Xander Blake was the Leader of the Delta Squad of APF. There was not a single person in the APF who didn't know who Xander was.
He was an S-Rank Warlock. Even though he only led the Delta Squad, which was the weakest squad of the three APF Squads, there was no one who doubted his abilities. He was a respectful Warlock who was famously known even outside the APF.
Many influential people knew about him. As he was a member of the Delta Squad, he often dealt with Variant related problems of the general public, unlike the Higher Squads that placed most of their efforts on the Variant Uprising organization.
Because of this, Xander was known even by the general public. His reputation was very favorable in public.
Even though he wasn't on the list of the top ten strongest Warlocks in the country, he was still known to be a frightening Warlock. His flames were known to burn everything to cinders. It was also said to be hot enough to meld metals.
Despite being this strong, Xander was unable to save most of his squad members. Not because he wasn't strong enough but simply because he didn't even know.
According to him, his squad had already caught Lucifer, who was in an inescapable cage. He didn't realize that Lucifer had already escaped and killed half his squad.
Flourance didn't get enough time even to inform Xander. He wanted to catch Lucifer himself after Lucifer had escaped, or at least try to catch himself first before telling Xander about his failure since he was confident in his abilities to catch Lucifer.
Unfortunately, he didn't have any idea about what was waiting for him. When Lucifer came face to face with him, he didn't even get the time to land on the ground safely, let alone the time to inform Xander.
Thus, the crashed helicopter's remains burned on the ground while bodies with big holes in them laid on the ground, unmoving. The bodies were spread throughout.
Open Parachutes were still attached to most of the bodies; however, the wind wasn't as intense as it had previously been; thus, the bodies weren't being dragged all around. Some of the bodies were even hanging from the trees as they had fallen on them.
The green grass on the ground was covered in dark red blood that wasn't only in the places where the bodies were lying. Instead, it was sprinkled even far away somehow.
Lucifer was still floating in the air as he looked down at the ground expressionlessly.
Even though one helicopter was broken entirely as it blew up, the other one was still intact. It was standing on the ground. Its rotor blades were still moving, albeit extremely slowly.
Caen stepped out of the helicopter with a bright grin on his face as he slowly clapped. "Bravo! That was a good show."
Lucifer gazed at Caen, still lost in thoughts. He was still confused by the intentions of Caen. Even though what Caen said seemed like the truth, Lucifer didn't feel like trusting him entirely.
He had seen how treacherous humans had been. Even the scientists that had pretended to care for humans and their lives showed their true faces when Lucifer wasn't of any use to them.
'It is a world of self-interest. People are only nice as long as we are useful to them. They are all hypocrites who only think of themselves above everyone else. They are all the same. At their core, they are only monsters who know how to act a little better.'
' He would be no different. He and his organization would be the same. They only want me now because I am useful to them, but once I am not, they will forget everything I do and throw me away like the bastards in that lab did after my parents died,' he thought as he gazed at Caen, who was clapping on the ground. 'It wouldn't be any different this time.'
He was still thinking if he should use Caen instead or if he should just kill him and continue on his quest to destroy the Facility. If he did decide on the first, he would have the backing of a big organization in his quest, but he most probably would have to do things for them as well in exchange.
If he selected the latter, he would be alone, but he would have more freedom. It wasn't all good either since he knew that more freedom would come with more risk as well since he might face situations like today when attacking the Facility.
By now, he was certain that the others knew what his aim was. He already knew that they would know, but he hadn't expected them to set a trap by giving him fake information about the Facility's location.
He had once again made the mistake of trusting the humans, thinking that they could tell the truth when the life of their loved ones was in trouble, but Xander had still lied to him. That only proved how cunning and uncaring they were.
Since they knew his target, they would most certainly not let him have his way without coming up with another scheme. Since he had killed most of the people here, he was confident that the next attack would be on a much bigger scale.
If he refused Caen, his organization might be after him as well. So the outcomes of saying no were much worse than saying yes. Still, he didn't wish to agree.
He didn't wish to forget everything and mix up with humans again, even if it was to get information.
"I guess it is something that must be done. After I am done getting what I want, I will leave even if I have to destroy them along the way. This should be fine. I won't let anyone control me, even if it's the gods themselves," he muttered softly as he decided what to do.
It was like how he had decided to stay with the girl he met along the way to learn from her the art of hunting and cooking. He just needed to use them before he left without giving them a chance to betray him.