185 ONLY THE STRONG DESERVES VENGEANCE
The three hung unconscious, their faces pale, their chests faintly rising.
Erythos's smirk returned, trembling but triumphant. "Let's see how long your resolve lasts, Black Halo."
Dan's fists clenched, plasma flickering at his knuckles but not releasing. "Damnit… Ralph, are you looking for death?" he muttered under his breath, the rage building in his chest warring with the horror in his eyes.
His halo dimd. For the first ti in the battle, Dan hesitated.
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Dan glanced at his live display. The data shimred like heat over asphalt and he laughed, low and surprised.
He hadn't gained much from draining the ta-humans under Erythos …. his system refuses power weaker than his own.
Na: Dan Dark
Strength Rank: B????ta Rank: BB????Blood Rank: BB
Strength: 863??|??Charm: 961??|??ta: 1015??|??Command: 1016??|??Blood: 1610??|??Armor: 3130
His ta had climbed a notch, now solidly BB…. but Charm had jumped the most. That, he thought, was the real prize: it was the buffer against psychic intrusion.
"This is where the real battlefield is," he told himself.
Not the fight with Erythos, or whatever ca next.
Sienna's voice cut through the room like a razor.
"Dan, I brought you gifts." She pointed to the faces …. the people he hated most- Ralph and his family. "You now have a chance to kill them."
"You are sick," he spat.
She smiled, untroubled. "You've never thought about it? About killing Ralph and his lot?"
Dan allowed the mory to surface …. Having to work in mine at night, the stolen support money, the beatings. He had cursed Ralph and his family a thousand tis. Ralph had made him work while the other kids slept.
Killing them would be simple and satisfying… they were rely collateral damage in his fight against Erythos Monarch.
"That thought occurred many tis
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