yasinovel Chapter 1085: Levium (2)
Chapter 1085: Levium (2)
Chapter 1085: Levium (2)
Uncle Benjamin took a step closer and stared into Erik's eyes, but the younger man couldn't see that because of the mask.
"If Lucius hadn't given you that biological supercomputer, wouldn't you have wished for a chance to gain another brain crystal power? With our technology, with the research we could have done if we'd gotten our hands on what your father stole... we could have changed the world. We could have given people like you a choice."
"The biological supercomputer, uh? You even know its name?"
"Of course we do. After all, that was our technology to begin with."
At those words, Erik started laughing. Laughing like he had never laughed before, laughing because of the irony.
"Your technology? So, we were actually right. The blackguards are the remnants of the Silver Line Corporation."
A tense silence fell between them.
"That's a name I didn't expect you to know. How do you know that?" Levium asked. The blackguards did everything they could to hide their relationship with the Silver Line Corporation. Yet Erik knew that name and drew a connection to the blackguards.
"I just stumbled somewhere and found something interesting to read."
But none of them said a word after that. Uncle Benjamin didn't because Erik wasn't supposed to know that, Erik because, despite the revelation, Levium's previous words struck a chord deep within him.
Erik found himself wondering.
What might have happened if he hadn't gotten the biological supercomputer? Would he have been tempted by the blackguards' offers? If the glass case holding the weird AI hadn't broken by accident, would he have given it to them? These thoughts troubled Erik, making him realize how close he had been to a very different life.
He thought about all the possible futures he could have had.
Erik wasn't sure if he would have been strong enough to say no to the blackguards without it. It would have been a different history if he knew what the weird creature inside the glass did. But he couldn't see the future.
He knew that, in a different situation, because of the desperation, the hate, and the loneliness, he would have said yes. If nothing else, at least to get out of whatever predicament his father put him in.
At that point, would he have joined the blackguards, seduced by Uncle Benjamin's promises and lies?
Would he have become just another pawn in their twisted games, another soul sacrificed on the altar of their ambition?
The thought made him sick to his stomach. He shook his head, trying to banish the thoughts from his mind.
Luckily, things went differently. The biological supercomputer gave him the chance to stand for his own principles. The AI gave him the chance to make a choice.
"Erik, listen to me," Uncle Benjamin said, taking another step forward. "It's not too late. You can still come back from this and still do the right thing. Help us, work with us, and we can achieve great things together. We can change the world, make it a better place."
Besides, if Erik knew about Caelora City, what else did he know? What else did Momentum say
to the young man?
"That's because of some weird power you have. I'm sure about this, like I'm sure about the quality of the man you call Momentum."
Uncle Benjamin straightened up, his posture shifting into a combat stance. Around him, the blackguards and their allies tensed.
"I'll give you one last chance, Erik," Levium said, his voice cold and hard. "Surrender now, and I promise you'll be treated fairly. Resist, and we'll take you by force."
Erik laughed, a short, harsh bark of sound. "You know my answer," he said, his own body coiling like a spring. "Besides, what can you do? These are just 500 people, and I killed many more of them alone back in Frant."
The Chimaeric Demon behind him looked at the surrounding soldiers with a look of pure hatred and a will to kill.
"That? Those guys were just some new recruits, and they didn't have multiple brain crystal powers. Here, instead, we have de crème de la crème the world can offer, all equipped with Etrium's technology and Doran's brain crystals."
"It won't still be enough. 500 people are nothing to me."
Levium then laughed. "Ah, is this why you are so confident? Then let me show you how many
we really are."
Then, from windows, buildings, doors, cars, blackguards, and soldiers from various countries appeared. Levium smiled behind the mask.
"You see, Erik, I didn't bring just 500 people to deal with you. I'm not so stupid as to make the same mistake again. No, I brought an army."
As if to emphasize his point, Levium raised his hands in a grand gesture. Suddenly, a weird noise spread across the area.
It was weird, as if things snapped or got hit by something bigger. Then they appeared before him. Parked cars around the area rose from the ground, hovering in the air.
It wasn't just that; there were many other things around flying. Stones, chains, even bicycles.
Uncle Benjamin had an incredibly powerful variant of a telekinesis brain crystal power. This explained how he could fly, or better, levitate, and also explained his codename.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you this, Erik," Levium said. "Shade's brother wasn't the only one having
a parallel will kind of brain crystal power."
At that, Erik's eyes widened. "How do you know about Martin?"
"That? Once we learned you had all those powers, it wasn't hard to connect the dots about many things. Martin Hais, Nathaniel McConnell, Conal, Orson, and Logan. I remembered you talking about them sometimes. Even if you tried to hide it, a quick research about what was going on in your school, and everything became clear." "Well, you motherfucker. If you knew, why didn't you help?!"