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.'

gone, only to have that marriage fall apart. Now

roared as it took

his hand on the man's arm once again, trying to channel his

an endless void, soaking up every bit of Alex's strength without

of progress.

Alex refused to quit, each minute draining him

his forehead-then

need to rest," a soft

her icy

"Why do you care about

returned with a snap, her gaze turning

my boss," she

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

the only link to my past," Alex said, exhaling

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Chapter 100

sadness crossing her

my past, I'm just a ghost." He studied Kelly's

you know something about me? Something you're not telling

rigid.

could sense the

rocked the plane,

under attack by an unidentified aircraft! Please secure yourselves; we're taking evasive

thunderous booms rattled

hurried to lock the old man's bed in place while Alex strode through the chaos without bothering to buckle in,

the jet,

braced herself, one hand gripping the

plane's

barely visible against the dark sky, was launching a

sprang into action, intercepting some rockets in dazzling

hard.

Alex muttered, eyes narrowed. "It's military-grade." From

overhead panels, and the engines groaned

keeping her composure, made sure each recruit was strapped in, then met Alex's

now?" she shouted above the

the feed again. "We can't outrun it. This plane has maybe five minutes left before

the aircraft. Alarms blared, and emergency lights

the survival gear and prepare to bail!" Alex ordered.

chill cracking with a flicker of concern. "You're not

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