Chapter 250: Emptying the Magazine

Amidst the chaos, the bodyguards belonging to Duke Negan were already alert, approaching at maximum speed; even Duke Negan himself was a Beyonder.

But triggering desire was like an instinct for this assassin, impossible to block.

And the explosive desire within Duke Negan himself caused him to lose all ability to resist in an instant.

"Die!"

A voice carrying a strong sense of Filth rang out; everyone who heard this sound felt their bodies tremble involuntarily, as if their hearts had been gripped by someone, leaving them in a state of near-death.

"Imprison!" In the critical moment, a radiance seemed to flash and vanish on Duke Negan's body; he awoke from the state of explosive desire and recited this word in Ancient Hermes.

He carried high-level charms on his person to deal with such situations of being mentally controlled.

"You are an 'Apostle of Desire'?" Duke Negan's voice carried a certain majesty as he surveyed the assassin from a position of superiority.

The air around the assassin seemed to solidify, turning him into an insect trapped in amber.

"Fallen!"

The babbling of a demon rang out, the light in the surrounding area dimmed instantly, and a tendency toward the Abyss began to appear; tables, chairs, and the floor were all rotting silently, emitting an aura of being Fallen and Filth.

This aura corrupted the power existing in the air and eroded the "amber," allowing the "Apostle of Desire" to break free.

"Whip!"

Duke Negan's expression changed slightly as he hurriedly and majestically declared judgment upon the demon.

Slap!

An invisible whip condensed in the air and lashed fiercely at the demon.

Yet the demon's body was strong enough to endure this attack head-on; a piece of flesh was whipped off its body, deep enough to reveal bone.

Whoosh!

The "Apostle of Desire" did not dodge the whip, but instead took this opportunity for its body to collapse and transform into a phantom, viscous liquid.

This liquid seemed to be composed of emotions and desires, integrating the most unspeakable desires within Duke Negan's heart, and swept toward Duke Negan with an unstoppable posture.

Duke Negan wanted to order imprisonment again, but his eyes suddenly lost focus; at the bottom of his eyes, a phantom flame carrying a sense of being Fallen seemed to be burning.

Mental impact!

The mental impact from the "Apostle of Desire" caused Duke Negan to fall into a state of stagnation; the next moment, he might be completely covered, corroded, and killed by the liquid.

The "Apostle of Desire" chose the timing too well, launching its ability when Duke Negan's desires were surging, instantly destroying his ability to resist.

Even if the Magical Item on Duke Negan's body helped him recover his state afterward, he had still lost the initiative and fallen into a crisis.

Hum!

A gale swept through the ballroom, and Duke Negan's bodyguards finally arrived; the wind blades of the "Wind-Blessed" acted like the sharpest knives and swords, cutting at that mass of black liquid transformed from desire.

"Death!" This was the final judgment from the "Punishment Knight" of the Arbiter Pathway, Sequence 5.

The attacks of these two bodyguards were powerful enough; unless this "Apostle of Desire" dared to perish together with Duke Negan, it had to dodge!

Yet, surprisingly, that mass of black, viscous liquid continued to pounce forward, not caring in the slightest about the attacks from behind.

No! A palm-sized doll had already fallen out of that liquid.

The doll wore iron-gray armor and held a tiny knight's sword; if it were elsewhere, it would be an exquisite work of art, but here, it was the ultimate trump card.

The doll came to life and inserted the knight's sword in its hand into the ground.

"Guardian"!

This was a Magical Item crafted from the "Guardian" Characteristic of the Warrior Pathway; its function was singular but sufficiently powerful.

A radiance like the Dawn bloomed from the knight doll, and the next instant, it transformed into an indestructible invisible wall, placing all attacks outside the wall.

This was the strongest point of a "Guardian"; few people below high Sequence could break such a defense.

And this period of time was enough for the "Apostle of Desire" to kill Duke Negan, who had lost the ability to resist.

Duke Negan's bodyguards could only watch helplessly as Duke Negan was enveloped by the pitch-black liquid transformed from desire.

The next instant, Duke Negan might die at the hands of the "Apostle of Desire."

"No, couldn't you have waited two more days? Why must you assassinate him while I'm present?"

Just as the "Apostle of Desire" was about to complete its mission, this voice suddenly rang in its ear.

This voice carried a sense of speechlessness and frustration; this tone almost made the "Apostle of Desire" doubt whether it had truly chosen a wrong time.

Perhaps I should have chosen another time? That would have surely succeeded...

Countless thoughts flashed through the "Apostle of Desire's" mind, and then it discovered that it had broken free from the state of "Avatar of Desire."

Its skin also melted away, revealing its true face.

The demon horns on its head were burning, and countless demon runes were spreading and flowing on its body, but its eyes were blank and at a loss.

It simply could not understand the current situation.

The voice in its ear had disappeared, but all of its schemes had returned to the starting point.

That eerie feeling made one's blood run cold.

"A Demigod?!" The "Apostle of Desire" could only reach such a conclusion.

"But how is it possible? There were clearly no Demigods participating in this banquet; why would there be such powerful strength?"

It had also spent a long time screening before choosing to assassinate at this banquet, but the current situation left it bewildered and at a loss.

The "Apostle of Desire's" Malice Perception also sensed nothing at all; that "Demigod" seemed not to exist.

But at this instant, the demon already knew that its assassination had failed.

"Roar!"

It did not delay for even a moment, directly undergoing Demonization.

Its body began to swell and grow huge; the goat horns on its head curved and extended, covered in countless mysterious patterns, and a pair of giant bat wings unfolded behind it, burning with crimson and pale blue flames, emitting a strong smell of sulfur.

The demon flapped its wings violently and flew away, crashing through the window to escape from the sky; it had also formulated a relevant escape plan.

"Too ugly, change back." That voice rang out again, and the demon was forcibly knocked back into human form.

His hands flailed in the air twice, and he fell straight down from mid-air, crashing into Duke Negan's garden.

Huh? The demon seemed to have lost his mind, completely unable to comprehend what was happening before his eyes.

He seemed to no longer recognize the world before him.

Bang, bang, bang!

Someone had emptied their magazine.

All the bullets drilled into the demon's head, and he was dead as dead could be.

The demon had all sorts of escape plans and had even envisioned what kind of situation he would encounter if his assassination failed.

But he never in a million years expected that he would be ended by an ordinary revolver and a bullet carrying a hint of mysterious power.

This... is truly a great irony.