A man opened his eyes.
Memories flooded his mind as soon as he opened his eyes.
Memories that were not his.
Memories of a different life.
The man looked around, and his perception stretched across the surroundings.
'It is time,' he thought.
'The Nightmare is dead.'
The man pushed his hands to the side.
BOOOM!
The statue of the Duskbringer exploded, revealing the body of a person who looked just like the statue.
The next moment, the man floated to the floor, naked.
Powerful quakes were shaking all of Starbreaker Base.
For a moment, the man just looked at his body.
'I look like myself,' he thought. 'Or, my other self.'
'Nick.'
'I am Nick.'
'I remember my entire life.'
'I remember what I have done.'
As soon as the man remembered Nick's life, an unending avalanche of guilt assaulted him.
He was not a Specter.
His emotions were not dulled.
'I have done so many terrible things,' he thought.
'But I didn't.'
'This was not me.'
'Nick was the one who did these things, and I am not Nick.'
'I am an artificial human that has been grown in this amniotic tank for thousands of years.'
'I'm the Duskbringer.'
The Duskbringer put his hands to his head.
'But that doesn't help me!'
'Logic and emotions are not allies!'
'I have memories of atrocities I didn't commit!'
'I shouldn't feel guilt for actions I did not commit!'
'And yet, I still do!'
'Nick!'
'Nick!'
'Why have you cursed me with these memories, Nick?!'
'I know that you did the right thing! I know that you did it all for humanity! I agree with you! After all, I am you!'
'But how does that help me?!'
Starbreaker Base quaked even more.
The Duskbringer gritted his teeth in hatred and frustration.
'I can't keep wallowing in self-pity!'
'The others need me.'
The next moment, the Duskbringer accessed his purely biological body.
He was not like the Nightmen.
He did not share any DNA with the Nightmare.
He was pure.
He was the ideal human.
The Duskbringer manipulated his Pure Energy and clenched his fists.
He was unfamiliar with this power.
He remembered having Specter abilities and having power in the Ninth Realm.
But now, he was in an unfamiliar body, using unfamiliar energy.
And he was so much stronger than before.
'30% of all the Pure Energy generated within the last 10,000 years has been infused into me.'
'I am the most powerful warrior humanity can create, and I am humanity's insurance.'
'If the Nightmen refuse to live in harmony with the normal humans, I will be there to put them into place.'
The Duskbringer clenched his fists, and the entire Starbreaker Base shook.
'I have just been born. My Soul has just fused with my body.'
'And yet, I have the fate of all of humanity on my shoulders.'
Despite his lament, the Duskbringer immediately familiarized himself with his new power and abilities.
Two seconds later, he was done.
His mind was terrifyingly powerful.
Then, the Duskbringer moved his hand to the side, and black clothing appeared around his body.
After that, he looked at his right arm.
For just a moment, he hesitated.
But then, a fist weapon materialized on his arm.
'I am not Nick. I do not want to be like Nick.'
'But I only know how to fight with a fist weapon.'
The Duskbringer looked up at the ceiling.
'This is just like you, Nick.'
'You cursed me with these memories for a reason.'
'You want me to feel unending guilt so that I do not betray humanity.'
'But that is unnecessary!'
'I am you!'
'Would you betray humanity?!'
'Do you need something like guilt to force you to do the right thing?!'
'I would have helped humanity, even without all of this guilt you cursed me with!'
'Even until the very end, you didn't learn anything.'
'Until the very end, you believe yourself to be an irredeemable monster.'
Conflicting emotions appeared in the Duskbringer.
He hated Nick for cursing him with his memories and putting the fate of humanity on his shoulders.
And yet, he also admired Nick.
'If I am Nick, I have become a victim of my own actions.'
'I have made countless innocent people suffer for the good of humanity.'
'As a person who has just been born, I am as blameless and innocent as it gets.'
'And yet, I have been cursed with unending guilt for actions I have not done.'
'If I am Nick, I have now made myself into an innocent victim.'
'The things I have done to humanity are now done to me.'
The Duskbringer's thoughts and emotions were paradoxical.
This entire situation was unsolvable.
'I hate you, Nick.'
'But I also admire you.'
'I am not you.'
'But I am you.'
'I know who you are.'
'But I don't know who I am.'
BANG!
The Duskbringer shot through the ceiling as if it didn't exist.
The next moment, his body vanished.
Of course, as a Pure Energy being, his body couldn't just vanish.
In truth, the Duskbringer simply became imperceivable to sound, sight, energy senses, and all other kinds of perception.
He was like the thin General.
The Duskbringer reached the Earth's surface, but nobody noticed.
As he looked at the sky, he saw the real night sky for the first time.
At this moment, a humongous explosion occurred far away.
'That was the moon,' the Duskbringer thought.
'You succeeded in your mission, Nick.'
'You always expected everyone else to sacrifice themselves for humanity, and now, you have done the same thing.'
'At least you're not a hypocrite.'
Then, the Duskbringer shot toward the sky.
At that moment, he saw Daniel killing the burly General.
When the Duskbringer saw that, emotions and memories that were not his own flooded his mind.
He remembered watching Daniel grow up and become powerful.
And now, Daniel had sacrificed his life for humanity.
A Nightman sacrificing themselves for humanity.
It seemed impossible.
And yet, Daniel had done just that.
'I wasn't needed,' the Duskbringer thought. 'You should have just trusted the Nightmen, Nick.'
The next moment, the Duskbringer took note of the thin General.
He could see the thin General weaving through imperceivable space.
The next moment, the Duskbringer also vanished.
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