Landon closed his eyes. The boiling heat of Lagos made it hard to breathe, but he focused his mind.He reached deep inside his soul. He bypassed his exhaustion. He opened the glowing, bright white pool of his Kinetic Echo magic. He opened the invisible doorway in his brain.“Touch,” Landon commanded silently.The magical white threads flew across the metal walkway. They connected instantly to Claire, Kade, Marcus, Navarro, Jin, Sera, and Juno.All eight of them gasped out loud.The War Resonance was fully active. Their minds slammed together into one beautiful, flawless web of pure white thought.“We move as one,” Landon's voice echoed warmly inside their brains.Landon did not just feel their thoughts. He felt their absolute, unbreakable trust. He felt Claire's brilliant, icy tactical planning. He felt Kade's hot, fiery courage.They were no longer eight scared humans trapped in an underground hell. They were one single, perfect, unstoppable god of war.“Kade! Marcus! The crane above

“Kade! Hit the left knee!” Landon thought rapidly.Kade fired his rocket launcher. FWOOSH!The heavy rocket slammed directly into the robot's left knee joint. The explosion blew away a thick layer of black armor, exposing the sensitive, sparking wires underneath.“Marcus! Finish the leg!”Marcus ran forward bravely. He aimed his heavy shotgun at the exposed, sparking wires. BOOM! BOOM! The heavy steel slugs tore through the delicate machinery.The giant robot's left leg completely buckled. The massive machine fell heavily onto one knee, shaking the entire room.Landon used the perfect distraction. He leaped high into the smoky, hot air. He channeled a massive, concentrated amount of white Kinetic Echo magic directly into his right boot. He aimed straight for the open, burning furnace in the center of the robot's chest.Landon flew through the air and kicked his heavy, magical boot directly into the roaring fire.KABOOOOOOOOOM!The kinetic explosion fired violently inside the enclosed

Landon reached deep inside his soul. He activated his Kinetic Echo magic. He pushed a massive burst of bright white light into his heavy boots.BAM!Landon leaped high into the hot African air. He flew directly into the path of the giant, black magical hand.Landon pulled his right arm back. His fist glowed like a brilliant white sun. "Look at me, ugly!" Landon roared.Landon punched the giant, black magical hand with all his superhuman strength.KABOOOOOOOM!The kinetic explosion was absolutely deafening. A massive shockwave of white magic collided with the dark, purple dead-god magic.The impact was so powerful that it shattered the giant black hand into a million pieces of harmless, smoking shadows.Landon landed heavily on the paved street. He breathed hard, glaring at the Forge-Master. "Your fight is with me," Landon growled.Commander Vane’s glowing purple eyes narrowed. He looked at his broken magic. "Very well, Landon Hale," Vane hissed, gripping his burning hammer with both h

The glowing computer screen lit up the dark, dusty warehouse in Lagos, Nigeria. Landon Hale stared at the digital map of the world. Thousands of tiny, bright red dots flashed on the screen. Every single red dot was an ancient, terrifying monster waking up from a deep sleep. General Kade Rauth had triggered a global nightmare. The entire room was completely silent. The cheering of the local rebellion outside the building had faded away. Jin sat in front of the laptop. Tears streamed quietly down her dirty cheeks. "They are waking up everywhere," Jin whispered. Her voice trembled with pure terror. "In the oceans. Under the mountains. Beneath the deserts. General Rauth just started the end of the world." Landon felt a heavy, crushing weight settle onto his broad shoulders. He looked at his hands. They were covered in dirt and dried blood. He had fought so hard today. He had destroyed giant robots, defeated elite assassins, and smashed an entire factory. But it was not enough. Gener

The purple glass shattered. The spider sparked wildly and crashed dead into the mud, missing the child completely. Kade, drop the tree branch! Claire's tactical mind ordered through the web. Kade did not use his rocket launcher. An explosion would be too loud. He pulled his heavy combat knife. He leaped onto the trunk of a massive jungle tree. He swung his knife with all his strength, cutting a thick, heavy vine holding up a dead branch. The massive, heavy tree branch swung down like a giant pendulum. It smashed directly into five robotic spiders climbing up the bark, crushing their metal bodies into flat pancakes. Landon stood in the center of the muddy camp. He was the anchor. Three metal spiders charged at him from the mud, their bladed legs clicking furiously. Click-clack-click! Landon did not punch them. He focused a tiny, microscopic needle of bright white Kinetic Echo magic into his two index fingers. He moved his hands with impossible, superhuman speed. He flicked his f