“The black core may be impressive and can change people into monsters, but isn’t just throwing it quite dumb?”
When Lin Xiao saw the third apostle take out several black cores, he wasn’t too surprised but was still a bit scared and took a few steps back and then shook his head.
There was a strange magical creature locked inside the black core, the soul-devouring bug, when it enters someone’s body, it turns them into a half-person half-dead creature.
Even though Lin Xiao had a strong mentality, he wasn’t certain he would be fine if those bugs entered his body.
Though the black core may be powerful, it was hard to use… first, it had to be activated then thrown like a grenade and had to explode before it could harm the target.
Even a normal magician could easily deal with that kind of attack, any magic attack would send those black cores flying in midair. So even though Lin Xiao used up most of his magic power, he still had enough to cast low-level magic. So he wasn’t worried about the third apostle throwing them at him.
“Throwing? Hahaha, Lin Xiao, so you don’t know anything… well Snow’s experiment is still missing the final step, so you know nothing of what’s to come!”
“Can you please stop making everything so mysterious?”
“Lin Xiao, aren’t you smart, why are you so stupid now? Did you think what’s inside the black core is just a normal magical creature!? Controlling one’s heart through black magic… do you think that’s simple? Stop underestimating black magic bastard!”
“Uh, so you’re saying that you’re a genius black magician and you want me to praise you?”
“No! I’m no genius! … How could I have researched such a fantastic creature? This is by the decree of the gods, a treasure given to me by the Goddess! And I’m just using it!”
“Tsk… what do you mean?”
“Hahaha, Lin Xiao, do you still not understand? … I’ll ask you two questions. Firstly, since Snow is also proficient in black magic, have you considered why she needs the final ingredient to crack the black core?”
“Hm, perhaps it’s related to what the black core is made of? … Right, what is that bug made of!?”
Lin Xiao suddenly realized a crucial question. What was such a powerful magical tool made of?
“Hehe, pretty quick on your feet!” The third apostle smiled and gently ran his fingers across the black cores and silently activated them and continued asking, “The second question… do you know why we faked a plague and made so many living dead? You didn’t naively think it was just for collapsing Gotham Kingdom, right?”
“No, I already guessed it wasn’t targeted directly at Gotham Kingdom… I also know that all these disasters happened with an ulterior motive!”
“Oh? Since you’re so smart and already guessed it… then tell me, what are we going to do?”
“… No idea, if I knew, I wouldn’t be wasting time with you here. But, I’ll make you personally tell me. If you won’t, I’ll beat it out of you!”
“Hahaha, you’re right! No matter how perfect the plan is, in the end, we have to rely on our fists! Lin Xiao, I originally hated you, but now I realize you were just faking it!”
“Oh? So that means you know me… who are you?”
“Haha, no need to ask, won’t you know once you win?”
The third apostle raised the black cores and got ready.
“Lin Xiao, you’re an opponent worthy of my respect! I never expected that my biggest threat wouldn’t be Snow, nor Claire, but you! … But again, you’re not the chosen one, so it’s fate that you won’t be able to stop me! No matter how much you struggle, you’re but a stumbling block not worth mentioning!”
“Fate?”
Speaking of that, the mystery around the chosen one still hasn’t been resolved. That person may be Yao Zi, Snow, or even Caesar. There are many differing opinions, but whether it’s the enlightenment society, the holy light church, or the hero Greenton, they all agree that it wasn’t Lin Xiao, even Lin Xiao thought so too.
But…
“My fate obviously isn’t the chosen one who saves the world, but… you aren’t anyone special, so a hard and stinky stumbling block is enough to deal with you!”
Lin Xiao smiled and reached one hand out and instantly made a pale green magic circle.
“Wind blade!”
A wind blade shot out quickly towards the third apostle’s head! Even if he could dodge it, his mask would be cut revealing his appearance! But the third apostle didn’t doge and did something unexpected.
“Although there’s a lot of side effects, there’s no choice… Lin Xiao, you forced me to do this!!!”
Gulp. He opened his mouth wide and swallowed the activated cores. In the next instant, the mist started surging out of every orifice in his body, his nose, mouth ears, and eyes and completely enveloped him.
“What is he doing, is he blowing himself up?”
Damn, he’s ruthless, choosing to blow himself up and turn himself into a living dead without awareness so he doesn’t reveal any information.
But…
“Wait… that doesn’t seem to be the case!?”
Lin Xiao felt it wasn’t right when he thought about what he said earlier. Since the black core was so amazing, how could there only be one way of using it? Could swallowing it be the true way to use it?
“Lin Xiao!”
Lin Xiao was still standing there foolishly and observing when Elena noticed something and rushed over!
“Elena, stop, it’s too dangerous!”
“Pervert, you’re the one in danger! Run!”
“Ah?”
Lin Xiao couldn’t react in time and the enemy already attacked!
“So what if you can cast eighth-level magic… Lin Xiao, you’re already out of magic, let’s see how you’ll fight me!”
The third apostle laughed! The thick mist didn’t swallow his consciousness and turn him into a living dead, rather it replenished his strength! He already swallowed all the black mist and dark purple marks appeared all over his body. They were different from the festering wounds the living dead had and all contained a large amount of power and rejuvenated him!
“Die, Lin Xiao!”
The third apostle opened his mouth wide, he didn’t even look human anymore!
