American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 285 Weren't you just putting on a good show?
Faced with the malicious gazes of the five mercenaries, Nate was as anxious as a stressed little rabbit.

The mercenary captain pressed his rifle against Nate's head.

"Kid, tell me who your parents are, and whether you live or die depends on your family background!"

It's possible that I drank too much alcohol before bed, and coupled with the shock I experienced, my bladder immediately lost control and I urinated.

The mercenary captain and the other three mercenaries all showed expressions of disgust; the smell was simply too awful.

However, one mercenary seemed to have a peculiar hobby: licking his lips and giving a lecherous look, which drew some attention from the others.

Nate was so frightened that he covered his buttocks, and the mercenary captain had no choice but to step forward and tell the mercenary to behave himself.

"Ahem! Elano, this isn't the time to be thinking about these things, you should tone it down!"

"Okay, boss!"

Seeing that Nate was still timid and hesitant, the mercenary kicked him.

"I told you to speak! Do you have a death wish?"

Nate finally opened his mouth and revealed the details of his family's relationships.

“My mother is a New York State Senator, and my father was a Navy Captain and is now a banker.”

Upon hearing this, all five mercenaries smiled; such a family background was not something ordinary people could have.

"So you come from a political family! Alright, you little boy who wet his pants, we're going to use you as a hostage to make a deal with the Santiago. If you behave, you'll live safely, but if you don't..."

Nate nodded hastily.

"I promise I'll be good!"

“Very well, let’s take this young master to meet the security personnel’s negotiation expert!”

"Um, could I change my pants first?"

"Do you think this is child's play? Changing pants! If you want to change your pants, let Elano help you!"

Nate turned his head and saw Elano's ambiguous gaze, as if encouraging him to agree to the mercenary captain's words.

"No need, no need! I think it's nice and cozy like this!"

The mercenary captain nodded in satisfaction, then gestured to one of his men to open the door and check the situation in the corridor.

"Boss, there's no danger outside, there's nobody here!"

"Then why don't you leave quickly!"

The mercenary captain didn't want to stay on the luxury cruise ship for even a second longer, so he led the other mercenaries and Nate away from Heather Penny.

This direction is exactly where Roy and the Hell Monk are.

Well, the mercenary captain probably spent too long in Africa and picked up some of the unlucky traits associated with bad luck, always managing to make the worst possible choices.

One of the mercenaries hesitated when he saw that the corridor ahead was very dark.

"Huh? Why are the lights in the hallway out?"

The mercenary captain gave him a shove.

"Don't just stand there! Maybe the explosion just caused a problem with the circuitry. Hurry inside!"

However, the six people immediately regretted it after entering the dark corridor.

What came into view was a battle between several strange humanoid creatures and a man covered in blood; they were clearly not normal people.

The sudden appearance of six people caused both sides in the battle to pause for a moment.

The mercenary captain gasped, feeling like he had the worst luck of the day.

"Excuse me, we've gone the wrong way! Please continue, please continue!"

With that, the mercenary captain turned and ran, ignoring his men and the hostage Nate.

With that kind of escape speed, no wonder he became the captain.

The remaining five people then came to their senses and also ran away, but after running for a while, they did not escape the darkened corridor. Instead, they ended up on the other side of the battlefield.

When a Hellish monk expands his domain, the surrounding environment is affected, turning into a unique space that can only be entered but not exited, similar to being trapped in a maze.

So, Cui Lin had been running for a long time but couldn't escape the female hellish monks' pursuit until Roy appeared and saved her.

"Why, how could this happen?"

The five mercenaries and Nate all wore expressions of despair, but the Hell Monk and Roy had no time to care about them, as the battle was at its most intense.

At this point, one of the original five Hell Monks was missing; one of the Twin Monks had been executed by Roy, and the remaining four Hell Monks were all wounded.

Although Roy, who appeared to be covered in boiling blood, was seemingly more seriously injured, it was actually the effect of the Blood Rage ability.

After consuming 30% of his health, Blood Rage gained a temporary strength attribute boost of 30 points, enough for Roy to crush these hellish monks.

Even the Twin Monks' charm ability, which was most effective against Roy, was rendered immune to the effects of Blood Rage.

The twin monks who were executed were the ones Roy pretended to be bewitched, and then successfully captured and executed.

However, after killing one of the twin monks, the other Hell monks became alert, so Roy was unable to continue expanding his gains.

"Didn't you just say you wanted me to replace Roland? Why haven't you made a move yet?"

Roy pointed his long sword at the female version of Nailhead, his face full of mockery.

Although the female version of Nailhead's face remained expressionless, Roy could still see the annoyance in her eyes.

"No one can stop the Hell Monks; your efforts are in vain!"

As she spoke, the female version of Nailhead's eyes began to glow red, and then Roy felt the entire space begin to distort and deform, as if an invisible force was tearing his body apart.

This female version of the nail head move has never been used before. Is she about to unleash her ultimate move?

Roy used his physical strength to withstand the female version of Nailhead's attack, and then appeared in front of her using the terrifying explosive power of his Ghost Wolf form.

But just like the previous times, the round, buttery monk nimbly blocked the female version of Nailhead. His skin was covered with a layer of oil, like gel, so even a sharp executioner's blade would bounce off.

(Butterball Monk)
It was thanks to this Butterball Monk with his super-strong physical defense that the other Hell Monks were able to survive.

However, Roy felt that he had tested the Hell Monks enough and it was time to end the battle; otherwise, it would be dawn soon.

The Dark Trigger is activated!

After the mental attribute reached 61 points, another tentacle was added.

Six tentacles made of dark elements pierced directly into the body of the Butterball Monk. His smooth, gelatinous skin and the oil on its surface could not stop the dark tentacles at all. The six tentacles quickly sucked out the Butterball Monk's flesh and blood like a liposuction machine. In the blink of an eye, his body was noticeably smaller.

The female version of Nailhead's expression finally changed noticeably. She had always thought Roy was just a warrior with abnormal physical abilities, but she hadn't expected him to be able to manipulate energy attacks. The talkative monk on one side immediately used a sonic attack on Roy, while the remaining twin monks on the other side tried to pierce Roy with wire.

Unfortunately, these attacks were ineffective against Roy, even less damaging than the spatial distortion caused by the female version of Nailhead.

The Butterball Monk sensed the threat of death and seemed to want to self-destruct to harm Roy.

"Don't even think about it!"

The realm of fear unfolds!

An invisible pressure descended upon the entire scene, and all the hellish monks were plunged into a terrifying hallucination.

However, since these hellish monks take pleasure in pain, their willpower must be exceptionally strong, and they broke free from the shackles of the fear domain in an instant.

At this point, Dark Touch's liposuction work was only half completed; it had only turned the Butterball Monk from a big fat man into a little fat man, which was far from enough!

Since fear isn't working, let's try the realm of desire.

The realm of desire unfolds!

Roy never expected that his casual action to supplement control would have such a miraculous effect!

The hellish monks all wore expressions of pain, as if they were suffering immense torment, which greatly surprised Roy.

Roy immediately seized the opportunity to grab the remaining twin and execute him, who offered no resistance whatsoever.

what is happening?
Although he didn't understand what was going on, Roy showed no mercy and immediately proceeded to execute the consumptive monk.

After executing two Hellish monks with the executioner's blade, the strongest female version of Nailhead finally broke free from the control of the Desire Domain. By this time, several minutes of the battle had already passed.

The execution ability can enhance the power of the execution blade and directly kill those enemies with strong vitality who are controlled. However, the problem is that this ability requires a complete execution action, which is very time-consuming and easily interrupted.

"You actually brought us joy!"

Roy looked at the Hellish monk with some strangeness. Wasn't pleasure a good thing?
Wait a minute, Roy suddenly remembered that these Hellish monks' senses are the opposite of humans'. Pain is pleasure to them, so is pleasure pain to them?
Hellish monks, to put it bluntly, are similar to ascetics in certain Christian sects—a group of people whose dogma is suffering.

Just as ascetics punish themselves for breaking their vows, hellish monks will also be punished if they violate the doctrines of suffering.

Thinking of this, Roy's eyes lit up. This might be the hidden weakness of the Hell Monks.

At this point, the Butterball Monk was finally drained of his flesh and blood by the touch of darkness, leaving only a slippery skin.

Now only the female version of Nailhead remains as a Hellish monk.

"Human, you have won this time, but the body of the King of Jealousy will one day haunt this world."

Upon hearing this, Roy knew that the female version of Nailhead was about to run away.

"Did I let you run away?"

Once again unleashing the super explosive power of his Ghost Wolf form, Roy arrived in front of the female version of Nailhead and slashed at her head with his sword.

However, Roy's strike missed its mark, and the attack from Dark Touch also failed. It seemed that he had entered some kind of ethereal state.

This ability must be a self-defense ability used by the female version of Nailhead, otherwise this guy would have used it before, and wouldn't have waited until now to release it.

Roy didn't have a good way to deal with this ability before, but now...

Soul Substitute activated!

By investing 30 points in mental attributes, Roy instantly lost three of his black tentacles, but also caused him to split off a Stand with an average physical attribute of 30.

Then, this soul stand punched the female version of Nailhead into a holographic state.

Well, most of the time, the ethereal state is achieved by using special spatial techniques to place one's body in another dimension and leave a projection, which is why one cannot be attacked or harmed.

You can only harm an enemy who is in the same alternate dimension as you, or by directly using spatial abilities to attack them.

Coincidentally, the soul substitute is also located in another dimension, which is why it cannot be observed or attacked.

The female version of Nailhead's face turned bewildered. She probably never expected that even though she had used her invincible intangibility ability, she would still be beaten up.

Roy didn't let his Stand continue beating people up; the Stand's attacks weren't enough to kill the female version of Nailhead, and would only bring her pleasure.

"Weren't you just putting on quite a show? Why aren't you pretending anymore?"

Roy mimicked Nailhead's movements, dragging the executioner's knife on the ground as he walked towards the female version of Nailhead. This action was indeed very imposing.

At this moment, the female version of Nailhead realized that she could no longer escape, so she stared intently at Roy's face with a malicious gaze, as if she wanted to imprint that face deeply into her mind.

"Human, I curse you! The servants of the King of Envy will destroy everything!"

Then, the female version of Nailhead began chanting something in a strange language that Roy couldn't understand.

Roy had a bad feeling and suspected that the female version of Nailhead was chanting some kind of spell.

The magic in this world is quite simple and brutal; any magic that requires incantations is generally extremely terrifying.

So Roy instantly rushed to the female version of Nailhead, and without even using his execution ability, beheaded her with a single blow.

However, even while the female version of Nailhead's head was flying in mid-air, she was still muttering incantations.

With no other option, Roy could only use the Touch of Darkness to retrieve the guy's head, and then use the executioner's knife to finely chop it into minced meat.

Now, that annoying, unpleasant sound is finally gone.

The lights in the corridor returned to normal, and the mist on the ground disappeared.

However, Roy maintained his fighting stance for a while, wary of the effects of the spell just cast by the female version of Nailhead.

However, it seems that Roy acted in time enough that the opponent's spell did not take effect.

With a sigh of relief, Roy exited the Blood Rage state and deactivated the abilities of Dark Touch and Soul Stand.

Turning around, Roy found the five mercenaries and Nate still standing there dumbfounded, seemingly completely terrified.

"Hello you all!"

Roy opened his Eye of Judgment and greeted the group.

As expected, all five guys dressed like terrorists were red-named monsters, but Roy was a little surprised that Nate was a white-framed monster.

It means that this kid has never done anything bad; he's a completely good boy, even better than the little witches of the Apocalypse Society and Emma.

Unfortunately, the six of them acted like idiots and didn't respond to Roy's greeting at all, which made him very angry.

"How rude!"

So Roy put away his executioner's knife and took out his revolver.

boom--

(End of this chapter)