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The painful sensation tore at Ed's flesh from the inside out, causing his body to twitch constantly. Stimulated by battle, stimulated by Karl, and stimulated by life and death, it is not only the monster that awakens, but also the memories connected to it. Ed remembers, it remembers, Ed forgets, it doesn't forget. Now that it's back, Ed is remembering.

He remembered what he had told Duroc Sr. about an encounter with a child of the Netherworld. He remembered that his entire squad had been nearly wiped out that time, leaving him and one of his teammates to escape. He remembered that he had not survived because of good luck, and that it was not only himself who remembered it, but also that the snake had a deep impression of that incident.

It was defeated, defeated by the humanoid weapon. It was also after that time that Ed, who thought he had come back alive from hell, suddenly realized that there are places in the universe that are more terrible than hell, and there are people who are more terrible than monsters. He no longer considers himself a predator standing at the top of the food chain. He threw in the towel, and so did it.

The Child of the Nether defeated Eddard and defeated the Serpent. Even if at that time, he had driven the Great Snake to surpass the limits of his life again after leaving hell, and successfully created a miracle again, ranking above the strongest echelon of the Hades fighting field under Hades himself, and becoming one of the few people in the stars who came to this point, he still couldn't win that thing.

He survived, he blocked her attack, but she still slaughtered the old guys he had been born and died with him one by one in front of him, throwing their corpses all over the space station, and lining their heads in the showroom like show-off collections. Only the head, the slick head, the rest of the hair, ears, nose, and mouth were all shaved clean, scattered all over the ground, and the eyeballs were also buckled with a full bottle, which was placed on the corner of the table on the glass counter next to it.

Before that, Ed had been involved in all the missions he had carried out, and since he climbed from the Legion to where he was at that time, it cannot be said that he had never experienced defeat, but it was the first time that he was defeated by only one enemy, and only the only time. Protecting the last remaining member of the team, he abandoned his mission and escaped from the station. It wasn't his worst defeat, but it was the most embarrassing.

After that, he took a long leave of absence and contacted a few old friends who had come out of hell with him, wanting to settle the newly established account and settle the grievance. But before they could officially start, they learned that the child of the Nether had died under Liuhe. At that time, that incident spread almost all over the interstellar world, and those who didn't know the inside story watched a joke and a joke, but those who understood realized that something was wrong, which led to a series of follow-up events. But that's another story.

Helpless fate, helpless story. I don't know why I live, and I don't know who I die.

Ed's revenge story begins inexplicably, and then ends inexplicably. He was in a daze, tangled, and finally felt his own ridiculousness. He thought he was a bloodthirsty monster, a beast that tore and killed, but in the blink of an eye, he was ruthlessly defeated by an inconspicuous woman. He thought that the woman who had overwhelmed him would be his most challenging opponent, but soon the most challenging opponent would die without even a little smoke left.

He suddenly found that in this vast and ruthless universe, there was no difference between himself who was entangled in these so-called strong, weak, grievances and hatreds and those ordinary ordinary people, and he was as ignorant and small as the creatures he could easily take away their lives from those creatures he had looked down on, and were arranged by the world to do what they should do and play the role they should play. It was also at that time that he understood the role he was assigned and understood what he had to do.

So when he came to this city, he discarded his past without any scruples, and now he found it back without scruples. All that he lost was rewarded for his success in adapting to the new environment he was supposed to adapt to.

So, the time has come, and the Great Snake has returned.

“…… Big Snake!! ”

The smooth ground under his body cracked, the spiderweb-shaped cracks spread outward, and an incredible huge force exploded, flying Carl who was pressed on it, and at the same time, his body also flew up, landing on his feet and half-squatting on the ground.

Carl twisted his body and landed not far away, the metal mask raised, reflecting the back of the slowly rising up, watching him turn his head, small and strange eyes looking at him.

"Back then, I tried my best, but I couldn't kill the child of the nether." Ed still said in a relaxed and fast tone, as if casually raised his hand, hammered the wound in his abdomen, and the corners of his mouth twitched with excitement because of the pain, "It's really fitting that you and Adele have been going around for so long, and use you to welcome its return." ”

“…… I think I'm about to say 'honored'. ”

Carl nodded his head when suddenly the image reflected on the mask blurred. Ed was in front of him in the blink of an eye!

"Got faster?"

With a slight movement in his heart, the old gentleman quickly learned the previous lesson, busy but not chaotic, and raised one hand while turning sideways, blocking Ed's powerful side kick. Without waiting for him to think about how to fight back after blocking this leg, he flew out with a "bang" and slammed straight into the pillar in the distance.

"The strength has increased more than a little bit...... And it doesn't seem to be the limit. Quickly rolling over from the ground, Carl glanced at his arm, felt the residual concussive touch on it, and nodded thoughtfully, "This is the signature stunt of Hades' fighting technique, the power of the 'Great Snake'?" ”

It is already very remarkable to be able to make Ed, who was originally like a plaything in his hands, face himself head-on wearing the Kraken exoskeleton armor and seem to be able to suppress it.

"Unfortunately, it's not enough."

Shaking his hand violently, Carl crooked his neck, let out a gack, and when Ed flew up again, he suddenly kicked forward with a quick volley, kicking on Ed's abdomen, although it did not directly touch the wound, but the diffuse concussion still caused a certain tearing effect. However, to Carl's surprise, Ed didn't seem to feel pain at all, and his body didn't take a step back, but he hit the pillar wall again under the reaction force.

"It's so domineering, it's really like you're facing a humanoid giant snake."

Carl understood a little more about the horror of Hades' fighting skills, and at the same time, his head turned away quickly, dodging Eddard's roaring fist, and the wall of the pillar behind him was shattered into a pit the size of a small basin.

Carl had a new idea in his mind.

"I'll see how long you can keep it up."

Dodging Eddard's pursuit of the punches again, Carl dodged back, dodging the imposing barrage of attacks, relying on the speed of his own Kraken armor to fight guerrilla.

Similar moves that greatly increase one's physical strength in a short period of time are also found in other martial arts, and what they all have in common is that none of them can last too long. If Carl wants to win, the safest way is to drag Ed's "big snake" back and let it return to Ed's body by itself.

However, at the same time, Carl's heart is also a little bottomless, that is, he doesn't know how long the "big snake" can be active, and every time he drags on for one more point, Adele with the box will run a little farther, and it will be more difficult to catch up. He was gambling, betting that the injured Ed was close to his limit, that he was now burning the last of his physical strength, that the strength he showed would not last long.

Gambling is all about luck, and Carl's luck today wasn't too bad — at least for now, in the face of Ed.

Ed had indeed reached his limit, and it was a little too late for the snake to fully awaken. Although the furious power was still being sent out of his body and limbs by hungry monsters, he knew that it could dissipate at any moment due to the disintegration of his will. To put it simply, he was on the verge of fainting.

He couldn't faint, he had other things to do today.

Taking a deep breath, Ed suddenly stopped all his movements, stood on the floor of the messy fitness center, closed his eyes, and only the strange aura that turned into substance whirled around his body, stirring the hem of his clothes and the ends of his hair. Other than that, he was quiet like a sculpture.

Hesitation and hesitation are not Karl's character, and since an opportunity arises, it is important to give it a try in the absence of a better option, even if it is likely to be a trap. Distorted light and shadow flickered, and he instantly appeared behind Eddard.

At this moment, Ed's eyes suddenly opened, his small pupils condensed, and he turned backwards with a "whoosh", and his two hands reached forward at the same time, his ring finger and little finger were bent, and the straight middle finger touched Carl's chest close at hand.

"—Hellfang!"

All the power was concentrated in one point, and it exploded at a very close range like a fixed-point explosion, and the ten fingers of Eddard's hands suddenly formed fists, and they came up and down to bombard Karl's chest like a cannonball.

Carl's body flew backwards uncontrollably, and the Kraken exoskeleton power armor on his chest, which could block normal pistol bullets, appeared in a distinct, shocking dent, like an iron sheet that had been smashed by a hammer.

Because it is a short-distance instantaneous burst of power, the destructive power converted by potential energy is very strong, but the kinetic energy created is not much, and Carl flew not far before he stopped and fell to the ground.

He struggled to get up, but Ed had already flown up to him again, and his big hand landed in the center of his abdomen, taking advantage of his illness.

"-God of Terror!"