Kill the Sun - Chapter 557

Chapter 557 – Back in Aegis

So, this was it.

Nick was finally leaving Crimson City.

The place he had called home for his entire life.

In a certain way, Nick felt a bit bad about leaving Crimson City, but he also looked forward to contributing more to humanity.

With the help of Aegis, he finally had the power to fully redeem himself.

Yet, it would still be a long way until then.

Additionally, Nick wasn't sure if he could continue redeeming himself at this very moment.

After all, the next cities he would be going to were not Crimson City, and there was a very important difference.

Nick wouldn't have any allies.

In Crimson City, when he started being its Liaison, Nick had Sky Dream and Aria backing him.

On top of that, he had decades of planning and experience in the city.

Doing the same thing in another city would be difficult since there was no real leverage for Aegis' power.

That meant that there was no physical power helping Nick enforce Aegis' political power.

In short, Nick was too weak.

Nick could deal with assassinations from Specialists, but he wouldn't be able to survive an assassination attempt from a Hero.

Even more, the cities had Specters that Nick wasn't familiar with, and there was a high likelihood that some of these Specters could be used to kill him.

While Nick was planning his future, the group stopped above a huge city.

The city was filled with gigantic buildings, and it was several times bigger than Crimson City.

However, this city didn't have a megastructure.

Another interesting thing about the city was the seemingly endless ruins surrounding it.

The ruins stretched as far as the eye could see, and it was obvious that a huge metropolis had once been here.

'It probably has three to six times as many citizens as Crimson City,' Nick thought as he looked at the city.

Even though Nick had been planning his future, he had still paid attention to the direction they had been going.

They had been going west for a while.

"An enjoyable outing, as always," Mentos spoke politely to the others. "Sadly, we were not of the same opinion this time."

Marvin just nodded. "Until we meet again, Mentos."

The others also said their goodbyes, and Mentos flew into the city.

'This must be Sky Water City,' Nick thought as he watched Mentos go into the city.

"This is Sky Water City," Simon said from Nick's side, confirming his guess. "We are currently on the southernmost edge of the Grand Continent, the biggest continent in the world."

Simon pointed towards the south, and Nick could just barely make out something that wasn't water or ruins. "To the south is an island of similar size to the island Crimson City is on, along with a couple more but smaller islands. To the east, you will find many islands, both big and small."

"A couple hundred kilometers to the southeast is the local stronghold of Aegis. It's on the northwestern corner of a medium-sized island. This stronghold is responsible for all of the cities in the scattered islands. The island group is around 3,000 to 4,000 kilometers wide."

"Crimson City is on the eastern edge of this group of islands."

Simon's explanation finally gave Nick an image of where he had lived his entire life.

He knew that the Desolate Continent was south or southwest of Crimson City's island, but he hadn't known that Crimson City was part of a group of islands.

Nick also hadn't known about the Grand Continent to the north.

"I'll also leave," Leopold said.

Due to their power, it was possible that they had killed even more innocent people than Nick.

"Do you know of their crimes?" Nick asked Marvin as they approached the building.

"No, I never bothered to find out," he said.

Nick just nodded and didn't continue the conversation.

The two of them quickly reached a wide Extractor Shaft and went down.

Right now, they were in the middle layer of the gigantic structure, which was reserved for the most dangerous Specters that Aegis had contained.

The top layer was for administrators, Shields, the Hall of Remembrance, and the Champion of Light.

The bottom layer was for all the people living here, which mostly consisted of families and friends of powerful Aegis members.

The underground was for valuable storage and research.

The Technician was the chief researcher of Aegis. He was the most powerful and most intelligent scientist in the entire world, and almost all of Aegis' technologies came from him and his team.

Because of that, the Technician always stayed in the underground layer of Aegis' headquarters.

He was too busy researching.

Marvin was part of the Technician's team, which meant that he also lived there.

The two of them reached the underground layer after a while, and Marvin stopped in front of a metallic door.

"Wait here," Marvin said.

Nick just nodded, and Marvin entered the room.

Silence.

As Nick waited, he just looked around the hallway.

The light coming from the ceiling felt incredibly warm, and the white walls seemed so clean and pure.

'Aegis,' Nick thought as he looked around the silent hallway. 'My home.'

'My people.'

'My redemption.'

'My power.'

Nick took a deep breath.

This was where he was supposed to be.

Just being here ignited his desire to help humanity.

'But I need to be realistic,' Nick thought. 'I need the power to change cities first.'

'In Crimson City, I had Aria to rely on. In the next city, I won't have anybody.'

'In fact, even the Governor will be my enemy, most likely.'

'I don't have to be powerful enough to kill all the Heroes, but I need to be powerful enough to flee with my life intact.'

Nick sighed.

'And I'm not powerful enough currently.'

'I finally have a shot at redeeming myself, and I can't risk wasting it.'

'I should-'

The door opened, and a younger man with white hair looked at Nick with a smile.

"Good job," the Researcher said.

Nick bowed politely. "Thank you, sir."

The Researcher nodded and gestured inside. "Come in."Vissit novelbin(.)c.om for updates