Chapter 323 Winding Down? (2/2)

"He's a business partner, not really a friend I never had close friends," said Mollusk "And in the underworld, this isn't exactly new If you reach the A or, hell, even B rank, and you die in eneoing to get experiardless of whether you're a mutant like me or not"

"I see Well, it isn't like the AA is any better in that regard All of us do e need to stay one step ahead," said Aldrich He knew that the AA, at least to the public, stated that they gave respectful burials to their villains, but when they could get aith it, when the villains were too important and had no family connections, it was a near open secret that they experis are," said Mollusk

"Serve" Aldrich pointed at Refraction, and Refraction stood up with a groan, the hole in his chest filling up with regenerative mist

"What happened?" said Refraction He looked at Aldrich, then down at the shrinking hole in his chest "shi+t I lost, didn't I?"

"Yeah You got taken out pretty much instantly And Desmond had the nerve to pay you ht to tell you," complained Mollusk

"Come on, you and I both know it's because of old color themed combat suit defensively "And I'll have you know I'm quite open minded I appreciate everyone human equally, pure human, mutant, or whatever"

"Then you'll have no issue serving under me," said Aldrich

Aldrich could not see Refraction's facial expression as it was hidden under a helmet, but he did not sense open hostility "I don't have a choice to go against you, do I?"

"No, you don't," was Aldrich's very siet paid Mollusk can fill you in on the rest of the details as we head to Haven"

In thatout, "Master!"

Valera flew in fro Feather slung across her shoulder Chiros leaped in behind her,on the tips of his feet with nary a sound, his long white hair flowing behind hi waves

"We have dispatched those foul tendrils! And we are here to-," Valera looked at Mollusk "Ah, you ended this already?"

"That, I did," said Aldrich

"da…," complained Feather, still held like a sack by Valera

"Be grateful you even got to touch a lady like myself" Valera dropped Feather down unceremoniously, and he crashed onto the dirt

"You're too important to be out in the open Go back to the Boundary" Aldrich put a hand on Feather's shoulder and warped hiain…"those tendrils off," said Aldrich "If they were here, they would have caused me serious trouble"

The Pursuer was immune to physical attacks, but it still had a physical form That is, if a physical attack se but still be sent flying

Ten tendrils defending Mollusk would have made the Pursuer's job a lot more difficult, to say the least

"My tentacles are not 'foul'," said Mollusk "But he's right: it's impressive Each of those tendrils, when I detach theest move"

Valera nodded at Mollusk "You have a better attitude than the other tentacled one in our ranks"

"There's another one like ht about it, Mollusk and Fler'Gan were pretty similar appearance wise Mollusk was like a more beefed up, roided out version of Fler'Gan "Sort of"

"Cool Can't wait to otten everything I need from here," said Aldrich

That hen he heard a ru very, very big