Chapter 417
Chapter 417
Chapter 417
"Giving me a peaceful death, how incredibly merciful of you, Zeke Draker."
Rahim glared at Zeke while speaking.
He pulled something out from his chest.
Holding a syringe filled with black liquid, Rahim spoke while looking at Zeke.
"Do you know what this is?"
Zeke took a step toward Rahim and said.
"I don't know what it is, but it doesn't look very good for the body."
Rahim smiled coldly and said.
"This contains the 'Power of Immortality'."
Zeke frowned at Rahim's words.
'Power of Immortality?'
But that's when it happened.
Before anyone could stop him, Rahim stabbed the syringe into Nazim's neck.
"KUHAK!"
Nazim trembled violently, seemingly unaware that Rahim would inject him with the solution.
Rahim spoke while watching Nazim.
"Don't worry, Nazim. Unlike what we gave to the Salmak men, this is a finished product from the laboratory. It will give you new power, so don't worry."
After half his body was dissolved by the power of corruption and barely survived, Rahim had become a completely different person.
Previously, though timid, he had calmly served as Six's leader and strategist, but now he had changed into a cold-blooded person who would commit any act without hesitation to achieve his goals and make decisions without emotion.
Nazim, who received the injection, trembled while clutching his shoulder in agony.
Watching this, Zeke spoke to Rahim.
"Seems like I've given enough time. Looks like dying peacefully isn't going to happen."
Rahim grinned at those words.
"Is that so?"
That's when it happened.
SCHWAAAK!
Suddenly, a massive black blade flew toward Zeke.
PACHING!
Zeke quickly swung his sword to deflect the blade.
But then more blades kept coming.
PACHING! PACHING! PACHING!
Zeke stepped backward while desperately defending against the incoming blades.
Nazim, who had been lying on the floor, slowly rose to his feet.
Then dozens of blades sprouted from his body.
When Nazim raised his head, his eyes were completely black.
As the mask covering half his face fell off, his sewn-shut mouth was revealed.
Nazim used the blades protruding from his hands to tear out all the stitches sealing his mouth.
"KAHAHA!"
A chilling laugh burst from Nazim's mouth.
Surprisingly, all of Nazim's teeth were made of blades.
Zeke raised his sword defensively at the grotesque sight of blades protruding all over Nazim's body.
'Unlike those monsters from earlier, it seems he hasn't completely lost his sanity.'
Unlike the Salmak assassins, having received the finished product as claimed, Nazim hadn't transformed into a mindless monster and could still use his bloodline ability.
Moreover, his bloodline ability seemed even more amplified than before.
When Nazim extended his hand, small blades sprouted in all directions from his forearm, and then they began to spin.
WEEEEEING!
As the blades sprouting from both arms spun with a chilling sound, Nazim burst into a satisfied laugh.
"KAAAK!"
Nazim charged at Zeke using martial arts like the Ishtar mystic artists.
WHOOOONG!
Nazim attacked Zeke with his arms covered in spinning blades.
Though it was a simple thrust, the powerful spinning blades made it an extremely threatening attack.
KAGAGAGAKANG!
Zeke blocked the blades with Roland.
Sparks flew from the orichalcum Roland.
"KAAAA!"
Nazim continued throwing punches at Zeke while letting out monstrous screams.
His movements became increasingly fluid, and he soon incorporated secret techniques as well.
WEEEEEING!
Even his kicks targeting blind spots had spinning blades attached.
KAGAGAGAKANG!
Zeke blocked the kick with Roland and stepped back to observe him.
'This kind of attack is a first.'
With spinning blades protruding from both hands and feet, Nazim seemed to have transcended human limits.
Yet the system still recognized him as human.
Then, Rahim, who had been watching their fight, spoke to Zeke.
"Zeke Draker, this place will become your grave today."
After finishing his words, Rahim pulled out a high-compression mana bomb from his pocket.
But at that moment, the mana bomb disappeared and instantly appeared right in front of Zeke's face.
'Oh no...'
Zeke tried to dodge quickly, but before he could, the mana bomb exploded.
KWAKWAKWABOOM!
Though wearing Hersion prevented major damage from the explosion, his vision was blocked and he lost sight of Nazim.
'Where?'
Suddenly another mana bomb appeared and exploded right in front of Zeke's face.
KWAKWABOOM!
Zeke momentarily lost his bearings from the consecutive mana bomb explosions.
That's when Nazim dove through the rising dust cloud, targeting Zeke's feet from a blind spot.
WEEEEEING!
The spinning blades targeted the joints of the armor.
KAGAGAGAKANG!
Even Hersion had gaps at the joints.
Nazim created an extremely thin blade and thrust it into the gap of Zeke's armor.
PWOOK!
Nazim's blade pierced through the back of Zeke's knee.
"KUUK!"
Zeke stepped back with the blade still embedded.
Soon after, three mana bombs exploded simultaneously right next to his head.
KWAKWAKWAKWABOOM!
Zeke was thrown into the wall by the powerful explosion.
As the wall crumbled, Zeke, buried among the broken bricks, couldn't stand up properly for a moment.
"KAAAAK!"
Seeing this, Nazim created another thin, long blade like before and approached the fallen Zeke.
Then he thrust the blade into the gap of the helmet.
KWADUK!
The blade entered through the gap under the helmet and pierced through the top of the head.
Nazim didn't stop there and continued stabbing blades into various gaps in the armor.
Rahim smiled with satisfaction watching Nazim.
"The experiment is a huge success. To think the Chimera could display such power. Very satisfying..."
PWOOK!
As he was muttering contentedly, Roland's blade pierced through Rahim's stomach.
Rahim grabbed the blade protruding from his stomach in disbelief.
Slowly turning his gaze, he saw Zeke, not wearing Hersion, holding him and thrusting the sword forcefully.
"Y-you..."
Rahim turned his head again to look toward Nazim.
Nazim was still continuously stabbing blades into the gaps of Hersion.
Rahim shouted.
"Nazim! He's over here!"
Instantly Nazim raised his head and looked toward Rahim.
"KAAAAK!"
Nazim let out a monstrous scream upon realizing what he had been stabbing wasn't real.
Just as Nazim tried to run toward Rahim and Zeke, black smoke erupted from the fallen Hersion on the ground.
TSUTSUTSUTSU!
The shadow clone Zeke created with his Shadow Clone’s skill took form and charged at Nazim.
KWABANG!
While the shadow clone engaged Nazim, Solomon's Chains that Zeke cast flew targeting Nazim and wrapped around him from behind.
CHWARALALALAK!
"KAAAAK!"
Dozens of blades suddenly protruded from Nazim's body.
Those blades spun wildly trying to cut the chains, but it was useless.
Solomon's Chains, which could bind even souls, tightened further around Nazim's body.
"KUAAAAA!"
Though Nazim screamed and tried desperately to break the chains, he couldn't escape.
Seeing this, Rahim gritted his teeth and tried to escape using spatial movement.
PAJIJIJIK!
Electricity sparked from his body and his mana began to Reverse.
"KULUK!"
Black blood poured from Rahim's mouth.
Zeke had used mana backflow technique to prevent Rahim's spatial movement.
Rahim looked at Zeke in disbelief.
"T-this is impossible..."
Zeke spoke while looking at the collapsed Rahim.
"Well, you should have listened when I offered to let you die peacefully."
He reached out and unhesitatingly used Dragon's Wisdom on Rahim.
WOOOOONG!
[Dragon's Wisdom skill activates.]
[Dragon senses included in the dragon god body activate in conjunction.]
[Accessing target's karma data.]
As Dragon's Wisdom activated, karma data related to Rahim flowed into Zeke's mind.
Having used it several times on inanimate objects, it wasn't as overwhelming as the first time.
Using the ‘Sage's Eye,’ Zeke quickly scanned through data related to Rahim, focusing on information about the Nostra Family.
Among the related information, Zeke could find content about the ‘black medicine’ Rahim was holding.
'Chimera, laboratory and... Four Fiends?'
Surprisingly, the medicine Rahim had was connected to none other than the Four Fiends.
Zeke decided to search deeper into the karma information.
WOOOONG!
As Sage's Eye activated, it allowed selective access to related data.
Information about the Four Fiends' Chimera experiments flowed into Zeke's mind.
Dohl, one of the Four Fiends. They captured Dohl and used his corrupted holy blood to create medicine that strengthens bloodline ability users.'
The completed medicine strengthened bloodline abilities and granted self-healing capabilities.
Incomplete versions turned humans into monsters like the Salmak assassins, with the side effect of losing rationality.
Scanning the karma information, Zeke realized Nostra Family's Chimera experiments were a continuation of human experiments from the Joint tribe ghetto.
'Hong-hwa disease, human experiments, bloodline enhancement, Chimera experiments... Everything was connected to the Nostra Family.'
Though they captured Dario, a Nostra Family executive, the boss's identity remained mysterious.
Even Dario claimed he'd never seen the boss, showing their strict security.
Zeke tried accessing karma information about the Nostra Family boss using Sage's Eye.
A warning message appeared:
[Cannot access this karma data.]
[Access mediator required to view this karma data.]
He needed an object or person connected to the Nostra Family boss.
'No choice.'
Zeke withdrew Dragon's Wisdom and opened his eyes.
Rahim was sweating, his eyes lifeless.
He barely lifted his gaze and spoke weakly.
"What did you do to me…?"
"Nothing much. Just looked at the information in your head."
Rahim's eyes shook at Zeke's words.
"Zeke Draker... I'll drag you to hell myself."
He injected himself with the corrupted holy blood medicine.
The medicine absorbed into Rahim's body before Zeke could stop him.
TSUTSUTSUTSU!
Rahim's body, enhanced by Four Fiends' power, flashed and vanished.
Zeke drew Bahamut and stayed alert.
'His spatial movement ability is enhanced.'
Flashes appeared everywhere.
Rahim kept appearing and disappearing, jumping across walls and ceiling.
"KAHAAAA!"
Like Nazim, Rahim's abilities were enhanced but his rationality diminished, replaced by madness.
Rahim appeared behind Zeke.
PWOOK!
He punched toward Zeke.
Surprisingly, his hand spatial-moved through Zeke's stomach.
"KUUK!"
As the wounded Zeke charged at Rahim, he vanished again.
The uniform was intact but blood seeped from the stomach wound underneath.
But such wounds meant little to the immortal Zeke.
SUSSUSSU!
Though the wound had healed, Zeke pretended to be injured to bait Rahim.
'Where is he?'
As Zeke looked around, Rahim appeared near the chained Nazim.
He placed his hand on Nazim's blades.
Zeke realized Rahim's intention.
PUSHUSHUSHUSHUK!
Nazim's blades suddenly erupted from all over Zeke's body.
KUNG!
Rahim had spatial-moved Nazim's blades inside Zeke's body.
Black-eyed Rahim looked down at the kneeling Zeke.
His voice scraped like metal.
"Zeke Draker, you die here today."