25 Episode 6-The Scorch Trial (4)
After we killed the 7th Apostle, we left Yu Junghyeok's body. I didn't know what would happen to Yu Junghyeok; he would wake up while standing, after murdering a person. I was afraid his shock would make him appear much more psychotic, but I was too carried away.
Currently, I was floating in nothingness.
The other Fragment Holder would've woken up in Anguk station, after resurrecting thanks to the [King of No-Killing] attribute.
(Well... I hope so,) I thought.
It meant that Yu Junghyeok of the Third Round would be safe, and that Kim Namwoon and Lee Jihye would be alive. I was nervous though. I wanted to know what happened to them.
(Maybe I can have Herald open a livestream channel, and I can watch the South Korean scenarios.)
[We are ne ari ng Flo ri da St ate...]
(4th Wall?)
All of sudden, I was warped into a new place. I lost my bearings for a second, but I saw that I was near a beach. I was floating high in the air, and saw multiple Incarnations on the ground.
(Is this a dream? The past?)
[No... this is happening ri ght n ow... You a re see ing Adrian Mor r ow...]
(Wait, Adrian Morrow? He's a Ten Evil of the U.S.)
"Hai Fuhrer!!"
"Hai Fuhrer!!"
"Hai Fuhrer!!"
I saw Adrian Morrow's subjects. If the timeline was proceeding correctly, then Adrian Morrow would be sponsored by Constellation "Chancellor of Anti-Semitism."
I saw Adrian's deep red flag, which had a white swastika drawn on it. All of his subjects were holding up their rifles, and they were yelling "Hai Fuhrer."
"Hai Fuhrer" was German. It meant "Hail Hitler."
[Constellation "Chancellor of Anti-Semitism" is sending messages to his people.]
[The German messages have been automatically translated to English!]
[We will kill the Jewish people, and finally achieve what I couldn't decades ago!]
[We will show the world our might and power!]
[We will do it for the Fatherland!]
[We will take the Absolute Throne at Washington D.C. and use it to conquer America!!]
The Nazi soldiers that consisted of men and women saw these messages, and yelled louder.
"HAI FUHRER!!!"
The dream faded away. I was afraid, but I was also reassured. Adrian Morrow didn't have a Black Flag. There was still a chance that I could still earn one of the special attributes related to kings.
I was warped into a new place. It was the Macy's mall in Seattle.
***
"Ethan! Sergeant Major!!"
I saw that I was being held by George Machen. He was crying his eyes out. I could understand why. He was holding my destroyed body.
(It's weird... seeing myself this way.)
I saw my own physical body with my own mind. I saw that my clothes were torn off, and my skin was also blackened by the intense heat from the earlier explosions.
[Yo u a re st ill al ive...]
(I am? How the hell am I alive?)
[I do n't kn ow... Use a skill...]
(Okay.)
[You have activated Physical Analyzation!]
I saw that my muscles were shredded, and my bones were fractured in multiple areas. There would be no possible way for me to fix them. They were completely shattered, and I would have to amputate some limbs. My heart was still beating, but it was failing by the second.
I saw the rest of the scene. The chain reaction from earlier was devastating. All of the Flare-zombies I blew up were completely torn apart; they were nothing but limbs. I saw parts of the mall had collapsed as well.
George was still crying.
"Noooo..... why...."
It hurt to see him that way. I didn't know if George saw me as a friend, but I didn't want to see him in agony. I looked at the Flare-zombies. There... there was a way for me to survive. I focused all of my intent on George. If he was thinking of me, then communicating with him would be easier. That's how Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint worked.
(George, can you hear me?)
"Ethan?!"
He began to shake my body slowly, as if hesitating to wake me up. I saw hope flash in his eyes, but quickly return to despair.
(George, grab all of the hearts of the Flare-zombies.... You can save my body....)
"H-how can I save anything?" he wept.
(I know it's hard, but there are only two options. One, I will die. The second option... it will be harder for me, but I can endure it.)
"W-what do I do?"
(You must gather all of the hearts of the Flare-zombies, and feed them to me. You must squirt the blood into my mouth, and apply it to my wounds.)
"What?!"
George was staring upwards towards the sky now. He wasn't sure if he was going crazy or not.
[Constellation "Anti-Confederacy" is saluting Incarnation "Ethan Nakamura" for their sacrifice.]
(Bloody hell, Ulysses, I'm not dead yet.) I turned my attention back to George. (George. It's the only way for me to live. You must feed the hearts of the Flare-zombies to me.)
George began to look angry. I didn't know if was angry at fate, or me. He gripped his fists. He gently set me down, and grabbed his rifle. He attached the bayonet to it, and began to stab Flare- zombie bodies. He would rip out their hearts; I could see that he wanted to puke from the action. Still, he did it.
(George, I shall instruct you. Follow my words precisely.)
If my theories were successful, I would essentially arise from the dead, with my willpower intact.
***
"GAAAHHH!!!"
I felt my soul return to my body.... It felt like hell....
"GWAAAAHHHHH!!!!"
I made sure to advise George to stay far away from me. If this went wrong, I would become the strongest Flare-zombie in this area, and kill every human being in sight.
"Gwwaaahhhhh!!!"
[Fragment of the 4th Wall is suppressing your pain!]
[Fragment of the 4th Wall is preserving your will!]
[You are enduring the Flare-zombie infection!]
I felt the blood ooze from my body. George had to cut off my right hand, and my left leg... but if I was right....
[The Flare-zombie infection has begun to change your biology!]
[Your are infected with a virus!]
[Any freshly severed limbs will regrow!]
The problem with the Flare-zombies was this: they were human. The Flare-zombie virus actually came from a demonic world, and the virus grew from a special pollen. When processed in a certain way, it would became a virus lethal to humans.
Originally, the pollen process was supposed to make a special fertilizer, but the Dokkaebi found out that it was useful against humans, and decided to use it in the earlier scenarios for our planet.
This information, fueled my anger.
[Anger Lord has been activated!]
[Stamina and Strength stats will momentarily be tripled!]
[Stamina Lv. 24 = Stamina Lv. 72!]
[Strength Lv. 24 = Strength Lv. 72!]
I felt the anger course through my body, and block my pain as well. I wouldn't touch any form of alcohol, or any pain killers.
(I... will devour the pain of this world.... and I will spit it out....)
"KOKORO GA FURUERU!!!"
My heart trembles.... so much....
I collapsed, and felt my mind leave my body again.
