Cursed Immortality

"Iron Puppet Assassins has been killed by the target!

"Iron Class Kill Order has entered the third and final stage!

"10 Iron Puppet Assassins and 1 Bronze Puppet Assassin have been dispatched!"

An electric voice rang in the secret library.

The Goblette was putting back some old books when she heard it, and a hint of surprise flashed past her ruthlessly cold eyes.

She muttered with interest and a hint of astonishment, "How can someone be capable of killing two waves of Iron Puppets in this place?

"Now that the Iron Class Kill Order has entered its final stage, if it fails again, the Iron Constant has to pay 100 times the initial Iron Kill Order price before he can put a new kill order on any target again.

"I wonder if this target will survive and break the three-hundred-year Iron Kill Streak and…."

Her muttering was like eerie noises within the silence of the library.

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In heavy rain, Jacob looked at the cleaved corpses with his icy gaze.

He walked toward them as he started to feel lethargic again, and this time, this feeling was quite intense, as if he would fall asleep the moment he closed his eyes and let his vigilance go.

However, his left eye was still burning while his vision was dark, so it was enough to keep him awake, and now he was going to eat them all to recover his depleted energy, not to mention their hearts were even more nutritional and precious.

But this didn't mean he was happy about getting almost killed by this bunch. He was lucky he only lost an eye, and if he had been wearing his old dressing, he would've been stabbed multiple times before that guy would've claimed his head.

"Just who the fuck are they? They clearly belonged to the same organization. What kind of species are they from?" Jacob asked Immortika sternly, who was hovering there all this time.

Today he also learned just how important Immortika's ability to see through any species is, and he shouldn't hesitate to use it if he ever started to feel uneasy. He only has one life, and there's no point in holding back on it.

"Hahahaha… they almost had you, huh? I must say, the attack was almost impeccable. They first put a magic barrier with a soundless effect to throw you off your balance for a few moments, and they took full advantage of those moments.

"Since you put up a good show for me, I'll reveal something interesting about these guys, which I ignored last time."

Jacob's expression instantly darkened when he saw the 'ignored' part, he knew it was nothing but bull crap, and his rage was almost boiling.

"Hey, hey, hey, why do you look so mad? I didn't lie to you about them being legendary descendants or anything. I just forgot to mention that they were not naturally born and were some sort of mutants who seemed to didn't have a will of their own." Immortika revealed.

Jacob's eyes narrowed, "Mutants? Like the Cannibals of the Killer Skull Society? So, they are the ones behind it?"

Jacob felt it was most likely the case as he instantly remembered the Apocalyptic-S's threat, and his heart went cold. He didn't think she was still hiding those mutants somewhere, and they were so terrifying.

But this also raised another question in his mind, 'If they can produce such mutants, then why did they want the data from common plains, cannibal plan? Is there something I'm missing? I should check that data thoroughly!'

"How did I know who's behind it? All I can say is these mutants are millions of times superior to the ones you encountered in the type-0 plains.

"Not only are they made with legendary descendants as a core, but they even surpassed the limits of what they can do without turning into those mutants.

"Like the one who almost blew off your face was a true Dark Elf who was born a rare and might've become unique. But you could've seen him coming a few feet away despite his assassin-like characteristics, but you sensed him when he was a few inches away from you.

"And you know the fascinating part? This guy can use fire magic with his shadow magic simultaneously, which should be only possible with the Epic Star Magic Core. Now, this is what we called a mutant, and somehow you seemed to be their target, ahhahaha!"

Jacob's expression turned darker the more he read as his heart became heavier toward the end, even though he didn't mind the endless supply of mutant hearts, which were a good thing for his Cursed Blood Condensing stage.

But these guys' strange abilities to keep themselves hidden until the very last moment were very dangerous for him as he only sensed them when he was in the 15X acceleration state.

Now, he discovered that they could even use something that only an epic rank can.

"I shouldn't have put the Type-1 Universal Magic Manual to hold. I need to find a way to use magic as well or at least know more about it to counterattack. Knowledge about alchemy is not enough when it comes to fighting.

"And I can get rid of their invisibility with special glasses since they emit thermomagnetic waves. They can forget about sneaking up on me like this unless they turn really invincible. So, do you have any suggestion for me on this?" He looked at Immortika while he unwrapped the faces of those corpses, and they were the same as the last ones, faceless!

"You have your own solution to this problem, and this is the true way to become stronger. As for your eye, it will recover as long as you eat high-quality meals or herbs because of your cursed heart. So you already got all the help from my side. I'm just a book, after all. Hehehe."

"Yep, a book that withheld important information and nearly got its owner killed." Jacob sneered coldly as he cut open the corpse's chest and took out its heart, and started eating it as he was feeling tired.

"It's part of your training, and it will be too boring for me if you already know everything. This way, it would be more interesting." Immortika replied matter-of-factly.

It clearly didn't care if Jacob doubted it or not, as it only wanted a kick out of everything.

Jacob coldly commented before he ignored it, "You're sick, and I'm even more who is following you!"