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 bloody, but the stench of blood mixed with traces of burnt protein was hardly pleasant.

"Just asked for directions." Ariel acted as though she had done something trivial. "And took the opportunity to punish evil~ Hehehe."

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

"Ah, looks like I got it wrong~"

Ariel shook the wallet with a mournful face. After confirming there was nothing else inside, she suddenly grinned 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 felt that Ariel was deliberately trying to provoke him.

He had guessed correctly.

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... Oh my, 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 was a reward for protecting rookies? Bullshit. Supernatural Paradise had never sympathized with the weak, and 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.

She remembered a few hours ago, when she had been incredibly annoyed because her willful, arrogant brother, who always treated her like a child, had not only left her behind but had even called it "training."

What a joke! She was support! 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 taken her along was that the pioneering mission was too dangerous.

That had worried her.

Then she saw a rookie.

A "toy" to lift her mood.

At the time, the corners of her lips had curved upward.

"You're really unlucky to have run into me~"

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

Whether they were robbing for money, robbing for sex, or robbing the rich to help the poor, whether they were men, women, or cheating couples together, she killed them all!

Along the way, Jiang Rui silently reminded himself that they were criminals, evils bred by the night. But even so, every time someone fell, he told himself again that he was powerless to stop others, but he had to hold to his bottom line. If he could avoid killing, then he would not kill.

Likewise, because Ariel had not concealed anything along the way, Jiang Rui clearly realized that the Ariel before him was not just a mage.

She was also a lightning mage. That greatly increased the Slime's hopes, since he possessed the passive skill "Electric Current Resistance," and he became noticeably more energetic.

His chances of victory had greatly increased!

After walking for who knew how long.

They arrived before a skyscraper...

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

Jiang Rui ignored the girl's obvious request for a head pat. She was a lunatic.

"I understand the logic, but why are we here?" Jiang Rui raised his head and looked at the brilliantly 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 said nothing. Rather, his mind was constantly spinning 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 split up. My mission is to kill Kingpin, while yours is to reach the top alive."

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

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

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

Ariel was very satisfied with his attitude. Oh my, it made her want to take in a little brother. After Rimuru went through countless hardships and happily ran to the rooftop, only to find that she was going to kill him!

Wow, that would definitely be super cute!

She lowered her head and softly chanted, "ζ," transforming into a lightning serpent that shot into the building. Crackling sounds immediately rang out.

The entire building went dark.

Wilson Fisk,

The strongest human villain!

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

Praying like that, Jiang Rui transformed into a mass of black mist. When the mist dispersed, a blue ball remained in its place...

The reason he used this form was because Jiang Rui felt it was better 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. She looked unbelievably cool...

A textbook Wong-style infiltration...

Why did it feel like she was the protagonist?

He could not learn that. Absolutely could not!

Anyway, the one who laughed last was the winner.

Jiang Rui transformed into liquid and slowly flowed into the building.

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

"Now, the dignity of a king has also been challenged."

His massive body made the chair beneath him tremble slightly. Kingpin leaned back in his chair, his face gloomy.

"And yet you tell me."

"You detected no invading force."

Kingpin planted his cane against the ground, and his massive body radiated invisible pressure.

"Anyone who dares anger me will regret ever existing in this world. Go, do your jobs."

"Leave this place and warn those restless rats what they should be doing!"

After his men dispersed, Kingpin simply stood there, waiting for the person who had challenged him to arrive so that he could crush them.

In the darkness, few noticed a tiny Slime struggling to climb upward.

With only a tiny amount of magic power spent, a clear three-dimensional structure of the building appeared in his mind.

Kingpin Tower had simply too many high-tech defense systems.

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

Kingpin hated superhumans.

That was an idea Kingpin would develop later, after Daredevil, Spider-Man, and others repeatedly ruined his operations.

But 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 fist struck the wall, leaving cracks like a spiderweb.

His speed had already surpassed human limits, but unfortunately, it still could not compare to Thunderous Swiftness.

The girl smiled sweetly. As lightning twisted around her, countless bolts shot outward.

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

During more than a decade of training, electric stimulation had been indispensable, giving Kingpin considerable lightning resistance.

Even so, he did not dare be careless.

Lightning's paralysis could stiffen muscles. Most terrifying of all, prolonged stimulation by high-intensity currents 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, sweeping past the girl racing like thunder.

It cut through her clothes, exposing a patch of pure white at her chest. The skin over her heart was slashed open, and thin lines of blood flowed out.

Ariel licked the corner of her lips. She had to admit that she had underestimated the "mortals" of this world.

Unparalleled strength, endurance, and defense.

Other than speed, his physical qualities completely crushed hers.

Just brushing against the pressure of his fist had shaken her internal organs.

If she took a direct punch, Ariel had no doubt that a fragile priest like her would die instantly from ruptured organs.

He was practically comparable to a thug of the same rank as her. Ariel felt a little unlucky. How could someone in a technological world become comparable to a Rank Seven just through training?

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

The Lightning Sequence completely countered both the Mecha Sequence and the Mechanist Sequence!

Still, it was not a problem.

η...

Transforming into lightning, she chanted and prayed.

Kingpin felt uneasy.

Even though he had maintained the advantage.

She was singing. No, it would be more accurate to say that she was chanting.

Thunder Priests were weaker in every aspect than other professions of the same sequence, but priests had always been beings capable of borrowing divine power!

That was right. She was support. She only needed to stay in the rear, lock onto the enemy, pray, chant, and kill with a single blow!

Witness the Judgment of the Lord of Thunder!

It was truly spectacular.

Dark clouds gathered, and a storm converged.

Jiang Rui, hiding in a corner, looked out the window. Words occasionally flashed through his mind... lightning strike... lightning storm... fall at my command, Kirin... Railgun...

Could Thor reach this level?

Probably, at least in the comics.

Could Kingpin withstand it? Jiang Rui did not think so. How high a voltage could a real lightning strike reach? Of course, in the mystical realm, they could not discuss physics. After all, Newton's coffin lid had been impossible to hold down 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 more to his liking.

Naturally, he firmly believed that he was 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 to descend into Hell?

Unfortunately, he was destined not to find out.

A sky-blue barrier appeared alongside the black mist, protecting him as the lightning struck down.

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 his words faded, the lightning dispersed.

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

So she had to run! She turned without hesitation, but just as she transformed into lightning, a laser flashed.

Bang

A bloom of blood appeared, and she fell to the ground.

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

"The price of offending a king."

After muttering that, Kingpin took a step back after piercing the woman's heart and aimed his cane at Jiang Rui.

"Brent... Rand?"

"Wait a moment." Jiang Rui nodded and slowly backed away. "I still have something to deal with."

He walked over to Ariel. Her heart had already been pierced 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 lightly grabbed Jiang Rui's arm as he crouched down. Using the last of her strength, she rose and hugged him, whispering 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, and he quickly stood up.

"Notice: Mind Lock detected... Cleared."

This woman... Even at death's door, she still wanted to scheme against me...

A moment later, she completely stopped breathing, and black mist crept over her body...

"Confirmation complete, analyzing—"