novelraw Chapter 956 - 25: Greetings from Earth
Chapter 956 - 25: Greetings from Earth
"Who is he talking to?" Mysterious Mirror wondered.
"I’m chatting with the barrage, don’t bother me. Oh—they’re reminding me now that I haven’t introduced myself to you all, wow curry mashita, truly rude of me sumida."
The Engineer pouted, turned around, put his hands on his hips, and said openly:
"Let’s do a casual introduction—I am Zhang Fulong, the former Director of Engineering Construction Bureau of the Ether Civilization. You can call me Director Zhang, Zhang Bureau, or Bureau Chief. Even though I’m already 1290 years old, the persona I’ve set for myself is still that of a 20-year-old college student. Zhang Bureau is forever 20—damn, can the barrage behave a little? I said I hope to be 20 forever, not that I’ve been playing gray since 20."
Gretto Yegg and Mysterious Mirror unconsciously took a step back.
"Is this guy mentally unstable?" Gretto said cautiously.
"It’s said that in the Secret, the higher-ranking the strong, the less mentally stable they are, so this is normal," Mysterious Mirror replied.
"Seriously, why is this barrage all about shouting and killing all day? We need to be loving, speak of civilization, don’t just go around killing families. Do you think you’re the male protagonist of an online novel, leaving no survivors wherever you go?"
Zhang Fulong continued speaking to the air, flipping his hair afterward and looking this way:
"Alright, the barrage interaction has ended."
The next moment, he slowly raised his hand, and various tools and creations behind him instantly flew up, animated with vigor, showing fierce momentum far beyond the Gamma Phase, which descended abruptly.
Pa!
Gretto’s foot immediately sank into the dirt, his pupils contracting violently, his heart beating mysteriously. Before he could mobilize his life force to heal himself, a heat spread in front of his nose and throat, and a fountain of blood gushed out.
"Cough cough cough—ugh!"
Gretto fell to the ground, unable to catch his breath, his vision going dark as a large amount of blood streamed out from the corners of his eyes.
"Whole body, can’t muster any strength..."
"Gray!" Mysterious Mirror’s eyes widened angrily, firmly guarding Gretto in front of her: "You should leave quickly; this guy’s strength is too overwhelming. You’re not in the Gamma Phase, you’re not a match for him."
But as she spoke, Gretto clearly saw Mysterious Mirror herself trembling constantly, her gaze not at all firm. The Ring of Order around her neck became extraordinarily quiet, as if—no, not as if, the flow of her blood really slowed down.
Ether Blood was suppressed by the same aura.
"You’re too weak."
Zhang Fulong put his hands on his hips and casually came beside Mysterious Mirror, glancing at the Mysterious Mirror who couldn’t move at all:
"I was merely releasing a bit of the aura of Ether Blood. Even a civilian wouldn’t be so terrified facing a senator."
After speaking, he suddenly raised a hand to press Mysterious Mirror’s head. His two-and-a-half-meter stature looked down like an adult’s contempt for a child:
"Such low concentration—the Ether Blood concentration is only twenty-five percent, not yet reforged."
Zhang Fulong grabbed Mysterious Mirror and lifted her up on the spot:
"Really abnormal, you’ve lived to be sixty, right? Luckier Speakers could have completed the ultimate reforging, yet you’ve made no progress."
He scratched his chin, pondering the reason, suddenly realizing something, and looked at Mysterious Mirror in surprise:
"Could it be, you’ve never forged a ’pathway’?"
"None of your... business..."
Mysterious Mirror’s face was pale, the flow of her blood extremely slow, with no way to mobilize strength.
"Although it’s said that forging a pathway would increase Ether concentration, one would go insane if the spirit couldn’t keep up."
Zhang Fulong said playfully:
"However, completely not forging a pathway also results in a different outcome."
"Nonsense!"
"Without forging a pathway, the Ether Blood lacks guidance, blindly consuming the blood in your body, putting you in a long-term sub-health state. Of course, it also prevents you from going insane."
"Bullshit."
"But a normal citizen, once leaving the Secret, wouldn’t have such a long life. Not forging a pathway at all: although you don’t appear to age, it’s merely supported by the Pathway powers of Starry Abyss. Without appropriate Professional Quality guidance, without adhering to the call of Ether Blood in your body, your organs will be corroded and eroded by Ether’s toxicity—so to speak, you’ve become a living corpse."
"That’s not true..."
"The tone is getting weaker, ah. Even though Ether Blood and Pathway powers do not conflict, the long-term confrontation has made Ether your affliction."
Zhang Fulong flipped his wrist, directly twisting Mysterious Mirror’s neck, and tossed her aside like discarding a dead rabbit.
"Useless trash, offer all you have to the Society, that could still be somewhat useful."
He turned his head, looking at Gretto Yegg lying on the ground:
"Next, how should I deal with you?"
"My dear member of the Jury—Mr. Black Knight."
"Your ancestors betrayed our Society. But I’m a magnanimous person, and as a senator, I decide to forgive your crimes. The Black Knight is too useful to us."
He raised his hand, a short knife flew from the nearby tools, ready to cut along his wrist:
"I grant you the honorable identity of Earth’s child—wield the shield for Ether."
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Although it’s possible to requisition the White Obelisk’s Arcane Energy—doing so would essentially notify Severston and Gio Zieou that Leoz can still wield the mandate.