The Gentleman at the End
Chapter 604 - 602: Situation

Chapter 604: Chapter 602: Situation

[Omphalo-Centric-Academy - Velsman Teaching Building. Zede’s Cell]

The Crimson Noble and chief steward of the Zion colony, ’The Most Loyal Blood-Slave’ Field Erasti, was currently impaled on the ground by a blue-tinted Moonlight Greatsword.

The floor was scattered with his dining utensils, wine cups, and broken bell, with only a trace of the blood-colored liquid remaining between the frames above his head.

Lorrian’s foot was planted on his body, silver bloodstains trailing down his arm.

To kill this head steward, the incompletely healed Lorrian had also sustained injuries; his entire shoulder was gnawed to a bloody mess... but the main injury was not there.

The head steward was not only good at offering his teammates the "Clear God" buff, which granted immunity to Illusion Techniques, but also excelled in spreading the Blood Plague,

Lorrian initially judged that handling a support-type patient would be easier, but little did he know, at the first sign of attack, the head steward drank a liquid from his golden wine cup, undergoing extreme fury,

which ultimately resulted in Lorrian’s hand being ruined and also subjected him to an invasive "Fierce Blood Plague," triggering a relapse of his old illness, causing proliferation reactions within his body that were extremely uncomfortable.

Swipe!

The final sword stroke bisected the steward, shattering the frame as well; watching the body dissipate into blood mist particles, Lorrian immediately performed surgery on himself once he was certain there was no further threat.

Not to repair the severed arm,

but to prepare for laparotomy, slicing open the visibly swollen abdomen,

Whoosh! As soon as the surgical knife cut open the stomach, intestines - four times the quantity of an average person - spewed out and continued to proliferate at a visible rate. Each intestine was covered in tumors of various sizes, creating a rather ghastly sight.

Suddenly, a bandage-wrapped nurse and a long-legged female doctor stood beside him, directly injecting a mixture containing Moon meteorite particles into Lorrian’s carotid artery.

Lorrian quickly removed the proliferating intestines and similarly affected organs within himself, stabilizing the internal proliferation within ten minutes.

After a brief observation to confirm that there was no recurrence, he then proceeded to clean his arm wound and treat the Blood Plague inside his body,

All while performing emergency treatment on his body, Lorrian bitterly said, "That clown... I must kill him someday."

When the suturing was finished, and his arm was cleaned,

Lorrian was about to get up when, buzz!

An unimaginable surge of Blood Energy sensing came from outside, along with a crisis connection between him and the first infected.

"William is going to die!!"

With that thought, Lorrian could no longer sit still. Before leaving the dungeon, he said with feigned calm, "I’ve killed one of the Crimson Nobles; you should be able to handle the rest on your own.

I don’t want to waste time here anymore..."

Lorrian briefly surveyed the battle situation here; Principal Desline, through Star Magic, had taken her opponent to the depths of the Star River to fight,

Marko and Prophet Martin had already suppressed the Blood Citizens in the dungeon area,

Another individual close to William’s age, ’[Reagan]’, incredibly used spiritual power to crack open a large hole in the mountain, moving the battlefield to the outer school area.

Lorrian just followed this large hole out of the teaching building’s prison,

Before he left, he also turned his head to look at the human soaked in a Blood Tank and appearing like a corpse. Although he was curious about what was so special about this particular corpse, more urgent matters were at hand.

The female doctor anxiously said nearby:

"Sir, you’ve just completed surgery. If you hurry to aid William, or even face the Seven Marquis, there is great danger! I suggest you rest in bed and refrain from interfering with the matters here, let the humans resolve it themselves."

Lorrian pulled out a hospital bed from the moonlight with a gesture:

"I’ll lie down and rest for a bit now, but push me directly to where William is... hurry up!"

Lorrian’s commanding tone made it hard for them to refuse; using the Moon Power, they pushed the hospital bed through the sky, brushing past the moon, and approached the city wall area.

They also witnessed a scene of blood gathering in the sky and cascading down like a waterfall,

The flight altitude of the hospital bed was high enough, close to the moon and completely concealed, while Lorrian gazed intently at Lord Glatoni below the Blood Waterfall.

As the ancient and exaggerated silver frame emerged afterward,

The text on the silver frame was surprisingly turned red by the blood, clearly differing from ordinary Silver Circle patients.

§Gluttony. The Blood of Seven§

Even Lorrian felt a shiver run down his spine upon seeing this true form, raising his hand to instruct the doctor and the nurse to stop pushing the bed.

"William’s form allows him not to be killed. Although he cannot maintain it forever, it should last long enough... Let’s observe for a while and see if he can break through and escape on his own. If there’s really no other way, then we will step in.

Damn it, if it weren’t for the malicious proliferation left in my body by that clown, not yet completely removed, I wouldn’t be in such dire straits," he lamented.

...

[Central Manor (Original God Skin Mansion)]

The ’Skin Bag Pulse Tower’ set up at the center of the manor is rooted underground, aligned directly with the channel connecting to the Old World,

where Special Record Combat Power and First Gentleman, Insomniac Galon, is completely sealed within this skin-coated tower, sustaining the existence of the channel.

Additionally, two Crimson Nobles are left behind under the arrangement by Marquis Glatoni—’Bug Man’ Darco Hami and ’Living Blood Corpse’ Frederick Willers.

Even with fierce battles raging outside, and despite sensing that one of the household managers of the Crimson Nobles had been killed, they had no intention of going out to support.

Without orders, they would not act on their own, as the area they were guarding was critically important, being the key node in this colonization.

As they discussed the matter of Marquis Glatoni donning the Blood Armor, a wave of sinister blood energy spilled out from between the tower doors, causing them to tremble just by the scent of the blood.

The tower doors opened.

A man in a blood-colored robe, with blond hair and a handsome face, walked out. The two earls immediately bowed their heads, "Marquis Greed."

"Hmm~ Glatoni is indeed cautious. With such a commotion outside, he still keeps you two important combat powers here.

I’ve just transcended and I’m a bit ’carsick.’ I wonder who would like to offer some Essence Blood to refuel me?"

The two earls were well aware of Marquis Greed’s character; among the clan, he was known for the highest number of killings, often directly draining a blood servant whenever he took a fancy, never letting go of even the slightest benefit, incredibly greedy.

Even though internal killings among the Crimson Nobles were forbidden, being sucked by Marquis Greed invariably resulted in a state of collapse, making it impossible to carry out their guarding duties.

"You seem hesitant..."

Greed suddenly stepped between the two, placing his hands on their shoulders... In just an instant of contact, he drew out some of their Essence Blood, causing them to immediately kneel on the ground from weakness.

"Next time, I need to hear an affirmative response immediately. Don’t think just because you work under Glatoni you can deny my orders."

"Understood."

"The taste is not bad; at least it cures my carsickness... Alright, let me see what kind of humans can force Glatoni to use Blood Armor."

Greed quickly moved to the exterior of Central Manor, and upon crossing the Black Bridge, he saw Jin standing erect among the tents,

and casually moved forward to lick Jin’s neck.

"Honored Tumor Knight... dealing with an internal fight against an invasion by that flea? What a nuisance, she carries a strong upper-class scent.

If I kill her, the tumor mucus from the exploding back tumor would mark me.

We’re just dealing with humans now; there’s no need to get entangled with the Cancer Palace... I don’t want to face those well-trained fellows."

Deciding to avoid trouble, Greed gave up on killing Jin, a target easy to eliminate,

and continued quickly toward the more blood-scented city wall area, where he incidentally spotted a special human engaged in combat with a ’Blood Sword’.

"To think he could suppress the ’Blood Sword,’ who is a candidate for the next Marquis... a Monastery ’Executioner,’ huh? It seems things are more complicated than I thought. This man I cannot kill.

Killing a Monastery Executioner would get me wanted; better get moving~"

Greed finally arrived at the battle area below the city walls.

He also quickly spotted Glatoni in Blood Armor state, chewing on a strange human wearing a palm mask—an oddity as no matter how chewed up or killed, the individual always revived quickly.

"Hmm? Death Plague Knight... wait, why does this mask remind me of the Abyss? And why does this young man’s build look familiar, have I seen him somewhere before?"