Chapter 80: The Finale Of Vengeance (1/2)

Chapter 80: The Finale Of Vengeance

Within the 15th floor of the Necropolis--

"How are you alive?" began Seth as he stood up, flicking Zayn's blood off his arlared at Aldrich with pure, unadulterated, focused hate "No, the how and why doesn'there in front of me

You're responsible for all this, aren't you?"

"Aren't you clever," said Aldrich "Go on I'll answer any last questions you have before I kill you"

"The Kryptic - how did you e it?" said Seth

"It needed deep connections through the criminal underworld and a fortune Luckily, I made a friend who had both," said Aldrich "Casimir ith me this entire time I made sure that the Boost you wanted was spiked with a little present of h to killthe black veins starting to show through his skin - the telltale sign of Kryptic poisoning hins for poisoning, but with the Solar family or in those with particularly powerful bodies, itof blood vessels

"No I couldn't get that much," said Aldrich "You should know your own body the best, no? This amount of Kryptic just keeps your powers down, even with a double dose I bet after a week of sunbathing; you could clear it out of your system

But that's besides the point

I didn't want you to die of Kryptic

Too painless Too easy

I needed to kill you personally"

"Yeah? How do you think you'll go about doing that?" said Seth He clenched his fists They rip squeezed his blood slicked hands "I still have soh to break a Dud's spine with h to kill YOU at the very least

You'll regret showing your face to me here"

"Do you really think so?" Aldrich manifested all of his [Grave Reaper] set and his [Lantern of the Accursed Eye] He surged his round underneath hih power to deal with the likes of you, especially with hoeak you are now"

Aldrich aimed his free hand and fired volleys of [Chill Bolts] He intentionally shot around Seth, causing countless blasts of frosty ice to scatter behind Seth The h rock, the freezing effect boring through solid stone

Seth could not react to the speed of the bolts with hoeakened he was, and all he could do was turn his head around and watch the icy explosions smash rock instead of ould have been his body

Aldrich then grabbed the chain of his lantern in both hands, swung it, then sative Surge], shattering stone

That could have easily caved in Seth Solar's skull or crushed his organs with how frail he had become

All this as a display of power

To let Seth Solar know that he had utterly zero chance to survive here

"So, you wanted to show off all this neer before you killed me? Do you feel better now that you aren't a useless fucking Dud?" said Seth He spat on the ground He did not despair, he just stared at Aldrich with the saaze he always had

Unlike Ghost, Seth did not beg or plead for his life If he was going to face death, he faced it standing "If you're going to do it, then get on with it"

Aldrich scoffed "I just wanted to make sure you felt powerless I wanted you to know you never had a chance to begin with Just asyou with ic is a little too impersonal for my taste, and instant death is too quick

Aldrich dematerialized all his equipment and his lantern "But that's not hoant to kill you I'ive you a chance"

Aldrich stepped forwards; his fists clenched "I'ic, just my oo hands

If you can beat me, well then, hats off to you Maybe scum like you does deserve to live"

Seth nodded slowly, reen eyes He clenched his own fists as he stepped forward "A chance? Don't get cocky, Dud I've run ain"

"You're welcome to try," said Aldrich