Alchemists do not need self-cultivation

After confirming that the documents were in order, the soldiers immediately let them pass.

"Lieutenant General, are you sure it's alright? There are vicious androids locked up in here," the soldier asked with some concern.

"Even if he makes a scene, he's no match for me, so don't worry."

"learn."

Two soldiers stepped forward and slowly opened the iron door of the freezer, at which point Isaac saw what was inside.

Sloth, covered in chains, sat motionless inside as if asleep, his massive and powerful body covered in frost.

"Go and keep watch around the area, and don't let anyone into the basement."

"Yes."

The soldiers all stood at the entrance to the basement, leaving only Isaac and Sloth in front of them.

Swish!

The shadow beneath Isaac's feet began to twist and turn into sharp blades that floated around him.

"Give it a try."

Parkseok!

The blade pierced through Sloth in an instant, and as a burst of crimson lightning surged from both of them, Isaac entered his subconscious.

……

This is a consciousness space composed of vast soul storms. People who were once forged into Philosopher's Stones have turned into terrifying, distorted faces, howling in agony. It is they who make up this soul storm.

Sloth slowly opened his eyes and stood up in this space.

"Where...am I? It's so noisy..."

"This is within my consciousness." A figure emerged from the soul storm and stood before Sloth.

“You…Isaac…the enemy…”

Sloth spoke in such a discontinuous manner, as if he were about to fall asleep.

“I am indeed your enemy, but your ‘father’ is gone, and your job is done,” Isaac laughed.

"My work...is finished..."

"Yes, you don't need to do anything anymore."

"I can... go to sleep now..."

“Of course.” Isaac walked up to Sloth and placed his hand on his head. “Sleep forever.”

"……Great."

Sloth's body suddenly began to disintegrate, and then a bright red Philosopher's Stone appeared in Isaac's hand.

Whether it was a misperception or not, Isaac seemed to see a satisfied smile on Sloth's face as he left.

"As expected of 'Sloth'."

The Philosopher's Stone left behind by Sloth began to dissipate, merging with the crimson storm of souls.

……

in reality.

Inside the freezer, Sloth's body, having lost the core Philosopher's Stone, had decomposed into a pile of black dust scattered on the ground.

Isaac also withdrew the shadow and looked at his hands.

"It seems like not much has changed."

Thinking this, Isaac pulled out a pistol and pointed it at his shoulder.

boom!

The soldiers at the gate were startled by the gunshot and rushed over.

"What happened to the lieutenant general?"

"fine."

Isaac looked over his shoulder as he spoke.

The clothes were punched with a hole, but the skin was unharmed. The bullet, upon contact with the skin, was deflected into the air, leaving a bullet hole.

Sloth's body is extremely tough; ordinary weapons cannot even leave a wound on him. Only tank shells can effectively damage him.

And this ability has now been transferred to Isaac.

"Lieutenant General, where is that android?" They then discovered that Sloth, who had been imprisoned inside, had vanished without a trace.

This made them nervous; if they escaped and harmed the people, their crimes would be immense.

"It's okay, I've broken him down."

Isaac looked at the ice coffin behind him, squatted down and placed his hands on the bottom.

"Lieutenant General, what are you going to do?"

However, what happened next almost made their eyes pop out.

boom!

Isaac lifted the enormous freezer, weighing over ten tons, off the ground with his bare hands.

"It seems that its strength has also increased considerably."

He nodded in satisfaction and placed the freezer on the ground. He turned to look at the soldiers who were already dumbfounded.

"Did you all bring guns?"

"Oh? Yes, I brought them all."

The soldiers answered immediately. But their minds were still preoccupied with what Isaac had just shown them.

"Try shooting me."

"What!?"

The soldiers all thought they had misheard.

Shoot a lieutenant general of their own country? Are you kidding me? They don't want to betray their country!

"Don't worry, I won't die."

"We can't survive! We'll be sentenced to death!" the soldiers cried out.

"If I don't tell you, who would know?"

"Please allow us to refuse."

Seeing that the soldiers still refused to fire, Isaac had no choice but to give up a spot.

"See this freezer behind me? Can you shoot it?"

"That... is not a problem."

They all raised their guns and aimed them at the freezer.

boom! boom! boom!

Several soldiers pulled the triggers at the freezer, and bullets shot out of their guns in an instant.

However, the instant they pulled the trigger, Isaac had already activated the accelerated calculations in his left eye.

In Isaac's eyes, the bullets moved slowly through the air after leaving the barrel.

The soldiers stood still, in the posture of firing their guns, with spent cartridges stuck in mid-air.

Everything seemed to have frozen in time.

Isaac slowly stepped forward, removed the bullets from his hands one by one, and then leisurely walked up to the soldiers and took their guns from their hands.

Then they returned to their original position.

"Huh? Where's my gun?"

"Mine is gone too!"

"Where did it go?"

After firing, the soldiers discovered there were no bullet holes in the freezer, and then they felt their hands go empty; the guns they had been holding were gone.

“Your guns are with me,” Isaac shouted at them.

Only then did the soldiers notice that Isaac had their guns at his feet, along with bullets scattered all over the ground.

Isaac was very satisfied with the experiment.

Sloth is also known as the 'Speediest'. He is incredibly fast, but he cannot control this speed. However, with the mechanical eye created by Sumire Muroto that can accelerate calculations, he can manipulate this power very well.

Chapter 459: I haven't become a macho man again?

Looking at the gun in his hand and the bullets scattered on the ground, he realized that they had indeed been significantly enhanced, judging from what he had just witnessed.

Through Sloth's 'Strongest Speed' and the thought-accelerating device created by Muroto Sumire, he can enter an 'accelerated' state for a period of time.

In the accelerated state, everything around you moves extremely slowly, but you are unaffected and can move freely in this state.

This is somewhat like the movie he saw in the previous world: The Flash, though not quite to that extent.

"Lieutenant General, what just happened?" The soldiers looked bewildered.

They had just been firing their guns when, in the next second, all the guns and bullets in their hands ended up on Isaac's side, leaving them completely bewildered.

"Oh, it's nothing really, I'm just faster," Isaac said casually. "Speaking of which, have you noticed any changes in me?"

"what?"

"Do I look a bit more muscular?" Isaac said, making a bodybuilding gesture.

Whether it's Alex, Sloth, or Gran, they all have impressively muscular physiques.

Although Isaac may not admit it, he's actually quite envious; those exaggerated muscles make him look incredibly fierce. Now that he's devoured Sloth, it's unknown whether he'll inherit those muscles as well.

The soldiers examined Isaac carefully for a moment, then shook their heads.

"I can't see any difference."