Chapter 45: Planning (2/2)

"Vengeance" Aldrich repeated this word as he saw through his Evil Eye Seth Solar hovering over Ghost's clearing He saw Seth Solar's friends behind hi their heads

He felt fire in his cold, dead heart He felt vengeance He felt a twinge of satisfaction knowing that those ots had lost one of theh to quench the fire within Aldrich

"I see now," said Aldrich "Vengeance is what's keepinghand to his chin and narrowed his eyes "Of all the people to have an unhealthy vengeance fixation on, it had to be Seth Solar, one of the toughest targets to take down that I know"

"Together, we can triumph over anyone," said Valera hopefully, ever optimistic

"Hold up, Solar?" said Dynaoin' to try and fight THE Solomon Solar?"

"No, Soloet hihtmare and an i out another itiuy and hidden froht to be surprised Anyone with the Solar surna could this h the Evil Eye with Aldrich She spied his "He can fly, it see froic or levels," said Aldrich "You have to get used to never underesti anyone in this world Anyone could have a powerful power and you would never be able to sense it"

"Not unless you got a scanner like me!" said Fisk

"That reminds me, hand over your scanner," said Aldrich "You won't be seeing too much direct combat Your scanner will be much more useful on me"

"Here boss" Fisk tossed Aldrich his red visor Aldrich caught it deftly and experi to put it into his inventory He found he could not Only o in there, it seemed He put the visor over his eyes and watched as little numbers and screens in the periphery of his red-tinted vision started to flicker and calibrate

"You don't need this for diving?" said Aldrich Diving was the term for those that used a head jack to deep dive into the virtual world of the Net

"Nah, I use my eye for that" Fisk pointed to his mechanical blue eye as it clacked and whirred "I rade The kind that those ARMA police agents got to look all tactical and sht"

"I see," said Aldrich He wondered how he looked Aa lanternred eyeball suspended inside of it On top of all this, he had on a futuristic red visor

So about these two aesthetics did not line up

"You look wonderful, master!" said Valera

Well, at least he had one supporter

"Power that is not based off ic nor levels nor spells nor skills…" Fler'Gan rubbed his sliether "How quaint How very, very interesting Ifinger at Dynae "You must have one of these powers Will you consent to my experimentations? I promise they shall not be uncomfortable"

"Geeze, at least you ask for consent, but I'onna' have to say no, squid face I kno 'experiments' with tentacle freaks like you end up, and I ain't about to be part of it," said Dynamite Girl

"What experiments did you have in onna' take his side, captain? You…" Dynamite Girl narrowed her eyes at Aldrich "You're not a perv too, are you?"

"There is nobody as upstanding and dutiful as h…if he does have that side to hinoring both wo Fler'Gan for an answer

"Whether it is possible to mesh the abilities that those of this world seem to harbor within their bodies with the powers vested unto us throughmany other topics of interest, of course"

"I'm rather curious about that too, actually But you'll have to let go of Dyna her for quite some time I'll find you another Alter to work on soon," said Aldrich

"Alter? So that is what these strange new hurily twitched his mouth tendrils "So be it, O Elder I shall look forward to when I can begin ations may perhaps cause soet results," said Aldrich "I'll provide appropriate subjects deserving of distress later For now, I need to figure out what I want to do

He looked down at his watch It was now early into the dusk of Wednesday Just a few athered together at the Red Circle

Noas there a way he could face all of the the mercenaries and villains in the Red Circle by himself at that point in time? Just three days from now?

No Not unless Aldrich becarades that came with the transformation

But here was now the issue: to become a lich, he had to kill Seth Solar first

Aldrich had been banking on turning into a lich before facing Seth Solar, but now that was flat out i into a lich, even with luck on his side any fight with Seth Solar would be one of extreme difficulty

So how?