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[HSRGSS] Chapter 25: Overwhelming Pressure
🕑 Added 2025-07-15 04:03:13 +0000 UTCAnother Molotov flew over the iron gate in a perfect arc—unless something happened, it would definitely land right where Clara and Svarog were.
Svarog, with impressive calculation skills, quickly figured out the trajectory of the Molotov's arc and prepared to take Clara to dodge.
However, before he could, a cold voice suddenly rang out from all directions.
"What's this? Did I not kill enough people, so now you all think I'm merciful?"
Even though the voice was not loud, it echoed in everyone's ears—it even resonated through the hollow stone walls.
As for the Molotov in midair, before it could hit the ground, someone suddenly grabbed it with their bare hand and—
PENG!
It shattered into pieces, and the scattered sparks were instantly extinguished.
Only then did everyone shift their attention from the Molotov and see the figure standing in the air.
It was none other than the new Supreme Guardian, Lucian!
In Lucian's arms was a white-haired girl in a red overcoat.
"Clara, we meet again."
Lucian tilted his head to look at the girl in his arms and greeted her with a smile.
Clara's snow-white hair was stunning, especially since it set off her red eyes in an unusual way. Even though she was just a child, there was a clarity in her gaze that didn't belong to someone her age.
Her face was pale and delicate, so close it looked as if it would break at a touch. Her legs were fair and smooth, with a leather thigh band around her left thigh that, despite her young age, left a faint mark on her skin—something that would be called 'thicc' by many people from his original world.
"It's you, Mr. Lucian... you came to save me again..."
Clara's voice was soft and modest, sounding like a shy little bunny.
Last time, when she was being chased by Fragmentum monsters, it was Lucian who saved her and sent her home.
And this time, she had run into even bigger trouble, yet once again, Lucian appeared before her and saved her.
After greeting Lucian, Clara felt her anxiety fade away all at once—it was as if, as long as he was there, any trouble could be resolved.
Just like Svarog, Lucian always made her feel strangely safe.
"Mr. Lucian, we didn't steal any ore, we really didn't—"
Clara tried her best to explain, hoping Lucian would believe her, but he extended a finger and gently pressed it to Clara's lips, stopping her explanation.
"I know, I know everything."
Meanwhile, when Svarog turned his head and saw that no one was left by his side, his large eye quickly scanned the surroundings for Clara.
"Clara?"
How could someone as big as him let Clara get snatched away?
As Svarog looked up, he finally found Clara in Lucian's arms.
In Svarog's mind, Clara was even more important than the survival of human civilization. If it had been anyone else who took Clara, he would definitely have gone berserk and executed his purge protocol.
Thankfully, it was Lucian.
"Supreme Guardian, those robots stole the Geomarrow!"
"Lord Lucian, please punish Svarog severely!"
"Supreme Guardian, those robots are enemies of the new world! They all need to be wiped out, or disaster will follow!"
"You saved everyone, but those robots were ungrateful—they stole the Geomarrow and tried to oppose you! We couldn't stand by and do nothing, so we took care of these criminals for you!"
As soon as they saw Lucian, the crowd clung to him like he was their last hope, shouting his name again and again. Especially those five instigators—their words were fierce and passionate, every sentence brimming with heartfelt loyalty.
If it had been any ordinary leader, they probably would have been forced to go easy on them, since a thousand people was, after all, no small number.
Besides, since things hadn't reached the point of no return, turning a big problem into a small one would have been the natural choice.
However, Lucian was different.
He knew the plot, he knew Svarog, and he understood exactly who was right and who was wrong in this situation.
"I saved you all just so you could teach me how to do my job?"
Lucian spoke coldly, and soon, an invisible pressure began to descend.
"ANSWER!"
Whoosh!
As soon as Lucian's final word fell, an overwhelming pressure crashed down, pressing on everyone present.
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!
Everyone's knees buckled, and they fell straight to the ground.
"Dammit, even us..."
Seele had just met up with Natasha and had barely said two sentences before she was caught up in the mess as a mountain-like weight pressed down on her, making her legs tremble.
In the end, Seele could not hold herself up and finally collapsed, kneeling with her hands on the ground.
It was not just her—Natasha, Oleg, Luka, Sampo, Svarog—good or bad, innocent or guilty, everyone present was forced to their knees.
"Even we got dragged in..."
Oleg felt that even complaining took effort.
"S-So strong... Is this what it means to be a hero..."
Luka grinned, feeling excited.
"Ugh, this must only be a tiny fraction of his true power..."
Natasha felt a little fear, grateful she had not tried anything reckless, or she would have dragged all of Wildfire into disaster.
"Insufficient combat strength... Peace protocol activated... Evaluating variables..."
Svarog knelt on one knee, his control unit quickly running calculations as he muttered to himself.
"I knew I shouldn't have tried to join in..."
Sampo complained and simply lay flat on the ground.
Since he couldn't even stand, and kneeling looked pathetic, he might as well just lie flat.
Even though he was joking on the outside, deep down, he was shocked.
He honestly hadn't expected Lucian to be an Emanator!
It was his first time meeting Lucian and seeing him show off, so he thought Lucian was just a powerful Pathstrider of Abundance, but after feeling this overwhelming pressure with his own body, there was no doubt—what else could this be but an Emanator?
More importantly, considering Lucian was an Emanator, the fact that he had not crushed them all was clearly because he had shown mercy.
Sampo himself used to be a well-known Masked Fool, so he had interacted with some Emanators before. Based on his experience, he had noticed that this Emanator of Abundance seemed to have received a lot of Yaoshi's favor.
In the end, all he could do now was give up fighting and think about how to cling to a big shot like Lucian.
