The body of the Scythe of Fate began to twist, its HP bar dropping sharply.
"Wheeze—!"
For its final strike, as long as it could kill one of the people here, the Scythe of Fate would not count the mission as failed.
Its mission was [kill the intruders attempting to enter the room]. The mission did not specify a number. At the moment the Scythe of Fate was about to die, the system changed the mission target to one person.
That target was Feng Chen.
"Smack!"
(Honestly, I just gave the order, and now I'm going to be the one disobeying it?)
Feng Chen knew he had to push Bella away. The massive scythe could attack at least five people at once. Because the two of them had been forced to stand so close together, the scythe would definitely be able to kill them both.
The blade drew close to Feng Chen, as if it would split him in half the next second. But—
The scythe still failed to touch Feng Chen.
At the final moment, just as the scythe was about to make contact with Feng Chen's body—it was too late. Starting from the part nearest to Feng Chen, the scythe gradually transformed into polyhedral fragments.
The Scythe of Fate's cloak and skull mask twisted as well, as if they wanted to resist the system. But everyone knew that an immature program could not resist the system, which held the highest authority below that one person.
"Phew!"
After watching the monster turn into polyhedral fragments before him, Feng Chen's tense nerves finally relaxed.
He had almost died here, and Feng Chen was still shaken by it. Pushing Bella away had been an instinctive action; he had not considered what would happen afterward at all. If the Scythe of Fate's