Alexandre demanded in a sure voice, "Who are you? Why'd you attack ?"
The man didn't answer, though it wasn't clear whether he was doing so out of contempt or out of terror.
Alexandre was in no mood for either option. He slamd his foot into his attacker's stomach and scread, "Answer or your life ends here! You think I care about the rules when soone shoots with a real bullet!?"
At last, the man whimpered in agony, "My na's Richard Jekon, and I'm a first-year student like you! I just wanted to steal your weapons! I know I could sell them for a few hundred grand... I promise I don't have any grudges against you, I just took the opportunity when I saw it... I'm sorry!"
Alexandre smiled like a lizard and said, "Don't worry, I understand." Then he reached out his hand to help the young man up.
Richard hesitated for several monts, then slowly reached out to take Alexandre's hand.
The mont he had his attacker's hand within his own, Alexandre tightened his grip and broke the young man's wrist. Then he hauled the screaming Richard up by his arm and pumled him like a punching bag, breaking his neck and injuring his arm. Alexandre felt a savage energy rising in him, the innate longing to destroy and consu that Hunter energy instilled in its hosts.
But even though Alexandre had recently advised William to be cautious about letting his new biology control him, Alexandre embraced it. He struck again and again and again, taking out his tension and frustration on this poor fool who had been so stupid as to attack him.
Even though he couldn't feel pain below his broken neck, Richard wept openly in abject terror, begging for rcy. "I'm sorry! I won't do it again! Please spare , please!"
Alexandre finally stopped, still holding Richard above the ground by his arm, as though he were dangling a broken doll. "Alright then, you have two choices. Either empty your bank account and I'll give you a second chance, or you've already seen the sun rise for the last ti. Your money or your life—which will it be?"
Richard's face went deathly pale. "I... have no money. I spent it all already, on my gear. I've barely got enough left to pay fees and bills for the sester, barely $6,000... but, but, I'll give it to you! I'll do anything you want! Tell to eat dog shit and I'll do it! Need soone dead? I'll kill them for you! I'll be your whore and your slave, just please don't kill !"
Alexandre thought about it for a long mont, weighing the risks and benefits of keeping this pathetic excuse for a man alive.
Then he raised his hand, put it on the back of Richard's skull, and crushed the young man's swollen head with his palm. There was a popping sound like a bursting pumpkin as the fool died, and then Alexandre dropped the corpse to the ground in contempt.
Alexandre didn't trust humans. He knew that leaving his attacker alive would only have served to create soone who hated Alexandre with all his being, soone who would surely betray him at the worst possible mont. That was simply a risk he wasn't willing to take.
But then, to his surprise, Alexandre received a notification.
╔════════Aurora Tactical System V0.23.1══════════╕
╟─╼[Log]: You have just killed a Human.
║╰╼[Exp]: 10
║╰╼[Karma]: -0
║╰╼[Unlock]: You have just unlocked the "Karma" system.
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