Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 1066

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The gazes of every single human in the human domain widened. _{ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm}

There was no one who didn't know that name. No one who didn't revere that name.

Atticus Ravenstein. The Apex of Humanity.

And in the next instant, they all shut down their thoughts and listened.

His voice cut through the silence, sounding across the domain.

"I speak because I need you to know the truth. Your homes will be attacked soon. You deserve to know why."

His words were quiet. But each syllable landed like a hammer.

"Last night, the Obsidian Order attacked the alliance military training camp. And they were led by a Zorvan colonel."

A collective shudder surged across the domain. Everyone had gone through the military at 18, and from their short and long experiences, they all knew what that meant. A Zorvan colonel had the strength of the leaders of the races.

Atticus didn't pause.

"They infiltrated with the help of the Dimensari and Dragon Apexes. They betrayed the Alliance by colluding with the enemy."

Another wave of shock rippled through the people. They couldn't believe it. Two apexes had betrayed the Alliance? Why? They were geniuses who lacked nothing. Neither of them could imagine why they would do something so stupid. Pointless.

Still, they all believed it. Because of one reason, the one who was speaking.

Atticus continued.

"Their actions endangered millions of your children. Your brothers. Your sisters. Members of our race."

"So I killed the Obsidian Order. I killed the Zorvan colonel. And I executed both traitors."

Silence.

He had said it plainly.

There was no grandeur. No drama.

Just cold, hard fact. And that was what blew their minds.

They were shocked at the fact that he had killed the Dimensari and Dragon Apexes. However, the shock of what he did to the Zorvan colonel dwarfed it by many margins.

Because it meant one irrefutable fact, Atticus was now stronger than the leaders of the superior races.

The domain shook.

Not with sound. But with stunned, reverent fear.

Atticus wasn't done.

"But we live in an unfair world. So their races have declared war on us."

"And in just a few hours… humans turned on humans out of fear."

He took a breath. One that seemed to pull the air from everyone's lungs. His voice darkened.

"I am disappointed."

Those three words felt like ice in their bones.

"I'm embarrassed to be your Apex. When I went to the Verietega Nexus, you all cheered. When I won, you all felt pride."

"You all felt it then. You echoed it."

"Humanity isn't weak. It isn't prey. It isn't bottom of the food chain."

He paused for a slight second.

"But what I see before me… are cowards. On the first morning of them declaring war, you riot. You loot. You cry…"

"Pathetic."

The word reverberated across the domain like poison.

"These are the people I represented?"

The domain was dead silent.

And soon enough, they each began to feel it.

Shame.

Guilt.

It rolled across them like a wave.

But what none of the humans knew was that it wasn't natural. No. Humans were selfish creatures and it was natural for many not to be moved by Atticus' words.

But Atticus' will had grown to such an extent that it could blanket the entire domain. And because of this, he held their emotions in the palm of his hand.