Unholy Player

Chapter 483: Do you see me as a threat to humanity?

Adyr thought he was going to die.

Not by the hands of the Mad Scientist, not by the blood cult he still didn’t know much about, and not by Fate, but by his own hands. He was almost bringing the entire story written for him to an end, right here in this small room.

He knew his skill combo was dangerous and deadly, but he thought combining it with his Rank 4 Spark Citadelith, Grace, Malice armor, and the Devour Time innate talent would be enough to protect his body from the impact.

As the aftermath settled into his bones, he realized his calculation was slightly off.

His combo was quite simple, consisting of only 2 steps.

First, using his Rank 3 Spark Sacrifice Bees’ skills, he channeled their power into his body, more specifically into his arm, turning his own flesh, bone, and blood into an organic bomb ready to detonate.

He combined all of his 7 Sparks, stacking all of their skills, flooding his arm with power, and altering all of its genetics in seconds, transforming every cell into an explosive waiting to be triggered.

Then, for the next step, he used the Rank 3 Amplirock’s skill, which had the ability to amplify any explosion’s effect and even add a fire characteristic to it, making the eventual blast far more deadly.

Everything up to that point went smoothly. When his arm was ready to detonate, he drove his fist into the wall, activating all dormant explosive cells in his arm instantly.

The problem was that the force was greater than he had expected.

It was strong enough to overwhelm Rank 4 Citadelith’s damage transfer skill within the first 2 seconds, forcing Adyr to sever the connection quickly so as not to kill the Spark completely.

After the Citadelith’s skill deactivation, he had to endure the rest of the force with his body.

His Malice armor, wrapped over him like a living shell, was the first thing to crumble under the lingering force.

Then his arm was completely shattered into flesh and blood, torn apart in an instant. Even his Grace bloodline talent didn’t help much; it wasn’t enough to maintain his body or stop the rapidly destructive damage tearing through him.

He had to use his last trump card, Time Devour, early, before his body was completely destroyed.

He rewound his entire body for 3 seconds, returning it to its fully renewed state, as if time itself had briefly turned back.

But the explosion’s lingering force didn’t end there. The last residual impact still tore through him and destroyed half of his body once again, leaving his current appearance as the shattered remnant of what survived.

"Will you survive?" Zephan asked, trying to hide his shock and keep a serious look on his face as he stared at the ruined body in front of him.

Adyr’s condition was beyond fixing without a proper healing skill, which Zephan and his Elders didn’t have.

So the only thing Adyr could rely on was his own regeneration power.

He didn’t answer the question. Instead, a faint light at first, like a pale glow seeping into the room, gradually intensified and began to condense around him, each beam focusing on his body, drawn straight to his wounds.

Under the effect of Grace, his body started to regain its life.

But it was awfully slow.

The explosion hadn’t only damaged Adyr’s body; his stamina had also dropped heavily while he was trying to keep himself alive.

Grace’s light wasn’t very bright at the moment, just a weak halo around him, only helping his flesh knit back together. There was no response from his lost limbs, no sign of them regenerating.

He could regenerate faster by eating fresh meat in the past, due to Dawn Raven’s innate ability.

But after using the Synergy Crystal, that ability combined with Mindrake’s super regeneration and, thanks to the Gaze bloodline talent, changed into Time Devour, which was a whole new innate ability that lost the useful life-force-eating trait.

Time Devour is very OP, but not to the point of making me invincible.

Adyr thought silently, feeling his whole body slowly regain its life force like embers being fed just enough air not to die out.

Zephan could only stay silent and watch him heal.

He was having trouble figuring out what kind of person Adyr was, and he kept going back to his background, to the idea that he was strong and had unlimited potential because of his Elder bloodline.

But now he realized something.

The man did not have unlimited potential at all. Not with a mindset that makes him his own enemy, someone who could kill himself one day with this kind of character.

Yet it didn’t bother Silverlight.

Instead, he felt a strange familiarity as he watched the young man and saw his unwavering determination and perseverance, which, in his opinion, were better than any potential.

He realized Adyr was the kind of man who would either one day reach the peak or die trying. There was no other path for him.

He thought that if Adyr really did reach the peak one day, he could follow behind him and at least catch a glimpse of what was waiting there at the top—a place he believed he would never reach on his own.

"Are you okay?" Henry and the researchers returned a while later, all rushing to see what had happened inside the room, their footsteps echoing in the damaged corridor.

When they saw the state of Adyr’s body, they all froze, stunned into silence.

"You damn brat." Henry ran inside and swore in anger, clenching his teeth. He didn’t care that the Lunari were watching him from behind.

Adyr’s actions were becoming more reckless every time, and now it had reached a point where he had almost killed himself. It made Henry want to slap his face and forcefully inject some sense into his skull.

But seeing the half-dead state he was in, he could only grit his teeth and use his wrist device, tapping a number to call the medic and any available Players with healing skills. His thumb moved faster than his thoughts as he silently hoped they would be enough.

Adyr watched the way Henry moved, too fast and too rough, the slight shake in his hands giving him away. His remaining eye caught the fear beneath that urgency, a half-broken smile tugging at his lips. "Are you afraid, Henry?"

Henry, hearing the sudden address, raised his head from his device to look at his face, puzzled about what he was trying to imply.

Adyr’s tone stayed level, the already broken half smile still on his face as he asked, "Do you see me as a threat to humanity?"

Henry wanted to say yes and shake some sense into him, to throw a few harsh words in his face and drag him back from the edge. Instead, he swallowed it all, let out a slow breath, and said, "If you have the strength to talk, use it to heal yourself."

But Adyr continued. "Mad Scientist told me that if I want to keep my family safe, if I want to make you all free from the prison, I need to get stronger. Much stronger."