Chapter 1 The Night-Black Scythe of Hypnos

In fact, Suren had already found the black scythe lying in the sewage when he was setting up the ambush for the assassins.

Overjoyed, he used his All-Knowing Eye to examine this legendary "Sealed Object" and suddenly felt a little...

Well... how to put it...

It was quite a headache.

Those who had heard of this Sealed Object only knew that the scythe was extremely lethal and could break through anything.

But no outsider knew that its curse was even more potent.

[Night-Black Scythe of Hypnos]

Quality: Legendary

Description: It is indestructible and can break through anything, but be careful, it may cut off your head in your sleep;

Curse: Using the scythe can create remote slashes that cleave the void, inflicting a 'cut in two' effect on any substance whose Law level is not higher than the scythe's sharpness limit; but within an hour, the user's body will suffer 80% of the damage backlash from that slash, even if it is no longer by your side, the blade will quietly arrive, cleaving the void. The higher the frequency of use in a short period, the greater the power of the slash, and the shorter the backlash time;

Details: An ultra-grade cursed object created by ancient alchemist powerhouses using alchemical laws. This item generally has some of the effects of a divine artifact, but follows the law of equivalent exchange. The more powerful the cursed object, the stronger the negative effects; can be used as an advanced material for high-level job advancement.

(Note: Divine Artifact - Sealed Object - Cursed Object - Ordinary Alchemical Object)

"Sealed Objects" are actually more powerful cursed objects.

Usually, their cursed characteristics are uncontrollable, so most of the time, those ultra-grade cursed objects are sealed to prevent the overflowing cursed characteristics from affecting other people or things around them.

When Suren saw the scythe's attributes, the first thing that came to his mind was: kill one thousand enemies, injure eight hundred of your own.

Clearly, it was a super-powerful weapon, but with such a cursed characteristic, it immediately turned into a "suicide bomb" that would take both the user and the enemy down.

Now that he had lived in this world for quite some time, he had gained some understanding of "cursed characteristics."

It seemed that because alchemists did not have the faith of the gods, and they only relied on their own strength and the power of natural substances, certain high-level Law powers that exceeded the user's current level of comprehension could not be directly used.

Therefore, the ancient alchemist powerhouses came up with the idea of using the law of equivalent exchange to take shortcuts and forcibly activate these powerful forces.

Alchemists believe in "everything has a price," and the use of power is the same. The more you use a power beyond your level, the more you have to bear the corresponding backlash.

Later, thinking about it, Suren also felt it was quite reasonable.

Otherwise, why would a first-tier professional be able to casually slash out spatial rifts?

Even divine artifacts can only be used by powerful individuals who have comprehended high-level Laws.

Therefore, this black scythe was also a last resort he had left for himself.

He didn't plan to use this thing to "gamble his life" unless it was absolutely necessary.

.......

Now, suddenly encountering such a "Lord-level" Spider Queen, which even alchemical bombs couldn't hurt, was already a situation of certain death for Suren. He didn't think he had any means other than the black scythe to deal with it.

But there was nothing to regret.

Anyway, as long as he was still thinking about this Sealed Object scythe, he would eventually come to this sewer.

As long as he came, he would eventually be ambushed by this Spider Queen.

Before, he didn't know the situation of this cave, Suren thought he might have the ability to come and get the scythe when he was second-tier.

But now, looking at it, even if he waited until he was second-tier, he would probably be here to deliver a head to the Spider Queen.

Just like that second-tier assassin before.

On the contrary, this time, someone helped to set off the traps, the timing, location, and people were just right.

It allowed him to get the scythe and have a chance to gamble.

......

At this moment, Suren knew he was no match, so he decisively chose to gamble his life again.

Hmm... why say again?

It didn't seem to be the first time, and he himself didn't find anything wrong with it.

Holding the black scythe, as soon as the dark spiritual power was injected, a layer of dancing ghost fire instantly burned on the blade. Suren clearly felt a powerful force being controlled in his hands, as if he could tear the void with just a light stroke of the scythe.

A sense of arrogance and dominance over the world suddenly arose.

But even though he himself was the holder of this black scythe, the sharpness of the scythe's blade also made his back feel cold, as if this was a fierce tiger that would devour its master, and it would backfire on him if he was not careful.

With the large scythe in hand, Red-Eyed Suren's aura suddenly became gloomy and terrifying, like a demon just walking out of the gates of hell. He tilted his head to look at the scythe in his hand, licked his lips, seemingly enjoying the feeling of controlling this super power.

With a powerful weapon in hand, evil arises from courage.

At this moment, nothing else existed in Red-Eyed Suren's eyes. He raised his head and stared at the Spider Queen not far away, grinning, "Hehe..."

The Spider Lord, who originally ruled the clan, felt a fatal crisis instinctively when she was glared at by this gloomy gaze.

At this time, Suren suddenly stomped on the ground, his figure rushing towards the Spider Queen!

Red light burst out from the Spider Queen's eyes, but it did not stop his advance in the slightest. A look of confusion instantly appeared on her beautiful face, seemingly very shocked as to why her mental control was not working on this person. Clearly, he was much weaker than the human she killed just now...

Looking at the black scythe again, a look of horror gradually appeared on her face.

After all, it was an anomaly, the Spider Queen could feel that the scythe was very dangerous, and she instinctively did not want to touch it. But after all, it was an anomaly, it did not know what the danger of the scythe was.

Red-Eyed Suren was as swift as a cheetah, the hundred-meter distance was covered in a few breaths. Facing the ghost-faced spiders that were swarming towards him, he was fearless, his face only filled with the madness of kill kill kill!

He charged into the spider swarm, ignoring the overwhelming spider webs. The cold flames on his body were three points stronger than before. With a scythe in one hand and a pistol in the other, he charged into the spider swarm as if he were in no man's land.

And when he was only twenty or thirty meters away from the Spider Queen, this mutated Lord also sensed the danger. She spat out spider silk to block in front of her, and her sharp spider spears stabbed forward. As long as that human charged up, he would definitely be poked with several bloody holes.

But she never expected that suddenly, Red-Eyed Suren stopped.

A grim smile appeared on his face, and then he raised his scythe and slashed horizontally without hesitation!

In this instant, time seemed to slow down a hundred times.

The black scythe slowly fell, the black fire on the scythe burned and distorted the void. The blade vibrated at a high frequency, as if it had cut a crack in God's canvas, revealing a tear that allowed people to see the nothingness of the world.

And in the next second, an even more bizarre scene appeared.

Dozens of meters away, the Spider Queen sensed the danger and wanted to use her spider spear to block. But suddenly, a void rift appeared near her neck. Not giving her any time to react, the rift flashed and disappeared, and a head filled with shock fell to the ground with a thud.

Green blood gushed out from the Spider Queen's headless body, shooting several meters high.

The ghost-faced Spider Queen, whose defense could not be broken by alchemical bombs, was so easily beheaded by the black scythe with one slash.

One slash, just one slash.

The elite monsters and small monsters on the side were completely panicked...

Seeing that the Lord was killed, these ghost-faced spiders, whose intelligence was not high in the first place, lost their organization and instantly became a chaotic mess. The instinct for survival made them feel that this place was very dangerous, that human was very dangerous, and they wanted to escape. After a burst of chaos, they swarmed into the tunnels deep in the cave like a tide...

However, after a few breaths, in the huge space, except for those spiders with broken legs and seriously injured struggling in the pile of corpses, no intact spider could be seen.

.......

Having used the power of the black scythe for the first time, Red-Eyed Suren's face was filled with a greedy expression of unfinished business.

He looked at the Spider Queen's corpse, tilted his head, seemingly not satisfied.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he turned his head sharply to look at the only living person in this space besides him, Reina.

As if a wolf had seen its prey, the killing intent in his eyes became even stronger.

"There's still one more..."

Red-Eyed Suren laughed strangely, just as he was about to rush over, something happened. He suddenly clutched his head and showed an extremely painful expression, a suppressed roar like a beast coming from his throat.

It was a kind of manic feeling, as if he had finally gained freedom, but was forcibly dragged back and locked up.

Manic, rational, his face alternated between red and white.

As the potion continued to take effect, waves of coldness washed away his mania, and reason gradually gained the upper hand.

The red light in Suren's eyes also quickly faded, and then returned to clarity.

"Huff... Huff... Huff..."

Suren gasped for breath, his chest rising and falling sharply.

His whole body seemed to have just been fished out of the water, his back soaked with sweat.

He rubbed his throbbing temples, his face returned to normal, as if the hysterical struggle that had just appeared on his body had never happened.

"The effect of 'Advanced Tranquilizer' seems to be a bit weak too... Next time, I'll have to ask that mysterious apothecary if he has any better stuff."

Muttering to himself, Suren turned his head to look at the headless body of the Spider Queen not far away.

Then he looked at the still-alive bait lady.

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief, muttering, "Not bad, the timing was just right. The bait wasn't killed by that guy..."