You feel something stirring inside of you. An ancient, blood-drenched aura that you've managed to suppress and store inside your vessel for so, so long.
A weathered, almost leathery hand phases through your torso. You allow this thing, this entity, to escape your body.

You feel your eyes roll to the back of your head. Something walks right out of you like you're simply a door.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1SbYeD1ZyM - THE ADMIRAL

The entity standing before you is ancient looking man that towers over everyone else in the arena at a solid ten feet. His skin is beyond wrinkly and weathered, looking more like a well tanned leather than any other kind of skin. His hair, both on his head and beard, are encrusted in a thick layer of sea salt that has dyed his normally jet black hair bright white.

An admiral coat, which has a black and white checker pattern all over it, loosely hangs over his torso. It is covered in every single possible naval and military medal recognizable to the average person.

Benedict and Lex immediately recognize who this is and they scramble to get as far away from him as possible. The others are slower to react but the presence of the entity 'lightly encourages' them to clear some distance from him.

A bright blue glow pours out of his eyes. Grasped loosely in his left hand is a rusted saber. He points it towards Liam while giving him a cold, disinterested gaze.

"Y-you!!!" Liam struggles to stand up. "You betrayed us! You were supposed to work for us! Like every other anomaly! Why are you with HER?"
"A banal question with an equally banal answer, Liam. She entertained me. A book that I feverishly read while I licked my wounds." The Admiral calmly stretches his sea-salt encrusted shoulders. "I only wanted to watch your defeat in person - Without having to use her eyes to see it."

"I-I'll kill you! I've killed ALEPHs before! I've killed X5s before! I've killed Keters before! Whatever name you want to use, I've killed them before!"

"Do you truly believe that?" The Admiral shakes his head. "I would label the nine humans fighting you, collectively, as an 'X4'. Yet look at where you stand. On your knees, acting like a fucking child."

"You couldn't stop them. You failed your men. Your followers are being mulched above. You're a complete, utter failure, Liam."

The Admiral steps away from the group out of sheer disgust of what he saw out of Liam. "She's more of a leader than you are. I hope you recognize that - Maybe you can die with some honor with that toothpick of yours."
Only when he gets pretty far away does anyone in your party speak up.

"Wait, he's not helping us?" Otto chokes out.
"He's a sick bastard - He thinks this game is too easy for him." Lex grumbles.

Liam forces himself up to his knees. What little resolve he has is starting to burn out. The Admiral's words left an inedible EMOTIONAL wound on him...
>LIAM takes more damage this turn!