SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 402 - 402 377 The Firebearer Inheritance (6.2K words

Chapter 402: Chapter 377: The Firebearer Inheritance! (6.2K words, big chapter)_3 Chapter 402: Chapter 377: The Firebearer Inheritance! (6.2K words, big chapter)_3 “Even all the gear on my body, except for fairly good timing of usage, not a single one is mastered. Poor basics, poor handling of tools, the whole thing is hesitant…”

“Doing tasks means finding ways to complete them by any means necessary, what are you hesitating for?”

“As an employee heavily invested in by the company, your strength hasn’t broken my defenses, but your practical combat level is about to break them!”

“You are the weakest in terms of fundamentals among all the employees I’ve seen!”

“…”

In the midst of the harsh reprimands, Colin truly felt his own weaknesses and was continuously suppressed by the other party using these points…

But finally, among numerous attacks.

Colin noticed that the left-hand attacks of this C Level Personnel seemed a bit… out of rhythm?

‘Wait! Right from the start, I’ve been cornered and beaten up so much that I almost forgot, the ‘Destiny Propeller’ D Level Personnel mentioned that their leader had received a very serious injury under the left armpit…’

With this thought, Colin, while dealing with the onslaught, finally found an opportunity during a gap in the opponent’s attacks, willing to pay a certain price.

“Time Stop”!

An invisible force drew everything around it into stasis…

Looking at the Level C Employee who hadn’t teleported away in front of him, Colin, touching the somewhat dented chest where he had been punched, spit out blood while unable to suppress a surge of hot tears in his eyes.

“Finally, I’ve fucking stopped it again!”

Immediately, he drew out the Bone Spur, his gaze focusing on the left armpit.

After confirming there indeed was an almost healed wound, he took out the Bone Spur and plunged it into the wound.

This time, the attack was effective, the Bone Spur sinking more than three inches deep into the flesh!

‘You’re the one who told me to be ruthless, don’t blame me for not fighting with honor…’

With a successful strike, Colin pulled out his Revolver again, and taking advantage of the last few seconds of the seven-second window, he fired three more shots until the ticking of the countdown timer indicated that time was about to start again.

Colin quickly pulled away, only to see the opponent seemed to be preparing to give chase.

But then the body abruptly stiffened, followed by shaking, and stood frozen in place.

“Whew… the Bone Spur and ‘Lethality’ worked.”

Colin breathed a sigh of relief; he was exhausted from the fight…

But then, an unexpected change occurred.

A strong sense of crisis came over him, and he saw the figure of his opponent appear right before him, swinging at his face.

At the critical moment, the Nano Intellectual Mechanism on Colin’s neck surged, pulling at his muscles to make his neck twist and dodge the strike.

The terrible force grazed the side of Colin’s face, where his ear should have been…

Just a few centimeters more, and it would have been instant death.

But before Colin could catch his breath, his scalp tensed, and with stiff eye movements, he saw a hand, seemingly forged from metal, land on his right shoulder.

The figure in front of him vanished like an illusion…

At the same time, a voice came from behind him:

“The final lesson: never let your guard down unless the enemy is completely dead. Even a beast will bite with its last breath…”

“It’s over…”

Colin’s pupils constricted into needle points.

This guy’s physical constitution was inhuman; being hit at such close range was almost certainly fatal.

However, just when he thought everything was over, a sound like a heavy object hitting the ground came from behind him.

Colin snapped back to attention and leaped to the side, only to find the Level C Employee who had been continuously pointing out his weaknesses, acting like an Instructor, lying on the ground, trembling as if enduring great pain…

One after another, Vortex Crystals fell from his body, and from the spots where they fell, thick black liquid oozed out.

Yet, even while enduring such pain, he was still trying hard to get up, sitting on the ground and looking at Colin.

The swirl on his face also began to slowly fade at this moment, revealing a resolute and emaciated face…

“You’re pretty harsh. Looks like it can’t hold on any longer.”

The Level C Clearance man looked at Colin and said slowly.

At this moment, his tone regained some rationality and gentleness…

While speaking, he took a deep breath, his right hand’s fingers coming together before he forcefully plunged them into his own chest, and seemed to grab something. With a fierce pull, he extracted the heart that Colin had previously seen.

“Since the part of ‘it’ that was in me has finally faded, I no longer need to use it to suppress…”

After completing this step, his complexion turned ashen, like that of a corpse.

Then, looking at the heart in his hand which began to burn with a reddish-orange flame when exposed to the air, his eyes revealed complex emotions.

“My family and I survived the dark chaos thanks to the protection of the ‘Flame Bearer.’ My dream has always been to become a powerful ‘Flame Bearer,’ to face all of humanity’s enemies. I’ve made lots of efforts toward it…”

At this point, he paused, his tone filled with infinite regret, “Unfortunately… I was one step too short.”

Shaking his head, the Level C Employee looked up at the sky as if seeing through the layers of aurora to a distant battle, then looked down the cliff…

Finally, he turned to Colin: “There’s not much time left. We don’t seem to have the upper hand in this battle, but there should still be a little time to talk. You seem to have some questions?”

“The one on the train, what’s your relationship with him?” Colin didn’t beat around the bush.

“That’s me… but the real me just faded away along with ‘it.’ Years ago, a big figure found the dark side of the universe, found us who had already perished with our enemies. He used some means to merge part of us, creating the ‘Chaotic Phantom Train’…”