Forbidden Nightmare

Chapter 133 God Becoming Ceremony
West of Kratt City Hall, Progress Plaza.

The special puppet 'Guardian' held up two large shields and looked at the many puppets gathered in the square, with red light flashing in its mechanical eyes.

It received an order from the Puppet King and rushed here from the Krat City Prison.

Like it, a large number of puppets also received the same order and rushed here from all directions of Krat City to eliminate a hateful human who invaded the city hall.

The extermination of humanity is the highest order from the Creator. Coupled with the summons of the Puppet King, the Guardians and the puppets have no choice but to follow the order and gather at Progress Square.

The strange thing is that the Puppet King only summoned a group of special puppets. Those ordinary low-level puppets did not seem to receive the order and remained in their original areas instead of going to Progress Square.

The 'Guardian' thought for a moment and found a reasonable explanation.

It inferred that the puppet king must be dissatisfied with the weak strength of the low-level puppets.

To deal with the humans who invaded the city hall, and the Puppet King needs to mobilize a large number of puppets to defeat them. Those low-level puppets will not be of much help, but will become a hindrance to some extent.

This is the reason why quality is more important than quantity.

But there is still one strange thing, and the guardian can't come up with a reasonable explanation no matter how hard he thinks.

The Puppet King ordered many puppets to stay in Progress Square and wait. Only when they received reinforcement orders could they go to the City Hall to fight the enemy.

Moreover, each time the Puppet King requested reinforcements, the number of puppets was extremely small, either three or five, or seven or eight, but never more than ten.

The puppets rushed to the city hall in batches, fighting the enemy one after another, but they were never able to defeat the enemy.

The guardians had been waiting in Progress Square for five hours, from noon to sunset.

I watched helplessly as the square, which was originally crowded with puppets, gradually became sparse.

"Is that intruder human so strong?"

"How could a human be so powerful that he could defeat so many special puppets?" The guardian was startled. "However, since the enemy is so strong...why doesn't the Puppet King let us rush forward and use our numerical advantage to strangle and annihilate the enemy?"

"I can't figure it out. I really can't figure it out."

The Guardian is already one of the top existences among many special puppets. Its awakened self-awareness is stronger and more independent. It often ponders ultimate philosophical questions such as 'Who am I, where do I come from, and where am I going'.

It immersed itself in thinking many times but could not come up with an answer. Just like this time, it did not come up with a reasonable answer.

"The Puppet King is the one with the strongest self-awareness in our group. These difficult problems may not be difficult problems for him."

"I think it's not strange that I can't understand the Puppet King's strategy and tactics. On the contrary, it's normal."

"Yes, that's it... No matter how the Puppet King arranges his troops and directs his actions, the tactics he arranges are definitely well thought out. At least they are definitely much more mature than my ideas."

"We puppets just need to obey orders..."

While thinking, the guardian suddenly saw many puppets turning their heads in unison, and countless pairs of red mechanical eyes were staring at him.

It suddenly realized that it had just received an order from the Puppet King to go to the City Hall for support.

"Finally it's my turn!"

"I must perform well in front of the Puppet King and kill the human who invaded the city hall!"

The guardian held both shields tightly in his hands, walked through a crowd of puppets, and strode towards the city hall.

Suddenly, it stopped and felt something was wrong.

"Why am I the only puppet in this batch of reinforcements?"

The guardian looked back and saw countless puppets standing still, pairs of mechanical eyes staring at him.

It just felt that those pairs of mechanical eyes were filled with expectation.

The defender couldn't help but quicken his pace, the surging fighting spirit in his heart reaching its peak.

"Why do you care so much? I just need to obey orders!"

The guards passed through the streets and houses and finally arrived at the gate of the City Hall.

The setting sun looked like blood, and countless mechanical wreckages were piled up here in a mess. The cold wind was howling above the metal ruins, and two figures, one big and one small, were standing there.

The huge figure was a super-giant puppet that had never been seen before, while the short figure was a human holding a heavy war hammer.

It did not see the Puppet King. Although it had some doubts in its heart, the powerful will from the highest command had already made it start fighting.

"Humanity!"

The guardian's eyes instantly turned red, and he raised his double shields and charged towards the invading humans!

Its charge was extremely ferocious, and with every step it took, the metal wreckage beneath its feet would shatter into pieces and fly everywhere.

The guardian seemed to have transformed into an iron chariot, using the bodies of countless sacrificed companions as power, and was determined to crush the invading human to pieces!

"Why doesn't he hide?"

The defender had no doubt that even if there was an iron wall blocking its way, it would collapse and shatter under the charge.

But the short human in front of him not only did not dodge, but did not even raise the weapon in his hand, as if he was exhausted and had given up resistance.

At this moment, it had full confidence that it could kill the invading human.

It was at this moment that a giant iron fist dropped from the sky and shattered all its confidence!
"Boom!"

The defender flew backwards uncontrollably at a speed faster than when he charged.

The two large metal shields shattered into countless pieces. Its body was covered with cracks, its entire chest collapsed, and its power heart suffered fatal damage.

"why?"

It looked at the giant puppet in disbelief. After the puppet threw a punch, it dropped its hands and stood there, as if it had only done something insignificant, as if it was accustomed to such scenes.

In its dying moments, it saw a human dragging a war hammer towards it step by step.

"Romeo, it's getting dark soon. We have to hurry. Let's call a few more puppets for the next batch."

The guard looked in the direction of the voice and saw a familiar figure walking out from behind the giant puppet. It was Romeo, the puppet king.

It widened its mechanical eyes, and faced the human's request, only Romeo responded sullenly, as if the two of them had already reached some kind of shameless cooperation.

"Why!"

The guardian screamed silently and frantically, and finally lost consciousness completely under the hammer...

"Boss, I got a new ability."

The cockpit door of the war machine opened, and after Pinocchio absorbed the guardian's ego element, his metal left arm melted and reshaped into a solid and huge tower shield, which was enough to protect him.

The special puppets kept giving their heads away, which not only allowed Pinocchio to absorb ego elements and rapidly improve his strength, but also allowed Li Nanke to absorb a large amount of source energy.

Li Nanke passed by the puppet factory and after a large-scale slaughter of monsters, the source energy provided by ordinary low-level puppets was exhausted, and it was almost impossible to obtain source energy by spawning ordinary puppets.

So he asked Romeo to gather a group of special puppets that were equivalent to elite and leader-level figures to quickly increase the strength of the two of them.

The monster-killing operation continued until late at night, and finally the army of puppets in Progress Square was completely wiped out, and basically all the special puppets in the entire Krat City were captured.

The only pity is that there were originally quite a few special dolls in the town hall, but they were all disassembled into parts by Romeo.

If we could reach the city hall earlier and eliminate those special puppets, the harvest would be even greater.

Even so, Li Nanke and Pinocchio both had a great harvest.

[Trait: Fanaticism]

[Level: Level 0 → Level 10 (MAX)]

[Main Element: Pain] [Level: Level 4 (7%) → Level 8 (23%)]

Li Nanke's second-order human trait fanaticism was upgraded to the maximum level, which brought more balance. His main quality pain received a large amount of source energy infusion and was also upgraded by 8 levels in one fell swoop.

This is a rocket-like upgrade speed.

According to the normal course of events, it would be absolutely impossible for Li Nanke to reach a cooperation with Romeo.

The unbridled and unbridled monster-killing now is basically the same as a bug.

The third key node is to seize control of the alchemical teleportation array from the puppet king Romeo. If Li Nanke, as a human, wants to complete this node, he must fight to the death with Romeo and decide whether one side lives or the other before he can complete the node.

However, Li Nanke simply acted like a degenerate and used tricks to complete the nodes. He also formed an alliance with Romeo to reach a cooperation, and used the ability of the Puppet King to kill monsters and upgrade on a large scale.

This can bring very generous returns.

The battle lasted a whole day, and even though it was just a bunch of killing monsters, it made Li Nanke and Pinocchio exhausted.

Li Nanke went back to the hotel to rest for a night, and wrote an IOU, which emptied the savings of the rich woman Sophia, and also gained more than 200 self-element crystal stones...

……

The courtyard of the Kratt Town Hall.

The numerous complex lines and symbols engraved on the ground formed an alchemical teleportation array.

Li Nanke and Romeo stood side by side in the center of the teleportation array. A blue butterfly rested on his shoulder, and behind him was Pinocchio driving the super-giant puppet 'War Machine'.

"Everyone, are you ready?"

The Alchemy Island is undoubtedly the most dangerous place in the world. There is the 'Complete One' Laxia and the 'Nameless Puppet' that was originally displayed at the final node. Both Geppetto and the team leader Simon are the top and most powerful alchemists.

It is no exaggeration to call the Alchemy Island a den of dragons and tigers.

War Machine's mouth opened and closed, making Pinocchio's affirmative voice, and Romeo crossed his arms and snorted in response.

Sophia's words rang over my shoulder: "Mr. Black Rabbit, let's go."

Li Nanke took a deep breath and inserted the self-crystal stone into the groove of the teleportation array.

The self-element crystals around the alchemical teleportation array lit up one by one, emitting an extremely dazzling blue light.

Blue energy surged, filling the circular lines around the teleportation array and lighting up many strange alchemical symbols.

Then, the ego-element gathered towards the center of the formation, and a dazzling light burst out, completely devouring the bodies of several people.

Li Nanke felt the world spinning and countless colorful lights bursting before his eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, I was already on a deserted beach.

The sky was pitch black, and dark clouds covered the sky, blocking all sunlight. It was clearly morning, but it felt as dim as evening when the sun had already set.

The cold wind mixed with icy water vapor whistled in my ears, making my hair fly and my lapels and cuffs rustle.

The waves behind me were surging and the sea was a deep, dark color.

Looking out over the sea, there was endless misty gray fog on the sea in the distance, with an occasional flash of light connecting the sky and the sea, and dull thunder could be heard faintly.

This is an island forever shrouded in fog and storms. It seems to be independent of the entire world and is a place where gods have fallen forgotten by the world.

"That is the Primordial Monastery, the headquarters of the alchemists."

The self-primitive butterfly danced lightly, leaving a blue trail in the air. Sophia took on the responsibility of a guide and pointed the way for Li Nanke.

Following the instructions, looking through the jungle on the shore, you can see a tall and magnificent fortress standing in the center of the island.

On top of the round tower at the top of the fortress, there is a huge arched metal device.

As if sensing the arrival of several people, the strange device started to work!
The sturdy fortress trembled and shook, and streams of self-energy flowed out from the void, gathering into a torrent of energy, and then rushed towards the strange device.

For a moment, dark clouds surged in the sky in the center of the island, forming a huge cyclone, as if all the energy in the world was gathering towards the Original Monastery.

"What it is?!"

Pinocchio's eyes widened as War Machine asked his shocked question.

"Has Simon reached this point?" The blue butterfly flapped its wings, and Sophia's solemn and heavy voice came, "That was Simon's deification ceremony. He has transplanted the God's Arm onto himself. He is only one step away from evolving into a higher life form!"

Li Nanke moved his ears, and even though he was far away, he could hear the shrill wails coming faintly from the center of the island.

The source of the wailing that came one after another was definitely not just one person, but the screams of many people as they struggled in pain.

He had a bad feeling and immediately rushed to the center of the island.

The huge cyclone in the sky carried endless blue energy, which continuously gathered on the metal device above the original monastery.

"Simon's godhood ritual seems to be missing something crucial, and he has been unable to perform the final 'enlightenment'. But now he is already very powerful."

"Mr. Black Rabbit, you must stop Simon!"

Li Nanke knew that what Simon wanted was Pinocchio's power heart.

"Initiation... If Simon reaches the enlightenment step, is there any way for us to stop him?"

Sophia's voice rang in his ears: "Unless you can defeat Simon's 'human' part in advance and cause him to suffer a fatal blow, you will have a chance to kill the 'god' part during the enlightenment process and prevent the apotheosis ceremony."

"Mr. Black Rabbit, we'd better not expect Simon to be able to enlighten us. I guarantee that you don't want to see the most horrific scene."

Li Nanke didn't say anything else, his eyes seemed thoughtful.

When the men arrived in front of the original monastery that was like a fortress, they saw the guards at the gate lying on the ground in a mess.

Li Nanke took off the guard's helmet. The human's face had become shriveled, like a dead tree that had been drained of all moisture and nutrients.

Not only their heads and faces, but their entire bodies looked like mummies.

"These guards are not ordinary people, they are trackers!"

Li Nanke's bad premonition became stronger and stronger. He pushed open the monastery door and was about to go deeper into the monastery, but was stopped by Romeo.

Romeo, the puppet king, said expressionlessly: "You promised me that you would kill Geppetto first. If you can't do it, I won't help you deal with Simon."

Li Nanke shook off its hand and entered the monastery without looking back:
"It's already this hour, and you still have time to quibble?"

"If you don't want to help, go find Gippetto yourself and don't get in the way here!"

Seeing the boss enter the monastery, Pinocchio controlled the war machine to squeeze into the gate without thinking, following Li Nanke's steps closely, and did not forget to turn back and greet Romeo.

The Puppet King cursed inwardly upon seeing this, tightly gripping his sickle and following angrily.

The monastery was dead silent. Humans in long robes lay on the ground. Their faces were hideous and their deaths were miserable. Like the guards outside the door, they had turned into mummies.

Li Nanke noticed that there was a 'Holy Ouroboros' logo printed on the chest of the robes. These people were alchemists in the monastery!
Some of them were still doing experiments in their own laboratories, but suddenly died tragically and turned into shriveled corpses, as if all their life energy had been sucked away.

There is no living person left in the entire monastery!

Li Nanke and a few others quickly climbed to the top floor of the fortress.

At the end of the long, open-air path stands a hollow round tower. The strange device on top of the tower is still gathering ego energy.

At the entrance of the round tower at the end of the long path stood a pale knight covered in spiked armor.

The knight was carrying a huge sword and a large shield, and it was hard to imagine that there was a nun under the armor.

She is the complete one - Laxia!
(End of this chapter)