Chapter 1 Aversion

Abeok put away the Mechanical Rubik's Cube and replaced it with a pair of black iron-textured mechanical gloves.

Kama did too.

Hers were white, exquisitely crafted, and catered to a young girl's aesthetic sensibilities.

These were custom-made by Suren for them to practice manipulating threads and puppets, and were more suitable for high-strength steel wires.

Caroline looked at the complex gears and mechanical structures on their gloves, unable to figure out what kind of professionals they were.

They looked like close-combat boxing gloves, and also like something a mechanic would use.

However, she was even more surprised that this venomous little brat had noticed the anomaly before she did.

Caroline's face had already begun to show beast-like features similar to a cat-girl. She sniffed, and could already smell the approaching monsters.

Just as she was about to ask something, Abeok spoke first, "Madam, could you please tell those people that these mutated monsters are zombie-types that spread through blood? If bitten, you'll be infected. It's best not to kill them, because conventional methods won't work. And if there are open wounds, they'll fuse together into even more powerful monsters. Eventually, the people here will face increasingly terrifying creatures..."

Caroline frowned, "How do you know that?"

Abeok calmly replied while twisting the mechanical glove's wind-up mechanism on his arm, "My teacher told me."

"..."

After a moment's thought, Caroline immediately understood what was going on.

These two little ones wanted her to be the sacrificial lamb?

She knew very well that if she revealed this information, she would definitely be targeted by those Outer God believers, and her life would be in immediate danger.

So, you know you can't say it, and you want me to take the fall?

How could you be so devious at such a young age?

Caroline's expression became even stranger.

In any other situation, she would definitely be unwilling to take the risk.

But the current situation was already beyond control.

If the monsters really had the death-aggregation characteristic they described, and she didn't do something, the situation might become irreversible.

With that thought, Caroline hardened her face and agreed, "Alright!"

...

Just as Abeok and the others discovered the anomaly, something went wrong over there.

"It's not good, monsters have broken out!"

"Damn it! Weren't all the passages blocked off? How can there still be monsters? Quickly check where the defensive loopholes are!"

"..."

The banquet hall didn't remain quiet for long. Several monsters fell from the darkness in the ceiling, no one knew where they had crawled from.

Before Caroline could remind them, a series of gunshots rang out, turning the monsters into sieves.

The corpses fell heavily to the ground, like smashed watermelons, with blood splattered everywhere.

The shooters were students from the Royal Institute of Luying. They had the top-of-the-line firearms and ample alchemical ammunition. Marksmanship was also a required course, so their accuracy was good.

A few shots were enough to tear apart these barely considered Tier 1 zombie-types.

"Hahaha, these monsters are so weak, they're no threat at all."

"That's right, I don't even think we need to seal the passages anymore. We can just let the monsters in. Our ammunition is enough to clean out the entire ship."

"Tsk tsk, handguns can solve the problem. All this fuss was for nothing, I was worried for nothing. Those civilians are really weak..."

"..."

After killing a few mutated monsters, these young students' confidence soared.

Before, they had only heard the commotion, but they didn't expect the monsters to be so vulnerable.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Several bold students even walked over to the monster corpses, using their canes to examine what the monsters were really like.

Caroline's expression changed drastically. She quickly shouted, "Be careful, don't touch those monster corpses!"

Monsters mutated from ordinary people weren't very strong, but monsters mutated from professionals were very troublesome. She didn't want these students to be infected.

Her shout made everyone turn their questioning gazes over.

Caroline didn't dare to delay, and quickly told them the information that Abeok had revealed earlier, "Don't kill those monsters, they will fuse and revive..."

After hearing this, everyone in the banquet hall was dubious.

But someone immediately questioned, "Who are you? How do you know so much?"

Clearly, the mutated contamination that had broken out on the Queen Roderica was very strange. It was able to spread so quickly in the lower decks, which meant that someone was stirring up trouble behind the scenes.

For someone who knew so much about the monsters' characteristics to suddenly appear, it was hard not to be suspicious.

Moreover, you're telling us not to kill these monsters that are so easy to kill?

The motive was inevitably suspicious.

Caroline knew that she was being suspected.

She knew this would be the outcome as soon as she opened her mouth.

Her identity as a gang boss was useful among ordinary people, but in the eyes of these nobles, she was no different from a sewer cleaner, specializing in handling dirty, unsavory matters. What she said had no credibility at all.

She had planned to wait for the monsters to fuse together before the truth would come out,

But before that could happen,

Suddenly,

Someone shouted.

"Grab her! She knows so much, this mutated contamination must be related to her!"

With that said, without giving anyone a chance to explain, several figures rushed over.

Caroline knew that these people were likely Outer God believers, and there might also be people who didn't know the truth but wanted to help. But at this critical moment, she naturally couldn't sit still and be captured, so she could only fight back.

She quickly made a sorcerous hand seal, her body bulged with muscles, and she completely entered her beast form. Her fingernails also turned into sharp blades.

Then, she leaped into the air, her body as flexible as if it were boneless, and performed a difficult backflip, avoiding several cold shots.

At the same time, Caroline's subordinates stepped forward to help, and the two groups instantly began to fight.

"Humph! This woman is definitely up to no good!"

"They have accomplices!"

"Kill them, be careful they'll cause damage!"

"..."

The vast majority of people felt that this battle had broken out inexplicably.

They had only killed a few monsters, so why were people fighting among themselves?

However, both sides' words made sense, so the vast majority of people remained neutral and watched.

...

On the other hand, in the corner of the sofa, Abeok and his sister were checking their equipment.

They weren't surprised at all that a fight had suddenly broken out.

Kama muttered, "Abeok, you were right. If we had spoken up earlier, we probably would have been the ones under siege."

Abeok's small face was still full of indifference, but he glanced at the already-beastified Caroline and said, "So it's the [C-011-Catwoman] talent, that auntie is really strong."

Kama shrugged noncommittally, and then looked over. "Abeok, should we help?"

"We can't."

Abeok shook his head and said, "Don't worry, that auntie won't die so easily. Besides, if she really wants to save that young Duke, she'll have to deal with these people sooner or later. The situation is still unclear, it's good for her to draw those people out into the open."

Kama's eyes darted around, and she also thought it made sense. "So what do we do now?"

Although Abeok's expression didn't change, his eyes were constantly observing the battlefield, and his mind was rapidly deducing the various situations.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "We'll just wait here. It's best to stay away from that young Duke. When the monsters rush in, he'll definitely be the main target. Then, try to survive and wait for Teacher to resolve the battle in the lower decks."

After a pause, he added, "Of course, if Teacher can't resolve it, then we'll prepare to run away."

Kama pursed her lips. "..."

She felt that her younger brother was really becoming more and more like their teacher.

During battle, he was as calm as a machine.

Abeok seemed to have sensed Kama's thoughts, and said, "Teacher said that in battle, you have to strip away unnecessary emotions. Pity, compassion, intolerance, hesitation... are all superfluous emotions that will put you in danger."

Kama rolled her eyes and complained, "Abeok, you're really becoming more and more like Teacher. The key is, you're not as handsome as Teacher. If this continues, no girl will like you."

"Girl?"

Hearing this, a hint of maturity that didn't match his age flashed across Abeok's eyebrows, and a faint disdain hung on the corner of his mouth. "That would only affect my hand speed for manipulating puppets..."

However, what responded to him was a violent flick on the forehead from his dear sister, and a dragon's roar, "How can you! Abeok, you're shouldering the important task of continuing the Boyle family line!"

In an instant, Abeok's cold elementary school student aura collapsed, and he begged for mercy, "Sister, don't hit my head~ It hurts!"

...

Red parasites had already emerged from the corpses on the ground and were showing signs of fusion.

But the attention of most people was being drawn to the increasingly fierce battle between the two groups in the banquet hall.

Just as someone discovered the changes in the monster corpses,

Suddenly,

Another change occurred!

A lot of tumbling movement appeared in the storage room at the rear of the banquet hall, like something was densely pouring in.

Immediately afterwards, several security personnel ran out of the kitchen with extremely panicked expressions, "It's not good! I don't know who opened the ventilation shaft in the preparation room, a large number of monsters are rushing in, we can't hold them back!"

Then, several quickly moving mutated monsters rushed out behind them.

As soon as those words fell, someone shouted again, "Damn it, it must be that woman's doing, we must kill her first!"

Some people also shouted, "Quick, open fire, kill those monsters, we can't let them in!"

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Gunshots rang out instantly.

Facts have proven that humans have blind following behavior in panic.

At this critical moment, those Outer God believers didn't give people a chance to think and judge at all, and guided the people in the banquet hall to fight throughout the entire process.

Watching the monsters pour out of the kitchen like a tide, someone fired the first shot, and then everyone followed suit.

Crackling sounds, gunshots as dense as rain.

Blood plasma spurted in the air, and all kinds of blood沫体液 also floated in the air.

Seeing this scene, Abeok silently took out a gas mask and put it on his face, and said quietly, "I knew this would be the result."

"Alas..."

Kama also sighed slightly and put on a gas mask as well.

After a round of firepower coverage, the entire kitchen was blown to pieces by alchemical bullets.

The students from the Royal Institute of Luying had learned emergency tactics, and at this moment they took out mechanical shields and set up long and short guns.

They contributed the most to this round of firepower coverage.

This kind of concentrated fire, even high-level professionals could not resist, and a group of low-level monsters were instantly extinguished.

After a while, the guns and cannons stopped.

Looking again, the scene was devastated.

A large area near the kitchen was covered with scarlet blood plasma and broken limbs. Like rotten meat in a meat grinder, it was several meters thick, and it was impossible to tell how many monster corpses were piled up there.

Seeing that the monsters were repelled again, the students were a little excited and full of accomplishment.

"Did we repel the monsters?"

"Hahaha... I said a long time ago, that's all there is to these monsters. I don't think we should hide here, let's just go down and clean up the monsters together."

"..."

But before they could be happy for long, someone discovered something was wrong.

"No, look! There's something wriggling in the corpses!"

"Damn it, these things won't really fuse together, will they?"

"..."

In an instant, they vaguely guessed that the woman hadn't lied.

Unfortunately, it was too late.

...

Caroline was still being pestered by several people. At this moment, countless red thread-like parasites suddenly appeared in the blood and mud on the ground.

The more corpses and flesh and blood there were, the faster the monsters fused.

Then, hundreds of people in the banquet hall watched as "multi-faced monsters" resurrected and stood up again.

Everyone realized that these monsters really couldn't be killed.

"Physical attacks are useless! Use fire magic, burn them all!"

Soon someone realized something and used fire spells.

But ordinary flames were useless at all.

Then there was freezing, lightning strikes... all kinds of methods were used.

They were also of little avail.

Everyone realized that the woman was right, if these worms didn't die, the mutated monsters wouldn't die.

"Don't shoot, the more you kill these monsters, the stronger they become!"

"What if we don't kill them, and just watch them infect us?"

"Damn it, what should we do now! Someone save us..."

"Don't jump into the sea, there are monsters in the sea too!"

"..."

When people discovered that the monsters couldn't be killed, despair spread instantly.

And even more terrifying was that they concentrated their fire and smashed several "multi-faced monsters", and that pool of flesh and blood instantly fused together again, forming an even more terrifying "hundred-faced monster".

That monster was like a mountain of meat, tens of meters high, covered in human skin and flesh-like eyes, which made everyone's scalps tingle.

Hundreds of people in the banquet hall were gradually infected, and even if they jumped into the sea, they saw terrifying blood worms like giant sea anemones in the water.

Jumping off the ship was death, and not jumping was waiting for death.

Those Royal Academy students who had previously felt confident in their firepower could only cower in fear and scurry around. The meat mountain monster was slow, so they could still maneuver for a while. But as more and more people around them were infected, they realized that death had descended on this cruise ship, and there was no escape.

And at this moment, in the student pile, Alex was behaving more calmly than the other students.

He did not expose his guards, but coldly observed everything around him.

Now the situation was becoming more and more complicated, and it seemed that several forces were mixed in, and it was difficult to identify who was the real "black hand."

Moreover, the bodyguards also indicated his judgment: today's situation is ominous.

After all, Alex was the heir of a top noble family, with a rationality and thinking that few of his peers had.

The tarot cards in his hand reversed and the divination did not stop.

Suddenly, he looked towards the other side of the banquet hall.

He hadn't forgotten that someone had given him a message in advance.

With this look, Alex's gaze instantly froze there.

...

There were more and more monsters in the banquet hall.

Abeok and Kama could not stay out of it either.

They could only fight and dodge at the same time.

Their dodging route was also very clear: wherever the Royal Academy people went, they went to the opposite side, as far away as possible.

Their fighting method was also completely different from others.

No guns, no slashing.

The mechanical gloves in their hands pulled out slender rune steel wires, and then tied up all the mutated monsters that came to bother them and hung them in the air.

Because they were all low-level mutated monsters, there was nothing tricky about it. It's just that there were a lot of them.

Before long, this corner of the banquet hall was like a spider's cave, with twenty or thirty monsters suspended in mid-air by steel wires. Although they struggled non-stop, they could not show any ferocity.

This was indeed a sample for everyone in the banquet hall.

So, that's how you deal with monsters?

It's so simple?!

After all, the banquet hall was so big, even if the two of them were low-key, the movement here attracted everyone's attention.

The students from the Royal Academy also looked over one by one.

"Look over there! Oh my god, those two guys actually controlled the monsters."

"Huh... Isn't that the country girl who gave Alex a love letter before? I didn't expect her to be so powerful."

"Yes, this solid basic skill is definitely not something that those second-rate academies can cultivate. No, even our academy has few..."

"Huh... what kind of professionals are they, using silk threads as weapons?"

"..."

Everyone realized that the bumpkins they thought were actually masters that their group of elites had to look up to.

It seemed simple to use a few steel wires to tie up the monsters. However, those who really knew their stuff immediately saw that the siblings had very high wire-controlling skills.

That kind of skilled technique could not be achieved without eight or ten years of hard practice.

.......

But as accidents happened, the monsters didn't give the people in the banquet hall a chance to catch their breath.

Fortunately, with the sample of the Kama siblings, the students also had ideas for coping.

Although they didn't know how to control silk, they also thought of various alchemical methods: vine art, swamp art, freezing art, quicksand art...

The effect was good.

But that didn't include the "hundred-faced meat mountain monster".

If everyone had used this method to control the monsters without killing them from the beginning, they would not have been so passive now.

Now that the "hundred-faced meat mountain" climate had been formed, it was impossible to kill it now.

The attacks of low-level professionals were like scratching an itch, and even the attacks of third- and fourth-level professionals could be healed in an instant.

Moreover, it was constantly devouring other monsters and merging into a larger ball of flesh and mud.

Abeok's two performances were too "excellent", so that the old men and women in the banquet hall who were trembling with fear also ran towards them.

Seeking shelter was one thing, and they could also see that there were the fewest monsters near the siblings.

Some people also vaguely realized that it seemed that those monsters were going for the Royal Academy people?

...

Abeok looked at those who suddenly rushed over for shelter, frowned, and reminded Kama beside him: "Sister, be careful, there may be Outer God believers among those people."

Kama also nodded, carefully identifying the group of people who ran over.

At this time, a guy in the crowd ran the fastest. With a look of greed and fear of death, he窜 from the crowd and hid behind the siblings first.

Kama looked at Kit, who looked like a coward, and whispered: "Senior, is this your image really good?"

She always thought this senior was very handsome, but now this...

"You're still young, you don't understand. This way those ladies won't pester me anymore."

Kit smiled and hid naturally in the corner.

Kama: "..."

Abeok: "..."

The siblings also knew what was going on. It seemed that Kit came to seek protection, but in fact, this Dawn Troupe senior was protecting them.

Those evil god believers would definitely eliminate anyone who stood in the way of their plan.

Sure enough, one of the guys in the crowd suddenly raised his gun and pulled the trigger towards the twenty-odd mutated monsters bound by silk threads.

This guy's marksmanship was also good. He almost shot one monster with one shot, and in the blink of an eye, he broke down all the monsters that the Kama siblings had managed to trap.

Blood splattered everywhere.

At this moment, everyone understood that the guy who had been shouting and clamoring was the "black hand".

Abeok reacted extremely quickly. When the guy fired his gun, he pulled the steel wire in his hand and instantly cut off the man's head.

And there were also believers in the crowd who wanted to assassinate the siblings, but before they could take action, Kit, who was hiding in the dark, shook out a card and quietly pierced the man's heart.

The suspended monsters were killed, and blood-colored parasites spread out.

Kama and Abeok's previous efforts were in vain.

The real hard battle began.

The siblings took out a sealing scroll at the same time and tore it apart violently.

Dozens of puppets guarded them.

They had obtained Suren's true inheritance of silk control skills, and they had worked hard in these days, which came in handy at this time.

The hands and feet were separated and bound, and various anti-joint control techniques were used. The silk threads controlled the fingers and toes... Before those "multi-faced monsters" could get close, they were suspended again.

This scene stunned everyone in the banquet hall.

No one thought that the previously inconspicuous siblings were actually two puppeteers.

Moreover, they used dozens of puppets as soon as they made a move. It was clear that they were not simple!

The students of the Royal Academy were dumbfounded.

Under the siblings' genius halo, the pride and superiority of being noble students disappeared.

The fat student who had mocked Abeok earlier felt a chill on his neck.

He realized that the other person was not choking him, but he really disdained the duel.

If they really had to fight, their heads might be cut off by steel wire like the guy who shot just now.

Caroline, who was still struggling in the battle, realized and thought, "They actually have such strength, no wonder they are so calm."

At the same time, she had more expectations for the "Mr. Nicholas" before.

If the disciples were so powerful, the teacher would naturally be no worse.

...

At the same time, in the cruise ship's cargo hold.

Just as the banquet hall was in a bitter battle, Suren had already dealt with the Outer God believers in several rooms.

After harvesting some soul fragments, he discovered that the evil god believers' purpose was not only to kill that young master Alex, but also to plot to sacrifice nearly five thousand people on the entire cruise ship.

All for the sake of restoring the strength of that Outer God.

Suren then followed the magic circle arranged by those people and came to the bottom cargo hold.

At this moment, almost all of the thousands of passengers on the bottom few floors of the cabin had been infected.

Suren also realized that it was not just infection.

The entire cruise ship had become an altar.

The souls and flesh and blood of the passengers were guided and gathered together by a mysterious force.

And the cargo hold had become a huge and terrifying space. The walls of the ship were covered with red worms like blood vessels, which made people's scalps tingle.

And these worms were transporting energy to the center of the cargo hold, which had already turned into a blood pool.

A large crimson crystal nucleus was floating on the blood pool, shining with an evil luster.

[Thousand-Person Blood Refinement Crystal Nucleus]

Explanation: In the eyes of some evil gods, humans are just low-level creatures that replenish blood and flesh; This is a crystal condensed by an evil flesh and blood sacrifice technique. It contains a large amount of living blood and can help some flesh and blood gods restore a certain amount of strength;

Suren looked over with eyes as sharp as knives.

And standing opposite him was a black-skinned woman who had rushed to intercept him.

It was Virginia, the team leader of this Royal Academy, a sixth-level professional.

The woman was also very puzzled when she saw Suren who suddenly appeared here.

She didn't understand why someone would discover the hidden blood refinement altar in such a short period of time?