Chapter 440. The Key to Future Generations
Myne barely withdrew his hand when a three-meter-tall fist made of countless bugs slammed onto his head, smashing him into the blood pool. The fist didn't stop after the first surprise attack and the assault continued relentlessly until Mr. Bugman, who controlled the insects, sensed something amiss, as he felt like he was hitting something made of metal and losing countless bugs with each attack.
He detached a few hundred bugs into the pool to inspect Myne's condition. But upon closer examination, his nonexistent face contorted in anger. His target, whom he believed he was pulverizing, was actually lying casually inside the blood pool's surface with his hands behind his head without caring about the lack of air if he could breathe in the water or blood.
A mysterious-looking four-legged table made of unknown black metal, and covered with dense runes was positioned above him, deflecting all previous attacks, and absorbing all the kyntic energy into it. This is why Mr. Bugman felt something was off every time he smashed his fist; it felt like he was hitting iron, which was indeed the case.
Just as Mr. Bugman was about to explode with rage, he saw No. 1 emerge from a nearby corner where he'd been hiding since his initial attack on Myne and stood beside him while putting his index finger at his lips to tell him to stay silent. He materialized a red sword with a pitch-black hilt adorned with three red gems.
First, No. 1 ran his right index finger across the sword, near his wrist, the same sword he'd previously used to pierce Myne's heart, which was still sustained with his blood. Then, biting his thumb, he pressed both his finger and thumb horizontally against the red blade, drawing two lines of blood on it.
The moment the blood touched the sword, it began glowing, and cryptic symbols manifested across its surface. However, simultaneously, a deep gash appeared on a previously unharmed area of No. 1's face, and he also instantly looked ten years older, wrinkles etching themselves onto his visage. Despite this, he seemed used to it and didn't care much.
Instead, with burning determination to send Myne west, he swung the red sword toward him.
Myne, who was casually taking a break under the metal table he'd conjured or maybe summoned, using his Realize skill, ( he was still now sure behind the principle of this skill ) after dealing with the two troublemakers, and was in the mood of toying with Mr. Bugman, suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of danger unlike anything he'd ever experienced, all the hair on his body stood up.
He hastily glanced at Mr. Bugman and No. 1, who had already made his move, and finally understood the source of this perilous feeling was coming from.
Cursing No. 1's eighteen generations, Myne hurriedly grabbed the edge of the table and wanted to pull it aside and use it as a makeshift shield. However, to his shock, the table seemed to carry the weight of a mountain. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't budge it a centimetre.
Realizing this, he once again summoned some kind of strange thing using his Realize skill, which surely had taken a heavy hit on his mana reserve without him even knowing, Myne gritted his teeth and used his Absolute Evasion skill at maximum power. He had already used his Unbeatable skill before to withstand the lightning strikes and heavy explosions.
Otherwise, how could he still be in one piece and beating everyone?
Just as Myne activated the Absolute Evasion skill, granting him a 100% chance to evade any physical attack for the next 30 seconds, a blinding light erupted before him, which scared his soul from the core, and without even looking at the attack, he now if he was hit by it, then no one in this world can save him.
Myne did not want to rely on his skill completely and wanted to get away, but suddenly found that he had lost control over his entire body and couldn't move a single finger, he could use his skill with his mind but, he had no control over his body. Fearful, he instinctively closed his eyes, ready to go to meet his late parents.
The next instant, however, the pain he imagined didn't come, but a heart-wrenching scream pierced the air, the kind of scream one lets out upon witnessing the death of a loved one. Confused, and wondering who was wailing so piteously for him, Myne opened his eyes and found that he was completely fine.
It turned out that the Absolute Evasion skill wasn't simply just a big name but an effect, it was a real deal, the attack bypassed him, without even harming his single hair, and thanks to it, he lost 90% of his mana reserve which was very painful for Myne.
Shaking his head with a helpless sigh, as he had already accepted this cural reality that his mana would never be sufficient, Myne extricated himself from under the mysterious table, which now slowly getting transported, as if it could disappear any moment. He poked his head out of the blood pool and was met with a sight that sent chills down his spine.
The majestic platform, which he'd been unable to even scratch despite his combined skills, was now cleaved in half from the middle. The upper part was slowly sliding down into the blood pool. Victor (No. 7), seemingly unharmed except for a dent in his armour, was flying in front of the collapsing platform, crying while clutching his head and cursing No. 1 with every bad word he knew.
"Quickly, everyone come here! The portal is closing! We have to get back, otherwise we'll be stuck in this backward world for who knows how many years!" After venting his anger, and coming back to his sense, Victor shouted, and with his fastest speed, rushed toward a small hole in the wall.
He then retrieved a glass skull, now riddled with spiderweb-like cracks, and rushed towards the portal without caring about the others. In the blink of an eye, In blink of an eye, he vanished through the portal.
Mr. Bugman and No. 1 exchanged a glance and wasted no further time. Unlike Victor, who surprisingly still harboured some care for Anya, despite not liking her creepy head in the slightest, these two ruthless individuals didn't possess such attachments for their companies. They bolted towards the portal without hesitation.
Just as they entered the portal, the platform finally crashed onto the floor, causing a thunderous explosion that rattled the entire cave. The tremors were so violent that even a blind person could sense the entire cave was about to collapse.
Myne, who still had a big family to take care of, and had no intention of getting buried so soon, quickly rushed toward the exit. However, only after taking a few steps, he realized he could become a ghost simply pass through the solid wall, bypassing the crumbling cave without worrying about his life. He then breathed a sigh of relief and slapped himself for being stupid again.
However, as he activated the Ethereal Phase and prepared to catch the fatty with peace of mind, he saw the body of No. 2, who had fallen unconscious, and No. 6, the walking pregnancy machine. Although seeing No. 2, who had played a bare minimal role in the fight and the biggest thing he had done was throw a dangerous bomb for which his own leader beat him to unconscious, didn't faze Myne at all.
However when his eyes fell on No. 6, especially his monster brother, which had frightened powerful fertility and could make a woman pregnant in a few shots, an evil thought came to his mind. After all, this guy was a 200-year-old grandpa who was a professional in intimacy. If he could somehow get his memories, wouldn't he reach the peak of satisfying women in his world?
Also, Myne has so many women, and he has no intention of limiting himself to them, if one day they all start asking for children, he needs some special power to do so, he couldn't just take days to make a single girl pregnant, otherwise by the end he reaches to the last one, first one might have already asking for him to second child.
How will he then spend time with them during their pregnancy as a husband and father?
Once this idea came, it took root in his mind like a poisonous vine, and Myne couldn't shake it no matter how hard he tried. So after a second of pondering, he put No. 6's body in his inventory and decided to give him someone who can help him with this problem. Anyway, the world is big, and there is no shortage of madmen like Lewis, he had full confidant that he could find someone one day.
No. 2, while himself was practically useless, possessed a robust physique, particularly his metallic limbs, which piqued Myne's interest. However, since he was still alive, Myne had to shoot nearly 30 Wind Guns to make a small hole in his heart and end his life. This guy's natural body defence was indeed very abnormal.
"There should be one more guy left. That old coot who pretends to be a little child. Although his body itself is worthless, his armour is pretty cool. If I give it to Lewis, he'd definitely empty his entire savings to buy it. And I could also ask him to make one for me.
Every time I looked at that Victor guy's cool armour, I couldn't help but feel jealous," Myne muttered while sprinting around the blood pool. Now that he could use his skill, and with Night Vision, it didn't take Myne too long to find that Tinman under the blood pool, releasing lightning sparks once in a while, just before the cave completely collapsed.
Myne swiftly deposited him into his Inventory as well and hastily activated Ethereal Phase as a colossal rock plummeted towards him.
BOOM!