Superhumans of the Dome City
Chapter 140 - 140 44 gasgasgas_2

140: Chapter 44 gasgasgas_2 140: Chapter 44 gasgasgas_2 An experienced subordinate suddenly had an epiphany, and he screamed in utter horror, “It’s Demon’s invisible power!

Demon has come for revenge on behalf of the Red Lion!!!”

Chaos reigned in the safehouse, with screams and roars overlapping one another.

Only one person knew the truth.

(Twenty-two seconds left, next is the carotid artery.)

“Ahh—!!”

The leader roared as he disabled his ability.

Knowing his subordinates’ ability to administer first aid, adding another fatal wound would mean no chance of survival.

He had no other choice!

(It’s good that you’re being obedient.

Now, go ahead and stab the carotid artery once more.)

His heart stopped in an instant.

(You—)

For the first time, the leader roared in his mind.

Twenty seconds had passed, and he found no new wounds on his body.

(Haha, just a little joke, please don’t mind it.)

The laughter of the strange man was as gentle as a spring breeze yet felt chilling to the bone.

(Let’s resolve the remaining issues face to face.

See you soon, John Garcia.)

The mental connection was severed, and his subordinates were fully engaged in saving his life while the leader’s clothes were soaked with cold sweat.

He felt terror.

An unprecedented fear.

The terrifying ability of the leader, how does it actually work based on principle?

It should be quite difficult to find a reasonable explanation from the perspective of natural science, but, if we start from the realm of the supernatural and use the “common sense” of Impermanence Law Enforcers for interpretation, the ability becomes much more comprehensible.

“Wing of Death” is a complex type of curse.

“Kardesia, do you know what a curse—”

The blonde girl lunged over and carefully stroked the young man’s neck, abruptly making him swallow his words.

Shiyu Lianyi shrank back into his chair awkwardly, “That…

um…”

After a meticulous inspection ensuring that the wound had indeed healed as if it was never there, the girl withdrew her hand in relief.

She pointed imperiously at the driver’s nose, “I don’t care what your real ability is, no cutting the neck!

What if you actually died!!

Next time, cut somewhere else, like the wrist!!”

The young man in the suit touched his nose, suppressing a laugh, “Kardesia, slitting the wrist is also fatal…”

The blonde girl was momentarily speechless.

“Just don’t cut the neck!

It worries me!!”

“Okay.” The young man in the suit yielded amiably, “Back to what we were discussing, do you understand curses?”

“…Stabbing nails into a voodoo doll?”

Two hundred meters away, Wing of Death members had piled up abandoned vehicles to form a roadblock on the main thoroughfare.

Shiyu Lianyi gently tapped the control panel, the structure of the sports car altered, and four built-in missile launchers rose up, creating a spectacle of fireworks a hundred meters away!

“Strictly speaking, such superstitious rituals have no real effect in the hands of ordinary people.

However, the curse rituals from feudal superstitions and the curses used by professionals are fundamentally the same; they both operate on the same basic principle, an unequal exchange that manipulates probabilities.”

The roadblock was obliterated, and Kardesia gazed at the scattering black-clad individuals with glee, “Unequal trade?”

“Yes.

Some Strange Phase Mages and Void Phase Mages apply Alchemy as the foundation of their Skills, which is equivalent exchange.

But the characteristics of a curse are the exact opposite; they seem unequal on the surface.

A hateful Mage drives in a nail, and the target dies from bleeding from the seven apertures thousands of miles away.

It doesn’t make sense, right?”

Kardesia twirled a strand of hair around her finger, “Ah…

Like that bastard skeleton hiding far away, yet I was the one affected.”

“You’re spot-on, Kardesia.

However, a real curse isn’t that convenient.

An unequal trade requires harsh conditions to be met: differences in status, distance, negative emotions, physical condition…

Only by fulfilling these ‘hidden conditions’ that aren’t apparent on the surface can the unequal exchange truly hold.”

The most commonly applied conditions are “distance” and “injury.” The closer the Caster is to the victim, and the more damage the Caster sustains because of the target, the stronger the effect of the curse, and the less the price paid.

That is why he first established mental contact with the leader.

A connection is a collision of hearts, and the ability of mental perception symbolically serves as a substitute for “contact”; there also exists an invisible bond between the curser and the cursed; complying with a self-destructive will to self-harm can serve as the “condition” for a curse, as well as the “price” paid for it…

With all these factors combined, Shiyu Lianyi was practically strangling the leader’s throat with his own hands.

However, when the leader disabled Wing of Death’s interference, one of the conditions disappeared as well.

To execute a curse of the same level again would cost more.

A direct resolution was the more rational decision.

He prepared to discuss these matters with Kardesia, along with explaining the finer details of the leader’s abilities.

He had just started when she interrupted him.

“You know, Lianyi,” the blonde girl looked at him with disappointment, “what kind of guy talks about curses on a date?!”

“…I thought you wanted to know.”

Black-clad motorcyclists chasing them in the rear-view mirror drew closer.

Kardesia rolled down the window and tossed out two Fireballs behind.

Boom!

Crack!

Wing of Death’s riders were engulfed in flames, yet the other unrelated vehicles were left untouched.

She didn’t even glance at her handiwork, “Talk about something else now, in normal times!

”

“…” Lianyi struggled for a moment, “Do you listen to music?”