Chapter 878 The Devil’s Redemption
At night, a modern city looks bright and feasting.
The colorful neon lights turn Tokyo into a city that never sleeps.
Although Tokyo in the 1980s and 1990s seemed less prosperous than later generations, it was still at the height of neon lights, and its simple liveliness and consumption power were even greater.
It seems like everyone in this era is in a state of carnival.
However, in this atmosphere, the high-rise buildings were piled with sandbags and had various machine gun positions, but they seemed a bit conspicuous.
Large and beautiful garrisons and neon's own escorts are distributed here, seemingly guarding the hustle and bustle below.
The two neon soldiers leaning on the roof, although standing guard at this time, were smoking cigarettes and chatting with a little excitement.
"In this world, I don’t know whether it is good or bad."
"I think this is a blessing from Amaterasu, which gives us an extra piece of land that we dream of!"
"Looking at those big and beautiful soldiers who used to be so proud, after losing contact with their homeland, won't they finally put down their dignity?"
"We have regained our autonomy and gained a vast land with enough resources. This is a gift from God!"
"But those monsters that haunt..."
"If you want to obtain God's gift, you must withstand the test. Compared with the harvest, this danger is nothing. The minerals there are extremely rich, and our production capacity is no longer limited, and our industrial production capacity can be fully utilized. ”
It was obvious that one of the two was a more right-wing soldier, and the more he talked, the more excited he became.
I don't know what happened, but their whole neon suddenly disappeared from the earth and came to such a ghost place.
There was only neon lights and the nearby sea, which made them panic for a long time at first.
If an island country loses external supplies, its own resources will not be enough.
But they soon discovered that the adjacent world was a strange continent that looked somewhat similar to the style of ancient humans.
Although there is a legend about a demon in that world, it likes to disguise itself among the crowd, and also likes to devour human internal organs.
But after discovering some 12.7-caliber machine guns and sending them away with a few grenades, we knew that the 'demon' was nothing more than that.
The only troublesome thing is the disguise.
What followed was the mighty colonial era. Neon itself had a large population. In addition, colonization enslaved the indigenous people there, and continuously transported supplies to the mainland.
And perhaps it is a gift from God that the residents there also speak Japanese!
Although it was inevitable that demons would mix in and begin to lurk in Neon.
But overall it's still positive.
Colonizing the ignorant natives under the epoch-making suppression power of modern weapons, the huge profits this can bring are enough to suppress the adverse reactions caused by the great changes in Neon.
But just as they were chatting, a figure suddenly appeared next to the two of them as if invisible. He reached out and clicked on their acupuncture points, making them unable to move.
This made the two soldiers on the rooftop post immediately have expressions of horror in their eyes.
What's going on?
Monster?
"Don't worry, I'm a human, not a monster. I just want to ask you a few questions."
The visitor was masked in black clothes, and only a pair of brilliant eyes could be seen exposed from the hood
"I understand, just blink your eyes and I'll help you unravel the sound."
The two blinked wildly, making Shi Wen nod, and then unlocked one of them's dumb hole
"Why do you want to set up a defensive position on the roof? Can monsters fly?"
"Some of them can indeed fly, but they are placed on the roof mainly because demons often like to use the blind spots on the roof to jump and move due to their super physical fitness. We are guards and preventive. Since we have arranged this kind of thing that can be condescending After the outpost, there have been a lot less incidents of demons hurting people.”
The soldier whose acupoints were unlocked said quickly.
"I see, how many are these monsters? How many are there in your world, and how many are there in the other world?"
"I don't know. I'm just an ordinary soldier. There are no internal notices. There are only occasional reports in the news. At present, attacks in our country are not frequent. Demons mainly have strong latent abilities and can transform into various human shapes. But it’s not difficult to kill..."
Having said this, he paused for a moment, seeming to realize that this person might have come here specifically to learn about the information, and then continued quickly
"In that world of monsters, there is a human organization that is fighting against monsters. They have a silver-eyed killer called the 'Great Sword' under their command. They have the terrifying power to kill monsters with cold weapons, and their physical strength exceeds that of ordinary people. ”
"Have you cooperated with that organization?"
"I don't know. It seems that I just came into contact with it. The specific content is not something that a soldier like me knows."
After Shi Wen asked a lot of questions, he hesitated for a while and decided not to kill the two of them. He just tapped their acupuncture points again to make them fall asleep.
He looked around before preparing to leave from the stairwell.
I had climbed up and down from the roof before, but luckily there was no problem.
"Hey, the work of intelligence development is really difficult. No wonder few people are willing to take this kind of work. Although the rewards are high, it is really not done by humans..."
The awakening talent is good, and I have learned the internal power that has been passed down. I entered the abyss smoothly, and I suddenly swelled up.
As a result, when I took on this kind of exploration mission for the first time, I discovered that the requirements for this seemingly inconspicuous mission are really high. It requires strength, adaptability, reaction, disguise, etc.
It's really not suitable for newcomers.
“It’s not something that can be accomplished with passion...”
Shi Wen sighed. Now the development zone has encountered a bottleneck. Going in the other direction, he seemed to have encountered green-skinned goblins from Baixing City in Baixing Prefecture.
Because the forces like White Star City have not been able to solve the problem, the pioneering zone has stopped exploring in that direction and can only look for other directions now.
"At the moment, there doesn't seem to be anything good here. An ordinary technological world can be used as a resource area and a transit rest area. It would be best to kill a monster and see what explodes..."
But just after Shi Wen opened the door and entered the stairwell.
Phew~
The sound came from behind, making him frown, and then quickly turned back.
When he opened the iron door on the roof again, he saw the two soldiers who had been knocked unconscious by him before, lying in a pool of blood...
——
In front of the two corpses, a monster with a ferocious face, a humanoid shape, exposed blood vessels, golden pupils, and a mouth full of fangs was chewing continuously.
The sharp claws on their hands had already disemboweled the two soldiers, and now their mouths were stuffed with slippery internal organs.
After noticing Shi Wen, his eyes squinted as if he had seen him coming.
After sucking and swallowing what was in his mouth, he made a hoarse sound
"What a blessing. I didn't expect a third one to be sent to me."
Shi Wen looked at the two people who fell asleep under his acupoints and died tragically because of his actions, and a look of anger appeared on his face
"I didn't even kill them! You deserve to die!"
As he finished speaking, his feet erupted, and one step was only ten feet long.
In two or three steps, he reached the demon's side with great speed.
This made the demons, who originally had a ferocious smile on their faces, look shocked.
"So fast?"
Before he could react, he looked at the opponent's palm force coming from afar, and heard the sound of a dragon's roar in his ears.
Ang~
A burst of air pressure came from the air, followed by a second palm, and a third palm layer upon layer. Finally, the palm power gathered together and hit the demon's resisting arm.
Without relying on weapons, he had already broken the demon's arm and pressed it heavily on his chest.
Poof~
Disgusting blood spurted out from the demon's mouth, as if his body had been shattered.
However, despite this injury, his other unaffected hand grabbed Shi Wen without slowing down at all.
The sharp claws caught Shi Wen off guard, but he was still caught with a few bloody marks, and then he quickly distanced himself.
"The vitality is so strong?"
Shi Wen was a little stunned, and then pulled out two large-caliber special pistols from his waist.
In the confused eyes of the demon, he pulled the trigger, bang~
His head was blown open like a watermelon.
Seeing the corpse fall to the ground, Shi Wen breathed a sigh of relief when his willpower began to gather into the opponent's claws.
After looking at his wound, he began to take out broad-spectrum anti-venom potion from his backpack and wiped it towards the wound.
If it is poisonous, it will be troublesome...
"Hey, the kid did a good job."
A somewhat unruly and hoarse voice sounded.
Countless bats gathered in front of me, and finally formed a figure of a man wearing a tuxedo with red eyes.
Just standing here quietly brought endless fear to Shi Wen.
What's this?
demon?
Another one? !
The gunfire here seems to have attracted the attention of the nearest adjacent post, and the bright searchlight has been sweeping towards this direction.
As if aware of this, Makabala raised his hand and grabbed the stone text, wrapped in shadow, and then clung to the wall on the back of the building like a ghost, rushing towards the downtown area below.
The mass of the Great Tomb of Nazarick is too great. Even if it has abundant evil energy as a power source, the reactions of starting, moving and stopping are relatively slow.
The advance team at the front is still dominated by the space carrier.
Rely on ‘flexibility’ to explore the way ahead.
And here is the area that Macabala is responsible for.
Soon afterwards, Makabala took the people to an apartment.
"Mr. Macabala is back? Is this fruitful?"
Kirito looked at the Dread Lord who led people in from the window like a bat, and also greeted him.
There were four people in their group.
Macabala, Kirito, Asuna and CC.
Kirito and Asuna mainly discovered a country similar to Neon and wanted to come and check it out.
Although I found that I was not my hometown, I still integrated into it relatively normally due to my familiarity with neon.
Kirito and Makbala now share a room, and Asuna and CC share a room next door.
"Well, I gained something."
The human form that Macabala transformed into was polite and looked like a gentleman.
And when he looked at Kirito, his scarlet eyes also had an expression of amusement and interest.
The Dread Lord likes to play with others like a puppet on a string. He feels that this guy named Kirito can do some interesting things here...
As if they heard the noise here, CC and Asuna from next door also came over and knocked on the door.
After Kirito opened the door, CC, who was biting a pizza, also curiously poked his head at Shi Wen
"What did you catch?"
Although Macabala is the strongest in the team in terms of strength, the command of the team this time lies with CC who possesses the Holy Scroll.
CC, which has obtained part of the origin of the C world, is born with part of the holy will. Although its strength has not kept up, its essence is indeed higher!
"Should be a pioneer."
Macabala looked at Shiwen who was meditating with his eyes closed, as if he was trying to escape with the help of the characteristics of the pioneers. When he was about to succeed in the end, he poked him with his fingertips.
A trace of severe pain completely interrupted Shi Wen's return.
This feeling of seeing hope and coming back again almost made Shi Wen collapse.
But his expression actually put a happy smile on Makabala's face.
"You are such a bad person."
CC did not stop Macabala's actions. Although she was scolding her, the witch was watching with relish while eating the pizza.
"You, are you also a pioneer?"
Shi Wen was a little shocked.
To explore these new worlds on his own, he is actually relatively well equipped.
The big figures of the Boundary Breakers above are so arrogant that if it weren't for some tough orders, they would rarely consider opening up wasteland.
The guy who easily subdued himself before and easily wandered around the city with such speed and stealth was probably at the level of a big shot of the Boundary Breaker in terms of strength!
He couldn't find a way to crack it except relying on the pioneer's characteristics to catch him by surprise for the first time.
The communication was successful just now, and he was excited to think that he could sell this information when he went back. Maybe some big shots would be interested and come over to take a look.
But all of this was shattered with that one finger!
Why would such a strong person come here?
Is there any unknown secret in this world?
It’s over!
If there really is such a secret, then I am afraid that I will become a dead person.
Only the dead can keep secrets...
But before he could think of anything else, Macabala had already injected a ray of evil energy into Shi Wen's body through his fingers.
The intense corrosiveness of the evil energy made Shi Wen scream in an instant.
However, the sound was directly blocked by Makabala's silence.
After a while, he released his fingers
"Don't make rash guesses. You are the prisoner and have no right to ask questions."
With the previous injection of evil energy, Shi Wen's whole body was soaked with sweat, which made Kirito's face show a trace of unbearability, and then he took the initiative to speak
"We just want to ask a few questions. As long as you answer truthfully, we won't hurt you. At most, we won't let you go back for the time being." Although it was because of Kirito Shin's kind words, but in conjunction with Makabala's actions, But both red and white faces came.
Shi Wen's will was immediately broken, and a lot of corresponding information was taken out from his mouth...
——
The majestic Great Tomb of Nazarick is like a suspended mountain, moving above a rough and chaotic sea. Neither strong winds nor thunder have any impact on this flying fortress.
Looking up from the perspective of the sea is daunting. A pirate ship is breaking through the waves, escaping in a panic, just wanting to get as far away as possible.
Tao Yu between the thrones is still digesting the energy after absorbing so many demons before, and completely converting it for his own use.
"Glory Empire?"
Tao Yu also raised an eyebrow after seeing Makabala's figure directly through the mirror in front.
The Glory Empire is a powerful empire composed of several states on the edge of the Endless Sea. It is the nearest gathering place for other pioneers in the Xingyao Old Development Zone and is also a city under the Glory Empire.
So Tao Yu is not very unfamiliar, and he still has some information in his hands.
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"The emperor of the empire is a god directly worshiped by them, and several states can be highly centralized. The strength of the royal family of the Glory Empire should far exceed that of the Bai family. However, there seems to be some trouble in the Glory Empire recently. The emperor has become very powerful. He just didn’t show up..."
After all, it is the force closest to the old pioneering area. Although most of the city-states under its command also have a high degree of autonomy, there will definitely be people in Xingyao City who want to know more about it.
And listening to some subsequent intelligence descriptions of the world, Tao Yu also found information about a healing anime in his mind, Big Sword!
The story of a group of half-demon girls exorcising demons.
Thinking of the content of this healing episode, Tao Yu also tapped her fingers, and then said calmly
"CC is also a core member of the Witch Church."
CC, who was eating pizza on the other side, was also stunned at this time. He stretched out his finger and pointed at himself, as if to say, 'Me? ’.
"Those great swords all have excellent combat qualities. Nazarick lacks such members who have a sense of autonomy and obey orders. It is up to you to recruit them, and others will assist you."
Tao Yu didn't care about CC's thoughts and calmly stated the arrangement and sent them to do it.
"Your will be obeyed."
Makabala agreed without any hesitation, without giving CC a chance to reply.
Although in Makabala's eyes, the level of demons and swords described in the description don't matter, they are too weak.
It's not worth it to be arranged specifically by the boss.
But since it is the boss who has spoken, then this matter is a big deal and it is his mission!
"You can really take a look at the silver-eyed slayer who kills monsters. This may be just what Asuna and I can handle."
Kirito held the fist palm in his hand, and his face showed a little excitement, finally it could be of some use.
Following the team all the way, he actually discovered that if he and Asuna relied on themselves, it would be almost impossible to find the fragments of his hometown.
Even if the two of them are not weak in strength, it is still too difficult to cross the various fragments.
Only by following the leader of the Burning Legion, who looks cruel but actually often takes advantage of people, can he have a chance to return home.
And he didn't seem to care about the fate of the two of them. He found a neon style here and made arrangements directly.
Although Kirito is a bit of a mid-level player at times, overall he can handle it clearly.
But he had just finished speaking, and Makabala said to Kirito with a strange smile on his face
"Kirito-kun, I know some of your thoughts, but I still have to advise you. Sometimes you have to give up what you should give up. This is good for everyone."
"Abandon?"
Kirito was stunned for a moment, then said firmly
"I will never give up on finding my way home."
"That's not what I'm talking about."
Macabala glanced at Asuna, who was a little confused, and a smile appeared on her lips.
CC, who had just finished eating pizza, seemed to have noticed something. His eyes flashed with a little golden light, and he waved his hand in disgust
"You have such a bad taste."
Even though she said that, there was some amusement and curiosity in her own eyes.
"Let's go. Now Neon has launched a large-scale development policy, encouraging people to go to the next world to open up wasteland. It's easy to find the way..."
……
In a remote town in an unknown continent, four cloaked sword-wielding women on the street surrounded another man in the same attire and stood among them.
"Theresa, you have not contacted the organization. Have you betrayed the organization?"
Irena, who was once ranked No. 2 and is now No. 3, looked at the current No. 1 sword with a solemn face.
Failure to contact the organization will be regarded as betraying the organization and will be punished and liquidated by the organization!
"If this is the case, then you should just do it."
Teresa's expression was very calm, but there was a little melancholy in her words. Her long wavy golden hair and soft cheeks made her seem very easy to get along with at first glance, and she seemed to be a gentle big sister. .
It just looks very gentle.
But now the four swordsmen ranked second to fifth next to her were all suppressed by her in terms of momentum.
All four of them drew their swords and stood ready, but Theresa's sword was still hanging on her back.
"Watch your attitude!"
The newcomer Precia, who was newly promoted to No. 2, spoke with a somewhat irritable expression, and her eyes had turned golden.
Even the expression on his face looked a little ferocious.
Except for the first generation of great swords, subsequent great swords are all half-demon warriors transformed from women who have incorporated the flesh and blood of demons.
Liberating 10% of the demon power will change the color of the pupils, 30% of the face will begin to have mutations, 50% of the body will be deformed, and if it exceeds 80%, it will be irreversibly awakened and become an awakened person that is more terrifying than ordinary demons.
Teresa looked at the change in the expression on her face, Precia, who was full of powerful demonic power, but the expression on her face was still so indifferent
"Today is different from the past, and you should be able to feel it. Since the big earthquake, our demonic power has become stronger and more difficult to control. Now, if we can liberate as little as possible, we should liberate as little as possible..."
"I don't want you to preach!"
With terrifying speed, Precia came close to slashing at Teresa in an instant.
Because of her actions, several other teammates had to follow and launched attacks at the same time.
Facing this former NO.1, no matter how cautious you are!
However, they soon discovered that all this was in vain. Under Theresa's terrifying strength, she only maintained 10% of the demonic power released throughout the whole process, and she was able to suppress the four of them.
Defeated all four of them easily!
Puff~Puff~
Bone-deep blood marks appeared one after another, and the four attacking swordsmen all fell into a pool of blood. The bodies of the half-demon gave them strong vitality. Although the injuries were terrible, they were not fatal.
After finishing all this, Teresa sheathed her sword, turned around, took out a little girl from the alley next to her, and left just like that.
The sense of humiliation and anger caused by this severe injury and neglect made the expression on Precia's face become more ferocious.
Even though he was seriously injured and fell in a pool of blood, he still managed to get up
"Want to escape? This is impossible!"
More and more powerful demonic power emerged from her body, and her entire body began to undergo obvious alienation. It was obvious that the demonic power had been released by more than 50%!
This change caused the expression of the current NO.3 Ilea, who was older than her and was replaced by him in the second position, to change
"You haven't had this kind of experience yet, control it quickly! Otherwise you will lose control!"
"Shut up! I am the captain!"
Precia roared, her speed suddenly increased, and she was in front of Teresa in the blink of an eye.
When~
Teresa, who drew her sword to block the attack, is now a little more serious
"If you wake up, I won't hold back..."
"Then give it a try!"
The face became more ferocious, and the roaring Precia continued to increase her demonic power output, and her speed became faster and faster.
Even his fingers and arms can already be extended and ejected, making them as unpredictable as rubber.
But no matter how fancy or fast her attack was, Teresa could easily block it, and after becoming familiar with her routine, she cut off one of her arms with just one blow.
Subsequently, continuous slashing blows burst out blood flowers on various key points of Precia. Finally, Precia could not hold the big sword in her hand, and fell to the ground with a "clang" sound. .
The whole person was also beaten and fell to her knees on the ground. Looking at her demonized and ferocious face in the puddle, Precia was also stunned.
I have become the monster I hate the most...
"Kill me and let me die as a human being."
Precia said with some collapse.
This made Teresa, who had executed many awakened people with her own hands, couldn't help but sigh
"In that case, I'll satisfy you."
Coming to Precia with a sword, Teresa looked at Precia who was kneeling on the ground with a broken arm and finally said
"Do you have any other wishes?"
Precia didn't speak, she just lowered her head, exposing her demonized neck.
But her remaining injured arm was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye, and she had already touched the hilt of the fallen sword.
Theresa had a look of compassion in her eyes at this moment, and when she was about to wave, Precia's arm flashed like a swinging spring.
Phew~
The wrist holding the sword broke instantly and was knocked away.
The sudden blow did not allow the former No. 1 to react. This attack was completely beyond her expectation!
"What, it turns out there is no need to endure at all, the feeling of awakening is so wonderful..."
Precia, who succeeded with one blow, had a happy expression on her face.
No longer resisting demonization, after fully awakening, it turned out to be so wonderful!
"Then, it's time for you to hit the road..."
The broken arm grew out at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the right arm holding the sword was like a spring and slashed towards Teresa who had lost her arms and weapons.
But just when Precia was about to finish off the kill again, a green evil energy fell from the sky.
Precia's big sword was pinched by a pair of sharp nails.
A dark shadow four meters high loomed ahead.
Macabala revealed the true form of the Dread Lord and appeared here
"It's ironic that compassion arises in the heart of the abyss."
Macabala glanced at Teresa with a severed hand, and grinned with an expression of sarcasm and pleasure.
As the Dread Lord, he liked the scene in front of him very much.
Pity, betrayal, and fighting, how wonderful it is!
I have very little fun now.
However, compared to his own bad taste, the boss's orders are more important than anything else.
Since the boss has said that these big swords will be included, then as the No. 1 person, he cannot die in such a miserable way.
Otherwise, he really wouldn't mind watching from the sidelines and watching them kill each other until the last one left.
"Who are you!"
Precia also didn't expect that her full blow would be pinched by two nails.
But before he finished speaking, he was flicked by Makabala.
Bang~
The air exploded with twisted ripples.
Precia was instantly knocked back hundreds of meters!
It hit the mountain behind like a cannonball.
Boom~
The mountain was sunken and dust filled the sky.
The deep pit that was knocked out was filled with blood, and it seemed as if it was deflated instantly.
It was just the awakened person's powerful resilience and vitality that forcibly restrained her scattered flesh and blood, and slowly pieced it back together again.
This made Macabala raise her eyebrows a little
"The vitality is not bad. I think Nirvana will like it very much. Bring him some gifts and ask him to help me repair my claws next time."
The sharp claws scraped against each other, making a screeching sound accompanied by a burst of sparks.
The ferocious image of the Dread Demon King in Macabala is actually more terrifying than both demons and awakened beings.
The swordsmen beside him who had not yet reacted to the incident raised their weapons and pointed at Macabala.
Teresa also calmly and quickly retreated at this time, and instantly came to the place where her broken arm was, and said to the little girl who was taking her with her and running over eagerly
"Kreya, help me connect the broken arm to the wound. I can recover on my own."
Even being attacked by Precia did not make Teresa lose her composure, but at this moment, looking at Macabala's body, through her keen sense of demonic power, she could feel the disgusting and terrifying evil energy on the opponent.
That power, which was even more evil than demonic power, actually caused all the great swords to temporarily ignore the crippled Precia and focus all their energy on Macabala.
The image of the Dreadlord, who is more than four meters tall and has wings on his back, is indeed very suitable for the current world...
(End of chapter)