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Jayden ran up the dark stairs of the subway. His heavy boots pounded against the concrete. His breath came out in sharp, ragged gasps. He burst out of the underground tunnel and into the freezing air of the New York street.He looked up at the grey sky.The massive metal bomb was falling. It was perfectly black, the size of a city bus, dropping straight down from the clouds. It was an EMP device. It was designed by the Anti-System Militias to wipe out all electronic and System energy in North America.If it exploded, every glowing shield, every healing light, and every piece of technology would die. Millions of innocent people relying on the System to survive would drop dead.“THIRTY SECONDS TO IMPACT,” his golden System screen warned him.Jayden did not have wings. He could not fly up and catch it. He did not have kinetic blasts like David or gravity magic like the Purists. He only had one power.Endurance.Jayden planted his feet wide on the icy street. He looked up at the falling b
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Miller pulled the trigger. But the bullets never hit Leo.A sudden, blinding flash of pure golden light exploded from the sky. It did not come from a bomb. It came from nowhere. It fell over the entire street like a warm, heavy blanket.When the golden light touched Leo, his eyes shot wide open.The terrible pain in his broken arm simply vanished.CRACK.His bones snapped back together in less than a second.Leo felt a rush of power so massive, so incredibly pure, that he felt like he could lift a skyscraper. The blue light of his Proto-System erupted from his body.It was no longer a small, flickering shield.A massive dome of solid, glowing blue crystal burst outward from Leo. It covered the entire street.The bullets from Miller’s machine gun hit the blue crystal dome and flattened like cheap tin foil, bouncing harmlessly onto the ice.David, kneeling on the ground, felt the golden pulse hit his bleeding shoulder. The bullet was pushed completely out of his flesh by a rush of silv
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An Enforcer with a whip of red fire managed to slip around the side of the barricade. He sneaked into the camp. He saw a young man running away carrying a box of medical supplies.The Enforcer swung his whip. The red fire wrapped around the young man’s chest. With a sickening crunch, the young man fell to the ground, completely dead.The moment the young man died, a blinding flash of red light shot up from his body and entered the Enforcer.The Enforcer screamed in pleasure. His muscles instantly grew larger. The black glass armor on his chest expanded. His fire whip grew twice as long and burned twice as hot."I have the kill!" the Enforcer roared, laughing like a maniac. "I am rewarded!"Leo watched this happen with absolute horror.This was Caelum’s rule. Strength-only doctrine. Every time a Purist killed someone, the global Prime System rewarded them. It gave them the dead person's energy. It made them faster, stronger, and more deadly.Briggs saw the kill and smiled. "Do you see,
Chapter 197
The sky over New York City was the color of dirty iron. The sun was hidden behind thick, grey clouds. Smoke rose from burning cars and ruined buildings, twisting into the cold air.The city was no longer just a place where people lived. It was a war zone.In just a few days since the battle in Times Square, the world had completely broken apart. It was not just a small fight anymore. It was not just a few bad people making trouble. The concrete streets of New York were literally painted with thick, bright lines, dividing the city into three different worlds.There were the Gold Zones. These belonged to the Halo Loyalists. People like Leo, David, and Martha. They painted thick yellow lines on the ground around their neighborhoods. They believed in Jayden. They believed that power was meant for protection. They used their soft blue, silver, and green Proto-Systems to build shields, to heal the sick, and to endure. They did not want to conquer the world; they only wanted to build a safe
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Caelum saw the truth of Jayden’s new power. Jayden had become a living battery. His pain generated massive amounts of System stability. Right now, Jayden was using that stability to feed the crowd in Times Square.But the System was a network. And Caelum was still the master of the network."If his pain creates power," Caelum whispered, his red eyes glowing brightly, "then I will take that power. I will route it to my armies. I will route it to my Enforcers. He wants to suffer? I will let him suffer forever. He will be the engine that powers my empire."Caelum hit a final button.NETWORK REROUTE PREPARED. WAITING FOR LOCAL COMBAT RESOLUTION.Caelum leaned back in his throne and steepled his fingers. He watched the screen with hungry eyes. "Fight the Devourer, little Halo. Bleed for them. Bleed for me."Back in Times Square, the battle was completely still.Leo, David, and the thousands of people stood in a massive, glowing defensive formation. They were a wall of blue, silver, green,
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Leo’s flickering blue Proto-System screen suddenly expanded. It grew from a small square into a massive, heavy shield of solid blue light. The words on his screen changed.SIGNAL RECEIVED. PROTO-SYSTEM STABILIZED.USER: LEO.CLASS: SHIELD-BEARER. LEVEL: MAXIMIZED."I... I feel it," Leo whispered. He looked at his hands. They were radiating absolute power. He looked at Jayden, hanging on the ice spike. Leo realized immediately where the power was coming from. "He is giving us his strength. Every time he hurts... we get stronger."David felt it too. The old iron wrench in his hand suddenly glowed with a blinding, fierce orange light. The ice trapping his boots shattered into dust. David felt his muscles bulge. He felt like his skin had turned to titanium.Martha, the old woman who had fallen to the ground, slowly stood up. Her silver Proto-System flared to life. The glowing silver light wrapped around the people next to her, creating a warm, unbreakable dome of healing energy.Survival
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