Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 479 Nero loses control?

Time goes back to earlier times.

Nero walked along the underground passage and finally came to a strange laboratory.

This circular hall looks more like a dangerous instrument testing room than a laboratory. Its decoration is very similar to the "collision room" in some science fiction movies, and there is a huge observation window in the front.

Through the observation window, you can see that there is another room opposite. It is more like an ordinary laboratory, except that there is a conspicuous cylindrical container in the middle of the room, with a Japanese sword broken in two pieces floating in it.

"...? What is this place?"

Nero stood in the testing room here, puzzled that there was such a large laboratory under the Fortuna Castle.

The man walking around in the opposite room, taking notes, was wearing the robes of a member of the Order, and most importantly...

Nero clenched his right hand in his sleeve, then loosened it. Ever since he came to this laboratory, his right hand has been in severe pain, constantly reminding him of something, or in other words, responding to something.

Nero also quickly found what the devil's hand was calling for: "...Is that the knife?"

Although he didn't know what was going on, Nero was confused by everything in front of him and was eager to get an answer. So he shouted:
"Hey! Who are you? Where is this place?"

Hearing his shout, the man walking back and forth stopped and looked at Nero through the huge observation window.

"You're here, just as I expected." The man not only stuttered, but also spoke in a strange tone. He also saluted with exaggerated movements and said, "My name is... Agnes. Because I'm engaged in confidential work, very, very, very few people have seen my true face."

Nero was stunned.

He had heard of the name Agnas, not only because he was the director of the Technical Bureau and an important cadre of the Order, but more importantly, because he was the designer of the weapons of the Knights of the Order.

The Sword in the Stone, the Scarlet Queen, Durandal of Credo, and even the lance of the armored knight we saw before, as well as the charging propulsion system that greatly increases the power of these weapons, were all created by this man.

"...This is strange. Why haven't I heard that important members of the cult are working in such a weird place?"

"You, you, you, whose laboratory are you talking about? It's a godforsaken place where no one lives!" Unexpectedly, after hearing Nero's little joke, Agnes got furious, pointed at Nero and scolded him loudly, even spitting out large amounts of saliva because of his stuttering.

"…Ew, so dirty." Seeing Agnes' saliva sprayed on the observation window glass, Nero's mouth twitched. And when did he say that there was no one here?
"...Hehe, you, you are really just like the rumors, an unlikable kid." Agnes quickly regained his composure and continued to walk back and forth with the writing board in his arms.

Seeing that Agnus was ignoring him, Nero asked again, "Hey! What is this room used for? Is it really under the jurisdiction of the Order?"

After hearing his question, Agnes stopped and looked at Nero. Then, a strange smile appeared on his face.

"…I'm so, so sorry, this is a confidential matter."

"That's the secret base?" Nero's eyes flickered. "Originally, I'm too lazy to delve into it. I'm not interested in what you and the old Pope are planning, but..."

Nero said, and suddenly pulled out the Crimson Queen: "A large number of demons suddenly appeared in the city of Fortuna. I saw the black stone tablet built in the jurisdiction of the cult along the way, and this strange research facility under the castle..."

"You, don't happen to be related to this demon riot, do you?" Nero said, raising the Scarlet Queen and pointing at Agnes from afar!

“Hmph, hmph!” Agnas smiled oddly again. “Although people say you have a withdrawn personality, it seems that your brain is still quite useful. It’s a pity that your mouth stinks so badly. So you have to die here!”

Nero raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Is this the rule here? Isn't it a bit too strict? You want to kill me just because of the way I talk...fang,fang,fang?"

It was a relief that Li You was not there, otherwise, after hearing this high-level sarcastic speech, one would have to applaud Nero: If you can speak, just say a few more words!
As for Agnas, he was so angry that his entire body turned red. He pointed at Nero with his hand and said, "You, you, you little brat! You must die here today!"

As he spoke, Agnas took out a switch-like box from the pocket of his white robe and pressed the switch button on it.

Then, Nero felt a chill passing through his head, and without thinking, he jumped back in the air!
The moment he jumped up, a cold light flashed across the place where he was just now. Nero looked closely and saw that it was a strangely shaped broad-bladed sword stuck on the ground. There was a sword ridge on it that looked like a devil's skin, and the lines at the connection were flashing with light.

"……sword?"

As soon as this thought came to mind, the "sword" that was stabbed into the ground suddenly floated up, and the sword body split apart, turning into a strange giant bird with sword wings. The previous hilt was its neck, and the decorative counterweight ball at the tail of the sword became its head.

"Oh, it's a devil." Nero understood it all at once. He was just wondering why the sword was flying.

"This, this, this is the sword wing, my creation! How about it, very, very beautiful, right?" Agnas said across the observation window, with a look of abnormal excitement on his face.

"You, just have fun playing with my babies!"

"Just this little evil...babies?" Nero immediately noticed the details in Agnas' words, listened carefully, and indeed caught more sounds of sword wings breaking through the wind.

"Tsk... again!"

Since he had noticed something, Nero certainly would not be hit easily. He dodged left and right in the laboratory, avoiding the sword wings that flew out from the openings in the wall one after another, and shot down a few with the Azure Rose.

But after those sword wings were dodged and shot down, they immediately transformed into flying birds, flying around him, and would pounce on him when the time was right. Considering that more and more sword wings were thrown out, it was a bit difficult to deal with.

"Hey, it's a pity that it can't stump me!"

At this time, Nero was thinking about the sparring between him and Li You over the past month.

In the game, Nero has to get the important item "Ancient Soul" in the second level of the main storyline to unlock the ability to grab the ghost lantern with the devil's hand. The same applies to other functions.

However, after Li You came here, he felt that since Nero could learn the Devil's Hand throwing skills by himself, it made no sense that he couldn't develop a leaping skill. Moreover, for Nero who had not yet awakened the demon form, the Devil's Hand was indeed his most powerful weapon, so Li You did a lot of targeted training for Nero.

The result was also very optimistic. Nero easily mastered a series of skills including the long-range throwing skills of the Devil's Hand and used them freely without the need for any props.

So it was the same at this moment. Seeing those sword wings flying back and forth, Nero knew that he couldn't keep avoiding them, so he didn't care that Agnas, a high-ranking member of the cult, was still watching, and he directly showed his devil's hand!

"ha--!!"

The shadow of the devil's hand flew out and grabbed two flying bird-shaped sword wings directly in mid-air. He pulled them back, and the two sword wings trembled all over, then turned back into the form of greatswords and fell to the ground.

Nero's eyes lit up, and he pulled out one of them without hesitation, treating it as an ordinary sword. He swung it twice in the air with his devil's hand, and then threw it hard at the observation window in front of him!

“Clang!!”

Unexpectedly, the observation window was extremely strong. Nero threw the sword with such force that only the sword wing hit it, causing a few cracks on it, but the observation window was hardly damaged.

"So hard?" Nero raised an eyebrow, but was not discouraged. "Then give me more!"

As he spoke, he pulled out the second fallen sword wing, this time swung it in a circle in his hand, and threw it out in a spiral!
The spinning greatsword hit other sword wings coming and going along the way, knocking them down, and then it collided with the observation window!
"Chong-"

The observation window was shaking, but there was still no sign of breaking. Instead, the sword wing collapsed due to continuous blows.

Nero was not in a panic. He grabbed the sword wing that had not yet recovered on the ground and threw it towards the observation window!
His extraordinary eyesight had already seen that there were actually several tiny cracks on the glass, and his attack was effective!
But Agnus didn't notice this and kept chattering: "It's useless. This glass is made based on the arm strength of a Cyclops. You can't destroy it."

“Compared to this, your hand, could it be…?”

Agnes's entire attention was focused on Nero's right hand, and he stared at it intently.

Nero only felt a slight chill, so in order to divert his attention, he asked, "Why did you create these demons?!"

Agnas answered: "You don't need to know this... Blame it on K-K-Kredo... He was the one who asked you to hunt down Dante, so, that's why things turned out like this..."

“…Dante?”

Nero thought about it and realized that this must be the name of the man who assassinated the Pope. This in itself is nothing, but the question is, why did Agnes know that guy's name?

Could it be that there is a conspiracy behind all this?
Thinking of this, Nero's eyes turned cold.

"How do you know that guy's name? It seems there's no point in asking."

Agnes smiled strangely and said, "Of course."

"In that case, then... don't blame me for being rude!"

Nero waved his hand fiercely, and Belial appeared! He grasped Belial tightly with his devil's hand, activated the high temperature of the sword, and threw it out like throwing the sword wing just now!

"boom--!!"

At this moment, the observation window that Agnas described as extremely solid suddenly shattered, and a large amount of debris fell into the room opposite. The impact force also knocked Agnas in front of the window and sent him flying backwards!
"Boom!!"

Agnes hit the side wall of the room at the other end and rolled to the ground, screaming in pain.

"Ah! Ahhh!"

Watching Nero jump out of the window and slowly approach with the Scarlet Queen on his shoulder, Agnes moved backwards on the ground while pointing at Nero's right hand: "That, that, that is the power of the devil! How is this possible!?"

Nero was too lazy to waste time talking to him and directly used the Crimson Queen to push him in front of her: "How dare you say that to me? Stop talking nonsense and answer my question!"

Agnes' attention was still on Nero's right hand, and he was almost fascinated by it.

"It is so wonderful... so powerful, so sacred! It is simply supreme..."

Nero was a little annoyed. The Scarlet Queen stretched out her sword one step further forward, trying to intimidate Agnas. However, seeing the weak Agnas raised his hands, he actually pinched the Scarlet Queen's sword with his thumb and index finger, preventing it from moving forward.

Nero was shocked. He didn't expect Agnus to have such power. Agnus said, "Well, to show my respect to your right hand, I will tell you the truth about the cult."

He let go of the Scarlet Queen, took two steps back, and began to explain: "About a few years ago, I began to study demons. My research was not limited to demons themselves, but how to make the powerful power of demons useful to humans."

Perhaps because he was talking about his professional field, or perhaps because he had secretly rehearsed it long ago, Agnes did not stutter at all this time: "The chosen ones who have obtained the power of the devil will guide the rest of the fragile and pathetic humans... This is the ideal world that His Holiness the Pope hopes for. The reason why I study day and night is to realize this ideal.

"So, we built the gates to the demon world, powered them with magic weapons, summoned demons, and turned them into my research material. All of this is for the Pope's ambition!"

Nero: "Huh?"

"Are you mentally ill?"

Nero is a very honest child who says whatever he thinks.

Agnes didn't seem angry either. He just smiled and said, "You simply cannot understand the great ambitions of His Holiness the Pope. I won't, I won't, I won't, I won't argue with you."

Nero sneered and said, "I don't care what ambitions that old man has. Anyway, he has been shot dead now. All your plans are ruined!"

But after hearing this, Agnas showed a strange smile: "Don't worry, His Holiness the Pope is still alive... No, he has evolved! He has become an angel!"

"……Angel?"

"They are the chosen ones who have obtained the power of the devil. Although the power comes from the devil, His Holiness the Pope cares about the world and is of course different from them, so it can only be an angel!"

Nero watched Agnas raise his hands and shout loudly with a fanatical look on his face, and just nodded silently.

Well, this guy is really sick in the brain.

"...Okay, I decided not to kill you. Come with me back to the headquarters of the cult and meet Credo!"

In Nero's view, Credo, who upholds justice and faith, would never allow Agnes's outrageous behavior. It would be best to hand over this mentally ill researcher to him for judgment.

Then Nero reached out and grabbed Agnes.

But at this moment, Agnes suddenly lowered his head and looked at Nero.

"…By the way, I'm also an angel."

At this moment, a strong wave of magic suddenly burst out from Agnas' body and rushed straight towards Nero!

Nero was also shocked. He quickly raised his hands to block in front of him, but was hit hard by the magic impact!
He was pushed back and Agnes shouted, "Go!"

Three silver-white armors suddenly flew out from the opening above the laboratory. They were still holding spears, with large shields spread out as wings behind them. Accelerated by the thrusters, the three silver-white knight demons rushed towards Nero at an extremely exaggerated speed!
Nero was already caught off guard by Agnas' sudden attack, and facing the sneak attack from the three silver knights, he obviously had no choice but to surrender.

——At least that’s what Agnes thought.

Objectively speaking, his prediction was not wrong. If it was Nero from the original plot, he would definitely be caught here.

Unfortunately, the Nero before him was no longer the same as before.

At the moment when the three silver-white knights rushed forward, Nero's hand flashed with light, and Belial reappeared. Then, a violent flame suddenly rose from the sword to Nero's entire body!

Nero opened his eyes, roared, and waved Belial and the Scarlet Queen with both hands at the same time!

"Boom——!!"

Nero's sudden outburst was completely beyond Agnas' expectations, and his speed was even more exaggerated than that of the Silver Knight with double thrust. With two big swords in his hands, he was able to arrive first and intercept the spears of the three Silver Knights one step ahead, and even further broke them up and turned them into armor parts all over the ground!

"Dang lang lang—"

Seeing that the silver-white knights that he regarded as his trump cards turned into lifeless armor parts in an instant, Agnas was dumbfounded: "This, this, this... How is this possible?"

He didn't realize that he had said something similar for the second time, and just kept shouting:

"You shouldn't, you can't possibly have such power! How could a little ghost who hasn't been ascended to heaven do such a thing!!"

The flames on Nero's body did not even go out. He held two swords and approached Agnes step by step, and slowly said:

“…A month ago, my arm was injured and soon mutated into this appearance.

“It was hard for me to accept at first, but with the help of reliable friends, I gradually realized the right thing to do.

"That day, Jillie was also in danger. If it weren't for that person's help, not only me, but also she would have been hurt. So from that day on, I hated my lack of strength.

"After my arm mutated, I often had a dream. In the dream, there was a strange man who kept repeating these words...

"'Power, give me more...power!'

“I didn’t know that man, but his cry from the soul resonated with me.

“So, I also want a stronger power, the power to protect Jillie and Credo from you guys!
"Even if I become a demon, I won't hesitate!"

At this moment, as if in response to his determination, in the central container of the laboratory, the two broken blades of the Japanese magic sword trembled, attracted each other, and gradually moved together, and then... they merged into one again and became a complete magic sword!

“Buzz buzz—!!”

The magic sword trembled violently, emitting a blue-purple light all over, and then it broke through the container with a bang and headed straight for Nero!

Nero and Agnas both turned their heads in surprise, but the magic sword had already appeared in front of Nero in an instant, transformed into a stream of light, and squeezed into his palm without any hesitation. The magic sword Belial, which was originally held in Nero's hand, seemed to have encountered a natural enemy, and hid back in Nero's right hand with a buzzing sound, leaving the position of the main weapon to the magic sword.

And then, as Nero held the knife, a terrifying torrent of magic power suddenly surged from his whole body!

A blue-green half-body shadow of a demon made entirely of magic power appeared behind him. Nero's silver hair was flying and his pupils turned blood red in an instant!
Agnas was extremely shocked and shouted: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!! Even I can't repair the Yama Blade, why can you...!?"

But Nero was in such a state that he couldn't hear what he said. He just felt like there was a fly making a lot of noise in front of him, so he swung the Yama Sword!
"boom--!!"

A bluish-white crescent-shaped blade of light flew out diagonally along the blade and headed straight for Agnas!

Agnes was so frightened that he no longer cared about anything else and transformed himself into an "angel" beetle on the spot. He opened his carapace and vibrated his wings, trying his best to dodge and barely avoided the fate of being cut in half.

But even so, the light blade swung by the Yama Sword still cut off his left forearm and the left half of his carapace!
The aftermath of the light blade hit the ceiling of the laboratory at the back, creating a huge hole.

“Ahh! Aaaaaaah!!”

Agnes was blown away by the aftermath and landed in the room where Nero was trapped before. He fell to the ground screaming. He moved his body in the same posture as before, still muttering: "No, no, no, impossible, impossible!!"

But Nero had already come to the broken observation window with trembling steps, and raised the Yama Sword in his hand again!

"boom--!!"

But at this moment, there was a muffled sound in the hall, the alloy door was knocked open, and Li You and Dante rushed in at the same time.

The robes and coats on the two men were a little burnt and damaged, and their faces were stained with dirt, looking a little embarrassed. But they didn't care about that and looked at Nero first.

"Nero!" Li You shouted.

He was a little worried at first, but when he saw that Nero's coat was clean and not damaged, and that he had obviously not been ambushed during the confrontation with Agnes, he felt relieved.

"Li...You...?" Hearing the call, Nero tilted his head slightly and looked at him.

Dante fell behind a little. He looked at the shadow of the demon behind Nero and the Yama Sword in his hand, and a look of "as expected" appeared on his face.

"But I didn't expect that he could really repair the Yama Blade..."

Li You glanced around and saw the angel Agnes who was cut into two pieces. He thought to himself and said, "Dante! That guy is the head of the technical department of the cult. Capture him. He is the key!"

Nero also heard his words, and his eyes fell on Dante behind him: "...Dante?"

Dante raised his eyebrows and turned to look: "This fly man? Okay, leave it to me."

As he said this, he carried the rebel sword and walked towards Agnus who was still crawling on the ground.

“You, you, you…don’t, don’t, don’t come over here!!”

Of course Agnes recognized Dante and panicked on the spot. However, even though his wings were not injured, he was too frightened to fly, which made Dante shake his head.

Li You walked towards Nero: "Nero, you are not injured..."

"boom--!!"

A blue-white blade of light suddenly whizzed past Li You!
Li You didn't react for a moment, his eyes widened, and the light blade went straight towards Dante!

"Hmm...!?" Dante also noticed that the light blade was coming towards him, so he turned around and raised his hand to block it in front of him, taking the blow. However, he was pushed back several meters and hit the wall directly!

This sudden accident stunned everyone present, and Nero immediately jumped down from the hole in the observation window with the Yama Sword in his hand, muttering: "...No matter who it is, don't try to hurt her..."

"Could this be..." Dante frowned as he was flung away, thinking of something. Agnas, on the other hand, woke up from his dream, flapped his wings, flew out of the big hole in the ceiling created by the Yama Sword, and escaped.

The timing he chose was indeed right. Now Li You and Dante had no time to pay attention to him and instead focused their attention on Nero.

Dante observed Nero for a moment, then said, "That guy...we have to take his Yama Sword!"

(End of this chapter)