NOVGO.NET Chapter 432: Survival Rate? Low!
Chapter 432: Survival Rate? Low!
“RUUNNNN!”
And all Hell broke loose.
First, there was an earth-shattering cracking sound, and then IT all began! Countless fissures started appearing on the statue as if all its power was being drained!
[Recent Blessing Has Weakened the Statue!]
[Bringer of Chaos Title Activating!]
[Let the Destruction Begin!]
Jack ran the fuck away.
He ran as fast as possible, cursing his tiny legs, just as the statue finally exploded in the background. And as a rain of sharp debris fell upon the world, he felt so damn small!
WOOSH! WOOSH! WOOSH! WOOSH!
Jack barely sidestepped a rock, a nearby Newborn’s chest exploding from the stray projectile. Then as Jack kept avoiding, more and more Newborns exploded in gory messes!
Facing this, the soldiers rushed over:
“Men, protect the Newborns!”
“Deflect those projectiles!”
“And catch the bastard!”
A soldier valiantly stood with his chest raised as he went to block a stone fragment with his body and— SPLATTER! He exploded in a bloody mist too!
H-How?! Wasn’t this WAY too deadly?! For an instant, disbelief froze the world. But then a booming yet young and tiny voice resounded. “Facing Scaly’s power? Dodge, you fools!”
For a moment they stilled, but then they saw Jack. In the madness, he was like a glowing beacon of hope, one that literally glowed green from the Scaly Curse Tattoo!
And that’s when happened something unfathomable.
[Scaly’s Curse is Reacting to Your Words!]
[Ding! Leadership Stat Activating!]
[Speech Leveled UP!]
Jack went all out.
“Move it already, you lazy scales!”
“Grab them and throw them to safety!”
“Stop dillydallying and get to work, dumbasses!”
The tiny, malnourished, and insignificant lizard Jack had suddenly turned into a mighty commander as he barked orders, and they somehow found themselves obeying?!
Under pressure, their bodies moved by themselves! Hell, Jack had been even faster than the Instructor himself, the latter finally coming back to his senses!
“Move! Move! Move! Move! Move!” As he too started screaming directives, there was a wonderful moment with countless raw orders and insults flying through the air.
With Jack and the Instructor working ’together’, the soldiers ran all over what had turned into a battlefield from hell as they provided relief aid, all until…
Still moving soldiers finally came back to their senses, the rock storm long stopped. Their bodies were ridden with injuries, but their minds were in an even greater mess.
Tons of Newborns splattered on the Training Grounds.
Many fallen soldiers, equally as unlucky.
A shattered Scaly Statue.
“It can’t be?!”
“H-How did this happen?”
“What have we done to deserve this?!”
As many tearfully complained, all eyes slowly but surely turned toward the main offender, jack making his scaly body as small as possible, not that it would help one bit— DASH!
The Instructor was already upon him!
“You, what have you done! Give me ONE reason not to gouge you open right the fuck now! Heretic. Killer of Newborns. Traitorous Bastard! What do you have to say for yourself!”
Yet Jack remained calm, a world-quieting sigh escaping him as he stared right back. Instead of fear, or remorse, all there was in his eyes was self-derision.
“I’m weak, very weak. I can’t do something like this…”
Jack was being VERY truthful. The current him was far too weak to face a god directly, all he could do was to mess with their followers, not cause them to self-destruct that easily.
And with yet another profound sigh, he actually slithered out of the man’s grasp?! At first, the latter was confused only to realize he still held the man’s bloody scales in his hands?!
Jack had escaped his grasp through self-harm?! Yet instead of screaming in pain, he was slowly walking toward the Statue Remains! What would he try now?!
He couldn’t really say ’Sorry, it was all a mistake, right?’
But all that happened was him grabbing a Statue Fragment, one that glowed the same color as the Curse covering his body, and now growing bigger and bigger?!
[Soul Incompatibility Found AND Resolved!]
[Your Actions Proved Your Allegiance!]
[You Now Are a True Lizardling!]
So that’s what it was?
The Blessing had been geared toward a Lizard, no wonder it had blown up upon reaching his more than human soul! It seemed like he had survived complications thanks to this.
Still, that wouldn’t change the death glares he was still receiving. Sighing, Jack turned toward the more than angry Lizard, already knowing how to defuse the situation.
He gently peered at them, and very tactfully asked:
“You guys mad or something?”
Mad?! They were fuming! What kind of blasphemous bastard was this?! Even now he didn’t show any regret for destroying Scaly’s Statue! Kill! Kill that motherfucker!
But just as they were already grabbing obsidian weapons.
“Didn’t your Shamans tell you? We’ll be invading the human world soon! Scaly obviously’s getting ready to move out, can’t you guys see? We’ll build an even bigger statue there!”
As Jack’s tone reverted to that of a happy-go-lucky youngster, many couldn’t help but choke. Had they imagined the order-barking guy from before?! How confusing!
“Besides, isn’t Scaly Amazing! A great invasion needs even greater warriors, that’s why the evaluation’s been so harsh this time around!” Jack happily nodded in awe.
That’s when the soldiers finally glanced around. Usually, it was about a 70% survival rate, right? Not this time. This time, more than 50% of them had died, leaving so few left!
1000 reduced to 300 by Jack alone.
300 reduced to 120 with this.
And this had just started!!!
Seeing this, many soldiers couldn’t take it, shivering to no end. At this rate, there would only be one survivor in this batch! Hell, many newborns were even shitting their scales!
But just as they were shivering in fright, a ’friendly’ voice echoed.
“C’mon guys, cheer up. We gotta grow strong to go to war!”
War? They didn’t fear war. They had been born for it, already feeling their cold blood boil in excitement. What they feared was Jack and most especially friendly fire!
Seeing this play out, a certain Instructor finally lowered his raised fist. As annoying as this bastard was, this had to be Scaly’s will, right? He’d simply do his job.
He glared at them all, uttering in succession:
“You survived and showed your worth.”
“You obtained Scaly’s Blessing.”
“You now need to EVOLVE!”
Evolve?! That sounded so damn cool! For the first time, the poor Newborns finally forgot their woes and terror, already drooling with expectation. This wouldn’t go awry, right?
With eyes glowing with trepidation, they all followed the Instructor toward a corner of the Training Grounds where a dark mysterious cave awaited them.
“Are you all ready? Your life will officially start today!”
Ready? Jack sure freaking was…