Chapter 28 100 (2/2)

”However…” Alex's carefree smile changed into a stern one as he said,

”I cannot just allow you to stay that miserable.” Alex grumbled as he fixed a stray hair that fell in front of Alina's mask.

”I told you that I do not need your help.” Alina replied as she gritted her teeth.

She gazed at Alex intently as she continued talking.

”I am only tolerating everything that you are doing to me right now as we will be separating later. Think of our talk right now as the last talk that we will have. So, if you want to say more goodbyes now, then you bett-”

”Your sister, she was defeated and enslaved by your current master, right?” Alex blurted out, interrupting Alina's tirade. ”And you, the younger sister, is doing her very best to free her, right?”

”.....” Alina clenched her fists so tightly that Alex felt that his hand that was touching her hand seemed to break. It was good thing that Alina loosened herself as she replied,

”That is right… Did Uncle Clint tell that story to you?”

”Yes he did. Two nights before our departure.” Alex said as he gave Alina an apologetic smile. ”Sorry about that.”

”....”

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What Alex said was true. Two days before the end of his training with Alina, Alex chose to privately talk to Clint about Alina's real problems.

Since Alex was already deeply implicated, with him even killing MIndbreaker, Clint must have thought that Alex already has the right to know about the truth.

So Clint told everything to Alex, and Alex was partly surprised from what he heard.

According to Clint, Alina's sister, whose real name was Elizabeth, was the 2nd Strongest Esper, and her ability was Strong Space Manipulation.

This ability was of course leagues stronger that Alina's ability, which is already hinted by the name of their titles.

Unlike Alina who had to rely on techniques to manipulate space in limited ways, Elizabeth can do manipulate space in any way that she wanted it with just minimum effort.

Elizabeth can twist, bend, or even break the space in her Range!

She can destroy anything in the space around her, or she can make them invulnerable.

She can also technically be called invincible, as her space manipulation allows her to shrug off any kinds of attacks thrown at her.

Physical attacks, mental attack, telepathic attacks, all of these attacks require space to travel on.

Elizabeth can use her ability to banish these attacks on the space around her, which essentially gives her an extremely powerful defense.

With this kind of Esper Ability, it is hard to imagine her losing.

But according to Clint, Elizabeth actually lost to Alina's current master, whose name was just known as Lord Ergo.

Lord Ergo was considered as the strongest Esper there is, given the fact that he defeated all the other Espers in top 10.

However, Lord Ergo's Esper Ability is still unknown, even until now.

That just made him more enigmatic and mysterious.

This and the fact that he is plain creepy makes Lord Ergo one undesirable Esper.

As such,Clint was unsure why Elizabeth, who was a very cool-headed person, would try to pick a match against Lord Ergo.

Lord Ergo effortlessly won that match, and Elizabeth was 'killed' by Lord Ergo already.

Of course this death is not a biological death, but rather a death of the person's will.

Whatever Lord Ergo did to Elizabeth in their fight was so effective, as it practically turned Elizabeth into a mindless slave that only follow Lord Ergo's orders.

For Clint, the current Elizabeth was already dead.There is no chance for her to recover already.

But Alina, who loved her sister so much, did not give up, as she did her best to gather money and contribution points to find a way to help her sister.

And out of desperation, Alina employed herself to be one of Lord Ergo's followers, so that she can get nearer to her sister.

But even with everything that Alina did until now, her sister Elizabeth was still within the tight grasp of Lord Ergo.

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When Alex heard all of these 2 days ago, his only thought that this time was that it was a really bad situation for Alina.

But right now, Alex knew that this info that he had can actually help Alex on completing his missions.

Alex only needed to do the right actions and say the right wordsto nudge him and Alina on the best path for them.

”I have a plan to help your sister.” Alex said as his mind stated to IMPROVISE a plan. ”You know deep inside your heart, that you sister cannot be saved by what you are doing right now. Heck, you're even using your contribution points to just talk to your sister!”

Alex then gazed deeply at Alina as he slowly said,

”What you are doing right now is just a desperate attempt to stay afloat.”

”Pak!”

Alex felt a stinging pain in his cheeks as he realized that he had been slapped.

Alina's whole body was heaving up and down, as if she was trying her best to contain her anger.

Alex took a deep breath as he knew that his words has all resonated with Alina.

After all, Alina would only get this angry if what Alex told her affected her.

Alex suppressed a smile as he knew that he has fully gotten Alina's attention now.

What Alex needs to do next is to keep that information focused on him.

”It might hurt, but you know that it is the truth.” Alex said as he rubbed his stinging cheek. ”Of course if you do not believe me, then you can just kick me away now. But if you know deep inside you that what you are doing with your sister's rescue is hopeless, then you should stay and listen to me.”

Alex then closed his eyes and waited for 10 seconds.

”....”

He did not receive any kicks or harsh ejection within that time. At that point, Alex knew that Alina will not be kicking him out harshly.

It is safe to say that Alina chose to believe Alex, for now.

”SPEECH 100.” Asteria muttered as she gave Alex a knowing smirk. ”You get my reference, right? Right?”

”...”