strictlysupreme Chapter 1187: The Invisible Assault (4)
Chapter 1187: The Invisible Assault (4)
Chapter 1187: The Invisible Assault (4)
"Hard choices?" Erik's attacks intensified. "Like experimenting on children? Like unleashing the Heniate on civilians?"
"You understand nothing. The world isn't as simple as you think."
More soldiers rushed the aircraft in tight formation, moving like a swarm of killer ants having pointed their prey.
Erik's plant cut down the enemy forces. The soldiers dropped in succession as Erik maintained his position above, engaging Bill while defending against incoming attacks. The floor became increasingly hazardous as evidence of the conflict accumulated beneath them.
"Then enlighten me." Erik launched another combination of attacks. While the vines whipped at Bill, shards of ice materialized around him, which were then sent hurtling toward the second division commander.
"What great purpose could justify all this death and suffering? How many lives were worth your precious experiments?"
A brief pause settled between them, though their battle never ceased. Bill's Matter Disruption tore through Erik's vines and elemental attacks as if they were paper dolls in a hurricane.
The clash of their powers filled the area around the hangar with flashes of light that overtook even the light from the rising sun.
"We were those who unleashed the Sinister Cold on the world." Bill's speed burst carried him through the storm of attacks, his invisible hands dissolving everything in their path.
That admission surprised Erik, but not as much as it should have. He had pieced together enough of the puzzle during his investigations. The timing, the patterns, the Blackguards' obsession with control-it all pointed to their involvement.
"You motherfuckers!" Erik's plants erupted with renewed fury, killing blackguards faster than before. The remaining soldiers below died in waves as his rage manifested through his powers.
Yet the most pressing question in Erik's mind was why he candidly admitted to having unleashed the most devastating disease known to mankind on him. What was the purpose?
"Want to know why?" Bill's voice carried an edge of pride mixed with what almost seemed like desperation to be understood.
"You found mana. Once you did, you wanted to control it!" Erik's elements combined violently, creating storms of fire, wind, and lightning that forced Bill to use more energy defending.
"We did," Bill said, while reducing Erik's attacks to nothingness. "The Sinister Cold was necessary to create brain crystals and control mana. As many suspected, it was the direct cause of brain crystals appearing."
He shook his head, a bitter laugh escaping his lips. The idea was so preposterous, so utterly divorced from reality, that Erik found himself questioning Bill's sanity.
Yet something in Bill's voice-the gravity, the unwavering conviction, and the certainty radiating from his thoughts-sent a chill down Erik's spine. He wasn't lying.
Yet Erik's attacks intensified. Below, more soldiers fell as Erik's rage manifested through his powers. Bill saw this with increasing worry.
"Ghost stories? The diviner gave us a time limit! 2000 years. 2000 years, and humanity would be destroyed!" Bill's own emotion fed into his powers.
The commander's emotions rang true-there was fear there, old and deep, mixed with a desperate conviction. Erik felt it. A lot of time passed since brain crystals came into existence, and not much time remained before this catastrophe, or whatever it was, fell on the remnants of the human race.
"So you created brain crystals, only to discover you could control mana in just one way? Brain
crystal powers."
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"That's exactly what happened. Brain crystals allowed us to only do one thing. They gave us one brain crystal power, and it even is random!" Bill's speed burst carried him through Erik's assault, but his movements betrayed increasing strain. The constant use of Matter Disruption was taking its toll.
"So you tried to come up with something that would make you get past this limitation. The biological supercomputer."
It was at that moment that two voices echoed around the area.
"Second Division Commander!"
Erik turned. There were two people joining the fight. No, in truth, there were more,
thousands. It was just that those on the front were...
"Vindicators..." Erik turned to Bill.
Bill said nothing.