As the battle between his clones and the remaining troops near Uncle Benjamin raged on around him, Erik descended towards the man's lifeless body.
The chaos of the fight seed to fade into the background when he set his eyes on the older man's lifeless face from a distance, replaced by a hollow silence.
In truth, it wasn't silent at all; it was just that Erik was overtaken by feelings and thoughts. After years of being hunted by the blackguards and organizations associated with them, he finally got rid of the root cause of all those problems-the sa person who started it all by saying to the blackguards he likely had the biological supercomputer.
However, this proxy, Levium... Benjamin Kaminski, wasn't by any ans less responsible than the entire organization. On the contrary, he was responsible for his father's capture; he was the one responsible for his imprisonnt at the hands of Sinisa Volkov, which ultimately led to his death.
"There is still a lot to do."
Notifications of mana absorption and level-ups flashed across his vision.
[LEVEL UP.]
[LEVEL UP.]
But Erik barely registered the notifications.
His feet touched the ground, kicking up a small cloud of dust. Uncle Benjamin lay there, a gaping hole in his chest where Emily's shot had found its mark.
The man who had once lood so large in Erik's life now looked small and fragile.
Erik kneeled beside the body. There would be no last-minute interrogation, no chance to extract information about the blackguards' plans or the secrets of Maynard Island from him. That opportunity had died with the man known as Levium.
But it didn't matter. The attack on Sleb Harbor told Erik everything he needed to know. The blackguards had co for him, which ant they knew he was here. And if they knew that, then they would have started preparing for an assault on Maynard Island months ago.
This ant that ti was of the essence.
Erik reached for Uncle Benjamin's head. He hesitated for a mont, his hand hovering over the man's rapidly cooling skin.
A flood of mories washed over him. Uncle Benjamin had been many things to Erik: a support, a friend, and family.
But then... it ca the ti.
This was new, even for it.
the system said.
Erik frowned. The system paused.
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