A Core Ship From The Start - Chapter 62

Chapter 62: Chapter 49 Taking Shape_1

[Skull Staff has been decomposed, construction point +1]

“Whew……..”

It was only after seeing the Staff of the Undead completely dissolve in front of his eyes and the system message appear, that Duanmu Huai took a sigh of relief. Then, he composed himself and quickly gave a command.

“Unlock the Void Dockyard.”

With Duanmu Huai’s command, the entire Core Cabin trembled slightly again, then returned to normal. Then, Duanmu Huai left the Core Cabin, walked through the corridor, and arrived at another side – where an elevator door now appeared on the originally smooth wall. Duanmu Huai walked through the door, pressed the button, and the elevator began to descend smoothly.

Through the transparent glass window of the elevator, Duanmu Huai could clearly see the scenery outside the Core Cabin – what he was in now was no longer just a simple, seemingly crude cylinder. Instead, it was a cathedral-like structure suspended in space. The Gothic dome and beautifully ornate sharp roofs shone brilliantly under the light of the constant stars, making it appear as though it were a piece of art. The corridors that connected the various areas also resembled the high-class and splendid appearance of Gothic cathedrals on the ground.

Just as Duanmu Huai was admiring the beautiful view in front of him, a sudden shadow flashed, and the next moment, the elevator dropped into a metallic passageway. After slowing down, the elevator doors opened. A vast and incredibly spacious space appeared before Duanmu Huai.

The Void Dockyard.

This is where all the warships and fleets of the Judge are built. Here, by using resources and design blueprints, the Judge can construct various types of warships for use. Because of this, the dockyard is extremely vast, almost endless to the eye. This place has the least religious elements of the entire space station, with smooth metal surfaces and gangways replacing the religiously themed stained glass windows and decorations. Simply standing here and looking at the dockyard, whose size is almost impossible to imagine, even Duanmu Huai would feel as small as a speck of dust.

At present, the Void Dockyard was nearly empty, besides one Night Raven Black Star Gunboat parked on the number one landing pad. This was an extremely efficient vehicle for the Judge. It was able to break through enemy lines with its strong firepower and unimaginable speed, deliver the Judge to the core area of the enemy, exterminate everything there, and then leave.

“Whew……..”

Seeing this vehicle, Duanmu Huai finally felt at ease.

“Now it’s much better, I don’t have to teleport anymore.”

Yes, the reason Duanmu Huai chose to invest his second construction point into the Void Dockyard, over upgrading the Tribunal Library to speed up its analysis, was for this gunboat. As long as he has this gunboat, he no longer has to take risks teleporting back and forth. Instead, he can directly take action through the gunboat.

Yes, risks.

Although teleportation seems to be a very easy and useful spell for most people, in reality, nearly every experienced Judge would try to avoid using teleportation as much as possible.

The reason is simple, teleportation involves the power of the Subspace, and guess who controls the Subspace?

A similar situation occurred in the game.

During the end of days, eight Heroes had joined forces trying to break through the Chaos Legion’s plan. At that time, they were surrounded. To ensure the plan could be executed, a Goddess sacrificed her own life to perform a powerful spell and sent the eight Heroes into the enemy’s territory.

According to the plan, they should have appeared near the Chaos’ portal and then destroyed it.

But in fact, due to some unknown (actually well-known) interference, the teleportation spell malfunctioned and dispersed the eight Heroes to different areas. One unlucky fellow even found himself teleported directly in front of the final Boss when he opened his eyes.

And then, without saying a word, he was immediately caught by the Boss.

Because of this, any use of space magic is very dangerous, especially for Duanmu Huai. Although it seems very cool for him to teleport back and forth, he is actually worried every time that he might find himself teleported to the centre of a Boss or a large army, or even thrown into a volcano…

Now it is finally not a concern anymore.

“Is this the master’s house? It’s really big.”

Just then, along with a carefree, sweet voice, a girl with a smile walked out from behind and started looking around curiously. It was Mia, who Duanmu Huai had previously obtained from the Sky City series of cards. She played the character of “the robot doll whose soul was replaced by the Evil Magician.”

According to Mia’s words, she’s a developed as a “housekeeping robot doll.” Of course, if the master was willing, she could play other roles as well.

About this, Duanmu Huai said never mind. Honestly, her acting skills weren’t so good.

“Yes, this is my home. When I’m gone, I’m temporarily leaving it in your care. Is that OK?”

“Of course, master, please entrust it to me.”

Hearing Duanmu Huai’s command, Mia nodded her head.

After having cleared the Sky City series, Duanmu Huai had many more cards in his hand. Thus, according to his design in the game, he began to set up the space station. Firstly, Duanmu Huai summoned Mia to look after the whole space station when he was absent. In this way, if there was any problem, he could get in touch with Mia at any time. Additionally, he summoned a large group of puppets as guards.

Although puppets with just one point in both attack and defence can’t really defend anything, at least if they are destroyed, Duanmu Huai can immediately be informed of what happened and respond accordingly.

Besides that, summoning Mia also gave the place a bit more of a lively atmosphere.

At least from now on when Duanmu Huai returned, he could be greeted by a pretty girl welcoming him home with giggles, rather than being greeted by an empty space station – he’s a player too, there has to be some perks, otherwise how would one continue to live their life?

However, to be honest, Duanmu Huai could not imagine how Star Warriors felt when they were greeted with the smiling faces of muscular men……Oh, never mind, he’d rather not think about it.

Not only that, such arrangements were also a clever trick for players.

The Soul Cards have two modes: “Summoned on the field” and “In-hand”. But contrary to what players think, deploying a card “on the field” doesn’t necessarily mean it has to be on the frontline of a battlefield. On the contrary, even if it’s placed far behind in the space station, the card could still be counted as being “On the field”.

This is a very ingenious trick. There are many Special Servant Cards whose combat abilities are not actually that strong, but their special abilities are very powerful. If these Servants appear on the battlefield, they are easily eliminated by opponents.

But if they’re placed thousands of miles away in a space station… Then that’s a different story.

In this regard, Duanmu Huai’s space station has finally started to take shape!