Adopted Soldier

During the brief exchanges they had, Alex was able to somehow cut Richter’s entire left arm, a few of his toes, and his right hand . The nanomachines couldn’t reattach those because they were now cut into tiny slices . Still, no matter what he did, Alex just couldn’t pierce through and destroy Richter’s head .

It was an irritating experience as he was finding the whole ordeal extremely taxing . He was still in the process of trying to accept his father’s death, not only that he was also very worried about his friends, who were battling his other grandfather Leon . Yet here he was playing with a dead body .

Alex was breathing heavily as Richter continued his assault, this time Alex didn’t bother to attack when he saw a slight opening . This time Alex decided to wait for the best moment to strike the head . He needed a clean hit, and he needed to do it without any mistakes .

Alex looked at what had become of his grandfather and as he continued dodging he actually felt a bit bad for the old man . If things went a different way, it was possible Alex could’ve become someone like this . If he became the next head of the Greyhounds, and never met Carlo and the others, his fate might’ve turned out the same as his grandfather . That thought made Alex feel a bit sad for this unfortunate person, Alex also felt even more grateful to his foster parent .

Alex who waited for the perfect chance to attack as he kept on evading finally saw that chance . The nanomachines were like an AI in a video game which had a set of moves imprinted into it . After their long battle Alex has finally understood the pattern it uses, and how fast its reaction speed was . With all the new information at hand, Alex was now sure of victory . The only factor that could make him lose was that he was currently truly exhausted .

Still, that wasn’t enough for Alex to stop, as he still needed to find his friends and help them . Alex waited and waited until finally the attack he waited for was initiated . After catching the remaining arm of Richter’s, Alex without any hesitation quickly pierced his sword onto Richter’s skull .

The sword motion of piercing was done so fast that it was unavoidable, as it pierced right through Richter’s skull . Alex still didn’t let his guard down, once he succeeded in piercing Richter’s skull, he immediately cut open the head with one clean slice after that Alex performed a hundred slicing motions at the brain, he did it like he was cutting some vegetables . The moment when the brain was sliced into a hundred pieces, Richter’s body finally dropped onto the ground not moving . A huge amount of black liquid came bursting out of him, which Alex assumed to be the nanomachines .

Still, even with seeing that, Alex didn’t let his guard down and waited for a response . After a few more seconds without even a single twitch from the body, Alex felt relieved .

After he just finished such a long fight, Alex couldn’t help himself as he sat down completely exhausted . While he was resting he kept on looking at Richter’s dead body . Unlike Carlo Richter still had a body to be buried, when Alex thought of that he clicked his tongue .

He understood a bit of what Richter was feeling, he could understand the logic and madness behind Richter’s decisions, and Alex knew that Richter never regretted anything even in the end . Everything Richter did to Alex, Alex’s friends, and his family was unforgivable . . . Still, Alex couldn’t help but feel a bit of sympathy with the tragic character . He sighed as he looked at the body of the person who knew no regret .

When Alex felt a bit better he took what’s left of Richter’s body and carried it .

. . .

Hektor was starting to get irritated by the way Oliver and the others fought . After Emily threw the earpieces towards the members of the Mercenary Club, their teamwork seemed to improve by leaps and bounds . Not only that, they seem to have a good grasp of his battle style . They were actually suppressing him . This truly irritated Hektor to no end .

He wanted to give them despair, yet the way fought as the timer ticked down made it look like they were toying with him . Hektor showed a lot of opening numerous times, but they just wouldn’t take the bait .

That was when Hektor noticed that one of them wasn’t really fighting . Kei was moving around from place to place, but not once did he attack using the gun he was holding . Seeing that and finally understanding what was happening made Hektor smile .

’I just need to cut off the brain and all else will follow . ’ Hektor rushed towards Kei’s direction . "Now!" Seeing Hektor was finally attacking him Kei shouted at Evangeline . Hektor was surprised as he raised his arm deflecting an incoming bullet aimed at his head .

Still, that only stopped him for a second before he once again rushed towards Kei . This time somebody blocked his path, and the person who blocked him was none other than his nephew Oliver .

"Your opponent is me!"

"Move aside!" Hektor roared at Oliver while trying to push him away .

"Are you going to run away again? You keep on blaming me and my father for my mother’s death, but aren’t you also responsible for that? Weren’t you also unable to protect her?!"

Hektor who was charging towards Kei’s position stopped . He then turned around, his face now looking more and more like a demon’s . As his expression was turning darker and darker, Hektor’s bloodlust, his killing intent kept on rising that everyone could feel it underneath their skin .

"ME?! I’m responsible for my beloved sister’s death! YOU, the main sinner are accusing me of leading my sister to her death! HOW DARE YOU!" As Hektor’s anger was rising he could no longer see anyone but Oliver in his eyes . This made him unable to spot the wires that have surrounded him .

When he finally noticed, it was already too late as Niel was able to bind Hektor using all the wires he had . Hektor then saw the approaching Sayaka and was willing to take the attack, since he knew that she wasn’t strong enough to hurt him . That was when Hektor saw the person behind Sayaka, Rachel was there .

For the first time since the start of the battle, Hektor finally felt that his life was in danger . Rachel with a dagger at hand was about to pierce Hektor’s skull . In a desperate move, Hektor jumped a bit upward, making the dagger that was heading towards his skull, head towards his mouth instead . Hektor then tried to catch the dagger using his teeth but was unable to stop it, making it pierce right through his mouth .

His instincts then told him to move his head to the side, after that he heard the sound of a gunshot . A bullet flew through the air and nicked the side of his head . As he was distracted for a second, Rachel was able to get so near, that she was so close on stabbing Hektor, but it was at that very moment, that Hektor was able to break free from the wires, making him able to deflect Rachel’s attack in the last second .

He immediately distanced himself from the group . As he was able to distance himself and hide behind a wall for cover, he felt something pierced his leg, and he was then assaulted by numerous bullets aimed at the same spot where his heart was . It was a good thing that the nanomachines could still heal this level of damage, but Hektor was surprised that someone from the Mercenary Club had the skill to accurately shoot so many shots in the exact same place . As he looked at the person that shot at him, he was surprised . This was someone he assumed was already dead, since he fought the monster called Richter . The person who came and joined the fight saw Hektor’s wounds being healed . When he saw this he looked at Hektor completely annoyed .

"Another one . " Alex who was carrying Richter at his back has joined the battle .