SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 669 - 669 495 Lady of Thorns _1

Chapter 669: Chapter 495 “Lady of Thorns” _1 Chapter 669: Chapter 495 “Lady of Thorns” _1 “Phew, at last…”

Colin silently let out a sigh of relief.

Then, just as he was about to take a look at who this “Former Company Employee” really was and how they could so easily take over, he suddenly felt his body not responding correctly…

From head to toe, there emerged an inexplicable sense of “joy.”

An atmosphere of horror far surpassing the aura of “The Night” made its appearance…

Colin’s body stiffened, feeling like it might collapse at any moment.

His consciousness began to run wild like an unruly horse, highly disordered!

‘No, no, no! This aura, it’s not right… Not the ‘Lady of Thorns’! Definitely not…’

He struggled to lower his gaze, and now, “Lavinia” was still standing the same as before…

But the demeanor on her body was completely different, with a very powerful consciousness descending.

This “consciousness” was all wrong…

‘Please, please don’t let it be what I’m thinking!’

He struggled to send a message over, “Weren’t you supposed to summon the ‘Lady of Thorns’? So, who… who have you summoned now?”

Hearing these incoherent words, “Lavinia” opened her eyes, and a strange smile tugged at the corners of her extremely pale face, which may have been due to blood loss or something else.

‘This… Has another person changed?’

Colin felt that the person in front of him seemed to have undergone some internal change again.

Rather than a person…

He felt that this fellow in front of him was more essentially like some kind of container!

And the person inside the container kept switching!

“Lavinia” looked at him and blinked, her dark lips parting, “I never said that I was summoning the ‘Lady of Thorns’…”

Before Colin could ask, the oddity on her face grew stronger, accompanied by an indescribable smile:

“She didn’t tell you that I am the ‘Lady of Thorns’…”

You are that “Former Company Employee”?

Colin’s pupils contracted sharply, then…

“You… what the hell… have you summoned? Why do I feel… something’s not right…”

He struggled to control his throat, mouth, tongue, and other organs as he spoke in fits and starts.

However, he stopped midway through speaking…

Because, although the “Lady of Thorns” said nothing, her dark pupils faintly emitted strands of red light.

In the depths of that profound darkness, a vague Red Moon seemed ready to emerge.

The answer was self-evident!

“I… fuck… you…”

Colin’s pupils vibrated violently, his complexion turning deathly pale; this was the scenario he least wanted to encounter!

If he couldn’t beat “The Night,” he could avoid fighting, but bringing this thing here—was it to die together?

“Good colleague, don’t panic, I hope you can hold on a little longer.”

The “Lady of Thorns” nodded with a smile and then her body ascended upward.

At an extremely fast speed, she passed above Colin and kept rising…

The next second, Colin seemed to realize something. Without any hesitation, he did everything possible to surround himself with flames, covering and protecting himself layer by layer.

And it was in the instant after he completed all preparations…

A “boom” resounded.

Above him, “Lavinia’s” entire body exploded…

Organs, bones, blood—all burst into a sky full of blood mist, and at that moment, writhing red light blossomed from within the flesh and quickly reassembled as it bloomed.

However, with the arrival of this force, “The Night” above seemed to take notice.

An unknown force struck…

Just as it was about to coalesce into a round, crimson object, it suddenly exploded.

But unlike the “Hunger” within Colin, it did not dissipate immediately; instead, it continued to reassemble.

A bounty of nascent life spread…

All things within the red light developed new consciousness, emerging anew.

Colin’s “ears” and some other parts began to involuntarily sing a strange whisper— “Life is so beautiful, la la la, rebirth, happiness, I want to live, everyone together, together now~”

This was the first time he heard some of the content from the “Red Moon’s” murmurs.

While its content did not seem peculiar and appeared simple and cluttered, the tone was like a nursery rhyme hummed by a child…

The meaning, it seemed, was calling for “birth,” “the fusion of life,” and so on and so forth.

“Damn it, stop thinking about it, I don’t want to know what the ‘Red Moon’ is saying! Do not pronounce the name ‘Red Moon’…”

“Damn! I said do not…”

“Fuck, a dozen layers of ‘Firebearer’ flame protection can’t stop this thing from corrupting?!”

Right now, Colin truly wanted to punch himself, to knock his increasingly active brain unconscious.

No, to knock unconscious every cell in his body that was gleefully “singing”…

Colin could distinctly feel that this time the “Red Moon” felt a tad different from the aura he had encountered before…

For instance, it seemed quite “joyful,” filled with a sense of happiness.

But conversely…

The Colin influenced by it couldn’t feel happy at all!

The “Red Moon’s” extremely high status, as well as one of its basic authorities “Rebirth,” was every bit as formidable as the dome’s “The Night”!

The two most terrifying entities in Colin’s cognition were battling in the dome, almost extinguishing the flames on his body.

His entire body was birthing a cacophony of “thoughts” under the influence of “Rebirth,” including his brain spontaneously generating “thoughts” out of control, making Colin feel on the verge of collapse…

But it was at this moment that rings of thorns, sheathed in black metal, appeared out of nowhere.

They wrapped around and entwined him directly.

As those cold, black spikes penetrated his skin, Colin’s disordered “thoughts” began to fade away and scatter.

“Add more fire, ‘The Night’ is too strong, it can’t coalesce, wait a little longer, and when more of ‘The Night’s’ will arrives, it will all be for naught…” whispered “Lady of Thorns,” her voice traveling along the surface thorns into his body.

“Who the fuck ‘we’, I fucking want to punch you first!” Colin couldn’t help but curse out loud.

“Okay okay, do as you please after we sort this out, ‘Firebearers’ are different from me, I’ll disappear if I make a move, but you won’t be targeted, I will compensate you, hurry hurry, add more fire…”

Colin’s flames had already reached his personal limit.

Increasing the fire was no easy task…

Even using the Level 2 Containment Subject from the “Storage Room” would hardly be in time.

Because lighting it up would take a considerable amount of time, and it might not even work effectively.

The only way…

Colin clenched his teeth while simultaneously activating “Time Stasis” and “Force – Repulsion.” Then, seizing the brief gap torn by the two artifacts, he grasped his left index and middle finger with his right hand.

“Crack…”

Two fingers were pulled from his left palm and flung into the sky.

“Boom~”

A dazzling “Little Sun” ascended at that moment.

Yet, even before the “Little Sun” could radiate any warm light, it exploded abruptly, directly erased from the darkness in an incomprehensible way…

However, thanks to that fleeting moment.

In the fading glow of the flames, a crimson “moon” slowly rose.

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