Chapter 518: Fast or Slow?
Chapter 518: Fast or Slow?
I never imagined... that we would actually be able to return...
Following Lyon, covered in blood, through the mist and back to the real world, the three Purifiers couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with emotion as they saw the familiar sights of the land of the living. Tears welled up in their eyes.
However, before they could even thank Lyon, the intense sunlight of the real world shone upon their souls, suddenly igniting a large, invisible cloud of white smoke, scorching them until they cried out in agony.
"Open your mouths!"
Lyon, prepared for this situation, grabbed the souls of the three Purifiers and pried open the Black Sheep's mouth, shoving them in all at once.
"?!?!"
"Hold them in your mouth, but absolutely do not eat them!"
After warning the Black Sheep, Lyon still felt uneasy, worried that it might not resist the temptation of high-quality souls and secretly taste them. So, he directly threatened, "Remember this! If even a tiny bit of their souls is missing, I'll send you to the Aleron Kingdom, and you can undergo purification with your whip!"
"..."
Hmph, I won't eat them if you don't want me to! As if I care!
Faced with the threat of purification, the Black Sheep, which had just been slightly tempted, immediately calmed down, rolled its eyes at Lyon, and then held the three Purifiers' souls without moving.
As for the three souls that had entered the sheep's mouth, they managed to escape the sun's harm with the protection of the Great Demon's "blessing," temporarily staying safely in the real world. After Lyon's operation, Alger, who understood what he had done, couldn't help but feel extremely excited.
"They... what's going on with them?"
"It's a bit complicated to explain..."
Lyon took a quick glance at the commotion at the Gate of the Dead and saw that no one was chasing after them. He couldn't help but breathe a slight sigh of relief and then explained concisely:
"After eating the Guardian Death Dog, I inherited some of its abilities, allowing me to prevent souls from entering the Afterlife. However, this ability has limitations, and it only works when I'm near the Gate of the Dead.
So, I just made a trip to the Afterlife and stopped the three seniors at the Gate of the Dead before they could enter, temporarily bringing them back."
"What do you mean by temporarily?"
"It means they can't stay here indefinitely."
Lyon sighed helplessly and explained,
"According to the rules of the real world, both the body and soul are required to exist. Even divine spirits and true gods must first find a physical form for themselves.
Although I can prevent the three seniors from going to the Afterlife, I can't keep their souls indefinitely. Eventually, there will be problems.
So, we still need to find a way to leave the Corlock Kingdom or contact the headquarters somehow. Otherwise, the world will eventually reject their souls."
The problem is, we can't leave right now...
After listening to Lyon's explanation, Alger's excited expression faded slightly, and he clenched his teeth. "What if I stay in the Corlock Kingdom and hide with them and Princess Felicia, while you try to break through and escape?"
"Senior Alger, it's best if you don't have such thoughts," Lyon shook his head and said, "I'm not sure if your existence has been exposed, but I led the kidnapping of Princess Felicia, so the other party definitely knows about me. Since I didn't show up at the Twin Bureau, I must still be in the Corlock Kingdom.
According to reason, we should be trying to escape, so the other party's defenses will undoubtedly be extremely tight. The probability of you safely breaking through is almost zero."
"What should we do then? Should we just stay here and wait?"
"It's not exactly waiting. We can still do something."
After pondering the current situation, Lyon spoke thoughtfully, "In terms of raw power, Director Edward's side has one Zodiac, one Elite, and three Senior Second-Class Cleaners. That's not bad at all. According to Nicole's description, they were ambushed, and they lost due to being at a disadvantage and lacking information. The enemy didn't display overwhelming strength.
Now, as long as we hide well enough, we'll have the advantage of knowing the enemy's position. We can use this opportunity to gather the missing information. If the enemy isn't as strong as we thought, we might be able to give them a run for their money... Senior Cleaners."
As Lyon spoke, he turned to the Black Sheep and addressed the three Cleaners in its mouth, "What exactly happened at the Gemini Division? Can you give us a detailed account?"
"To be honest, we're not entirely sure..."
Upon hearing Lyon's words, Ruben, who had shrunk to the size of a doll, hesitated and said, "Well, there doesn't seem to be much to tell. It was just a round of high-powered artillery fire. Although it was a bit sudden during the ambush, at most it would have made us flustered for a moment, but we could handle it.
But for some reason, the enemy's fire seemed incredibly fast. We couldn't react in time, not even enough to activate our anomalies. We only had time to see the wall explode before we were directly blown up."
Incredibly fast? Lyon's eyebrows twitched as he recalled the words of the reporter from the Concealed Tail.
The female reporter didn't seem to mention the speed of the fire. According to her, it was as if something unexpected happened, and everyone except her failed to react in time, resulting in being hit by the heavy fire.
So... was it the speed of the fire, or were they too slow? Which side was telling the truth? After a brief pause, Lyon turned to Alger beside him and asked pointedly, "Alger, can you react to a close-range hot weapon being fired?"
"That's no problem."
Alger replied after a moment's thought, "With my reaction speed, if someone pulls the trigger right in front of me, I just need to dodge the direction of the gun barrel. I can react fast enough to avoid it, even if it's right in my face.
If it's an ambush, it might be difficult within two or three meters, but any further, and I can definitely dodge it. Even if artillery ammunition is much faster than small-caliber firearms, I can still activate my anomaly to ensure my survival."
"Would you mind if I tried?"
As Lyon spoke, he took out a small-caliber nail gun, flicked off the safety with his thumb, aimed at the ground in front of Alger's feet, and calmly warned, "I might fire at the ground at any moment, so you'll need to activate your anomaly and block the nails..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Lyon's finger suddenly hooked, and he fired the nail gun with force. Alger's eyes widened, and his right foot, clad in black leather shoes, suddenly dispersed, transforming into a mass of black silk threads, and then...
He perfectly dodged the nail.
"This..."
As they watched Skin Line barely manage to pounce after the nail had embedded itself in the ground, Alger was taken aback, while Lyon sighed and shared his conclusion.
"Seniors, it seems it's not that Corlock's artillery fire is too fast, but that your reactions have slowed down."
(End of Chapter)
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