bookpub Chapter 767: I Think I Fixed Him
Chapter 767: I Think I Fixed Him
I was carried by the two maids to get away from the explosion, both of them running like their lives depended on it.
"Umm... Girls? I could handle that though?" I called out.
Melanin peeked at me, "Young Mistress... That crazy woman broke your arms!"
"Yeah... But I healed it back up, see?" I even waved my hands at her to show her that I was fine.
"That woman was shrugging off everything that you were throwing at her, Young Mistress."
"Yeah, but that's not all I could throw at her though? I was even holding back because I didn't want to kill her..."
"We should still make a plan first, Young Mistress..." Sherry suggested.
Before I could answer her though, a portal ripped open in front of us and that Rex Off-Worlder stepped through it.
Aside from parts of his clothes seemingly burned at the edges, he didn't even look like he was affected by that gigantic explosion I saw just now.
Then, as if the Off-Worlder was shedding skin, the surface of their body rippled and the woman in front of us transformed into a rather young man with the same annoying smile on his face.
"Yo, where you bouncing off to, fam? You think you can just ghost after unloading that straight up dumpster fire of a flaming hot potato on me? Like bro, you gotta hit pause and deal with this level ninety nine epic plot twist my girl!"
Both Sherry and Melanin turned to look at me, obviously wondering if I understood what this crazy guy was saying.
I managed to slip out of Sherry's arms to stand on my own feet to face the Off-Worlder, "Is that really how you speak? Can you talk normally?"
"Bruh, normal's like so last season! Ain't this a way more epic crossover?! We're talkin' next level, extra spicy, four D chess kind of vibes here!"
"You know what, just shut up, I can't take more of this..."
"Why? You mad bro?"
My answer to that was to shoot a [Static Bolt] at him.
He easily avoided the paralysing shot by moving out of the way which was something I expected anyway and I immediately shot another [Laser] at him.
The brainrot bastard materialised another wall made out of shadows to block my attack, which gave me the chance to move closer to him while the wall obscured his vision.
"Get out of here!" I ordered the two maids as I dashed towards him. "If you want to help, go and tell the others about this guy!"
When the Off-Worlder removed the wall, I was only a few metres away from him and I shot another [Static Bolt] at him, aiming to paralyse him.
He sidestepped the attack again to dodge it and I lunged towards him with my fist pulled back.
He swallowed quickly and his body was suddenly healed back to perfect health, undoing everything I had done to him earlier.
The Off-Worlder leapt onto his feet and glared at me, "How?"
I suppressed my disappointment at seeing him restored back to normal instead of the 'improved' form I had given him.
"How what?" I asked, faking confusion.
"How are you able to hurt me? I can see your strength stat! It's at five hundred and fifty!"
I tilted my head at him, "Oh, looks like I managed to cure your brainrot. I guess that's an improvement at least."
"Answer the question you bitch," He seethed.
Seems like his brainrot speech was all just an act huh? Maybe it was his way of making people drop their guard or he's just a stupid chuuni who thought that talking like that was cool.
I raised my chin at him, "What's so weird about it? I can see that your strength stat is at two hundred and fifty. By all means, I should have been kicking your ass from the very start. In fact, you're even using magic skills that aren't reflected in your status screen."
"Then why are you going against me? Aren't you doing the same thing?"
"What does that have to do with anything? Are you thinking that hiding my stats makes me the same as you?"
He blinked, "Hiding my stats? What are you talking about?"
"That's what you're doing right? You hid your real stats to make people think you're weak. Your actual strength stat is higher than the number I just said."
He furrowed his brow, "I am not hiding my stats you bitch. Are you still going to pretend like you don't know what's going on? You're doing the same thing as I am to strengthen yourself! Wait! That's it isn't it?! You want my followers too!"
Now it was my turn to be confused, "Your followers? Why the hell would I want that?"
"Why else are you attacking me! I already overheard that you're hunting me down so what else could it be for?! You're trying to claim my batteries for yourself to empower yourself, right?! I'll have you know that I've worked hard to gather that many people so you can dream on if you think I'm going to just hand it over!"
"I literally have no idea what the hell you're talking about right now."
He stared at me for a good long minute before pointing to the bracelet on his arm, "Is this not what you are after?"
I narrowed my eyes and used [Screened] on the bracelet.
[Bangle of Envious Greed - Allows wearer to draw power from all beares of the Mask of Envious Greed including strength and skills to add onto their own. Also allows wearer to possess their consciousness at will and control them as puppets.]
...
Now everything makes sense.