Nick's backup plan had failed.
He couldn't intimidate the Specter into conceding, and he also couldn't pull through with his threat.
Nick's mind became more and more chaotic as he tried to find a way out of this.
Plans upon plans formed in his mind, but nothing would work.
This was a direct battle.
This was a human against a Specter.
A Zephyx Synchronizer against a Specter Core.
There was no kind of scheme that could be pulled off in such a straightforward fight.
The one with the weaker will would lose.
And that was Nick.
Nick would lose because he was human.
There was nothing he could do about it.
He kept pushing back, but nothing changed.
The Specter just kept pushing emotionlessly.
'What do I do?!' Nick thought in panic.
'What can I do?!'
