paranoianovel Chapter 419 80 - Transgression
Chapter 419 80 - Transgression
In less than three minutes, two Lord Ravagers were assassinated with extreme speed, and their assassins vanished from the universe in an instant, like ghosts from a legend.
At this moment, the other Lord Ravagers had not yet received the news. The remaining ones were Xingxiao, Tiemu, a Lord Ravager with a flair for the "artistic," and one more "possible" Lord Ravager.
Wende had to continue teleporting people over before they had time to react.
Dan Heng stepped forward voluntarily. If he borrowed the power of the Dragon Exalt, taking out a Lord Ravager with a surprise attack shouldn't be too difficult for him.
Wende nodded at Dan Heng, then selected the location of the "Artist" and teleported him directly there.
Almost in an instant, the sound of clashing metal came through the Synesthesia Beacon. The "Artist" had apparently sensed the attack from behind, blocking Dan Heng's Cloud-Piercer with something resembling a symphony conductor's baton. He looked at Dan Heng with confusion, seemingly unable to comprehend how he had suddenly appeared behind him.
The next second!
"Squish!!!"
An ice-forged blade viciously pierced the "Artist's" brain. The ice sword then burst open, blowing his head apart while simultaneously freezing his body solid!
Seeing this, Dan Heng immediately withdrew his spear and channeled the power of the Dragon Exalt into it!
"Crack!"
A single thrust pierced through the frozen body. The ice shattered, and the extreme cold broke the Lord Ravager's form into countless tiny fragments!
The scenery flashed, and both Dan Heng and Jingliu were back on miHoYo Planet.
Seeing the unharmed Dan Heng and the calm, unfazed Jingliu, Wende breathed a sigh of relief.
It was a good thing he was constantly watching them. The moment Dan Heng's attack was parried, he had teleported Jingliu over. As expected, Jingliu did not disappoint. Acting on pure instinct, she had slain a Lord Ravager, even meticulously crushing his bones and scattering his ashes to prevent any possibility of resurrection.
The moment Wende became [Order], Jingliu's strength had already crossed into the Emanator level. The Yin and Yang power within her was a form of blessing from [Order], so slaying a Lord Ravager was no problem.
Now, then, only two Lord Ravagers remained.
Tiemu and Xingxiao had not yet discovered the anomaly, but they surely would soon. The window of opportunity was closing fast!
Wende immediately located Tiemu and then looked at Kevin. Seeing that he still hadn't recovered from the "gaze" earlier, Wende gave up on the idea of sending him again.
Should I just send Jingliu again? Wende thought to himself.
"There's still me. Although I've always handled administrative work, I'm still an Emanator of [Trailblaze] appointed by you... Why not let me try?"
Seeing Wende's predicament, Himeko stepped forward and offered.
"Sister Himeko..."
Wende hesitated, looking at Himeko who had volunteered. Her strength was unquestionable, but he had been thinking of sending Jing Yuan...
"Fine. Sister Himeko, if you miss, I'll teleport General Jing Yuan over as well. I'll have to trouble you two to coordinate then."
"Hehe, don't worry. I doubt you'll even need to trouble General Jing Yuan."
Himeko smiled faintly and shook her head with confidence.
"Sister Himeko... be careful. Stay safe."
Wende instructed her, his face serious and his eyes full of concern.
Seeing the deep care in Wende's eyes, Himeko felt a warmth in her heart and nodded back reassuringly.
"Don't worry, I'll protect myself."
"Then... get ready!"
Wende quickly found Tiemu's location. The guy looked like a giant robot, but his core was still a carbon-based lifeform... A sneak attack with Sister Himeko's satellite cannon... might not be very effective...
Wende hesitated but chose to trust Himeko.
At worst, if something went wrong, he could personally step in and annihilate Tiemu. The worst-case scenario was a direct confrontation with Nanook, which was inevitable sooner or later anyway. It was only a matter of time.
After Himeko was ready, Wende teleported her directly to a spot one hundred meters away from Tiemu. This was Himeko's specific request, likely related to her attack method. Wende didn't overthink it. Questioning was often the beginning of distrust, and he had one hundred percent trust in his companions!
He believed Himeko could handle this mission.
---o---
The moment Himeko appeared, she was keenly detected by Tiemu. But before he could even turn around, an intense sense of crisis flooded his consciousness!
What happened next made Wende's eyes widen in disbelief, his expression one of someone who had just seen a ghost!
Beneath Himeko's confident smile, an Astral Express, trailing a blue tail of energy, flashed past her from behind in an instant. It slammed head-on into Tiemu, who looked like a giant block of iron!
As the train traveled, it activated its auto-defense shields. And when that energy shield collided with Tiemu at near-light speed... the result was Tiemu being instantly pulverized by the passing train into iron filings drifting in the cosmos. The train itself vanished from the star sector in the same instant, as if it had never been there.
Wende quickly snapped out of his daze and pulled Himeko back from space at extreme speed.
Looking at the perfectly unharmed Himeko, who was standing there with a faint smile, Wende was filled with disbelief.
After all... what kind of Emanator had the ability to just summon a train that was in the middle of a warp jump to ram someone?
A train in the middle of a warp jump... isn't its speed faster than light?
Alright, Wende figured he didn't even need to inspect Tiemu's remains. He was probably more thoroughly obliterated than Rupert III...
"How was that? Big Sister is still pretty amazing, right?"
Himeko smiled but sat down on a nearby stool with a slight tremble. Wende quickly poured her a glass of water.
It seemed that gaze had fallen upon Himeko as well...
And Wende could guess with his toes who the source of that gaze was.
He glanced at the last remaining Lord Ravager on public display. Xingxiao had already received the message that the Star-Devouring Beast had been killed in a sneak attack. She was now on alert. It seemed... the optimal window for assassination had passed. He wondered if her state of mind would change after she received news of her other colleagues' deaths.
"..."
Wende suddenly fell silent.
"Have they found out?"
Himeko looked at the stunned Wende, placing the water glass down with her trembling hands, her face tinged with regret.
"Yes, but it's no big deal. There's only one or two left now. The Antimatter Legion no longer poses a threat."
Wende closed his eyes, then smiled and nodded at Himeko.
"By the way, Sister Himeko, could you and Dan Heng look after Uncle Yang? He should wake up in about a day. I have something I need to talk to Jingliu about."
Wende spoke to Himeko with a calm expression. Before she could reply, his figure, along with Jingliu's, vanished on the spot.
---o---
Wende and Jingliu reappeared inside a room on Astral Express Line Two. Jingliu frowned, her eyes filled with confusion as she looked at Wende. What was he doing?
"...I know this is sudden, but I might need to leave for a while."
In the quiet of the train, Wende looked down at Jingliu's exquisite and cold face and spoke softly.
"What happened..."
"Shh..."
Wende gently placed his index finger on Jingliu's cold lips.
"Benefactor? What happened?"
Tingyun, who had been suddenly teleported over, looked at Wende nestled against Jingliu, her golden eyes full of confusion.
Why would her Benefactor suddenly bring her here? Was it something urgent?
"Tingyun."
"Yes, I'm here."
Looking at Wende's faint smile, Tingyun instantly felt that something was wrong.
"Bad Person..."
"Mm..."
"My notebook is in the drawer. If I don't come back, please help me give it to Wendy and Stelle..."
"And... I love you all."
The next second, Wende's figure dissolved into specks of starlight and vanished from the train.
"This... Sister Jingliu! What on earth happened? Benefactor... what was he talking about?!"
Tears had welled up in Tingyun's eyes. She could feel a sense of finality in Wende's words...
"..."
Jingliu remained silent, reaching out as if to grasp the fading specks of light... but she couldn't stop them from passing through her hand.
"He... was noticed. By [Destruction]..."
Jingliu closed her eyes, her hands clenched tightly.
"How could this be..."
Tingyun's eyes widened in disbelief.
"We... will wait for him to return."
Jingliu took a deep breath, the crimson in her eyes dimming slightly.
The little boy from the past had now grown to a height she could no longer reach. And he... was he starting to protect them now...?
No, from the very beginning, he had been protecting them, always!
"Long time no see. Or perhaps, we're meeting for the first time. Should I call you [Akivili]... or should I call you... [Wende]?"
A faint, detached smile hung on the lips of the Wounded God before him, a smile that seemed to hold both mockery and delight.
Finally found him. The transgressor. You had a good time cursing me in the Simulated Universe, didn't you? And now you've eliminated five of my Lord Ravagers right in front of me, leaving only two...
"Heh... and what should I call you? Nanook of [Destruction], or just a maniac who only knows how to destroy?"
Wende retorted without mercy, mocking the figure before him, who was radiating an aura of destruction and divine might.