novelraw Chapter 122 Kill them, Clara
Chapter 122 Kill them, Clara
Chapter 123 Kill them, Clara
Of the several steps, the one with the least clear method is how to get Clara back into her original body.
But now that she has absorbed it herself, it is clear what Rhodes needs to do.
Rhodes' body moved closer and closer to the giant pupa, his muscular frame feeling the pressure coming at him, as if a magnetic force was squeezing and driving him away.
However, his expression remained unchanged.
If he hadn't yet broken through to the level of the fourth promotion, he might not have even been able to get close, but now he is completely different.
The surge of his blood and qi became even more powerful at this moment, and the strength of his well-developed muscles allowed him to take a single step forward, finally arriving before the enormous cocoon—
Through the flowing light inside, the figure of the girl inside became clearer and clearer, her slender curves displayed brightly before one's eyes.
Charlotte Sinclair.
Clara's dullness doesn't mean that the goddess Charlotte is actually stupid.
The god of the deep sea is an ancient creature, a living fossil.
A person like her, regardless of the strength of her soul, at least as someone who has lived through such a long period of time, her consciousness is absolutely undisturbed by the outside world.
Just as he had previously guessed about Charlotte—gods must be proud and aloof.
However, it's fortunate that he had already come into contact with quite a few deities.
Give it a try.
To find out the truth, we need to determine whether the so-called "gods," the pinnacle beings in this world, are also reborn.
A calm and collected glint flashed in Rhodes' eyes as he gently touched the enormous blue pupa with his fingertips.
And at that very moment, Rhodes activated the skill [Listen to the Dragon's Song of Life].
The purpose of listening to the Dragon Song of Life is simple: it allows you to directly communicate with the other person's soul and engage in unlimited dialogue.
However, for the Chaos entity, just like Ivina back then, using the skill meant that Rhode had actively entered the other party's soul space.
Charlotte—wake up!
When Rhodes' words penetrated Charlotte's body through her soul, something strange happened.
The golden heart in the center of the pupa seemed to freeze, and in an instant, an evil soul carrying dark resentment burst forth wildly!
It enveloped the entire cocoon and Rhodes like a corrosive substance.
The air became thick and viscous, making breathing difficult; the opening and closing of the abdominal cavity made one feel suffocated.
What followed was a vast, boundless ocean of spirit.
In Rhodes' eyes, everything had changed.
The world is like being divided into countless layers, and each layer is a vast and boundless sea.
These seas piled up together, and countless chaotic and expanding pieces of information flooded into Rhodes' mind.
Rhodes was like a speck of dust standing in the ocean, trapped in this silent world.
Yes, compared to the rage of Ivina's soul world, this spiritual world corrupted by the [Demon God Seed] is now unusually quiet. Only a few intimidating things appear before Rhode: [Corroding Body and Soul — Countdown: Twenty minutes.]
[Deep Sea God, the dark side of a fallen world, squeak.]
【Rhodes————】
【Rhodes————】
Eerie sounds kept coming from Rhodes' ears, as if a monster was perched on his shoulder and shouting into his earlobe.
The sound was so malevolent, the crackling of teeth grinding against each other echoing from the throat; in this quiet environment, every call was terrifying.
Damp heat — cold evil.
An extremely dangerous situation.
He even threatened Rhodes that he would eliminate the matter within twenty minutes.
The sharp aura emanating from it chilled even Rhodes's consciousness.
but-
"Get lost." Rhodes reached out and swatted away the resentment clinging to him, saying calmly, "I don't take pressure."
After this strange sound appeared, the world fell silent once again.
Or rather, it was as if they were frozen in awkward silence, remaining motionless for several seconds.
It would be a miracle if they didn't feel awkward.
What does it mean?
Even a chaotic soul would want to raise such a question.
But this stagnation did not last long.
At least the resentment at realizing that they had been tricked erupted instantly within seconds.
At this moment, the deep sea began to churn, the vast ocean was violently stirred up, and strange skeleton whales emerged one after another.
These whales are all tens of thousands of meters long, and each one is a terrifying existence that Rhodes has to look up to.
Even if these whales are actually less than one percent the size of the [Deep Sea God]'s main body, they are still terrifying enough.
The skull whale's eyes were now glowing with a red arc, staring at Rhodes while stirring up the entire ocean of souls, and a crisis erupted instantly!
Their mournful voices carried far and wide.
"Buzz"
At this moment, Rhodes felt as if he were facing an ancient god, his entire being torn apart, and his soul falling into the abyss.
However, Rhodes, who was prepared for a desperate battle, was stunned for a moment.
He lowered his face and smiled inexplicably.
He's overthinking it.
Right.
To put it bluntly, the Deep Sea God's soul transformation has already encountered problems, so how could she possibly be only one-twentieth of her peak strength?
The power of a deity is essentially the strength of its spiritual body, and when the spiritual body becomes mentally deficient, the degree to which its power awakens is also limited.
At least Rhodes could sense that although this pressure was powerful, it was ultimately only at the level of a Saint who had been upgraded six times.
Rhodes closed his eyes and focused his mind.
"While it is indeed terrifying, it is still not enough to prevent me from even touching the sea of souls."
His soul was constantly being cut and forged by sharp blades, yet it was constantly being restored and reassembled. In the end, Rhodes stood steadily at the very bottom of this abyss, on the surface of this crimson ocean.
The power to sever souls continues to be released, but Rhodes has already adapted.
He ignored all the pain, seemingly indifferently looking around, and began to analyze.
All of these things do look very dangerous, but they all seem to be protected by the overall order; they are simply meant to intimidate him.
In other words, this is not actually the depths of the soul.
One thing that shows this is that Clara's soul is not here.
Let's take Ivina's incident as an example.
As Rhodes delved into the soul, he instantly came into contact with the [mutated] Ivina's fleshy eyeball and confronted it.
This time is clearly different. So far, not only is Charlotte's soul nowhere to be found, but even the merged Clara is nowhere to be seen.
Rod frowned slightly.
He was indeed lacking in the ability to penetrate the soul; at least, this was the only skill he possessed that allowed him to do so.
He blinked, seemingly lost in thought.
Close your eyes.
Open your eyes again.
But something amazing happened at that moment.
In the blink of an eye, the world changes instantly.
It was no longer that crimson, pitch-black, chaotic world, but a bright, beautiful world filled with sunlight.
At this moment, Rhodes stood in the academy corridor, slightly regaining his senses and feeling somewhat lost.
"This is----?"
He looked out the window, somewhat unexpectedly.
Familiar figures came into view.
A towering clock tower stands in the center, its eaves adorned with gold, while a colossal dragon, devoid of any human symbolism, coils in mid-air.
Scattered buildings are located in various places, each marked with the college's name.
In an instant, Rhodes knew where this "environment" was.
Yes, this is a place familiar to Rhodes—Linlank Imperial Academy.
To be precise, this is the Imperial Capital Academy Junior College.
However, since the primary academy is located within the Imperial Capital Academy, this statement is not incorrect.
In short, this is where Rhodes, Natalie, Cecilia, and Felicity study together.
Why?
Logically speaking, the illusion created by the soul world should be based on the other party's hatred, so why is this world created based on his memories instead?
The mystery first appeared for a fleeting moment, then quickly disappeared.
Because at that moment, Clara's figure was jogging towards us from a distance.
It was Clara, the girl who was clueless and didn't understand anything.
"Rhodes—!"
She ran to Rod, her petite figure looking somewhat disheveled, her hair flying, and she was panting.
She quickly retreated behind Rhodes, as if hiding from some monster.
"Those people are bad people; they're trying to bully me."
Clara stretched out her hand and pointed to the end of the corridor.
At that moment, two girls dressed in junior college attire approached step by step.
Both girls had black hair, but apart from their school uniforms, everything about them emphasized their nobility.
The two women calmly observed Clara and Rod.
"Lord Rhodes."
The two of them still politely bowed as if to maintain appearances.
But this bow reveals nothing but hypocrisy.
It was this insincere bow that triggered Rod's past memories.
This is something that happened to him, or rather—this is something that happened between him and Cecilia.
Four or five years ago.
That is, when Rhodes was still young, only fourteen years old.
At that time, he was hardly a respected person; to be precise, he wasn't respected in the eyes of these fourteen or fifteen-year-old, combative kids.
The power of the nobility and their noble bloodline made the nobles particularly hostile to Rhodes, who had inexplicably gained a more prestigious status than them.
After all, they didn't understand Rhodes' significance; they only thought of him as a coward who had fled his own country.
They've already been reduced to going to other countries, so what's so special about them?
It is natural that they would have an unusually strong xenophobic attitude towards Rhodes because their own interests were infringed upon and their status was inexplicably threatened.
This is why Cecilia did not have a good time when she first entered the academy, since she was the one Rhodes brought into the academy.
What's worse, Cecilia was an unstated commoner, so those fourteen or fifteen-year-old kids always dared to cause trouble for her for no reason.
At this point—the current situation is quite clear.
Clara is now playing the same role that Cecilia played back then.
In other words, this environment was created by Cecilia's demonic resentment.
If I'm not mistaken, it's because one of Cecilia's twelve bodies stayed next to the [Chrysalis] during the transformation process.
Under Cecilia's guidance, those disordered "resentments" transformed into "Cecilia's" "resentments," thus creating this world.
Rhodes rubbed his forehead: "When it comes to holding grudges, Cecilia is the best."
"After all these years, I still care about being bullied when I was a kid. Even though I taught those guys a lesson they wouldn't dare to say a word later on."
Rhodes guessed that Cecilia was probably dreaming of killing them herself.
After all, she has this kind of self-reliant personality; she doesn't like to rely on him and wants to solve problems on her own.
It could even be said that if she hadn't had the opportunity to unleash her morbid emotions, her desire to control Rhodes would have been enough to instill fear in him.
The fact that she captured Rhodes and put him in the dungeon at the very beginning makes her intentions quite clear.
but.
But what does this mean now?
Cecilia's obsession has taken hold of Clara, but the problem is that this is not something Clara cares about at all.
You can tell from the fact that she hid behind him, wanting him to solve the problem, right?
So, should he go ahead and kill these two women directly, or should he teach Clara to try and kill them herself?
Now, a slightly tricky question arises.
Rod stroked his chin thoughtfully for a moment, then turned to look at Clara.
Clara.
"Yes, it's me, Rod, also known as Clara."
"How did they bully you?"
"Huh? Actually, I don't really know either. As soon as I opened my eyes, I felt a flood of memories rushing into my mind—"
It was like they cornered me against the wall, and I took the opportunity to run away or something.
Clara spoke somewhat timidly, her fingertips gripping Rod's shoulder.
Clara was as timid as a newborn toddler, her skin so delicate that she couldn't touch anything else.
This was evident from her previous fear of battle.
Clara cannot be afraid of fighting.
Because Rhodes still needs Clara to restore Charlotte's abilities in order to leave Carmen.
However, forcing her into battle directly probably won't really solve the problem, at least not awaken her potential.
Rhodes didn't have much time to think.
One of the girls calmly said, "Miss, you can't wrong us, can you? We clearly didn't do anything."
She glanced at the other girl, then turned back with a fake smile, curtsied, and said, "Lord Rhodes, we'll be leaving now."
The hypocrisy and arrogance of the nobility were on full display at this moment.
That's it.
These nobles never had ugly faces like the villains in novels. On the contrary, their wickedness lay in their pretense and bullying, doing disgusting things as if nothing was wrong.
"Wait a minute," Rhodes said slowly, stopping them from leaving.
We can't let them go.
Letting them go would be the worst possible story.
After all, the world was formed because Cecilia wanted to kill them herself. Therefore, even if it didn't go as Cecilia wanted, they should at least die at Rhodes's hands.
"Clara, I have a question for you," Rod asked softly. "Do you think they are awful?"
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"Hmm————?" Clara blinked her eyes in confusion.
"Didn't you regain some of your memories? Based on what you remember, do you think they're despicable?"
Her voice was slightly hoarse, and after a long pause, she hesitantly said, "Yes, they are bad people."
"Then, let's kill them," Rod laughed.
Yes, since the resentment is real, and even Clara thinks they are bad people, then it's probably best to let Cecilia kill them.