"Your parlor trick will not save this fortress."Makhal roared the threat over the howling wind. The Alpha cannibal dropped the ruined streetlamp pole onto the cracked concrete. He possessed ten thousand pounds of raw kinetic output. He did not need a weapon to kill a frail human."I caught your steel," Logan replied. His voice lacked any trace of fear. "I will break your bones."Makhal lunged forward. The monolithic giant threw a devastating right hook aimed directly at Logan's skull. The sheer velocity of the strike tore the freezing air apart.Logan did not raise his arms to block the incoming attack. He planted his heavy boots into the frozen courtyard and pivoted his hips to generate maximum torque. He channeled the boiling energy of the Glacial Serpent core radiating inside his chest. The liquid fire surged through his vascular system and pooled directly in his right hand.He met the incoming strike with his own bare fist.Flesh collided with flesh in the center of the ruined ga

"The beast meat will no longer forge new muscle."Logan delivered the grim reality to his top commanders. He stood in the center of the staging garage. A chaotic barricade of twisted scrap metal and splintered supply crates blocked the ruined archway where the tungsten gates once hung. The freezing draft from the blizzard seeped through the gaps in the debris."Explain to us why," Doran requested. The assistant crossed his arms over his chest. "We ingest the highest concentration of the meat available in this ecosystem. Growth should be a certainty.""The Overseer confirmed that our body has reached a finite cap," Logan clarified. He looked at the faces of his trusted officers. "Our skeletal structure cannot support heavier tissue. The beast meat is now useless for physical progression."Ashton leaned against a steel workbench. The left hand commander stared at his own calloused knuckles. A deep physiological dread pooled in his stomach. The ache of his past weakness flared in his joi