Verse 54 ending

"Let me guess what you're doing? Are you planning to join forces with the Scarlet Duke to deal with me? I guess I'm going to wait for me to get closer, and then join forces to strike a blow? I guessed right, right? I thought you were cunning...... Ha Lu Ha ......" he let out a burst of ecstatic laughter that was almost morbid. "I'm sorry to be in the middle of the scene, but as a viewer, I have reason to think that this script should be revised as necessary. ”

"As for you, Duke Scarlet. You don't have to thank me at all, and to be honest, I really can't allow you to be killed like this. If you die like this, I'm going to be very nerve-wracking. ”

The gray cloak's gaze became vicious and vicious in the next second. "Because I'm really, really looking forward to the moment when I kill you with my own hands!"

"We ...... Have you seen it?" asked Ashrufat, with some difficulty. He knew that he was stalling for time, but it was more of an instinct than a clever arrangement, because in this case, he had no way to resist or escape. The worst part is that Carrie, who will always be with him, giving him crucial help and guidance...... It has also become impossible to trust.

Although Carrie had made that suggestion just now, he would never be able to see her the way he had ever seen her. Not everyone's nerves are tough enough to withstand such drastic changes. However, Carrie's erosion of him has diminished to a negligible level, allowing him to concentrate on the predicament at hand—which, of course, cannot be done.

"Have we met? That's a good question. The gray cloak was not dissatisfied. In fact, this is more in line with his heart, because the longer he enjoys victory, the better. "I'm sure you haven't seen me, but I've seen you. I've seen you, yes, I've been watching you, but you don't know what to do. I'm watching you as you enter Oron with the Greenskins, I'm watching you as you lead the Undead Legion to battle the Ryans, and I'm watching you as you burrow into the Mystic Tower and face the Magician. I watched you all the time when you were dueling with Ylan, when you were in the Underworld, when you were disguised as a dwarf, when you were on the battlefield. You have never been out of our grasp. You think your actions are secretive, and no one can detect your little secrets that you have deliberately concealed, but you don't know that your every move is already under my nose. ”

"Master," Carrie said quietly. "I can give you a spell. There's only one chance to use magic to strengthen your body to defy gravity...... You can take about a second to act. If you can take advantage of this opportunity to launch a raid. You may not be very fast, but he's also affected by gravity and his movements are just as sluggish. If you could kill him with a single sword...... We have a chance to ......"

But the distance between the two sides is a little too far. The gray-and-white cloak carefully (or accidentally) kept the distance to five or six paces. It's not a distance that can be sneak attacked. Now that Ashruphat had learned the Dao, these gods of the Star Domain all possessed physical qualities that were not inferior to him.

As he spoke, the gray cloak had already pulled out what looked like a pistol. Not only did it look like a pistol, but it was also held in a pistol-like way—the gray cloak pinched the pistol, placed his index finger on the trigger, and aimed the muzzle at Aerufat's head.

He pulled the trigger.

Ashrufat let out a sigh of relief. There was no sound of gunpowder detonating, no lethal bullets, just a slight "gada" sound. Is this intimidation? Like a cat that catches a mouse and always plays with it first?

In his confusion, a scream from Carrie came to his mind.

"Oh, failed?" said the gray cloak as he slowly withdrew his pistol, "Ah, that's unfortunate. I'm really not very good at subtle calibrations though. Looks like it's going to have to take some time. He fumbled around with the pistol, as if adjusting something. Soon, though, his eyes turned to Aerufate and let out a creepy laugh.

"Oh, excuse me...... I forgot to introduce it. He showed the pistol in his hand to Ashrufat. "It's called a vibrator, it's a tool, and of course it can also be used as a weapon. I turned it down to the lowest power output, and it was able to turn off the AI in your head through your skull. If I adjust his power to the highest ...... Then he can put your head directly...... No, turn your whole body, plus everything around your body, whatever it is, into a paste. ”

When making this introduction, the gray cloak actually expects to see fear and anxiety in the eyes of the other party. It is better to say the words begging for mercy from the other person's mouth. If that's the case, that's really great.

Because of this, he can say the words of refusal in the most regretful and sweet tone.

But it doesn't seem to have that effect...... may be because what he just said was so desperate that the other party had no luck at all. But it doesn't matter - there is a little bit of regret, but it doesn't hurt the big picture.

"I guess that AI must be secretly giving you a suggestion to use magic to temporarily boost your strength so that you have a chance to sneak attack?" said the gray cloak, deliberately taking a half-step back. "Hey, Carrie, don't think you're the only one in the world who is so smart, and everyone else is a fool. ”

As he spoke, he adjusted his vibrator and once again raised it to Ashrufat's head and pulled the trigger.

Carrie screamed in her head again, and her voice was very miserable.

"Oh, failed again. The gray cloak shook his head. "It seems like I'm really not a good gambler. A third of the time there is no chance of winning. In this way, only the energy storage device was turned off...... Hey......"

The content of his words was completely out of step with his tone, for there was a tyrannical pleasure in his voice. This defeat probably only made him more pleasant. For the pain of procrastinating the prey—like the cats that play with the mice under their paws—is something that can give the hunter greater stimulation and pleasure.

"It's over...... Finished...... It's really over......" Carrie's voice was full of despair in her head. "Part of me was truncated...... I can't use magic anymore. ”

Ashruphat embraced the winds of magic, and he knew that if he continued like this, he would wait for death. The other party is very cautious, and it seems that he doesn't plan to get close at all. He separates energy from the flaming winds and weaves it into suitable magic. In the next moment, with all his strength, he raised half an arm and shot a fireball towards the gray cloak.

However, this blow had no effect. Because his movements were so slow, the gray cloak was easy to dodge. Fireballs flew past the gray cloak and slammed into the walls of the distant room - to no avail, of course. The flames, which had no subsequent energy, were extinguished, and there was not a single trace of the wall.

"Tut-tut......" The gray and white cloak put on a compassionate posture. "It's a pity, it's a pity, isn't it?" and continued to adjust the vibrator in his hand.

"Alright, Carrie. In the blink of an eye, he once again raised the vibrator in his hand and aimed it at Ashrufat's head. "I'm not lucky, but if I had a 50 percent chance, I'd be willing to gamble. The game is over and you can exit. Have a good dream, little darling. ”

He pulled the trigger.

This time, Carrie didn't make any noise in her head. When Ashrufat came to his senses, he realized that Carrie had fallen silent—not silently, but vanished, just like the last time. In his mind, the part of space that belonged to Carrie had turned empty in an instant. He tried to feel the void, but it was empty, and there was nothing left but nothingness. However, the faint feeling of erosion just now did not disappear, and the influence caused by Carrie was still in the realm of his will, although this force became weak, but it did not disappear completely.

"Huhu, I said I could take a gamble. The gray cloak let out a wild laugh. "It turned out that my luck wasn't bad. Now it's finally your turn. He looked at Ashrufat.

Ashrufat did not answer. The two looked at each other, and through those eyes, Ashrufat felt the hatred of the other, which was a mixture of extreme hatred, disgust, and jealousy. A person who can look at him with such a gaze will never stop.

Even if the other party doesn't have this kind of vision, he knows that the other party will not stop. Ylang said it clearly last time...... The gods of the star field must kill him and open his skull in order to get their hands on the artificial intelligence.

And now, he was crushed to the ground by the huge weight, unable to move. In fact, it is not right to say that he can't move, he still has the strength to lift half an arm. But does it make sense?

If I had changed to someone else, I am afraid that I would have been overwhelmed by this despair. But Ashruphat did not. For as long as he can remember, he has never been a defensive fighter. So even in the face of overwhelming enemies, he always takes the initiative. His retreat in battle was not to keep himself safe, but to accumulate the strength to fight back. This is the imprint he left on himself in the previous life, and in the depths of his soul, there is that kind of untamable wildness, even if Qin Xin erases his memory, it can't change his essence. In the depths of his soul burned an unyielding flame, a fighting spirit that would never give up, like the ode of those ancient heroes echoing in his ears.

"You...... You want to kill me, for what?"

"Because you killed Ylan-Ylang. The gray cloak looked at each other cruelly. His hand was adjusting the vibrator in his hand at the same time.

"I'm self-defense...... It was she who wanted to kill me. ”

"Your choice has nothing to do with me. You killed her, so I definitely won't kill you easily today. It's a pity that I can't keep you alive for long, so that I can use all known means to torture my body to appease my heart. I'll admit, it's a bit of a pity, but I can at least use this. ”

The gray cloak once again raised the vibrator in his hand - to prolong his opponent's fear before death, he was deliberately slow. He didn't aim at Ashrufat's head, but at his body, his waist. As he said before, this tool can be used as a weapon, as it is capable of turning anything directly into paste, including flesh, including clothing, including these shiny metal walls and floors.

Ashruphat embraced the winds of magic. He calmed down and used all his will to extract and condense the energy from the wind of magic into a spell. Carrie had already taught him all the magic—all the magic in the known world—but he had never seriously cultivated it. Because he is not by nature a spellcaster. But for now, magic is his only chance.

A and cruel grin formed at the corner of the gray cloak's mouth. He watched the cat look at the rat under his paws and fled in a hurry, and watched as Ashrufat raised his left hand in vain, moving slowly and trembling slightly. What else could the prey do? His body was so weighed down by the sheer weight that he couldn't move, so the fighting technique he was best at was completely useless—what could he do with a sword in his hand? and magic, he knew very well. Because he had already obtained all of Ashrufat's abilities from the database of the Dark Castle. Ashruphat had only mastered fire magic—poor magic.

The magic exploded, and he just put his hand on his waist and activated the protective force field. This futile magic means nothing to him and only deserves to be ridiculed. But in the next moment, he realized that a sour feeling suddenly rushed straight to his heart. He opened his mouth to make a surprised sound, but a stream of blood involuntarily came out of his mouth.

He lowered his head and saw the long sword piercing through his body. Ashrufat had just made a feint with his left hand to attract his attention, and with his right hand he threw the long sword in his hand. The sword passed through his chest, where his heart was.

The gray cloak subconsciously pulled the trigger in his hand. Huge energy emanates from the muzzle of the vibrator, directly shattering everything in front of it. But all he could see was a large gap in the distant wall - the blow to his body prevented the vibrator from being aimed at its target, only a large gap in the side wall of the room.

The shiny metal walls that can be seen are not particularly thick, and behind the walls are a lot of complex pipes. But now, the pipes are also twisted and shattered.

The bright light that had filled the room suddenly dimmed. The whole room, no, the whole world was shaking.

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The video ends. The entire conference room was cold.

"That kid...... Just like that......" for a long time, I don't know who opened the mouth.

"Dead!" added Worchell. "He shouldn't have used a vibrator...... I reckon that the interior of the ship was damaged, and the connection system sent an erroneous signal, causing the ship's engine, which was already extremely unstable, to explode. In this case, he was hit hard...... Didn't get out. ”

"What about the Scarlet Duke?"

"Look at the last picture, where he summoned his energy field armor. But it doesn't make sense. Ship engine ...... The high-energy reaction of the antimatter level will directly penetrate his protective force field. I reckon he lived a few more seconds...... But that's about it. ”

"Our AI ......"

"Disappeared with the Scarlet Duke. Warcher replied. "In this matter, we can say that we have made a loss-making deal. Paid a great price and got nothing. Hearts ...... It's really not easy to deal with. ”

"Wait a minute, I remember there's a portal on the site of this ship. Someone chimed in.

"That's right. Warcher replied. "But the Scarlet Duke didn't stand a chance. As you have just seen, artificial intelligence has been turned off. Not to mention the fact that he had to go through portals - he couldn't open them without AI - how far would he have the only ten or so seconds left to run even if his way was clear? I'd be more than happy to discuss another possibility - because the portal on the ship was active, it had a little bit of space-time distortion when it was destroyed by the explosion. If he's lucky, he'll be sent away by the space-time warp. ”

“...... The odds are almost 1 in a million. Someone replied with a sigh.

"In addition, here is an analysis of the state of the Scarlet Duke in his last moments. Walcher continued. "I've written a report and I've sent it to you. In the last moments, we can be sure that all the artificial intelligence in his mind has been shut down, except for the database. Oh, I was a little wrong, the small accumulator was not completely turned off...... We haven't touched this model of artificial intelligence, and its small energy storage unit can't be completely turned off. We close the parts that can only be emitted with energy. ”

"At that time, the artificial intelligence had already started the program to suppress the brain of the Scarlet Duke, but because the time was too short, we don't know the effect......

"What happens if the database is not shut down?" someone asked inadvertently.

"The consequence is that the Scarlet Duke is able to read the database at will—but slowly. ”

"Okay, that's the end of the issue. Finally, a veteran spoke. "From now on, things about the Scarlet Duke and artificial intelligence...... I propose that it be set aside indefinitely. Let's concentrate on our construction work. ”

Everyone unanimously acquiesced in this decision.

"What about that dark castle? There should be some equipment in there...... Although just some inconsequential devices. Wocher spoke.

"That doesn't make sense to us, it's not a threat. Besides, that castle has an auxiliary power system, and I think the AI will definitely set up a self-detonation program. Even if we want to do it, nine times out of ten, it will be a waste of energy. One of the superiors replied. "However, since there is a 1 in a million chance, we might as well send spies to spy on it...... If the Scarlet Duke hadn't died—and only if, of course—he would have returned to his lair. Therefore, keeping this castle can be regarded as keeping the most hopeful future. ”

No one objected to this decision.