Chapter 301
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The shockwave of their collision rippled outward, toppling red-eyed soldiers like brittle stalks and shattering a line of stalactites. The cavern’s ceiling groaned ominously, dust and glowing fragments tumbling like a deadly rain. Jack staggered back a step, boots skidding on loose rock—but Khar’zek did not relent.

The warlord lunged, saber sweeping low, then up in a brutal reverse arc. Jack barely twisted aside, the crimson blade grazing his ribs and carving a molten groove through his armor. Heat and pain flared—white-hot, nauseating—but Jack’s counter came instantly: a vicious backhand slash that scored a deep line across Khar’zek’s forearm. Silver blood sprayed in a fine mist, hissing where it struck the superheated stone.

Khar’zek roared, fury reverberating through the cavern. He shoved forward with inhuman strength, smashing Jack against a jagged column. The impact cracked the column and knocked the wind from Jack’s lungs. For a heartbeat, stars danced across his vision. But he
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