Chapter 1186: The Invisible Assault (3)


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    Erikunched another devastating barrage, his powers merging fire and lightning into a swirling storm of orange and blue energy.


    Thebined attack lit up the sky like a second rising sun. Bill''s invisible hands moved with practiced precision, carving clean paths through the maelstrom, but Erik could see the telltale trembling in the distorted air where Bill''s powers manifested.


    Bill repeatedly tried to close the distance between them, using his invisible hands to propel himself through the air.


    However, Erik maintained his aerial position with natural flight ability enhanced by telekinesis, moving at speeds that Bill''s hand-propelled movement couldn''t match.


    Despite his power, Bill''s method of flight was more mechanical and less fluid, giving Erik a clear advantage in mobility.


    "This fight made things more clear, Erik Romano. You are a psychopathic mass murderer who won''t stop at nothing to achieve his petty revenge!"


    Bill struggled to keep up with Erik''s speed.


    "Dangerous to the ckguards, you mean."


    "To everyone." Bill''s hands multiplied. "People with overwhelming power always are."


    Another wave of soldiers charged the aircraft. <Fuck...>


    Erik created another Hydra''s head. While having two heads instead of one increased his strength, it also made him more susceptible to losing control of himself.


    The nts ripped through the enemy ranks while maintaining distance from Bill. The number of soldiers kept osciting, and so did their rate. Sometimes they increased, and some other times they decreased. The ckguards were likely redirecting their forces from the walls.


    "Speaking from experience?"


    Billughed.


    "Funny, but if you think we are the same as you, you are mistaken. We are an organization, not a lone individual who could easily get lost in his own power!"


    "What part of my army made you think I''m alone?"


    "Them? It''s clear they result from your powers. You thought we didn''t notice? They all have the same powers..."


    "Congrattions on having figured that out."


    Bill smiled.


    "History has already proven how dangerous someone like you can be, and now we have proof of that."


    Bill''s attacks intensified, invisible hands reaching from impossible angles. Erik avoided getting killed just because of instability and the new Hydra''s head.


    "What the fuck are you talking about?"


    "Yeah, I knew you would not be aware of this."


    Erik sensed the change in Bill''s emotions through instability. There was bitterness there, and something deeper.


    "What truth?" Erik asked,bining wind and lightning to clear a path through Bill''s defenses. Bodies fell below as his nts continued their deadly work.


    "Solomon Judd. You are like him."


    Erik almost paused mid-attack. "The Savior of Humanity? What about him?"


    Bill''sugh carried no humor. "Savior? Yeah, savior... Really." His hands multiplied again, forcing Erik to retreat. "He was a tyrant."


    "A tyrant? You are ridiculous."


    Erik''s nts surged toward the ckguards. More soldiers died trying to breach his defenses around the aircraft.


    "I''m not surprised you don''t know. Few do." Bill''s speed burst carried him through Erik''s attacks with practiced ease.@@novelbin@@


    "The first X-ranked soldier after the establishment of the Ferebitz scale. The most powerful human in history. The man who carved out humanity''s ce in Mannard through sheer force."


    Erikunched another attack. "Everyone knows that."


    "But do they know how he did it?" Bill''s invisible hands formed intricate patterns. "Do they know what happened to those who opposed him? How he controlled everything from the shadows?"


    [LEVEL UP]


    The level-up notification shed in Erik''s vision, but his focus remained unbroken. Below, his nts continued their brutal killing, their vines and tendrils weaving through enemy ranks and dismembering them.


    Erik also kept aerial distance from Bill, knowing that a single touch from those invisible hands could prove fatal.


    "He started just like you," Bill said. "A justice''s pdin, fighting for what he believed was right. Fighting to save humanity. But power corrupts, Erik. It always does. He died because of greed."


    "You''reparing me to Solomon Judd?" Erik''s attacks took on a sharper edge. Ice spears merged, forcing Bill to spend more energy defending.


    "The parallels are obvious. Overwhelming power. A crusade against perceived injustice. Even your neural link growth mirrors his suspected technique."


    Erik''s illusions multiplied to keep the hands at bay. "You weren''t even alive then. How would you know?"


    "The ckguards keep detailed records. We were there, albeit with different names." Bill''s Matter Disruption turned Erik''s attacks to nothing. "Every divisionmander has ess to the truth. I''ve read hisplete dossier."


    The hangar floor had be a graveyard, yet still they came, and more ckguards were


    coming.


    "And now you''re waging war against us," Bill said. "Just like he waged war against those who opposed him."


    "You forced this war," Erik said. "You tried to kill me. You led my father to his death. You helped Volkov take Frant and unleash the Heniate!"


    "Everything had a reason."


    "What reason?" Erik''s attacks intensified, his rage feeding into his powers. "Getting the biological supeputer? For what? Gaining more power? Don''t tell bullshit to me by saying all of this was for humanity''s sake."


    Bill''s invisible hands formed a dome around him as Erik''s assault reached new heights of destruction. He was struggling to contain him now.


    "Do you really think we waged wars, experimented on people, and controlled governments


    from the shadows just for power?"


    "Yes."


    Erik''s nts grew faster, their vines thickening and multiplying as they spread across the hangar floor. The densework of vegetation crushed and ensnared everything in its path, moving with lethal efficiency. His emotions made the growth reach a speed it didn''t normally


    reach.


    [LEVEL UP]


    "Such a simple view," Bill said. His attacks came faster, driven by something beyond duty now. "You''re proving my point. Like Judd, you see only what you want to see."


    Erik focused more on the battle. His illusions became moreplex. "I see plenty. I see your organization''s lust for power, for control."


    "Power and control?" Bill''sugh was sharp. "We could have had power centuries ago. We could have ruled openly, controlling everything directly. Instead, we work from the shadows, making the hard choices others won''t."