Chapter 220: That Man

The system that gave an affirmative reply again said:

【Detected that D-1999, due to the demon's whisper, remains in an irreversible state of extreme anger, and because of long-term slaughter in Hell, D-1999's body has long adapted to Hell's "survival of the fittest" rule.】

【It seems the Ibussri demon, ruled out by the doctor as a plague, also comes from the Hell Plane.】

After hearing the system's words, Sui Bian also figured out the source of the mist demon that caused ten thousand deaths, and gained a more intuitive understanding of the Hell Plane.

From destroying the cornerstone and closing the Hell Gate, the system will give him 2000 points for analysis, indicating that the Hell Plane is actually no threat to him and Umbrella now.

However, the Hell Plane's whisper, assimilation, etc., are troublesome to deal with; as for D-1999…

He didn't dwell on it for now, but asked the system: "After destroying the cornerstone, will the Hell Gate close quickly?"

【Yes.】

"Okay, I got it." After receiving the system's reply again, Sui Bian looked at the holographic screen in the center of the bridge and ordered in a low voice:

"Bai Hou, deploy twenty T-106 Tyrants, then prepare all models of firearms, armor, and melee weapons from the company, don't forget to prepare sufficient ammunition and batteries

Finally, also prepare a plasma bomb to be sent together to Deimos, to wait after passing through the Hell Gate."

"Yes, sir." Bai Hou acknowledged.

"Hong Hou." Sui Bian continued: "Notify the D-personnel of the Hell Plane to offload all their equipment and withdraw on their own, then have the Stalker and Tyrant assist D-1999."

"Yes."

"Also, upload D-1999 family's current status data into all the computers in the equipment offloaded by D-personnel, and remind D-1999 via the Stalker." Sui Bian added.

"Yes." Hong Hou nodded.

"Father." After hearing Sui Bian's series of orders, Leon standing beside him asked in a low voice: "In that temple, is there something that can close the Hell Gate?"

"That's right, and once destroyed, the Hell Gate will close quickly." Sui Bian concealed nothing from his third son.

Having gained clarity, Leon gave a slight nod, then continued to maintain his aloof demeanor.

And Sui Bian, who likewise resumed silence, actually, upon seeing through the holographic screen how easily D-1999 slaughtered Hell demons like killing bugs, immediately thought of "that man."

That man who slaughtered Hell into emptiness, turned demons into a "rare species," and forever remained an enraged destroyer.

On Christmas of 06, upon learning that this world had a Hell Plane similar to that in DOOM, Sui Bian guessed there were three possibilities.

The destroyer does not exist, having been sealed or having already slaughtered through Hell.

But Sui Bian never imagined that it was him, in the suicide squad he hastily assembled in 2000, that lone individual who destroyed the source of the Ibussri demon, D-1999.

Looking from another angle, among the factors that gave rise to this "macho man," it seems inseparable from him as well.

Furthermore, according to D-1999's killing trend, this world's Hell Plane seems headed for an "empty" ending as well, but Sui Bian hopes that D-1999 himself will make the decision.

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Hell Plane.

Asmodai Palace's plaza.

Originally gathered here, the mighty demon invasion army, due to D-1999's "visit," saw its numbers sharply decline.

Many weakly demons forced into conscription, frightened by D-1999's brutal slaughter of their own kind, fled in all directions, making the plaza even more empty.

Edge of the stone forest.

"Eh? Umbrella finally let us leave!"

"Hurry! Hurry put down the stuff! We're leaving!"

Seeing the updated mission on the screen from Hong Hou, all D-personnel hurriedly offloaded the various equipment hanging from their mechanical exoskeletons, ignoring the Stalker and Tyrant left behind, and fled toward the Hell Gate as if starving and thirsty.

Although the Stalker and Tyrant would help them deal with demons, their fear of these special "prison guards" far exceeds that of demons, especially since they know there are hardly any demons left in the stone forest now.

Likewise receiving the order, the Stalker first bent down, extended its left hand, and picked up an equipment box dropped by a D-personnel.

"Roar!"

Then, like it had been holding back for a while, it raised its head and let out a loud roar, impatiently charging out of the stone forest toward D-1999 amidst the demon horde.

Those six Tyrants silently followed the Stalker's actions, while a group of weakly demons fleeing happened to collide head-on with those seven.

Fortunately, that group of weakly demons had already lost their courage; upon seeing those seven seemingly similar Tyrants, they chose to actively avoid and continue fleeing.

However, those demons, similar in stature to the invaders of Deimos and still dreaming of killing D-1999, were not as "wise" as the weak demons.

And the demons also discovered that those seven Tyrants attempting to contact D-1999 were not of their kind, and immediately began to clash with them.

This group of demons is slightly larger than the T-106 Tyrant in size, but inferior in strength, speed, and reaction; however, thanks to their numerical advantage, they successfully halted the charge of the six Tyrants.

For the demons, at last they found an opponent of comparable rank, after all, D-1999 had made them doubt whether they were still demons capable of frightening the real universe.

But…

"Ri~—tatatat!!"

But the Stalker's mounted rotary pulse machine gun utterly shattered the demons' just-recovered, not-yet-"warmed-up" confidence.

Thus this group of demons, possessing high intelligence and emotion, like humans, like all living things, collapsed.

They, the army preparing to invade the human plane, did not know that the vanguard unit passing through the Hell Gate had encountered the OriginalBody and Astate, existences even more terrifying.

They only knew that even D-1999 and the Stalker couldn't be dealt with, so what talk of invasion?

Flee!

Finally, having timely recognized the situation, they made an extremely "wise" choice and fled.

As the main force of the demon army began to scatter, not long after, the plaza was left only with demon corpses in various states of death.

The corpses attracted many vulture-like Hell creatures, emitting sharp cries as they circled above the plaza; the reason they lingered unwilling to land was due to D-1999, the Stalker, and the six Tyrants.

As loyal spectators of the entire battle, they well knew the fierceness of those "humanoid beings" below, so after those beings left, they would then enjoy feasting on their own kind.

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At this moment, D-1999's face remained angry, with bloodshot eyes, he gazed toward the approaching Stalker and Tyrant.

He did not launch an attack rashly, but his eyes were filled with vigilance.

The only reason D-1999 came here before was that, not long ago, this place had the most demons, allowing him to kill to his heart's content.

I never expected to come here and actually run into a familiar Tyrant.

It's familiar because, after fighting him for over ten years, his memory has become hazy, but he still vaguely recalls that this group had cooperated with their D-rank personnel, jointly fighting the Tyrant of the misty black monsters.

Under his silent gaze, six Tyrants stopped not far in front of him.

The Stalker, standing even closer, set down the equipment box he had been gripping with his left hand, opened his mouth exposing the gums, and spoke impatiently with a stutter:

"Um... Umbrella, human... your... family... file is here... open and look... roar...!"

(End of chapter)