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Chapter 551 - Monarchial authority

Phoenix was successful in saving the boy. But now he had entered the domain of the plagued. A man who has s bound by such a disease. Can temporarily turn corpses and humans into zombies.

These zombies act like regular zombies, slow sluggish because their body is experiencing decay. And their only role is to spread disease. So the best option to deal with them is cut off their head or burn them.

Phoenix quickly adorned the masked he had bought with him to avoid being infected. And Jay was done settling the energy inside him. And was breathing heavily.

He had gained more chaotic power and control over the phenomenon.

Jay played on the floor panting and gradually recovering the mana he had pushed out. Without mana it would be dangerous to moveww on.

Phoenix was faced with zombies. And if he gets bitten then hell become one himself.

So using twin flamethrowers he was able to push them back and was burn them down. And Jay finished recovering his mana.

He jumped down and landed and fell in the same patch of scallops as Phoenix. And his clothes were stained. As he too slipped. But hsi falling directed the attention of the zombies to him. So the zombies began attacking Jay and Jay retaliated by burning them to the crisp. Jay was thinking of kicking the zombie back but he was so disgusted by its looks he burned it to death even with more hot fire.

Phoenix :

Control your flame. The oxygen level is depleting on this floor.

And water this mask.

Phoenix passed Jay a mask. Jay even though disgusted pushed it back by conjuring a temporary wall quickly putting the mask on and conjuring spikes on the wall. The zombies were so brain dead that they stabbed themselves to death on the spike. Which made his work easy.

Phoenix :

Jay go to the room control and restart the ventilation.

Make sure the recycled air is going to the furnace.

The second floor was specially designed for the plagued here fresh air is supplied from the outside and the used or stale air containing bacteria virus, prions and other microbes are sent directly to the furnace where they instantly die due to the heat. This room is sterilized everyday and has special tiles which has microscopic spikes which ruptures microbes and virus . But for the human touch it feels smooth like normal tiles.

Jay made his way to the control room while fighting zombies Along the way. He opened the control room and saw the guards dead bodies decaying.

Phoenix :

Do as I say. Find the panel which controls ventilation.

On the big control panel filled with buttons, levers and sliders there were controls for different parts of the room such as door control, electricity, lights. Jay fumbled around trying to look for the section and finally fount the ventilation section.

Phoenix :

Tell me, what do you see.

Jay :

There's a lever, two big buttons. And Oh! This one says reset ventilation.

Phoenix :

Pull the big lever and press ventilation reset you should be done.

AND exactly as the instructions told the ventilation was reset and air was once again being filtered. The air flow was normal.

Jay then headed to the room of the plagued. He opened the door to see a sickly almost puddle like melted skin person sleeping on the hospital bed. His bed was covered top to bottom with the special tiles.

The plagued saw Jay with his dimming eyes and tried to reach him. He tried to speak but only two words could reach Jay.

Plagued :

Kill me.

The plagued was infected with a virus of a new species. Which the foundation was researching cure on. But for that they would need the plagued to survive no matter what.

The plagued before being infected was a man of very good vitality.

In fact the plague is considered by many to be a curse upon him by his own family.

And now even under the best management and best research there seems to be no progress.

On the side table there was the file of the plagued. Jay opened the file where the patient history and other reports were written. Jay glanced through the reports while the plagued pleaded to kill him and end his existence with his fire.

But his orders were to contain them. The plagued records did say that there is still hope. There were records of medicine administered to the plagued. But the medicine names differed from reality. For their creators were also different.

Further in the reports it discusses about the actual disease.

A viral disease which produces a deathly state in the host.

Become a breeding unit of the host by producing virus and ejecting them to find new hosts. And after a certain period going dormant. To make the body recover.

For potential treatment. There were notes among doctors.

Suggesting various treatment such as Nanobots which will enter the bloodstream and kill the virus

AND there appears to be a low chance of rejection or damage.

AND that was the last report after that there were months where there were no reports even though he was monitored.

But a few days before all of the treatment was halted.

Jay :

Hey Phoenix I have a report with me. On the plagued. It says for some reason his treatment was halted a few days ago.

Any idea why?

Phoenix :

No, maybe the head knows something. We should ask him. Keep it with you. And seal the patient. Just close the door or make a physical one.

Jay :

I don't think I have it in me. He's desperately pleading for help. We should help him Phoenix.

Phoenix :

How? I am barely keeping this kid alive. Unless we deal with the other anomalies they won't open the door and give us elevator access.

Phoenix :

And neither of us is an earth magic specialist. So seal the plagued and we can head below.

Jay found some logical sense. And even if not much Jay made it triumph over the emotional sense.

Jay close down the door and the second anomaly was contained. With two down and four to go.

Jay and Phoenix both regrouped and decided to advance to the third level. Where her highness resided.

As soon as the door to the third level opened. A scientist who was standing guard shouted.

? :

Inform her highness, The Door is open. At all cost even at your own life. And appregend the intruders who have stepped into Her highness kingdom.

Phoenix :

. They are innocent researchers don't kill them.

Jay had flashbacks of when he pushed back entire army without a single casualty just many broken bones.

Researcher :

Take even one step forward and I will open fire.

To Which Jay's response was to break the gun and using the Ring of Somnia knock everyone in the vicinity out.

Anyone who would come would be out to sleep and would wake up after 20 minutes. Some with low mental strength would wake up even later. Which allowed smooth access to the Highness's room. Where her room was decorated as a royal palace for a Queen would be. And a special throne was arranged just for patient compliance.

Jay saw the Queen sitting on the throne placed at an height.

A blonde beauty with red crescent markings beneath her eyes. Earrings which boast furiostity and a hand fan with fur attached on the top.

The Highness commanded in her authoritarian voice. As she waved the fan down on Jay.

Highness :

Bow before me peasant. You are standing before your Queen.

While the legs of those who are under her control shuddered. Jay was still staring like something was supposed to happen.

Highness :

How dare you make me saw it twice. Bow down on your feet.

Her voice echoed through the halls and floors of the facility.

Like a wind passing through the halls

Her highness has some rules set as anomaly. She can only make someone her servant if he is lower in rank than her. Once someone rises to her rank, even if they fall they won't be affected.

AND Jay Barrick once upon a time was known as the King of Raizon. And because of this Her Higness's ability became useless. And after few more repetitions of the same statement.

Here words had become more and more derogatory towards Jay. And finally towards her breaking point. She ordered her soldiers to apprehend Jay.

Highness :

Apprehend the fool and show him who is in power.

Jay had an epiphany. His thought about how to handle mind control was to overwhelm everyone with an intense dose of fear.

AND so he did Jay's fear lvl4 activated and every soldier was even afraid to touch Jay. They were paralyzed by fear.

Even their breaths were held against him.

Highness :

Why are you not following my orders. I said apprehend him.

Jay :

You have lost. Release them from mind control at once.

Highness :

Who are you to resist my authority. Peasant.

Jay :

This peasant is the King of Raizon. (Ex-King)

Highness :

Why has the King of Raizon himself has come here. Might it be you want my hand in marriage.

Her beauty was in a class of its own and it seems her maintsinsnce would cost a ton. But anyone else would in the flutter of their heart would have courted the anomaly.

Jay : thinking in his mind.

If I had a nickel someone said the same thing to me. I should have at least 4-5 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened that often .

Jay :

No, I'm not interested in marrying you. I want you to dispel their mind control.

Highness :

What are you going to do, kill me. Try and touch me and I'll order them to commit suicide.

Jay :

Try it, then I'll give you the gruesome moment you so deserve.

Here highness got up from her throne and stood besides Jay for one second and bolted towards the stairs.

Jay :

Try and escape.

Iron chains sprung from the ground and wrapped around her legs causing her to take a fall straight to the floor. Before her and behind her walls of iron appeared enclosing her.

Jay :

This is my last warning dispel them or something bad will happen.

Highness :

Do what you will.

Jay :

Don't say I didn't gave a chance.

Jay summoned two rods in his hands and started banging on the iron walls loudly but without denting the walls and the rods.

The sound of the rods was so loud and it reverbrated through the walls and the noises caused pain to her Highness.

Jay :

Last chance. What do you want to do.

Highness :

I can endure it. I can stand against you who looks down on women.

Jay's spirit rose as he summoned three more rods in the air

Jay :

I don't look down on women. I'm looking down on you.

AND once again started banging loudly. The noise was so much that. Phoenix thought to himself.

Phoenix :

I should have gone down there.

After another banging. Jay stopped because even his ears started were being affected.

Jay :

So how was it. Ready for Round 3. Deadlier than thou.

Highness :

Stop it I beg you. I'll dispel my authority. So please let me leave this wretched place.

As Jay kept banging something grabbed Jay's shoulder and threw him to the side. It was an human cyborg. Which had awakened after it's sleep. Cyborg is a human who has replaced its parts with machines.

In the laboratories of the foundation there was a question. How much of body parts can be replaced with cybernetic before a person loses his humanity. The answer sounded very simple. Everything except the brain and the spinal cord.

In some cases human brains were found hollow after an scan but the people were living their lives like normal and still functioning . So a quarter of brain and way to regulate hormonal response is what you need to keep your humanity.

AND thus the functioning cyborg was born which had almost 95% of its brain replaced. It was a machine which was covered with artificial skin. With artificial and perfectly toned skin and Body and an arm which could exert excessive force. It grabbed Jay once again and bashed him on the same wall he had created.

AND the wall broke down. Tearing the wall down further the cyborg walked inside and kneeled before the queen.

Cyborg :

Your highness you knight has arrived. Please give me an order.

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