ctnovel Chapter 042: Subspace Ryoko
Chapter 042: Subspace Ryoko
Nourished by the warp energy, the slumbering mech girl's eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes.
Those were clear eyes, untouched by chaos, innocent and bewildered.
"Alice, you're finally awake!"
亲爱的，你知道我等这一天等了多久吗，47年7个月零7天7小时7分7秒！」
Redridge Hoffman was ecstatic; his body trembled with excitement, and even the flowing pus seemed to sing a song of joy.
He opened his arms, wanting to embrace his beloved whom he had lost and then regained.
However, Alice crawled out of the crystal coffin in terror, screaming and backing away.
"Aaaaaah~ Don't come any closer!"
Please, don't come any closer... Monster, monster!
Redridge's outstretched arms froze in mid-air, his festering face filled with astonishment.
This was not the scenario he had envisioned.
Shouldn't lovers who have crossed the threshold of life and death embrace each other and weep, pouring out their hearts to one another?
"Alice, it's me, Reddridge Hoffman," Reddridge quickly identified himself.
The long-forgotten memories were like an ice cube suddenly pressed against the back of Alice's neck, making her shudder. She stared in disbelief at the monster before her.
The handsome and dashing young nobleman I remembered has turned into this horrible sight.
The huge gap between her expectations and reality made her feel like vomiting.
"You...you are Master Hoffmann?"
"Yes, it is me, Alice. I have resurrected you." Redridge stepped forward, trying to let Alice see the familiar outline under his swollen face, but Alice screamed in fright.
"Ahhhhh!"
"Don't come any closer, get away, ugh~"
As Deyan watched this absurd scene, only one thought remained in his mind—a tragedy!
He was willing to throw himself into chaos to save the woman he loved.
When the person woke up, they weren't moved, but only disgusted.
This man's mind has been warped by his loving father. He doesn't see anything wrong with his dignified appearance in the subspace, but rather finds it beautiful and satisfying. Therefore, he cannot empathize with Alice.
Alice's fear and resistance deeply stung the hardened sycophant.
So, being a simp isn't scary.
What's truly frightening are the self-absorbed, controlling, and obsequious NPD personalities who act like sycophants.
Even with the most primal imagination, ordinary people couldn't fathom the scale of the commotion they would go to for a goddess.
He led the Knights family into chaos, sacrificing the entire Cataphrax.
Oh shit!
Dejan has never hated simps as much as he does now!
"Everything I did was for you!" Redridge said, feeling wronged and confused, his festering body swelling with more pustules. "It was by embracing the grace of the Father that I gained the power to resurrect you. Soon, you will become like me, and we will have eternity, never to be separated again."
"Like you?" Alice murmured to herself, a resolute look on her face. She turned to Dejan, who seemed normal to the side, and pleaded, "Please... kill me, kill me now!"
Nurgle, the Father, is indeed merciful.
He treats every life equally.
Whether you are a nobleman or a slave laborer, you are all the same in His eyes.
But that's what makes a loving father so terrifying.
In His eyes, you are life, and the bacteria and viruses in your body are also life.
While blessing you, the virus in your body will also multiply wildly, eventually turning you into a walking virus incubator.
"See? She'd rather die than be with you." Dejan shrugged at Redridge and raised his slingshot to free Alice.
boom!
The bomb struck Alice in the head to Redridge's horror. The girl, who had only been resurrected a few minutes earlier, collapsed and bid farewell to this cruel world.
"ah…!"
Redridge went completely insane; he couldn't accept it.
Despite having given so much, Alice would rather die than be with him.
"It's all your fault! You killed Alice, and I'll make you pay with your life!"
Redridge roared and charged toward Dejan.
Dejan knew that this was NPD's impotent rage when he realized he couldn't control others.
"nerve!"
Deyang cursed under his breath, his eyes sharpening again.
Prism Color: Show Your Sword!
A surge of power instantly filled his limbs and bones, causing his attack power, health, speed, and everything else to skyrocket!
clang!
The power sword slashed at Hoffman's rotting limbs, tearing up large amounts of flesh and blood.
Dejan's offensive was swift and relentless, leaving dozens of deep, bone-revealing wounds on Hoffman's body in just a few moves.
No wonder he has such a talent for prismatic gradations.
He could feel that all his attributes had doubled.
"roll!"
Dejan delivered a powerful side kick, sending Hoffman flying and crashing into half of the wall.
"It's real meat!"
Noticing the foul-smelling slime on the boots, Dejan frowned; he could tell the other person wasn't dead.
It's fine in other aspects, but its vitality is truly tenacious.
He actually withstood more than 20 of his sword strikes!
"Okay, that's enough."
Deyang drew his sword, intending to finish off the enemy, but he stumbled and almost fell, feeling dizzy and lightheaded, with his arms aching.
My stamina is about to run out.
Even more deadly is that the effects of the Nurgle Plague have been gradually intensifying ever since we entered the castle.
Before, it was just a matter of being pricked with a needle, but now it's almost like being punched in the head.
"Huff, huff, no, no, hang in there." Deyang blinked rapidly, patted his cheeks, and pleaded, "Your Majesty, if you can hear me, please have mercy and heal me."
He regretted it as soon as he said it.
It seems that, apart from the original, all accounts that have been used by the Emperor are rendered useless.
"Never mind, it was just a joke."
[Heart of Steel 343+]
[HP: 3205/6272]
【28460/40050 (38 layers of Heartsteel)】
Deyang glanced at the health bar and his spirits lifted.
He calculated that since the start of the battle, he had stacked nearly 100 layers of Heart Steel, and his health had soared from over 3000 to 6272.
The abnormal aspects of Heart of Steel are beginning to show.
As they are stacked, each layer of Heart Steel adds more and more health.
With the addition of a tank engine, it has a combined 4 HP.
Dejan tested it, and found that without hitting a vital point, a single bomb could take away about 100 points of his health, and hitting a vital point would double that.
Unless subjected to heavy firepower, he is generally not a match for most damage dealers these days.
The meat is good, but my stamina isn't quite up to par.
Before Deyan could think further, a Blasphemous Knight mech burst out of the ruins amidst a violent tremor of the ground, and Redridge's malicious roar echoed from the cockpit.
"Dejan Davent, prepare to die! I'll make you pay with your life for Alice!"
"Then I'll send you to the subspace to reunite with her!" Deyan's face hardened, he gritted his teeth and charged towards the knight mech.
His body swelled up rapidly in the wind.
38-story tank engine, start!
In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a 12-meter-tall giant.
He teleported close and delivered a powerful Emperor Kick that knocked the Blasphemous Knight to the ground.
Boom!
The knight mech crashed to the ground, and Redridge's corrupted head buzzed, his small eyes embedded in the rotting flesh staring blankly.
My dear Father, what is this huge lump in front of me?
Before he could react, Deyang launched a powerful attack, his 6-meter-long chainsaw blade spinning at high speed, severing the tentacles and piercing straight into the cockpit.
The Knight Mech's shield deflection field is effective against ranged attacks, but it is really ineffective against melee weapon strikes.
The chainsaw sword was barely obstructed, easily piercing the cockpit like a chopstick poking tofu.
…Stir it up wildly!
Metal tore apart, and rotting flesh splattered out.
"If I were Alice, I'd want to die too, since you're so self-righteous, have an insatiable desire for control, and are so prone to self-pity."
"Remember, I didn't kill her."
"It's you!"
Just a second before Redridge was completely killed, Dejan's voice was clearly transmitted into the cockpit through the loudspeaker.
To kill someone, you must first destroy their spirit!
Redridge was so angry he was practically vomiting pus.
Then Death's chainsaw sword shredded everything.
[Tank Engine +1]
Destroyed the altar, Deyan returned to his normal size, his knees buckled and he collapsed to the ground, his chest heaving violently.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~"
After a brief rest, he stood up, leaning on his sword, and turned to look at the battlefield outside the castle, where cannons roared.
Now is not the time to rest.
There's also the Fisher family, who could defect at any moment.