Chapter 24: The Geist (2/2)

The Geist carefully wiped away its spit on her body and giggled to itself as it patted her head gently andher into heroic poses like it was playing with an action figure

The Geist giggled to itself, its entire body shuddering, but because it lacked any facial expressions, it was hard to tell whether it was actually ae natural reaction

With this, Aldrich knehat this Geist was He had seen it on the news before when it attacked Haven six ht it

Aldrich's y based on the infore of the Geist attack had been quite thorough because Haven etit only had E to D rank natural Variants that generally stayed away fro of the Geist was a surprise that took the city off guard,

The Geist had attacked Haven in the dead of night, charging through a half-repaired hole in one of its walls Within the city, it released a potent neurotoxin from various pores in its body while it rabidly hunted down any human it could see

With its th, the Geist ripped apart and devoured huas killed many more In just half an hour, it had wracked up a body count of one hundred, including the hero Iron Soldier

The Geist used its tongue to dig into Iron Soldier and pilot his body, puppeteering the hero against the very civilians he once protected

A response team was formed to counter the Geist after half an hour

This teaed to seely kill and kidnap Dynaeneration, it barely escaped back into the forest, and since then, Haven was on increased alert for its potential return

From the news reports, Aldrich knew the powers the Geist had

First was its constant strea brain failure within twenty seconds unless their bodies were enhanced This was the largest reason why it had taken over half an hour for the AA (Alterhuency) branch in Haven to form a response teaas

As undead, however, Aldrich and his as hell, the skeletons did not even have brains for neurotoxins to work on

Next was the Geist's ability to control another creature with its tongue This was troublesome, especially because it now controlled Dynaenerate explosions froainst Aldrich's undead because it dealt fire type da from her body condition, she was still h her torn costume that her body was still ue kept her supplied with nutrients, possibly even still keeping her alive

On top of this, the Geist had an ability tofactor that allowed it to regenerate a lost lieneration was not much of an issue Most of Aldrich's e and that rotted out flesh and directly nullified regeneration

But the high-speed dashes coth that could tear apart huhly eneration

With Dynaainst Aldrich

Even Alters without powers that strengthened their body were superhu Alter cells A C-class hero like Dynamite Girl could probably shatter concrete with a solid punch That was h to one destroy skeletons in two or three hits, especially with the weakness of skeletal undead to crushi+ng blows

But strategy could coap in power

"What is it, master?" said Valera "Are we not to escape now? Or perhaps…"

Valera stiffened a little under her arreaves She held her shi+eld tight to her "I know that glint in your eyes, , focused stare that I adore so ht, do you not?"

"Yes," said Aldrich He nodded and started to et into position The Geist was spotted a hundred fiftywithin the minute

He did not have much time to prepare "We will"