​I ran back down the prison block, moving so fast the cages blurred into a single line. The golden energy was eating me alive, but right now, it was the only thing keeping me moving.​I hit the end of the hallway and burst through the double doors leading to the facility's main sector.​The room was lined with computer servers. And standing right in the middle of it were twenty corporate guards. They were wearing full tactical riot gear, black helmets and holding heavy assault rifles pointed directly at the doorway.​"Fire! Put him down!" the squad leader screamed.​The room erupted into deafening noise. The muzzle flashes lit up the dark space like a strobe light. Hundreds of bullets tore through the air, screaming straight toward my chest and head.​Let them see the wrath of a ruler, the ancient voice commanded in my mind.​I swung my Black Iron Blade in a horizontal arc. A shockwave of pure golden energy exploded from the edge of the sword. It hit the incoming storm of bullets, mel