Chapter 258: The Root of the Tragedy
[[[CP|W:210|H:140|A:C|U:http://file2./chapters/201210/19/2308854634862732613667500402847.jpg]]] The humid environment, the sweltering temperatures, and the eerie atmosphere were Rachel's first impressions when she arrived in the depths of the altar. The strange aura in the air made the empty hall in front of him seem very depressing, especially the alien hunters who gathered here in groups, which were scattered in all corners of the room at the moment, baring their teeth in the direction of Rachel, if it weren't for the suppression of Cassis in front of Rachel, I am afraid that Rachel would have become the 'food' they were vying for on the spot...
But the ferocious predators who had made the Tuts talk so much in the past could not attract the slightest attention to her, for she was now drawn to a different sight before her.
It was a huge lifeform, and just looking at the shape and the structure of the limbs made it easy for people to associate it with the alien hunters, but the body of the alien hunter in front of him was unprecedentedly huge, and the size of the alien hunter alone now had a height of no less than thirty meters.
And the head of this giant alien has a dark carapace that is different from the full coverage of ordinary alien hunters, but it is similar to a giant shield-like shape, in order to distinguish it from ordinary alien hunters, the body torso is not much different from ordinary aliens, and three sharp blades extend from the back of each shoulder, showing that this huge alien hunter is not just a huge body, and his combat ability should not be underestimated.
But the limbs of this giant alien hunter are now bound by strange metal, not only the limbs, but those strange metal devices almost spread to its whole body, from the slightly thin and weak state of the giant alien, it seems that it is restraining its shackles, and it seems to be maintaining its weak life device...
"This, could it be..."The giant hunter in the center of the underground hall in front of him was fixed by strange metal, which immediately caused Rachel to guess in her heart, based on the size and state of this giant hunter, it was likely to be...
"As you think in your heart, this is the mother that gave birth to all the hunters, and I call it - Iberaton." Cassis walked slowly to the position under the giant alien with the decorative cane, looked up at the silent giant alien and explained to Rachel behind him, "At the same time, it is also the most perfect life form in the universe that the creator gave us the Tut family!" β
"Ibiraton... It's the one that has caused all the tragedies on this planet..."With Cassis's affirmation, Rachel looked at the alien mother body fixed in the center of the underground temple - Iberaton, and the object of his intent on questioning him face to face would be the seemingly half-dead giant hunter in front of him, which made Rachel not know what to do for a while.
Question it? Looking at its bound limbs and its extremely weak state, could all this tragedy really be caused by such a creature that was extremely weak? But the meaning expressed in Kassis's statement also proves that all the hunters are born of it, and the responsibility for all the tragedy must still be counted on its head...
"What? Do you think it's weak? Cassis, whose temperament had changed dramatically since arriving in the underground chamber, turned to Rachel, who was staring at Ibiraton, and asked playfully, as if Rachel's expression alone could guess what was in her mind, "No, on the contrary, it's at its peak like never before!" β
"Come on, my old friend, show your majesty so that my precious granddaughter can take a good look!" Turning around again to face Iberaton, who was embedded in the center of the mechanical support, he shouted, and as Cassis shouted, Iberaton, who was originally asleep, suddenly woke up, and a jaw full of sharp teeth suddenly slipped out from under the shield-like giant carapace, and the mouth with crystal teeth opened wide in Rachel's stunned gaze, and let out a roar in Rachel's direction!
The roar of Ibiraton who woke up suddenly shocked the alien hunters who were about to move in the temple, and they all fell to the ground and worshiped Iberaton's position, which is enough to show that Iberaton, who has absolute dominance, has a much stronger deterrent power than Cassis...
"How? In good shape, right? Observing Ibiraton's might with satisfaction, Cassis turned to look at Rachel in astonishment and asked with a smile.
"You're manipulating it?" Without answering Cassis's question, Rachel clenched the longbow in her hand and said the facts she had guessed from the situation she had just guessed, the facts she didn't want to believe.
β... That's right. Rachel's calm tone seemed to wake up Cassis, who was indulging in Ibiraton's power, and after a moment of silence, he still admitted Rachel's conjecture, and admitted that he was the culprit behind everything hidden in the shadows, causing all the tragedies on planet Latis...
"Why... Here's why!! Tears once again rolled down Rachel's cheeks, but Rachel ignored it, and just hysterically questioned the old man he had admired the most in front of him, "Why wantonly slaughter innocent lives!" Why can you explain all this cruelty in front of me as if nothing happened! Why can you be so indifferent in the face of the tragic death of your clans!! Tell me, what the hell is all this!! β
"For our Tuts." The still flat tone interrupted Rachel's questioning and made her slightly stunned, this unexpected answer made her brain fail to react for a moment, and at this time, Cassis continued to explain her purpose to Rachel, "You also saw it during this time, right?" The power of the monsters roaming the universe, the destructive power that we Tuts can withstand? No, it should be said that in the face of those terrifying forces, it would be more appropriate how long we can resist them. β
"And the number of monsters roaming the universe is not rare, these monsters that may land on planets at any time and cause a devastating blow, can we Tuts have the ability to repel them?" Ignoring Rachel, who was about to answer, Cassis had already answered the question himself, "No, we Tuts simply have no ability to resist them, and by that time, the planet will have the same tragedy as it is now." β
"But..."
"Don't say it's just my personal conjecture, the facts that have happened during this time have proven my fears right!" Interrupting Rachel's rebuttal again, Cassis continued, "In the face of a tragedy that could happen at any time, as the patriarch, I must make the right choice for the survival of the Tut family! That is to find strength on your own. β
"Maybe what you said is true, even if monsters appear on this planet frequently as you say, don't legendary heroes also appear!" Finally, when Cassis finished speaking, Rachel immediately began to refute his theory, and the most representative one was naturally to refute Cassis with the reappearance of Ultraman, a legendary hero who has been in the Tut clan since ancient times.
"Heroes? You mean Ultraman? Hmph, hahahaha~~" But when Rachel brought Ultraman to come back to refute Cassis, what she got was Cassis's mocking laughter.
"What are you laughing at?" Looking at the increasingly unfamiliar old man in front of him, Rachel's tone unconsciously began to become rusty, but unfortunately Cassis didn't seem to care, and he didn't mean to stop laughing at all.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry~ just now it was really because the joke you said was too funny, I couldn't help but lose my temper~hehe~" Cassis, who finally stopped laughing, teased in a sarcastic tone, and then when Rachel wanted to speak, he suddenly opened his mouth and recited: "His eyes can see through the vicissitudes of the world, and his posture can make the vicious beast feel fearful from the heart!" He has supreme power and power, he is the guide of justice, his decisions are irrevocable, his will is the will of divine, infallible wisdom, his power can call the wind and rain, and the light of his hands can dispel all the gloom of the world..."
Cassis's solemn recitation made Rachel feel a little dazed, as if she had gone back to the past, when Grandpa used this expression to recite this time-honored eulogy for himself and his brother, and the scene gradually coincided with the old man in front of him...
"But is that really the case?" Just when Cassis's figure was about to reunite with the kind grandfather in her memory, Cassis's mocking questioning woke up Rachel in time to make her re-distinguish the strange Cassis from the grandfather in her memory.
"Does Ultraman really have such magical powers?" Not paying attention to Rachel's strange silence, Cassis slowly paced through the temple, "If Ultraman is really as magical as the legend, then why did the coming Ultraman lose repeatedly?" If it is as powerful as the legend, why has the gloom that hung over this planet not been dispelled? β
"Thisβ" Cassis asked Rachel with a question.
Indeed, the legendary hero - Ultraman has once again descended on this planet, but the power he shows is far less magical than the legend, in the face of the monsters that appear one after another, Ultraman is only defeated again and again, and this real situation makes Rachel speechless...
"Let me give you the answer, I believe you know it in your own heart." With a gloomy face, Cassis paced in front of Rachel and looked directly into her somewhat evasive eyes, and said word by word: "That's because those legends are illusory at all, just a continuation of lies, and the so-called heroes are just ordinary beings with power beyond mortals!" β
"Do you want to pin your hopes on this giant of unknown origin? That's just stupid!! Cassis reversed his madness, and pointed at the immobilized Ibiraton with fanatical eyes and shouted, "The power should be firmly in your own hands!" It's like that! β
"As long as we have Ibiraton, our Tut clan will have an endless stream of combat forces, and with Iberaton's ability, we can even mass-produce a large number of monster legions!" Cassis walked under Iberaton and roared feverishly at Rachel, who was speechless, "Why can Ultraman be so high up as a god that we worship?!" That's because he has power beyond us! As long as we have the power, we Tuts can also become gods in the eyes of others! We too can be worshipped by them! It's like we worshiped Ultraman in the first place!! β
"Because of this, can you be indifferent to the innocent people who died for the sacrifices of the Diets..."Rachel looked at the crazy old man in front of him with a miserable gaze, and asked softly, "Including the dead father and brother... Just for your illusory ideas..."
"It's not just nothing, I've already set out to create the first xenomorph monster, and if I succeed this time, I'll have the ability to produce more and stronger monsters without limit! When the time comes, we'll have enough strength to protect the Tuts, and we won't need to worry about the devastation caused by the appearance of the monsters... To get enough power to protect the Tut clan, no amount of sacrifice is worth it! Not paying attention to Rachel's sad words, Cassis, who had completely fallen into his own imagination, looked obsessively at the wriggling crystal of Iberaton's abdomen, which was pregnant with the alien monster he had just mentioned...
"You're no longer the grandpa I used to look up to... If it was a grandfather in the past, he would never say such ruthless words..."Shaking her head in disbelief, Rachel's eyes gradually retreated with sadness, she couldn't accept that the generous and kind grandfather in the past would become so cold-blooded and ruthless as he is today, looking at the back that had become completely unfamiliar, Rachel muttered sadly, "Who the hell are you..."
"I, who is it?" Rachel's words finally woke up the addicted Cassis, but when he turned to look at Rachel, he was stunned, the sorrow revealed in Rachel's eyes at this moment could not be expressed in words, but it seemed to make the crazy Cassis regain consciousness, but unfortunately it was too late...
"You're not my grandfather... No... No!!! Leaving behind a sad word, Rachel turned and ran towards the exit, she didn't want to stay here for a moment, this place where she learned the cruel truth...
Rachel's behavior alarmed the alien hunters who were originally intimidated by Iberaton, and after seeing that Cassis and Iberaton did not say anything, they rushed out to chase Rachel, but unfortunately because some of the alien hunters who also wanted to seize food blocked the road to the outside world, they all wanted to go alone to hunt and kill Rachel, so the alien hunters began to fight each other, and the dull atmosphere was suddenly covered by the fighting noise of the alien hunters...
"Quiet..."Cassis, who was stimulated by Rachel's words before leaving and the sad eyes before leaving, was disturbed by this noisy sound, and his already chaotic thoughts were even more difficult to concentrate, so Cassis opened his mouth to stop the alien hunters from fighting each other, but his subconscious voice was insignificant compared to the group of alien hunters who were fighting against each other, but it became more and more noisy because of the fighting.
"Give Me Quiet !!" The unheard actions of the alien hunters immediately annoyed the already irritable Cassis, and after a burst of heavy drinking, Iberaton also roared in cooperation, once again shocking the alien hunters.
"Whew... Call... Whew..."Gasping for breath to the seat beneath Ibiraton's figure, Cassis leaned back in his chair with a hint of exhaustion on his face.
"No, no, you said you wouldn't hurt her..."Cassis, who was sitting in the chair with his eyes closed and pretending to sleep, suddenly shouted softly into the empty hall, as if he was talking to someone, but there were only groups of xenohunters in the hall at the moment...
"Although her departure will affect the course of the plan, I can only change the original plan slightly, and I am completely sure that I will be able to capture that Ultraman... So be it...", still muttering to the air in front of him, but Cassis's expression changed slightly, and then a unique humanoid hunter quietly left the lair under the altar under Cassis's instructions, and chased in the direction of Rachel's departure.
After finishing the final arrangements for the change of plan, Cassis opened his eyelids slightly, and stared blankly at Ibiraton above, who had returned to silence, but the words left by Rachel before leaving kept coming to his mind.
"Who the hell am I?" Cassis's expression became a little dazed, "yes... Who am I? β
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