The cone wasn't far from Kieran, but it wasn't moving fast.
However, the cone floating in the air was not that fast. It took a whole two seconds to reach Kieran. Then, a blinding red light started to gather around it.
A red dagger appeared in mid-air and was aimed at Kieran's neck.
However, when the tip of the dagger touched Kieran's neck, it stopped.
"Detected target is out of danger."
"Detected target has great potential."
"Detected target can be used as a substitute."
After the stiff voice, the light on the cone reappeared.
It wasn't red but white for the first time.
Then, the stiff voice got a little livelier.
"Are you willing to become my follower?"
The electronic voice sounded.
Following the voice, Kieran regained his ability to speak but he still couldn't move his body.
Kieran did not lose his sight or consciousness in the few seconds that he had been in.
Therefore, he knew everything.
Kieran laughed coldly at the cone's question.
"Follower?
"I've never become anyone's follower, not to mention a weird-looking guy's follower."
Kieran's tone left no room for doubt.
"I'm not a weird guy."
You need to be corrected. "
The cone emphasized.
Then …
The red dagger followed the cone's will and was aimed at Kieran's right elbow, the crucial spot, and stabbed down.
The red dagger was extraordinarily sharp without a doubt.
Without any resistance, the dagger stabbed in.
"Do you understand?"
The cone asked.
"Understand what? What a weird-looking fellow. "
Kieran pretended to be confused but as he spoke, the red dagger in his elbow started to spin.
His muscles and bones were crushed instantly.
Kieran's face turned pale.
His teeth were clenched.
"Do you understand?"
The cone asked again.
"Understand what? What a weird-looking fellow. "
Kieran repeated his words again.
Chi!
The red dagger moved again, and the blade slid down again. Kieran's right arm was split into two from the elbow to the palm. The ring finger and index finger were on one side, and the middle finger, index finger, and thumb on the other. It was like an eel that had been cut by a knife, swaying and dripping with blood.
"Understand?"
The cone asked again.
"What do you know? What a strange fellow. "
The answer was still the same.
Once again, the red dagger stabbed towards Kieran's left elbow. Then, at the next moment, Kieran's left elbow turned into his right elbow.
The questioning continued.
Of course, the answer was still the same.
Soon, Kieran's body turned into a bloody mess.
After his limbs were chopped off, it was his left eye. Then, his ears and nose were sliced off, leaving only a few teeth in his mouth. His tongue was perfectly preserved, just like his right eye.
The cone wanted Kieran to see it, so it wanted Kieran to obey it.
However, Kieran was much tougher than the cone thought.
Even though his scalp was being lifted up bit by bit, Kieran didn't surrender. Instead, he showed a ferocious smile.
He proved a point.
The most crucial point, which was also what he worried about the most, was proven.
Kieran heaved a breath of relief.
"As I thought."
Kieran said in a muffled tone.
"What did you guess?"
The electronically synthesized voice of the cone showed a sense of interest.
"You didn't directly control or influence me.
Or should I say …
You don't have the confidence. "
Kieran looked at the cone with his remaining right eye.
"Em.
You are different from them. Your Spirit is extremely powerful, to the point that I don't have the confidence to defeat you. "
The cone didn't hide it and admitted it right away.
From its point of view, it didn't need to hide such things. At least, it didn't need to hide it from Kieran.
Similar to how the cone didn't think Kieran could change anything.
"But just having a powerful Spirit isn't enough.
"You still have a long way to go."
You don't have a complete legacy and you don't even have the heart to distinguish the situation. "
The electronically synthesized voice of the cone inexplicably had a condescending tone.
For an object to speak in such a manner, it was no doubt strange and extremely awkward, but in the end, it was natural, as if it had always stood above the clouds.
"The heart to distinguish the situation?
Just like those idiots who were unknowingly influenced by you? "
Kieran laughed coldly again.
"Are you talking about Marquis K?
"That's its problem, not mine."
I didn't tell it to do that. "
The cone denied.
"Then what about the ones before Marquis K?
Don't tell me it's the first one? "
Kieran asked.
This time, the cone didn't answer.
Because Marquis K wasn't the first.
Before Marquis K, there were many more.
Some were humans, some were Mutants.
In the end, they weren't any better than Marquis K.
Death was the best outcome.
Kieran knew it very well.
He didn't need more evidence, just the fact that the cone was here was enough.
Kieran didn't believe the secret lab under the grave appeared out of thin air!
It must have been built by someone.
Kieran didn't know what the initial goal was, but later on, it was to preserve the cone.
As for why this place was chosen?
It might be because this place was special.
It might also be because it was secretive enough.
As for the specifics, Kieran didn't know.
All he knew was that the cone was the mastermind behind this series of events.
Marquis K?
An idiot that was pushed to the front desk.
Kieran believed Wu wouldn't be helpless against such an idiot. Perhaps the cone might seem powerful, but the effects it suffered were more obvious.
As long as it was well-prepared, it wasn't impossible for it to turn the situation around. It didn't even need to be captured.
It was also because of this that Kieran started to have more doubts.
However, when the cone before him displayed a different kind of … intellect, everything made sense. Let's put it this way for now, Kieran still couldn't relate intellect to a box-like object.
The cone before him was something that Wu couldn't resist.
It was powerful and strange.
It was strange as well.
The fact that time seemed to have stopped was enough to explain everything.
But even so, so what?
Give up?
No way.
There was no such word in Kieran's dictionary.
He stared at the existence in front of him and smiled again.
"You think you still have hope.
That's why you're smiling.
I'm afraid it's an illusion because you don't know the difference between us. I think you need to calm down. "
Following the cone's words, a chilling aura began to spread from its body.
Soon, Kieran's body was covered in frost, except for the area above his neck.
Moreover, the frost was still spreading.
It was different from the pain on his body.
This time, the pain came from …
His soul!
Kieran felt like his soul was going to freeze.
His thoughts almost stopped.
His memory started to drift away.
His spirit was slowly collapsing.
"Do you understand now?"
The cone asked.
"Understand what? What a weird guy. "
Kieran showed a mocking smile.
"Too bad, wrong answer.
If it's possible, I don't want to do this.
It's good enough that you're able to do this alone.
But you still made the wrong choice. "
As the cone spoke, the spreading speed of the frost suddenly sped up.
In an instant, it covered Kieran entirely.
An ice statue appeared in the middle of the hall.
His life force was rapidly fading away, but even so, even though he was turned into an ice statue, the mocking smile on his face didn't go away.
He mocked his opponent.
He mocked his opponent's arrogance.
He might be used to working alone.
But when he entered this place, he wasn't alone.
And …
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