Vol 13: Chapter 13-2. (1/2)
Vol 13: Chapter 13-2.
Imhotep was like a natural counter to monsters created from the mask. Their strength was useless against him. The blood vessels piercings had no effect since Imhotep had neither flesh nor blood. Anything that entered his body would be dehydrated. He ignored the attacks and caught two of brown hairs in the sandstorm then quickly drained all the water from their bodies. A minute later, two mummies fell to the ground.
Zheng took out a submachine gun from the ring. He fired at the brown hairs flying at him. Despite not fast enough to catch up to the Sky Stick, their movements were very flexible in dodging the bullets. Even when the magical bullets hit them, they were as ineffective as normal bullets.
”F*ck! Imhotep, can't you catch a few more at once?” Zheng shouted. Imhotep hadn't caught anyone after the first round.
Imhotep shouted back. ”Do you think I don't want to? Their strength is too powerful. They crushed my body the moment I come into a form. This strength doesn't belong to humans.”
”They are obviously not humans. What kind of people have this strength and rate of recovery? They are monsters! No wonder the mission is the same rank as the dragon. This is even harder than the dragon.”
Zheng compared the monster and dragon. In some sense, the monster was much scarier than the dragon. Give him some time to live through the early stages, once he evolved to an extend and spread his cells out, this monster became unkillable.
Just imagine of a city with tens of thousands of people infected by him. At that point, even if parts of him got burned by sunlight, he would still be alive. It wasn't possible for sunlight to hit every single cell at once. He would just keep getting stronger and spreading his cells.
If this was the case, why was this monster only a rank B mission? Was the lack of a time limit due to it being too powerful? Were they destined to fail the mission?
”Xuan, can you hear me?” Zheng suddenly had an idea, but if this idea failed, they would all die here. He needed someone he trust to give him advice.
A few seconds later, he heard the calm voice. ”I heard you. Just speak.”
Zheng took a deep breath. ”Back in the Scorpion King quest, we burned down a forest to enter the pyramid. You told me there are multiple ways to complete a mission. I want to know if I continued killing the pygmies, would I be destined to get killed by their evolved weapons?”
Xuan paused for a few seconds. ”I don't know why you are asking this. Did you find his weakness but you are hesitating? The answer is no even if we killed a way through the forest instead of burning it. This is God's way to force you to evolve. As the pygmies get stronger, you have to keep evolving to stay alive until you can win them. This was the intention of God. There can't be one single solution to a mission. We just haven't found the shortcut yet. Similarly, the amount of rewards is equivalent to the degree of danger. Any other questions?”
Zheng breathed out and said. ”Some small questions but I have decided. Everyone come take this bet with me, a bet with our lives!”