22. Now it’s Bullet Time!
I had seen Letty pick up her alien longsword and zap Rasputin until she squeaked more than once, but this time, with me, a BOSS, using Letty’s “artifact,” it indeed backfired! This sword didn’t work like Miss Alsace, which , despite its flowery words, controlled the power given to me so that I wouldn’t be overwhelmed; instead, it was the real deal… making me feel the bitterness of being struck by lightning.
By the way, it seemed a bit exhilarating? Ahem, no wonder Sister Rasputin liked it so much!
The lightning power of the sword quickly enveloped me, but that wasn’t all; more lightning… was actually surging towards me from Letty, from Letty’s eyes! At first, I thought that Letty, who was being carried by Sister Rasputin, wanted to help me, but when I looked over, Letty was also panicking, not knowing whether to cover her eyes!
“Lady Letty!?”
“Huh? Why is the power of Zeus coming from me…”
The script didn’t even have a vague hint, and of course, I had no time to think more about it! In the blink of an eye, the enemies from that free nation wouldn’t wait for me to prepare any big moves.
“Tsk, didn’t they say the person next to Louis IV was just a pretty boy? What’s going on here…”
Lin Ke mumbled while biting her finger, then waved her hand.
“Fire!”
“But Commander, that’s someone from the Great Ying Empire. If we kill him, won’t that be a bit troublesome… If it comes to it, should we just shoot his legs?”
“Fuck you, you fxxking dick! Can’t we cover up a dead person in a forbidden place!? Absolutely cannot let the people of Rosia escape here! Out of bullets! Fire!”
【Oujili was shot dead by a hail of bullets!】
My own death script would not have any twists, so Lin Ke certainly wouldn’t think of sparing my life. In an instant, Lin Ke and her lackeys raised their guns, and the flames erupted towards me!
【Bang…】
Kefir wasn’t by my side, no one was there to help me deflect the bullets. Unless I went to read the script myself to avoid it, I wouldn’t be able to safely dodge this death script. But in the current situation, even if I saw the script, there was no way for an ordinary me to escape the fate of being shot to pieces!
However, I was just a tiny bit less “ordinary” now.
The power of lightning wrapped around me, and I really didn’t do anything, not even enough time to be afraid! At the same moment I realized “I’m going to be shot dead,” the electric current crackled, and the overwhelming “firepower net” instantly fell silent!
The bullets fired from the guns dropped to the ground like a toy that had lost its strength.
【Leiti’s lightning power stopped the bullets!】
The script appeared; although I could understand the content, the meaning of the script still made me widen my eyes!
But compared to me, Lin Ke was even more frightened!
“What’s fxxking this!? How do people from the Great Ying Empire have such sorcery!? Stop shooting! Use weapons directly! Quickly deal with him! Double the pay!”
Whether it was that they didn’t understand what had just happened or were muddled by the “double the pay” thing, the suited men beside Lin Ke all lunged at me with claws out, accompanied by the emergence of my death script, drawing knives from their waists.
【Supporting Role A killed Oujili!】
【Supporting Role B killed Ou…】
Kill you!? How can I just give up in a place like this!? Leiti’s safety now completely depends on me!
In the next moment, I felt the power of lightning emanating from the alien longsword in my hand intensifying! Even though I had gradually gotten used to the feeling of my power being drained by a magic sword like Alsace recently, I still found it difficult. Fortunately, I wasn’t just some rookie; my repeated experiences with Alsace, combined with the script’s hints, allowed me to face so many supporting roles that I would have previously run away from without a second thought, without losing my nerve.
Dodging the attacks, I swung the blade. Unlike the chilling air that Alsace emitted, Leiti’s weapon brought a violent and domineering, unreasonable power of lightning! Just like the Empress of the Rosia Empire, Leiti!
“For the pay, jiji jiji…”
The jumping golden lightning made the supporting roles that accidentally touched it start to twitch and writhe uncontrollably, finally convulsing and collapsing. The sharp weapons in their hands became excellent conductors, and like having a fungal infection, they ended up intertwined, collapsing in a large area on the ground!
Witnessing her lackeys trembling as they crawled back, Lin Ke’s expression suddenly became quite interesting.
“Fuck, this is why I don’t like dealing with the Great Ying Empire…”
“Commander of the Meri United Kingdom, shouldn’t you also refrain from causing trouble for the people of Rosia?”
I stepped forward, and Lin Ke immediately stepped back. The appearance of the script finally eased my mind a bit.
【Lin Ke knows no magic or martial arts.】
She wasn’t the kind of troublesome BOSS I had imagined, so I didn’t have to overly worry about our safety going forward. And to be honest, my “three-minute Ultraman” time was already nearing its end due to Leiti’s excessively violent and domineering artifact.
However, I was thinking a bit too optimistically.
Although she did step back out of nervousness, Lin Ke’s own script didn’t have any content suggesting she wanted to give up!
“This… won’t do. Although you did scare me, free trade comes with risks. If I back down just because a little brat like you scared me with a barbarian’s weapon, I might as well not be the commander at all.”
With a wave of her hand, this time… a genuinely bad feeling appeared in my mind.
“Doing business naturally requires preparation on both sides. Little pretty boy of the Great Eagle Empire, you didn’t think I came here today to engage in an uncertain ‘business’ deal, did you?”
A figure appeared! There were only two of them, but… the feeling they gave off, even the script they were following, was completely different from those subordinates of Lin Ke just now!
【Assassin A appears!】
【Assassin B appears!】
They were not Lin Ke’s lackeys, but… was this the common “assassin” routine from the Land of No Return!?
“Things have changed, double the price! Take him out!”
After raising the price without changing my expression, I had no room to turn back! Meanwhile, it was mostly because I was already struggling to bear the burden from Letty’s weapon! Not to mention that even if I forced myself to act tough, I probably wouldn’t be a match for this kind of “professional team.”
So, I gave up.
Exhausted, I plopped down on the ground, eliciting a burst of laughter from Lin Ke.
“What’s wrong? Don’t you need your magic from earlier anymore?”
You don’t know a damn thing, you stinky woman from the Melly United Kingdom.
Normally, I might have felt a bit anxious, but the appearance of the professional team you just hired in my script had already convinced me of one thing.
“Grand Commander, no one said you’re the only one allowed to prepare for both sides; I can do it too, right?”
These two assassins were indeed professional; they didn’t even bother listening to my nonsense and had already lifted their hoods, lunging at me! Those sharp ears were clearly a symbol of fairies!
Doubts were growing, but I wasn’t afraid at all! Because…
There was no mention of “I got stabbed to death” in the previous script! And for such dangerous enemies, the absence of words like “die die die” in my script could only imply… there was more than one explanation, right?
I let out a long breath, gazing at the figure that appeared before me, its body slightly rising and falling.