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Chapter 256
The figure pulled back his hood completely.Co-ordinator Hayes.The man who'd coordinated their missions. Who'd sent them on reconnaissance. Who'd approved their elite unit status. Who'd authorized this entire expedition.Miko felt like the ground had disappeared beneath him."No," he said. "That's impossible."Hayes smiled. Not the professional smile from briefings. Something darker. More genuine."Nothing is impossible in the Abyss, Miko. You should know that by now."The expedition reached the platform. Galok and Captain Rodriguez at the front. They saw Hayes. Weapons raised.Rodriguez stopped dead. His face went pale. "Hayes? What are you doing here?""Finishing what I started.""We're here to destroy the chamber!" Rodriguez said. His voice shaking. "You authorized this mission!""Yes. I did. Because I needed you all here. Needed Miko here specifically. This entire expedition was designed to bring him to this exact moment."Miko's element marriage burned hotter. Every mission. Eve
Chapter 255
Four hours passed too quickly.Miko barely slept. Just lay there thinking about what was coming. About the enclosure. About his father.About the choice he'd have to make."All units assemble!" Galok's voice cut through the camp. "Breach begins in thirty minutes!"The expedition came alive. Soldiers packing gear. Checking weapons. Preparing for the final push.Miko joined his team. They looked tired. Scared. But ready."This is it," Akiya said."This is it," Miko agreed.They assembled in formation. Two hundred and ninety-two people. All that remained of the four hundred who'd started this mission.Galok stood at the front with Rodriguez. Church and AAU united one last time."The enclosure ahead contains the Battery Chamber," Galok said. "Our objective is to breach it, reach the chamber core, and destroy it completely.""Expect heavy resistance. Awakened wraiths guard the interior. Possibly worse. Casualty estimates are sixty percent."Sixty percent. More than half of them would die.
Chapter 254
Morning never came.Or rather, it came but looked the same as night. The dimensional influence of the Battery Chamber made time meaningless here."All units assemble!" Galok commanded. "Final march begins now!"Two hundred and ninety-two people formed up. The sixty marked for dismissal had been separated. Sent to a holding area to wait for evacuation.The remaining expedition was leaner. Harder. Everyone who'd survived this far had proven themselves capable."From this point forward, we travel at night," Galok announced."Why?" someone asked."Because the entities that attacked us hunt during the day. Night is safer in this region."That made no sense. But nothing about the Abyss made sense."We march for twelve hours. Then establish base camp outside the Battery Chamber enclosure. Rest. Then breach and destroy.""Move out!"The expedition began marching through the darkness.Not regular darkness. Abyssal darkness. Thick. Heavy. Like it had substance. The kind of darkness that pressed
Chapter 253
Miko was asleep when the attack came.Shouts. Weapons firing. Chaos erupting across the camp.He grabbed his dimensional blade and burst from his tent. Element marriage already active. Black flames wrapping his body.The camp was under attack. But not from wraiths.From their own people.Soldiers fighting soldiers. AAU operatives battling Church paladins. Elite units attacking each other in the darkness."What's happening?" Anna yelled, running up beside him."I don't know!"Miko saw Blaze fighting Cabin. Saw Garcia and Bertha on opposite sides. Saw the expedition tearing itself apart."Unit Seven! Defensive formation!" he commanded.His team and the champions gathered around him. Confused. Weapons ready but not sure who to fight.An AAU operative charged at them. Miko recognized him. Support personnel. Not a fighter normally.Miko dodged his attack. Disarmed him without serious injury. "Stand down!"The operative didn't respond. Just attacked again. Eyes wild. Not in control."Someth
Chapter 252
That night, Miko couldn't sleep.The camp was quiet. Guards patrolled the perimeter. Soldiers rested in their tents. Everything looked calm.But his mind wouldn't stop. The paladin's words kept repeating. Hundreds of Apex creatures. Thousands maybe. All waiting in the deep Abyss.He got up. Walked through the camp. Just moving. Thinking.Near the edge of camp, he saw someone sitting alone. One of the paladins who'd fought the Apex insect. The same one who'd talked to him earlier."Can't sleep either?" the paladin asked."Too much to think about.""Sit. I'll keep you company."Miko sat on a rock nearby. They watched the perimeter together in silence for a while."You have questions," the paladin said. Not asking. Stating."Yeah.""Ask. I'll answer what I can.""How did the Church get so strong? Your techniques. Your coordination. That's beyond anything the AAU teaches.""The Church has been training to fight the Abyss for centuries. Long before your Academy existed. We know things that
Chapter 251
They'd been marching for three hours when the sensors went crazy."Contact!" Liam yelled, checking his equipment. "Massive energy signature approaching fast!""From where?" Miko asked."Above!"Everyone looked up.The sky was already wrong colors. Purple and gray mixed together. But now something was moving through it. Fast. Creating sonic booms that cracked the air."Defensive positions!" Galok commanded. "Aerial threat incoming!"The expedition scattered. Breaking formation. Finding cover behind rocks and ruins.The creature descended.It was massive. Insect-like body maybe hundred and fifty feet long. Wings that buzzed at frequencies that made stone crack. Armored carapace covered in dimensional energy that shimmered like oil."Apex creature!" someone yelled. "Subject Four from the western mountains!"But this was nowhere near the western mountains. Subject Four shouldn't be here.Unless someone moved it. Or it escaped.The creature circled overhead. All its eyes focused on the exp
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