Chapter 17: Vengeance (2/2)
Aldrich clapped his hands together, and all five of his Undead swar at his body while he ible
Aldrich set a ti Ghost could hold his breath
30 seconds…
60 seconds…
1 minute…
2 minutes…
3 minutes…
4 minutes…
5 minutes…
Ghost sucked in a breath, and the moment he did, Adaored into his sides with their tusks
Aldrich raised a hand,Ghost catch his breath
Aldrich walked over to Ghost and stood over him Ghost's face was bloody His chest heaved up and down as he took in desperate breaths His eyes ith fear
Blood pooled from his sides where holes indicated where the Strikers had jabbed him
Deep teeth marks on either of his shoulders shohere Adam and Elaine had bit him
The flesh around those open wounds started to blacken and rot, and Ghost yelled in pain as his nerves strained to theNecrotic dae he had no resistances to
"Wow Five whole minutes," said Aldrich as he tapped at his wristwatch, causing the tie unenhanced, untrained person can hold their breath for 30 to 90 seconds You, by virtue of having Alter Cells that enhance your body can hold your breath for five entirefor it"
"F-fuck you," said Ghost, still defiant despite fear obvious in his face
[Negative energy harvested]
[+20 EXP]
[EXP Bar: 55/120 ] 75/120]
"But you knohat? FiveI can holdI heard back before Alters were a thing, the record enty-four ine? A person with no powers, a person you would look down on as a Dud, doing that?" Aldrich scoffed at Ghost "I'm sure you could do even better if you actually trained, too
If you ever felt the need to work hard to even be fucking recognized as being allowed to live If you weren't addicted to X and causing suffering instead of working on yourself"
Aldrich stepped away and waved the Undead on again They swar at hiround beneath hirass ripped off and the dirt gouged out with deep clawhis tiain
This tiain, he yelled as he suffered a new round of cuts and bites
Again, Aldrich raised his hand up and stopped the Undead He strolled over to Ghost
Ghost breathed deeply sucking in as much breath as he could One of his eyes had been clawed out, blood strea from the empty socket while the flesh around it rotted
"Ah," said Aldrich as he saw Ghost's red pupiled eyeball lying on the dirt He picked it up and tossed it to Elaine "There you go, Elaine Hope vengeance tastes good You'll get a lot more of it soon"
Elaine sed down the eyeball whole and licked her bloody lips
"A-Aldrich-listen to me!" said Ghost
"Oh, now you remember my name?" said Aldrich "What happened to 'Dud'?"
"I can help you," staht? I-I can lead the for his life and felt absolutely nothing It was not just that Aldrich was nu fro an Undead had made his mind…colder
He felt less
When he saw Ghost begging, it did not feel like a hu with hi to be sto
Ghost saw the co harder
"I can tell you Seth Solar's weakness! The weakness of his whole family!" said Ghost
"Oh? What is it?" said Aldrich
"It's-it's Kryptic!" said Ghost "Kryptic drains the Solar family's powers!"
Aldrich recalled what Kryptic was It was a highly radioactive ore found in the Midnight Trench, a massive nest of Variants located over the Pacific Ocean so called because a vantablack do it a black spot of complete darkness
Kryptic was a dark, crystalline erous it was to obtain It was raas for basically anyone without incredible durability
As it was also untraceable, breaking down cohest end assassins of the world
"Interesting," said Aldrich He had noKryptic for now, but it was still useful inforo, Aldrich!" said Ghost "I-I've told you so much already! If Seth Solar finds out, he'll kill me, I'm sure of it No, the entire Solar fao - I'll run far froain, I'll hide out somewhere and live quietly and you won't ever even hear from me!"
"You don't have to worry about Seth Solar or anyone else finding you," said Aldrich
For asome hope
"Because you die here," said Aldrich He turned away and waved the Undead forwards
This time, Aldrich did not set a timer He let his zoain after a few ain A ain and sucked in another quick breath
On and on like this, Ghost lost pieces of himself slowly, bit by bit, breath by breath, and Aldrich watched as he continued to fary from him
Until finally - it was over
And the rewards flowed in
[Negative energy harvested Total energy harvested: +70 EXP]
[Quest: VENGEANCE objective completed]
[-Death of Ghost completed]
[+200 EXP, +200 Coin]
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[EXP Bar: 75/120 ] 345/120]
[Level up!]
[Level: 4 ] 5]
[EXP Bar: 225/200]
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[Level up!]
[EXP Bar: 25/250]
[Level 5 ] 6]
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[10 Stat points available to distribute]
[x1 Tome of the Dark Arts Rank 2 obtained]
[x1 Nether Binding Amulet obtained]