Chapter 180: Into the Crypt (2/2)

Living Arht have knownabout what ifs

All Aldrich could really do ait and see if Volantis returned back to noro to the Nexus and reach out to the Death Lord or, if the Trial Quests were still there, kill and raise Deimos the warlock who probably knewthat annoyed Aldrich was that he lost his talking partner for the rest of his trip

It took a total of roughly twelve hours for Aldrich's transport to arrive to its location He did not know exactly when the transportnature of the Null Box, but he figured that when the box's door opened up, revealing Colonel Davos again, that it was tih Threat Null Restraints, or, more easily known as null cuffs, back on to remove any hint of suspicion from himself The null cuffs, thankfully, did not have any complicated tech in them that could track whether they had been taken on or off "We're here," said Colonel Davos "My cell, I assume?" said Aldrich "Consider it protective custody," said Colonel Davos He narrowed his eyes at

Aldrich's helmet "What happened to your face? I heard you mentioned to the

Guardians that this armor of yours functions as a life support systeed about your condition?" "You try weathering a twelve-hour plane ride with nothing to do, Colonel," said

Aldrich "Don't worry about it The color of the dot on my helmet doesn't mean et prepared for , it'll be pretty much the same Now step out of the Null Box"

Aldrich did as asked and stepped out, and when he stood by Colonel Davos, he stood a full head taller than the man "Hold out those cuffs for me," said Colonel Davos He took out a baton froma sheathe on his hip, and with the press of a button on the handle, it glowed a bright white, huy

Aldrich held out his cuffed arms, and Colonel Davos struck the center part of the cuffs linking Aldrich's arh theapart into countless little rice grain sized particles

All that was left of the cuffs on Aldrich were two large, surprisingly thin rings that eht This was the Null Ore They loosely clattered against

Aldrich's wrists, giving him ample space to just slip out of them

Colonel Davos took the baton, pressed another button on the handle, turning it purple, and hovered it above the ground The little grains of metal that the cuffs had dissolved into all dreards the baton like it was a ether into a metal case around the structure

Nanotech, Aldrich noted Specifically, memory metal Advanced nanotech that utilized any external connections or internal processing did not work in proximity to Null Ore, but h it to fix itself into pre-determined shapes In this case, that shape had been cuffs "T'll take those" Colonel Davos took the Null Ore rings, fixing them to a utility belt "You're not afraid, Colonel?" said Aldrich as he looked right down at Davos, completely uncuffed In Colonel Davos's eyes, Aldrich was now completely free to use his powers

It was possible that Davos was incredibly strong hihter, Aldrich could not feel the saenuinely strong as, say, Seismic or Solomon Solar "If I was, I wouldn't have this job," said Colonel Davos "I also do have some backup 22, show yourself"