CHAPTER 139
THUD—!
The heavy, swaying body of the guard collapsed to the floor, causing everyone in the room to freeze in a state of collective shock and utter confusion.
There was shock at the grim reality that a boy had just committed an act of murder.
And there was profound confusion at how an Aspirant had managed to kill a high-grade meta-human with an attack that had seemed like a relatively "harmless" energy beam only moments earlier.
Even Van himself stood stupefied.
In his daze, he unconsciously released the wire he had been gripping, which had been continuously electrocuting the guard in front of him.
That man also collapsed, his body spasming violently on the tiles like someone suffering a massive seizure.
That made two opponents down out of the nine who had swarmed him.
Yet, Van was too paralyzed by his own actions to capitalize on the opening.
He—he had just taken a human life?
