Despite winning the fight, Nikolai remained still. He observed the subtle changes in his blood blades and the faint difference in his Obsidian Tide. 'This is strange...' Although he'd grown stronger and reached closer to the pinnacle of power.
There was just something about this that made him doubtful.
"Why is it that every time I face Doctor Franz... something about me changes, or goes through a sudden evolution?"
Nikolai wanted to put it down to natural improvements, yet when he remembered Al'Qutar, the fight on the docks against the clones of his wives.
It didn't make sense.
But he couldn't just sit here and keep questioning everything, the distant rumbling from battle shook the underground from here.
'Well, I should keep moving. I can't seem to contact the others through the terminal."
He couldn't help but worry about Ryan, Vernan, Alexei and his wives.
'Did something happen?'
