chapter 56

“You probably already memorized the base structure in your head . Alex, you go first, go find your sister . I’ll hold the Esper . ” 

Lucius said to Alex as he stood in the lobby of the building .

“What about you? Don’t you have someone to save too?”

“They’re after me, Alex . And I always meet that Esper when I try to save someone, so I will hold them off . ”

Lucius seemed to be scrutinizing something, but there was nothing in mid-air .

“I owe you another favor . ” Alex was very decisive in his actions . Hesitation was something he never had .

“I won’t be polite when I ask you to pay it back . ”

Then, Lucius asked Arthas, who had been standing like a shadow by his side .

“Ar, are you sure you don’t have a way in?”

“Umm…” and Arthas shook her head in frustration .

“Where the hell is this base?” Alex also realized it’s impossible for a base of that size could fit inside this building . \n“This base is in the shadow of the building . It’s the power of that Black Watch commander, along with the scientist’s theory that dragged the entire base into this building . ”

Lucius’ fingers waved in mid-air as if he was panning some kind of virtual screen . But Alex couldn’t see anything .

“How do we get in?” Still so straightforward, Alex had no patience to wait any longer .

“It seems like this is the only way . ” Lucius seemed to have decided on something, “There just doesn’t seem to be any weapons, so I’ll exchange one . ”

At this time, what Lucius’s eyes locked onto was precisely the system’s interface . What appeared on it was a long sheathed knife that emitted an azure luster throughout its body . This knife was named…

Yamato!*

A weapon carried out by demonic nature, the so-called Demon’s weapon, with the power to cut through space! Only with the power of a demon could the Yamato bring out its real power . Lucius didn’t believe that he couldn’t call his own power demonic power .

Exchange cost: 40 million despair points .

The system’s exchange cost of weapons seemed to focus on the destructiveness of its maximum output, just like an assault rifle could kill one person with a single bullet . In contrast, an iron fist rocket launcher could kill hundreds of people with a single shot, so that the cost-performance ratio would come out . The greatest point of the Yamato blade is to cut through space with one slash, cutting through everything in sight in front of it .

But it’s still a little cheaper than just one nuclear bomb with the power to claim the lives of millions of people . Well… that’s the difference between a knife and a firearm .

However, Lucius didn’t need a nuclear bomb . What he needed the most was the power of this blade to cut through space . It consumed all of Lucius’s despair points . \nThe Yamato blade emitted an azure glow in Lucius’s hand . The cold steel wrapped around his hand, and the blade continually drew the power from Lucius’s body . The power of the dead from the Dead River that tainted the azure color of the Yamato Blade with crimson blood .

“We can go in now?” While Alex was surprised that Lucius flat out took out a weapon that looked powerful, something science couldn’t explain . Alex wisely chose not to pursue the matter further .

From a glance, Lucius looked like Tinker Bell because he held no weapons or equipment . But in a blink of an eye, he could’ve pulled out a nuclear bomb . Seriously, this man…

Alex saw Lucius during the massacre at the building entrance and noticed that he was actually firing an M61 Vulcan**, Terminator style*** . And the young girl next to him looked like she was no more than 16 years old . Alex felt he shouldn’t ask Lucius about such private things .  

“Alright, step back, Ar . ”  

Lucius’ hand rested on the hilt of the Yama Devil’s Blade . Lucius only knew the theory of using swords, he wasn’t a sword expert . He didn’t know how to use cold weapons like swords and knives . In this modern era, who would learn that? Naturally, he only knew how to use guns . With sniper rifles as his best weapon of choice . But all he needed was to cut the small space barrier in front of him, it shouldn’t be a problem!

He poured his power into the blade and instantly swung the blade, flashing the azure light . A glass-shattered sound was heard . A silver-white steel tunnel appeared in front of them .  

“You know where your sister is, right?” 

By the time Lucius stepped into this steel tunnel, Alex was already running, heading deeper into the tunnel .

“He’s fast…” instead of bothering after looking at Alex’s back, Lucius turned back .  

“Do you feel that, too, Ar?”

Lucius sensed a powerful presence approaching the area . \nIt was the other A-rank Esper .

Right, the New Federation of China’s most important base had been invaded . It’s impossible for them to only sit back and see their base to be destroyed .  

“Master…” Arthas drew her Frostmourne .  

“Be careful not to get hurt . ” Lucius believed in Arthas’s strength, “take advantage of those corpses outside the building . ”

“Un…”

A Lich King wouldn’t lose to a human, right? 

The spatial crack closed, Lucius stood alone in the steel tunnel with his Yamato Blade . The layout of this tunnel was exactly the same as when Lucius came in before . He didn’t know the civilian’s final fate . He didn’t care about them anyway . Lucius slashed the soldiers stationed in the tunnel with a single slash .  

Sniffing the strongest person’s scent, he headed deeper into the base .  

“Hm?” Lucius came to the place where Hakein had taken Su Lei for a brief tour .

He saw the little girl lying on the hospital bed . I think he mentioned she was Mordell’s daughter? It was only to get Su Lei’s sympathy, I guess .

After all, the little girl was now dead, was shot with a gun .  

Probably she didn’t want to become a zombie, right?

With curiosity, Lucius broke the glass wall and walked in . He absorbed her blood that wasn’t infected by the Black Light virus . Absorbing her memories .

“…… . . ”

Lucius was speechless .

This child…

She really was Mordell’s daughter . His biological daughter .  

Through the child’s memories, he learned that Mordell was originally an Esper from the enemy country, but lost to Su Wuye in a battle . Mordell, who was already dead, was resurrected . And the child had been living here ever since . The injection of the virus to her body was also her father’s will . In the end, her father was the one who killed her .  

“Hahaha…” Lucius let out a low laugh and snapped his fingers . The little girl’s body sat upright stiffly, her wounds slowly healed . A radiant glow appeared on her face as well .

“Where’s…daddy?” She stared wide eyes at Lucius .  

Of course, it was just an illusion . Blood thread appeared from between Lucius’s fingers and connected to the girl’s body .  

“Let me see it, what the so-called daddy looks like . ”