American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 477 I beat myself

After deciphering the hellish script on the door, Roy became even more confused.

Elareza scratched her head.

"Should Dad push the door open again?"

"Is that right?"

Roy, still somewhat skeptical, tried pushing the door open.

However, unlike the stone gate at the entrance to the Tower of Babel, even with all of Roy's strength, this door remained unmovable, without even the slightest feedback from the force exerted.

It gives the impression that the door is fake, or that the entire door blends into the surrounding space.

"That's strange, this door doesn't seem to be able to be pushed open!"

Roy rubbed his wrist; the lack of any feedback was clearly wrong.

"let me see!"

Alma placed her hand on the door panel, using her powerful mental energy to sense it.

Alma quickly withdrew her hand.

"This door is protected by some kind of powerful magic."

"Alma, can your abilities distort the magic above?"

Speaking of powerful magical protection, Roy recalled how Alma had previously dealt with Asmodeus's magical aura.

If we can use our mental power to break through the magical protection of this door, can we pass through directly?
"Let me try!"

Unfortunately, the creator of the Tower of Babel was clearly not that simple, so when Alma tried to use her mental power to distort the protective magic on the door, she was thrown away by a powerful magical force.

Fortunately, Roy reacted quickly and caught Alma in time, otherwise the baby in her belly would have been in serious trouble.

Kid: This game is a complete disaster!

"No! My abilities are not enough to distort the protective magic on the door."

"So, we still need to pass a test before we can open this door."

Roy was starting to realize that pushing open the stone gate of the Tower of Babel might be a test of strength, climbing such a high staircase seemed to be a test of physical fitness, so now it should be a test of skill.

Is the purpose of the stone statues simply to test one's skills?
How do you test this thing?
"You all step back to the doorway; I'm afraid I might accidentally hurt you!"

Alma and Elareza obediently retreated to the doorway, while Roy walked up to the statue and touched it.

Instantly, Roy felt the statue absorb his power and come to life.

Just like what happened, the statue transformed into Roy's size and appearance and attacked him.

However, Roy was prepared and easily dodged the statue's attack, after which the statue returned to its original position and remained motionless.

"What does this mean?"

Alma, who was observing from the doorway, suddenly had an inspiration.

"Roy, is it because you're not inputting enough energy? You might need to input more power!"

"How much do I need to input? Do I need to input all my power? Wait a minute!"

Alma's words reminded Roy that if the statue was indeed used to test skills, then only when the two opponents were evenly matched could the skill be revealed.

So, what Roy has to do is transfer half of his power to the statue and then fight against the other half of himself.

Do I hit myself?
I wonder if it will gain its own skills after losing power to the stone statue?
After thinking it over, Roy decided to transform back into human form before touching the statue; perhaps that would be easier.

Just do it!

Roy touched the statue again, but this time he didn't let go after just one touch. Instead, he let the statue absorb his power.

Watching my physical attributes rapidly decline on the system panel was a rather peculiar feeling.

Well, it would be even better if the statue didn't attack me.

In order to continue channeling power, Roy had to dodge the statue's attacks while keeping his hands in contact with it.

Finally, the attributes were almost completely absorbed, and the statue's body emitted a gray light. Then it seemed to come alive completely, becoming very flexible and no longer stiff.

I glanced at my stats: Strength: 60, Agility: 48, Constitution: 76.

The sudden drop in his physical condition made Roy feel unwell, but he didn't have time to adjust his state because another version of himself had already attacked.

Then, another Roy appeared, his eyes emitting a faint, eerie blue light, and suddenly a punch came flying at him.

"Fake!"

Roy quickly blocked the attack with his arm and then swung his fist to counterattack, but another Roy teleported behind him and kicked him in the back.

The kick didn't cause too much damage, but it left Roy in a very awkward situation.

Unexpectedly, this stone statue really replicated Roy's skills, even his shapeshifting ability.

Roy immediately transformed into his Ghost Wolf form and launched a counterattack with tremendous explosive power, but at that moment an invisible fist struck him from the side—a sneak attack by his Soul Stand.

The other Roy didn't stop either, transforming into his demon form and nearly turning Roy into a meat patty with a leaping slash.

Fortunately, Roy used his teleportation ability to create distance, and then he too transformed into a demon.

The attributes provided by the demon form brought the two Roys' physical attributes back above 100.

After realizing that his other self's fighting spirit was no less than his own, Roy became cautious.

As a result, the two Roys were locked in a stalemate. They knew the skills that Roys had, and they knew the transformation skills that Roys had. Neither of them could break through Roys's moves if they kept fighting like this!

Roy couldn't help but feel a little anxious because he hadn't eaten properly for a long time, and his physical reserves were far from reaching their peak.

Once it becomes a protracted battle, Roy could very well be worn down by his other self.

No! Changes must be made!

Roy gritted his teeth and took out the Leviathan Axe from his inventory. Then something even more shocking happened: another Roy pulled out a Leviathan Axe, which looked exactly the same as the one in his hand.

They can even copy weapons?
In his shock, another Roy had already thrown the Leviathan Axe in his hand, and the axe flew towards Roy like a cannonball.

Roy dared not be careless and could only dodge in an emergency.

Then another Roy reached out and made a grasping motion in the air, and the Leviathan Axe returned to his hand—this was the Leviathan Axe's retrieval function.

Did they even copy the power of Leviathan's Axe?

Roy's expression turned extremely solemn. Now he truly realized what he was facing: an enemy with the exact same attributes, skills, and equipment as him.

What's even more terrifying is that this enemy almost never makes a mistake!
Roy had never encountered this situation before. He felt that he definitely couldn't win by fighting head-on, so he found an opportunity to retreat from the room.

In an instant, the other Roy returned to the center of the room and turned back into a stone statue, and Roy's attributes were restored.

"Roy, are you alright?"

Alma looked at Roy with concern. "It's alright, let me fill my stomach before I fight it!"

Roy had indeed eaten all the regular food in his inventory, but there were still some special foods he hadn't eaten—the things Hannibal had made to atone for his sins.

That time, Mary gave most of her food to Roy, and Elizabeth also gave her food to Roy, which was his last food reserve.

Roy took the mysterious tentacle directly from his inventory, held it in his hands, and started gnawing on it.

"Go, Dad! You can definitely beat it!"

Elreza, standing to the side, transformed into a cheerleader, encouraging Roy, almost as if she were holding two hand-cranked cheering flowers.

Soon, Roy swallowed a tentacle, and the long-lost feeling of fullness filled him with energy.

However, Roy did not rush into the room; he prepared to think about a solution.

After absorbing Roy's attributes, the statue mastered all of his skills and could even copy his weapons. If you don't come up with a strategy to deal with this statue, the outcome won't be much different from before.

How should we deal with this thing?

Roy recalled every detail of the battle in his mind. Thanks to 110's memory attribute, he could play the details of the battle in his mind like a video.

Upon replaying the scene, Roy noticed something amiss.

Another attack pattern of its own is actually traceable. Just like a pre-programmed AI, it will prioritize certain abilities and only use secondary abilities if those abilities cannot be released.

This illustrates that the other Roy, transformed from the stone statue, did not possess true intelligence; it simply fought according to certain rules.

The reason Roy didn't notice was simply because the other Roy's attack frequency was too high, leaving him no time to think.

"Perhaps I can set a trap to deal with it?"

When Alma saw Roy smile, she couldn't help but ask a question.

"Roy, do you have a solution?"

"I have some ideas, and I think we'll be able to get through that door soon! But I need your help with a small favor."

"What's the deal?"

Roy took out a metal plate and wrote and drew on it, then had Alma inject a large amount of mental energy into it.

After making these preparations, Roy stepped back into the room and touched the statue with his hand.

As the attributes rapidly decreased until they were reduced to half, the second battle officially began!
Just like before, another Roy first transformed into his Ghost Wolf form and then used his super explosive power to launch a sneak attack.

Roy was already on guard, so the moment the opponent charged at him, he used Dark Touch, and 14 pitch-black tentacles completely enveloped the other Roy.

This thing reacted very quickly, and used teleportation again.

Without a doubt, they teleported behind Roy to launch a sneak attack.

Roy instantly entered bullet time, then successfully dodged the sneak attack in the slow-motion world and continued to attack with Dark Touch.

Teleportation cannot be used continuously, so this time the other Roy had to retreat and find another opportunity. Its choice was to transform into a demon and then use the demon's size advantage to launch a strong attack.

All of this was within Roy's expectations.

Roy withdrew his Dark Touch and transformed into Nephilim, using his energy materialization ability to engage in a brutal hand-to-hand combat with another Roy.

Both sides used Blood Rage to accumulate power attributes.

They fought like this for a while, and then, probably when their skills were off cooldown, another Roy prepared to use his teleportation ability to launch a sneak attack.

This guy seems to prioritize using movement abilities, whether it's the super explosive power in his Ghost Wolf form or teleportation.

However, Roy is now waiting for the other party to use teleportation.

Do you remember the Veltra Binding Magic Circle that Roy used to deal with Slender Man?

This magic circle can completely close off a certain area of ​​space, so anyone who uses spatial displacement abilities within the magic circle's range will be forcibly torn apart.

During the strange archmage incident, Roy even used this magic circle to trick the underworld archmage.

It turns out that Veltra's Binding is incredibly effective against those who like to use space to jump around.

Therefore, Roy had drawn a Veltra Binding Magic Circle on the metal plate beforehand, and then had Alma inject a large amount of mental energy into it, keeping the magic circle in a ready-to-activate state at all times, only needing to find a suitable opportunity to activate it.

Moreover, even if another Roy copied the magic circle metal plate, it wouldn't matter, because Roy would be fine as long as he didn't use his teleportation ability.

Roy used the first teleportation simply to confirm whether the other party would follow the procedure. After confirming, he waited for the other party to use the second teleportation, and then successfully activated Veltra's Binding.

The other Roy's body was instantly torn in two, but this guy was essentially still the stone statue, so there was no bleeding.

"Now it's my turn to fight back!"

This guy doesn't seem to be a great sorcerer from the underworld, capable of restoring himself even if his body is split in two. Moreover, the tearing of his body seems to have caused some kind of malfunction, and he seems to be temporarily unsure how to fight.

Roy seized the opportunity to defeat him using Dark Touch combined with Chaos Energy Ray.

In the end, the thing was reduced to its original form, reverting to the motionless stone statue it had been before, and this time it would not react even if someone touched it.

"ended."

“Dad is awesome!”

Elresa immediately rushed into the room and hugged Roy.

After defeating the other version of myself, the magically protected door opened automatically, revealing a spiral staircase behind it.

"No way? We're going to have to climb stairs again?"

The little succubus, who had been very happy, suddenly deflated like a punctured balloon, even though it was Roy, not her, who climbed the stairs.

However, climbing stairs was so boring that Elareza said she never wanted to climb stairs again.

Fortunately, this time the stairs weren't as long as before, and Roy quickly carried Elreza and Alma to another room.

Upon opening the door, the three found themselves in what appeared to be an incredibly luxurious audience hall, with a red carpet stretching from the entrance to the other end of the room, where a massive throne made of gold stood.

The throne was empty, with only a magnificent scepter planted beside it.

Roy looked at the room strangely. This seemed to be the top floor of the Tower of Babel. He didn't see any other doors or stairs leading upwards.

"Dad, it seems there's no way to get to the upper levels of hell from here!"

Even Elareza noticed the problem.

Roy frowned, but a glimmer of hope remained in his heart.

"Let's go take a look at that throne."

After walking a few steps, the three of them suddenly heard a sharp sound.

"Stop whoever comes!"

(Here's a picture of a mechanical succubus.)

(End of this chapter)