Chapter 1432 Jarvis’s Death
“Why?!” In the instant he was drowned in bloody tears, Jarvis was still unwilling. It couldn’t understand who could sneak attack it when both threats were sealed by its power.
It endured the searing pain as if its entire body had been doused in sulfuric acid. Its five eyes cast a sidelong glance at the spot that had inflicted its fatal agony. Several large-headed, black-red flies were flying up from there.
These carnivorous flies had savagely bitten it several times. As they flew away, they left behind a swarm of maggots to feast on its body, which was why Jarvis felt such unbearable pain.
Jarvis was extremely perplexed as to where these flies came from and why they carried the familiar scent of blood oil. But this was its last flicker of consciousness. The next second, it was engulfed by a rain of bloody tears.
Those were the flies I had once soaked in the blood oil tank on Sturgeon No. 3. They had also mutated and could move within the seal, but they found it difficult to directly kill enemies. I had painstakingly seized the opportunity to release them, pronouncing Jarvis’s death sentence.
“Ah! I can move.” Via exclaimed in surprise. I also felt a lightness in my body. My ability to move meant that Jarvis, who controlled the sealing magic circle, was dead.
The seals on Jayad and Lorna were also simultaneously released. Jayad, with his quick reflexes, pulled Lorna away, preventing her from being splashed by the bloody tears.
“Master! Master, stop! Jarvis is dead! There’s no need to spray anymore!” Sherris, now free, immediately reached for Pierce, hoping to make him stop.
However, Pierce seemed to be deaf to her pleas. His five eyes continued to spray red liquid, as if he were expelling all the blood from his body. He simply couldn’t stop.
“Hiss!” Sherris was accidentally grazed by a spray, and her arm was immediately burned. She quickly retreated a few steps, daring not to approach further, only able to shout helplessly from the side.
Lorna, meanwhile, continued to groan in pain. Jarvis had forcibly inserted the Inner Eye into her head, and now her mental and magical power fluctuations were changing rapidly. She had clearly entered a state where her sanity was extremely precarious.
Older Brother Jayad pulled her back and immediately began to examine her. Via and I also gathered around. We tried to see if we could remove the Inner Eye from her brain, but I found myself completely helpless.
I could clearly feel abnormal energy fluctuations within Lorna’s head, but I had no way to perform surgery on her now, and sedatives had no effect on ghosts.
Older Brother Jayad began to sing Hastur’s Song, trying to soothe her emotions. Lorna finally relaxed a little, but judging by her expression, she was still in great discomfort.
At this time, after a round of spraying, Pierce finally stopped. The bloody tears flowing from his five eyes had stained his face and clothes red. The previous spray had cost him a lot of bodily fluids and magic power, leaving him gaunt and withered.
Where Jarvis had been, only a corroded pit remained. The wooden floor at the edges was burned black. A little further out, many spots had been splashed by the bloody tears, leaving scattered traces of corrosion on the carpet.
Not even a speck of Jarvis’s body was left. It had likely been completely dissolved by the bloody tears. After such a fierce, rain-like attack, it was impossible for it to have survived.
“Master!” Sherris threw herself forward, hugging Pierce tightly. In her eyes, Pierce was akin to her godfather.
Yet now, Pierce was on the verge of death. The burst of blood spraying had almost completely drained his own body. If it weren’t for the exceptionally strong vitality of Blood Oil Mutants, he would have already run out of oil.
“Sister Parul! Please save Master! For the sake of him being Miss Lorna’s father!” Sherris, at her wit’s end, could only call out to me loudly.
“Huh? Oh, oh!” I was also very flustered. Lorna’s condition hadn’t stabilized, and now Pierce was dying. I could only open a bottle of Life Elixir and feed it to Pierce.
Seeing me bring the Life Elixir, Sherris’s expression lit up with surprise. She knew firsthand how effective my Life Elixir was, and with this, Pierce’s survival was practically assured.
I fed the Life Elixir to Pierce. His shriveled skin quickly became much plumper, and his complexion turned ruddy. However, his aura remained as weak as a candle in the wind, threatening to extinguish at any moment.
“How can this be? Why isn’t Master getting better?” Sherris asked, her heart filled with anxiety.
I wasn’t sure either, so I sought help, “Older Brother Jayad, come quickly and help him!”
Pierce knew many things, and he was Lorna’s father, as well as a great chemist. I couldn’t let him die here.
Jayad looked hesitantly at Lorna in his arms. He had just managed to calm the little ghost and didn’t know if she had recovered, but he was being called for help from the other side. Saving a life was like fighting a fire, putting Jayad in a difficult dilemma.
“Big Brother, you go. I’ll take care of Lorna. She should be fine,” Via said, taking Lorna from him.
Jayad rushed over, and a holy light shone upon Pierce. Some of his wounds, inflicted when Jarvis surrendered, healed instantly. However, his life aura did not recover, remaining at a very low level.
“Forget it, Big Brother, give up. His outburst has overdrawn his life energy. His vital signs have bottomed out, meaning simple treatment is useless now,” Via said, walking over with Lorna.
I had also roughly analyzed the situation: Pierce’s Inner Eye had been forcibly dug out from his brain. Then, in his grief and anger, he had unleashed a powerful outburst. Although it had instantly annihilated Jarvis, it had also caused irreversible consumption within his body.
This was a complete depletion of his life essence, almost equivalent to what ordinary people would call death from old age. With such a “burning the candle at both ends” kind of death, any amount of treatment would be meaningless. My bottle of Life Elixir was merely keeping him alive.
“Is there really no way? Sister Via, if you turned him into a Vampire now, would there be a chance of survival?” Sherris asked.
“No. Even for people in such critical condition, the Blood Race is powerless. Just like you rarely see elderly old men among Vampires,” Via said, shaking her head.
This statement was tantamount to a death sentence for Pierce. If even the Blood Race, which could grant eternal life, couldn’t save him, Sherris could think of no other solution.
“Daddy…” Lorna also shed tears. Although she was in great pain and her mind was chaotic, the person before her was her father, the one she clung to most. To be reunited only to face eternal separation so soon plunged Lorna into grief.
“Cough, cough!” Pierce coughed lightly and opened his eyes. He looked around and, upon seeing Lorna, smiled weakly, “My daughter, do not grieve. I feel better than ever now. That dark cloud that had been hovering over my brain has finally dissipated…”
