[Silver Ash] - Become The Strongest In Another World
CHAPTER 162: Cryll Rescue Act (19)

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"What's going on? "

Noelle with both of her eyebrows clutched tried to ask, but Rico did not answer her at all. Or, arguably, Rico just doesn't know how to answer it.

All he did was shake his head for a moment, and put the revolver back in the slit of his trouser belt.

After which, he looked back at Noelle, and nodded. "Follow me."

Noelle doesn't understand, but she decides to follow Rico. Perhaps he could find what he was looking for at Rico's destination.

Noelle silently followed Rico down the stairs.

It had been almost five minutes since the two of them started to descend the stairs, and Noelle thought that she did not have time to make this long journey.

As he began to think about leaving, Rico called out to him.

"Here."

Apparently, they had already arrived in front of a metal door with many patches of blood staining it.

Noelle was curious about the door, but she would not enter it before Rico told her about what was inside.

Rico looked at Noelle's hesitation, and nodded his head once. He then pushed the door with his hand, and opened it slowly.

The room behind the door was very dark, but Noelle could clearly see everything there.

The smell of rotting blood and flesh instantly filled their noses, and made them simultaneously frown.

What do they see there? And what kind of scenery was able to make them feel trembling when they saw it? Noelle herself even had trouble describing it with a single word.

The decaying flesh, the blood that was endlessly dripping from the flesh like tentacles hanging on the walls, and the several large eyeballs that were staring at them in an extremely disgusting manner.

The meat tentacles pulsed in a calculated tempo. His pulsation seemed to follow the heartbeat of others.

And the 'other' in question was a man helplessly hanging in the air with meat tentacles growing from all over his body.

His body is really thin. His eyes were empty, and he looked like he did not have any flesh there once.

His extremely thin neck had three thick meat tentacles growing there, and the three tentacles were each attached to the roof, making the man's body hang onto it.

His sunken cheeks even looked like they were hollow, with two eyeballs embossed in each basin.

Based on her chest rising and falling, Noelle was able to realize that the man was still alive. But, the condition that the man has is so terrible, that Noelle hopes that the man can die as soon as possible.

All of the eyeballs that were there moved looking at Noelle and Rico. However, they did not take any action against him. Noelle felt it was a curious look, but Rico thought it was a desperate look, as if expecting help.

Turning from the pitiful sight of the man, Noelle was able to see something else again on the wall right behind the man.

There, there was a scribble made of blood. Written in a foreign language they had never seen before.

Even so, the two of them naturally understood his point.

'That eternal dream, I will come to her', is what is written there.

" … What does that mean? "

Rico had already seen that first, but he still did not understand the meaning behind that sentence.

Meanwhile, Noelle herself tries to process everything she sees, and begins to seek conclusions.

The only foundation upon which to build that conclusion is the reality before him. The face of the man, was very identical to the face of Barsio that he had fought before.

" … I think there's a word mistake there. Supposedly, it was written with 'entering it', and not 'coming to it'. But, if what was written was indeed in accordance with reality, then the conclusion I made was this .. Completely wrong."

Actually, Rico was in complete agreement with Noelle.

Rico hasn't met Barsio yet, but he can manage that information better because he has《Analyze》.

"From that, Noelle. You should see this."

Rico called Noelle, and pulled out his revolver.

Without waiting for Noelle to answer him, Rico immediately fired a bullet right into one of the large trntakrls hanging from the ceiling.

The bullet managed to pierce through and destroy it, but the tentacle then regenerated at a terrifying speed. All the wounds Rico caused instantly disappeared, the tentacles returned like new.

"Regeneration, huh? Other than that … "

Noelle came forward, and looked at the man's face intently.

There was almost no change in the man's expression. However, Noelle could vaguely see the small response the man gave when Rico's revolver bullet penetrated his limbs.

The most obvious response was that the pulsations on all of the tentacles there were accelerating, and giving off a very clear sound of throbbing.

"He can feel pain, but can't put up any resistance, yes … "

Rico nodded, seemingly knowing the information first.

"What do you want to do with him? "

Noelle asked Rico to test it out a bit. If it was Noee, he already had thoughts about what he should do to that person. But what about Rico? Did he think the same?

Rico thought for a moment, before finally nodding with a strong look at Noelle. In his left hand, there was a piece of paper filled with rows of numbers. The paper was already very crumpled, and it was getting tangled again as Rico grasped it very tightly.

"I ... Want to set him free! "

Of course Noelle knows what Rico means by 'liberating'. Compared to Rico, he had more experience in this kind of thing.

People with such terrible conditions like that man had no hope anymore. Saving them would literally torture their lives even more. Only one form of liberation can be granted.

That is, by taking their lives as soon as possible.

Noelle nodded understandingly, then pulled Langen off her back.

"Do you need any help? He had a very fast regeneration, so it was impossible to kill him using that revolver."

After being silent and thinking for a moment, Rico then looked back at Noelle. "Yes. I need you to come attack after I shoot him in the head."

It was the quickest way to finish off an opponent with terrifying regeneration abilities.

The ability to regenerate is almost completely dependent on the brain. That ability will activate by itself even if the user is in an unconscious state. Everything will be fine as long as the user's brain is intact.

Therefore, if his head was shot, and his brain was destroyed, his regeneration would slow down drastically. It would be an opportunity to kill him by inflicting an incurable wound.

For the record, such a thing would not work if the target was an immortal being that did not rely too much on regeneration.

Rico lifted his revolver, and pointed the muzzle of the weapon right at the man's forehead.

There is absolutely no resistance. The only change there was all the eyeballs now focusing their attention on a single Rico.

Ignoring all that, Rico pulled the trigger immediately. A very loud sound appeared accompanied by a puff of smoke coming out from the muzzle of the gun.

The blood and brains splattered on the floor looked very disgusting, but Rico tried to suppress his nausea, and kept shooting until he finished all the bullets he put in his revolver.

"Now! "

Instantly, the man's body was cut into several pieces horizontally, following the slash line Noelle gave.

All the pieces of his body were detached from those tentacles, and scattered on the floor. All the tentacles connected to the man earlier were now writhing in a disgusting manner, and issuing increasingly powerful detours, before finally stopping without any data.

The regeneration had already stopped, and each of the tentacles was then reduced to ashes, as if following the trail of the man's life that was slowly disappearing.

He's already dead. That's the only way to explain it.

Rico sat on the ground, and gasped for his first experience in witnessing the terrifying scene, while Noelle still stared at the piece of the man's body with curiosity.

Now, there's only one problem.

Why is that man's face so identical to Barsio's? Actually, who are they?

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"Now ... Do you see a gunpowder supply somewhere? "

Once the situation had calmed down somewhat, Noelle asked Rico. For now, he would put aside what had just happened, and refocus on his main goal.

Rico's breathing was still breathless, but he still responded to Noelle as much as possible.

Rico glanced at Noelle for a moment, then spoke, "If you're looking for gunpowder, it's in the warehouse area below. I found it, but it's collapsed, it's impossible to go back to it."

"Tch, so in vain, yes … "

The situation suddenly became difficult. Inevitably, Noelle so clicked her tongue with annoyance because some events actually did not go as he predicted.

"Well, I guess there's no other way. Give me your bullet supplies. I'm sure you have it."

Rico reached into his pocket for a moment, before finally realizing that there was nothing there. He looked surprised, but was inedible with panic and immediately checked the small bag hanging on his back.

Then, he took out a few boxes made of thin cardboard, and threw them at Noelle.

"One box contained about 36 bullets. For the type of bullet .. Yahh, I'm sure you don't need that kind of information."

"Hmm~"

Contrary to Rico's expectations, Noelle noticed the bullet details with interest.

"This ... Remington Magnum .44, yes .. I don't think they have the same kind of weapons and bullets as the ones on earth."

" … After all these weapons have the same mechanism and function .. It is only natural that you will find such weapons all over the world … "

Rico was a little surprised by how Noelle could have such information, but he decided to ignore it and watched Noelle dismantle all the bullets one by one.

After opening all the bullets, and letting the shell receive air exposure from outside, Noelle immediately took out a piece of paper, which she then folded in half. He then took out all the gunpowder that was inside the bullet casing, and collected it on the paper.

Noelle took out some other paper, and began to divide the gunpowder into equal quantities. Next, the paper with the gunpowder he squeezed slowly so that the paper formed a ball that is quite solid.

Rico silently watched as Noelle did it all. Actually, he was a little surprised, but decided not to ask anything. It was because he had a hunch that Noelle would definitely answer him with something he did not want to know.

This was different from the chemistry class they had been in before, so his astonishment was natural.

"Alright, this should be enough. Gunpowder has low explosive power, but .. It should be used for diversion … "

In his mind, Noelle had already thought of various strategies he could use against Barsio.

As soon as she finished, Noelle immediately stood up and gazed at the stairs she had previously passed to enter this place.

Now, he had already fulfilled his main purpose. All that remains is, the fight against Barsio.

"You might be a little surprised when you see the guy we're fighting. But, I want you to keep your actions from being rash."

" … Why do you rule me? "

"Of course, just follow me. Let's go."

That way, the two of them immediately ran up the stairs and left the place.

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"W-what's going on here?! "

As soon as he reached the surface, Rico immediately let out a small shriek in surprise.

That's natural. After all, he did not expect that the scene before him right now, was a situation that everyone had to face.

All the buildings had collapsed, and there were several large hot holes on the ground. The trees that previously grew neatly, now only leaves branches and leaves that burn. All of those huge trunks had been knocked down to all the places on the island.

Noelle was also a little surprised. Before he entered the room where he met Rico, everything was not like this. Naturally, Noelle thought that the situation had changed for the worse.

"Let's hurry."

With a hint of anxiety in her heart, Noelle immediately rushed to the place where Cryll and Norman were fighting.

Or at least that's what he expected.

When he reached the location, what he saw was precisely the bodies of Cryll and Norman who were already in a terrible state.

Scars of slashes and punctures could be seen all over their bodies. Their weapons were destroyed, and Geist skeletons suffered cracks everywhere.

Fortunately, they are both still alive. Even though they are dying, and must get help as soon as possible.

Norman is not in big trouble because he has a blessing that gives him a slow healing effect, but Cryll is different.

He had absolutely no regeneration ability, and his natural regeneration was not very helpful in this kind of situation either. It was clear that Noelle had to prioritize Cryll first.

But, before he did that, he had to overcome the mastermind that caused this situation.

It was Barsio who was leisurely sitting on a tree trunk lying on the ground, seemingly waiting for his arrival.

"H-hey .. Why is he here? "

Of course Rico will give such a response. After all, Barsio who was in front of him, had facial and physical features that were very identical to the person he found in the room. Only, Barsio who was in front of him now had a large, healthy body. Very suitable for fighting.

Barsio's physical differences in front of him, and what he saw in the room, were so contrasting that anyone would think they were different.

But, it was different with Noelle and Rico. They naturally thought that the two people, were actually the same person.

After a few seconds of silence, Rico began to let out a dry laughter filled with terrified emotions, making Noelle naturally lift one corner of her lips.

Noelle was really happy because she did not need to explain it at length to Rico, because Rico had already begun to understand this all by itself.

"Ahaha ... This is .. Not serious, right? "

"Unfortunately .. I have the same thought as you."

"Haha ... I can't think of anything right now .. Noelle ... It's crazy … "

In the end, Rico could only force himself to laugh in the face of this completely unfunny reality.

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