Veronica followed the pirate named Djon down some platforms without saying a word until they reached an elevator.

‘Not the talkative type, right?’ he asked while they were waiting.

She looked at him and finally had a chance to see how he really looked.

His face was creature-like with blue skin and in the corner of his mouth, some sharp teeth could be seen. His blue skin was covered with tattoos all the way up in his neck. A giant horn on his and a small one on his chin made him look dangerous. Still, his eyes had something generous and kind but Veronica wasn’t ready to fall in some pirate trap.

The long black coat he was wearing seemed heavy and dirty. The four arms all rested to his sides while they were waiting.

‘Nothing?’ he asked again with a grin on his face, showing a few teeth.

He grabbed a pipe from out of his coat and put it in his mouth. For the first time since they entered the harbor, Veronica smiled a little.

‘Sorry. I’m just worried about our friend.’

Djon nodded and slowly he put one of his hands on her shoulder.

‘When we get my ship, we will get them and bring you guys to Green point.’

Veronica didn’t know what had changed but somehow she had the feeling that this man was gonna help them through it.

Hawk sprinted through the crowd on the streets. He had no idea where the temple of the holy knights was but he followed the sound of the people screaming. The battle had to take place in that direction.

Why didn’t they look for Eto before they went to the harbor?

Hawk was sure that it was the most logical solution but thinking back at it, he could have known something would happen.

He saw a few people watching over a railing and talking to each other.

‘Is that a knight from Generation Zero? What are those criminals doing here?’ were the sentences he heard.

‘Shit,’ Hawk mumbled to himself. If Generation Zero was here on the hunt for Eto, they would have a hard time escaping.

He remembered Eto and Veronica talking about how Generation Zero had attacked Borner in pursuit of them and how they wreaked havoc. He didn’t think they would dare to go to the capital of the cluster.

A memory of a knight who was wearing a helmet with horns flashed before Hawk’s eyes.

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‘Hanzou,’ Hawk mumbled to himself while he continued to look for Eto.

It wasn’t the first time Hawk encountered Generation Zero and the memories came to him with a heavy heart.

‘I guess it soon is time for him to learn the truth,’ he mumbled again.

The Vulture knight got hit by the lightforce as he tried to dodge it. He jumped to the side but the side of his armor got hit and big parts of it got damaged.

‘Damn this brat. What is he capable of?’ the knight asked slowly when he looked at his damaged armor.

In front of him, Eto was still standing, looking at him with the light in his eyes. His face was serious and it was at that moment that the knight was afraid of the battle.

The Vulture knight quickly reached for a button on his helmet and pressed it.

‘Captain, I’m gonna need help,’ he said and when he finished the sentence, Eto jumped towards him.

His speed was even faster than before and the knight didn’t expect him to be in front of him that fast.

Eto stopped right in front of him and the knight could see the light in his eyes, staring at him with anger.

He quickly grabbed his sword and slashed away at Eto but just like on Borner, Eto grabbed the blade and stopped the attack with ease.

‘No,’ the knight whispered and in front of him, his sword broke into little pieces again. Before he could realize that his weapon was destroyed, Eto hit him in the stomach with a quick punch.

While the knight flew back, he could hear his armor breaking where Eto had punched him.

With pain in his stomach, the knight flew through the air with speed. He was sure he would hit something but he saw Eto going after him.

With speed like he had never seen, the boy came behind him, stopping the knight going through the air.

Eto pushed his arm forward to stop the knight and again the sound of armor getting broken was heard only this time, the knight was sure that he could hear a few bones break too.

‘Who are you?’ Eto asked and his voice sounded way deeper than before.

Eto grabbed the shoulder of the knight and jumped up, landing his feet on the shoulders of the knight.

‘What do you know of me?’ Eto yelled and with both hands he grabbed the edge of the knight’s helmet.

‘NO! PLEASE DON’T!’ the knight screamed. His voice made it sound like he was desperate.

‘Who are you?’ Eto kept asking and he started to pull the helmet. He could feel that it stayed on with force.

‘NO!’ the Vulture knight screamed and he swung his body, hoping to get rid of the boy.

Eto pulled harder and harder and while the helmet seemed to be stuck to the armor, he could feel it moving very slowly.

‘No!’ the knight screamed and he dropped to his knees. He tried to grab Eto but he held on too hard to the helmet.

Eto could feel the helmet moving and it didn’t need much more for it to be removed.

‘NO!’ the knight screamed but his voice disappeared when Eto was able to remove the helmet.

It felt like he pulled something tight with tension.

The moment Eto pulled the helmet from the armor, he could feel a force getting released from the armor, like steam getting released under pressure.

Eto jumped off, holding the helmet in his hand and looking at the armor.

He didn’t see anything but he could hear the voices of the crowd who were watching and scream.

Eto looked around the armor and at that moment he saw why the people were screaming.

The place where the head should have been was empty.

The rest of the armor was empty too and soon it fell down, empty and cold like no one was inside.

Somewhere in the crowd, Eto could hear someone scream his name.

‘Eto!’ Hawk screamed who had reached his friend.