SCP Corporation: Contain Bonfire
Chapter 698 - 698 510 The World Fluctuation Brought by Red

Chapter 698: Chapter 510 The World Fluctuation Brought by “Red Moon”…_1 Chapter 698: Chapter 510 The World Fluctuation Brought by “Red Moon”…_1 “Ka-ka-ka…”

A succession of brittle bone cracks emanated from within his body.

The brief and sudden attack lasted less than a tenth of a second, but Colin’s height had already been stretched by two or three centimeters…

Intense pain spread from his back as the enemy attempted to pull his spine out with immense force.

Colin did not panic. Although he felt nothing around his neck, through the fiercely burning bonfire, he still vaguely discerned the phantom image of a rope hanging from his neck, slowly dissipating in the flames.

“Strong, with extraordinary power for suppression as well as some other effects…”

Thoughts flashed through Colin’s mind. He raised his left hand, pressing down on his head to push his height back to normal, while his right hand flung out, the ring transforming into a revolver aimed at his opponent and fired.

However, facing his actions, the suspended figure still maintained a disturbing smile.

Even upon seeing him draw the gun, the smile only intensified.

“Bang bang bang!”

Amidst the flashing gunfire, three 7.62 bullets fired in response, hitting various parts of the hanged person’s body and blasting three palm-sized holes through him.

In Colin’s view, this entity wasn’t particularly strong; it just had a perverse nature.

But regardless, it was best to fire a few shots first.

It was precisely the moment the bullets hit the target that Colin also felt as if he’d been punched in three places on his body.

Followed closely by a dull pain…

“Cough, is this binding injury same as mine?”

Colin coughed dryly, almost immediately realizing the nature of the problem as he felt the same injuries as his opponent.

Quite bizarre…

At that moment, with the suspended figure shaking from the bullet’s impact, upon seeing Colin’s reaction, the strange figure’s mouth curled into an even deeper smile. First, he spat out a mouthful of blood, then he began to speak:

“Pain, right?! Is it painful?! Hahaha, attacking me is the same as attacking yourself! And it’s double the return! What I can bear is more than double yours! Now, the only way for you to survive is to join us, to become…”

Before he could finish, he suddenly saw an explosive eruption of flame on the man before him.

This blaze quickly engulfed him completely…

The almost instantaneous burning pain made his mind go blank for a moment, then he fell from midair, nearly losing consciousness.

“I didn’t kill you instantly, thinking you might have something to say with all your rambling. Turns out it’s just like a pyramid scheme, always recruiting people.”

Colin pursed his lips, slowly approached the man dangling in the living room, charred, and his seemingly unaffected demeanor shocked the charred man:

“How, how is this possible? How can you… How can you withstand it…”

If he was locked onto by him, the damage dealt by the other party would surely be returned in double. He was on the brink of death in an instant, yet the other man seemed unscathed?

Even, the binding had been directly melted!

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

But in response to his incredulity, Colin simply smiled:

“The pain I can endure is beyond what you can imagine.”

Unless it was a conceptual one-to-one exchange, his constitution far surpassed the other’s limits by several folds—an injury of a thousand points he could take it as it is, yet the other’s health cap was just three hundred, even if it was doubled, he would still end up in debt of a lifeline.

If Colin pulled out the “Ring of Enduring Pain” bestowed by “Lady of Thorns,” it would be overkill, but there was no need.

The only thing worthy of note about this guy was how, despite being quite weak, he had somehow managed to bind a life-and-death curse to him through some means, along with that noose-like object.

In an instant, Colin gathered his thoughts, step by step, he approached, and during this process, the flames wrapped and sealed off the entire room.

Finally, reaching the man, Colin lifted a foot and placed it on his throat, gently pressing down.

“Now, you still have one chance to live. Tell me, who sent you?”

Given that the man had just tried to recruit him, he probably wasn’t a heretic acting on a whim; he must have had a clear target to find him directly.

Otherwise, with all the disturbances in fate given by the “Fate Propellers”, with his strength, there would be no chance to enter this door.

Moreover, simply being an employee of “Bonfire Company” granted immunity to most divinations and surveillance.

Colin grew curious, how exactly had this fellow found him?

However, Colin didn’t hold out much hope that the man would answer his question, as these heretics, once connected with the Evil Gods, aside from burning, there weren’t many good solutions in a short time.

Unless the source was dealt with first, then he could trace down from the source to resolve it.

But to Colin’s surprise, in response to his words, the heretic actually responded.

“Who sent me? It is He, join us, return to His embrace. People connect with each other, no longer alone. Facing despair, we bond tightly, nurturing the birth of greatness. Maternity is He, mercy is He…” his voice was somewhat confused as he clamored.

“Enough, there’s no need to say more.”

Colin applied pressure with his right foot on his neck, his mouth pressed tight, expressionless as his gun pointed at the man’s head and he pulled the trigger.

After a few gunshots, the heretic’s body instantly relaxed.

But Colin didn’t let his guard down, flames swirled, poured down from his foot, and with a forceful stomp, the whole body crumbled like a brittle eggroll, leaving debris faintly glowing red.

The debris, further intensified by the flames, turned to ashes and then after a while even the ashes were gone.