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.'

to have that marriage fall apart. Now

engines roared as it took off

man's arm once

though the old man's body was an endless void, soaking up every bit

of progress.

refused to quit, each minute draining

down his forehead-then a gentle

rest," a

see Kelly, her icy demeanor thawed by

off-guard. "Why

snap, her gaze turning glacial

my boss," she replied, stepping

are you sure you want to save him?" she asked

only link to my past," Alex said,

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a flicker of sadness crossing

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

about me? Something

expression went rigid. "No," she

he could sense the

rocked the

the intercom, the pilot's voice rang out, tense and urgent: "We're under attack by an unidentified aircraft! Please

light and thunderous booms rattled the

bed in place while Alex strode through the chaos

jet,

one hand

kept moving, he slipped into the plane's rear

aircraft, barely visible against the dark sky, was

action, intercepting some

hard.

ordinary plane," Alex muttered, eyes narrowed. "It's military-grade." From inside the cabin, the

overhead panels, and

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

shouted above

"We can't outrun it.

aircraft.

survival gear and prepare to bail!" Alex

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

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