Back where Victor and Cain stood, the battlefield had turned into something unrecognizable, smoke and dust choking the air while shattered vehicles, broken concrete, and twisted metal were scattered everywhere like remnants of a warzone that had been erased from existence, the ground itself cracked in multiple directions as if the earth had been forced to split open by pure violence, and at the center of it all Cain stood like a living disaster, his massive frame covered in blood and debris as he continued his rampage without pause, every step he took shaking the ground, every movement leaving destruction behind him.Victor was still standing, but barely, his body no longer responding the way it should as broken bones made simple movements feel like torture, his breathing uneven and ragged while blood dripped from his mouth and nose, his arm hanging in a way that made it clear it was badly damaged, yet even in that state his eyes remained locked on Cain as he struggled to maintain Sur

Kade planted his feet firmly into the cracked ground as Cain’s compressed body-missile came tearing through the air, the pressure alone warping the space around it, debris lifting and vibrating as if the entire battlefield was reacting to the sheer force of the impact that was about to happen, and in that split second Kade finally raised his fist—not in panic or in defense, but in calm, controlled certainty—as if he had already calculated the exact moment everything would end.The instant Cain reached him—GBOOOOOOM!!!Kade’s fist met the center of that condensed mass of flesh and bone, and for a fraction of a second it looked like nothing happened, like Cain had simply collided with an immovable wall, his body compressing further into Kade’s punch like a dense, unstable sphere meeting an unbreakable point, the sound itself delayed as the air went silent for a heartbeat—Then reality broke.The entire compressed form detonated outward in a violent explosion of flesh, bone, and blood,

Kade walked through the ruins of Hollow Street with steady steps, debris crunching softly beneath his boots as the smoke slowly began to settle and the remaining Iron Wolves members moved around tending to the wounded and securing the perimeter, and when he reached Victor he stopped and looked him over properly for the first time, noting the bruises, the fractured stance, and the exhaustion hidden behind his forced calm expression.“You’re still standing,” Kade said flatly, as if assessing an object rather than a man.Victor let out a dry laugh, wiping blood from the corner of his lip with the back of his hand. “Compared to the Crimson Syndicate ambush?” he replied with a tired grin, “this feels like a warm-up.”Kade gave a small hum as if accepting that answer, then glanced past him toward the rest of the street. “Everyone else?”Victor nodded slowly. “Micheal got the civilians out in time. He dragged most of them to the southern exit before things got worse. I pulled Cain… or what w

Elara signed the documents slowly, her pen lingering for half a second longer than necessary as if she was still searching for some hidden clause that would suddenly reveal this entire thing was a trap, but nothing changed, and the contract remained exactly as absurd as it had been since she first read it, a hundred million loan with no collateral, no interest, and no repayment timeline that made sense in the real world.When she finally lifted the pen, Morty Stone’s expression softened into something almost approving.“It’s done then,” he said calmly.Elara set the pen down and exhaled lightly, her fingers tightening around the edge of the desk for a moment before she stood. “Thank you,” she said sincerely, still sounding slightly unsure of what she had just stepped into.Morty nodded. “The funds will reflect in your account first thing tomorrow morning.”That made her pause again. “That fast?”He gave a small smile. “When things are approved at this level, delays are optional.”Elar

The following days were some of the busiest Elara had experienced in years.After securing the one hundred million dollar loan from Morty Stone, she immediately threw herself into work. For the first time in a long while, she felt like she had something worth fighting for again.A new beginning.A new life.A future that belonged to her alone.That was why she named the company Genesis Corporation.The birth of something entirely new.Inside her small home office, documents were piled high on her desk. Company registration certificates, legal permits, business licenses, investment proposals, and dozens of market reports were scattered everywhere.The registration process had already been completed successfully.Genesis Corporation officially existed.Although it was still small and had no employees yet, it was hers.Every single piece of it.Elara couldn’t help smiling whenever she looked at the company registration certificate.For the first time since being expelled from the Voss fa