As a player, can you be normal?

Chapter 795 The most terrifying existence is actually the person who has always been by your side.
"This robot might possess mechanisms and capabilities that we don't understand..."

Amuro scratched his head and let out an embarrassed laugh.

"Um... my damage reflection ability doesn't seem to work against that robot..."

“Isn’t this normal…” Xiao Wu couldn’t help but complain, “Even if it’s a counterattack, it still has to be able to break through your defenses…” She looked at Fenrir in the distance and said with a slight frown, “Besides, who knows how many tricks that guy has up his sleeve? Don’t forget there’s also a guy named Lennon. It’s not surprising that he was able to develop an ability to counter you.”

【Bulma Robot No. 15】

[Danger Level: S+ to S++]

[Attribute: Steel]

【Skill:?】

Bulma

[This is a contraband product manufactured by the "Bulma Trading Company," which ceased production fifteen years ago. The last robot in the series was stolen several years ago.]

[You should be thankful... thankfully it was Bulma who came instead of Senbei Norimaki, the creator of Arale. However, the strength of this guy's metal skin is very strange, and it's impossible to detect... probably because it comes from outside the World Tree. In any case, we can't try to judge it. If this guy is unhappy, he might fire a cannon and blow up half a planet. It's best to deal with it before it gets angry.]

She wanted to ask Li Nuo what they should do now.

But looking back.

But look, Li Nuo's gaze is somewhat vacant.

He couldn't help but think about certain things.

The World Tree is a firewall; it isolates something terrifying: numerical values.

Players' power is categorized into levels based on numerical values.

The script has progressed to this point, also proving that things outside the World Tree can only be accessed by those above level 99.

Thinking of this, Li Nuo took a step back, instinctively pulling back to broaden his field of vision and try his best to see all the problems clearly.

The fact that Lennon, who is above level 99, did not appear suggests that he may have thought this place was too dangerous, or perhaps he is up to something else in the shadows.

Fenrir's trump card is not just that robot.

The dragon Midil, lying in the distance, may be his true master. Xiaowu cannot discern any special meaning from Midil through her mask; it may simply be the key to unlocking Dark Souls and the Elden Ring from Bloodborne.

What truly put Li Nuo on high alert was the eeriness behind the players in the "Endless Corridors" hanging upside down in the sky.

These players are all veteran Redemption players loyal to the judge.

Tia, a former player of Redemption Corridor, told Marger that the judge's rules had created a large group of players with extremely high loyalty.

Fenrir said the group of players approached him on their own initiative.

Why send them to their deaths?

Why sacrifice our own manpower?

With these people, plus the new players who will join in the future, Schwarz's "Endless Corridor" will have the most glorious future, and may even be able to challenge the "End".

Li Nuo slowly uttered muttered words that only he could hear.

“As long as we exclude the old guys, these outdated things will naturally disappear slowly... As long as we don’t play with them, they will gradually decline, and the power of discourse will flow back into the hands of judges and new players.”

Even he understands how to eliminate the older generation of the "Endless Corridor," so why should the judge eliminate the new generation?
Li Nuo's ultimate opponent was always Xiu Farewell, the black merchant who schemed against him and almost left him penniless.

"Li Nuo!"

Xiao Wu's voice interrupted his thoughts.

"If you're hesitating about anything, just stay and protect Miaham and the others. That's very important."

Xiao Wu's eyes were resolute; even now, she was still thinking about how to complete the level 200 side quest.

Li Nuo overlooked one thing: their common enemy was Judge Hugh Farrell.

Everyone is trying to become stronger, until they can challenge the authority of the managers.

When a hint of confusion appeared in Li Nuo's eyes, everyone else felt the same way. Even now, Amuro, Eta, and Pippen all regarded this scheming guy, who always thought ten steps ahead, as their backbone.

What are you hesitating about?

Fenrir's voice carried a hint of dissatisfaction.

Amuro gritted his teeth and ran forward, because Aita gave him a look that seemed to say: buy time, something's happened to Lino.

"Celestial Body! Meteor Strike!"

The guy charged at the robot.

Fenrir's combat robot twitched, its hydraulic joints creaking, and this massive iron ram, which looked like it had stepped out of a children's book, released an unparalleled pressure.

—"Target identified, prepare for attack."

Amuro thrust out a [Gravity Iron Rod] from his palm, which collided with the robot's flying iron fist, sending up a string of dazzling ion sparks!

Fenrir retreated behind the robot, then suddenly looked back.

Pippen circled around, his figure transforming into a streak of light as he rushed toward the rapidly approaching dragon Midil.

Amuro's attack was merely a feint; his true target was the dragon guarded by Fenrir.
The longsword was already drawn, and the sword light aimed at the dragon's head.

Suddenly, a loud roar.

Dozens of crimson bullets were launched from the robot's back, targeting all players. These explosive bullets, which could turn corners, drew tricky arcs in the air.

Sensing the approaching death, Pippen abandoned his attack and immediately changed his sword technique, unleashing a domineering slash at the overwhelming barrage of bombs.

The sword wind was fierce, scattering all the rubble and shattering all the incoming bombs.

but……

The bomb contained small explosive pellets, which caused a chain reaction of explosions.

The bombs released by the robots contain power from outside the World Tree, which is the kind of energy found only in the Dragon Ball world. They can't just take the hits as usual; they have to switch back to the perspective of ordinary people to avoid the bombs.

boom--!
The explosion engulfed Amuro and Pippen.

Several white missiles shot out from the flames. Xiao Wu stood in front and used the [Albers Mark] to block them, but the explosions still shattered the shield. She immediately raised her cane and used [Dark Line] to control the missiles to deviate from their trajectory.

"Hurry up! We can't hold on much longer!"

She shouted, urging Lino and Amuro to resolve the issue quickly.

Aita placed her finger between Li Nuo's eyebrows and whispered, "You're being controlled."

Even Aita couldn't understand why Li Nuo, even in Xiao Wu's body, couldn't be controlled.

unless……

There was something behind it all, far beyond their imagination, and it had nothing to do with Fenrir.

"How many truly terrifying things still exist in this world...?"

Aita muttered to herself, releasing a healing aura that cleared Li Nuo's mind. In an instant, he felt his soul being emptied, as if he had died again.

Upon regaining consciousness, Li Nuo murmured, "I think Cha Bai is gone..."

"The fact that you think this way means you're back." Aita was relieved.

“Just now…” Li Nuo came to his senses, his eyes suddenly becoming deep. Even if Xiao Wu’s perception was not as good as his original self’s, she shouldn’t have been attacked without feeling anything.

While still fending off the missiles, Xiao Wu shouted, "Your Teresa's perception is fine!"

This means that the other party's malice was not directed at all players, but at Li Nuo himself.

In this way, Lennon is excluded from the "Corridor of Death".

Li Nuo could only think of the judge.

There's no time to figure out what's wrong. Fenrir's individual abilities can't withstand their combined attack, but that guy has too many trump cards up his sleeve, and the blood gem on his arm is gathering energy.

Li Nuo drew his greatsword.

"Xiao Wu, go! Kill Fenrir!"

Xiao Wu turned and landed, using her cane to deflect the last missile.

"it is good!"

The two moved with incredible speed, striking Fenrir like lightning.

"Are you here to deal with me?"

Fenrir became excited instead, the blood gem on his arm flashing red, and half of his face looked terrifying under the light.

He released a burst of airflow, forming a huge shield that blocked Li Nuo and Xiao Wu.

Suddenly, the sky turned blood red.

The souls of hundreds of players hanging upside down in the sky surged into the blood gem on his arm.

The terrifying aura of bloodshed seemed to have a life of its own.

Fenrir's body twisted and swelled, a violent power surging within him. His arm swung backward as if striking a wall, shattering the air. The player's soul released a red light, pouring into the shattered air, creating a semi-transparent gate: the [Gate of the Borderlands].

"This guy... he's going to open the door and mutate himself!"

Aita shouted.

"Tsk~"

Fenrir's eyes flashed coldly. "Bulma Fifteen, protect me."

The robot suddenly slapped Amuro aside and blocked Fenrir's path.

Li Nuo grabbed Xiao Wu, stopped in his tracks, and roared, "Kill that robot in ten seconds!"

"Understood!" Aita grabbed the frying pan and rushed towards the robot. She swung the pan in the robot's direction and pulled out a magic ball. The ball of light hit the robot but caused almost no damage.

Aita gritted her teeth: "This is annoying! Pippen! Give it your all!"

Pippen: "...!"

The goddess and the hero circled around to the left and right, then crashed into the robot, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The magic released by Aita was as powerful as a torrential rain, flowing upwards and dispersing the clouds.

Cainhurst's illusion was torn apart.

Just as Li Nuo shattered the space of the dream with a single blow, Aita used her burst of magic to tear open space, causing reality and illusion to overlap.

Mr. Derby stared blankly: "What is this...?"

A blizzard from a dream bombards the real world, a blood-red sky invades the night, and the moon is half bright and half blood-red—a scene that is like heaven and hell intertwined.

Mr. Derby knelt on the ground. He had never seen such a sight in his life, having studied ancient texts all his life, and for a moment he lost his will.

"Is this... divine punishment or the end of the world...?"

Miaham pursed his lips, helped him up, and gave a bitter smile: "We have to find a way to protect ourselves, but you need to pull yourself together and get your heartbeat back to normal."

……

World Tree, the Administrator's Roundtable.

"Not me, not really me."

Judge Hugh Farrell shrugged and shook his head.

"Don't look at me like that. I really wasn't the one who attacked Li Nuo. I'm an administrator just like you. I don't have the authority to tamper with the script controlled by the World Tree."

The managers of the other four corridors still did not withdraw their suspicious gazes, after all, even the King and Lino had been schemed against by this guy.

In terms of intellect, Schwarz is always the best.

"Besides," the judge chuckled lewdly, "Hahaha, I would never send my players to be experience points for Li Nuo. You don't really think my kids can beat him, do you? Hahahaha! Things have developed beyond my expectations... Hmm... Although I did send these kids on a suicide attack, it's not like this... These idiots..."

“That’s strange, who could it be?” Valkyrie said with a smile.

The thing that just attacked Li Nuo... was a managerial-level force.

“Should we call Mr. Ma from ‘Redemption’ over for a talk? After all, he’s a manager, even if he’s just an intern,” the Valkyrie suggested.

"Wait a minute," said the immortal war ghost. "Call him over after the World Tree decides how the player's soul will be returned."

The biggest challenge facing the administrators now is that Fenrir has collected over 98% of the players' souls, and the World Tree is reassessing the true difficulty of this scenario and revising the rules.

Only the demon god Galdella was distracted.

He always felt that... something mysterious was hidden in this world, and that it was related to him.

……

Although Cain Hearst is always hidden in the painting, there is an overlapping area in reality, surrounded by mountains and without any towns around.

It was midnight, and reality and dreams overlapped, creating a space that was both real and illusory.

The battle was deafening.

"Celestial Body - Meteor Smash!"

Amuro strikes again.

In an instant, the pitch-black night sky was torn apart, and hundreds of burning meteorites, trailing crimson flames, hurtled down and crashed into the robot.

The armor plates on the back of 【Bulma Robot No. 15】are peeled back layer by layer, revealing a honeycomb-like array of cannons, from which blue and white flames are spewed out.

boom--! ! !
A dense swarm of missiles and high-energy beams shot into the sky, colliding violently with the meteor shower in mid-air!
The flames from the explosion stretched into one, turning the night sky orange-red.

The meteorite was blasted into countless burning fragments, which rained down like a storm, hitting the ground and kicking up clouds of dust.

Li Nuo, Xiao Wu, and Pippen moved through the smoke and fire. The robot's abdomen emitted laser cannons to block them, but the three of them moved lightly and passed through the dense fire. In the blink of an eye, they had broken through the fire net and stabbed the robot like three sharp knives!

Melee!

Steam bursts from the robot's fists, and its entire body explodes with intense energy flames, with light and fire surging.

Li Nuo summoned twenty clones, wielding greatswords and combining them with Pippen's longsword to create dozens of afterimages.

Xiao Wu held a cane in one hand and a folding stool in the other, wielding them wildly.

Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sword clashed with the steel armor, sparks flying like a torrential downpour.

The wind bent the burning stones, the fire twisted wildly, and the white snow shone brightly, casting long shadows on everyone.

Even the robot's thickest defenses couldn't withstand their onslaught.

The steel armor and parts were scattered all over the ground.

The battle is decided.

"..."

The blood gem on Fenrir's arm armor has accumulated enough energy.

The opening of the gates of the border prison is only a matter of time, as long as he is still alive.

Survival is the top priority.

He drew his longsword, and in front of him, Aita charged like a cannonball, slamming a frying pan directly into his face.

The blade collided with the frying pan, and the chaotic clouds in the sky were parted by two powerful air currents.

Boom-!
Fenrir was thrown several meters away.

Aita clung to her like an eel.

"Don't get in my way! I told you, you have to go apologize to Phil."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a loud explosion was heard in the distance.

Amuro leaped up and unleashed a close-range wave cannon at the robot's head, shattering it and exposing the severed neck, which crackled with electricity.

Xiao Wu threw two [Black Dragon Eclipse] bombs inside, shattering [Bulma Robot No. 15] from the inside.

After a silent explosion, only a scene of devastation remained.

Li Nuo stepped on the broken parts that had sunk into the snow and pulled out the shattered [Mechanical Core]. He tossed it to Xiao Wu, telling her to put it in her mask so it could be used as a part for modifying Chen Shou's Zaku in the future.

"This guy won't come back to life, will he?" Xiao Wu asked.

“I have a way to take it down.” Amuro pointed his index finger at the robot wreckage and released [Dust Release], crushing it into powder.

Li Nuo was shocked: "You had that trick up your sleeve but didn't use it just now?"

Amuro: "Sorry... this move can only be used on things that can't move..."

As they talked, everyone looked at Fenrir.

Their eyes were saying, "It's your turn."

Fenrir made two mistakes.

First of all... these five people are among the top tier of players, unlike any he's encountered before. A one-on-one fight might not be enough to defeat him, but with all five of them working together, even if Fenrir had a hundred lives, it wouldn't be enough.

Secondly... he had been waiting for Lennon to come, but for some reason, Lennon never showed up.

Fenrir is still guarding the dragon Midir, the culmination of the Healing Church's experiments in the world of Yharnam. If he dies, the dragon will also be killed.

"Let's give it one last try."

Just as Fenrir was about to unleash the "Soul Cannon of the Otherworldly Traveler," he suddenly froze.

Li Nuo and the others were also stunned, and they turned their heads.

Everyone witnessed this scene.

In the distance, Mr. Derby lay on the snow, a large hole torn in his chest, staining the white snow red.

Miaham crouched beside him, holding Mr. Derby's heart in her hand.

She noticed everyone was looking at her, so she put on an apologetic expression, as if she were disturbing the peace: "You guys continue, don't mind me."

Amuro: "What...are you doing?"

Miaham lifted Mr. Derby's heart, laughing as if he were playing with it, and said, "Me? It's obvious, I killed Mr. Derby."

“Miaham…” Amuro tried to convince himself one last time, spitting out through gritted teeth, “Miaham… is it the Old Gods influencing you…”

“Mr. Amuro…”

Miaham tilted her head and smiled with that lovely face, licking the bloodstains off her cheek. Shadows and light intertwined at the corners of her smiling lips, like a torn mask.

"Why would an idiot like you appear in the territory of the demon god Galdella?"

(End of this chapter)