The Almighty Dominance

3/3

Chapter 102

Chapter 102

Alex did the math in his head one last time.

If he didn't act now, he'd lose his only shot at surviving. With a firm tug, he

deployed the backup parachute.

Overhead, his pursuer fumbled.

Clearly, the enemy hadn't expected a second chute.

placke

Stuck in freefall with no way to close the distance, the attacker could only glare, fury scorching his gaze, as Alex floated safely to the ground.

If Alex had used the reserve chute too soon, the bastard might've swooped in for another strike.

Now, all the enemy could do was watch, fist's balled tight and rage contained only by the desperate need to stop the poison creeping from his right arm's wound.

Alex's feet hit the earth with a thud, knees nearly buckling in relief

The wet soil clung to his boots.

He bit down on a bitter healing pill, the burn of it fierce against his throat, and fired up his communicator.

"Move out!" he rasped, voice raw with adrenaline. "Head for the nearest Kingswell station. Don't bunch up! We can't handle that monster together-trust me."

Over the crackling line, the scattered survivors obeyed, tracking their own GPS signals under the moonless sky.

But Alex took off in the other direction, every stride drawing the attacker away from his friends.

He ran until his lungs blazed and the horizon began to glow.

Dawn found him stumbling through dense forest, sweat cold on his skin.

He leaned against a tree, trying to catch his breath.

The air felt stifling, the scent of damp leaves clinging to him.

Then he heard the voice, low and menacing.

"Didn't think you could run this far," it said.

Alex spun to see the attacker streaking at him with inhuman speed 2

iron-like force of the man's left fist

forearms and ribs, launching him through a

gasping, pain twisting through every

arm crudely bandaged

had to cut off my own limb. I'll make you pay

and shoved another pill between his teeth, pain throbbing with

himself upright, discarding what was

the first light of dawn, his battered body

his short knife at the old man. "I'll take the other hand

of scar and fury marked the attacker's face, his gaze like a

Med the

Chapter 102

level ninety-nine," he hissed. "If I'd been prepared, you wouldn't have touched me." Alex's knuckles

threw himself forward, channeling the last of his strength into one

man, a warrior beyond level one hundred, brushed the

heartbeat, Alex felt an

him backward, through one tree after another, until he finally

every breath came

.

pill, but the old man was already here, driving Alex's face into the ground with a savage punch. Blood filled Alex's mouth, and his knife clattered

attacker's cruel laughter tore through the morning

again, savoring each muffled cry

a mouthful of blood,

by the throat and hoisted him upward, like

grin stretched across

your father's face," he

rotted in this cursed place for decades-waiting for some whelp to show up. But

But mid-laugh, his body jerked. His eyes widened

trembling, her grip steady on Alex's lost short

back. Her face was ghostly

you bastard!"

man bellowed,

aside and

in his

a backhand that cracked

to dodge, but her level was too low-his blow caught

through

the ground

breath came in wheezing gasps, blood

to crawl, then stumbled upright in a

pain.

catching her just as she was about to land face-first

fished out his last pill

it,” he whispered, voice ragged. “It'll