Chapter 15: Lynn: Sigh, Looks Like It's Up to Me
A barrage of bullets hit Wilson's head.
But the bullets, sinking into his head like stones in mud, did no damage at all.
Instead, Steve, who blocked the tentacle with his shield, was sent flying back more than ten meters, shield and all, crashing straight through the wall.
This just showed how much power the mutated Professor Wilson's tentacles had.
"Look. This is human ignorance. Always thinking firearms can conquer anything. But they have no idea that true power always comes from a higher dimension."
A tentacle wrapped around Ronak's neck and lifted him off the ground.
He opened his mouth, and the bullets that had just entered his head now clattered out onto the floor.
"Ronak, merge with me. This is true power."
As he finished, two tentacles shot out toward Lynn and Natasha.
The two of them dodged nimbly, but dozens of other tentacles attacked the researchers.
The researchers, too slow to dodge, were skewered by the tentacles.
But their blood didn't fall to the ground; it was absorbed directly by the tentacles.
Just as Professor Wilson's mouth suddenly tore open, a proboscis extending from his throat, about to bite Ronak's head...
...a shield flew out and severed the brown appendage.
The shield bounced off a wall and flew back into Steve Rogers's hand.
Catching the shield, Steve Rogers looked at Wilson. "I don't know what this 'higher-dimensional power' of yours is, but Earth will never submit to your threats!"
"Such an annoying insect."
The severed appendage melted into a puddle of pus on the floor. Professor Wilson turned his head to Steve. "You know, sometimes I really do admire your spirit, Captain America."
"A pity you're nothing but a man-made product from seventy years ago."
"Now, it's time to show you what true power looks like!"
Facing him, Steve took a deep breath and tightened his grip on his shield. "You're right. I do miss the old days. At least back then, it was just me and Red Skull, Johann Schmidt—just two monsters."
With that, Steve charged Professor Wilson again.
Lynn and Natasha, pistols in hand, fanned out to opposite sides of the lab, firing at Professor Wilson to distract him.
Bullets splattered against his body, drawing blood.
Even without a plan, the two of them moved with perfect, seamless coordination.
Whenever a tentacle attacked one of them, the other would land a precise shot on one of Wilson's vital areas.
The bullets couldn't kill him, but the pain made him stagger.
Combined with Steve's relentless shield attacks, the lab fell into a strange sort of "harmony."
"Enough! You damned insects! I represent a sacred mission! I am the one true god of this world!"
With a roar, Wilson unleashed all his tentacles at once.
The lab exploded into chaos.
Natasha and Steve were both swatted into the walls.
Lynn, however, used his Super-Sense, his body moving fluidly to dodge the attacks.
Palm-sized Bone Shields flickered into existence, blocking one fatal blow after another.
'FUCK. I really need to level up. I have no offensive abilities at all!'
After a forward roll to dodge another strike, Lynn suddenly had an idea.
Seeing Wilson's attention was now fully on him...
Lynn glanced at Natasha as she got to her feet. "Cover me!"
He leaped into the air, dodging a lethal coil of tentacles.
A glass vial of blue potion from his coat pocket flew toward Professor Wilson's head.
This was a slowing agent Lynn had created from the Elder God's notes, using his [Mystic Potion Crafting] ability.
'It all comes down to this.'
Natasha saw the vial, immediately raised her gun, and pulled the trigger, shattering it in mid-air.
She had no idea what it was, but in that moment, she could only trust him and fire.
The vial shattered, and the blue potion splashed all over Professor Wilson's head.
Instantly, Professor Wilson, whose tentacles had been a blur, froze. The motion of the swirling tentacles slowed to a crawl.
Natasha and Steve were stunned.
But they knew this wasn't the time to be surprised. They immediately attacked.
The shield and the Widow's Bite electroshocks relentlessly struck Professor Wilson.
But this assault, while painful, wasn't doing any lethal damage.
"It's not working! We can't kill him!"
Seeing the attack failing, Natasha said urgently, "If Tony were here, JARVIS could probably scan for a weak point!"
Just as she finished, Ronak, who also had tentacles sprouting from his body, suddenly stood up.
"The resonator!"
He turned his head, his skin peeling away, revealing more and more sharp-toothed maws.
Using his last shred of sanity, he pointed at the machine. "Stop the resonator! Disperse His energy!"
Hearing him, Lynn and Natasha simultaneously opened fire on the resonator's power supply.
A hail of bullets struck the power unit.
But the resonator, despite losing power, didn't stop.
Instead, a fierce wind began to howl through the lab.
It whipped Lynn's trench coat around him.
'Shit!'
Hearing the system chime in his head, death energy absorption... the progress bar was rising again.
Lynn quickly moved to Natasha and Steve's side.
"This is getting out of hand!"
He had barely finished speaking when a purple portal opened. A monster with horns, covered in brown muscle, and holding a flaming axe stepped out.
"Hell... Baphomet, the horned demon from the old myths!"
Seeing the monster, Natasha said, "I thought Norse and Greek myths were just legends. But after seeing Thor and Loki, now we've got a demon!"
"This isn't the time for that!"
When the demon appeared, Professor Wilson's slowed body actively merged with it.
His face reappeared on the demon's left shoulder.
Lynn took a deep breath. "If cutting the power didn't work, then we'll just have to use a bomb."
"Natasha, do you have any explosives on you?"
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