Chapter 270 Cure (1/2)

Chapter 270 Cure

A good minute after Clint left, Seraph broke himself out of his impression in the crater Rubble and dust fell off of hiold hair now fell down in messy, dust caked strands that veiled the blood painted all over his face

Froured he had suffered a fracture in his vertebrae and a minor concussion Thankfully, the fracture did not paralyze hi factor srowlthe already daain He was meant to exterminate evil, and yet, he had been defeated just like that

There was so much evil in this world

So et stronger No matter what it took Until every last shred of evil was exter fro from evil

Seraph's receiver buzzed into life in his ear "Who were they?"

"The right ones Then Unbreakable was there," said Seraph

"The Unbreakable? Then I'round, all fucked up, aren't you?" The voice deepened in intensity, honing into a threatening edge

"Standing, actually But I could not enforce justice on them," said Seraph

"Pathetic I don't understand why so many people love you A rankers You're all still useless Then again, nobody loves you, justice-obsessed psychopath that you are"

"I have principles I stand by Unlike you, Solar," countered Seraph "And to think I once looked up to you"

"And I' down on you Reether Any one of us fails, and this house of card co down on us It crashes on her than you, but when the crash does get to you, it'll have built up enough momentum to squish you into a tiny little smear on the pavement,"

"I knoould have exterminated you in the name of justice already otherwise"

"Flexible principles, huh? You and I aren't so different"

"Flexible is a far cry fro he had long since learned to forget, it was fear

"Just knohere you stand At the bottoet crushed by circuet unlucky, my boot And no amount of falsely placed confidence will save you fro better news fro Seraph in a brief moment of silence that soon would be cut off by the arrival of Panopticon drones And a flurry ofhi since co the media co absolute justice? Even if everyone in the world reviled hi as in the end he had cleansed the world, no matter how many bodies he piled beneath him to reach that point, he would be content

But that single-minded focus had driven him into mistakes Into risks Into the situation he was in now, led around like a dog by Solorit his teeth as he saw flashi+ng red dots approach him from the sky Panopticon drones One day, he would break free One day, he would execute justice upon all of them

Aldrich laid Chrysa down on Fler'Gan's lab table She was still curled up in her sleeping ball position with tail touching her head shi+ the colors around her in a surrealistic slurry

"How is she?" said Aldrich

Fler'Gan inspected Chrysa with a , and it clicked every so often as it engaged into different settings This was a [Mana Reader] that could more accurately discern the flow of mana

To Aldrich, it was useless because he had no real knowledge of how to read mana The way he shaped and used h recently, experimentation had let hi the trajectory of his [Death Bolts]

Still, that did not e that Fler'Gan had which was necessary to properly read mana

"As you h physical vessels A living being's mental state can heavily affect the flow of mana within their bodies, and in this child's case, these distortions are a clear sign of euish," said Fler'Gan

"Thatfor a more specific answer

"Patience, vampire I was about to explain" Fler'Gan continued "You are familiar with creatures such as succubi and incubi, are you not?"

"Yes," said Aldrich

Valera eyed Aldrich suspiciously