169. Echoes of the Past II

“You have promise.” Dembe continued to speak now. He stepped forward, the purple atmosphere around him swishing around like one dragged a spoon through thick liquid.

It meant nothing to him, being that he was the one who activated this reality. Nothing to him but sadly, the same could not be said about r

those who saw the bitter side of these.

They lay about, groveling around. All of them, beaten by him. Perhaps, Dembe thought now, the thing with the System Hosts was that if they understood someone like him, his power would be useless.

That his system Skill was worth nothing. Unfortunately, he had shown them that they were wrong. He was worth more than that could ever think of. A threat that they allowed to fester so much.

And now, there was no going back.

Not that he wanted to go back. Once he set himself on this path, he knew that there would be no redemption for him. The rules about defying the System Bureau were really strict. Something like this would never be met with a pat o