Kill the Sun - Chapter 462

Chapter 462 - 462 – Elixir

Get his Shell by today?

How would that even be possible?!

A Shell was the very thing that turned Veterans into Experts.

After a Veteran became a Peak Veteran, they needed to reach the top of their level first.

That usually took a couple of years.

Naturally, Nick had already accomplished that.

But then came the difficult part.

Just like when Johns became Veterans, when Veterans became Experts, they also needed to achieve something special.

For becoming a Veteran, it was Zephosis. Updated from n0velbIn.(c)o/m

For becoming an Expert, it was condensing one's Shell.

What was a Shell?

A Shell was a barrier or energy field made of a special kind of Zephyx.

The Shell would surround a person's Zephyx Synchronizer, and it would speed up the recovery of Zephyx by over ten times.

Without that, Experts would have trouble gathering enough Zephyx to battle.

It was still fine for Initial Experts, but Early Experts would need days to recover their Zephyx since they barely recovered more than what they were using by just sitting around.

As for Mid Experts, even that became impossible.

Just like a Veteran without Zephosis, a Mid Expert without a Shell would essentially starve, no matter what they did.

While condensing the Shell after becoming an Expert was technically possible, the decreased speed of recovery would make the process over four times longer.

How long did it take to create a Shell?

If a Peak Veteran could fill their body with all the Zephyx they could absorb every single day without missing a single one, it would take about ten years.

That was the fastest speed humanly possible.

It was impossible to get any faster than this.

Of course, even though Nick essentially had control over all of Dark Dream, he could only work with the Tragedy, and working with the Tragedy took him out of commission for 24 hours.

Sure, that technically meant that he could fill his body with Zephyx once per day, but that represented not being able to do anything else.

"Are you suggesting that there is a way?" Nick asked with a raised brow.

At that moment, the mouths on the walls were chuckling.

"If he's offering you the Elixir, he must really believe he's going to die," the mouths said with mirth.

Naturally, Vernon didn't hear them.

Nick didn't show any outward reactions, but he was surprised deep inside.

'The Elixir? So, there is a way!' Nick thought.

Vernon took a deep breath and nodded.

"Aegis uses the cities as factories for Zephyx," he explained, "and they secure the loyalty of their strongest followers with valuable treasures."

"One of these treasures is the Elixir and Aegis only exchanges it for several tons of Zephyx."

"Tons?!" Nick blurted out in shock.

Vernon nodded. "Several tons," he repeated.

One ton was around a billion credits!

And Vernon said that Aegis wanted several for this Elixir?!

"And what can this Elixir do?" Nick asked.

"It can create a Shell within minutes," Vernon said.

Nick took a deep breath.

"And you are offering that to me?" Nick asked.

"Only if you are willing to enter a death pact in exchange," Vernon said.

"Hahahahaha," the mouths on the wall laughed.

"A death pact?" Nick asked.

"It's a contract that can't be avoided or broken, only fulfilled," Vernon said.

"And what would this death pact state?" Nick asked.

"That you will do your best to stop Anatomy and that you won't stop until you are either dead or Anatomy has received so much damage that Kugelblitz can at least evenly fight it."

"If you don't accept the death pact, I will not give you the Elixir," Vernon said.

Nick furrowed his brows.