Chapter 869 Four Pillars: Regret

Chapter 869 Four Pillars: Regret

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Roar!!!

As a cacophony of loud roars overwhelmed his hearing, Vaughn was forced awake by the sound as he swiftly looked around in a daze.

Seeing a great number of beasts unfamiliar to him roam the streets that were once filled with people going about the lives, the man felt a twinge of pain, recalling all of the humans that once fought side by side with him.

Though, as the beasts roared out once more, with some of them even looking in his direction, that pain was soon replaced by another feeling.

Fear.

Even though Vaughn felt like he had an above average level of strength thanks to the genetic rewriting and the constant exercise he did, the man felt an innate fear as he felt the beasts' gazes on his body.

From what he could tell, he felt that he had gained a sixth sense that allowed him to sense the auras that the beasts were emanating.

And from there, he eventually felt that he was in no way strong enough to fight against the beasts.

Especially with how many there were roaming the streets.

Going through a plethora of worst-case scenarios in his head, Vaughn eventually decided to stand up and head towards a place that he and many others considered to be Veldanyr's last strand of hope.

A place that would assure him safety against the beasts.

Whoosh!

At the very moment he began running, Vaughn felt as if he was running at a speed far greater than what he could achieve before.

Mulling over it as a hint of shock traced his face, the man surmised that he was running as fast as the humans that chose to enhance their agility to their limit with genetic rewriting.

"Is this the effect of the Apparatus?" asked Vaughn to himself, feeling as if the sixth sense he'd gained came from it as well.

Then again, if anyone were in his shoes, he was certain that they would have made the same choice as him.

Yet, that choice had undoubtedly killed all of those that once lived on the surface of Veldanyr, those that once had a long life ahead of them.

"If I only knew..." murmured Vaughn to himself, internally beating himself up for what he considered to be the greatest mistake he ever made.

With that, the man's continue to drown himself in his sorrow for many days upon end, only stopping whenever he felt an immense pang of hunger or thirst.

Though, at some point, he even began to ignore these pangs as well, instead choosing to let himself starve to death or die from thirstas he felt great remorse from his actions.

Unfortunately, with the 'curse' of immortality given to him, even if he was at the brink of death, Vaughn could not die.

And it was only there did he realize why he was given what seemed to be a benefit from first glance by the two Arbiters.

It was because they knew he would be hounded by the regret and remorse he felt over the entire situation.

They knew it would eat him up and devour him whole, turning him into a shell of his former self.

"I guess dying really is the easy way out," murmured Vaughn at this realization, not knowing how many days or weeks had passed since he first broke down in the laboratory.

Though, judging by his hoarse voice, as well as how his body had become more than emaciated, the man felt that he had probably spent a month at the very least, perhaps more with him losing his sense of time.

With that realization, Vaughn slowly got himself up, using the vestiges of energy that remained after all that wallowing.

Walking around the laboratory, he eventually found the item he was looking for, a surgical knife.

Picking it up, the man went over a few scenarios in his mind, only to end up reaffirming his first decision to the bitter end.

With a deep breath, Vaughn slowly moved the knife closer and closer to his neck.

Only to stop after seeing his reflection in the knife.