Erik didn't waste ti and absorbed Shade's brain crystal power. That was for sure bound to be useful.
After he was done, Erik and June stood over Shade's body.
Erik looked at Shade's... no Norman Hais's dead body. He bore a deep resemblance to his brother, Martin.
It was ironic, so years ago, he killed the private investigator, who threatened to reveal to the world he had multiple Brain Crystal Powers.
Now, years after, he killed his brother, to whom Erik didn't make any mystery about his abilities.
What was also surprising was that both of them were smart, to a frightening level even.
But while Martin's intelligence was boosted by his brain crystal power, Norman was purely his.
"What a pity."
Erik imagined what could he and his brother have done to society, if only they chose the right path.
Martin was wasted as a private investigator, while Norman used his skills to make havoc.
"Master..." June called for him, and Erik turned, he looked at the surrounding situation, and wasn't pleased.
The Band of Giants was suffering heavy casualties. There were too many gang mbers around who, for so weird reason, kept fighting as if their lives depended on that.
Their boss was dead. No, it wasn't just that. Their entire network had been destroyed.
Erik made sure that no one survived inside the town hall. There was not a single gang leader still alive.
Those guys ca not only from Frant, or Etrium, but from Hin, Prare, Reraiaph, Khunelerp and Miciselen.
What Erik did wasn't just killing Shade. He cut the head of the whole underworld around the world in one fell swoop.
Naturally, new lords of the underworld would erge. The blackguards were poised to fill the void left by their predecessors swiftly. Yet, the spectacle of the gang mbers in combat struck him as quite peculiar, since they had nothing to fight for anymore.
Rebecca and Laria arrived in front of him. They were battered and tired.
There was a huge cut on Rebecca's shoulder, while Laria was tired and had so cuts on her -chest.
"Are you done?" Laria asked.
"All done."
"Then I will give the order to retreat. You should start heading back. You fought a lot today."
However, Erik looked at Rebecca. She was worried about her mother's rcenaries. She didn't know all of them, but she knew most.
The two looked each other in the eyes. Erik wanted to take on Laria's suggestion, but... he didn't.
"No," he said. "I will stall these guys until all your soldiers retreat."
Rebecca said nothing. There was a mix of emotions in her eyes, from relief to worry.
"Are you crazy?" Rebecca said.
"I'm hearing this a lot lately." He turned to Laria. "Just do as I say."
He then turned to look at his clone. "June, can you do this?"
June didn't fight that much, and he had enough energy to spare.
Though these guys were not weak, they were almost at his level.
June had been created when Erik had around 220 strength points, aning he was reaching his limit.
Or better, he was reaching the point where he was not overwhelmingly strong anymore. "I will do what I can, Master."
Laria listened to the exchange while the circle around the town hall was shrinking, with more and more band of giant mbers dying, albeit killing five or four people each in the process.
Sothing in Erik's confident deanor must have convinced her, because she agreed. "All right. I will give you thirty seconds. Then you are on your own."
Erik nodded.
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