Chapter 485 - The Grand DisintegratorChapter 845 - Rock Paper Scissors
GDK 845: Rock Paper Scissors
It happened in less than the split of a second. Before Han Shuo could react, Metal Elite Zombie had been pulled to the bottom of the swamp. The giant arm vanished with Han Jin, leaving just a few bubbles on the surface.
Han Shuo was alarmed and he immediately flew towards the swamp. The seventeen flying swords whooshed out and shot into the mud.
Metal Elite Zombie and Han Shuo had connected minds and they could sense each other’s positions. Following Han Shuo’s thoughts, the seventeen flying swords shot into the swamp in a flash. An earth-shaking rumble sounded from its depth while the mud-splattered high into the sky.
“Show yourself!” shouted Han Shuo coldly as he wrecked the swamp with his flying swords.
Some of the seventeen flying swords were pinching on the humanoid creature covered with mud and they carried the creature out from the swamp. Several of the flying swords were still bombarding its body, making loud metallic clangs and sparks.
Metal Elite Zombie was not on the creature. He re-emerged from the swamp behind the creature and shouted, “What monster!”
Toxic sludges overflowed from the humanoid creature’s mouth as he spoke in a hoarse voice, “Rose? Why are you here?”
The sludges slowly fell off his body. Soon, his body that had a metallic sheen was laid bare. Although he bore the form of a human, his flesh and skin seemed to be made of steel and rock. His eyes were glittering with a greyish light that looked inexplicably bizarre.
The seventeen flying swords that carried intense corrosive power had been making loud metallic noises and sparks when they stuck the person. However, he doesn’t seem to be vulnerable to the power of the flying swords. Not only that his body wasn’t corroding, but he also doesn’t seem to be affected by the chilling aura.
Han Shuo had been observing the surrounding and he frequently found skeletons laying around. There must be plenty of gods who died in this region. And if Han Shuo’s guess was correct, all of them were killed by Romon. This indicated that Romon’s strength must be quite extraordinary!
“Soon after you left, I was gang up by a group of people and suffered serious injuries. I did all I could to escape from them and I ran to this place out of desperation. The myriad of toxins all around here started attacking my body and it was slowly rotting away. At that time, I had lost all hope, so I dived to the bottom of the swamp to bury myself and wait for my death. The metals and toxins underneath the swamp started adhering to my rotten body. I thought that it would just kill me faster. I kept waiting and waiting but after hundreds of years, not only that I did not die, my body had transformed. That’s how I got this shiny new look,” explained Romon.
“Here? Under this swamp?” Rose was astounded and she did not expect Romon to experience something so miraculous.
Romon nodded and continued, “Yes, right under here. I don’t even know what I have become. It’s not just my body, but even my divine soul has transformed. There are even times that I felt as though I’m a rock, like I have been dead for eons… “
Romon has a hazy look in his eyes. He seemed vacant and detached, as though he was there, but his mind was not present.
“I have noticed a lot of skeletons lying around the swamp. Were they killed by you?” asked Han Shuo smilingly.
“Yes. Many years ago, I killed a group of people who entered this place. One of them escaped and he started spreading lies, saying that there is a treasure inside my body. Since then, I’ve been hunted by a constant stream of greedy and foolish Fringedwellers. I would have been gutted if it wasn’t for the transformation that happened to me.
“For all these years, I would spontaneously attack and kill everyone who stepped inside my swamp to scare those Fringedwellers away. I attacked you because I thought that you were one of them,” explained Romon.
Han Shuo nodded at Rose smilingly and said, “Good, very good! To have killed so many Fringedwellers, he must be quite capable! Alright, tell him what I’m here for.”
Following Han Shuo’s command, Rose turned to Romon and said, “Romon, my master would like to recruit you. Buzz and Bertha have been killed. You wouldn’t want to live under a swamp forever, do you?”
“What?! Buzz and Bertha killed?” Romon was astounded. He looked at Han Shuo doubtfully and asked, “You killed them?”
“Yep, you could say so,” Han Shuo put on a smile and said to Romon, “I doubt that it had been fun living under a swamp. Besides, you will slowly lose yourself if you keep living here. So join me, I will enhance your body and make you stronger!”
Romon’s body was a wonderful material that could be refined. If Han Shuo puts his mind onto it, he could rebuild Romon’s body and raise his power.
“You can run from others, but not from me. If you don’t agree to it, I will whack you to death!” said Han Jin in a mischievous and evil smirk. The Golden Cudgel was yet again visible in his hand and he brandished it threateningly at Romon.
Persuaded by Rose, enticed by Han Shuo, and threatened by Han Jin, Romon put on a bitter smile while scratching his head. He soon realized that he did not have much of a choice. After a moment of hesitation, he helplessly, yet feeling somewhat thrilled, nodded.