Chapter 1063: Chapter 1063: Here comes the V
"I have always wondered, why have all of you never tried this before? To attack me all at the same time."
"You're... You're Riley Ross, right? Bernard's son? Why... why are you doing this?"
Empress, who seemed to be leading the attack of the superheroes, could not help but raise her hand to signal the others to stop approaching. There were probably hundreds of them there - hundreds of supers, whether they were a hero or not, perhaps some of them were even villains, but all of them were surrounding Riley.
After all, supervillains, most of the time, have a reason why they are doing what they are doing. Most of them just wanted to send a message, some wanted to take revenge on a society that did not go according to their wishes; all delusional, of course.
But as soon as they heard the horrific attack on New York, they all knew that it was the doing of a madman who wanted nothing but just senseless carnage - and when they realized it was someone who could clone himself, it was not that hard to deduct that it was Darkday, but without actually hiding his identity.
It did not matter, however, as whoever or whatever he might actually be, Empress knew that this was their last stand. Without Megawoman...
...they were Earth's last defense, literally.
Darkday was not doing this for the sake of anything, he would not leave anyone behind to rule or to oppress, or to make anyone listen to him. He will kill them all.
Empress was going to do everything to stop him; her life doesn't matter anymore. What matters is that he must be stopped. But now, she found herself hesitating. And even Riley could see that.
"Oh?" Riley tilted his head to the side as he looked at Empress, "Even now, you hesitate. It would seem I underestimated your affection for me, Empress, even though you have really only taken care of me when I was a baby in the Hope Guild is it because I am Whiteking's son, or because I am Alice's?"
"Whiteking..." Empress's eyes widened, "...Where's Bernard and Diana, Riley...? Where's your sister?"
"They are in a much better place, Empress."
"What did you do!?"
"I freed them," Riley smiled before stretching his arms to the side, "Free from this temporary reality. They are safe now."
"You... you killed them?" Empress's breaths faltered.UppTodated from nô/v/e/lb(i)n.c(o)/m
"No, I would never do that," Riley shook his head, "As I said, they are safe."
"Where are they, Riley?"
"In a place sadly you can never reach."
...and you can not even see it."
"Kh—" Bulwark's eyes then suddenly widened-no. It did not just widen, his golden eyes literally widened to the point his eyes popped out of their sockets. And before Bulwark could even do anything, everyone watched as he started to look like a balloon as his golden body instantly inflated.
And it is true what they said - Bulwark's blood truly was also gold in a way. His blood, however, was completely drowned by the flesh of his guts and organs as he just exploded there and then in front of everyone.
Those who had already gained the courage to fight and attack Riley changed their mind there and then, with some of them even running away.
"No," Riley shook his head and sighed before slightly lowering V and facing her right in front of him. And without even saying a word, Riley started ripping the suit of armor apart like it
was made of tofu.
"No...!!!" V screamed as she quickly pulled her arms out of the armor and lunged toward Riley, grabbing his head before just electrocuting him with all that she had. She did stop abruptly, however, as she noticed Riley just staring at her behind the flashes and trickles of light.
"You have so much potential, Victoria," Riley then once again grabbed V by the neck, pushing her away. And with the difference in the length of their arms, the only thing V could really do was let go of his head and electrocute his arm instead... but once again, it did absolutely nothing,
"It truly is such a shame that you did not become my subordinate. Perhaps I should try to find you in the real reality, I never really bothered to check once I found out that you turned
clinically insane...
...Do you want me to show you just how powerful you could be?"
"What are you!!!" And before V could finish her words, Riley suddenly pulled her closer and
then completely disconnected her from the armor, which also served as her limiter, "No...
no!!!"
And with that roar, a burst of lightning exploded from V; literally tearing the entire filled apart as each individual strand tore everything in its path. As for Riley, well, he treated her the
same as before.
Riley started flying around and chasing those who ran away from the battlefield, and without even any reservations, Riley turned V toward them so she could see their bodies being torn
apart by her powers.
"You could destroy this entire planet if you wished," Riley shook his head and sighed, "I
would know, I gained it from King. So... ...how do you want to do that, Victoria?"