Chapter 128 Chapter 128 – A Wager
The two of them entered the room and closed the door.
This was the biggest room the gym had to offer, and it was over ten meters wide and long, with many different small pieces of equipment in a couple of closets at the side.
Julian walked around and tested the ground a bit. "If you're careful, you can probably use almost all of your power."
The ground and walls were made of extremely dense and cold metal.
In fact, the wall felt almost identical to the wall of the first Containment Unit Dark Dream had bought.
Nick nodded. "Sounds good."
Julian turned away from Nick and smiled.
He remained silent for a while.
Nick raised an eyebrow in uncertainty.
"I'm not here because of Wyntor," Julian said.
"You're not?" Nick asked in surprise.
Julian shook his head while facing away from Nick.
The next moment, Nick's ability activated.
It seemed like Julian could no longer perceive Nick.
Two seconds later, Nick's ability deactivated again.
Julian hadn't moved.
A second later, Nick's ability reactivated.
And deactivated.
And reactivated.
And finally, deactivated again.
Julian just chuckled a bit and shook his head in helplessness.
"Wow," he said. "It's really impossible to perceive. No matter what I do, I can't see any sign of it."
Nick's eyes widened, and his heart rate shot up as he realized what these words meant.
"You know?" Nick asked in shock and nervousness.
"I'm here because of Albert," Julian said as he turned to face Nick with a smile.
"Albert and I are close friends, and he told me about you."
"Yes, that includes your ability as well."
Nick became nervous.
An Extractor's ability was their deepest secret.
After all, if an enemy knew about the Extractor's ability, they could counter it, and Nick's ability was especially weak to counters.
Of course, Nick also felt betrayed by Albert.
How could Albert tell someone else about Nick's ability?
"Don't worry," Julian said with a chuckle. "While I am employed by Kugelblitz, I don't belong to them. I am not allowed to tell you the specifics, but I won't tell your secret to anyone, even if you were to somehow threaten Kugelblitz."
Of course, Nick didn't completely believe Julian, but there was nothing he could do.
Julian knew Nick's secret, and that was that.
"So, you're here because of my ability?" Nick asked.
"Partially," Julian answered. "I'm also here because of your personality."
Nick raised an eyebrow.
"Albert described you as very idealistic and altruistic. While there are many people that are idealistic, people from the Dregs don't tend to be."
"The darkest facets of humanity are proudly on display for all the people in the Dregs to see while the good facets hide far away."
"A brutal and lawless arena breeds cynical people and idealistic corpses."
"Idealistic survivors are rare. Especially when they have essentially grown up without any parents in such a place."
Nick had an expression of uncertainty on his face.
He agreed with Julian, or he would have, at least.
Sadly, things were a bit different.
This entire thing with Pator and Horua made Nick feel like all the happiness and magic of the world had vanished.
"You don't agree?" Julian asked, looking at Nick.
Nick sighed. "I used to be like that, but not anymore."
"How come?" Julian asked.
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