Buzz—

Instantly, his gaze went blank.

His body stiffened on the spot, as if petrified, frozen in place.

"That... that is..."

On the head of the smaller Headhunter, a human youth was sitting cross-legged, playing cat's cradle with his hands, smiling as he demonstrated it to a curious tentacle holding an eyeball in front of him.

Just like a friendly neighborhood big brother, trying every possible way to use strange tricks to raise the affection of some curious little girl next door.

But that wasn't the point!!

He almost instantly recognized that youth's face.

"Disciple?!"

Bloodsaw instantly shouted in shock and astonishment.

Doll Mistress: "???"

Bloodsaw: (꒪Д꒪)ノ

This is impossible!

Must be my old eyes playing tricks on me!

Right, must be because I'm so worried that I'm having bad hallucinations.

After all, how could my obedient little apprentice possibly be riding around on a Headhunter?

Yes!

Must be hallucinations!

If my disciple really had such abilities, he'd already be dominating the Dark World!

He vigorously rubbed his eyes, murmuring as he extended his hand, bit his finger, and began drawing a small magic circle on the ground.

"Maybe I should contact him first? If he's not dead, he should be able to receive the message sent over..."

As if to prove something.

He wrote a few lines on that small magic circle.

[Disciple, are you still alive?]

After writing.

He chanted incantations, a flash of bloodlight in his eyes, instantly pressing his hand onto the magic circle.

...

And almost at the same time.

Sitting on Little One's head, smiling as he demonstrated cat's cradle techniques to her, Lynn suddenly jolted, then immediately felt a surge of blood energy rising in his stomach.

The next moment, he painfully groaned and vomited a pool of blood into his hand.

"This is... Master?!"

Lynn was both shocked and overjoyed.

Then he immediately saw the pool of blood in his hand quickly begin to squirm, then slowly gather into several extremely ugly large characters.

"Disciple, are you still alive?"

Lynn jumped up excitedly, shouting joyfully:

"Of course I'm alive!! I'm living very comfortably!! So Master is really okay?!"

Almost unable to contain his excitement, Lynn immediately looked up and shouted into the wilderness around him:

"Master!! I'm alive!! Are you dead?! When are you coming back to the shop?! Your disciple all alone..."

"Is very scared!!"

And almost the moment he finished shouting, a system notification sounded in his ears.

[Ding! Congratulations on triggering achievement: First Attempt at Scaring Teacher Unconscious, you received 200 basic experience]

[First Attempt at Scoring Teacher Unconscious]: Special achievement, obtained with certain probability when scaring your teacher into convulsions by any means. You've taken a solid step toward "deceiving masters and destroying ancestors." Congratulations on obtaining permanent bonuses: Spirit +1, Strength +2, Happiness +20!

Lynn: "???"

He was full of black question marks!

Completely bewildered.

What kind of weird achievement is this? When did I scare my master into convulsions?!

This system can't just randomly give people inexplicable achievements!

...

Mountain peak.

"Bloodsaw! Bloodsaw!! Why are you convulsing! Don't scare me! What's wrong with you!"

Doll Mistress looked shocked at Bloodsaw lying on the ground convulsing (꒪Д꒪)ノ, feeling completely unsettled.

What's going on here!

He was fine just moments ago!

Could it be an epileptic seizure?! That shouldn't be! Logically speaking, can a modified human even have epilepsy?

Bloodsaw convulsed vacantly, (ヾﾉ꒪ཫ꒪)—saying:

"That guy riding a root-level... Headhunter..."

"Really is my... disciple..."

Doll Mistress: "(ΩДΩ)!!!"

...

Out in the wilderness, Lynn looked around bewildered, finally could only shrug, not understanding what happened.

Time continued to pass.

A few minutes later.

"We—have—arrived—"

Godweaver Head licked her lips with a fierce smile.

Lynn immediately opened his eyes, and his gaze was instantly drawn to a massive flesh tower appearing at the edge of the wilderness within his sight.

He immediately stood up, looking into the distance with an astonished expression.

"Could that be..."

"The Hanging Tower..."

The stronghold of the Demonkin Association, the main base of that organization hunting him and his master.

Is that... it?

Billowing dust and mist dispersed, revealing a tower reaching into the clouds before his eyes, shimmering with metallic and mechanical luster. Massive gears interlocked with dark, expanding flesh, together constructing a bizarre colossal statue combining machinery and meat.

One after another, huge mechanical arms grew eerily from the flesh cysts beneath the tower.

The tower's peak resembled a giant chimney, billowing black smoke reminiscent of the post-industrial era.

The collision of flesh and machinery!

It actually had an extremely grotesque steampunk style!

"Hanging Tower!"

And almost simultaneously, an information panel appeared before his eyes.

[Prototype Colossus Unit 012 · Hanging Tower]

[Level]: ???

[Type]: Flesh Mechanical Construct

[Attributes]: ???

[Combat Ability]: Unmatched Anti-Root Colossus (Pseudo)

[Introduction]: The latest creation of the Demonkin Association, a prototype colossus derived from Dead Star civilization relics. However, due to only using partial structures from the colossus blueprint, it cannot compare to a true colossus. But the Hanging Tower, incorporating centuries of the Demonkin Association's research, still possesses terrifying strength rivaling root-level entities!

And almost simultaneously, a series of continuous system notifications triggered in Lynn's ears.

[Ding! You encountered your first miracle construct! Bestiary system activated!]

[You can now freely use the bestiary system to record any creature or wonder you encounter, and spend a certain amount of Skeleton Coins to perform deep analysis on any entry!]

[Ding! Skeleton Coin cost for bestiary analysis relates to target's strength and construction. After analysis completes, you can obtain more in-depth information about the target entry, including personality, preferences, true strength, weaknesses, and more introduction information.]

Lynn: "???"

Miracle construct?! Wonders? Bestiary?

Indeed, this system definitely has more functions waiting for me to develop and tame! Get full chapters from noveⅼfire.net

But, why does it increasingly feel like I'm in an MMORPG world!

Lynn stared wide-eyed.

He immediately saw that next to the [Sight] icon in the lower right corner of his interface, there was now an additional [Bestiary] icon.

He tried clicking it.

Instantly, page after page of bestiary information displaying ??? appeared before his eyes.

[Ding! Miracle construct detected. Would you like to record it immediately?]

"Record!"

[Ding! Recording successful. "Prototype Colossus · Hanging Tower" has been added to wonders page, current number 001. You obtained collection reward: Free attribute points +10]

Lynn: "!!!"