Chapter 124: A Storm Is Coming (2/2)

The pillar of plasainst Aldrich's [Death Essence Barrier] at breakneck speed

His barrier flickered, registering dae as the plasma exploded into a nova of brilliant blue and white A thunderous boo the tank beneath him to tremble from the shockwave of the explosion The blast of the explosion soared into the air, lighting up the night with light borne froh Neo-steel

The blast co hiy

All of the policemen and heroes beneath Aldrich looked up at where he was, their guns down as they held their breaths, desperately hoping that their savior, their hero, was not gone

Aldrich thrust his arenerated from the explosion Blue fla, unable to catch anything it could burn

"Is that it? Weaker than what I expected Hm Maybe I a a contemplative hand to his chin as he recalculated the a That hen he noticed everyone staring up at him ide eyes

The crew of the tank Aldrich saved had opened up its hatch, ready to ju to die froh Aldrich Instead, they were left aardly staring at Aldrich's not-blown-up foreht isn't over Out of everyone here, all of you are the least in danger, considering you get to pilot a tank Get back in there"

Aldrich's voice rang out with co presence

"Yes sir!" The tank crew i the hatch behind hi," said Aldrich, addressing the humans beneath him that had stopped to stare at whether he would survive "Don't stop to stare and gawk every tiuarantee your lives to the best of

So fight"

"Yes sir!" The heroes and police their weapons and rushi+ng out to the firing line to gun down more variants

Aldrich then heard the same desperate voice crackle in his earpiece

"We have to fall back! All flyer squads are too da to man all the anemones!" said the voice

"Fall back," said Aldrich

"Who…who are you?" came the confused reply

"I don't have time to explain," said Aldrich "But if you listen to me, you and your squads will survive So fall back Retreat behind the firing line Your job here is done, and you've done it well enough already There is no more need to lose more of your lives"

"I e could," ca hell down on us We can find cover, but the et shot down, especially with most of our Barrier Creators downed"

"I see If you're speaking into this earpiece, then I' you're the leader of the flyers," said Aldrich

"Yeah"

"Then tell the flyers to take as much cover as they can"

"We already are!" came the annoyed response

"No, you don't understand If the cover you have right now is the best you have, then fine But if you can retreat back and find so farther away from the anemones, then do that," said Aldrich

"I know I shouldn't be wasting ti questions in a situation like this…but why?"

Aldrich looked into the sky Green clouds started to gather, crackling with ghostly teal arcs of energy… "Because a stor"