Kill the Sun

Chapter 771: Putting in Effort

The Champion of Light looked with barely concealed jealousy at the Left Arm.

'Seriously? Is she trying to make the Champion jealous? I'm not sure that works. Although, this is the Left Arm...'

"The old Champion was powerful," the Champion said. "In the future, I hope to become as strong as him."

"You will," the Left Arm said, looking at him. "You are still new to this, and you have been doing a great job."

"You have worked so hard, and your presence has made it possible for the Technician and me to leave again."

"I don't like to say these things, but humanity is our main priority, and the Champion's old age was making things more difficult."

"If you hadn't appeared, humanity would be doomed."

"I'm sure, with time, you will become just as outstanding as the old Champion. As long as you keep growing and learning, I'm certain you will reach heights that he never reached."

"The Champion needed to work with the False Prophet to reach his power, which took many centuries. You have inherited this power, which means your starting position is already at the same level as the old Champion's peak."

"You just need to learn how to utilize said power."

'She keeps praising him in a way a mother would praise a child,' Nick thought. 'She's essentially saying that he will one day become a handsome man.'

The Champion's expression didn't change.

He had put himself in a dead end.

He was the one who brought up his lack of power, and the Left Arm was just agreeing with him.

The Left Arm also didn't demean the Champion in any way.

She simply agreed and said that he would become stronger in the future.

"Well," the Champion said after a while. "I believe a fight with the Envious Researcher would be good practice. While I can't assure success, I think positive things will still come of this opportunity."

"Even if we fail, I will have grown in power nonetheless."

'Of course this would fail,' Nick thought with annoyance.'He won't risk his job just because of the Left Arm's words.'

"I agree," the Left Arm said, having returned to her serious demeanor. "We should make use of this opportunity."

The Champion nodded. "I just hope that Death doesn't retaliate. We've already lost enough Protectors."

"I will do my best," Nick answered. "Anyway, the reason why I am actually here is to commission something."

"Oh? What do you need?" the Technician asked.

Nick transmitted some schematics to the Technician.

"Why do you want that?" he asked.

"The Champion said I should focus on growing more powerful, and I am doing just that," Nick said.

The Technician's brows furrowed when he realized what Nick's plan was.

Then, he shrugged. "Sure, I'm not the one using it anyway. I might make your weapon, but you're the one killing with it."

"Give me a couple of hours."

Nick nodded. "Thank you."

Then, Nick waited for a couple of hours.

"Ten is a bit much, but since the Champion gave you his blessing, I won't disagree," the Technician said, pointing at the ten Containment Units he had just built.

Nick nodded and put the ten Containment Units into his Space Bag.

These were Containment Units designed to hold Fallen, and they had similar special settings to the unique Containment Units Nick used to grow more powerful.

One important difference was that the Containment Units also allowed Specters to absorb Zephyx from the outside.

Additionally,there was a finer sensor for controlling the density of Prephyx.

These Containment Units automatically adjusted their settings and didn't need any manual readjusting.

"Can you put the eleventh one in a free spot for a Containment Unit in headquarters?"

"No problem," the Technician said.

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