The Almighty Dominance

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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.

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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

second, he felt the iron-like force of the man's left

him through a

ground hard, gasping, pain twisting

nuisance," the old man snarled, his right arm crudely bandaged at the stump where

off my own limb. I'll

another pill between his teeth, pain throbbing with every

discarding what was

the first light of dawn, his

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

of scar and fury marked the attacker's

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ninety-nine," he hissed. "If I'd been prepared, you wouldn't have

channeling the

man, a warrior beyond level one hundred, brushed the attack aside like swatting away a

Alex felt an

hurled him backward, through one tree after

every breath came

.

reached for another precious pill, but the old man was already here, driving Alex's face into the

cruel laughter tore through

and again, savoring each

last, Alex hacked up a mouthful of blood, his

Alex by the throat and hoisted him upward, like a

grin stretched

your father's

place for decades-waiting for some whelp to show up. But now-" His fingers

on vengeance. But mid-laugh, his body jerked. His eyes

stood trembling, her grip steady on

the old man's back. Her face was ghostly

you bastard!" she

the old man bellowed, the sound rattling

Alex aside

surged in his

with a backhand

level was

spinning through

ground in a

in wheezing gasps, blood painting

himself to crawl, then stumbled upright in a blur

pain.

her just as she was about

fished out his last pill

he whispered, voice ragged.