Chapter 100

Chapter 100

A helicopter touched down on the airport runway, where a sleek private jet waited with its engines softly humming.

As the rotors slowed, Kelly Kingston led Alex across the tarmac.

Her posture was poised, her gaze focused.

"The old man's already inside," Kelly said, her tone calm yet purposeful.

Around the jet, Kingswell personnel snapped to attention, saluting Alex.

One young recruit, stared in awe, still grappling with rumors that Alex was an elite figure in the organization-handpicked by the King himself.

And there stood Kelly, the so-called "Cold Goddess of Kingswell."

Her brilliance and beauty wer the stuff of legends, making her the dream of many

men.

The young recruit wasn't immune-his secret stash of Kelly's photographs, carefully clipped from online newspapers and magazines, was proof enough.

And he wasn't the only one.

Inside the jet, Alex found the old man resting on a makeshift hospital bed.

Although the man's face was peaceful, Alex knew the stillness belied his

true

condition.

"He's improving," Alex murmured, though frustration flickered in his eyes.

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Despite all his skill, he couldn't heal the man. The reality was humbling: the old man was at a higher level than Alex.

Alex had lingered at Level 99 for three years, seemingly blocked by an invisible barrier.

Months ago, his master the immortal sage said, "Go to Vancouver. You'll meet your wife and find the old guard who holds your

secret.'

had gone, only to have that marriage fall apart. Now here lay the old

as it took

hand on the man's arm once again, trying

old man's body was an endless void, soaking up every bit of Alex's strength

of progress.

an hour, Alex refused to quit, each minute draining him

slipped down his

to rest,"

her icy demeanor thawed by genuine

caught off-guard. "Why do you care

snap, her gaze

my boss," she replied,

you sure you want to save him?" she asked quietly. "It could be

only link to my past," Alex said,

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of sadness

"Without my past, I'm just

something about me?

rigid. "No,"

could sense the

rocked the plane, followed by

out, tense and urgent: "We're under attack by an unidentified

and thunderous booms

place while Alex strode through the chaos without bothering to buckle

jet, causing the

herself, one hand

into the plane's rear section, checking the live camera

visible against the dark sky,

sprang into action, intercepting some rockets in

hard.

no ordinary plane," Alex muttered, eyes narrowed. "It's military-grade." From inside the

panels,

recruit was strapped in, then met Alex's gaze across the

now?" she shouted

can't outrun it. This

hit shook the aircraft. Alarms blared, and

survival gear and prepare to

cracking with a flicker of concern.

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