Kill the Sun - Chapter 615

Chapter 615 – Questions

Nick looked at the person, who wasn't chaotically flailing around.

She was a woman who seemed to be in her early 20s, but that didn't say much.

According to the Zephyx, Nick could feel that she was in the earlier stages of the Veteran level.

She could also be 50 while still looking this young.

Yet, despite just being freed from a gigantic Snake Specter's belly, she still had something that Nick didn't.

Clothes.

"I just want to ask you a couple of questions," Nick said carefully after he noticed the woman's horrified expression.

Not surprising at all, Nick's words didn't help in calming the Extractor down.

"I'm scared," she said after a bit.

"I can see that, but as I've said, I just want some answers to a couple of questions, and you can go," Nick said with an uncertain tone.

'Why did she say that she was scared? Seems pointless.'

After that, surprisingly, she seemed to calm down. "I can reason with you, right?" she asked.

Nick raised an eyebrow. "Yes. Was there any doubt about that?"

The Extractor's fear seemed to intensify again. It seemed like she was scared that she had somehow insulted Nick, even though insulting a Specter was basically impossible.

"There are Specters that can talk but can't be reasoned with," she answered.

Nick naturally knew that.

"Alright, so, can I ask my questions now?" he asked.

The next moment, the woman looked at the three other people, who were slowly calming down.

"Who are they?" she asked.

Nick furrowed his brows in annoyance. "Victims of the rock snake. Just like you."

"Rock snake?" she repeated. "Was that the Specter that captured us?"

Nick was starting to get frustrated.

"Yes, so, can-"

"Where are we?" she asked.

Nick took a deep breath, which felt strange since the air just entered his "lungs" before leaving again without being changed in any way. After all, Nick didn't really have a normal metabolism anymore.

"That would have been my first question," Nick answered.

"How would I know? I was inside a rock snake for weeks or even months. I don't know where we are," she answered.

Nick got annoyed for a moment before he realized that she was actually right.

How would she know?

Nick looked at the other three, who had calmed down by now.

'They probably also wouldn't know.'

"Gather up," Nick shouted to the others. "We need to talk."

The other three could immediately tell that Nick was a Specter.

Many Specters had powers that allowed them to hide their malevolent auras from humans, but Nick was not one of them.

Naturally, their fight or flight instincts immediately kicked in, but they also knew that there was no point in resisting.

Nick felt far too powerful to them.

They nervously glanced at each other before approaching.

"Alright, maybe some of you haven't realized it yet, but I was the one that killed the Specter and freed you," Nick said.

The four of them looked at each other with a bit of confusion.

"Why?" the woman from earlier asked.

"Because I need some answers," Nick answered. "I just need a couple of answers, and I will be gone."

Nick's answers confused the Extractors.

"I mean, yeah, there are a lot of Specters in the wild, but my city doesn't have such draconian laws," one of them said. "Plenty of people live and work outside of the city."

This shocked Nick quite a bit. "And that's safe?" he asked.

"It's not," the guy answered. "People get kidnapped by Specters all the time, but you just have to live with it. If you want to earn a living, you have to put your life on the line."

The man talked about it as if there were no issues, and Nick almost became horrified.

To these people, this was probably just normal life, but Nick knew that this was definitely not normal.

'Why would the Governor allow something like that?'

'Wait, is this to lure Specters to the city so that the Manufacturers can more easily catch them?'

'Are they fishing for Specters?'

"Alright," Nick said after a bit. "We can go search for the nearest city. I will accompany you. As soon as we arrive, you can enter."

Naturally, Nick's words made them suspicious.

This sounded impossible.

Why would a Specter let them go just like that?

What was in it for the Specter?

"Let's walk towards the south," Nick said.

The people became nervous.

When would the other shoe drop?

When would the Specter turn around and cause them immense suffering?

Would Nick suddenly kill them?

Sadly, there was nothing they could do.

Nick was simply too powerful.

In the end, they followed him.

While they were walking after him, Nick furrowed his brows in frustration.

He could feel Zephyx coming from them, which meant that they were suffering due to Nick right now.

Nick had tried his best to calm down their fears, but nothing seemed to help.

In a way, the Zephyx Nick felt coming from them was disgusting to him.

These were innocent and helpless people, and they were suffering because of his presence.

Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do.

He could only hope that they would find a city soon.

The five of them continued towards the south for quite a while.

During that time, they did not find another Specter.

"There's a human," Nick suddenly said.

The other four looked around but couldn't find the human.

"He's a Late or Peak Veteran. Do you wish to be seen by him? You are free to do so, but you know the risk," Nick said.

The people looked around in confusion.

"Risk? What risk?" one of them asked.

"Getting killed for profit," Nick said.

Two of the people turned white in horror.

"But that's illegal!" one of them shouted.

Nick furrowed his brows and looked at the guy.

'Are they truly this naive, or are these cities just very different from Crimson City?'

"So, I assume you want to meet him," Nick said.

The four looked at each other before nodding.

"Fine."