Asura in Arknights

Although Sagazaki High School is not located in a downtown area, there are still many residents around it. It seems that someone has finally discovered what happened at the school, and the official forces have finally stepped in to clean up the mess.

Adele quietly approached the edge of the rooftop, where she saw several armored vehicles smash through the wall and storm into the school in an extremely aggressive manner.

Squads of fully armed soldiers rushed down from armored vehicles and engaged in fierce firefights with the mutated creatures, relying on the armored vehicles. Although these monsters had evolved a certain degree of heat resistance, they were ultimately just carbon-based creatures, and could still be killed if the firepower was strong enough.

The heavy machine guns on top of the armored vehicles provided suppressive fire, while grenades and rocket launchers were used to pick off the larger fusion monsters, and flamethrowers were used to eliminate the smaller ones. It seems that these soldiers were well prepared.

They should be safe once the soldiers have cleared out the mutated creatures.

Just as Adele was thinking this, she suddenly heard the sound of wings flapping.

……bird??

But when Adele looked in the direction the sound came from, her face turned pale instantly. Those flying in the air weren't birds at all...

They hid here for a while, but were eventually discovered by the monsters.

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P.S. The book's grades are getting worse and worse...

Chapter 79 The Army (1/6)

Let's go back to a short time ago.

Just as Li Ang and Lynn were studying the train control panel, Li Ang suddenly felt a sudden, inexplicable palpitation. He quickly realized that something had happened to Adele.

Since sharing his senses with Adele last time, Li Ang has discovered that there is an inexplicable connection between him and Adele. If he were to share his senses again, it would certainly not be as troublesome as the first time.

More importantly, because of this inexplicable connection, as long as the distance is not too far, Li Ang can roughly sense Adele's situation, and he is unaffected even if she is outside his perception range.

This connection is bidirectional, and Adele should also be able to sense Leon's situation.

After realizing that Adele was in trouble, Li Ang lost interest in studying the control panel. Anyway, it wasn't going to grow legs and run away, so he could study it later.

"Let's go! Something's happened at the school."

After saying that, Li Ang didn't wait for Lynn to react before turning around and running back the way they came.

Lynn paused for a moment, then quickly set off to catch up, asking, "Something happened at school? What happened?"

“I don’t know, I just sensed that Adele was in danger.”

Li Ang's answer left Lynn somewhat puzzled. They hadn't even made any contact, so how did he know that danger had occurred over there?

However, Li Ang was already quite mysterious, and not long ago he had shown the same special ability as him, so Lynn thought about it and didn't ask any more questions, quickening his pace to catch up.

Because they didn't need to carefully observe their surroundings when returning, the two were much faster and soon returned to the ground.

Once inside the police car, Li Ang turned on the siren and sped off towards the school.

Even if Li Ang was anxious, the school was quite a distance away, and he couldn't teleport there instantly.

Even when he tried calling Adele, no one answered. Leon didn't stop and kept calling back, one call after another.

In fact, Adele is not weak. After receiving the Witch King's teachings, she has become much stronger than before. Although she has not yet reached the level of a knight champion like Margaret Byron, most knights with titles are no match for her.

In addition, given the unique nature of the Witch King's magic, even the Knight Champion wouldn't gain much advantage against her.

Li Ang had already given Adele a 'gem' forged from his own blood, making up for the lack of Originium energy in this world. If she were to go all out, she could turn an entire street into a sea of ​​fire in an instant, a natural counter to those mutated creatures. Li Ang didn't really need to be in such a hurry; he was just being overly concerned.

After making countless phone calls, a text message suddenly popped up on my phone during a break in the call. I looked down and saw that it was from an unknown number.

However, the text message was written by Adele. She said that she was attacked by monsters at school and accidentally lost her phone in the chaos. She and Rui were now in a temporarily safe place.

The infection has already spread throughout the school. The Originium energy in that ruby ​​alone may not be enough to allow them to evacuate safely from the school. Because she couldn't get through to Li Ang on his cell phone, she sent this text message hoping that he could come to the school as soon as possible.

Upon seeing the text message, Li Ang breathed a slight sigh of relief. No wonder he couldn't get through to Adele's phone. He had been calling her repeatedly, so it was quite a coincidence that Adele couldn't get through even when she borrowed someone else's phone... But as long as Adele was alright, that was all that mattered.

Li Ang sent Adele a text message back, and without looking up, he slammed on the gas, pushing the police car to its maximum speed.

Lynn, watching from the side, was terrified. At such lightning speed, he didn't even look up at the road. Wasn't he afraid of crashing into other cars?

Li Ang sensed Lynn's worry, but he didn't explain. Instead, he said, "Be prepared. That monster attacked the school. Remember to wear gas masks later."

"Of course, I won't force you if you don't want to go. I'll just drop you off somewhere."

Seeing that the police car could still weave nimbly through traffic at such a high speed, Lynn felt a little relieved and said, "Those monsters are in this city. I can't keep running away forever. I'll have to face them eventually."

"Now I have some special abilities. I can't say how much help they will be, but at least I won't be a hindrance anymore."

He paused, then asked, "You mean... those monsters attacked the school? How large was it?"

"The scale... there are probably very few living people left in the school." Li Ang shook his head and replied.

"This is not good news..." Lynn said with some concern.

Lynn wasn't worried about the countless students who had died or been injured. Strangely enough, in the past, hearing of so many deaths would have at least made him feel sad, but now he felt nothing special. Instead, he was thinking about something more important—

The monsters' behavior patterns have changed.

Previously, these monsters had been operating in the shadows. Even when they attacked Lynn, they did not pursue him after he fled into the streets. They were also very discreet when attacking others, which resulted in only a small number of the dead being discovered by the police.

But now these monsters have attacked the school in broad daylight, which means they seem to have no intention of hiding any longer, and that's not good news...

Li Ang understood Lynn's meaning. "It seems... they have accumulated enough power. We don't have much time left."

When these monsters stop hiding, the entire city will descend into chaos. But Leon still has many things to do: he hasn't found a way to leave the city, nor has he restored Professor Valck's memory, and Lynn has only shown a slight glimmer of hope in regaining his memory...

If I open my eyes here and forcibly tear apart this space, will I be able to return to the outside world?

The moment the idea popped into Li Ang's head, he shook it off. While it was somewhat feasible, there were simply too many unpredictable factors. If something unexpected happened during the space travel, Li Ang himself wouldn't be a problem, but asking him to protect three people would be asking too much. This could only be used as a last resort...

For now, we can only take it one step at a time... After rescuing Adele, Leon plans to forcibly take Professor Valcke and that girl named Liuyi away... He will finally have a chance to talk to her.

After making their plans, they quickly arrived near the school.

"We've arrived. Get ready."

Lynn had already put on his gas mask and nodded solemnly.

But when they got closer to the school, the situation there left them both bewildered.

Before them appeared a fully armed army, engaged in battle with the monsters.

Chapter 80 Setting (2/6)

Holy crap, what's going on?

Li Ang had previously confidently asserted that there was no military in Sagazaki City, and that once these monsters started to attack, the police station's special operations team alone would be no match for them. However, not long after, Li Ang was proven wrong.

However, Li Ang didn't care about being humiliated. What he was really curious about was where this army came from.

The area surrounding the school is now completely blocked off by these heavily armed soldiers. They obviously can't force their way in by car, so the two of them have no choice but to get out of the car and proceed on foot, trying to bypass this mysterious army.

As they stealthily advanced, they saw all the mutated monsters. However, the two were already mentally prepared, and although their faces paled slightly, they did not vomit on the spot.

The battle between the mutated monsters and the army was extremely fierce. The army's firepower was incredibly powerful, while the number of monsters seemed endless. It appeared that no one could gain the upper hand in the short term. However, if these monsters did not come up with some new methods, the army would definitely be the one to win in the end.

Monsters mutated from ordinary people have limited strength. With their most terrifying infectious ability restricted, they cannot possibly be a match for an organized army. The only uncertain factor is whether these soldiers have enough ammunition.

With Li Ang's senses guiding them, the two easily avoided the two sides engaged in combat. Moreover, the soldiers helped to attract the attention of many monsters, which made things much easier for Li Ang and his companions.

However, the more Li Ang observed these soldiers, the more doubts he had.

As is well known, due to the inconvenient transportation between different regions of Terra, different countries have developed different cultural styles over a long period of time. This city of Sagazaki... strictly speaking, should be described as having a Colombian style.

Li Ang had seen a lot of footage of other countries in the Great Knight Territory. Colombia was the closest to this city, but the soldiers in front of him... well, their equipment style looked a bit 'retro'.

The soldiers wore complex leather armor with black and silver as the main colors, and small breathing masks that covered their mouths and noses. The armor was covered with various types of ammunition. Except for those carrying heavy firearms, most of them held a sword in one hand and a gun in the other, and each of them had a good level of swordsmanship.

They also had an 'oil lamp' hanging from their waists, and their silver rapiers and guns adorned with exquisite patterns didn't look like mass-produced items from a factory; rather, they resembled exquisite works of art.

They didn't look like ordinary soldiers at all; their image was closer to that of 'vampire hunters' from various stories and legends.

"Wait! That person is... Uemura from the student affairs department in the next office?"

Suddenly, Lynn recognized someone familiar among the soldiers—it was someone he knew from the police station. "How did he end up like this?"

Yesterday he was just an ordinary police officer who hadn't even been on many field missions. How did he suddenly transform into a fierce warrior who could kill more than a dozen monsters without batting an eye?

Lynn was somewhat dumbfounded as he watched Uemura calmly stab several monsters, which were mutated from human organs, into a sieve with that silver rapier.

Even without Lynn's reminder, Li Ang recognized several familiar figures among the soldiers. They were all police officers he had dealt with in the police station. This strange army was none other than the original police officers from the police station.

Not enough special forces? Then just bring in everyone from the police station, wouldn't that be enough?

Li Ang was certain that when they met before, these people had absolutely no combat experience, but now they had all become elite warriors, and their swordsmanship alone could probably easily defeat Lynn, who was standing next to him.

A series of clues flashed through his mind, and Li Ang gradually came to understand everything.

“These people’s settings… have been rewritten,” Li Ang said softly.

"Settings? What settings?"

Lynn, standing to the side, was still completely bewildered, having no idea what was going on.

With a casual flick of his wrist, Li Ang tossed out a ball of fire, burning a centipede made up of countless human bodies to ashes. Li Ang's speed increased, and although he had figured out what was happening here, he had no intention of explaining it to Lynn.

Lynn hasn't regained his memory yet and can't understand what Li Ang means, so explaining it to him would just be a waste of breath.

If Li Ang wasn't mistaken, the changes he noticed on those police officers... must mean that the gods of this world had finally made their move.

This world exists between illusion and reality, with no other place besides a city. For Sagazaki City, the army is completely unnecessary; the police station alone can maintain order in the city.

But when that monster, that child with light blue hair, that servant of the 'Great Will' came into this world, things changed.

If nothing unexpected happens, that Great God should have some kind of special connection with this world. He cannot directly influence this place, but can only indirectly influence it through various means. However, this alone is not enough to deal with that familiar. In the past six months, it has gradually eroded this world and caused immeasurable damage to the Great God. It has even made it impossible for him to send messages to Li Ang.

This city, and that great god, are not far from destruction, and the soldiers before us may very well be His last stand.

The Great God could change the identities of Valk, Lynn, Adele, and himself, so changing the identities of others wouldn't be difficult. The identities of these police officers were changed from ordinary police officers to soldiers. As for Lynn... it's unclear whether it was because he regained some of his memories or because the Great God spared him, that he wasn't affected.

Having guessed the most crucial point, everything else became logical. Recalling the text message Adele had just sent him, Li Ang understood the meaning.

Liu Yi is currently staying with Adele.

The memories of Professor Valcke and the others... the secrets of this world... and the reason why the Nauman couple came here back then—if nothing unexpected happens, Leon will find the answers to everything through her.

Gazing at the strange phenomenon on the horizon that resembled fiery clouds, Li Ang resolutely ran in that direction.

That was the effect of Adele's magic. It seems that the place she was in wasn't entirely safe, and now those monsters have discovered it.

But... why does this scene of an army in strange equipment fighting against a monster with twisted flesh look so familiar to Li Ang?

It was as if... he had seen it somewhere long ago.

Chapter 81 Deleted (3/6)

"Oh no! We've been discovered!"

Adele knew something was wrong; they had been hiding here for a while, but the monsters had eventually discovered them.

Those flapping wings weren't birds at all, but a large group of mutated corpses. They only had their upper bodies remaining, with fleshy membranes growing between their arms and waist, their necks stretched out, and their sharp tail vertebrae resembling sharp spears. The whole thing looked like a grotesque, large bird.

There are roughly thirty or forty of these strange birds, almost covering half the sky, making a truly terrifying sight.

The army that stormed the campus was formidable, but the number of dead in the school was simply too great; they couldn't possibly wipe out these monsters in a short time. Li Ang didn't know when they would arrive, and now his only hope lay in the magic he had learned.

Although the strange birds had startled them, they were only circling in the air and had not attacked them immediately. Adele secretly sweated in her palms and moved backward at an extremely slow pace.

The eyes of these strange birds had long since rotted away, so they probably couldn't see what was below. Although it's unknown how they sensed their surroundings, it must have been through things like sounds and smells.

They are currently downwind, so those things can't smell them. However, this situation won't last long; if the wind changes direction, they're doomed.

These things aren't actually that hard to deal with, but the most difficult part is that there's a very low margin for error when dealing with them. Even if you accidentally get a scratch on your skin or inhale something, you could get infected and assimilated by them. So if you can avoid fighting, it's best to do so.

Liu Yi clearly understood this as well. She had survived being chased by these monsters for so long, so she obviously had a lot of experience. Like Adele, she quietly moved towards the exit of the rooftop.

She had previously used some odds and ends to block the entrance to prevent monsters from rushing up from below, but now it seems that her plan backfired, as it blocked their escape route instead.

However... this strange bird was unlike anything seen before, which hit a nerve with Liu Yi. Previously, the creatures that had been chasing her were all mutated monsters that resembled aquatic animals, but this flying bird was a first for her.

It seems that this monster has used its ability to evolve rapidly to spawn a batch of flying monsters in a short period of time. Firearms are still effective against these monsters for now, but if they continue to evolve, they may become ineffective against firearms in a few days.

The two quietly prepared to move the clutter, hoping to leave the rooftop before the strange birds noticed.

Just as they were about to make their move, a violent crashing sound suddenly came from the rooftop door, accompanied by a cacophony of screams from countless people. Clear handprints immediately appeared on the steel door, and a large amount of blood gushed in from the cracks, soaking the two women's shoes.

The two people, who were standing close by, were startled and their movements became a little larger than usual. They accidentally knocked over a chair, and the strange noise finally attracted the attention of the strange birds. They all let out a sharp cry and rushed towards the two people with a strong, fishy stench.

Behind them came the sound of doors being pounded, and in front of them were monstrous, deformed birds rushing towards them. They were caught between a rock and a hard place, and the situation suddenly took a sharp turn for the worse. The two seemed to be in dire straits.

Adele immediately turned around and raised her right hand towards the group of mutated birds.

A dazzling red light pierced through Adele's palm, and the surrounding sky seemed to be dyed an ominous red, like the blood-red setting sun at dusk.

Those mutated birds collided head-on with the red light, like cheese meeting a blazing fire. Their bones and flesh melted rapidly in the light, and before they could even reach two meters in front of Adele, they had already turned into a lump of greasy paste, lying limply on the ground.