Chapter 340: 0291 Senior, your... is really handy!_1
[Name: Möbius Cursed Silver (Curse, Flesh, Metal)]
[Appearance: Bright silver special metal...]
[Ability: Curse Amplification, Flesh Assimilation, Metal Body]
[Cost: The user's five senses will be permanently halved, and the soul will suffer irreversible damage (with the holder's permission, no cost required)]
[File: The city of Mebis, known for its vast silver mines, was once one of the Kingdom's most important mining cities. Since its initial construction over 300 years ago, it paid a substantial amount of taxes and minerals to the Kingdom annually.
Until eleven years ago, the secret society "Earth Essence Society" attacked the city of Mebis, resulting in 3,615 residents in the city center being eroded by the silver rain from the sky, turning them into immobile metal statues. Only a young man named Pioni Alphah managed to escape and joined the Virgin Branch of the Purification Bureau the following year...
Later, during a surprise mission at the Boarding Tower, it was discovered that Level Three incident handler Leon Laine from the Virgin Branch encountered a life-or-death crisis. Unable to take action, Pioni Alphah voluntarily gave up part of the cursed silver ownership, temporarily transferring it to Leon Laine, hoping to help him retreat safely...]
[Evaluation: A very powerful anomalous object, but this mass of cursed silver does not completely belong to you. The most crucial part still belongs to its previous holder. Please don't forget to take this part back to him.]
[Contamination Value: 19.9 (5.4)]
[Your Contamination Value has increased]
...
"Swish!"
It seemed to sense Leon's presence. The shiny silver backside wobbled slightly and then transformed from solid to liquid, collapsing instantly with a splash, leaving behind only...
╰ひ╯
*Understood, thank you for your help, senior. I will take the most crucial part back to you.*
Witnessing this scene, Leon couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth slightly, then instructed Young Ha to put away what remained of Senior Pioni. He then cautiously directed his will toward the puddle of mercury-like liquid metal on the ground.
"Buzz!"
With a blade's quivering hum, under Leon's mental command, the mercury-like liquid metal on the ground twisted and transformed, instantly forming a thin, elongated silver sword, which slashed fiercely at the cracked water heater beside it.
"Clang!"
A sharp, crisp sound of metal clashing arose, as the iron-cast water heater borrowed from the Red-haired Director was sliced open like soft tofu, splitting in half with a snap.
Not just the water heater, even the ground beneath it couldn't withstand this slash, being cut open by a narrow, half-meter-deep groove.
*So sharp?!*
Seeing the destruction caused by the cursed silver sword, Leon's eyebrows involuntarily raised slightly.
*No wonder it's an anomalous object with nearly 20 points of contamination value. Such widespread damage with just a casual strike. If I exert a little more "effort," I could probably cut through even a small, twenty-centimeter-thick pneumatic shield.*
As for Senior Pioni's backside, although it wasn't as versatile as his Holy Spirit pendant in terms of speed and concealment, with a "range" of only two or three meters, any effort beyond that resulted in losing control.
But in terms of destructive power, compared to the Holy Spirit pendant that could only pierce a few centimeters of steel plate, the slashes emitted by weapons formed from cursed silver were a class above in terms of potency.
Concerning defense capabilities...
*After attempting a "self-contradictory" experiment by splitting the cursed silver mass into two and watching the hardened cursed silver shield easily block stabs, Leon had gained a sense of the cursed silver's defense capabilities, letting out a long breath.*
*It's similarly strong!*
*It seems Senior Pioni probably bet on me seeking out his backside, therefore temporarily transferring control of this part of the cursed silver to me, hoping to lend a hand.*
*Yet, with several of my anomalous objects being sealed together, although [War Cornerstone] isn't completely disabled, I could rely on Young Ha's electric therapy to handle enemies. This help came just in time when both protective and offensive means were scarce!*
After sincerely thanking Senior Pioni for his assistance internally, Leon, overjoyed, hastily manipulated the cursed silver sword to float up, wanting to see if he could "fly with a sword," planning to leave before other guards arrived.
Unfortunately, Senior Pioni's backside didn't support such operations.
The moment Leon's feet left the ground, the cursed silver mass, capable of moving freely in the air and even transforming into a large hand to grasp objects, lost all vitality, turning liquid and falling back down.
*Is this because the cursed silver, as a mineral, draws its power from the earth? Or does Senior Pioni have acrophobia?*
After failing twice to succeed, Leon had to abandon the idea of flying away. Instead, akin to his usual manipulation of the Holy Spirit pendant, he controlled the cursed silver using his thoughts to lay down a barrier around himself, then bolted off toward the direction away from the Boarding Tower.
*I must speed up.*
After breaking through the enclosure at the base of the tower, he initially fell prey to the Scales Gold Sect's Snake Spirit, and later, testing the effect of Senior Pioni's backside also took up some time. If he didn't hurry and retreat, being boxed in by the following Guard Troops would be a huge predicament!