The chieftain was now a frozen corpse with a gaping hole through it.
It was finally over. Icard, the finisher, lay unconscious on the ground.
"Is he...dead?" Alia asked, fearing the worst.
Eric crawled up to him to check and...Icard was still breathing.
"He's alive" he said with relief.
"Do you know him?" Albert said, barely managing to walk up to them as he had been battered enough.
"Albert" Luna muttered but she was inaudible to him.
"Yes" Eric answered.
"I see. I don't know who you people are, but your strengths are commendable. Especially him" Albert said, referring to Icard.
Eric nodded. Even he was amazed at what Icard had just done.
None of them had ever seen anything like it.
"Earlier, he used really powerful techniques and got drained. I suspect this must have hit him even harder" Albert said. "But don't worry. He will be fine"
Just then, Gremit walked up to them.
"Albert - the core stone" he said.
