My Talent's Name Is Generator Chapter 362: I Looked Hot

[Billion’s PoV]

The battle was over.

I raised my hand and opened the portal back to the realm. One by one, our people moved through. The scent of blood clung to us even as we stepped into calm.

When I stepped through, the portal dropped back inside the central chamber of the realm. The place was quiet.

The large teleportation rings Dante had made still pulsed gently in the center. The others ca through behind , one after another. So limped, so carried others. Blood stained armor and robes. A few dropped to the floor the mont they stepped in, too tired to stand.

I walked a few steps to the edge of the room and sat down in the corner. I didn’t close my eyes. I just let my body relax. The fatigue was more ntally than physically.

A few seconds later, Arkas approached and stopped. "Open a portal to the capital. I want to see it myself."

I nodded without a word and raised my hand. A narrow slit of violet shimred to life beside us. Arkas stepped through imdiately. The portal closed behind him.

So murmurs rose in the silence.

"That hamr... how did he even make that?" Gary muttered.

"I don’t think I blinked for five whole minutes," Steve said.

Even Edgar gave a soft laugh. "He’s gotten strong. Way too fast for a normal pace."

I just sat still, thinking about what ca next.

I felt soone approaching. North sat down beside . Her shoulder brushed mine gently. She didn’t say anything for a mont. Just leaned her head back against the wall like I did.

"You okay?" she asked softly.

I turned to look at her. Her face had a fresh cut across one cheek, dried blood streaked down her jaw, and her ponytail was ssier than usual.

"You look worse than ," I said.

She smirked. "I like it that way. Make more human. You were playing thunder god."

I chuckled under my breath.

She nudged lightly with her elbow. "That thing you did with the hamr? I think half the city must have heard that."

"They were in the way," I said simply.

She nodded. "Still... it was kind of hot."

I raised an eyebrow. "The hamr?"

"No. You."

I blinked, caught off guard. But she just smiled and turned her face away like she hadn’t said anything at all.

Across the chamber, Edgar squinted. He nudged Steve with his elbow and whispered, "When did that happen?"

Steve blinked, then leaned in. "Wait... what?"

"Don’t play dumb. Look." Edgar tilted his head toward us.

Steve stared, eyes widening slightly. "Oh. Huh. I actually don’t know."

Edgar humd. "Should’ve placed bets. I wonder if Arkas knows."

"Yeah. He’s gonna flip."

They both fell quiet again, pretending to look casual, but I could still feel their eyes.

North didn’t care. She leaned her head gently on my shoulder. "We deserve ten minutes. Just ten. Then you can go be all scary again."

"Fine," I said.

She smiled again.

After a few minutes, Edgar walked over and crouched near . He looked at North, smiled once, then turned back to .

"You do realize what kind of defense we’re about to hit next, right?" he asked.

I gave a slow nod.

"The capital," I said. "The core."

He leaned on one knee. "That place isn’t just walls and numbers. It’s where the real Holt strength lives. And they’ve got three Grandmasters there who have talents."

I stayed quiet, but my thoughts stirred.

I hadn’t t many people with talents, true talents, the kind that bent the world around them. Lyrate had one, in her own way. But they were rare. And now I was being told that the Holt family had three? All waiting in one place? That ant sothing.

Edgar continued, "First one’s fast. Really fast. Speed-enhancent talent, top tier. His whole fighting style is built on it. Hit-and-run, cut-and-retreat, that kind of stuff."

North, still sitting next to , narrowed her eyes. "Fast ans hard to target. He’ll be a problem unless soone pins him down."

"Second one’s a brute," Edgar said. "Crystallization talent. His body’s nearly indestructible in short bursts. Not much technique, but makes up for it with pure toughness."

"And the third?" I asked.

Edgar frowned. "Illusionist. Dangerous one. Can create full-blown false realities if you get caught inside. The kind that sses with your senses, not just sight. Sound, pain, even ti."

North comnted.

"So that’s speed, strength, and deception. Great. Everything you don’t want to face all at once."

"They’ll all be there?" I asked.

"Most likely," Edgar said. "They’re not the types to run. Especially not with the head of the Holt family still present."

I looked up at the ceiling of the chamber, as if I could see through it. Capital base. The last wall between us and their fall.

Just then, a thin ripple cut through the space beside us, and a portal cracked open again. Arkas stepped out.

He didn’t speak right away.

I blinked. That portal hadn’t co from . I was the only one who could open stable exits in and out of the realm or at least, that was supposed to be true.

I looked at Arkas, then at the fading ripple in the air.

’Of course. Dante must have set up a secondary key or a tracking connection through my Essence signature.’

Arkas had probably asked him earlier. It made sense, they couldn’t always rely on to open things mid-battle. Still, it was strange seeing soone else step through space I thought I controlled. Strange... but useful.

We stood up. North moved beside . Steve walked over too. Even Edgar straightened up.

"The attack has already started," Arkas said. His voice was calm, but the air around him buzzed with tension.

"The capital?" Edgar asked.

"Yes. Empire teams already engaged. But it’s a stalemate. They’ve cordoned off the city center. Spatial barriers are holding strong. Contractors are there too."

My eyes narrowed. "They survived?"

"They ran fast after the second base fell. They regrouped with the Holt remnants in the capital," Arkas confird. "And they’ve fortified everything. Anti-teleport wards. Multi-layer formations. But the fighting has begun."

"Casualties?" Steve asked.

"Even so far. But that won’t last. They’ve got numbers. And Contractors an trouble."

I looked down at my hands. My Essence still humd beneath the surface. My body didn’t feel tired anymore—just quiet.

"We go all out from the start," Arkas said. "No holding back. The Empire wants this over in one blow."

I nodded.

"We’ve cleared everything else," I said. "Ti to bring it all down."

Arkas looked dead in the eye. "I want you to hit them like thunder."

"I will," I said.

He turned to the rest of the room. "Everyone rest. We move soon."

Then he walked off again, already preparing.

And I walked away to find a quiet corner of my own. I needed to think, to plan sothing new.