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CHAPTER 20 — COMPLETING THE QUESTS
I crash-land face-first in dirt. For a moment, I lie there, tasting soil and blood. Wondering if any part of my body is still works properly. My ribs throb. My leg screams. Everything hurts. But I'm alive. The penalty zone pulled me out before the titan crushed me. I push myself up slowly, spitting dirt, and take stock. I'm in a void again. But this time. It is not the endless black of before. It looks like I'm in a dungeon. The system pulses. [PENALTY PROTOCOL ACTIVE.] [FIRST CHALLENGE: THE KEEPER'S MAZE.] [RIDDLE: SECURE THE KEEPER'S TOKEN OR BE DEVOURED.] [TIME LIMIT: THIRTY MINUTES.] Great. A maze, a token, and something that wants to devour me. Things keep getting better. Ironically. Heavy footsteps echo behind me. Getting closer. I turn slowly to see what it is. Its a bull. But not a normal bull. This thing is eight feet tall at the shoulder, muscles rippling under dark fur. Its eyes glow red in the dim light. In its massive hands, it holds a
CHAPTER 19 — A FOOLISH EFFORT
As we draw closer to the east gate, I spot Brixen there. His eyes widen when he sees me. "Jid! What happened?” he looks around from the wall. “Where are the other protectors?" After the last person makes it through. I turn to him. "Still handling the infected hordes." "Where are you going?" "Back there." I meet his eyes. "I need to slow it down." "And how will you do that?” Brixen asks “Did you see how massive that thing is? It will take a huge amount of efforts and days to—" "We don't have a day. We have less than eight hours. Maybe less." Commander Hayes appears, having heard the exchange. "You're not seriously suggesting going after a titan alone? You're not even a trained protector!" "I can handle it." "Handle it?" Hayes looks at me like I've lost my mind. "Son, a titan is a high level threat. It takes coordinated fire from multiple heavy weapons to bring one down. One person, alone, with what? A rifle? That's suicide." I didn't answer and only walk away. "Brixen," Haye
CHAPTER 18 — ESCAPE PLAN
It happen so fast that I didn't have the time to even blink. I barely dodge a punch that could shatter my head into tiny pieces if not for the agility. And make a run. "Stop him!" Sienna's voice cuts through the chaos. "Don't let him escape!" I didn't care which directions I'm running into, but anything to avoid getting shredded to pieces. A protector shot a spike arrow to my side. Digging right into a building wall ahead of me and pulls himself forward. Only stopping few inches before me. He carries along a female protector who leaps out of him in an instant and swings her double blades at me. I avoid every strikes as much as possible but she is so fast that a few of her strikes are crave on my flesh. The agonizing pain mix with dreads flush across my body. She only stopped after I jumped high enough to get onto a window. Guess her gear only works on ground. Sadly, I can't say the same for the others as many of them have different ways to go on air. One only needs to
CHAPTER 17 — ANOTHER PROBLEM
Silence fell amongst us, letting fear and hopelessness slowly crawl in our midst as we watch the infected surge forward with renewed fury. Probably sensing weakness. "Fall back!" Someone shouts. "We still have a duty to make sure the builders are safe!" But the pre-made wall is still lying there, thirty feet of useless concrete, and without it, the breach stays open. Rubbing on our faces that we've accomplished nothing. I rush to where the builders have gathered in the middle of our defensive perimeter, protected by a ring of protectors. "Will you still be able to seal it?" I ask the closest one, a woman with ginger hair and steady hands. She looks at the fallen section, then at the breach, calculating. "Yes. But we need to move it to the wall gaps. But that thing weighs—" She pauses, doing math in her head. "Forty tons, maybe more. We'd need a crane to carry it, or another craft—” “There's no time for that." I interrupt her. “I'm asking if it is damaged?" “I doubt. But
CHAPTER 16 — THE SEAL MISSION
What is he going to do to me? Does he wants to use me as bait? Manipulate me into submission? Brixen sees my quiet shiver. “It's ok.” He assures me. “Matter of fact, he is rather impressed with what you did back there.” I look at Brixen. He has no idea why I'm in this state. Why is he urging me to talk? He didn't hear the silent threat that came from the commander. "Clearly." the commander agrees. "Hearing only good things about you, you'll be fit to be a surveyor." I want to laugh. Me? A surveyor? Whatever Brixen said to the commander must have given him a lasting impression about me. Or an exposed trail. “There's no need to force him to speak if he doesn't want to.” the commander smile. “Follow me.” As we follow him closely behind, my eyes catches movement to the side. One of the raiders from that first night is wearing fatigues like cloak. Our eyes meet briefly and he quickly look away. Guess he is still guilty of that. “Have you ever fought before, Mister Sullivan?” The
CHAPTER 15 — THE INNER WALL
"On one condition." I insist as we move away from the police station walls. "To make sure Sommy is safe." "Of course I'll be safe. I'm coming—" I stop and turn to face her. "You're not coming." The sirens continue their wailing, muffling the total chaos around us. And Sommy's shocked expression. "What?" Her face hardens. "Jid, I can help—" "No." The word comes out harsher than I intend. "You're going to a place where you'll be safe." "Seriously?" She scoffs. "They're coming anyway and breakdown the walls but I'm supposed to just hide and wait it out?" "Exactly." "Unbelievable." "We're trying to make sure that doesn't happen." Brixen steps forward, his voice calm but firm. "So you can be reassured that no infected will crawl into this city." "And if you can't?" Sommy's eyes are fierce. "What then? I just sit in some bunker while everyone I care about dies fighting?" "Sommy." I grab her shoulders, forcing her to look at me. "Please. I need to know you're safe. I
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