Everything was prepared.
Now, Nick had to wait for the end of the era.
He returned to all the Shields he had captured and looked at them.
They all greeted him reverently, but Nick didn't feel anything.
'I am not supposed to advance anymore,' he thought.
Nick took a deep breath.
BANG!
He turned into the Null and enlarged his body.
In an instant, his blades appeared beside everybody at once, penetrating their brains.
All the Shields collapsed at the same time.
'I have to act like a Specter,' Nick thought.
One last burst of suffering entered Nick as all of them died.
And then, it was over.
The Shields were dead.
Nick's perception stretched across the world, and he just looked at it for a bit.
'Everyone thinks that humanity is recovering.'
'They believe that the hard times are finally behind them.'
'For a couple of generations, that will be the case.'
'But not forever.'
Nick looked at the underground city.
