Chapter 1128 – Dagger

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Blood flowed.

It was quite a bit of blood.

Was there a justifiable reason for shedding that blood?

Darwin would have nodded his head again and again.

No matter how many times the cadre of returnees except him changed themselves through past lives, he never once ended this life.

He said that if the time comes for him to die, it will be after his son is resurrected.

Even if he were to be reborn using the past life factor, in the end it would not be ‘Darwin Slainen’, but someone else.

Darwin had no such intention.

William and George.

When two people in love create a home where they can laugh together again.

Also, it was impossible for someone other than ‘Darwin Slainen’ to call themselves their mother.

So, it bleeds. It’s not your own blood, it’s someone else’s blood.

Mix the blood again. This, too, was someone else’s blood, not his own.

It coagulates countless amounts of blood and constantly condenses the blood.

Blood is the currency of life and a vessel for genes, and was also the most important element in her research.

In order to achieve success, an innumerable number of corpses would have had to be piled up, but they were disposed of by melting, grinding, or throwing them as food without the need to sell the graves and blood.

Then, there was no need to count the mountains of the corpse.

Yes.

All of this, for two people.

Never, she was not for herself, Darwin had told himself again and again.

But-

Was that the ‘source’ of madness?

If you think about it a little, you will understand.

Darwin was already a famous researcher even before he lost his sons.

Her research was originally about ‘evolution’, and the resurrection of people was a goal that came later.

Her ‘origin (original sin)’ is…

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Attis fell.

Darwin said he would tear her apart, and it came true.

Attis fell to the ground, suffering large diagonal wounds to her body.

A whip made of blood splits the air and hits the ground.

Jumping out at the same time were fragments of the thick cell wall that made up Tiamat’s internal organs, and at the same time, a lump of William’s disappearing blood bursting out of the blood.

The wound left by her blood relative’s ribs was deeper than expected, and the inevitable end had already completely engulfed Darwin’s body, slowly collapsing her body, but even so, the absurd torrent of life remaining in her body made it impossible for her to move her body. It allowed me to be.

＂Woah, wow!!＂

And, in this red frenzy, the ones who suffer damage are the weak and powerless.

Here, they must be her disciples who followed Attis into the mansion.

They rush to avoid the whip, and when their bodies come in contact with the blood that bursts out, they generate heat so hot that the area gets burned.

There was no such thing as a safe space to completely escape from Darwin, who had turned into a disaster like a walking bloodbath.

In order to stop her movement, those surrounding her try their best to hinder her…

＂Ugh!＂

＂Black Uni!＂

A unicorn with a body several times stronger than that of a human, especially the black one, was beaten with a whip while trying to protect one of Darwin’s students.

The thorn-like blow that tore and stuck in the flesh between the neck and left shoulder caused blood to spurt out and smoke to rise from that area.

However, Black Uni held onto the tyranny that was about to dye even her own hair red, and the vein that could be said to be a symbol of her selfishness, and she held on to it as if she never intended to let go.

“This is a gap! Nemeia!”

With her vicious expression, the black uni creates an opportunity to attack Nemeia, even sacrificing her own body.

At the same time, she erupted from her own body and fired a shock of mana towards Darwin’s body that led to her whip.

Puzzle!

When her lightning bounces, the impact causes Darwin’s body to stop for a moment, while Nemeia lunges towards Darwin with her fists clenched.

If we only look at the potential of physical ability, Nemeia has far greater physical strength and strength than Uni.

She is still not used to moving her human-like body, but if she can land a blow of her full power on Darwin’s body.

Even though her dress is made up of hundreds of layers of veins, it might be able to penetrate and cause damage to her.

It’s already something that even Artis’ adamantite can’t pierce-

No, it clearly seemed like it had a much better chance of winning than her gunfire, which was downgraded to a level of attack that, although it pierced through, could never reach Darwin’s body.

＂Haaaaa!!＂

So reach out!

Nemeia’s arm muscles swell as if they’re about to explode, and Nemeia’s arms swing towards Darwin, who lunges in front of her.

I have no intention of missing the opportunity created by Black Uni.

Even Black Unido Nemeia herself had no doubt that her blow would strike her with the impact of a cannon.

However.

＂Sshh…!?＂

Nemeia felt as if her breath was being suffocated, and she felt that her arms were motionless, with a constricting sensation.

No, it’s not just her arms.

Her shoulders, torso, neck, and even legs and feet.

Her whole body was fixed in place and unable to move.

That was not Nemeia’s will.

Of course, she never had the will to stop.

She said there was only one reason she stopped.

This is because there was ‘another whip’ that tied her body, making a sound like “Kikikikik.”

＂Uni should have grabbed the weapon…＂

“What a foolish beast. So, in the end, you can’t defeat humans.”

To Nemeia’s words, Darwin responded with a sneer.

Just by hearing that voice, she could imagine what kind of expression she was making under the red mask that covered her eyes.

Although it is classified as being in the shape of a whip, its essence is ultimately the winding of William’s huge body in the form of a thread.

If so, the number of whips can increase as the number of veins.

However, most of them are just being used to maintain her collapsing body.

Darwin probably also judged that it was dangerous to take Nemeia’s attack head-on, so it wasn’t as simple as releasing the body’s hold just a little bit, splitting the whip midway and creating a new whip.

And, just like it was with the black uni.

Blood flowed from the blood vessels that bound Nemeia’s body, digging into her skin as if melting it.

＂Khh… Ahhh…!＂

No matter how strong Nemeia’s body is, being able to endure her pain is another matter.

When her voice comes out of her mouth, unable to bear the pain.

Bang! Then, her gunshot rang out again, and the thin blood vessels that were binding her snapped.

＂Tch.＂

It was Darwin who tried to execute Nemeia at her command, but she had no choice but to click her tongue and distance herself from Nemeia.

As a result of the blood vessels binding her arms being cut, Nemeia’s arms were swung in front of her at the same time.

If Darwin had continued to stand there, he would have been hit by that fist.

Seeing her own fist grazing the air, Nemeia stumbled and tore off what was left of her veins clinging to her body.

And she would have looked in the same direction as Darwin.

In the direction of Attis, who helped him.

Then, there she was, wearing a white robe that had turned almost pink with red blood seeping into it, and her head and body were covered in blood.

Instead of struggling to stand and move her dominant arm, Artis was holding a gun with her unusual hand.

＂…＂

＂Everyone is so close to a dying corpse… I can’t help but admit that persistence.＂

Darwin’s sarcastic words.

Well, since he had provoked me so much and put me on the brink of death, it was natural that I wanted to torment him even more intensively.

“I’m sorry… I can’t let you die that easily either.”

And so, Artis mumbled and pointed the gun at Darwin’s head once again.

Bang!

The gunshot rang out again, but Darwin could only dodge it by tilting his head.

With injuries like that, you might not be able to help but be amazed at the fact that a bullet fired with a hand other than your dominant hand flew past your head.

In the end, it was of no use if it didn’t fit.

＂What? Good. In the end, it’s just a story that someone like you is nothing without the help of Cleon and his group. You can’t kill me.”

When Darwin said that, Artis spoke as if muttering to the whip that was about to swing at him once again.

“Yeah… I know. … But it’s different with that kid.”

＂!＂

At Artis’ words, Darwin hurriedly turned around.

Then there.

There was a flash.

The source of the golden flash was from the ‘horn’ that stretched out in a straight line like her heart.

Unicorn’s divine magic.

A powerful cost, the source of her strength, that comes from the discipline that enforces her own way of life.

＂Aaaaah!!＂

It was swung from top to bottom like a sword.

＂Kuh…!＂

At the sudden surprise attack, Darwin had no choice but to raise his arms and block the attack while squinting at the light.

Even if it wear a dress of blood vessels wrapped around a strengthened body, it was bound to get hurt by those sharp horns, and as a result, that part would be torn apart, damaging Darwin’s arm inside.

But it was shallow.

Although it was just a little bit, the dress that protected Darwin was a little thicker.

“This…! On the topic of laboratory animals…!”

As Darwin says this, he whips her again and strikes her, knocking her aside.

＂Kah!＂

A scream conveying the pain she felt escaped from her uni’s mouth as she rolled on the ground.

‘Her experiment’ who rushed in to stop her was not Yuni Hana.

The fact that Yuni came back here meant that there was something she had ‘recovered’.

Thump!

＂Kuh!?＂

Thinking that a strong force had grabbed hold of her body, Aisha, who had approached Darwin as if hiding in the shadow created by Uni’s flash of light, had just clung to Darwin’s body.

＂I guess I was treated like an animal for your experiment, too…＂

And, the next moment.

Boom!

Making a sound, Darwin’s body falls.

Aisha climbed on top of Darwin and pressed down on his shoulders to prevent him from getting up again.

Darwin struck Aisha’s body with her whip as she struggled, but no matter how much blood and flesh burst, she did not move.

＂Qu…! Get out of the way…! Who do you think helped you survive? The reason you didn’t have to sit on the streets and starve to death is because I bought your worthless blood-“

“Yes…! So, I’m trying to take responsibility for that. If I, with your help, have done something that would be a disservice to the world by helping you. It’s my job to stop that! So, I’m back here once again!”

“What can someone like you do…! What do you know? I have a noble purpose! You may not understand-!”

＂It must be for personal reasons! That too, extremely…! Because of that, how many people have you used your blood on?”

If Artis and Uni had a reason to stop Darwin, the one who felt the greatest responsibility would be none other than Aisha.

As a result of the experiment using her blood, Darwin turned several of his victims into ‘nobles’.

“I don’t care about your circumstances anymore! I promised to stop you here!”

“Something like you…! How dare you…!”

As if Aisha’s rebuke was unreasonable, when Darwin tried to raise her voice, Aisha took something out of her arms.

A small glass bottle with flowing red liquid.

The moment he saw it, Darwin’s eyes opened wide.

Because what was inside was a familiar liquid.

‘Blood?’

In a moment, dozens or hundreds of possibilities passed through her mind.

It is said that the blood of some dangerous creatures contains a powerful poison, and if you drink it, just 1 mL can cause death to a human being.

Or, if that was Cleon’s blood, it was filled with Cleon’s magic power, giving him the possibility of having the imprint of domination engraved on his body.

Maybe again, maybe again.

It’s almost like a curse to her name, her knowledge. When Darwin’s thoughts run wild, the movement of her whip that tries to stop her will decrease.

Because he was so preoccupied with the dangers of the blood, paradoxically it became difficult to stop her movements.

So, the next moment.

It was not possible to stop Aisha from pouring the blood into her own mouth.

＂Big black…!＂

Blood forcibly flowing into her through her throat.

A familiar feeling in the fishy smell that stings your nose.

＂What made you drink… Ugh…!?＂

The next moment, Darwin’s heart pulsed loudly.

Something is wrong.

It felt like the structure inside the body was being forcibly overlaid.

The body becomes dominated by impulses toward madness and violence.

Darwin feels as if something is growing through his skin on his forehead.

＂This, this blood, no way.＂

Darwin spoke in a voice filled with astonishment and fear.

“I… You don’t know how much we prepared to take you down… No, even if we knew, we wouldn’t be able to do anything about it. This is probably the result of your research.”

Aisha looked at Darwin in pain and spoke in a calmer tone than she expected.

“George’s rib, which William gave me, was a ‘help’ for this. The real ‘dagger’ that Artis and I prepared was this one.”

＂Why, Seo. You are no longer a ‘noble person’ now…!”

Darwin transformed his doubts into certainty.

“That blood is ‘my slightly older blood’ that I pulled out just in case.”

To be exact, before the repeated night incident of the Five Elements Festival.

At a time when Aisha still trusted Darwin as her doctor, she was afraid that something might happen to her body and one day she would not be able to draw her blood, so she freely drew her blood as a backup. It was kept in a bottle.

Without knowing much about the effect.

However, now we are well aware of the effects of this blood.

“I never thought the day would come when I could increase ‘noble people’ with my own hands.”

As Aisha said so, she took off her noble mask from her face and placed it underneath her, with horns really sprouting from her head-

She spoke while looking at Darwin, who had become a ‘nobleman’.

＂Now! Artis!”

And, if she raises her voice towards Attis.

The next moment, Artis rushed toward Darwin with all his might, and took out the last ‘secret move’ he had packed from inside his white coat.

It was an ‘amulet’.

And it’s not just a talisman.

It was a special talisman used by the temple’s great priestess, Tokoyo, to seal nobles who could not be purified.

Artis, who approached Darwin while staggering, slammed the amulet down at Darwin and shouted.

“Everything you’ve done so far…! The karma accumulated like that! In the end, what catches you in the end is our ‘will’ brought together by your stubbornness…! Darwin!”

Just to defeat Darwin.

Tokoyo prepared an amulet that could be created by containing her magic power to its limit.

Herti asked Bourbon for cooperation so that he could make bullets from adamantite.

Even those who are not here now have lent their power and entrusted it to them to prevent the returnees.

So-

Neither Attis nor Aisha were as weak or helpless as Darwin thought.

Because their power was not theirs alone.

＂—!!＂

Darwin, who was forced by Aisha to become a ‘demon’ who thought of himself as nothing more than a test animal.

And the moment Tokoyo’s amulet, which can forcibly seal such a noble person, touched her body.

She couldn’t help but feel the sensation of her body stiffening quickly.

Consciousness is fading.

The sense of the body is disappearing.

＂No, no, no. No… No…”

The same words are repeated, but as if time has stopped and as if one is turning into stone.

Darwin stopped at her feet and finally completely froze in place with her eyes open and her mouth open.

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Next moment.

Darwin was sitting somewhere.

If you look around, what you see is a kitchen with an idyllic atmosphere, and a family table placed there.

Although there was nothing on the table, Darwin saw this scene and his memory came back.

This is your home.

And he was at the front of the table where he had sat around many times with his two sons.

＂…＂

Darwin, who sat for a moment with a blank expression, turned his head to see him.

When Darwin saw the face of the person there, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes.

There was his poor son, George, whom he tried to retrieve at all costs.

This is because ‘William’, who had changed so much, was standing in his original form.