Chapter 384 Another one (1/2)
While Kei and the others were fighting Hektor, Alex was still having an ongoing battle with Richter's dead body. Alex had not sustained any wounds at all, but his breathing was now highly erratic. His body was getting a bit heavy, and he felt like his ability to perceive information in his mind was growing a bit hazy. While all of that was happening to him Alex was looking at the now disfigured body of Richter.
During the brief exchanges they had, Alex was able to somehow cut Richter's entire left arm, a few of his toes, and his right hand. The nanomachines couldn't reattach those because they were now cut into tiny slices. Still, no matter what he did, Alex just couldn't pierce through and destroy Richter's head.
It was an irritating experience as he was finding the whole ordeal extremely taxing. He was still in the process of trying to accept his father's death, not only that he was also very worried about his friends, who were battling his other grandfather Leon. Yet here he was playing with a dead body.
Alex was breathing heavily as Richter continued his assault, this time Alex didn't bother to attack when he saw a slight opening. This time Alex decided to wait for the best moment to strike the head. He needed a clean hit, and he needed to do it without any mistakes.
Alex looked at what had become of his grandfather and as he continued dodging he actually felt a bit bad for the old man. If things went a different way, it was possible Alex could've become someone like this. If he became the next head of the Greyhounds, and never met Carlo and the others, his fate might've turned out the same as his grandfather. That thought made Alex feel a bit sad for this unfortunate person, Alex also felt even more grateful to his foster parent.
Alex who waited for the perfect chance to attack as he kept on evading finally saw that chance. The nanomachines were like an AI in a video game which had a set of moves imprinted into it. After their long battle Alex has finally understood the pattern it uses, and how fast its reaction speed was. With all the new information at hand, Alex was now sure of victory. The only factor that could make him lose was that he was currently truly exhausted.
Still, that wasn't enough for Alex to stop, as he still needed to find his friends and help them. Alex waited and waited until finally the attack he waited for was initiated. After catching the remaining arm of Richter's, Alex without any hesitation quickly pierced his sword onto Richter's skull.
The sword motion of piercing was done so fast that it was unavoidable, as it pierced right through Richter's skull. Alex still didn't let his guard down, once he succeeded in piercing Richter's skull, he immediately cut open the head with one clean slice after that Alex performed a hundred slicing motions at the brain, he did it like he was cutting some vegetables. The moment when the brain was sliced into a hundred pieces, Richter's body finally dropped onto the ground not moving. A huge amount of black liquid came bursting out of him, which Alex assumed to be the nanomachines.
Still, even with seeing that, Alex didn't let his guard down and waited for a response. After a few more seconds without even a single twitch from the body, Alex felt relieved.
After he just finished such a long fight, Alex couldn't help himself as he sat down completely exhausted. While he was resting he kept on looking at Richter's dead body. Unlike Carlo Richter still had a body to be buried, when Alex thought of that he clicked his tongue.
He understood a bit of what Richter was feeling, he could understand the logic and madness behind Richter's decisions, and Alex knew that Richter never regretted anything even in the end. Everything Richter did to Alex, Alex's friends, and his family was unforgivable... Still, Alex couldn't help but feel a bit of sympathy with the tragic character. He sighed as he looked at the body of the person who knew no regret.
When Alex felt a bit better he took what's left of Richter's body and carried it.
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Hektor was starting to get irritated by the way Oliver and the others fought. After Emily threw the earpieces towards the members of the Mercenary Club, their teamwork seemed to improve by leaps and bounds. Not only that, they seem to have a good grasp of his battle style. They were actually suppressing him. This truly irritated Hektor to no end.