Kill the Sun - Chapter 565

Chapter 565 – 20 Specters

After getting his points, Nick left his big black cube and went towards the main hall again.

He quickly walked towards the next testing room, avoiding some people on the way there.

Nick stepped through a door and entered a new hallway.

This one was filled with rooms on both sides, and Nick saw a couple of people going back and forth.

Surprisingly, the first rooms had actual queues in front of them.

'These Specters are probably easy to work with,' Nick thought as he looked at the queues.

This hallway contained several Specters that the trainees could use to train.

As Nick looked at the sign above one of the doors, he knew why so many people waited in front of this one.

'Discipline level one,' Nick read.

In total, there were 20 Elders that the trainees could work with, and all of these Elders could be worked with many times per day without requiring a long time.

Aegis had thousands of Elders all over the world. They had enough Elders to pick from for their most talented trainees.

These 20 Elders were divided into four categories, and each of them required different strengths to work with.

Pain.

Focus.

Discipline.

Danger.

These were the essential four components that Extractors needed to work with Specters.

They needed to be able to resist pain and trauma. Good examples were the Blinding Light, the Can, and the Blaze, which all belonged to Sky Dream. Yôur favorite stories on n/o/(v)e/lbin(.)com

They needed to be able to focus for a long time and not commit any mistakes. Good examples were the Attention Seeker, the Annoying One, and the Talker.

They needed to be disciplined and resist allures. Good examples were the Gambler, the False News, and the Berry Bush.

Lastly, they needed to be powerful enough to deal with unstable Specters since many of them were extremely dangerous, even while working with them. Good examples were any Blood Specters, the Tragedy, and the Bleeding Lady. Working with any of these could put the Extractor's life in danger.

There were five Specters per category, and they each gave a different number of points after successfully working with them.

It was important to note that these Specters only gave points once a month.

However, they could be worked with however many times the trainees wanted.

All of the queues stood in front of the first-level Specters.

'Almost all of these people will be gone within the month,' Nick thought.

The only people who used the testing Specters to advance their level were people who had no points to spare.

Behind the testing hallway was an actual training hallway, which contained Specters that were less dangerous and easier to work with.

However, compared to giving points, these took points.

Obviously, if a trainee barely managed to get their 50 total points in the month, they wouldn't have any points left to work with an easy Specter, forcing them to work with the test Specters.

Yet, since they already barely had any points, they most likely also couldn't work with a lot of the Specters here. Otherwise, they would have more points.

That doomed them to work with the level one Specters every day.

So, how many points could one earn while working with these Specters?

Quite a lot.

Successfully working with a level one Specter gave one point.

Level two gave five points.

Level three gave ten points.

It was a one-meter-tall vampire bat that stuck to the wall. Its eyes were completely red, and it focused on Nick as soon as he entered.

This Specter's name was, fittingly, the Vampire Bat.

Nick held his right arm forward, and the Vampire Bat slowly approached.

It looked at Nick with care, and based on its behavior, it seemed intimidated by him.

Naturally, Specters didn't really have fear, but the Vampire Bat still knew that a strong Extractor could kill it, which was why it acted so carefully.

And Nick felt very powerful and confident.

After some seconds, it carefully stretched its bladed tongue to Nick's arm before moving it back and forth.

Nick felt a cut opening up on his arm, but the cut was very clean and not very painful.

Then, the Vampire Bat's tongue started to suck the blood out of the cut.

The experience was more uncomfortable than painful, but that was to be expected.

Being able to work with such a Specter was viewed as a bare minimum to become an Extractor.

Specters rarely got more harmless than this.

Of course, that was only true while the Specter was contained.

If this thing were free, it would probably suck the blood out of countless civilians, turning them into dried husks.

After some minutes, a green light appeared inside the Containment Unit, and the Vampire Bat immediately pulled back.

Naturally, the Specters here had been trained thoroughly so that they didn't accidentally kill the trainees.

Nick slowly lowered his arm, which was already half-healed.

Then, he walked out without hesitation.

Back in the locker room, Nick put on his shirt again before leaving.

'That went about as expected,' Nick thought as he walked past a guy who was entering the Vampire Bat's Containment Unit.

Nick looked around the hallway. 'I should do all the level one Specters first.'

Nick approached the next queue and registered with his Barrier, eliciting some annoyed sighs from the people.

This time, Nick had to wait almost 30 minutes for his turn.

Apparently, this Specter needed more time than the Vampire Bat, but that was to be expected.

'Level one of focus,' Nick thought. 'Would not be a test of focus if it ended in a couple of seconds.'

Nick entered the locker room and immediately walked into the Containment Unit.

On the far end of the Containment Unit, Nick saw a desk with a console on it.

The console was the Specter.

Nick approached the console and tapped on a couple of buttons.

The console shifted between ten different camera angles of random locations, which Nick had to remember.

After looking through the different camera angles for about a minute, Nick clicked on the screen.

Something inside the picture had changed, and Nick had to highlight the change.

If he failed, the Specter would consume some of his Zephyx.

That was basically it.

Nick just needed to find the abnormalities in the camera feeds and highlight them for about 30 minutes to finish the test.

That wasn't very difficult for an Expert with enhanced senses.

The Specter was called the Observation.

'Guess I'm on Observation duty,' Nick thought as he clicked on the screen again.