Alligator's Ark of Tomorrow

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A voice inside Serea told her to grip her shield tightly. She saw cracks appear on her shield; the armor, crafted at great expense by Rhine Lab's Equipment Department, had cracked in a single encounter.

click!

The sound of bones cracking echoed in Serea's arm; this was the first time in her life that Serea had faced such a desperate situation.

Any means or skill becomes incredibly fragile in the face of an absolute power disparity.

Her calcium couldn't even cut through the knight's armor.

At this moment, Seria realized just how powerful the enemy Gard had been facing all along was.

How naive was her initial idea?

Without Gard's protection, they would never have been able to get here.

And now, they are only one step away from their goal.

How could she possibly fall down?

"Boom!"

A laser beam suddenly blasted down from above Serea's head, knocking the charging knight off balance. Serea used this opportunity to break free from the knight's charge.

Serea looked up and saw Mon3tr with beams of light still gathered on his mouth. She immediately realized that if Mon3tr hadn't helped her at the crucial moment, she would be seriously injured, if not dead.

Nevertheless, the situation she faces remains dangerous.

Her arms were trembling as she withstood the rider's charge. The price Serea paid was that the radial bones in both of her arms were fractured, and she could no longer even make a fist.

Therefore, we can no longer hesitate.

If becoming an infected person could give me power, it could allow me to defeat the enemy before me, and it could allow me to help him.

Then I would gladly accept it!

Ever since that dream ended, Seria has carried an Originium with her at all times.

She hesitated, she wavered.

She knew what the consequences of becoming infected would be. She might lose all her current fame and status in Colombia, and she might even have to leave Rhine Life, the place where she had devoted countless efforts.

However, she understood even more clearly that to protect others, one must possess great power.

She is not the one being protected.

She is a guardian!

She is Serea!

The Originium pierced her palm, and intense pain instantly shot through her brain.

Serea's expression remained unchanged. She took out the prepared injection from her body and injected herself, then put the blocking pill in her mouth.

She was using Originium Disease to improve her Originium Arts adaptability, not to seek death.

At the same time, she was also injected with various stimulants and Originium-based drugs. These drugs could not be found on the black market, but for Seria, they were just consumables that she could easily concoct.

Simple stimulant drugs have too little effect on improving strength. Serea doesn't even know how many times she needs to increase her strength to defeat the enemy in front of her.

So she prepared for the worst from the beginning.

But after becoming infected, will Gard dislike her?

It seems that life expectancy is shortened after becoming infected; no one knows exactly how many years one can live.

So, in the very first few years, was Gard able to stay by her side the whole time?

Hmph, whatever.

"Cough cough."

Seria coughed up two mouthfuls of blood. She could feel that her perception of Originium was becoming clearer and clearer. If using the staff was like driving a car, how well the car was driven depended entirely on the driver's skill.

Now, Originium Arts are like an extension of her hands.

She clenched her fist!

"Ding Di, warning: A registered staff member has been recorded entering an area outside their authorized scope. Please take immediate control and isolation measures."

"Ding Di, warning: A registered staff member has been recorded entering an area outside their authorized scope. Please take immediate control and isolation measures."

The voice of the terminal AI rang in the centaur knight's mind. He ignored Seria, who was kneeling to the side, and walked towards the elevator.

"Stop!"

Seraya's voice rang out behind the knight.

The knight remained unmoved.

"I'll let you—"

The scattered calcium crystals clenched into a fist at that moment, and just as the knight finally realized the threat and turned around, they slammed into him.

"—Stop!"

Seraya Sumu's voice echoed in the corridor of the Heart Zone. The immense force slammed the knight against the alloy wall, and the deafening sound reverberated through the corridor.

Boom!

Spiderweb-like cracks spread across the impacted wall. Pressed against the wall, the centaur knight slowly turned his head to look at Seria.

boom!

The massive battle axe swung, shattering Seria's calcium into dust, but the next second, the calcium reformed, transforming into sharp blades that tried to pierce the knight's body.

In the corridor, there were sounds like the clanging of electric drills.

Blinding sparks flashed across the knight's body, and streaks of blood flowed from Seria's mouth. Had her all-out Originium Arts still failed to penetrate the knight's defenses?

Despite Seria's attacks, the knight moved again.

Realizing that her attacks were ineffective against the centaur knights, Seria had no choice but to change her strategy.

That is to persist, persist until Kelsey destroys the system terminals of the processing plant.

All the calcium condensed in Seraya's body at this moment, from head to toe, even in her broken bones, as Seraya forcibly condensed calcium to strengthen her.

Blood oozed from Serea's pores. Serea had always used calcium to strengthen her external defenses, but this was the first time she had strengthened her internal defenses.

In an instant, Seria was covered in blood, calcium condensing in her body and constantly increasing the toughness of her bones.

This was very risky, but Serea had no other choice.

The knight's great axe fell, and Seraya raised her shield high.

boom!

The immense force was still too much for Seria to handle, but at least her bones were able to withstand the impact.

Tilt her shield to the side and deflect the knight's attack.

She just felt helpless. She originally thought that becoming an infected person would at least bring her a little closer to Gard, but she didn't expect that it would make her realize just how big the gap was between her and Gard.

She also had so many injections of stimulants injected into her body!

Serea felt that she could now fight two of her former selves, but when facing the mechanical knights, she could only parry.

However, there's nothing to be jealous of.

No matter how strong Gard is, he's still her man. How could she be jealous of her boyfriend's excellence?

One minute!

Two minutes!

The effects of the stimulant were wearing off, and the side effects of the injection were beginning to appear. Serea was starting to experience the consequences of contracting ore disease.

Infecting with Originium Blight can enhance an infected person's adaptability to Originium Arts to varying degrees, but it can also occasionally have adverse effects.

Most importantly, after contracting mineral disease, patients become physically weak, and Serea was no exception.

However, the aftereffects of weakened physique did not manifest in Seria so quickly; it was just that the Originium particles were spreading in her body, consuming a lot of her strength.

boom!

After parrying the knight's attack once again, Serea couldn't help but kneel down and cover her mouth.

"Cough cough."

Dark red blood flowed and dripped from Serea's palms; she was nearing her limit.

However, the unsuspecting knight wouldn't care.

Whether Seria is male or female, standing or kneeling, it's none of his business.

All he needs to do is follow orders.

The centaur reared up on its forelegs, and the knight raised his great axe, ready to smash it down on Serea.

Serea's eyes lit up at that moment.

"Finally found it!"

Serea had been holding out against the Knights for a long time, and she hadn't been doing nothing.

She kept searching, looking for a flaw in the knight.

Having recently analyzed the body of a centaur knight, Seria knew where the centaur knight's weaknesses lay.

Know where his core lies!

Boom!

As the giant axe crashed down, Seraya, bracing herself, stood up at that moment.

Instead of retreating, they advanced.

Concentrate all your strength in your hands.

boom!

For the past few minutes, tiny calcium particles have been relentlessly attacking the centaur knight's chest.

The moment Seria's fist struck the centaur knight's chest, the knight's breastplate, which should have been the toughest part, shattered.

Blood spilled from his mouth as Seraya's arm reached out from the knight's chest, grabbing at his core.

Finally, Serea touched something.

Those are the remains of a nightmare!

However, what Seria didn't understand was that even though it had been used as a tool to power the mechanical knights, and the skeletons that had been dead for many years had been desecrated, the Nightmare Bones inside the knights' bodies were still groaning.

Gard was unconcerned about the impact of the nightmare because his spirit was strong enough and he was protected by the power of ascension.

But Celia is not an option.

By now, Serea's spirits were stretched to the limit.

The mental shock of the nightmare became the final straw that broke her back.

The image freezes at this moment.

The bullet pierced the centaur knight's chest, and the outcome should have been decided in the next second.

Seraya lost consciousness and fell into a nightmare.

but--

Struggling!

resist!

She is no longer the little girl who would cry and whine if her favorite toy was taken away.

She doesn't need to carry everything by herself all the time.

She already has someone she likes.

How could she collapse here?

Seraya opened her eyes as the knight's great axe struck her.

She clenched her fist and tore the knight's bones out of his body.

Countless bones in her body were broken, even though Seria managed to condense calcium at the last moment.