stjorthotic Chapter 438 - War Speech
Chapter 438 - War Speech
Everything Lucius was currently saying made Aiden resonate with him. It was strange...but they were a lot more similar than Aiden would like to admit.
"You still know that I'll kill you, right?" Aiden said out of nowhere.
Even if they were similar, he couldn't let this man live. He needed to die for his actions even if he never understood them. It was the same for the past Aiden. He deserved to die back then, and that's what he did.
"I've long accepted my death. Those five years showed me a lot of things, and I'm ready to die and move on."
Lucius closed his eyes and raised his neck.
Aiden had never thought that this assassination would head in such a direction, but it did.
"May you reincarnate in another world," Aiden mumbled.
He tightly held his dagger, took a deep breath, and cut off Lucius's neck in one swift motion.
He was now dead. His head slowly rolled on the ground as it reached Aiden's feet. He stepped right on top of it, stopping it in its tracks.
It had made little noise, but Aiden was still focused on his surroundings. He dismissed Lucius's death in the back of his mind. Aiden had thought that it would bring him some satisfaction to kill him. But it didn't.
The talk he had gotten with him before his death had changed everything. Minutes passed by, and Aiden left the Nightshade Mansion. He looked into Sylas's room one last time before leaving, as he knew that he was the real villain that he needed to kill to win over everything.
However, now wasn't the time. There were still some preparations happening for the final battle. Aiden couldn't screw everything up.
He walked back into the slums and found the entrance to the separate dimension.
Right as he walked in, a distinct voice spoke up behind him. It was Jake who had his head laid against the dark space behind him.
"So, how did it go?" Jake asked. "Did you kill him?"
Aiden smiled. "You knew?"
"Of course I did. Why else would you take so many risks? It had to be related to your girlfriend. So, is he dead?"
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Over his five-year-long absence, she had become a lot more confident in herself and her leadership. Before, Aiden needed to tell her everything that she needed to do...but now, it was the complete opposite.
"Emma, you don't need to tell me what to do again. I have the most simple role out of everyone; I can't screw this up, you know."
She nodded her head. "I know...it's just that today is the day. After five years, there's finally going to be a winner to this damn war. For some reason, the Nightshade Territory also got a lot more movement than usual, as if something important had happened."
Aiden scoffed at those words since he was the reason why there had been so much movement inside the Nightshade Territory.
The moment they realized Lucius was dead. They had increased security by a whole lot, making things a little more complicated for the Reapers to execute their plan. Still, they couldn't change the date. Not after all this time.
-Bong!
A huge sound resounded through the entirety of the dimension, making Emma even more focused than she had been.
"Let's go. They're waiting on us."
Aiden released a sigh as he raised his head.
There were so many people inside the alternate dimension who had joined them over the course of five years. They were all standing in rows in front of their respective officers.
Every one of them had gathered for the final battle.
The final moment where everything would be decided.
Aiden walked onto the stage and looked over into the crowd, where he could see everyone excited, jumping up and down, unable to contain their energy.
-Cough!
One simple cough from Aiden had been enough to make all of them shut their mouths.
It was time for Aiden to make one last speech to rile all of them up.