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Chapter 43: Blood on Gold
Author: Kai Lennox
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[Sector A - The Golden Spire: Grand Lobby]

The massive golden doors of the Spire were blasted open. Not by a key, but by a barrage of Napalm.

Alex stepped through the burning entrance, the Gravity Warhammer dripping with the hydraulic fluid of the mechs he had smashed outside.

Behind him, the sounds of war echoed. Krog and the Iron Legion were holding the perimeter, fighting off the remaining mercenaries.

"Go!" Krog had yelled. "The Boss is upstairs. We hold the door!"

Alex was alone now.

He walked into the lobby. It was breathtaking.

Floors made of white jade. Pillars wrapped in gold leaf. A ceiling that projected a holographic image of renaissance angels.

It was a temple of wealth.

And standing in the center of the hall, waiting for him, was a phalanx of soldiers.

They didn't wear helmets. They wore pristine white ceremonial armor. They held energy pikes and submachine guns.

Alex stopped. His breath hitched.

They all had the same face.

Silver hair. Cold blu
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