Chapter 81: The Finale Of Vengeance 2 (2/2)

Aldrich reacted by ju ar pressure, dislocating the elbow joint yet again

Seth roared in agony as he began to fall straight back to the ground Aldrich got leverage over Seth and twisted atop his back Like riding atop a wild bull, Aldrich grabbed the back of Seth's head and used it to steer Seth's flight straight down into the rocky ground face first

Aldrich was not done While Seth groaned in pain fro

Aldrich wrapped his legs tight around Seth's knee and then grabbed his left heel with iron grip before twisting it, breaking the ankle

Seth loosed a ony into the stony floor

"I told you I would break you down Piece-," Aldrich detached froht heel He yanked again, breaking the right ankle this tiony form Seth

Aldrich locked around Seth's left knee next before twisting, dislocating it "Bit!" He then repeated the sa both knees and rendering both his legs utterly useless "By bit!"

Another screah in here, in this realm of cold, empty death, there was nobody to hear it except Aldrich hiot off of Seth and then put a foot on his upper back, pinning him head down into the cratered rock below as he reached down and grabbed Seth's left ar the ar the shoulder

Aldrich reached out to Seth's right shoulder and pulled that back too, dislocating it

Seth's yells of pain grew quieter and quieter after each dislocation as the pain beca hi out of consciousness

But Seth's enhanced durability worked against hi where he held onto a strand of consciousness despite the inhu he faced

Now, Seth was cos dislocated He did not have the energy to fire beams or fly

"I-I can't die," muttered Seth as blood pooled from under his split lips and bloody mouth

"H his face - beaten and disfigured beyond any human comprehension

"I…can't die I'll show…I'll show this world what a real villain is…what to fear…I'll burn it all down," continued Seth He was half delirious now,

The hate that had given him purpose

Aldrich stood over Seth, his pale skin drenched in swathes of bright red blood He looked down at Seth's eyes welded nearly shut froood eye still stared ahead with pure hate

But it did not stare at Aldrich In Seth's delirium, looked past Aldrich, towards the abstract idea of the world that had wronged hi down at Seth like this, utterly defeated, utterly broken, Aldrich felt nothing but immense satisfaction

Contrary to whata thirst for vengeance

But at the sa into Seth's distant eyes, Aldrich, too, was forced to see ahead, into the future beyond all of this All of this personal vengeance

Seth Solar was not unique He was a mere by product of this twisted world that churned out broken monsters like him

And, Aldrich did not hesitate to admit it, broken monsters like himself as well

"I understand how you feel," said Aldrich quietly "But this world doesn't need people like you any it is and think that it's better off burning down into chaos

No, what this world needs is order

My order"

Aldrich tapped his Phylactery, and a small dark portal opened From within, two pairs of rotted arms drew out Adam and Elaine funneled onto the stone floor, and as soon as they sroaned in desire

They loomed over Seth's body, their jaws open and ready to feast

Seth's pupil dilated as he drifted back fro Adam and Elaine for a few brief final ift to you, Adaht to you Enjoy your feast" Aldrich closed his eyes as he heard Ada off chunks of his helpless, irowls punctuated by Seth's screa and pain, and he felt…alive

More alive than ever Huge surges of negative energy generated by the suffering of Seth Solar and the rest of his deceased friends funneled into hiht in purple

His body of flesh and blood…felt heavy Like a prison He could feel his heart, his soul, ready to leave its confines, to beco transcendent

So beyond