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Chapter 268 I am a puppet who only obeys your orders
"You cut my body, but you died."

Looking at the girl in front of him who was cut in half by him, she should have lost her ability to move immediately after her spine and spinal cord were destroyed.

The warrior was surprised to find that the girl's face did not show any pain from the injuries she had inflicted.

The blade in his hand, which exuded an ominous aura, was swinging towards him at the same speed without changing at all. It was firmly and powerfully transformed into a stream of light that pierced directly into his heart, crushing it cleanly and neatly.

Following the sharp pain in the heart, the limbs gradually lost control and became unresponsive.

The warrior suddenly felt cold.

It's like a person wearing only a thin layer of clothing taking shelter under a tree in the hot summer, and suddenly being thrown into a winter day when heavy snow falls on the earth and everything is frozen.

The warrior knew very well that the coldness he felt at this moment was not an illusion.

This is a true portrayal of a heart that is damaged and necrotic, making it unable to pump blood, and the body is losing vitality and turning into a cold corpse.

Looking at the girl who was split into two by him, emotions called fear and unwillingness surged into the warrior's heart like a tide, and then filled his entire body.

The corners of his mouth moved for a moment, and he squeezed out a few words in the last moments of his life, expressing the doubts in his heart.

"why?
"Why are you still moving?
"My sword is obviously faster! I am obviously stronger, and your swordsmanship is obviously much worse than mine."

The warrior did not get to hear the girl's answer to his doubts as he wished.

The only answer he got was the sound of gunfire echoing through the air again as a female puppet of a foreign race, armed with two guns, fired her pistols not far away.

And several bullets that he could kill at will as long as he was alive, but now they mercilessly penetrated his flesh, causing his stiff body to twitch continuously, and then his entire body began to fall backwards.

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As the warrior's body fell, it was split into two. The girl's half body was sliding off the body, and the long sword she was holding tightly also slipped out of the warrior's chest passively.

The blood on the [Imperial Gear] [March of the Dead: Eight Chambers] also began to drip onto the ground, making a strange sound.

The warrior who fell backwards looked at the evil sword that was pulled out from his chest, with an indescribable black mist on its surface, as if it could devour all life.

It was only when he saw the black mist lingering on the broken part of the girl's body and the long sword he had used to cut her in half that he suddenly realized what was going on.

[Because of Fang Yi's existence and the impact of multiple broken hands, my judgment ability has declined. Have I forgotten to guard against the special ability of this knife? ]

The warrior, who was already lying on the ground, had lost all ability to resist and could only wait for his final moment to come, muttered to himself at the ceiling.

"Is this the ability brought by the Imperial Tool you possess?
“I underestimated you.

"You wanted to use this trick when you first met me?"

Hei Tong still didn't answer.

He felt his vision go dark, his field of vision gradually narrowed, and the vitality in his body was almost lost.

Knowing that he didn't have much time, the warrior rolled his eyes, looked in Fang Yi's direction, and said to Hei Tong with some reluctance.

"I'll just say you win. But if it weren't for that man, I would have killed you long ago.

"If that man hadn't cut off my hand, affecting my performance, and if he hadn't frightened me so much that I lost the ability to make calm judgments in battle.

"And if you let your guard down for a moment in this sure-win battle, I will definitely not lose to you.

"I will definitely be able to react to your clumsy tricks."

*
When she heard the other party mention Fang Yi, the girl, who had been standing there expressionlessly and without saying a word throughout the whole process, responded to the warrior's words for the first time.

Aided by the rushing 'doll' and the snake-like black mist swirling around her from the Imperial Tool in her hand, the girl, who had just reconnected her body and seemed unaffected by the fatal injury, turned her head slightly and responded to the samurai's stubborn words.

“Yes, I can’t defeat you without Fang Yi’s help.

“But you’re going to die soon.

"At the same time, I successfully carried out Fang Yi's instructions in the shortest possible time, and did not hinder him in the battle."

With the help of the "doll", Hei Tong got familiar with his spliced ​​body. Looking at the fallen samurai, he waved the "Imperial Tool" in his hand again without hesitation.

He easily chopped off the warrior's head, then dismembered the warrior's body, focusing on chopping off the opponent's hands, which seemed a little strange and wanted to move, into small pieces.

The girl, who had completed the act of cutting off the enemy's legs and disemboweling their hearts, ensuring that the enemy would never be resurrected, wiped the sweat from her forehead at this moment and asked a question to Izo, who had turned into a corpse.

"Fear?"

The girl whispered, her voice smooth and without a trace of emotion.

"Thanks to Fang Yi, this will be the last time you feel this emotion."

After confirming that the enemy was dead, and observing the battle Fang Yi was fighting in the distance and found that he did not need his help, he felt that his situation was temporarily safe.

The girl relaxed a little, took a pill, and while recovering her strength, revealed her tricks to the dead enemy.

"I didn't 'borrow' that magical ability called [Preemptive Strike] from Fang Yi, which slowed down your sword and gave me enough time to think.

"If you were to have a sudden burst of inspiration and instantly accomplish something that I could only theoretically do, defeating you would be truly difficult.

"Calling upon the strange energy within the Imperial Gear that controls corpses and using it on myself, without this kind of 'inspiration', I'm not entirely sure.

"Although the price of killing you is only to make this battered body even more broken, I think this price is reasonable."

*
Hei Tong stared at Fang Yi in the distance, his eyes became blurred, and even had a hint of madness.

"I used to be a puppet who only obeyed orders. I was also brainwashed by the Empire and trained to be an assassination tool working for the Empire.

"The ability to think and have human emotions are the last things a puppet and tool like me needs."

The girl held the knife in her hand and recalled the scene where the man used the magical energy of [Reversal Technique: Strengthening] to flow through her body, calming her shattered mind, removing the brainwashing influence of the Empire, and granting her the ability to think.

Thinking about the other party's "clumsy" performance and the man's almost explicit "revolutionary army" identity in his words, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Your miraculous ability healed my broken spirit, but it also brought me things I didn't need and the troubles of being a human being that I had long since discarded.

"But I don't hate you, either your treatment or you as a person.

"For you who are willing to lend me a helping hand for free, I will also give my response."

The girl looked at Yi Zang who had turned into pieces, thought about Fang Yi's instructions, and couldn't help but smile sweetly on her face.

“I don’t care who you are.

"As long as you continue to give me orders, I will do my best to complete them before this body is on the verge of breaking.

"The warrior's corpse is only my first response to you. This response will continue until this body of mine burns out."

After taking the medicine, the girl realized that her strength had returned. She stood up and signaled the "puppet" holding two guns to start working.

She was about to start cleaning up the other 'experimental subjects' placed in the cylindrical glass covers in this laboratory.

Heitong vaguely felt that this would help Fang Yi defeat the terrifying eight-legged monster that dared not approach him more quickly, and kill the old woman who claimed to be an alchemist.
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[The highly friendly character [Black Eye] killed the character [Izo] and several unknown creatures.]

Based on his combat contributions and your Hunter special privilege, you receive a total of 8000 points, 1 B-level plot point, and 6 C-level plot points.

Hearing the prompt sound beside his ear, Fang Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he realized that his [Preemptive Strike] had been copied and called upon.

He no longer paid attention to the black pupil not far away, but instead stared at the two monsters in front of him, one big and one small.

Inspired by [Fighting Spirit Perception], Fang Yi did not choose to confront Zhu Tian head-on, but instead adopted an evasive strategy.

After dodging the enemy's attacks several times, he consciously let his chest rise and fall violently, making a "panting" gesture to confuse the opponent.

Fang Yi's performance was obviously very effective.

Looking at Fang Yi who looked a little tired, Dotya, the alchemist in a Western dress, couldn't help but put her hands behind her back, lowered her body slightly and laughed arrogantly.

"That knife move of yours was really good, it really scared me.

"But your body doesn't seem strong enough, and your endurance isn't enough.

"My experiment hasn't even reached its full potential yet, and you're already showing such an awkward posture."

On the side, Zhu Tian was manipulating his blade-like feet to gently scrape the ground, making a harsh metallic sound, as if he was accumulating power for the next fatal attack.

After hearing what Dotya said, he also echoed his words with practical actions.

As two of its eight legs stomped down suddenly, the originally solid ground shook, gravel and dust flew everywhere, and the surrounding air was filled with a sense of oppression that made it difficult to breathe.

Zhu Tian's low and cold voice also reached Fang Yi's ears.

"Hiding. Is. The. Action. of. the. Weak."

Zhu Tian snorted coldly, his unclear voice revealing a deep contempt for the other party.

"You're going to lose."

Zhu Tian's words carried a certainty and a heart-pounding resonance, as if victory was already in his hands.

*
【The time is almost up, it's time to close the net. 】

Fang Yi looked at Duotya and Zhu Tian, ​​calculated the sentry change time dictated by Kohler, and felt that it was time to kill the other party.

He could clearly sense that the alchemist Dotya, who only had decent physical fitness after the transformation, knew nothing about combat and had poor judgment, had relaxed his vigilance against him and would probably not be desperate enough to destroy the Philosopher's Stone.

This old witch in the skin of a young girl obviously thought she had the upper hand, and even began to order Zhu Tian beside her to consciously change the battlefield to avoid damaging the things on the test bench.

Fang Yi couldn't help but feel something in his heart. While holding the knife and being alert to the attacks of the two men, he glanced at the scene on the other party's laboratory table without leaving a trace.

[The only valuable item on the test bench seems to be a paper report. Is that report valuable?]

[After you have looted the [Philosopher's Stone] from her, you can take it and study it.]

Having decided on his strategy, Fang Yi switched to holding the sword with one hand, activating his [Transparent World] to observe Zhu Tian's anatomy while reaching behind him for [Prometheus]. He wanted to test the power of his gun on this somewhat bizarre monster.
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When he saw Fang Yi reaching behind him as if to come up with a new method to deal with him, 'Zhu Tian' moved.

This monster, whose half body was human and whose lower body consisted of eight blade-like long legs, simply arched its body slightly, and a strong murderous intent filled the air.

That was clearly a sign that 'Zhu Tian' was gathering strength.

The next moment, 'Zhu Tian' launched an attack.

It's lightning fast.

The eight blade-like legs stomped down suddenly, and with the help of the recoil force of crushing the ground, the huge body turned into a black shadow and shot towards Fang Yi with its fangs and claws like a cannonball.

Under the monster's attack, the air between the man and the monster seemed to be cut and crushed, creating a suffocating vacuum.

At this moment, if Fang Yi wanted to take out the gun behind him and raise it in front of him to aim at it, it was obviously too late.

At the same time, Fang Yi also sensed that Duotaya, who thought he was "Zhu Tian", had attracted Fang Yi's attention and was running towards Fang Yi from the side.

This alchemist, who was somewhat inflated and relied on Zhu Tian's bullying, felt that he was capable.

She was trying to block Fang Yi's escape route, trying to complete the feat of "scoring 81 points together" with "Zhu Tian" and to kill Fang Yi.

*
Looking at the funny combined attack of the man and the monster, a cold light flashed in Fang Yi's eyes.

Faced with this desperate situation where even [Preemptive Move] was not triggered, he did not care.

He just took a deep breath and used [Transparent World] to carefully observe Zhu Tian's body.

In an instant, Zhu Tian's figure became extremely clear in his vision - not only its movements, but also the subtle changes hidden in the speed.

Whether it was the tension of the opponent's muscles, the inclination of the blade, the flow of power in every joint, the several hearts constantly flowing in the body, and the blade-like legs that began to deform.

"I see……"

Fang Yi muttered to himself, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

He held the hilt of the knife with one hand, and without aiming with the other hand, he directly pulled the trigger of the [Prometheus] behind him.

Zhu Tian obviously noticed Fang Yi pulling the trigger, and his eyes, flashing with scarlet light, revealed obvious ferocity.

The two long legs under its feet instantly transformed into insect-like long wings, vibrating at high speed, and with the help of the airflow, its speed increased again.

It obviously didn't intend to give Fang Yi any chance.

When Fang Yi's slow black bullet shot out of the muzzle and began to fly in the opposite direction in the air.

Zhu Tian's long legs, like sharp blades, were already within reach, aiming directly at Fang Yi's chest, ready to strike down.

Dotya, who had moved closer to Fang Yi, looked at Fang Yi's "stupid" behavior and couldn't help but celebrate the victory that was within his grasp.

"As long as you hold the knife and engage this monster in close combat, your failure is inevitable.

"This monster is basically unaffected by momentum.

"You are a man whose appearance is good but whose brain is dull. I will transform you into my next experimental subject."

*
However, just when Zhu Tian's blade-like legs were about to pierce Fang Yi, something strange happened.

A blood wall that made the monsters and alchemists despair appeared out of thin air in front of Fang Yi, and then rose from the ground, making a dull collision sound with the several long legs of "Zhu Tian" rushing towards it, successfully resisting "Zhu Tian's" determined attack.

Before Zhu Tian could respond, the blood wall mixed with a little wax oil instantly exploded and turned into countless blood-colored fragments, which pierced into Zhu Tian's huge body with the power of the explosion.

Fang Yi came running over with great interest. Dothart, who had just thrown a punch, felt something was wrong, but he still gritted his teeth and said words to encourage himself.

"That sword is a Teigu? Is this the effect of your Teigu?"

"But what use are your tiny fragments and misdirected bullets to my 'ace'?
“It will tear you apart in no time.

"Your ridiculous attack"

The answer she received was another full moon rising in the sky and the man's calm voice.

"Instead of turning around and running away, you're walking towards me, launching an attack that's tantamount to walking into a trap?

"Since you're so cooperative, I'll grant your wish and let you become the 'fuel' for my magical item."

As soon as the man finished speaking, Dotya caught a glimpse of the five blood-red sword auras that were casually released as the man swung his sword.

Looking at the five blood-red sword auras attacking him, Dotya was shocked.

In just a moment she foresaw her own end.

"He wants to dismember me!

"These sword energies are impossible to dodge, they are too fast.

"The sword energy was like a cage of death, trapping my movements.

"But why didn't he dodge Zhu Tian's attack? He would have died too!
"That's fine. If I die, you won't have an easy life."

Until five sword auras, each containing a different aura, combined like the horizontal, vertical, left-falling, right-falling and hook strokes in Chinese characters to form an inescapable cage.

When she began to cut up Dotya's body and turned it into a ball of unconscious minced meat, she heard Fang Yi's 'kind' words to answer her question.

"It's the same as the fact that light always has to travel for a while before people can see it.

"Let the bullet fly for a while to see its true effect."

After hearing Fang Yi's words, the last thought that came to the alchemist's mind before he died was.

How is he going to deal with my trump card?

But Fang Yi did not give her this opportunity.

Dotya, who was suddenly filled with endless confusion, died so easily.

Until her death, she still had no glimpse of the ending of "Zhu Tian".

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As blood-colored fragments mixed with wax flew towards the huge monster, several black bullets fired by [Prometheus] also turned and accelerated in the air under the effect of [Mind Control] and rushed towards "Zhu Tian".

Faced with these strange bullets, the monster vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

The biological survival instinct was triggered and the extremely strong body of 'Zhu Tian', which could transform at will, made the response it could think of.

It instantly transformed its several long legs into a solid meat shield in front of its body to block the accelerating black bullets.

However, as the tiny fragments penetrated Zhu Tian's body, this monster with an extremely strong body began to tremble like a sieve involuntarily, and let out a roar full of anger.

The soul-tearing pain brought by [Soul-Burning Wax] successfully controlled the huge monster for a moment, creating an opportunity for the bullet to hit its special part.

The bullet, which was insignificant compared to the monster's size, was accurately hit at the 37-point score point that only Fang Yi could see with the help of [Mind Control].

As the bullet hit, terrifying cursed power burst out, and several black rays that symbolized [Black Flash] that Fang Yi was very familiar with shone on Zhu Tian's body.

While distorting the space, it began to annihilate the monster's body.

It was because the attributes were suppressed and it was difficult to hit the specific parts of the enemy, and thus the combination of [Ten Stroke Spell] and [Black Flash] had not been used for a long time.

Several bullets made of cursed energy accurately hit Zhu Tian's body, triggering the huge impact force brought by the [Ten Strokes Spell], pushing its body into the air like fallen leaves swept by the autumn wind.

Seven bullets that luckily triggered the mini version of [Black Flash] caused a space distortion effect.

While destroying part of the opponent's flesh and eliminating its resistance, it also successfully dismembered the monster.

After the monster's huge body rose into the air, it turned into a pile of "parts" like an airplane disintegrating at high altitude, smashing into the distant wall and the ground, splashing countless gravel and dust.

A pleasant reminder tone also rang in my ears.

[Collect the enemy's vitality and gain 60 years of free lifespan. The current free lifespan is 781 years.]

You killed the character [Dotya]. Based on your combat contribution, you received 7000 points, 1 B-level plot point, and 3 C-level plot points.

[Influenced by the achievement [Enemy's Respect], you gained knowledge related to [Alchemy·Body Transformation].]

Fang Yi looked at the dead Dotya and Zhu Tian, ​​whose remains were still twisting but not dead after being torn into pieces by him, and nodded with satisfaction.

Relying on the [Mana Conversion] effect of [Prometheus] that consumes mana to make bullets, he successfully applied it to other situations and made bullets made entirely of cursed power.

This special bullet can trigger the [Ten Stroke Spell] and can also unstably trigger the [Black Flash].

When combined with the [Mind Control] that comes with [Prometheus] to control the trajectory of bullets, it is like adding wings to a tiger.

Looking at Zhu Tian who was not dead yet, Fang Yi took out the [Strange Blood] of a strange object that he had not used for a long time and fed the remaining limbs on the ground to the strange object bit by bit.

This strange item that can be used to make [Bloodline Items] requires a large amount of Qi and Blood.

The alchemical monster 'Zhu Tian', which cannot be killed for a while, can just avoid the overbearing [Five Emperors' Coins] and collect some health points.

After filling up the Qi and Health value of this item, it can be immediately used on Miss Black Eyes next to her, and combined with the [Water of Forgetfulness] to heal her body.

After spending several minutes, Fang Yi used a magical object to eat Zhu Tian, ​​took out the [Philosopher's Stone (Fake)] from Duotya, and took away the other party's research report. He walked towards Hei Tong with satisfaction.

He felt it was time to take the next step.

The battle tonight is not over yet.

Disma and Akame are waiting for him to join them.

(End of this chapter)