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Chapter 305: Silence
The pull was strong and magnetic. Kyle felt himself sliding across the smooth, featureless floor, Natalie clinging desperately to his arm, Arachne tumbling past them, her earlier composure shattered by primal terror.The black cube in the center of the chamber pulsed with an anti-light, a void that drank everything, pulling them towards an unknown, terrifying fate.’No!’ The thought roared through Kyle's mind, a desperate defiance against the overwhelming power. He couldn’t end here. Not like this. Not after everything.He slammed his free hand against the floor, trying to find a grip, but the surface was too smooth, the pull too strong. He felt the Mana Cell within him flare, fighting against the oppressive energy of the Entity, but it was like a candle against a hurricane. His Silver Core, Franca’s core, pulsed weakly, overwhelmed.Then, instinct took over. Not the cold logic, not the calculated rage, but something deeper, something primal. His third, hidden core – the one he’d bare
Chapter 304: Gina's Intel II
They encountered no more Vipers as they went on, but the silence felt heavy, expectant. Twice, Arachne signaled them to halt, her head tilted, listening to sounds Kyle couldn’t quite discern – faint scuttling, distant clicks. Each time, the sounds faded, and they pressed on.After what felt like hours, but was probably closer to one, Natalie stopped at a junction where three identical tunnels branched off. She frowned, looking down each one, then back at Kyle."I’m... not sure," she admitted, her voice low. "The layout down here, it’s not on any of Katherine’s schematics. This section must be ancient and undocumented. I can feel... faint energy traces down all three, but nothing distinct."Kyle stepped forward, placing a hand on the wall, closing his eyes, extending his own senses. The Mana Cell hummed faintly, amplifying his perception. He felt the faint thrum of the Spire above them, the distant rumble of city traffic filtered through layers of earth and stone. And... something else
Chapter 303: Gina's Intel
They crossed the cavern floor, the ground uneven, littered with sharp volcanic rock and strange, crystalline formations that pulsed with a faint, sickly internal light. The groaning, hissing sounds of the ancient machinery grew louder as they approached the tunnel opening. The tunnel was narrow, barely wide enough for them to walk single file. It sloped steeply downwards, twisting and turning. The air grew hotter, the metallic taste stronger. Faint red light flickered from somewhere ahead, casting long, dancing shadows. After several minutes of claustrophobic descent, the tunnel opened into another vast chamber. But this one wasn’t natural. Massive, archaic machinery filled the space, pipes thick as tree trunks snaking across the floor and up the walls, glowing cherry-red in places. Pistons hissed, gears groaned, the entire chamber thrumming with barely contained power. The air was thick with the smell of ozone, superheated metal, and something else... something that made Kyle's s
Chapter 302: Grand design?
Kyle didn’t answer immediately. Grand design? His only design was to stop being hunted, to protect Natalie, to carve out a space where they could be safe. If that meant dismantling the Association brick by brick, so be it. If it meant confronting Kings... he’d cross that bridge when he came to it. "They started it," he said finally, the words simple, cold. Gina nodded slowly. "They often do. Power abhors a vacuum, and new power is always seen as a threat by the established. The Association, for all its talk of order, is merely another player seeking to maintain its dominance." She took a small, deliberate step closer. "But Valen is not Necrus. The Spire is the heart of their network. They will defend it fiercely. Director Luther is not a man to be trifled with, and he has... resources." "I’m aware," Kyle said. Katherine’s fear had been genuine. Luther, Unit 7... he wasn’t underestimating the opposition. "Are you?" Gina’s gaze sharpened. "Do you know that your domain, while potent
Chapter 301: Gina
Arachne stood beside Natalie, occasionally offering quiet corrections or pointing out structural weak points in the Spire’s lower defenses that Natalie might have missed. Viv lounged in a chair, sharpening one of her daggers with a whetstone, occasionally interjecting with cynical comments about the Spire’s likely kill zones."They’ll have psionic dampeners around the divination sanctums," Viv said, not looking up from her blade. "And probably some nasty energy leeches in the conduit corridors. Standard high-security playbook. Try not to get your brain scrambled or your fancy powers sucked dry, Boss.""We won’t be there long enough for it to matter," Kyle stated, though he filed away Viv’s warning. Psionic interference was a concern.A faint chime echoed from the main hall. A soft, almost melodic sound, utterly out of place in the castle’s ancient stone silence.All four of them froze.Kyle's head snapped up, his eyes instantly alert. Arachne was already moving towards the war room do
Chapter 300: A viable backup
The quiet hum of the castle was a stark contrast to the chaotic energy still thrumming through Kyle's veins. He sat at the massive stone table in what Arachne had designated the ’war room’ – a chamber smaller than the main hall, dominated by the table and several stark, uncomfortable-looking chairs. The datachip was slotted into a battered, Guild-issue reader he’d... acquired. Katherine had been surprisingly thorough.Holographic schematics of the Valen Spire floated above the table, a complex, multi-layered structure. Red markers pulsed over designated targets: divination chambers, psionic relay nodes, primary data archives for Hunter movements across multiple sectors.’Harder target,’ Kyle acknowledged internally. The Spire wasn’t just an office; it was a fortress, the heart of the Association’s information network in the region. ’More defenses. More personnel. Higher stakes.’He zoomed in on a section labeled ’Sub-level Psi-Corp Conduits’. Intricate networks of cabling and glowing
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