My esoteric uncle Jules

Chapter 16 [Influence: Rising Appetite]

"careful!"

Along with the roar, there was also the booming sound of gunfire from the steel hands.

The bullet directly broke the tentacles, giving Jules some chance to catch his breath.

Without hesitation, he found a cover immediately and turned around to fire another shot!
Only then did he see clearly with the help of the dim moonlight that the tentacle was not made of flesh and blood, but of metal with distinct sections.

Moreover, more and more tentacles appeared at the window accompanied by the harsh sound of iron scraping!

"Go!" Steel shouted and rushed directly towards the engine room.

Jules followed closely behind, not daring to slack off at all.

Although I don’t know what happened, it’s obviously something deadly!

He was also fortunate enough to witness some of Steel's true strength - flames ignited on his opponent's body, directly evaporating a small half of the water blocking the passage!

During the process, two agents only let out a scream and then fell silent.

Finally, when they crossed the waterway and arrived at the completely destroyed engine room, only three people were left.

Steel, Jules, and another agent.

The length of those metal tentacles seemed to have reached its limit, and only a few zombies were still following behind them, but they were easily dealt with by the three of them.

The three of them fell silent for a moment, and finally, Steel broke the silence:

"Missions always come with sacrifice."

Without saying anything, he roughly pushed open the door of the engine room.

As the door was pushed open, the strangely revived engine room appeared before the three people.

The steam boiler at the top that supplies all of this is now pulsating and beating like a heart.

There was also a considerable amount of flesh and blood tissue attached to the steam furnace!
【Rising Appetite】

【Quality: First-order impact】

[Effect: All creatures within this area will be affected by distorted emotions, with appetite being the most obvious.]

[Introduction: All senses are heightened; all emotions are deepened. I am hungry, and they are hungry too...]

"Is this the 'influence'..." Jules showed a thoughtful look, but found that the face of Steel beside him was as ugly as if he had eaten a dead child.

He suddenly had a very bad feeling:

"Captain, what's wrong?"

Steel turned his head stiffly and said:
"Before we set off, the bastards from the Church of Steam assured me that there was absolutely no way the Titanic could have an organic soul."

He almost gritted his teeth as he spoke the whole sentence:
"I thought the most we'd have to fight this time were the secret cultists who attacked you, but it turns out we're really fighting Titanic's corrupted machine spirit!"

Machine Soul... Yule's eyes changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice:

"what should I do?"

The word "machine soul" was not difficult to understand. Even without Steel's explanation, he knew what he was fighting against.

"Blow up the steam boiler, and we still have a chance of survival!"

The person who said this was another agent. He roared, took out a cross that was broken in half, and threw it at the steam boiler like a dart.

Even though the steam boiler in the center of the engine room was emitting incredible heat, a thick layer of frost had already formed on the cross.

Carrying a strong force of death, it even pierced through the steam furnace!
Steel and Jules did not hesitate and fired at the same time.

The steam boiler began to tremble and unusual sparks began to flash, but it continued to function normally.

Along with the steam engine, the entire wreckage of the Titanic also began to tremble.

Countless twisted mechanical creatures crawled out from the dark corners and attacked the three people.

Even the metal gate behind them turned into a bloody mouth, muttering strange words:
"I am so hungry……"

Seeing this scene, the temperature of Steel's body surface rose rapidly, his hair and beard were burning, and the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth evaporated in an instant.

"Stand behind me."

……

Jules risked being pierced by the metal tentacles and pointed the pistol in his hand, which was blessed by the holy emblem, at the steam boiler.

"boom!"

With the final round of attacks, the steam boiler finally collapsed under the weight, emitting a deafening roar before completely exploding. Even the deafening sound of the explosion could not completely mask the sharp blast that accompanied it.

The machine spirit is wailing.

The powerful impact blew Yule and Gangti away, and they fell heavily to the ground. The surrounding mechanical creations were also smashed to pieces by this force.

When the dust settled, thick, pungent smoke filled the engine room, mixed with the smell of burning metal and the pungent smell of blood, making people feel nauseous.

The engine room was in a mess, with holes all over the walls and twisted metal pipes and broken mechanical parts scattered all over the floor.

Jules struggled to get up from the ground. His body was covered with wounds, blood soaked through his clothes, and every movement caused him excruciating pain.

Steel was alright, looking like he was only badly injured like him.

The other agent was in a miserable state - he was lying not far away, his life or death uncertain, his body crushed by the collapsed mechanical wreckage, blood constantly gushing out, staining the remaining water around him red.

Steel struggled to get up, walked over to the agent, stretched out his finger to check his breath, and sighed:

"he died."

Jules wanted to say something, but he saw Gangtie suddenly shake and half-kneel on the ground.

"Captain, what's wrong with you!"

His heart suddenly rose to his throat.

However, before Jules could go forward to support Gangti, his vision suddenly became dark and his body became much softer and weaker.

"A second-level 'Feaster' attacked, depriving us of our senses."

The voice of steel came from afar, followed by a sneer, saying:
"Your previous feeling was correct. Someone was indeed following us in secret. Now that we are seriously injured, that person can no longer restrain himself."

"Hehe," a burst of sharp laughter suddenly rang out from the engine room. "When fishing, you must be prepared for the fish to bite back."

"The ceremony must continue. Come, sink into the waves..."

The steel is silent.

If he had not been injured, the other party would have been killed instantly if he dared to show any trace.

As a member of the "Blacksmith" series who adheres to the principles of casting, his frontal combat capability is almost unmatched.

This is also the reason why he was assigned as the team leader in the mission - if there were no machine spirits outside the intelligence, even if two more second-level feasters came, they would not pose much threat to him.

But unfortunately, no matter how much I planned, I couldn't have anticipated this situation.

Although a second-level feaster cannot launch an attack when activating his ability, otherwise his whereabouts will be revealed, it is more than enough to deal with him now.

"Sorry, Dark Crow, it seems that I am not a competent captain and have dragged you down." He smiled self-deprecatingly, closed his eyes, and prepared to face the coming end.

Hearing Steel's desperate words, Jules just held on to the wall, using his eyes that could only sense light to pursue the intuition that came from his senses.

If he had never seen this move before, he might just be waiting to die.

Unfortunately, he had not only seen it several times and developed resistance, but also found a certain way to crack it.

If the opponent was fully focused on taking care of himself, Yule would probably be helpless, but the opponent's focus was obviously on Steel, which gave him an opportunity!

A little, and a little.

The figure gradually became clearer, even though he didn't see it.

Finally, following his intuitive feeling, he pulled the trigger without hesitation!
"Ah!" A familiar scream sounded - exactly the same as Ruth's mother's!
His senses returned rapidly, and the strength that had been lost surged again.

"How could you possibly break my tactics?! You're just a mortal!"

In the corner of the engine room, Ruth's mother covered her chest and screamed, her eyes full of disbelief.

The pistol blessed by the Holy Symbol of Forge caused her extremely terrible injuries, but she was now only confused and even forgot to escape for a moment.

The corners of Jules' mouth, covered in dust and blood, curled up slightly:

"The dead don't deserve to know."

When Ruth's mother saw Jules raise his gun, she suddenly showed a very terrifying expression:
"You dare to kill me? Aren't you afraid of retaliation? You are just minions of the Anti-Suppression Bureau. Do you know who I am? I am..."

boom!
Jules blew away the gun smoke from the muzzle and said lightly:
"I don't know, sorry."

Until her death, Ruth's mother was still full of disbelief -

She couldn't believe that the peasant in front of her could actually kill and dared to kill her.

(End of this chapter)