This isn't a souls-like game at all.

"Do not……"

Alice took a step back. She quickly adjusted her emotions and regained her composure, but there was still a trace of red at the corner of her eye.

She shook her head and then refused.

"Just give Zhusong Life to Baiyu. I don't need it."

Not only Ye Yiyi, even Nivea was stunned.

"What did you say?" Ye Yiyi thought she had misheard.

"It's just a pair of hands. I don't need to bless my life. I can use metal limbs instead. I won't worry about it affecting the battle."

Alice shook her arms wrapped in gauze, looked seriously into Ye Yiyi's eyes, and her tone was so calm that it was almost indifferent.

"If used properly, a blessing of life is equivalent to another life. It is a precious commodity used to save lives and should not be wasted on a patient like me who is not in danger of death."

"you……"

Looking at Alice's eyes without any emotion, Ye Yiyi was slightly distracted.

"Do you know what you're talking about?"

"I know, and I know exactly what I'm doing." Alice closed her eyes gently, as if refusing to look Ye Yi in the eye.

"Yukuza is very powerful. By the time I recognized it, it was too late to discuss it with you. If we hadn't suppressed it with the Melting Sword from the beginning, there would have been no chance of us defeating it head-on.

"Now it seems I was right, you did it, you beat it, even..."

She opened her eyes and looked at Ye Yiyi's metal body.

"I almost forgot to mention this, it's very handsome and suits Yi Yi's current temperament very well...if you could stop glaring at me."

"Zhusong's life is mine, so I should be the one to make the decision." Ye Yiyi moved his eyes away and looked at the silent Nivea, saying without denying it.

"Two to bless life, one for Bai Yu and one for Alice. Now, quickly!"

"Don't make things difficult for Nivea, and don't be so petty, Yi Yi."

Alice shook her head slightly. "I won't use this, no matter what you say. This is my decision, and you can't force me."

"You call this a temper?" Ye Yiyi was so angry that she laughed.

"Isn't that so?"

Alice narrowed her eyes slightly and spoke harshly.

"The more critical the items, the more they should be saved for the most urgent situations!

"Metal limbs won't affect my combat abilities. If they're made into magical catalysts, they'll actually enhance my combat abilities. This is the most cost-effective treatment method."

Ye Yiyi's expression darkened, and he quickly retorted: "Is this a question of cost-effectiveness? I am..."

"Do you think that I'm incomplete because I lost my hands? I'm flawed? I'm not the Alice you like?" Alice interrupted him coldly.

Ye Yiyi was choked, "That's not what I meant, I mean..."

"I know what you mean, Yi Yi."

Alice said calmly, "You really haven't experienced real war yet. You don't know what it's like to make decisions next to seriously injured or dying people.

"It takes several times longer to save a dying person than to treat a seriously injured one. If you were in this situation, caught in a tense battle on the front lines, with the enemy threatening to break through the defenses at any moment, who would you choose to treat?"

"This... of course he is a seriously injured patient." Ye Yiyi was stunned. He thought about it for a while and then answered.

"Wrong! Reimu 101: The Temple of the Witches"

Alice shook her head. "There's no need to treat the seriously injured. Simply use the Heavenly Craftsmanship technique to replace their severely injured organs with their metal limbs. Perform wartime modifications, and then send them back into battle."

“???” Ye Yiyi looked confused.

"Sent directly into the battlefield without treatment? Are they willing to do that? What if they die..."

"Then die." Alice said calmly.

At this moment, Ye Yiyi suddenly felt that Alice was so strange, and in a trance he heard Alice continue to speak.

“They won’t be unwilling. Death is just returning to the earth, but the fate of being eroded by the curse is a life worse than death.

"For this reason, many warriors choose metal limbs with self-destructing effects when they transform, so they can perish together with the enemy."

"This……"

"But I didn't even have the qualifications to self-destruct at that time..." A hoarse voice suddenly came from the side.

Ye Yiyi looked at him blankly, only to find that it was Bai Yu who was speaking.

She had sat up on the bed at some point, the right half of her face covered in silver-white crystals, and Ye Yiyi could only see her deep left eye.

"Actually, Lady Alice has something else to tell you."

The female knight looked at Ye Yiyi's confused face and answered softly.

“At that time, we actually no longer had the ability to save those who were on the verge of death, so we would give them a quick death to prevent them from becoming cursed creatures.

"It's cruel, right? But this is the war."

"And now, here, at the forefront of the war!" Alice whispered.

Chapter 323 Embarking on a Solitary Journey

After Alice finished her words, it was as if the mute button had been pressed, and the room became eerily quiet.

The suffocating and heavy atmosphere made many little goblins feel uncomfortable, and they hid under the bed.

The little elf holding two life-blessings didn't dare to move. She looked around timidly, and her big eyes were filled with tears.

Alice said nothing, but her eyes stared straight at Ye Yiyi, her firm gaze never wavering.

Ye Yiyi lowered her eyes and sighed softly.

He actually understood what Alice meant. She simply felt that her injuries were not serious and there was no need for such a precious item as the Blessing of Life.

It's just an amputation, not a life-threatening thing.

With the technological level of the land countries, it is not difficult to make a prosthetic limb to replace the arm.

Prosthetic limbs can even be made into magical catalysts, greatly improving combat effectiveness.

This is what the warriors of the land nations did during the war.

In their view, death is not scary. What is scary is being eroded by curses and living a life worse than death.

As a veteran who had survived the entire war, Alice's deep-rooted habits and way of thinking were probably etched deep into her soul.

Being injured doesn't matter, and dying doesn't matter either.

Now I stand at the forefront of this war, and I will do everything to win.

Looking at Alice's uncompromising eyes, Ye Yiyi sighed slightly, knowing that it would be difficult for him to convince her.

"I respect your thoughts and will not force you to receive treatment..." He said softly, as if giving in.

Alice's eyes changed slightly, and it was hard to say whether that emotion was surprise or something else.

Bai Yu lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling with his one eye. Feeling the excruciating pain brought by the curse eroding his soul, he slowly closed his eyes as he heard the faint cries beneath the bed.

"...But you should also respect my ideas." Ye Yiyi said again.

"Respect is mutual, go ahead," Alice replied, her tone seeming to soften.

"For the rest of the journey, I decided to travel alone."

Ye Yiyi raised his eyes to look at Alice who was suddenly stunned, and said calmly:

"You are too fragile to accompany me."

“…” Bai Yu suddenly opened his eyes and stared blankly above his head.

Alice bit her lips lightly and lowered her head bitterly. Her straight spine seemed to have suddenly lost its strength and became as delicate and thin as a girl.

In fact, she had long expected such a scene to happen.

Since the day she and Ye Yiyi met, all the signs he showed indicated that he would not be injured, tired, or even die.

His body was indestructible, without a single wound on it. Even if he swung a greatsword around every day, he wouldn't even get a callus.

He seemed to have no concept of injury or death.

But even undead goblins and ancient dragons can be hurt, and even "killed" if you find the right method.

But Ye Yiyi is different. Even the cursed black mist sprayed by the curse frog can only affect him temporarily, but cannot erode him, let alone injure or even kill him.

Everything seemed to indicate that Ye Yiyi was born to fight against the curse.

Alice realized that she couldn't continue to walk with such an existence.

He was right, he was too fragile.

Facing Yukuza, she was walking on thin ice and had to forcibly activate the melting sword to suppress the opponent. She did not hesitate even if the final result was amputation.

Because she knew that if she didn't do so, it would lead to greater casualties. Facing a strong enemy like Yu Sora, it would not be surprising if she and Bai Yu died on the spot.

But what if Ye Yiyi is the only one facing Yuukoza?

Then Yuuka probably won't be able to do anything to him.

No matter what kind of attack, no wound could be left, and using curse attacks was ineffective. Even if all the tricks were used, using the Gate of the Universe bestowed by the King was useless.

In that case, the battle can only have two outcomes:

First, Yu Kongza suppressed Ye Yiyi very hard, but he couldn't kill him no matter what, and was finally slowly worn down to death by Ye Yiyi.

Secondly, Yuukoza couldn't kill him no matter what, which made Ye Yiyi angry, so he took out a magic item from his butt hook and killed Yuukoza in seconds.

As for Ye Yiyi's tragic defeat and death, or his panic escape, that simply did not exist.

No matter what the result is, it will end in Yuukoza's death.

For Alice, this was unimaginable.

How difficult is an immortal enemy?

Just look at how miserable the deaths of the enemies Ye Yiyi faced were.

As for Alice and Bai Yu, to be frank, their presence or absence does not actually affect the final result.

Oh, he would be sad if she and Bai Yu accidentally died at Yukuza's hands.

"I understand..." Alice slowly closed her eyes and replied softly, "I respect your opinion too."

Ye Yiyi nodded slightly, walked up to the little goblin who was about to cry, and gently rubbed her head with her fingers.

"Okay, stop crying. Brothers and sisters won't quarrel."

He took a life blessing from the goblin's arms, walked up to the depressed Alice, and put it into the girl's pocket.

"Take it."

He said to Alice, who seemed to be hesitant to speak,

"I won't force you to use it, because I respect your wishes, but at least you should carry it with you in case of emergency."

"But……"

"No buts."

Ye Yiyi stretched out his finger and touched the girl's lips, and a smile appeared on her metallic cheeks.

"This is my wish. I hope you can respect me as much as I respect you... Also, you know I can't use it, right?"

Alice remained silent, just opened her arms and buried herself in his cold yet hot arms.

"Remember to call me if you encounter any trouble." Ye Yiyi also put his arm around the girl and whispered in her ear.

"I am strong, and I will become even stronger in the future. Whether it's the Declined King or some curse, they will all fall at my feet... If I can end the war alone, then your sacrifice is unnecessary. Do you understand?"

Alice couldn't help laughing. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes on Ye Yiyi and whispered softly.

"Why are you like a little kid, carrying the whole world on your shoulders? How do you say that word you taught me? Chuunibyou?"

"Not that childish, right? I think that's a very domineering statement." Ye Yiyi couldn't help scratching his head.

"Yeah, very domineering and handsome~" Alice said with a smile, standing on tiptoe to touch his cold lips, "I will summon you. I can't sleep well without you at night..."

Nivea on the side pursed her lips and turned to look at the patient lying on the bed.