All Chapters of GOD OF WAR: THE SYSTEM OF VENGEANCE : Chapter 21
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Chapter 21- Bigger enemies 1
The darkness tasted like blood and smoke.Damon floated somewhere between consciousness and oblivion, aware of nothing except the steady beep of medical equipment and the ghost of jasmine perfume clinging to his clothes.His body felt wrong. Heavy. Like someone had filled his veins with concrete while he wasn't looking.[SYSTEM STATUS: CRITICAL ERROR.][CELLULAR REGENERATION: 12% CAPACITY.][HOST CONDITION: SEVERE PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAUMA.]The warehouse. The explosion. Claire's scream cutting through the darkness as his body finally hit its limits and everything went white.Damon's eyes cracked open to unfamiliar ceiling beams. Rough-hewn wood, not the smooth plaster of his penthouse. Somewhere rural. Somewhere safe.Somewhere that smelled like herbs and antiseptic."You're awake." The voice belonged to a girl, maybe early twenties, with the kind of calm that came from seeing too much violence too young. "Try not to move. You've been unconscious for eighteen hours."He turned his head sl
Chapter 22- Bigger Enemies 2
"The Order has been tracking Successor bloodlines for over two centuries." Iris's voice dropped to barely above a whisper. "You're the fourteenth in your family line to receive the gift. Want to know what happened to the other thirteen?" Damon's throat went dry. "They died." "They were murdered. Every single one. Some by rival god-touched bloodlines. Some by government agencies that view enhanced humans as existential threats. Some by..." She paused, seeming to weigh her words carefully. "Some by forces that make your family's petty revenge plots look like playground squabbles." The room felt smaller suddenly, like the walls were pressing in. "Why are you telling me this?" "Because the Order exists to preserve the balance. To make sure powers like yours don't fall into the wrong hands or get snuffed out by those who fear them." Iris reached into her jacket, pulling out a photograph that made Damon's blood freeze. It showed him in the warehouse, silver light blazing from his h
Chapter 23 - TRAINING
The helicopter sounds were getting louder by the second.Damon struggled into the tactical vest, his body still protesting every movement despite Iris's stabilizing injection. The fabric felt wrong against his skin, like armor designed for someone else's war."How did they find us so fast?" He fumbled with the velcro straps, hands shaking from exhaustion or fear or both."Because I let them." Iris shouldered a rifle that looked military grade. "We needed to flush out exactly who was tracking you. Now we know."The casual admission hit him like cold water. "You used me as bait.""I used us both as bait." She moved to the window, peering through reinforced glass at the approaching aircraft. "Three attack helicopters, probably carrying a full tactical team each. Plus ground units moving through the forest from two directions."[THREAT ASSESSMENT: OVERWHELMING.][SURVIVAL PROBABILITY: 3%.][RECOMMEND IMMEDIATE SURRENDER.]"The system's telling me to surrender."Iris turned from the windo
Chapter 24- Dear cousin
Dawn in the training chamber meant pain.Damon had been awake for three hours, moving through basic exercises that made his muscles scream in languages he didn't recognize. Push-ups until his arms gave out. Sit-ups until his abs felt like they were tearing apart. Running in place until his lungs burned and his legs turned to jelly.All without a trace of supernatural enhancement."Faster," Iris commanded from her position near the chamber's center. "Your enemies won't wait for you to catch your breath."Sweat poured down his face as he pushed through another set of burpees. His body had grown soft during the system's reign, relying on artificial strength instead of conditioning. Now every movement was a reminder of exactly how unprepared he was for real combat.[ATTEMPTING RECONNECTION...][CHAMBER INTERFERENCE: 97%][BASIC MONITORING ONLY.]Even the system's voice sounded strained, like it was shouting through thick glass."Time," Iris called.Damon collapsed to his hands and knee
Chapter 25-Ghost of Manhattan
The envelope had no return address, no postmark, no indication of how it had found its way under Damon's cot in the training chamber.He discovered it on his seventh morning of brutal conditioning, after Iris had worked him through combat drills until his hands were raw and bleeding. The paper felt expensive between his fingers, the kind of stationery that screamed old money and older secrets.Inside was a single card, cream-colored with embossed lettering:The Colosseum cordially invites you to witness the finest combat the city has to offer. Tonight, 11 PM. Pier 94. Come alone. Bring cash.Below the text was a symbol that made Damon's blood run cold…a stylized eagle that he recognized from childhood visits to his uncle's office."Problem?" Iris appeared beside him with that silent grace she'd perfected. Her green eyes scanned the invitation, expression darkening."Recognition?""This is from Kane's people. Has to be." Damon turned the card over, looking for hidden messages or addi
Chapter 26- Alliance with a stranger
The warehouse buzzed with nervous energy after Damon's demonstration.Gamblers who'd lost money on the champion's quick defeat muttered angrily among themselves. Others pressed forward, trying to get a better look at the man who'd just made the impossible look routine.Damon climbed out of the fighting pit, conscious of every eye tracking his movement. In the VIP section, Kane was having an animated conversation with his security detail, probably deciding whether to cut his losses and disappear or double down on whatever game he was playing."Drink, champ?"The voice belonged to a young woman, maybe early twenties, carrying a tray of overpriced alcohol through the crowd. Asian features, tired eyes that had seen too much, the kind of forced smile that came from working jobs where tips meant survival."Water's fine," Damon said, pulling a twenty from his pocket.Her eyes widened at the tip. "Thanks. Most fighters just take whatever they want and tell me to bill the house.""Not my st
Chapter 27- SAVING DAMON KANE
Claire stared at her phone screen for the hundredth time that morning, watching the grainy footage that had broken the internet overnight.The video was shaky, filmed from someone's smartphone in a crowded warehouse, but the figure in the center was unmistakably Damon. Her Damon. Except this version moved with lethal precision that made her stomach clench with something between fear and fascination.The knockout punch that ended the fight lasted maybe two seconds. But she'd watched it on repeat for the past three hours, studying every detail of his transformed physique, he’s alive , he survived the explosion."Still watching that trash?" Adrian's voice scraped like broken glass from across their penthouse living room.He was drinking again. Had been since the warehouse explosion that was supposed to have killed his cousin permanently. The expensive scotch wasn't helping his healing jaw, but it was the only thing that seemed to quiet his increasingly paranoid thoughts."It's not tra
Chapter 28- Go away Claire
Claire positioned her BMW behind a delivery truck, engine running, hands gripping the steering wheel until her knuckles went white.The Golden Dragon restaurant sat like a fortress in the heart of Chinatown, its red neon sign casting bloody shadows across the narrow street. Men in dark suits flanked every entrance, their positions too strategic to be coincidental.She'd followed Damon here expecting to witness a business meeting. What she found looked more like preparation for war."This is insane," she whispered to herself. "Turn around. Go home. Pretend you never saw this."But her feet didn't move toward the gas pedal.Through the restaurant's front windows, she could see Damon sitting at a corner table, perfectly calm despite being surrounded by enough firepower to level a city block. The man across from him…elderly, well-dressed, radiating authority even from a distance…had to be Tommy Zhang.They were talking. Negotiating. Two apex predators sizing each other up before decidin
Chapter 29- Dragon Fang
The knock on Damon's hotel suite door came at exactly 3 AM.Three precise raps, followed by silence, then three more. Professional. Patient. The kind of visitor who didn't need to announce themselves because their reputation preceded them.Damon had been awake anyway, running through combat sequences Iris had drilled into him while his enhanced senses monitored the building's security. The past week of legitimate training had pushed his capabilities beyond anything he'd thought possible.[CURRENT STATISTICS:] [STRENGTH: 38/100] [AGILITY: 35/100] [ENDURANCE: 45/100] [WILLPOWER: 72/100] [COMBAT SKILL: 41/100]The numbers represented real growth. Earned through sweat and discipline instead of supernatural shortcuts. But as he approached the door, Damon could feel something else stirring in his chest. Something older and hungrier than the system's enhancements."Mr. Blackwood." The voice through the reinforced door was cultured, accented with Hong Kong English. "I believe we have bu
Chapter 30- Time to be the Hunter
The audio quality was crystal clear despite being recorded from three blocks away.Damon sat in the back of Mei Lin's beat-up Honda, laptop balanced on his knees, listening to his uncle Kane's voice through surveillance equipment that shouldn't have existed outside government facilities."The boy has become unstoppable," Kane was saying, his words transmitted through a microphone no larger than a grain of rice. "Every day he remains alive, he grows stronger. More dangerous."[SURVEILLANCE NETWORK ACTIVE] [BONUS QUEST REWARD: INTELLIGENCE GATHERING CAPABILITIES] [CURRENT TARGETS: 23 HIGH-VALUE INDIVIDUALS] [DATA QUALITY: EXCEPTIONAL]The system's latest enhancement had come as a surprise. After successfully establishing his reputation in the underground fighting circuit and surviving Dragon Fang's assassination attempt, new capabilities had unlocked automatically.Suddenly, every smartphone within a half-mile radius became a potential listening device. Security cameras turned int