Chapter 193

"Cocolia, have you prepared yourself for repentance?"

Holding a white battle scythe and hooking the blade around the neck of the woman before him, Bai Ge's tone no longer held a shred of warmth; his golden eyes were now filled only with cold, murderous intent.

He could no longer tolerate Cocolia's existence. The actions of this mother fox had completely crossed Bai Ge's bottom line, having repeatedly harmed the people most important to him.

Mei, Bronya, Seele—these girls whom Bai Ge regarded as treasures had all, to varying degrees, been harmed by this damned woman.

Besides them, there were many others who had suffered the same.

"Wait, I can…"

"Die."

With a forceful pull of the battle scythe, that beautiful head was instantly severed from her neck. This time, there would be no Gray Serpent to plead for her or block the blade as there had been a year ago.

"!!!"

Cocolia's eyes widened in shock. The moment Bai Ge appeared, she knew she was likely doomed, but she hadn't expected this youth to strike so decisively.

Her own death was so hasty.

Such a simple death felt as if it were negating her entire life up to this point as worthless.

"Ha! Ha! Ha! I, I didn't die?!"

The next second, Cocolia came to her senses, cold sweat pouring down.

She hurriedly covered her neck to confirm if her head was still attached. Only after verifying that her neck and head were connected did she breathe a sigh of relief, thinking what had just happened was merely an illusion.

Yet, reality told her it was no illusion.

The battle scythe in Bai Ge's hand was dripping with blood, and a scar remained on her neck—proof that Cocolia had indeed been killed once by the white grim reaper before her.

"That's right, that's the expression. Cocolia, you must be terrified, you must repent. Don't worry, the pain won't end until your mind completely collapses."

Bai Ge said coldly and ruthlessly.

The pain of death lasted only for an instant, which was far too light a punishment for the sins this woman had committed.

Bai Ge was a man who liked fairness.

He would not allow such an unequal outcome.

"You, what exactly did you do to me?!"

Cocolia asked, filled with shock and rage.

"Hmph, you'll know soon enough."

Bai Ge swung the battle scythe down again, expressionless.

Following that was a bizarre and absurd execution.

Cocolia clearly felt her own death: her heart pierced, her head severed, her bones completely shattered, or her entire body sliced in half at the waist.

But when she came to her senses, she found she hadn't died after all.

This abnormal situation filled her with terror and dread. Death was never the most painful thing, but waiting for death and repeating death was absolutely one of the most terrifying things in this world.

"It's useless even if you try to call for help. Not to mention that no one in this base can stop me, I doubt anyone would come to bring you coffee this late, given your popularity."

Bai Ge flicked the battle scythe, shaking off the bloodstains.

By now, he had 'killed' Cocolia seven times, but every time this woman was about to cross the threshold of the afterlife, the authority of the Herrscher of Death would immediately activate.

It would heal her fatal wounds before her consciousness faded. Occasionally, when it was too late, Bai Ge would also use the primary authority of time to rewind those one or two seconds.

By the way, this ability was a reward from the second time-travel, obtained from Cocolia's daughter, Seele Vollerei (Bronya's sister, Bronya Zaychik's companion, though the text refers to the source as 'Xing Ma'er' / 'Owl' / 'Raven' contextually, I will stick to the provided romanization/meaning).

Although Xing Ma'er was always getting beaten, she was born with the ability to manipulate time to a certain extent.

Even though she was a transparent character who never showed her face in the main storyline, her ability was truly strong.

"Cocolia, I will fulfill my past promise to kill you a thousand times. You'd better hold on."

"No, don't you dare!"

Cocolia said, trembling.

Just seven deaths had nearly caused her mind to collapse. Upon hearing Bai Ge say he would make her die a thousand times, she nearly died of fright right then and there.

At this moment, she instinctively understood that the best ending for her was to die completely. Even though Cocolia still had a craving for power and a desire to live in her heart.

But the unimaginable terror Bai Ge brought her made her choose the latter between life and death.

However…

Heaven and hell do not have the power of my choice, but I still have the power to choose death—these were the words Bai Ge said at the Babylon Laboratory in the past.

Now he felt he could overturn those words.

"Without my permission, you cannot find release."

In the face of the Herrscher of Death's power, as long as Bai Ge did not agree, death was truly a luxury. Cocolia had just bitten off her own tongue, and the next second it had healed again.

As long as her consciousness existed for a few seconds, even if her body died, Bai Ge could heal it.

After all, it wasn't a case of severe full-body injury or missing limbs that required regeneration from scratch; it was just a single wound.

In the face of the Herrscher of Death's authority, healing a hole in the heart was no different from healing a scrape on the hand.

"How could this be? No, don't come over!"

"Scared now? When you were formulating those heinous plans and pushing innocent children into human experiment pods, why didn't you care about their feelings?"

"I apologize, I promise I'll never do it again! Let me go, or let me die a quick death!"

"Heh? You're actually starting to apologize? What a pity, but apologies have always been the most useless words in this world. The tragedies you caused have already happened; you can never make up for them."

The white battle scythe struck the office desk like a hammer. Bai Ge was now like a judge passing sentence.

"Everyone who commits a wrong must pay the price for their mistakes. Those who should lose a hand will lose a hand, those who should lose a foot will lose a foot, and those who should pay with their lives… will pay with their lives!"