The entire building shook as the battle on the sixth floor raged on.
The destruction wrought by the Relics ensured that most available Taskmasters were sent to aid Oswald in suppressing the attack before it spread to the other floors.
Though this made it easier for Alex to ascend to higher floors, he couldn't help but feel conflicted about the situation.
In his initial drafts for the heist, he'd considered causing chaos by releasing the Relics just to ensure he wouldn't be disturbed in his search.
However, he'd ended up scrapping it for the fact that he had no idea what would happen should he go ahead to release a Relic without protection.
It didn't seem worth it to risk his life and it was good that he'd done so, considering the state of the corrupted Taskmaster who'd ended up devoured by the Relics, despite protections put in place to avoid that.
