Chapter 875: Demonization! The Dice of Fate!

Bzzzz—

In an instant.

As if it had completely spiraled out of control, the Hatchery’s flesh-and-blood tendrils, which had been slowly spreading across the walls around them, suddenly went berserk, flooding every corner of the room in a rush.

At the same time, a System notification rang in his ear.

【Ding! Your Cursed Eye has activated the demonization ability “The Dice of Fate.” A random roll is now underway. The result is: “6.” Demonization effect: Cursed abilities boosted to their limit, causing total upheaval!】

It happened in the blink of an eye.

Lynn’s Cursed Eye instantly grew bloodshot, its surface flickering with an image of utter chaos.

Lynn repeatedly felt the strength and blood in his whole body being forcibly sucked into that eye, and his face twisted in extreme pain.

“Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap!”

I’m going to be drained dry!

I’m really going to be drained dry!!

His Colossus’s Heart was triggered in an instant as well, pounding like a war drum. Under the eye’s tremendous suction, it began ceaselessly supplying his body with the vital energy it needed to keep going. Like a fully activated power core, the Colossus’s strength began to contend with the enormous drain caused by the eyeball.

Rumble—

In almost an instant.

The entire hotel where he was staying was covered by the creeping tendrils of flesh.

Then, beneath the astonished gazes of the pedestrians on the street, the fleshy tendrils seemed to go out of control. In a rush, they spread from the walls to the ground, radiating out from the hotel and across the entire neighborhood at an unimaginable, cataclysmic speed.

In less than half a minute.

Half of Nightfall City was engulfed by the Insect Swarm Corruption Curse, now in a state of total upheaval.

Inside the room.

Smoke began to rise from Lynn’s chest. Through his flushed-red skin, the fully revived and activated Colossus’s Heart could even be seen clearly, pounding with unimaginable force.

If he were relying on his own strength, he would never have enough energy to fuel the Cursed Eye’s suddenly intensified, colossal drain. But after the Colossus’s Heart was triggered, everything changed. The Cursed Eye had pushed the curse’s effects to their limit, while the Colossus’s Heart possessed an energy supply almost at the Root-level...

“Looks like... my modifications... really caused... a huge problem...”

Lynn struggled to endure the pain.

System notifications rang frantically in his ears.

【Ding! You have suffered backlash from the Cursed Eye. Your S&M Power has reached MAX! Use it as soon as possible!】

The immense pain had fully charged his S&M Power.

His whole body felt like a machine being forced to operate under an extreme load. If this continued, there was only one possible outcome: under the relentless strain, his body would give out first, unable to withstand the Colossus’s Heart’s massive energy supply and the Cursed Eye’s unending consumption, and fall apart!

Aside from the Colossus’s Heart, none of the other parts of his body could withstand such overbearing use!

No!

This absolutely couldn’t go on!

“S&M Power! Activate!”

Gritting his teeth against the pain, Lynn punched himself viciously.

Bzzzz—

A crimson shockwave instantly enveloped his whole body.

【Ding! Your Lewdness Value +20!】

【Ding! Your Lewdness Value +31!】

As an intense, indescribable pleasure washed over him, Lynn burst into a loud, gleeful laugh. The nerves that had been suppressed by the pain were forcibly jolted back to life by the sheer pleasure.

And right at that moment, when the sensation peaked—

Click—

Lynn pulled his Demon Hunter Revolver straight out of the System Space. The instant he cleared the curse, he decisively pointed the muzzle at his temple.

He pulled the trigger.

Bang—

A gunshot rang out.

The Demon Hunter Revolver’s powerful exorcism bullet pierced straight through his head. His body fell stiffly to the floor, ending his life.

As he died, the Cursed Eye’s curse of total upheaval instantly faded. With his heart no longer beating, the Insect Swarm Hatchery Curse that had spread across half of Nightfall City turned to ash and vanished before even a single insect could be corrupted into existence.

Every living creature in the city stood frozen in place, utterly bewildered. None of them had any idea what had happened.

To them, it was like a middle-aged man losing his erection in the middle of sex: it came and went in a flash...

...

【Ding! Your buff, “Angel’s Kiss,” has been activated. You have gained one chance to be reborn.】

Squirm, squirm—

On the floor of the room, which was covered in brains and blood, the blood scattered around began to wriggle, inch by inch, crawling back into the corpse lying on the ground.

Lynn’s eyes snapped open.

The instant he opened them, his left eye met the eyeball staring right back at him from directly in front.

Lynn immediately scrambled to his feet, frowned, and rubbed his temple and empty right eye socket. He snatched up the pitch-black Cursed Eye from the ground and muttered to himself,

“Impressive. Looks like I really did modify this thing into a complete monster. So whenever I’m about to unleash a curse, it triggers some kind of random effect...”

And the result rolled by the dice just now had been “6.”

The highest possible result.

It was powerful enough to fully revive even his Colossus’s Heart, and even that couldn’t supply enough energy to cover the curse’s consumption...

If an ordinary creature had been in his place,

that eye would probably have drained it dry in one go...

“Then what happens if it rolls a different number?”

Lynn frowned and stared hard at the eyeball.

Would the curse’s effects be reduced proportionally, or would it trigger some other effect?

No!

He had to figure this out!

This was way too freaky. If he tried to use it to save his life at a critical moment and it randomly gave him some other awful effect, it could really get him killed!

Lynn absolutely couldn’t leave something like this unchecked!

Smack—

Lynn shoved the eyeball back into his eye socket. Without another word, he sprang to his feet, planted a foot on the window, and leaped out.

He had to get another chance to come back to life!

...

Half an hour later.

【Ding! Congratulations! You have gained the effect of Angel’s Kiss! Duration: 24 hours!】

As the System notification rang in his ear, Lynn burst out through the main gate before the High Tower at the center of Nightfall City, fleeing the Matriarch’s hall at an inconceivable speed. Behind him came a series of violent explosions and bursts of light spears. At last, Lynn managed to evade the Matriarch’s pursuit at an unmatched speed.