All Chapters of Sovereign of The Abyss: Chapter 221
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Chapter 221
The supermarket was a mess. Broken glass everywhere, shelves down, people crying and bleeding. But Miko couldn't just sit there feeling sorry for himself. People needed help."Hey, over here!" he shouted at an old woman trapped under a fallen display. "I'll get you out."He lifted the heavy metal frame like it weighed nothing. The woman stared at him with wide eyes."Thank you, young man. How did you...""Just move fast, okay? Building might not be safe."Miko helped three more people get free from debris. His hands were cut up from the glass, but he didn't care. Every minute they stayed inside was dangerous."Everyone follow me!" he called out. "Exit's this way!"He led a group of about twenty people toward the front doors. Half the automatic doors were broken, but the other half still worked. They squeezed through, stepping over scattered products and chunks of ceiling.Outside was chaos.Car alarms were going off everywhere. Some buildings had cracks running up their sides. A few s
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Miko planted himself right in front of the red portal like a human wall.Every wraith that came through died fast. Some he punched so hard they exploded. Others he grabbed and threw into buildings. The rest just touched his black flames and turned to dust."Is that kid really fighting those things by himself?" someone yelled from behind the police barriers."How's he doing that?""Who is he?"Officer Martinez couldn't believe what he was seeing. The kid had been standing there for fifteen minutes now, and nothing was getting past him. Not one single wraith."Control, this is Martinez," he said into his radio."Go ahead, Martinez.""That civilian I told you about? He's still holding the line. Zero creatures have made it past him.""That's not possible, Martinez.""I'm watching it happen. This kid is stopping a red-level portal break all by himself."More cops showed up. Fire trucks too. Even some military vehicles with gear Martinez had never seen before. But they all stopped at the ba
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The rescue work went on for hours. Miko pulled people out of collapsed buildings all day. Heavy concrete slabs that would take machines to move. He lifted them like they were made of paper.The news cameras followed him everywhere. More reporters asking questions he didn't answer. By evening, his face was on every channel again."This is the third major rescue operation led by the mystery student," one reporter said. "Authorities still haven't released his name, but sources confirm he's enrolled at Abyssal Academy."Miko ignored them all. He had somewhere to be.The damaged area near Fifth Street looked like a war zone. Buildings with holes punched through them. Street lights bent in half. Cars flipped upside down.That's where he saw him.A man stood near one of the broken buildings. Middle-aged guy with calm eyes and hands that looked like they'd seen real work. Nothing fancy about his clothes. Just regular stuff. But something about the way he stood made Miko pay attention.The man
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Miko walked into the AAU Hq feeling different than he had in days. The conversation with Larok had left him with more questions than answers, but at least now he had a direction.His teammates were waiting in their usual spot. Anna, Akiya, Liam, and then a face he doesn’t see often, Aria, all sitting around the table in the main hall. But something felt off. They looked worried."You're back," Anna said when she saw him. Relief in her voice."Yeah. News coverage finally died down enough for me to move around.""We saw," Akiya said. "You were on every channel for hours.""That's not what we need to talk about," Liam said seriously.Miko sat down. "What's going on?""AAU called in a specialist yesterday," Anna said. "Right after the portal break. A priest from the Church of Dimensional Stability.""A priest? What did they want?""To talk about what's been happening," Aria said quietly. "The portal breaks. The increased wraith activity. Everything.""And?"Anna pulled out a notebook. "He
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Aria walked through the government district with her hands in her pockets. The buildings here were all concrete and glass. Official looking. The kind of place where people made decisions that affected thousands of lives.She knew exactly where she was going.The Imperial Intelligence building stood at the end of the block. Thirty stories of dark windows and security cameras. Most people walked past it without a second glance. Just another office building.But Aria knew better.She showed her ID to the guard at the front desk. He looked at her twice, then made a phone call. After a few minutes, he handed her a visitor badge."Twenty-third floor," he said. "He's expecting you."The elevator ride felt longer than it should have. Aria stared at her reflection in the polished doors. She looked calm. Composed. That was good. She didn't want him to see how angry she really was.The twenty-third floor was all white walls and expensive carpet. A receptionist pointed her toward a corner office.
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Miko found his team in the AAU's training room. They were working through combat drills, but he could tell their hearts weren't in it. Everyone looked distracted."We need to talk," he said.They stopped what they were doing and gathered around him. Anna sat on one of the training mats. Akiya leaned against the wall with her arms crossed. Liam pulled up a chair. Aria stood by the window, looking out at the city."I've made a decision about our future," Miko said."What kind of decision?" Anna asked."We're going back to the Abyss.""When?" Akiya asked immediately."Soon. But not for a training mission this time. Not with Academy supervision and safety protocols.""What do you mean?" Liam asked."I mean we're going in to find the remaining awakened wraiths. To track down whoever's been weakening the dimensional barriers. And to rescue my father."Everyone went quiet. They all knew Miko's father was missing. They knew he was probably somewhere in the Abyss. But this was the first time M
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Miko and Anna walked through the dark streets toward the equipment depot. They needed specialized gear for their Abyss mission request. Dimensional scanners. Extended life support. Communication devices that worked across dimensional barriers.The kind of equipment that proved they were serious about deep reconnaissance."You really think Co-ordinator hayes will approve this?" Anna asked."I think he'll approve it because he needs us to approve it.""What do you mean?""The portal breaks are getting worse. The awakened wraiths are getting smarter. Regular military responses aren't working anymore. He needs people who can do impossible things.""Like us?""Like us."They turned down a side street that cut through the old warehouse district. Faster route to the depot, but darker and quieter than the main roads."Miko."The voice came from the shadows between two buildings. Deep and familiar.Miko stopped walking. "I know that voice."A figure stepped out of the darkness. Tall guy with l
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“Wait.”They heard suddenly.Gong didn't disappear into the shadows like Miko expected. Instead, he stopped at the end of the alley and turned back."On second thought, there's someone you need to meet," he said."Now?""Now."Anna looked at Miko. "Should we trust him?""I don't think we have a choice."They followed Gong through the warehouse district. He led them down streets Miko had never seen before. Past buildings that looked abandoned but had lights in the windows. Through areas where the city felt different. Older. More dangerous.Finally, Gong stopped in front of a building that looked like it used to be a factory. Big windows covered with metal grates. Walls made of brick that had seen better decades."In here," Gong said."What is this place?""Somewhere safe to talk."They went through a door that didn't look like much from the outside. Inside, the building was different than Miko expected. Clean. Well-maintained. With equipment that looked expensive and high-tech."This w
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Miko walked into Hayes's office without knocking. The secretary outside had tried to stop him, but one look at his face and she'd let him through.Hayes looked up from his desk. "Miko. I was expecting you.""I want to go back to the Abyss.""Straight to the point. I appreciate that."Hayes gestured to the chair across from his desk. Miko sat down."AAU runs training missions to the Abyss all the time," Hayes said. "Why come to me?""Because I don't want a training mission.""What do you want?""A real mission. Deep reconnaissance. No safety protocols. No extraction timers."Hayes leaned back in his chair. "That's not how we do things with students.""Then don't treat me like a student.""What should I treat you as?""Someone who can do the job you need done."Hayes was quiet for a long time. He pulled out a file from his desk drawer and opened it. Miko could see his own photo clipped to the inside."Portal break response. Fifty-three confirmed kills. Zero casualties. Multiple rescue o
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The mission briefing had been delivered in a small room at Forward Base Alpha. Captain Rodriguez stood at the front with a map projected on the wall behind him."Your target area is Zone Theta-Seven," he said. "But we're designating it with a new name. Blood Shepherd Zone.""Blood Shepherd?" Akiya asked."Named after reports we've received from previous reconnaissance teams. Or rather, the lack of teams coming back."Rodriguez clicked a button and the map zoomed in on a specific area. It looked like every other part of the Abyss. Dark. Twisted. Wrong."What makes this zone special?" Liam asked."Intelligence describes a massive spider-like creature unlike regular wraiths. Something that doesn't follow normal Abyssal behavior patterns.""How massive?""Unknown. We have no visual confirmation. Only reports of complete disappearances."Rodriguez clicked through several files. Each one showed reconnaissance teams that had entered the zone. Each one marked as missing."No survivors?" Anna