Clatter!
Just as she was lost in thought, a sudden sound came into her ears, attracting her attention.
"Who is that! Come out before I kill you!"
Not in the mood for any jokes, she looked in the direction of the sound, blood spears condensed in the air, ready to fire as her silver hair floated under her aura.
If the person hiding didn’t come out, she didn’t mind tearing the building to rubble, especially if they planned to take advantage of Ethan’s condition.
And sure enough, under her threat, a blonde-haired young man with a camera in his hand came out from behind a stone pillar, dusting off his shirt.
"Haha, good day, miss hero! Sorry for the interruption! I’m a reporter! Danny Duffield!"
With beads of sweat running down his head, he silently took out his phone and began texting someone.
Fortunately, with how angry Lilith was, she didn’t notice these small moves; rather, she was focused on Ethan completely.
"Arghhh!"
Still screaming in pain, it was obvious he was going through a lot.
So much so that with every yell and scream from him, Lilith felt her heart begin to crack.
"Um... is Imperion okay? Should I call for help?"
Interrupting her thoughts, Danny, who was scared out of his mind, spoke up.
Unfortunately, that was the worst move he could make.
Boom!
Sending out a tendril of condensed blood from beside her, she choked him by the neck, lifting him from the ground.
"Did I give you permission to talk?"
"Say another thing, and I’ll drain all the blood from your body!"
Looking at the person in front of her, Lilith, whose emotions were already on edge, was on the brink of losing it.
Was he in cahoots with the spy Ethan had just killed?
Was he an unlucky bystander who just happened to witness this scene?
’No, that can’t be it, the timing is too coincidental for him to be a bystander.’
’Also, I don’t sense any God particle fluctuations on him, so he’s obviously a regular human.’
’Just what is he then? Despite everything, I still sense something is wrong.’
’Perhaps I should just kill him?’
Talking to herself, Lilith seemed to have come to some decision, as her crimson eyes turned a shade redder than they usually were, and a blood spear condensed in the air.
Yes, she would rather kill the wrong person than let go of anyone who could be a potential danger.
A mentality that has allowed her to grow to where she is today.
And Danny, sensing this, could only close his eyes as he prepared for his life to be ended.
"Sorry, kid, but in your next life, pray you don’t walk into the wrong place."
Boom!
Under the full thrust of her blood spear, his head exploded into hundreds of smaller pieces.
At least that’s what should have happened, until something interrupted her.
Just as the spear was about to reach Danny’s face, she sensed something happening behind her.
It was Ethan; it seemed his pain was finally ending.
"Tch... run away and don’t let me find out you played any tricks."
"Otherwise, not only will I kill you, but I’ll drain the blood from each of your family members in front of you."
"Now be gone!"
Throwing him outside the building, Lilith thought she had at least allowed him to live.
If he could survive the fall as a regular person, that was his luck, and if not, she didn’t really care.
Right now, she had more important things to focus on.
"Ethan! Are you alright!"
...
[Ethan Pov]
Time goes back a few minutes ago, and just as Lilith and Danny were having their conversation, Ethan was slowly waking up.
Along with the influx of pain, a surge of information began to rush through his mind.
Along with the translucent data screen in front of him.
[Beginning forced fusion....]
[10...20...30..35%]
Along with the percentage increase, his muscles began to tremble and transform; his skin cracked as this new power was being injected into him.
’Damn it... when did I ever choose to plunder any ability? Also, ability fusion? Isn’t it the ability that the monster had? What the hell is going on?’
Cursing inwardly in pain, it wasn’t until he received some feedback from the ability that he understood what was going on.
Just like he had said earlier, the current Imperion had reached its limit; his vessel was full, meaning he couldn’t absorb abilities anymore.
A situation that Ethan had planned to change by seizing some opportunities.
However, the ability, ability fusion, changes everything.
’With this ability, not only can I fuse similar abilities, but by doing so, it creates more space in my vessel, allowing me to plunder other abilities and fuse.’
’However, right now my body is barely accepting this ability, while it begins to fuse the others, it’s why I feel like I’m going to collapse.’
Gritting his teeth in agony, Ethan understood what was going on.
It seemed the datafication ability had sensed that he needed such an ability and acted on its own.
Although surprising, it seemed he had to do more research on this ability, as although there were some autonomous abilities in the original story.
But he wasn’t sure if this was one of them.
’Perhaps that diary would know.’
’That is if I’m able to open the next page.’
Talking inwardly, although he said this, Ethan felt that after this, he would be able to turn the next page.
"Arghh...."
"When is this Damn pain going to stop!"
Squeezing his fingers so tight his nails bore into his indestructible flesh, Ethan was in extreme pain.
He felt as if his very being was on the verge of disintegrating.
His vision became blurry, and his voice had grown tired from yelling so much.
Fortunately, just as he was about to give up.
The panel finally reached a hundred percent.
[Forced fusion...100%]
[Detecting low life force....]
[Beginning ability fusion]
[super strength + super self-healing + invulnerability = imperial body..]
As the panel moved, a red glow began to rise from Imperion’s body, as his aura began to surge.
At this moment, he seemed like a phoenix, about to rise from the ashes.