The next couple of minutes were horrible for Nick.
His mind was going wild with fear and nervousness.
What had he witnessed?!
How powerful was the starving child that even an Expert working for the city left voluntarily?!
The possibilities of what could happen to Nick shot through his mind.
Who was this starving child?!
How powerful was it?!
Was Nick safe?!
Could Crimson Fungus City protect him?!
Should he run?!
Would he soon die?!
Nick's sense of time became distorted, and he had no idea if he had been inside the Containment Unit for only a minute or for an hour.
The unending whiteness of the walls made Nick feel like he was being compressed.
He wanted to run away but couldn't!
There was no way he could get out of this room!
Nick's legs began to shake as the urge to run overtook them.
He had to leave!
Now!
And then, the door opened.
Nick looked over in panic, and he saw a familiar face.
However, he wasn't sure if seeing that face in this scenario was a good or a bad thing.
It was the governor.
Markus Julius.
Nick had seen the governor about two months ago in the yearly meeting.
And now, he was meeting him again.
But the governor wasn't the only person.
There was a second person entering the room behind him, and Nick also recognized that person.
It was Aria Light, the Chief Zephyx Extractor of Kugelblitz!
Two Heroes!
Two level six Extractors were meeting Nick because of what he had seen today!
Who the fuck was this starving child?!
The governor and Aria sat down on the other end of the table.
Both of their expressions were the epitome of seriousness.
"Tell me exactly what you have seen in that room," the governor ordered as soon as he sat down.
He didn't even greet Nick.
Nick took a deep breath.
The two of them just looked at Nick with solemn expressions.
"Four stones surrounded by a stone circle comprised of seven stones," Nick said.
"Was there something else?" the governor immediately asked.
"A round stone in front of the stone circle," Nick said.
"How big was the round stone?"
"About 30 centimeters. Maybe a bit less," Nick said.
"What did you do?" the governor asked.
"I wasn't sure if I should activate the signal," Nick said. "So, I moved my hand towards the stone circle."
The atmosphere in the room intensified as Nick continued speaking.
"The stone started to transform," Nick said, his voice becoming shaky as the image of the starving child appeared inside his mind.
"What did it transform into?" the governor asked, his voice cold, serious, and urgent.
Nick took a deep breath.
"It transformed into a starving child," Nick said.
Nick felt like the room had turned to ice.
The expressions of the governor and Aria couldn't get any more solemn.
"Did he say anything?!" the governor said, his voice having a deep feeling of urgency to it.
The governor didn't even ask Nick what happened next, and he immediately referred to the starving child as he.
Nick took a deep breath.
"I need to know what he said!" the governor spoke loudly, almost shouting.
Nick's insides shook.
"He said my power will be his," Nick said, avoiding the part in which the starving child had said that Nick had the power of an Eternal.
"Did he say anything about the city?!" the governor asked, speaking rapidly.
"Yes, but only later-"
"What did he say?!" the governor said, standing up from his chair as he glared into Nick's eyes.
Nick's body shook.
"He, he, he sa-said that the haven I call Crimson Fungus City will cease to exist, and and that he will soon be here," Nick said.
"Get all the details out of him!" the governor shouted towards Aria before he ran out of the Containment Unit.
At this moment, Nick's heart started to shake, and fear took hold of him.
What the fuck was going on?!
Who was this starving child?!
What was this starving child?!
"Nick."
Nick's head shot towards Aria, his face pale, and his eyes opened wide.
"I need to know what happened," Aria said with a soothing tone.
However, Nick could hear something else.
There was a certain feeling of insecurity in Aria's voice.
The governor's actions and Aria's tone…
The starving child was so dangerous that he could even evoke fear in the two strongest humans in Crimson Fungus City?!
Nick just kept looking into Aria's eyes.
His mind was all over the place at this moment.
"Nick!" Aria said with a serious tone. "Get it together!"
Nick shook his head.
"He-he said that he wants my power," Nick said.
"He said that my power will be his."
"He said that he is coming for me!"
"Nick, you have to calm down!" Aria said. "He said those things to cause terror in you. That's what Specters do. They cause fear and terror in people."
"Someone like him wouldn't be interested in the power of a level two Extractor," Aria said.
Nick didn't know if he should tell Aria.
If he told her about his power, something bad might happen.
Right now, Aria thought that Nick's power couldn't possibly interest the starving child.
But if they realized that Nick's power was most likely the very thing that drew the starving child over, they might decide to kill Nick.
The starving child was extremely powerful, based on how the governor and Aria were acting.
If they could stop it from coming by killing one level two Extractor…
Nick wouldn't tell them.
He didn't want to die.
"Who is he?" Nick asked.
Aria furrowed her brows.
"He told me he was going to kill me, and I was the one that found him!" Nick said with a louder voice.
"He told me I am his target!"
"I want to know who he is!"
Aria seemed a bit uncertain.
She remained silent for a couple of seconds.
"What I am going to tell you must never enter the ears of anyone below the level of a Specialist. Only Specialists and stronger are allowed to know about these things," she said solemnly.
"Even if an Expert working for the city demands that you tell them, you are not allowed to tell them!"
"Do you understand?" she asked solemnly.
Nick nodded.
Aria took another deep breath.
"The starving child that you have seen is the manifestation of a Fallen."
Nick felt like his heart froze.
A Fallen.
A level seven Specter.
"Its name is Envy, and it is the servant of an Adversary."
An Adversary!
A level eight Specter!
Nick remembered what Envy had told him.
It was going to take his power!
Nick had become the target of a level seven Specter!
