo Ya.

After some time, Situ Jin calmed down. He asked the other two, “It’s just us? Where’s Wu Chen?”

Chu Yi’s face fell as he said quietly, “He’s dead. He died in order to save me.”

Situ Jin sighed and patted Chu Yi’s shoulder. “Revive him in the future, okay? I believe in you.”

Chu Yi nodded vigorously and gave Situ Jin a grateful smile.

The three of them continued to wait by the beach but no other owners appeared. After the third day passed, everything went black and they left the Island of Mistakes.

Earth Level Challenge “Island of Mistakes” completed: 1000 points

Number of Surviving Team Members: 3, 300 points

Participation and Extent of Contribution: A-, 500 points

Points Received: 1800

Total Points: 5300

The Challenges of Hell’s Handbook were always like this. No matter how difficult the Challenge was, the basic number of points you could get remained the same. If you wanted more, you had to perform better during the Challenges. But Su Jin wasn’t in the mood to think about what he had gotten. He skimmed through the list of items quickly and didn’t find anything useful, so he went straight to the Team Hell Domain.

He waited for a while by himself before Situ Jin and Chu Yi appeared. The three of them looked at one another and didn’t know what to say. The seven member group had lost half its members. This was the greatest loss to the team ever.

“An Earth Level Challenge… is as good as an owner massacre.” Su Jin sighed. Under such circumstances, even formidable ones like Shen Wu, Xu Ran, and Natasha would have trouble dealing with this Challenge. Everyone’s lives were hanging by a thread, like a light in the wilderness that could be put out anytime.

After some time, Chu Yi finally broke the silence. “Boss, Situ, I… I would like to withdraw from Team Boning Knife.”

Su Jin immediately looked up at Chu Yi with a start and Chu Yi explained, “Boss, it’s not because I’m unhappy here or anything like that. I just feel that… as long as I have all of you taking care of me, I’ll never be able to become a god. I’ll always be the child who relies on everyone else, the one who hands over the heavy burden to other people. Someone like that will never become a god, and doesn’t deserve to become one either.”

Su Jin didn’t know how to react to that. Chu Yi wasn’t wrong in saying that. As their team leader, he had been overly protective of his team. While he had not rendered them completely useless, he had inadvertently curbed their growth.

Handbook owners only became more powerful after close brushes with death. The owners who wanted to become deities had to train themselves in bloody battles and the fires of danger.

“I understand. But… if you run into any problems, you’re welcome to talk to us.” Su Jin smiled tiredly at him. He had no reason to deny Chu Yi’s request.

Chu Yi nodded slightly and didn’t speak anymore. Situ Jin then said, “If that’s the case, then I think I ought to leave the team too.”

“Is that so?” Su Jin smiled bitterly.

Situ Jin said gravely, “Jin, thanks for taking care of me all this time, but just like what Chu Yi said, if I want to become a god… I don’t have any other choice. I have to bear my own burden and find a way to become one through that journey.”

Su Jin nodded. Just like how he wasn’t going to stop Chu Yi from leaving, he wasn’t going to stop Situ Jin either. Each person had their own opinions on things and each person had their own missions to accomplish. He had no right and no reason to stop them from doing what they wanted to do.

“Then… from today onwards, Team Boning Knife… is disbanded.” Su Jin exhaled deeply. Team Boning Knife was once a seven member, top ranking team. Yet, after just one Challenge, four members died, two members had chosen to leave and the team had fallen apart completely. Just three days ago, nobody would have imagined this would happen.

Chu Yi said, “Boss, can you pass me the things Wu Chen gave you the last time? I might not be able to revive Wu Chen, but I’d like to revive his daughter. Then I can give him a big surprise once I revive him.”

Su Jin nodded and gave the note that Wu Chen handed to him to Chu Yi. Information about Wu Chen’s daughter was written on this note. Wu Chen had prepared this in case he ended up dying before he could revive his daughter, and it had actually come into good use now.

Su Jin didn’t know what else to say at this point, so he could only force himself to smile and said, “Well, since we’re about to disband, then let’s not waste the last time we benefit as a team from this Team Hell Domain. There might be something useful to us in the item catalogue.”

He walked over to the pedestal and placed his Handbook on it. A list of items appeared in front of them. The list was long and varied, but very few items were helpful in upgrading their skills right now. And most of the things that were really useful were too expensive.

But the three of them still selected some items anyway. These served as mementos more than actual equipment for use. They would use this to remember the time they fought together for their survival.

Everyone bid each other farewell and returned to their Personal Hell Domain. Su Jin suddenly felt very tired and wanted to just sleep. He wished he could sleep for ten days, or maybe 20 days, or maybe until the next Challenge started!

At this juncture, Chimimoryo suddenly started speaking. It was rather delighted as it said, “Your psychokinesis… how is it so bountiful… it’s as though… it’s as though you’re a god.”

“Like I said before, I’m… very confident of becoming a god.” Su Jin smiled. The number of owners who were close to becoming a god weren’t many, but he was definitely a top contender. His psychokinesis was powerful, and his body was as resilient as a deity’s. He just needed one last push.

“I intended to leave you immediately after getting out, but now… how about I become an aid to you?” said Chimimoryo suddenly.

Su Jin was stunned and a little puzzled. “Aid? You mean…”

“Companion! I think I’d be better able to achieve what I want through staying with a formidable person like you. So, from today onwards, you can use my powers and we’ll fight side by side,” said Chimimoryo.

Su Jin was rather surprised. He had also thought that Chimimoryo merely needed him to take it away from the island. But now, it seemed like the longbow was happy to join forces with him.

Of course, Su Jin wasn’t going to turn Chimimoryo down. Having such tremendous power was definitely a good thing. And he could vaguely sense that he was going to face a lot of battles ahead. His new boning knife was made by deities, but Su Jin was still a little worried about it. That was why finding a suitable weapon remained extremely important to him.

“It’s a deal then. We’ll fight alongside each other in the future.” Su Jin nodded and agreed to this deal.

After returning to the real world, Su Jin didn’t rest. He called the Demon Lord, who was still with Xu Ran. The Demon Lord was surprised by his call.

“My, my! You’re actually calling me! What a rarity! Is it because you need my help?” asked the Demon Lord lazily.

Su Jin cut to the chase. “I went to the Island of Mistakes for my last Challenge. You know that place, don’t you?”

“The Island of Mistakes?!” exclaimed the Demon Lord. She clearly knew what place this was. “What in the world?! That’s not a place for Challenges. How did you end up there?”

“You can say it was a form of punishment. Anyway, I met some of your worshippers there. Five of them were trapped on the island but I think someone hacked them to death.” The Demon Lord’s worshippers had been a great help to Su Jin during his time on the island, so he was repaying the favor by telling the Demon Lord about them.

But the Demon Lord said, “No issue there. I’ve personally blessed them, so they all possess immortal bodies and there isn’t anything on the island that can really kill them. It’s just going to take some effort to recover.”

“Uh huh. It seems they’ve never stopped their worship of you. Well, I’ve passed on the message I was asked to, so you can decide what you want to do with it.” Su Jin was ready to hang up.

“Hello? Hello? Wait! You went to the Island of Mistakes, so… did something happen there?” asked the Demon Lord curiously.

Su Jin remained silent for so long, the Demon Lord nearly thought he had hung up. Just when she was about to ask him again, he replied sullenly, “Team Boning Knife has disbanded.”