Strongest Nova: Path of Vengeance

Chapter 335: The Engineering Floor

Stanley went to the elevator, only to realize it was not working. As expected since they had been attacked by an EMP blast. He went to the stairs instead and found two people coming up at the same time.

Stanley didn’t recognize either of them and immediately pulled out the gun he had brought, firing at the people. One of them moved away from the line of fire, but the other simply took it on with their shield while rushing up toward Stanley.

Stanley searched for the box that they used the shield from in a split second and quickly stopped the time for it. The shield no longer worked, so Stanley grabbed the man as he approached and threw him over the edge of the railing, sending him tumbling down the dozens of meters into the fiery pit at the bottom.

The other one acted at the same time, making some sort of figure with his fingers as he used power.

Something happened at the same time. A sort of half-transparent figure appeared behind the man, that was just the upper torso. The figure was humanoid with a giant bird-like body and it swung its balled-up feather-fist down on Stanley.

Stanley punched back at the same time and it was clear that he was the stronger of the two.

The man at the stairwell appeared shocked to see that. He hadn’t expected to find someone so strong.

Stanley moved forward and slammed his fists at the clearly tangible figure a few more times, destroying it. Then he rushed for the man who was trying to go back down.

He had only made it halfway down when Stanley struck him so hard on the shield that the shield itself broke. Stanley grabbed him by the neck, immediately crushing his windpipe and spine.

He left the corpse behind and ran down the staircase to the engineering floor.

The engineering floor was more equipped with fighters than the medical floor was. Because they worked with weapons all the time and had to test them themselves, they were quite good at using them.

Also, since test weapons were in this place all the time, there was enough for people to fight with.

When Stanley appeared, he dozens of battles happening in every place, the area filled with bloodied corpses and fighters from both sides. He couldn’t help anyone who was already dead, but he could help those who weren’t dead just yet.

Stanley quickly ran to a bleeding young man and touched his body. He ran to someone else who was wounded and touched that person as well. Finally, he went further ahead and touched another wounded engineer who would die if he didn’t heal immediately.

With each touch, Stanley marked them with his new power. Anyone he marked, he could use his powers on them regardless of who they were or where they were.

Not only that, it also allowed him to use his powers on all three people at the same time. His Time Reversal power activated at the same time, the wounds of the wounded slowly reversing.

At the same time, he jumped over a counter and body-slammed a man who was distracted. His entire body landed on the shield that the man had around him and started punching as quickly as he could.

He tried seeing where the shield’s box was, but no matter how much he searched, he couldn’t find it. It was hidden someplace within the man’s clothes.

The man tried to get rid of Stanley, but Stanley gripped on the shield, not letting go. He punched again and again until it broke apart and he finally punched through the man and his skull.

He was about to get up when he sensed a danger. He turned around right in time to see a man get ready to do something. What he did was spit in his direction.

Stanley knew for some reason this spit was dangerous, so he moved aside. The spit instead landed on the man he just killed, and he watched in horror as the spin quickly carved through the flesh of the downed man.

’Acid!’ Stanley thought in horror. Something like that would certainly hurt him.

The man was about to spit once more, but Stanley quickly pointed the gun at him and saw the shield body peeking out of his clothes.

He shot his gun and the bullet tore through the man’s skull, killing him instantly.

"Sir!" someone shouted from the side.

Stanley quickly turned around and looked in the direction of the voice. The man who had handed him the mask was pointing in another direction.

"Our new guns are stored there. You can’t let them find it!" he shouted. He seemed to be bleeding from his forehead but was more or less right.

The medical team should soon be coming down here, so he didn’t need to help the man right away.

Stanley nodded and rushed in that direction, killing everyone he saw along the way.

There were a few people along the way who used powers on him, but most didn’t use any powers at all. Not only that, they also moved very awkwardly, as though the bodies they used weren’t their own.

Stanley couldn’t imagine what that was all about. He quickly made his way through to the place and saw a bunch of dead engineers. Beside them were two men, each holding a thick gun.

Stanley only needed to take a look at the gun to see what they were all about. It was those same guns that could tear a hole through a thick metal wall and destroy it completely.

Stanley suddenly felt something grab him from all directions, making it difficult to move. He tried to get out of it, but he could see one of the men straining as they were using their powers on him.

Stanley could tell he could force his way out of this given just a bit of time, but then they both pointed their guns toward him.

If either of those bullets hit him, he was sure he was going to die.