A Desperate Battle

Ms. M's body collapsed, and she reverted to the horrific appearance she had just taken the Potion from, resembling a humanoid Monster had been skinned alive, covered in blood. On the Monster's chest, seven or eight faces —Luther, Ms. M, the sacrificers...—floated, their eyes tightly closed.

Then, Ms. M's face moved up.

Her eyes opened quickly.

The intelligence that had once filled those eyes was gone, replaced by utter madness and hunger!

She appeared incredibly Greed, ravenously hungry for the three men's bodies.

"Die!"

She shouted at the three people present. Her shrill voice echoed endlessly, and within those extremely simple words lay an invisible, terrifying power and impact. The gift ability from Luther Sequence 8 was now being used by Ms. M had taken over his body!

"Boom!"

The three people present felt as if they had been hit hard on the head with a hammer. Their ears immediately rang, and blood gushed out of their nostrils, eyes, and other orifices!

"Spread!"

The noise echoed in his ears, Klein's vision blurred. Just then, he heard Dunn's deep call. Trusting Dunn, he moved to the right without thinking.

A heavy thud followed immediately. Klein, with his excellent body control, steadied himself and looked with his gradually recovering vision towards where he had stood—a place now filled with horrific Flesh. Ms. M's body rushed over, splattering Flesh and blood, bringing with it a strong Corrosion.

The original Blackthorn Security Company building has been completely Destruction.

Just then, the sky darkened again, and once more, a large amount of silk threads poured out from the urn in Dunn's arms, filling the surrounding area.

The shadow beneath Ms. M's feet no longer held any illusory phenomena; a certain ineffable high status had vanished, and Saint Selena's Ashes had once again begun their hunt for evil.

"Brush!"

The Flesh Monster suddenly turned around, and on its chest, Ms. M's face Distortion with hunger. She stared Greed at the group, her gaping mouth seeming to deliver a death sentence:

"Go to hell..."

Her voice trailed off halfway through, her mouth agape, unable to utter a sound.

Leonard, who had just gotten up from the ground, was reaching out his arms to her. The blood-red vein wrapped Beyonder Item his arm was swollen and bulging, its color turning a deep purple. Not only the veins on his face were also prominent, as if they were about to burst.

The Sealed Artifact, the "Blood Vessel Thief"!

"Language of Foulness" has been stolen!

Taking advantage of the brief opening in Ms. M's attack, the black threads stealthily and silently caught up. An out-of-control Ms. M may be terrifying, but losing control also caused her to lose her ruthless and insane Wisdom, turning her into a beast that fights according to instinct.

When she saw the black threads closing in, a normal person would have used the Flaming Jump away. But now, driven mad, she charged directly at the black threads, swinging her arms and throwing out pieces of Corrosion Flesh.

"Sizzle--"

The black threads, Corrosion by Flesh, twitched, but continued to spread rapidly until they grabbed her and bound her tightly!

There's a chance!

Klein felt a surge of excitement. Once he captured Saint Selena's Ashes, he could activate the [Sun Flame] talisman. This talisman's power came from the blood of True God, and it would definitely have a powerful destructive effect!

"Aaaaaah--"

Ms. M struggled, screaming sharply, her strength becoming extremely violent, the cold, slippery threads almost impossible to control.

Dunn frowned as he looked at what was happening before him. Beneath his black coat, thick, large things rapidly bulged out, then exploded at the same time!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A large amount of bright red blood, imbued with the Spirituality of the "Nightmare," splattered out, like a grand rain of blood falling around Dunn. The blood landed on the black threads, which were immediately absorbed. These threads rapidly expanded, transforming from thin strands into thick Tentacle that tightly bound Ms. M!

Chance!

Klein was delighted, pinching the warm, thin piece of pure gold, and poised to toss it...

"Cough cough!"

He suddenly bent over and coughed painfully.

His forehead was burning rapidly, his body temperature was rising, his lungs were burning hot, and he was incredibly itchy. It wasn't just him; Leonard and Dunn also had symptoms to varying degrees.

"Roar--"

A ferocious smile spread across Ms. M's maniacally Distortion face as she instinctively released toxins, plunging everyone present into a trance of illness. Due to this brief loss of control, she once again broke free of the black threads binding her and charged towards Klein.

"Yield!"

A grand and Degeneration voice rang out from the other side. It was Leonard, who, suppressing a cough, used the "Language of Foulness" that originally belonged to this Monster!

"Boom!"

Ms. M's momentum was immediately interrupted, and she fell to the ground.

After getting up, she let out an angry roar and sprinted at high speed before the black threads could wrap around her, causing Leonard to crash head-on into her!

"Boom!"

Leonard was thrown a long way as if he had been hit by a heavy carriage loaded with goods. Before he could even get up, Ms. M appeared in front of him, her blood-red mouth wide open!

Leonard had already clearly seen every detail of the other's teeth. He didn't have time to dodge and was about to whisper something when he saw the Monster's figure suddenly pause. The face that belonged to Luther was gradually rising and pushing aside Ms. M's position.

In the illusory depths of the Ocean, Luther kept his eyes tightly closed.

His Consciousness was gradually fading away, as if he had completely merged with the deep, boundless Ocean.

Perhaps it's okay to just disappear like this.

A sense of warmth and comfort, like returning to the womb, enveloped Luther, making him unwilling to do anything but want to stay there forever.

He was almost forgetting his own name, his own existence.

Who I am doesn't matter anymore. Giving up like this... doesn't seem so bad.

The real world is too cruel; every day is a struggle to survive, enduring endless pain... Never mind, it doesn't matter for myself, for others, even for my family.

"Elder brother."

He remembered a girl's voice.

Holy crap!

Where's my sister?!

He suddenly woke up. Cecilia! Cecilia had been taken away by Ms. M! He still had time to soak in this place; if he didn't wake up soon, who would care about his sister's safety?

"Whoosh!"

Luther suddenly opened his eyes, broke free from the water, and sat up.

The once unfathomably deep seabed suddenly transformed into a shallow beach, and he sat up, breaking free from the surrounding water. Looking around, Ms. M was nowhere to be seen.

Quick, wake up! Go save Cecilia!

The surging white fog on the sea responded to Luther's will, quickly enveloping him and pulling his Consciousness back to the Real World.