Suddenly, her entire shoulder was ruined,
hanging uselessly at her side. Maria's once proud and confident face turned deathly pale, looking extremely pained.
"It seems bullets aren't completely useless against you; they're just hard to land. How is it... even for a Bioweapon Soldier, the taste of being hit by a bullet is still quite unpleasant, isn't it?"
Seeing Maria's pale face as she held her ruined shoulder, her expression twitching in pain from time to time, Javier couldn't help but tease her.
He hadn't intentionally aimed for Maria's head because he wanted to play a bit longer; otherwise, that single shot could have taken Maria's life just now.
After all, he knew the strength of Bioweapon Soldiers like Maria; at best, they couldn't even compare to the Oculare Soldiers of the C-Virus.
Their combat power was roughly the same as a Licker's.
They were fine against ordinary people and soldiers, but against a true ace special forces soldier, they wouldn't stand a chance.
Because their recovery speed was actually quite slow. For instance, after being hit by a.50 caliber Magnum bullet just now,
even if the bullet was removed and the wound bandaged, it would take a day or two to fully recover. This recovery effect was practically negligible.
It only saved the time needed for surgery.
In a battle, an enemy would attack continuously.
If a fatal wound couldn't be recovered in time, the enemy would likely end it with a headshot, leaving no time for recovery at all!
Volume 10: Resident Evil Village, vendetta: Chapter 8: Who is the Monster?
"Hiss... How is this possible?!"
Feeling the severe wound in her arm, the mature Maria was full of disbelief.
What had she just seen? Curving bullets? How could such an absurd thing exist in the world?
And what shocked Maria even more,
those bullets could actually penetrate her Mad Whip defense and hit her shoulder directly; it was simply inconceivable.
If bio-viruses could still be explained by science, Maria really couldn't imagine how curving bullets, which defied mechanics, were possible.
Furthermore,
the injury to her arm was very serious. A.50 caliber Magnum bullet was incredibly powerful,
enough to kill most land creatures. Thus, having her arm hit once,
Maria could no longer feel its existence. Only waves of pain washed over her, and it was impossible to even move a finger.
If it were any ordinary person, having their shoulder hit by such a shot would likely mean the entire arm was ruined.
Fortunately,
as a modified Bioweapon Soldier, Maria possessed a certain degree of recovery ability.
Though weak, it could barely save her arm. As long as the bullet was removed and the wound bandaged, it would return to normal after about a day of healing.
However,
at this moment, her arm was not the most important thing.
It was Javier, Rebecca, and the others in front of her. With her own arm injured, she could only leave things to her father, Diego the Bio-Monster, to resolve.
She originally didn't want to command her father to enter the fray; after all, her father, Diego the Bio-Monster, had undergone much more severe modification.
He was in a state between human and monster.
Frequent combat would cause him to gradually lose his sanity, his mind controlled by the virus.
But given the current situation, there seemed to be no other choice. To avoid further complications, Maria planned to have her father, Diego the Bio-Monster, end the battle quickly.
As for whether he could win...?
Sorry, Maria hadn't considered that question at all. Her father, Diego the Bio-Monster, was a genuine Bioweapon Soldier,
and a Tyrant-level one at that.
His combat power was extraordinary; even if a fully armed special forces squad were before him, her father, Diego the Bio-Monster, could still defeat them easily.
Because compared to Maria herself,
her father, Diego the Bio-Monster, was dozens of times stronger in terms of speed, power, and recovery ability. At the same time, her father, Diego the Bio-Monster, had the ability to fuse.
The sutures on his back were where parasites resided; once released, countless tentacles would emerge to devour the intended target.
The two would fuse, further enhancing their power.
This position was once reserved by Maria for her villainous superior, Glenn, as a precaution; he and her father could fuse
to unleash even greater power. But now, if any emergency occurred, Maria could also fuse with her father.
Therefore,
combining all her current trump cards,
even if Javier's performance was bizarre, Maria didn't believe this ordinary human could defeat the two of them.
"Roar—!!!!!!"
While they were talking,
Diego the Bio-Monster, noticing his daughter Maria was injured, had already slowly walked out and roared directly at Javier.
Because of a shell explosion,
Diego the Bio-Monster had lost the ability to speak and could only emit a terrifying hiss from his throat, as daunting as a lion's low growl.
Also being a father,
he cared deeply for his daughter's safety. Seeing her injured, Diego the Bio-Monster had completely placed Javier on his death list.
As a modified bio-monster, Diego the Bio-Monster's physique was indeed terrifying, standing at the standard Tyrant height of over two meters.
His body was muscular, and while he didn't wear a black trench coat to add pressure, he had many more mechanical parts on him.
Even his arms were mechanical prosthetics. His most striking feature was the iron mask on his face.
Because of his disfigurement,
he could only use an iron mask to cover it. Combined with those dense suture scars, he had a strong sense of déjà vu, like the monster Frankenstein...!
"Big guy, are you planning to get even for your daughter?"
"If you can, then come and try... otherwise, I don't mind continuing to toy with your precious daughter."
Seeing the Bio-monster Diego roar foully at him, Javier wasn't nervous.
Instead, he slowly holstered his empty Desert Eagle and then unbuttoned his shirt collar to make himself as comfortable as possible.
Having done this, Javier looked back at the Bio-monster Diego and continued to provoke him.
Defeating a Tyrant-level bio-monster with bare-handed martial arts was something only the enhanced Wesker could currently achieve.
After the incident at the Antarctic Research Institute,
Wesker, having fully awakened the progenitor virus, had once fought a Tyrant bare-handed, and Javier intended to replicate that feat today.
Of course,
figures like Leon, Chris, and the mysterious special forces king, Hunk the Reaper, could also take on a Tyrant alone.
But the only difference was,
they needed the help of firearms; relying purely on martial arts was simply impossible. Even a knife kill would require the help of protagonist armor.
"Puchi—!"
As he spoke,
Javier shook his hand, and a sharp bone spike suddenly emerged from his right palm—the same Skeletal Biological Weapon he had used before.
"Roar—!!!!!!"
"Thud, thud, thud, thud..."
On the other side,
Bio-monster Diego continued to roar. Although he couldn't speak, it didn't mean he couldn't understand human speech.
He had taken Javier's provocation to heart, so without any hesitation, he lifted his massive feet and charged rapidly toward Javier.
He was extremely fast,
the ground emitting a series of dull thuds, like a charging, enraged rhino.
Without using any weapons, Bio-monster Diego intended to use a shoulder tackle to send Javier flying.
However,
facing this head-on collision,
Javier didn't seem panicked at all. He had seen the charges of big guys countless times.
Thus, he couldn't feel fear. Instead, he took a firm stance and threw his arms open, intending to catch this wild rhino's charge head-on.
Seeing Javier's posture,
let alone the two villains, Diego the Bio-Monster and Maria,
even Rebecca and Bucky were stunned. Was he crazy? How could anyone withstand a monster of that size!
However,
the next second!
"Bang...!!!!!"
A loud crash rang out.
Javier, with his arms open, collided head-on with the incoming Bio-monster Diego. A dull sound echoed,
as if Mars had crashed into Earth.
The impact rippled outward. To everyone's shock, Javier, facing this charging rhino,
was not instantly sent flying.
Instead, his feet stayed firmly planted on the ground as he slid back several meters, leaving deep gouges in the smooth floor.
As the momentum dissipated,
no matter how hard Bio-monster Diego pushed, he couldn't move forward another inch, like a main battle tank stuck in a trench.
No matter how the engine roared, it couldn't advance. This made Bio-monster Diego lift his iron-masked head in disbelief.
"This... how is this possible—?!!!"
"Rebecca, are you sure your little boyfriend isn't a bio-monster? I feel like he's even more terrifying than that ugly bio-monster?"
Seeing this,
Rebecca and Bucky once again showed expressions of disbelief, covering their mouths in shock.
And Bucky, witnessing that terrifying strength,
couldn't help but ask. There was no helping it; this was simply too absurd, as it was not a level of strength a human could possess.
Of course,
it wasn't just Rebecca and Bucky; the mature Maria, a Bioweapon Soldier herself, was equally astonished.
She knew her father's strength; the force generated when he ran was like a high-speed small truck.
The impact was immense,
enough to smash through a wall.
Thus, she couldn't understand how Javier, a human, could block this strike. Could it be that he really was a complete monster too?
"It's not over yet...!"
At this moment, Javier fully displayed his inhuman strength. After stopping Bio-monster Diego,
Javier raised the sharp bone spike in his palm and stabbed it hard into Diego the Bio-Monster's chest. The strong muscles offered no defense at all and were easily pierced.
"Puchi...!"
Immediately, a large amount of blood flowed from Bio-monster Diego's chest.
The monster himself roared in pain and then swung his massive palm down, trying to slap Javier away.