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The giant, dark chasm split the factory floor completely in half. On one side of the deep, black hole stood Landon Hale. He was completely alone. His body was covered in dirt, sweat, and his own blood. His chest heaved up and down. He breathed heavily. Standing right in front of Landon was General Kade Rauth. But Rauth was no longer a human being. The ancient sea monster, the Deep One, was using Rauth’s body like a broken toy puppet. Rauth’s beautiful black armor was melted into his pale flesh. His eyes were solid, inky black. His head twitched and jerked in a sickening, unnatural way. In Rauth’s twisted hand was a massive, jagged scythe. The deadly weapon was made entirely of freezing black water and the screaming souls of dead gods. On the other side of the twenty-foot chasm stood Claire Arden. Claire was trapped with Kade, Marcus, Navarro, Jin, Sera, Juno, and the fifty terrified civilians. And marching slowly toward Claire’s group was an army of dead Iron Order soldiers. Th
Chapter 393
"Wait," Jin suddenly gasped, staring closer at her screen. "Look at the center of the black circle!" Landon looked. Standing right in the exact center of the expanding Corruption Field was not just the ancient God. Lying in the snow, directly beneath the giant monster's feet, was a broken, twisted body wearing pitch-black armor. It was General Kade Rauth. "Rauth is not dead!" Jin screamed in shock. "The ancient God did not eat him! The God is using him!" "What do you mean?!" Landon demanded. "The ancient God cannot exist in our world for very long without a physical anchor!" Jin explained rapidly. "The God is using General Rauth's mutated, magic-filled human body as an anchor to stay on earth! Rauth's heartbeat is powering the Corruption Field!" Claire’s dark eyes widened. She realized the ultimate truth. "If Rauth is the anchor..." Claire whispered. "Then we don't have to kill the ancient God. We just have to kill General Rauth." "If we kill Rauth, the anchor breaks, and th
Chapter 392
Landon leaned his broad back against the heavy iron doors. He slid slowly down to the cold concrete floor. He was completely, utterly exhausted. His lungs burned. His muscles shook violently. He felt like he had been awake for a hundred years. He closed his eyes and let out a long, shaky breath. Claire walked over and sat down on the cold floor right next to him. She did not say a word. She just gently rested her head against his broad shoulder. She wrapped her small hand around his thick, bruised fingers. Landon opened his eyes and looked at her. Her face was dirty, and she had a cut on her cheek, but she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. "You did amazing today, Landon," Claire whispered softly. "You saved them." Landon sighed heavily. He looked at the scared children crying in the dark. "I saved twenty people, Claire," Landon said. His deep voice was filled with a terrible, crushing sadness. "But I could not save the world. General Rauth is dead, but the ancient G
Chapter 391
"Help us! Please!" Landon stopped running. He looked down the dark side street. Trapped in the middle of a snowy intersection was a large, yellow school bus. The bus was surrounded by overturned cars. Hiding inside the bus were twenty innocent civilians. They were families who had not been able to escape the city in time. They were crying and hugging their children. And slowly circling the yellow bus were five more terrifying Shadow-Hounds. The monsters were scratching at the metal doors, trying to get inside to eat the people. "We have to save them," Juno cried, her heart breaking for the terrified children. "If we stop to fight five hounds, the ancient God will catch us," Kade warned nervously, looking back toward the ruined fortress. "We do not leave people behind," Landon growled deeply. His dark eyes burned with fierce determination. Landon sprinted down the side street, heading straight for the trapped yellow bus. Claire ran right beside him. She had no bullets left in
Chapter 390
Suddenly, the black, freezing puddles of water scattered across the ruined courtyard began to bubble and boil. Dozens of terrifying creatures crawled out of the black puddles. They were Shadow-Hounds. They looked like giant, starving wolves made entirely of liquid darkness and sharp, icy teeth. Their eyes glowed with cold, dead light. "Kill the tiny humans," the ancient God commanded the Shadow-Hounds. "Turn their city into a graveyard." The dozen Shadow-Hounds roared and charged directly at the Vanguard team. "We cannot fight a god today!" Claire ordered fiercely, her brilliant tactical mind instantly assessing the impossible danger. "Our magic is empty! We have to retreat! Fall back through the breach! We fight them in the lower districts!" "Run!" Landon roared. Landon picked up his heavy combat knife. He did not have any bullets left. He turned and sprinted toward the massive gap in the ruined wall. The Vanguard team ran as fast as their tired legs could carry them. They scr
Chapter 389
The heavy, rhythmic footsteps echoed up from the dark, underground stairs. Landon Hale stood in the freezing, snowy courtyard of Bastion. He held his breath. The winter wind of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, howled angrily around him, but he barely felt the terrible cold. His dark eyes were locked completely on the giant, open hole in the ground. General Kade Rauth was gone. The evil leader of the Iron Order had been completely consumed by the ancient monster he tried to control. Now, the true nightmare was climbing up to the surface. "Landon," Claire Arden whispered softly. She stood right beside him, gripping her empty silver pistol. Her hands were shaking. "What is coming up those stairs?" "The end of the world," Landon answered. His deep voice rumbled with grim certainty. The pitch-black shadows inside the underground stairwell began to twist and swirl. The toxic, dark purple magic that usually powered the Iron Order was completely gone. In its place was a magic so dark, so incredibly
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