1105 Human, No More (1/2)
As the Android retreated away from the thunderbolt, Jiang Fei leaped towards Isabella. Even though the hatred in him was so vile, Jiang Fei could not afford to fight him just yet. He immediately diverted all his energy to his legs to reach Isabella as fast as he could.
”Bella! How do you feel?” Jiang Fei cried out when Isabella was in his arms.
Unfortunately, Isabella was not herself. The poor girl's eyes were rolled back as her entire body was convulsing without control. Jiang Fei could only imagine how much pain her own energy was causing her. The fact that she was still conscious proved that Isabella was trying her best not to give in.
Gritting through his teeth, Jiang Fei snarled, ”Ariel, kill the robot!”
Ariel nodded, although she shared the same emotion with Jiang Fei, the girl was more composed than ever. There was nothing held back when Jiang Fei had ordered the man's execution. Unfortunately, before Ariel could attack, the robot laughed maniacally and called Jiang Fei out.
”My dear guildmaster, you best get your head straight and not act too recklessly,” said the Android.
Thrown, Jiang Fei glared at the machine, wondering when it addressed him as guildmaster. Ariel was holding back her attacks as she recognized something that he was holding in his hands.
”Oh, my dear guildmaster. Could you have forgotten about me?” he said whilst playing with the tiara. The tiara that had the Core of Will engraved on it. The tiara that was supposed to keep Isabella in control of herself.
”Give that back.”
Jiang Fei was not playing anymore. His voice contained so much hatred that it could even send the most ferocious tiger running back to its den.
Jiang Fei had readied a new bracelet for Isabella and just when he wanted to put it on Isabella, he noticed the bracelet that she was already wearing still contained trace amounts of Valium. It was extremely little that it could be said that there was no more Valium. He stopped putting the bracelet when the Android playfully showed Jiang Fei the tiara that he stole from Isabella.
Right now, Jiang Fei was in a dire situation. He could not administer Valium to Isabella because the Android had taken away the one thing that could keep her from going out of control, or worse…
Everything had gone wrong in the worst possible way. Jiang Fei had miscalculated the rate of which Isabella consumed Valium. He should have long gauged the rate of Valium consumption when he noticed the rate of which Isabella grew stronger. The stronger she became, the more Valium she would consume. That was the first stroke of bad luck. After losing the ability to fight, Isabella grew weak but was still in control of her mind. She had merely lost her strength. In that moment of vulnerability, the enemy had stolen the tiara containing the Core of Will.
If Jiang Fei, at that very moment, had ignored the safety issue and administered Valium to Isabella, without the power of Will helping Isabella, the power of Berserk would instantly wipe Isabella's consciousness out of existence. He would be killing Isabella if he had given her the new bracelet.
”Guildmaster. How sad this is. You had forgotten who I am!” said the Android as he paced slowly towards Jiang Fei.
”Don't play games with me.”
”Games? I was playing a long time ago but who's playing now?” said Android, laughing.
”Who are you? Why did you call me guildmaster?”
”Oh. I'm nobody. A nobody that once served under your flag!” said the Android before he unveiled his iron mask.
”You-- Demonic Monarch?” Jiang Fei gasped. The unveiled appearance of the Android resembled a player that he once knew.
”Congratulations! You've remembered my name! Do you still remember what happened to me?” he said.
”That doesn't make sense. You're a human. How did you…”
”How did I became an Android? Is that what you wanted to ask? Heh! I was a human. A nobody, like how I was when I was serving under you! Now, I'm something else entirely! Even though I had to sacrifice so much, it was worth it! Now, with my new body, I can take over China entirely!” said Monarch.