Chapter 156: Sentinel (2/2)

Aldrich nodded before he got back on Crow He had the Blackwater students that remained with Minuteman hop on as well He willed Crow to ru into the sky with explosive force

Aldrich scooped up Valera's head in his arm, and she looked up at him "So hoas it, master? Did you obtain what you needed?"

"Yes," said Aldrich "But this is just the beginning"

"Oh, a plan is it?" Valera smiled at Aldrich "I do love those wondrous plans of yours They keep me alive so I can unleash as much destruction as I want"

"Not battle plans this tih She ly tactical on the battlefield, but that was because she loved fighting in its entirety Outside of it, she had little interest in boring pen and paper affairs that Aldrich would now be getting into

"I have an idea of what you want to do," said Seismic

"Hm?"

"You want to be a Sentinel," said Seismic as he crossed his araze

A Sentinel

It was an old title froe of Villains when there was no Alterhuency and Panopticon to keep a seovernulated Alter conflict, people reverted back to older governmental systems

Aed as the defenders of their ho their cities like feudal lords These Alters were dubbedfrom defender to protector to, eventually, officially known as Sentinels

Sentinels basically controlled an entire city as their base of operations, giving them unprecedented ahout the Age of Villains and even through the first half of the Monstering

However, once the titans were defeated and huradually phased out There was no place in a world governed by the order of large organizations for single individuals with too much power like the Sentinels

Aided by the threat of Vanguard, ave up their titles and folded into the AA/Panopticon coive up their lord-like power Even fewer actually maintained their Sentinel status for they were siood track record of fair governance

To this day, there were a few Sentinels here and there, but they were basically ancient relics It had been nearly a century since a new Sentinel title had been given out

"Sentinel? My, that title does have a nice ring of power befitting et your hopes up," said Seiset a Sentinel position They are already afraid of you Why would they give you even , isn't it? To negotiate my terms?" said Aldrich

"And if they don't listen?" said Seismic

"Like I said, I can be quite persuasive when I need to be," said Aldrich

"You're planning on doing so that won't exactly fit under the u

"And if I aainst me?" said Aldrich

Seisuidelines I should know I never had much respect for them in the first place I'o"

"I aio far And if possible, I want you to walk that path with me," said Aldrich After Aldrich said that, Crow quickly neared Haven's city center There, in the central square where people had been watching Aldrich's fight all night, there was Hat Trick

Hat Trick and several other people… All woician's assistant costumes with top hats, very likely members of Hat Trick's team