Devil Fruit Powers In The Tower Of God - Chapter 61

After Androssi had entered the room, she wasn’t able to see Bam anywhere. There was only a giant red object in the middle. By that point, Bam had already been dissolved, and he had merged with the Thorn. Unfortunately for them, they hadn’t managed to reach him on time.

Normally, the Thorn was a weapon that didn’t have an artificial soul like other Ignition Weapons. However, since it was combined with Bam, it had gained a soul.

The moment, Androssi had stepped inside the room, Bam’s soul was able to sense her. The Thorn had immediately shrunk itself, flew towards her and latched onto her. Without Androssi even being able to resist, the Thorn had ȧssimilated with her.

When that happened, a blonde girl on the 31st Floor screamed in pain. “Ahhhhh!”

Rachel weakly fell on the ground. She was the third artificially created Axis by the researchers on the meteorite outside the Tower. Bam was her champion, and with him being merged with the Thorn, she had experienced the same pain he did while undergoing that process.

“AHhhhhH!”Rachel had no idea what’s happening to her as she continued screaming in pain.

All the power that she received from Bam left her, and she started crying tears of blood. Blood kept flowing out of her mouth as she writhed in agony on the ground. The pain she was feeling at that moment was unimaginable.

Normally, if the champion of an Axis dies, the Axis will only lose the abilities gained from him. However, she was an artificially created Axis, and the outcome for someone like her was different. Not only did she lose the abilities gained from him, but she also experienced everything he did during his death.

Rachel’s skin started bubbling, and she slowly dissolved into a disgusting pile of black goo. FUG had lost two of their Irregulars on that day.

Lumen reached the room that Gromm had poured the Boiling Acid in an instant. The liquid had already evaporated by that point, and the only person in the room was Androssi. She had tears in her eyes and sadly turned to look at him.

Immediately Androssi dashed towards him and embraced him while silently sobbing. Floating behind her right shoulder was an object wrapped in bandages.

“I will never forgive you if you dare die on me as well. If you do, I promise to find you and kill you again!” Androssi weakly told him as she fell unconscious in his arms.

The rest of the group rushed inside the room. Hearing her, they realized that Bam had died. Those that knew him had sad expressions as tears formed in their eyes. Like the other Irregulars, Bam had an aura to him that made people like him.

Rak and Agnis both dropped on their knees, unable to believe that they had failed to save their friend.

However, Yihwa and Wangnan took it the hardest. They had not only lost four of their teammates, but they had also failed to save Bam. Tears were dripping down their cheeks as the two were trembling in place.

Lumen gently picked Androssi up and carried her outside the room. Seeing the unconscious Princess of Zahard, Leesoo asked in concern.

“Will she be okay?”

By reading the Shinsoo flow around her, she seemed stable, so he wasn’t that worried about her safety. “So far, she seems fine, but it would be better if someone examines her condition.”

“But who could do that?” Leesoo asked him, and Beta, who was still inside Merrie’s Lighthouse, called out to them. “I know a person that could it. As long as you let me free, I can tell you.”

“Who is that?” Lumen asked Merrie while looking at the blonde boy.

“I don’t know, I picked him on the way.” Merrie explained.

“They call me Beta. I’m a Living Ignition Weapon. Your friend that you are carrying seems to have become one as well.” Beta explained. “If you release me, I could point you in the right direction.”

“Let him free, and if he dares lie, I will kill him.” Merrier released Beta from her Lighthouse. The blonde boy was, in fact, thinking of lying and escaping, but Lumen had applied his gravity powers on him since he had sensed Beta’s intentions. The blonde boy was grounded on the ground, enveloped in a massive pressure.

“Stop. I promise I will tell you!” Beta shouted while struggling to stay on his feet. He was cursing his bad luck. First, he was tricked by the Workshop. He was then tricked by Casano. Androssi had knocked him out with a single hit. And finally, Lumen was pressuring him without even moving a finger. Things were definitely not going his way today.

“Speak!” Lumen ordered and released the gravity on him.

“Sophia Amae could help you examine her. She is a researcher in the Workshop and the only one that is still alive. Casano killed the rest, but he spared her.” Beta immediately explained truthfully. He didn’t dare lie after knowing how strong Lumen is.

“Lead us to her.” Lumen told him. Beta seemed hesitant for a moment, but Lumen applied his gravity on him once again.

“I will. Just stop doing that!” Beta screamed out.

The blonde boy then led them towards Sophia’s location, and while they were making their way towards her, the lights in the Archimedes lit up.

After Lumen rushed towards his team, Gustang had teleported inside the control room of the Archimedes, where Death Lady was holding Punk and IO hostage. She had seen the fight outside and knew that she was the only one that was left alive.

Death Lady was planning on using the lives of Punk and IO to trade for her. However, that wouldn’t work on someone like Gustang. Before Death Lady could realize that he is there, she had already died.

Punk and IO were then freed from the bandages that were holding them in place.

“Thank you so much for saving us!” The two had recognized Gustang and immediately thanked him.

“Oh, no. It’s not me, you should be thanking.” Gustang responded.

“What do you mean, Sir?” They asked him. They had just witnessed him killing Death Lady. If it wasn’t him, then who saved them?

“I was merely passing by. The ones you should be thanking is Lights End and his team. They dealt with all FUG members by themselves.” Gustang explained. He had a plan in mind.

“Lights End? The one that died on the 10th Floor?” Punk asked hesitantly. How did a dead person save them?

“Yes, but he didn’t die there. He is still alive. Make sure to reward him and his team.” Gustang told them with a smile.

Punk and IO looked at each other and replied. “We understand, Sir. They will greatly be rewarded.”

“Oh, and make an announcement. Make sure that the entire Tower is aware that Lights End and his team had saved the Archimedes and fought back FUG. I’ll be on my way now.” Gustang stated and disappeared from there. He had a dowry to prepare after all.

Inside a room on the Archimedes, Androssi was lying on a bed, while a brown-haired woman, wearing a white scientist coat, was examining her.

Horyang was lying on a bed next to her, and his previous teammates, Wangnan and Yihaw, were looking at him in worry. After a moment, the two left to go and collect the bodies of their teammates.

“Amazing. There is absolutely no problem with her health. This is simply incredible. We have spent hundreds of years researching this, and we have never managed to do something similar.” Sophia exclaimed while looking at the report on Androssi’s health.

“I have no idea how this happened, but she is the most complete Living Ignition Weapon I have ever seen.” Sophia truthfully stated.

“Fuck you!” Beta cursed her after hearing what she said. Sophia might have been the kindest of all the researchers that worked with him, but she had still made him go through countless inhumane experiments.

“Beta…” Sophia sadly looked at him. She was an illegitimate child from the Middle Area but, thanks to being smarter than others, she was fortunate enough to become a Workshop researcher. She decided to take part in experiments like the Living Ignition Weapon experiment so she could make abandoned, illegitimate children like her, strong and able to protect themselves.

“Don’t look at me like that, you witch.” Beta knew her story but didn’t care about it. That didn’t excuse her for what she had done to him. He couldn’t survive even a day without the Workshop’s drugs.

“I know that you hate me, Beta, but I promise you, I will find a way to give you your freedom. Casano and Horyang had found a way to survive without the Workshop’s drugs, so I’m sure that I will be able to help you!” Sophia promised him. She really wanted the boy to have his freedom.

“Too bad. Horyang is dying over there.” Beta pointed at the big man. “While Casano escaped with Emily! We don’t know how they managed to survive without the Workshop drugs.”

“I might be able to help with that.” They heard someone state from the entrance of the room that they were at. Lumen had already sensed that person and was staring at him in hatred. He hated the fact that he was saved by him.

“I thought we got over this already, son in law. We are going to be family in the future, there is no need to look at me like that.” Gustang teased him and laughed out.

“Son in law? Who is that?” Tiana questioned. She knew of his relationship with Yuri and Diana, but she didn’t care about that. To her, it didn’t matter if she was his first or last wife, as long as she was with him, nothing else mattered to her. However, both Yuri and Diana’s parents shouldn’t be aware of Lumen’s relationship with him, or at least that’s what she thought.

Lero Ro and Quant, who were also in the room, stared at Gustang in astonishment. They didn’t even know what to say and were both frozen in place. Gustang calling Lumen son in law was also a big surprise to them.

“That’s Po Bidau Gustang, a derelict person, who had abandoned his daughters.” Lumen hatefully stated. Gustang might have helped him, but he still held a grudge for him abandoning Diana.

“Po-Po-Po Bidau Gustang?!?!?” Everyone else in the room bȧrėly uttered his name. One of the 10 Family Heads was standing in front of them, and they hadn’t even recognized him. Just knowing who he is made them all freeze in place. Gustang hadn’t even done a thing, but his influence terrified them.

“Haha, what an interesting team you’ve gathered.” Gustang ignored Lumen’s statement and examined the people there.

Lumen was the only one he was actually interested in, but he surprised that the lowly Regulars on his team had managed to kill an Advanced Ranker. Albeit with the ȧssistance of the two lowly Rankers.

Anyone that wasn’t one of the 10 Family Heads, Zahard, Urek, or Lumen was like an ant in his eyes. Nonetheless, he was actually impressed by the rest.

“Why are you here?” Lumen asked him. He was slightly afraid that Gustang might do something to his teammates. The worst part was that he couldn’t get a read on him. He couldn’t even sense his presence with his Shinsoo reading ability, and yet, Gustnag was standing right in front of him.

“No need to be on guard, son in law.” Gustang continued teasing him. “I’m here to help you and to give you your dowry. It’s waiting for you outside. Besides that, she had obtained something very interesting, and I wanted to check it out.”

Gustang walked up to Androssi and checked on her health. He placed his hand on her forehead for a minute and removed it after a minute.

“Quite interesting. The Thorn has perfectly merged with her. To top it off, the Thorn has also obtained a soul. This is a huge breakthrough in making Ignition Weapons. Rather than creating an artificial soul made of Shinsoo, we can use a living person to replace it.” Gustang stated. It took him only a minute to understand Androssi’s condition perfectly, and he didn’t need any equipment to accomplish that.

“Well, once she gets the Thorn under control, she can try combining it with another piece. And as luck would have it, there is another fragment of the Thorn that is part of your dowry.” Gustang told Lumen.

“Why are you doing this? Why did you help me outside, and why are you helping me now?” Lumen asked him. He was suspicious of Gustang, especially when he couldn’t sense his emotions. Everyone else in the room kept quiet, no daring to say a word. They were all wondering how Lumen had the guts to question someone like Gustang.

“I told you already. You are my son in law, of course, I will help you.” Gustang teased him and turned towards Beta. “Now, you are an interesting one.”

Gustang walked up to him and examined him closer. “Your body is constantly breaking down. Hmm, I can think of a few ways to help you out, but you will have to come with me.”

Beta couldn’t respond under the pressure of being observed by Gustang and only managed to meekly nod in confirmation. As long as he could survive without the Workshop’s drugs, he was prepared to do anything.

“Now, son in law. How about we go and have a talk. There is a lot we have to discuss.” Gustang then told Lumen, and before he could respond, the two disappeared from the Archimedes.