[BL] Heroic Death System (PART 1)

Chapter 55: A+A (III)

The hearts of the soldiers shook. They did not know what kind of method their commander was using to drag out this much time. Seeing as their chance at survival was finally within grasp due to his actions, everyone was endlessly moved.

Compared to everyone else at Via City, Shang Ke's situation was not very optimistic.

The reason why the arthropods never returned was because Shang Ke "heroically" attracted their aggression.

At the beginning, Shang Ke was hiding patiently and waiting for the arthropods to save their Queen and leave. Then, he would be safe. However, just when the arthropod army was about to leave, his unlucky cursed halo abruptly appeared: 【Cursed Halo Activate: Berserk Mode ten hours, target: Shang Ke.】

Being shone on by the cursed halo, Shang Ke felt the blood in his body boil and he suddenly stood up, roaring into the sky. It was as if he was attempting to kick-start Sparta the Second.

After hearing such an earth-shaking roar, the arthropods very "passionately" responded with an equally aggressive and provoking roar.

Shang Ke watched the bugs begin climbing up to his hiding place and gave a middle finger to the System in his heart. He then took out his saber and started an inhuman "killing" of the bugs. If someone were watching, they would likely think him on drugs...

The first rescue team arrived on the tenth day. They wore protective gear and brought weaponry and equipment as they passed through the already shrunken storm on foot.

When the rescue team, formed of twenty thousand people, hurried over, the soldiers of Via City were so moved that tears started to stream down their faces and they all dropped to the floor, powerless to move again.

Bodies were everywhere within the city, the flesh piling up meters in places, and there was almost no place to walk in. Seeing such a scene, the soldiers that came to rescue them were simply unable to imagine just what kind of horrific battle they had faced. The soldiers of Via City, under the conditions of no reinforcement, no weapons and being greatly outnumbered and outpowered managed to hold down the defensive line for more than ten days. This was the greatest miracle in the entire war history of the Empire.

"Brigadier General Lancelot, please save Second Lieutenant Filmore!" the situation of Via City progressively steadied with the arrival of the reinforcement army. The arthropod army led away by Shang Ke still has not returned, signifying that he may very well still be alive. After more than ten days of combat with Filmore, the soldiers of Via City did not lack any respect for this young second lieutenant. As such, they immediately requested his rescue.

Rhine organized three special battle squads at once and wore his protective gear, rushing to save Filmore.

The sandstorm had already reduced to the point that the radiation would not affect their technology so they could finally use some of their special equipment. Rhine guided the special battle squads, who were full of strength, wielding excellent weapons and were far stronger than the common soldiers by several folds. With them, rushing into a sea of bugs to save one person was accomplishable.

However, when they arrived after traveling at top speed, they were utterly shocked by the scene before them.

A small, mountain-shaped rock not too far from them was heaped with the corpses of bugs. While they couldn't see it, the deep moat surrounding the rock formation was filled with tens of thousands of fallen arthropods. The rock itself was almost completely covered as well, a spectacular glistening pile of black beetle corpses.

At the summit was a man in ragged clothing, holding a bug leg over a fire. He was sitting cross-legged and the upper half of his well-built body was covered in injuries of all sizes. Even so, it gave him a hard to describe charm.

Sitting on top of the mountain of bug corpses, dangerously close to the radiation of the bugs, while half-naked from the top and eating a roasted bug leg. Did he have to be so sexy and domineering? If a picture was taken of this scene, it would be treated as a family heirloom!

Everyone roughly calculated the numbers of bug corpses. At minimum, there were thirty thousand. In just two days, without stopping to sleep or rest, on average, one per minute was killed... Holy crap, was this guy still human? Killing so many bugs purely on willpower, and under a condition where he was very much exhausted in the first place. This kind of strength and perseverance was really too scary!

What was even stranger was that he had actually dared to roast bugs to eat. This kind of bug could be eaten? Smelling it from their spot, it smelled pretty nice! What about the remaining variants? How come they couldn't see any?

"Second lieutenant Filmore." Rhine ordered the soldiers to raise their vigilance and then shouted to the top of the summit.

Yet the man at the summit remained motionless without any reaction.

Everyone's heart thumped once: He couldn't be...

Rhine knitted his brows tightly as he stepped on the bodies of the dead bugs and jumped over a couple of others, nimbly making his way to the top of the summit and stood in front of Shang Ke.

Shang Ke's head was drooping with his hair weakly covering his forehead. His eyes were closed and his long eyelashes cast a faint shadow. His face bloody and his lips were slightly cracked, his shoulders were sagging with his right hand holding his long sword with the blade pointed down. His left hand held a roasted bug leg, which he had only taken a few bites out of. His half-naked body was full of claw marks and stab wounds. In places, the bone was visible through the gash, a pure white beneath pools of blood.

Rhine felt his chest tighten. If it weren't for the slight movements of his chest, he would have believed that the other man was dead already.

Thank the heavens, he was still alive.

Rhine slowly bent down and was just about to help him when he saw his eyes suddenly snapping open and a long sword slashed towards him.

Rhine did not dodge. He smoothly caught Shang Ke's wrist and met his gaze with those star-like eyes.

"You're..." Shang Ke could finally take a good look at him and somewhat relaxed his body as his voice made a rather dry and rough sound.

"Rhine Lancelot." Rhine stared at him without blinking.

Rhine Lancelot? Isn't he the "main character" of this world? This man has the familiar presence he was used to!

Shang Ke's heart jumped and the light flickered in his eyes. With some expectation and happiness, he slowly moved his gaze toward Rhine's right hand.

Rhine just so happens to release him at the right time, revealing his palm.

It was completely blank.

There wasn't a mole!