Late at night, when everyone should have been asleep, Subaru stood on the second floor of the mansion, gazing into the distance.
On the other side, Rem had already raised her hammer, ready to settle the score with the person in front of her once the time passed and the Witch Cult didn't show up.
However, her plans were thwarted as she sensed the presence of the Cult.
The Witch Cult really arrived.
Invisible hands, black cloaks, green hair.
The Archbishop of Sloth had reached the Roswaal Mansion, instructed to use Emilia as a vessel for the Witch of Envy's revival.
For this, they attacked the mansion.
This time, the Archbishop was extremely excited, mobilizing all the members of the Witch Cult under his control. Before the operation, he accurately gauged Reinhard's whereabouts and confirmed that Reinhard would not interfere with his actions, thus deciding on a surprise attack.
Night was Puck's weakest time, and in his eyes, the mansion's defenses were also very weak.
The appearance of the Witch Cult put the entire mansion on high alert, but thankfully, Rem believed some of Subaru's words, and the maids and servants were all resting in their uniforms.
"This must be a hoax..."
But seeing such a large number of Witch Cultists and witnessing the Archbishop of Sloth, Rem realized she had underestimated the situation. With the mansion's owner absent, they couldn't rely solely on their own strength.
"It's okay, leave it to me."
Subaru took out an anti-materiel sniper rifle from his backpack.
This was the weapon that came with Chris' route in Resident Evil 6, with 12.7mm anti-materiel sniper rifle ammunition.
The sudden appearance of the weapon made Rem's heart jump, even though it had no sharp edge, the weapon felt exceptionally terrifying in Rem's perception.
"Cover me, I'll take them out."
In the game, the system automatically provided him with the operating skills for Piers' sniper rifle, but in reality...
He fired, and the shot missed by miles. He aimed at Sloth but hit one of the nearby cultists instead.
"So strong..."
In the moonlight, Rem saw the state of the cultist's body as the bullet pierced through him. At the sound of the gunshot, a part of the cultist's body disappeared, and then the whole person collapsed on the ground.
At that moment, she began to trust some of Subaru's words about "eliminating many Witch Cultists".
However, Subaru himself was the most embarrassed. He had aimed at Sloth, but the result was so off, he dared not use the weapon directly anymore.
The bullets in the firearm were very limited, only two magazines in total. His first shot was a total fluke, and hitting anyone in the following attempts was just pure luck.
The plan had failed, but not entirely.
With that shot, the Witch Cultists were halted in their tracks.
"They're not moving, are they scared? Oh right!"
Subaru calculated in his mind. With so many people, even with firearms, there was no guarantee he could take them all out. But then again, why did he need to take them all out? Scaring them away would suffice, right?
What's the best way to scare them away?
Subaru quickly browsed through all his abilities.
Comet Azur?
It was cool and powerful, but it required high intelligence. Influenced by Liu Yuan, he did have some thoughts about using martial arts techniques, but with his current highest attribute of 25, he couldn't use it effectively.
Incantations seemed like an option. Since Incantations works, then...
He locked onto "The Flames of Frenzy," which, when activated, gathered yellow flames around the eyes and released them, with extremely high destructive power and relatively low consumption.
"Great! Let's use this."
Subaru hadn't used The Flames of Frenzy seriously before, but it was the ability with the longest range among all his Incantations, and it was most effective at night.
The orange flames would definitely stand out in the darkness of the night, and the flames that could burn a person to ashes would definitely be intimidating.
"Flames of Frenzy!"
Subaru began to pray, feeling the temperature of the flames beside his eyes.
But what he didn't realize was that Frenzied Flame was guiding him.
Sloth?
The moment Frenzied Flame was activated, it locked onto this enemy. With the Madness Incantation launched, Sloth was engulfed by the Frenzied Flame in an instant.
"Ahhh!"
The flames burned his body, flames that no water could extinguish, flames from another world's outer god.
However, Subaru forgot one thing. When using Frenzied Flame, it would increase his madness debuff. He was in game mode, plus he never used Frenzied Flame in normal circumstances, so he completely forgot about it.
But now, his body was as fragile as an ordinary person's.
Logically, he could only use Frenzied Flame a few times, but his body suddenly ignited.
When he released Frenzied Flame, the residual witch's aura on his body became fuel for Frenzied Flame.
It began devouring the aura of the Witch of Envy, along with Subaru.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!"
Witch of Envy? Its not as good as a bonefide Outer God's madness.
While "Return By Death" remained, the witch's surveillance and aura disappeared.
"Ahhh!"
The sensation of burning his soul made Subaru wake up. Looking at the familiar ceiling, Subaru felt completely drained of energy.
Unlike the previous deaths, this time he felt comfortable, so comfortable that he had no strength left in his body.
There was no pain from the resurrection, but rather, he felt like doing it again?
Outside the door, Rem and Ram walked in.
But unlike before, Rem didn't sense the witch's aura she had felt in the previous deaths.
Instead, this time, she smelled a "burning" odor. It was a strange smell, but considering this person was Emilia's benefactor, she didn't completely let her guard down.
In the internet cafe, Liu Yuan smiled when he saw the information about Subaru from the system.
Real-life death and resurrection were much crueler than in games, and the mental trauma from each death was unbearable for ordinary people.
Frenzied Flame, symbolizing evil and chaos, could also burn away impurities from the body and soul.
"This time, it must have had succeed."
...
This time, it didn't bring Subaru much useful experience, but it gave him a day of preparation. He could spend another day online and see if Liu Yuan had any suggestions by then.
But before that, let's greet Beatrice again~
Meanwhile, in another world, Fujimaru Ritsuka and the others were fully armed and ready to head to the cave in Fuyuki City to resolve the Singularity Point.
"Mash! Mash!"
Fujimaru Ritsuka's voice called Mash over, "Senpai, what's up?"
"Come here, let's do it like this, like this, and then..."
Fujimaru Ritsuka didn't waste a day.
Under Liu Yuan's guidance, she...
"Disgusting, can this really help me quickly increase my strength here?"
"Am I someone who would lie to you? Come on, let's go, ride the horse, bypass these friendly 'white' men. See that Grace? Sit on it, and you'll succeed."
"What's next?"
"I told you to buy a bow and arrows, right? Start shooting! Subaru, you can also make some money here. Solving a lot of problems when you level up."
In tribute, this game, even in Realism Mode, One could still make one extract a large amount of Runes from the Mogh's Rune Donation Dynasty Bank through shooting the Big Bird Banker across the cliff, and Liu Yuan also asked the system if this was reasonable.
The system said: "These creatures have lost their intelligence due to blood corruption. When someone attacks, they get angry and charge directly, then fall and die. It's very reasonable."