Ruksinth

"What did you do?" After steadying his emotions, Jiang Rui slowly stepped into the alley.

Three or four charred corpses lay there, one of them female.

The scene was not particularly bloody, but the stench of blood mixed with scorched protein was no easier to bear.

"Just asked for directions." Ariel acted as if she had done something utterly trivial. "And dealt with some evil while I was at it~ Hehe."

She suddenly crouched down, picked up a woman's wallet, and shook it. A few U.S. dollars and a "magazine" fell out.

"Oh? Looks like I got it wrong~"

Ariel mournfully shook the wallet. After finding nothing else inside, she suddenly smiled again and casually tossed it aside. "But what does that matter~"

"Cracking down on vice and crime is everyone's responsibility."

This woman—

Jiang Rui always had the feeling that Ariel was deliberately trying to provoke him.

He had guessed right.

Humming a little tune, Ariel glanced at the rookie silently following behind her, her face full of infatuation.

How interesting~

Struggling between humanity and death... Ah, she liked him more and more.

Steady, rational, calm.

Most importantly, he could endure!

But the more he endured, the more Ariel wanted to see him rage helplessly.

There were rewards for protecting rookies? Bullshit. Supernatural Paradise had never sympathized with the weak, and the Paradise itself was no exception.

Still, with his temperament, she would have to get rid of him eventually~

A toy should look like a toy.

A few hours ago, she had been extremely upset. Her headstrong, arrogant older brother, who had always treated her like a child, had not only left her behind but even called it "giving her some training."

What a joke! She was support, damn it! Support! What else was a Thunder Priest if not support?!

More importantly, aside from her tendency to cause trouble, the reason her brother had not brought her along was that pioneering missions were too dangerous.

That worried her.

Then, she saw a rookie.

A "toy" to improve her mood.

At the time, her lips had curved into a smile.

"You're really unlucky to have met me~"

Along the way, Jiang Rui remained silent, while Ariel was legendary!

Whether they were robbers, rapists, or robbers who stole from the rich to give to the poor, whether they were men, women, or cheating couples together, she killed them all!

Along the way, Jiang Rui silently told himself that they were all criminals, evils that thrived in the night. Yet even so, every time someone fell, he reminded himself again: he was powerless to stop others, but he had to hold to his bottom line. If he could avoid killing, he would avoid it.

Likewise, because Ariel had made no effort to conceal herself along the way, Jiang Rui clearly realized that Ariel was not merely a mage.

She was also a lightning mage. This greatly boosted the Slime's hopes, since it possessed the passive skill "Electric Current Resistance," and his whole demeanor became a little livelier.

His chances of winning had greatly increased!

After walking for who knew how long.

They arrived before a tower...

"Ding ding dong, Kingpin Tower, we're here." Ariel clasped her hands behind her back, bent at the waist, and turned around, looking exactly like an adorable young girl.

Jiang Rui ignored the girl's obvious plea to have her head patted. She was a lunatic.

"I understand the reasoning, but why are we here?" Jiang Rui raised his head and looked at the resplendent, brightly lit Kingpin Tower.

"Huh? Didn't I tell you?" Ariel scratched her head, then clapped her hands. "We're killing Kingpin! While everyone is focused on Madam Gao, wouldn't it be great if we quietly killed Kingpin?"

If Kingpin were that easy to kill, would it be your turn? Jiang Rui wisely did not respond. Rather, his mind was constantly racing with little schemes, and Great Sage was nearly overloaded.

Well, even though Great Sage was magical intelligence...

Ariel ignored Jiang Rui and continued on her own.

"We'll attack separately. My mission is to kill Kingpin, while yours is to stay alive until you reach the top."

She paused and emphasized, "No running away, okay?"

"Fine." Jiang Rui nodded. He had no intention of running. He wanted to settle this once and for all.

"Hehe, if you survive, then once we get out, you'll be a member of Golden Dawn."

Ariel was very satisfied with his attitude. Ah, it made her want to recruit a little brother. When Rimuru had endured countless hardships and joyfully run to the rooftop, only to discover that she was going to kill him!

Wow, that would definitely be super cute!

Lowering her head, she softly chanted, "ζ," then transformed into a lightning serpent and shot into the building. Crackling sounds immediately rang out.

The entire tower went dark.

Wilson Fisk,

The strongest human villain!

Don't disappoint me. I've bet everything on you!!!

With this prayer, Jiang Rui dissolved into a mass of black mist. When the mist dispersed, a blue ball appeared where he had been.

The reason he used this form was because Jiang Rui felt it was easier for infiltration...

Jiang Rui looked up. The left side of the third floor flashed, then the right side of the sixth floor lit up. Well then, she was already on the tenth floor—

He sighed. His heart was so tired.

Lightning flashed and thunder roared, looking cool as hell...

A textbook Wong-style infiltration...

Why did it always feel like she was the protagonist?

Couldn't learn it, couldn't learn it!

Anyway, the one who laughed last was the winner.

Jiang Rui turned into a puddle of liquid and slowly flowed into the tower.

"Two hours ago, Madam Gao's factory was attacked."

"And now, the dignity of a king has been challenged."

His massive body made the chair beneath him tremble slightly. Kingpin leaned against the backrest, his face dark.

"And yet you tell me—"

"That you detected no invading force."

Kingpin planted his cane on the floor, his enormous body exuding an invisible pressure.

"Anything that dares provoke me will regret ever existing in this world. Go and do your jobs."

"Leave here. Warn those restless rats what they should do!"

His subordinates dispersed. Kingpin simply stood there, waiting for the person who had challenged him to arrive, then he would crush them.

In the darkness, few noticed the tiny Slime laboriously climbing upward.

With only a tiny expenditure of magic power, a clear three-dimensional structure of the tower appeared in his mind.

Kingpin Tower truly had far too many high-tech defense systems.

But it had to be said that lightning was truly the destroyer of weapons in an electrical civilization.

Kingpin hated superhumans.

It was a belief that would arise in the future after Daredevil, Spider-Man, and others repeatedly disrupted his operations.

And today, he had that thought for the first time.

"I hate superhumans."

The explosive speed of Kingpin's leg muscles left afterimages behind him as his punch struck the wall, leaving spiderweb-like cracks.

His speed had surpassed human limits, but unfortunately, it still could not compare to the swiftness of lightning.

The girl smiled sweetly. Amid twisting lightning, countless bolts burst outward.

They made Kingpin's entire body feel densely numb and itchy.

During his more than ten years of training, electrical stimulation had been indispensable, granting Kingpin considerable lightning resistance.

Even so, he did not dare let down his guard.

Lightning's paralytic properties could stiffen muscles. Worst of all, prolonged exposure to high-intensity current could leave muscle groups too numb to move, and even cause nerve death.

His cane tapped the floor. Soundless smoke began to spread, and a laser shot out, grazing the lightning-fast girl.

It cut through her clothes, revealing a patch of pure white at her chest. The skin near her heart was sliced open, thin streaks of blood flowing out.

Ariel licked her lips. She had to admit that she had underestimated this world's "ordinary people."

Unparalleled power, endurance, and defense.

Other than speed, his physical qualities completely crushed hers in every respect.

Just being grazed by the pressure of his punch had shaken her internal organs.

If she took a direct punch, Ariel had no doubt that, as a fragile priest, her internal organs would rupture and she would die instantly.

He was practically comparable to a thug of her own rank. Ariel felt rather unlucky. How could someone in a technological world become comparable to a Rank Seven through training?

The reason she had dared to assassinate Kingpin alone was naturally because this world appeared, for now, to be a technology-based civilization.

The lightning sequence completely countered both the mech sequence and the mechanic sequence!

Still, it was not a problem.

η...

Transform into lightning, chant, pray.

Kingpin felt uneasy.

Even though he had held the advantage all along.

She was singing—no, chanting would be more accurate.

Thunder Priests were weaker than other professions of the same sequence in all aspects, but priests had always possessed the ability to borrow the power of gods and other beings!

That was right. She was support. All she needed was to remain in the rear, lock onto the enemy, pray, chant, and strike with one fatal blow!

Witness the judgment of the Lord of Thunder!

What a magnificent sight.

Dark clouds gathered, and the storm converged.

Jiang Rui, hiding in a corner, looked out the window. Words occasionally flashed through his mind... thunderbolt... lightning storm... descend at my call, Kirin... Railgun, and the like.

Could Thor reach this level?

Probably, at least in the comics.

Could Kingpin withstand it? Jiang Rui thought not. How high a voltage could a real lightning strike reach? Of course, one could not discuss physics in a mystical setting; Newton's coffin lid had been unable to stay shut for years.

But even so, Jiang Rui felt that Kingpin could not withstand it.

Should he help?

Help. After hesitating for a moment, black mist suddenly spread.

Compared to chaotic neutral, Jiang Rui felt that lawful evil was still more to his liking.

Of course, he firmly believed himself to be lawful good.

Kingpin felt that he was about to die. After death, could he abandon this so-called kingship and return to an ordinary life?

Would the wife he had killed with his own hands hate him in another world, waiting for him in hell?

Unfortunately, he was destined not to see it.

A sky-blue barrier appeared alongside the black mist and shielded him just as the lightning bolt descended.

At that moment, Kingpin understood.

He was still king, the king of the United States underworld.

"Hello. Let me introduce myself. My name is Brent, Brent Rand!"

As the words fell, the lightning faded.

Ariel stared at Jiang Rui in disbelief. She could not understand how this newcomer had emerged unscathed from her killing blow, but she knew one thing clearly: he had saved Kingpin!

So, she had to flee! She turned around without hesitation. Just as she transformed into lightning, a laser flashed.

Bang

A blossom of blood bloomed, and she collapsed to the ground.

In the end, she had not been faster than the laser...

"The price of offending a king."

After murmuring those words and piercing the woman's heart, Kingpin took a step back and pointed his cane at Jiang Rui.

"Brent... Rand?"

"Wait." Jiang Rui nodded and slowly backed away. "I still have something to take care of."

He walked over to Ariel. Her heart had already been pierced through by Kingpin—

"You... betrayed me..." Ariel forced out a smile. Even as her health rapidly fell and her face grew paler, she still blinked cutely.

"Simple, effective, dishonorable, but useful... Besides." Jiang Rui stared at her. "I was never loyal to you. How could there be betrayal?"

"Ha... ha..." She struggled to raise a hand. "Ruksinth..."

"Hm?"

"Ruk... sinth..." The girl gently grabbed Jiang Rui's arm as he crouched down. Using the last of her strength, she rose, hugged him, and whispered into his ear.

"My... real... name."

"Be careful... of my... brother..." After saying that, she licked Jiang Rui's neck—

Jiang Rui's expression changed. He swiftly stood up.

"Notice: A mental lock has been detected... cleared."

This woman... Was she still trying to scheme against me even as she died...?

Moments later, she finally went silent, and black mist climbed over her body as well...

"Confirmation complete. Analyzing—"