NIKKE, Swordmaster Ark Succubus Daily

More importantly, he realized he wasn't reacting...

She returned to the park with a glimmer of hope, only to be met with Cecil's words: "This blood cannot be used as an antidote."

The commander's blood can effectively suppress heretics; this is something all members of the Goddess Force know.

Since it cannot be used as a cure, it means that he has nothing to do with the commander.

Isn't that right...?

The tiny flame that had been kindled was extinguished once again in Dorothy's heart, leaving only darkness.

In that case... Ark is really lucky... even with so few people left, they still managed to find someone like a commander...

Unforgivable... The Ark abandoned our Goddess Force... Unforgivable!

……

"This is the test report."

"Is that so...no, it isn't."

"Wasn't this something we knew from the beginning?"

"Thank you, I'm leaving now."

Dorothy sometimes envies Snow White.

They've almost completely lost their memories of the commander, yet they still manage to persevere.

But I myself have long since... rotted away...

……

"I hope you can join the crusade against Nihilista..."

Dorothy chuckled inwardly. "The commander of the Ark, let me use you a little."

Since you've been targeted by the Fire Dragon anyway, even if you and someone from the Paradise each take an antidote, the Fire Dragon will still come after you first.

Hopefully you can hold on a little longer and wear down the fire dragon's stamina.

If I accidentally get killed by a fire dragon... then I won't get my hands dirty, hehe, hehehehe...

"what are you laughing at?"

The man's voice suddenly rang in her ears, snapping Dorothy out of her reverie.

"Is the test report finished?" Dorothy put on an approachable smiling mask; only in this way could she hide her true self.

“It’s over a long time ago.” Li Zuoyi pointed to the counterattack force and the Metis force behind him and said, “We’ve been watching your facial expressions for almost five minutes now. Can we take them on a tour of the park?”

"Of course." Dorothy's forced smile was somewhat stiff.

"Then I'll leave it to you," Li Zuoyi said.

Afterwards, Li Zuoyi and his group strolled around the park with Dorothy. Dorothy thoughtfully introduced each place, acting like a dutiful tour guide.

It not only has a botanical garden encompassing all kinds of rare and exotic plants, but also pastures where cattle and sheep graze and ponds for raising fish...

Natural meat has always been a hot commodity in Ark, and it is generally only affordable for high-ranking Ark members.

During their free time to visit the park's art museum, Li Zuoyi asked, "Where did John and the others go? I don't think I've seen them at all."

He didn't even see Isabel once.

“They’ve gone hunting Lechers,” Dorothy said. “Last time they successfully lured Nyshilistha out and recorded her unique signals. Now they’re looking for Lechers connected to Nyshilistha. Cecil said that if they could obtain the cores of those Lechers, they might be able to create a detector to track Nyshilistha.”

"So that's it."

Dorothy glanced at Li Zuoyi and said meaningfully, "After all, Commander John's ideal is to reclaim the land, and he must seize every possibility. I wonder what your ideal is?"

“Me?” Li Zuoyi said, “My ideal is also to reclaim the ground.”

Dorothy couldn't help but chuckle. "What a magnificent ideal."

Her laughter made Li Zuoyi feel that she was mocking him, no, that was exactly what she meant.

"So what is your ideal?" Li Zuoyi asked.

Dorothy thought for a moment and said, "I hope that those who do bad things will get what they deserve."

She wanted all the humans in the ark to get off; the ark should be the ark of the goddess's army.

Li Zuoyi noticed that although she still had a smile on her face when she said this, her empty eyes betrayed her true emotions.

It seems that, just as Cecil said, Dorothy harbors deep malice towards the Ark.

He remembered Cecil saying, 'Everyone who joins Paradise has been betrayed to some extent.'

So what happened to Dorothy that turned her into this?

However, he had no intention of inquiring about it, as it would only increase the other party's dislike.

Just then, Dorothy's phone rang. She glanced at it, her expression hardening, and said, "Commander John is back, but he's seriously injured."

……

In the amusement park's medical room, Li Zuoyi met John, who was now only his upper body.

The wound on his waist looked as if it had melted away, revealing various charred wires and a half-melted metal spine inside his abdomen.

The heirs of the amusement park were also injured and were waiting to be repaired.

Cecil examined his injuries; although they looked gruesome, he confirmed there was no danger to his life. He asked, "Weren't you supposed to be collecting the Lecher Core? What happened?"

“During the hunt for Letcher, we unexpectedly encountered Nihilista.” John’s neck was stiff and he could no longer move. He said, “She must have seen that I was the only one with the team, so she suddenly rushed out.”

John put it simply, but everyone knew he had escaped death.

Cecil sighed helplessly, "I'll put you in a mechanical pod and automatically change your body."

"Ah."

After a moment's thought, Li Zuoyi told him about Dorothy's proposal, and the two of them would work together to deal with Nihilista.

John thought about it and agreed, since there was no need to worry about his abilities.

"Do we still need Nihilista's detector?" Cecil asked.

Since they've already cooperated, and Nihilista wants to kidnap Li Zuoyi, then all they need to do is set a trap...

“Yes, it’s important to know her movements. She might have information about Queen Letcher,” Li Zuoyi said.

“He’s right. I’ve found Lecher, who is confirmed to be related to her. I can try using its core.” John said to him, “Can I entrust this to you? My body needs a replacement and I can’t move for the time being. You can also bring the Inheritors’ troops.”

"Leave it to me," Li Zuoyi readily agreed.

Chapter Ninety-Five: Humanoid Niki Amplifier

On the lifeless, flat wasteland, Li Zuoyi and his group were making their way.

This time, Li Zuoyi brought along the Inheritors' troops who had been urgently treated for their injuries and his own counterattack force.

However, Dorothy from the Heirs did not come, saying she needed to stay at the park to prevent any unexpected situations.

As for the Metis troops, since their main combat force leader, Laplace, was still in a state of self-isolation, Li Zuoyi allowed them to continue staying in the park.

He himself brought Niki out to deal with the Lecher that John couldn't handle.

He could have stayed in the park, but he wanted to use that Lecher to improve his strength, and then keep the core.

"Can you hear me?" Cecil's voice came through Li Zuoyi's earphones.

"The signal is fine."

“Now I’ll tell you about the Lecher that John found,” Cecil said. “It’s a train-type Tyrant Lecher codenamed Ancient Iron. It has a super-heavy laser particle cannon, a missile bay that can automatically track targets, and machine guns at both ends…”

After hearing a long list of the Lecher's weapons and equipment, Li Zuoyi said, "It seems a bit difficult to deal with."

"Of course, John put a lot of effort into dealing with it, but then Nihilista suddenly appeared and attacked them when they were already quite exhausted. You should also be careful."

"But John must have consumed some of it as well."

“Yes,” Cecil said. “However, the Tyrant-class Rachel can also self-repair. Although it’s not as abnormal as the Heretic, it’s still quite fast. During the time the Inheritors’ troops are treating it, it should have almost finished self-repairing.”

John, once known as the Ark's guiding star, is hailed as the strongest commander since the first commander. Even he had to be careful with this Rachel, which shows how powerful the Ancient Iron is.

Although she had heard that Li Zuoyi had killed Indiviya, that was based on the premise that the heretic had come into contact with the antidote.

If not...

"How many official missions have you been on since graduating from the military academy on Ark?" Cecil asked.

Li Zuoyi thought for a moment and replied, "Official mission... three times."

The first time was with Marian, the second time was to rescue the Metis squad, and the third time was when she accepted Ingrid's request.

“…Are you serious?” Cecil’s eyes widened in disbelief.

He just graduated from military academy not long ago, is he really okay?

"real."

Li Zuoyi was not lying; he had indeed only done these three things since graduating from military academy.

A hundred years ago, he had never attended a military academy. He met Lilith in a war-torn region and later inexplicably became a commander.

"If something really goes wrong that you can't solve, don't try to be brave. If you need to run away, then run away," Cecil warned.

"I think there shouldn't be any problem." Li Zuoyi touched the dark gold ring.

Before Indivilla devoured Niki in the Misilis Manor, he could only manage a one-for-one trade with a tyrant like Rachel, no matter how hard he tried.

After absorbing those Nikis, Li Zuoyi felt that his physical abilities and mental strength had improved considerably.

Therefore, he felt that he would at least not be as embarrassed as he was when facing Gu Tie this time.

"Commander, target spotted!" Lapi shouted back from ahead.

In the distance, billowing smoke and the faint sound of a ship's horn indicated that Gu Tie was speeding toward him.

Li Zuo opened his hand, and a dark golden longsword appeared in his palm. "Everyone, prepare for battle!"

……

……

The battle ended faster than Li Zuoyi had imagined.

As if it had been gnawed by a monster, the ancient iron, riddled with holes, lay sprawled on the ground, its earlier momentum gone, with only its core still emitting a red glow.

It wasn't that Li Zuoyi's abilities were enough to instantly kill Gu Tie, but rather that the performances of two Nikis during the battle were simply too outstanding.

Isabel landed beside Li Zuoyi from the air, immediately took his arm, and asked worriedly, "Darling, are you hurt?"

Putting away his scythe, Harlan asked, "Isabel, is your weapon really that powerful?"

As an air combatant, Isabel usually provides support firepower or vision intelligence to her ground comrades. However, this time Isabel demonstrated a destructive power that was in no way inferior to her own.

If Isabel's damage level was 10 before, then the damage level just shown is 100.

Simply incredible.

“Really?” Isabel tilted her head and leaned on her beloved’s shoulder, saying, “I didn’t notice at all. I just wanted to get rid of Lecher for my beloved as soon as possible.”

"It's true, you just blew up its main cannon with one shot..." Noah stammered as she moved her star-shaped shield in front of her.

The Heirs' unit, led by Niki, began discussing the fact that Isabel actually works very seriously.

Meanwhile, on the counter-offensive side, Nien was gripping Anis's shoulders, shaking him excitedly, and saying, "Ah, Anis, quick, quick, teach me how to increase firepower! How did you do that?"

"I...I don't know either." Anies was a little dizzy from being shaken.

Lapi walked to Li Zuoyi's side and frowned when she saw Isabel still clinging to the commander's arm. She said to the commander:

"It seems like Anies is the same. Her weapon hasn't been modified or her bullets changed, but the firepower she just displayed was about 50 percent stronger than before."

Back then, Peony and Marian were the same. Although it's a bit narcissistic to think that way, it seems that every girl Niki who confessed to him had this ability greatly enhanced.

Am I some kind of humanoid Niki amplifier...?

However, Li Zuoyi did not intend to tell them. He said, "Maybe it's because I'm in a better state of mind."

"Will Niki's condition affect the bullets?" Noah covered her mouth and chuckled. "Even if the fake commander is completely lacking in common sense, he can't..."

"I meant the bullets were in good condition."