fynovel Chapter 869: Hunting for Shade (25)
Chapter 869: Hunting for Shade (25)
Chapter 869: Hunting for Shade (25)
As Erik, June, and Shade stood amidst the unfolding drama, the surrounding scene was one of utter chaos and destruction.
The town hall, now a towering inferno, painted the night with its furious blaze.
Flames licked the sky while thick, acrid smoke billowed upwards, choking the air and
obscuring the stars.
The intense heat radiating from the conflagration was almost tangible, creating a suffocating atmosphere that made it hard to breathe.
Around them, the situation was no less tumultuous. The Band of Giants' 300 soldiers were locked in fierce combat with the remaining 1500 members of Shade's gang.
The sounds of battle-clashing metal, shouts of defiance, and the cries of the wounded- filled the air, creating a cacophony of violence that mirrored the chaos of the flames. Despite the odds, Laria's troops fought with unmatched ability, employing both skill and strategy to hold back the tide of criminals desperate to rescue their captured lord.
Now and then, the clash of brain crystal powers sparked in the darkness, casting brief lights on desperate faces and determined eyes.
Amid this pandemonium, June's restlessness grew.
The band of giants, while insanely more skilled than their enemies, couldn't stop the criminal from gaining ground, and more and more mercenaries were getting wounded, some even killed.
The problem was that he couldn't stop Erik.
Even if the conversation between him and Shade seemed unimportant, Erik was getting a lot of information from the criminal lord, thanks to his Brain Crystal Powers.
The more he glimpsed at Shade's thoughts, the more they would know about the Blackguards.
"Do you perhaps know where the Blackguards's headquarters are? You know, I would like to pay them a visit."
Here, Norman was weirdly honest. "I don't, and if I did, I swear I would tell you. Nothing would bring me more joy than knowing you will go kill yourself there."
"Weird. I thought that Shade, the mighty lord of the world's underground, knew everything."
"Having extensive knowledge does not equate to knowing everything, and I would not have sought that information, even under torture."
"Fair enough. Do you know something then?"
A stream of information rushed through Shade's brain as he thought about what he knew about the Blackguards.
Of course, he had no intention of telling Erik, but he didn't know that the young man was already learning about them.
Despite not knowing where the base was, Shade knew something.
For starters, the Blackguards weren't a unified group. There were three branches of the colossal organization, which acted independently but sharing the same goal, which Shade didn't know about.
Besides, since the battle now wasn't scattered anymore around the city, Erik was receiving a large influx of mana, or better, experience.
He leveled up to level 153 and had 30 attribute points available.
The problem was that the more he lost time, the more Band of Giants members died, but the longer he stayed, the greater the influx of mana his biological supercomputer absorbed from the surroundings and the more information he got from Shade.
"I just want to ask you a question," Erik said, looking at Shade.
"Why did you do all this? Why did you join the Blackguards and became their lap dog?"
Shade looked at Erik with a confused look. "Shouldn't you know? Didn't you live in New Alexandria? No. In this godforsaken world?"
"Are you telling me you did all of this because of hate?" Erik asked.
"Didn't you do the same when you destroyed the Crystal Cross Gang? You were the one who admitted to that. Besides, aren't you here for the same reason?"
"I didn't kill million of people, I didn't kidnap kids and gave them to Doran." "No," Shade said. "But your actions, we know it well, are going to bring war to the world. If
humanity is going to survive this, nothing says we will survive the thaids that will come later. You must have seen one already."
"What are you talking about?" Erik asked in confusion, then he peered into shade's thoughts. He was talking about the Cerulean bird. Shock spread across Erik's face.
"It looks like you understood."
"What the fuck are those guys doing on the Mur continent?" Erik asked.
"I would like to know that, unfortunately, I'm just a lap dog, right?"
"Mother fucker!"
Erik stomped on Shade's face. It was ironic, years ago, he killed his brother, Martin, and now,
he killed Norman. The brother who should have been dead.
[NORMAN HAIS KILLED: MANA ABSORBING PROCESS STARTING.]
[0%...1%....5%...30%...70%...100%]
[MANA SUCCESSFULLY ABSORBED, STARTING CONVERTING PROCEDURE.]
[3...2...1...0]
[MANA SUCCESSFULLY CONVERTED INTO EXPERIENCE. 9475 EXPERIENCE POINTS
AWARDED TO THE HOST.]