Seeing this scene, Ada's expression changed instantly.
She quickly shouted to Javier, who was completely unaware, to warn him, then raised her Uzi submachine gun, loaded a new magazine, and fired a burst of shots at him. The "da da da da da" gunshots, like raindrops, sent a flurry of tiny orange-yellow bullets sweeping out,
trying to stop the attack of that red figure!
"Your time has come...?"
The speed of sound is the only other fastest existence besides light, so this shadow of death did not surpass sound, nor did it surpass the speed of light. Ada's shout reached Javier's ears a step earlier.
A cold aura of death came from his back.
Javier did not choose to turn back, nor did he choose to dodge left or right, nor did he even roll away, because Javier knew that there wasn't enough time for any of these options. The opponent was very fast, and he wouldn't have time to dodge. He could only choose to counterattack on the spot.
Using the last 2 seconds of reaction time,
Javier let go of the two empty shotgun weapons in his hands, and as if he had undergone tens of thousands of drills, his calloused hands reached for the two Desert Eagles on his waist, initiating his final American Quick Draw!
The world's fastest legendary quick-draw artist, a true Western cowboy, creator of over a dozen world records, Mr. Bob Munden, could draw and fire a revolver in 0.0175 seconds. He could even fire two guns simultaneously, and at close range, he was always on target.
Without a doubt,
this was an incredible legend, one of the representatives of human limits. His brain development must have exceeded ten percent, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to achieve such a rapid neural response.
And Javier—
He graduated from the police academy at nineteen, an exception, and joined the elite S.T.A.R.S at twenty-two. With a genius-level shooting talent, he had a hit rate of over ninety percent on a hundred-meter moving target with a pistol. Later, he participated in the Resident Evil incident and gained the "Gun Jitter Art" talent, allowing his bullets to curve and hit their targets with his eyes closed.
To be honest,
Javier hadn't felt the importance of his gun shooting talent in a long time, because the further he went, the more useless it became. But now... in a crisis, Javier didn't think his cheat-like talent would be much worse than Mr. Bob Munden's.
So,
"Your time has come?"
"No... It's High Noon!"
"Bang—Bang—Bang—Bang—Bang—!!!"
Almost instantly,
two silver Desert Eagles were drawn in a flash, and the triggers were pulled with lightning speed. The muzzles immediately erupted with explosive sparks and sonic booms. Large-caliber bullets whistled out, and nearly twenty.50 caliber rounds were expended in the blink of an eye.
If one could time it at this moment,
it should be 0.9 seconds—
Drawing, aiming, shooting, and emptying the magazine, all completed within the extreme of one second, surpassing ninety-nine percent of human limits. At this moment, the vibration speed and frequency of Javier's trigger finger were enough to make any woman in the world instantly reach an orgasm, more terrifying than a certain Mr. Kato's golden finger. And this was Javier's limit!
Hanma Baki: "Heh heh... The human body, isn't it amazing!"
Chapter 58: Double Checkpoint
"..."
"Bang—Bang—Bang—Bang—Bang—!!!!!"
Continuous bullet shots,
twenty large-caliber Desert Eagle bullets instantly flew towards the red-robed figure. In just the time it took to turn around, even the Executioner Verdugo, this killing god, completely failed to understand how Javier could complete a counterattack in such a short time of 0.9 seconds,
and even fire twenty shots consecutively.
Its sharp claws were less than half a meter from Javier's body. If it had one more second, Javier's body would have been instantly torn to shreds by it. But even in such an extreme situation, Javier still turned the tide. It was simply unbelievable!
Facing the counterattack of twenty large-caliber pistol bullets, the Executioner Verdugo was helpless. It could not withstand these bullets and continue its attack as if nothing happened, even with its hard carapace.
After all, if you really calculate it,
this was a volley of twenty.50 caliber pistol bullets, and it was close-range firing. The Executioner Verdugo couldn't even react, and could only hastily extend its dark, hard segmented arms to frantically block!
"Clang clang clang...!"
"Pfft pfft...!"
And the next second,
the sound of bullets hitting what seemed like steel plates immediately became clear. The red-robed figure in front was pierced by.50 caliber bullets, but it only penetrated the red robe.
When they hit the entity hidden inside, it was as if they struck a steel plate. Some bullets impacted the surface carapace, sending sparks flying, while other bullets were just embedded in the skin, and viscous liquid flowed out from places difficult to see with the naked eye.
At the same time,
the power of twenty.50 caliber bullets also pushed the red-robed figure several meters back. Its dark, hard segmented arms were crossed in a block, and its feet below scraped out a clear black mark as it moved...
And taking advantage of this opportunity,
Javier also quickly retreated.
It was really too dangerous just now. If it weren't for Ada's timely warning, just a little bit more time, Javier's head would have been torn into countless pieces by the red-robed figure in front of him.
After all, Javier had just seen the sharp claws extending from under the red robe, which were incredibly terrifying, like a scythe of execution.
"..."
"Da da da da da da da da—!!!"
At this moment,
Ada's Uzi submachine gun bullet support also arrived just in time. A series of bullets instantly hit the tall body of the red-robed figure, and a large number of submachine gun bullets once again tore and penetrated the red robe it was wearing, leaving it tattered.
But the sound it made was no different from before.
It was still a "clink-clank" sound, as if hitting a thick wall, completely unable to cause effective damage or penetrate its defense.
"What kind of monster is this?"
"It's very fast, and its defense is also very high. Is it a humanoid weapon like the Tyrant...?"
Seeing that a whole magazine of her Uzi submachine gun bullets didn't cause any effective damage to the red-robed figure in front of her,
but rather just scraped off the red robe from its surface like a massage, Ada's face showed an incredulous expression, and she mumbled to herself with some doubt,
after all,
this tall guy,
is very similar to a Tyrant.
Tyrants also have inhumanly tall heights, immense strength, and great speed and explosive power, like a charging rhinoceros. Their outer skin, due to wearing special bulletproof coats, is basically impervious to blades and bullets, and unaffected by fire or water. If not for special sniper rifle armor-piercing bullets, their vital points cannot be harmed.
That's why Ada suspected whether the monster in front of her was a branch of the Tyrant. After all, with the mutation ability of the Plaga parasite, it didn't seem strange for a Tyrant-like form to be born. Didn't she and Javier encounter a Plaga parasite giant even larger than a Tyrant in the Quarry before?
At the same time,
Ada seemed to have seen this familiar figure somewhere before. When rescuing Luis, she seemed to have seen two such tall figures standing by the side of that dwarf castle lord, both without exception wearing mysterious robes.
So, that means—
Has that dwarf castle lord finally lost his patience, and so he sent his capable subordinates to capture them? That's truly a great honor...!
"Ho ho ho ho..."
"Hiss hiss hiss...!"
And at this moment,
the red-robed figure, pushed back several meters, fixed its crimson gaze on Javier. Looking at its tattered robe, without any hesitation, its dark segmented claws immediately reached for the robe on its body and violently tore it off.
"Rip—!"
And watching this monster finally reveal its true face,
Ada's expression on the side instantly froze again. The monster in front of her was covered from head to toe in dark, hard carapace, like a scorpion's armor, slender and hard, like a living arthropod insect.
Its arms were very long, almost dangling down to its thighs. Its two segmented arms had only three sharp claws, but they glowed with a faint cold light like sharp scythes.
Its agile, leopard-like legs also stood on three stable feet, and the most striking feature was its long tail, almost identical to a scorpion's stinger—no... even longer, almost three meters in length, each segment covered with barbs, and the very end bore a sharp blade.
The only identifiable trace of its human origin was its bald, pale head, the only remaining human feature, but its eyes were crimson and incredibly fierce. Its lower jaw could even open into a four-lobed mouth, filled with serrated steel teeth capable of tearing prey apart!
"Roar roar roar—!!!"
With just one open mouth,
a foul-smelling white mist instantly spewed out.
The scorpion monster in front was staring at Javier with murderous intent, as if it could attack at any moment. It was a very terrifying monster.
Ada had never seen a monster created by the fusion of humans and insects before, because in a sense, human genes are very difficult to fuse with insects, as the two are fundamentally different species.
If it were a fusion of humans and beasts, it would be understandable, as they are both mammals and have similar and normal organs and blood circulation.
But with insects...
That was a completely different level of species. Not only the organs, but even the fluid flowing inside was not blood, but other liquids. To this extent, Ada couldn't help but marvel at the madness of these human modifiers and the power of the Plaga parasite.
"Right Hand?"
"Executioner... Verdugo...?"
And upon seeing such a familiar monster in front of him,
Javier's expression also showed a slight tremor. He looked at the scorpion monster in front of him with some surprise, not expecting the boss to arrive so quickly. After all, if one were to name the most memorable monster in Resident Evil 4, it would definitely not be Sadler, the big boss behind the scenes.
There's a law circulating in the history of Resident Evil: the bigger the monster, the weaker it is. Sadler can almost be said to be the weakest boss in the game. In contrast to the weakest, the Right Hand in front of him can be said to be the strongest monster.
Executioner Verdugo—
One of Raymond's trusted lieutenants, a very powerful and oppressive boss, and one of the most suffocating bosses. In the narrow Laboratory corridor, the gradually approaching footsteps, the elusive black grim reaper, powerful defense, and hard-to-defend high-speed attack moves—these all contributed to the terrifying pressure Verdugo put on players in the game!
So,
Javier was more than familiar with this black grim reaper in front of him. After all, he had fallen into the hands of this black grim reaper multiple times in the game, so it was naturally the most memorable!
And now,
the sudden appearance of the Executioner Verdugo in the mosquito room was very unexpected. After all, there was no rapid freezing liquid nitrogen here, so its extraordinary movement speed could not be restricted. This greatly increased the difficulty of dealing with Verdugo.
This time, it truly was a butterfly effect.
Without the restriction of the rapid freezing liquid nitrogen device, Javier even wondered if this scorpion monster was already invincible—?
After all, Verdugo has high attack, high defense, and is incredibly fast. Such an overpowered boss is very difficult to deal with without specific item assistance...
"Ada...!"
"Stay far away, just assist me from a distance. This monster is very fast and has high defense. Ordinary weapons cannot break its defense. Its only weak point is its head. Its head is still in a human state; you can attack its head, but it depends on your accuracy!"
"I'll attract its attention, although I don't know why... but it seems its target is me."
Seeing that the Executioner Verdugo had revealed its true form,
Javier quickly warned Ada in the distance not to let her get close to this monster. The Uzi submachine gun couldn't break its defense; at most, it could only scratch it. So, the only thing Ada could do was take out the crossbow from her back and shoot Verdugo's head to provide some harassment and restriction. This was already the greatest help.
After all, this monster was very troublesome.
If Ada was accidentally attacked, it would be very problematic.
After all, the sharp blade on Verdugo's tail was extremely sharp; it could pierce steel plates. It was the type that meant instant death upon contact. If it got close, one could be disemboweled at any moment. So Javier didn't want Ada to get involved; the further away, the better.
"But having said that..."
"The situation is still very grim!"
While vigilantly watching the Executioner Verdugo in front of him, Javier inadvertently glanced at the top of his head. At this moment, due to the arrival of the Verdugo boss, the Invisible Bug U2 that had originally been driven away had returned, emitting a buzzing sound in the air.
An Executioner Verdugo without liquid nitrogen freezing restraint, plus the constantly harassing Invisible Bug. Good heavens... this difficulty was no longer just expert level; it could be said to be nightmare level—!
...
Meanwhile—
After leaving Javier and Ada in the mosquito room, Leon, Luis, and Ashley did not look back. Instead, they continued towards the end of Salazar Castle, because they couldn't turn back to help Javier and Ada now; that would only betray their good intentions. The only thing they could do was continue to press forward.
However,
in the long, dim corridor,
looking at the silent surroundings, with no servants or cultists appearing, and even no Invisible Bug catching up, Leon and Luis suddenly felt a bad premonition. It seemed something was waiting for them?
"Leon..."
"Should we wait for Javier and them? I feel it's not right to just abandon them like this..."