His slaughter was purposeless, driven purely by the thrill of the kill.
From this, it could be inferred that he had likely encountered a problem during his advancement. He had been infected by a higher being, and his mind had suffered from Erosion.
Such situations were not uncommon among Professionals.
After all, the path of a Professional was inherently fraught with madness and danger.
Only some of the more common Professional paths were relatively safe in the Early Stage, but they too became susceptible as one's Sequence advanced.
As for the more niche, secretive Professional paths, they were a matter of life and death.
But Aelons had never imagined that such a thing would befall him.
Facing a being who had lost all reason, any attempt to stall for time was futile.
The only path to survival was to risk everything in an all-out fight and cause a huge commotion.
Just then, the silver-faced man in the raincoat flicked his arm.
