suddenly everything slowed as viktor saw a light at the end of the tunnel and maksim 's great revelation echoed in his mind : `` i have discovered the leopard 's secret ... now i will avenge everyone who fell under the leopard 's power ... for my enemy murdered many souls to conquer aryk , and nocktayl was nothing but his shield , and now master molotov is nothing but his shadow , both sources through which he has exercised his wicked power .