Devouring World Dragon

Chapter 210 Choice
"Cough...cough..."

Curled up in a corner, Uberto was covered in a thick coat. Despite the comfortable temperature inside the flying saucer, he coughed incessantly, sometimes coughing up blood. Gone was his former arrogance and pride, replaced by a sense of despondency.

Hesitant, fearful, uneasy, and nervous, he would watch Roberts and Joan warily whenever they got close, only relaxing slowly after they could see them clearly, as if he was afraid that the two of them had some ill intentions towards him.

No wonder he thinks this way now, because it's hard to imagine anyone choosing to believe him now.

His pupils have undergone a significant change.

Human pupils are usually nearly round, but after that day, his pupils gradually turned into vertical needle-shaped pupils, and his dim yellow pupils resembled those of a wild beast, a kind of pupil that made people feel uneasy.

The snake scales on his body were gradually spreading. At this moment, his wrists were covered with snake scales, and his cheeks and forehead were also covered with a layer of fine scales of different sizes.

"Don't worry, I won't lose my mind before I completely turn into a snake, and our alliance remains valid."

"I am special."

When asked about his snake transformation, Uberto spoke calmly to Roberts, but the chilling, beastly eyes in his eyes defied any belief.

As the "snakeification" worsens, an invisible conflict arises between Roberts and Uberto. He begins to distrust Uberto and develops a deep wariness of him. Only Joan still dares to exchange a few words with Uberto.

The UFO did not land directly on the ground, but lingered in the atmosphere.

Uberto's wariness of vampires, as well as the Priory of Sion and the Freemasons, prevented him from landing directly on Earth. The UFO also had a sufficient supply of ether, enough for more than a month of use, without needing any replenishment.

During this time, Uberto was constantly reshaping his super AI – Tiramisu. This AI, which embodied all his energy and wisdom, was his greatest asset in manipulating the world. Although he destroyed the original version of Tiramisu, creating an inferior version was enough.

Uberto nervously monitored the entire Earth, but after learning of his existence, the planet began to resist him implicitly. Many key areas were temporarily placed under physical network shutdown protection, and even social engineering methods consumed a significant amount of Uberto's time. Due to time constraints and the performance of the new Tiramisu, Uberto ultimately did not gain control over the entire planet's electromagnetic communication as he had in the past; only about 98% of the world remained under his surveillance.

After confirming that there should be no hidden dangers, Uberto looked at the "tiramisu" in front of him and said in a low and strange voice.

Log in.

He turned his head, his cold, vertical pupils fixed on his "comrade" behind him...

Roberts shielded his daughter behind him, his face filled with distrust. More than half of Uberto's exposed skin was covered in snake scales, and there were faint horn-like features on his forehead. His snake-like pupils were unsettling. Already thin, his frame had become even more elongated, and his slightly hunched body now stood over 1.9 meters tall, like a hunched little giant.

His voice gradually became low and suppressed, a strange sound that seemed inhuman. Whenever he spoke, his increasingly thin, snake-like tongue would involuntarily stick out.

The person in front of me, Uberto, can hardly be described as a normal human being.

Uberto clearly noticed Roberts's wariness, but he simply gave a cold laugh, as if mocking something, and then ignored it.

At this moment, the three must travel to London, the headquarters of the Priory of Sion, where they can use the power of the World Key to destroy this corrupt and degenerate terrorist organization. Only then can Uberto, having lost his greatest enemy, act with complete freedom.

……

Half a day later, somewhere not far from London, a group of people were in a tense standoff. Opposite Uberto and Roberts was Joan, who had been kidnapped by a group of vampires walking in the sun.

"Let go...let go of me!!!"

Joan tried her best to break free from the vampire's arms behind her, but although her strength was considerable among her peers, it was like a mayfly trying to shake a tree in front of those arms as solid as steel.

The numerous vampires surrounding her ignored her, and the man in the lead was the same one who had led the group at the Antarctic base. His gaze was deep and unfathomable as he looked at Roberts and grinned.

“Mr. Roberts, make your choice: either save your daughter and cooperate with us, or abandon your daughter and cooperate with the guy next to you.”

Uberto's face was grim. No matter how confident he was, he hadn't expected that these vampires possessed some kind of long-term invisibility ability. For nearly half a month, they had not been detected by the 98% of the global surveillance network he controlled. Surveillance can't capture the traces of invisible creatures; this was one of the few flaws in Uberto's surveillance network.

If he were at his peak, with the entire Earth under his surveillance, even if he couldn't find the invisible creatures, he could immediately detect their existence with the slightest clue, unless these invisible creatures could remain invisible indefinitely without eating, drinking, emitting heat, breathing, or moving. But he simply didn't have that time; the imperfect surveillance network inevitably left loopholes.

But what's even more astonishing is...

These vampires are able to openly appear in the sunlight, something only the legendary Daywalkers could do. But they are clearly not Daywalkers, and there is only one organization on Earth capable of doing this.

"The Priory of Sion".

The teeth, which were gradually becoming sharper, snapped together in a state of heightened alertness.

The Priory of Sion was the only organization Uberto feared, because behind them stood a near-divine being. Uberto fled for his life because of his fear of this organization, as he realized that its power seemed to have no limits.

Only the World Key, the heart instructed by the "Last Angel," can control these things.

The Priory of Sion's power originates from the heart that houses the power of Satan, from which they have obtained almost unbelievable power. However, they are also powerless against this heart. Anyone who holds the World Key will cause the Priory of Sion to lose the will to resist and be forced to submit to it.

For the Priory of Sion, the World Key is a symbol of supreme power.

But clearly, those guys knew this too, so they sent vampires as their proxies to prevent him from accessing the World Key, and at this moment, Joan was being held hostage...

Uberto and Roberts were less than five meters apart. They were both aware of each other's obvious provocation, but everyone could see how much Roberts cared for her daughter.

Even these vampires who venture out during the day are quite wary of Roberts. If Roberts chooses to help the vampires, Uberto will have no chance and will have no choice but to surrender. Between Uberto and Joan, what he will do seems to be a foregone conclusion... Uberto could vaguely sense that Roberts was looking him up and down. He gritted his teeth and suddenly spoke to the vampire leader in front of him.

“I will give you the World Key, and you will release Joan.”

The man, who had been waiting patiently for Uberto to make a decision, opened his eyes, a look of surprise in them.

"Hmm? You're planning to make a trade? But how do I know you have some ulterior motive?"

To the pale-faced man, Uberto had no other choice but to make this decision.

"Release Joan, and I will give you the World Key."

The pale-faced man pondered for a moment. He still harbored some apprehension towards Ubeto, and he didn't believe Ubeto truly had no other options. He lacked sufficient confidence in his ability to capture him. Moreover, his goal for this trip was to obtain the World Key; this was the most important matter. Everything else could wait.

He hesitated for a moment, then looked at Uberto and said.

"Just throw the things over here first."

"Release them first!"

"..."

After a brief standoff, the other side decided to back down first. The most important thing now was the world key. A human girl was no big deal, and even Uberto could be spared for now and dealt with later.

“Alright, I’ll release this human girl first. When she walks towards you, you have to throw the World Key over to me, or I’ll kill her immediately… I’m sure Mr. Roberts would never allow you to do that.”

As he spoke, he looked at Roberts beside him.

Roberts's face was terribly silent. Joan's life was in danger, and he had nowhere to vent his anger.

The leading man signaled to his men to release Joan. After Joan was released, she took a few steps forward, while the other man kept his eyes fixed on the statue Uberto was holding. Then, Uberto raised the World Key in his hand...

It was thrown towards a distant place opposite Joan!

At the same time, suddenly, Roberts pulled something out of his pocket, closed his eyes, and threw it out instantly.

"Oh!"

In an instant, accompanied by a sharp buzzing sound, a dazzling white light covered everyone's eyes!
"Oh no! A flashbang!"

Amidst a flash of white light and gasps of alarm, the vampires' only reaction was that it was a trap. In an instant, the vampires transformed into bats and flew away, desperately trying to grab the world key in the air.

At the same time, Uberto also lunged forward, however...

He didn't rush towards the World Key, nor did he try to seize it back; instead, he recklessly lunged towards Joan. Then, some pre-prepared spell was activated, and the three of them vanished instantly in a flash of white light…

When the white light dissipated, the vampires found no trace of the three, only the world key that had been decisively discarded.

……

In that hellish world, all sorts of bizarre monsters struggled and howled in the lava, while the "Last Angel," sitting on his throne, watched the monsters below with vigilance, without the slightest lapse in attention.

"Crack..."

On its body, a dark gray feather suddenly split open and turned to ashes, a change that was unusually noticeable to the many monsters.

"It has become weaker!"

The monsters clamored, banging on their broken weapons and making loud noises, as if they saw an opportunity to defeat the angel sitting high on the throne.

Beneath her lay an uncontrollable monster. The angel raised the broken sword in his hand, his calm eyes devoid of sorrow or joy.

It looks like another fierce battle is about to begin.

Although those few "mortals" did not reach the ideal state, the "last angel" was not discouraged. At least the truly important thing did not fall into Satan's hands. Compared to the world key that contained Satan's heart, that truly important thing was the key.

Satan has been searching for "it" on earth for hundreds of years; without that thing, it could not truly escape its predicament.

There's still a chance...

The surging monsters had already arrived, and in an instant, the angel swung his sword!

"boom!"

A beam of light that cleaved through heaven and earth appeared...

(End of this chapter)