The Author's POV

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The color red flashed throughout the whole facility. Moving in a small unit of five, a group of guards ran throughout the corridors of the facility. From what reports have said, their target was someone whose face was riddled with scars.

"Captain, where do you think the suspect has run off to?"

Fiddling with the radio transmitter in his hand, one of the five individuals looked towards the front where a tall man wearing a black uniform stood. With long black hair and sharp brows, the man was the leader of the group.

"I'm not too sure myself. All we know is that the target seems to be someone that has scars on his face."

"Do you think he has already escaped?"

"Impossible."

The moment the alarms rang, the whole facility shut down. The exit was also blocked by multiple guards. If the said target had already escaped, they would've known by now.

"Then where do you—"

BOOOOM—!

All of a sudden, cutting the guard off, a massive explosion reverberated throughout the whole facility, startling everyone.

"What the!"

"What's going on?!"

The moment the explosion rang, the whole facility shook.

"Quick!"

"Let's go!"

Looking at his squad members, the captain's face turned solemn. Motioning with his hands, he rushed towards the direction where the explosion came from. Following from behind, the squad members took out their weapons.

Moving through the corridors of the facility, it didn't take long for them to get near the area where the explosion originated from.

"ughh...help"

"Ghhh.."

Turning right into another corridor, they could faintly hear the sound of pained groans coming from the distance.

"Quick."

"Let's go."

Exchanging glances with one another, the guards sped up. Soon, turning left of another corridor, they arrived at the scene. The moment they turned the corridor and looked at the after-effects of the explosion, the guards couldn't help but frown slightly.

With smoke filling the air, over five similarly dressed guards laid on the floor passed out. Limbs and blood were splattered all over the ground, depicting a gruesome scene.

Staring at the injured guards on the floors, one of the guards pointed towards the right side of their clothes where a large number '15' was imprinted.

"Captain, it looks to be the fifteenth unit."

There were many patrol units in the Monolith. There were a total of 30 units, and each unit consisted of five individuals, each led by one captain. Currently, the guards that had just arrived were from the second unit.

"What do you suggest we do?"

Staring at the injured guards from the fifteenth unit, the captain promptly replied.

"...help the injured."

"Bu—"

still talk amongst the injured, question them and ask them how the suspect looks like

knew nothing about the said target. Carelessly going after the target might

"Roger."

orders, the unit members quickly rushed to help the injured fifteenth

can you hear

guards from the second unit opened the mouth of an injured guard and directly poured

"Drink up."

the one he was tending seemed to be in better condition than the others. Although

"Khhh..."

guard slowly opened his eyes. A small groan escaped from

"...what's going on?"

the potion had worked, the guard's eyes lit up. "Please be careful

"Who are you?"

the guard blinked a couple of times. Seemingly confused about the current

of the second patrol unit." Lifting his head and looking at his colleagues that were helping the other guards who were in a much worse state, Balzar asked

"Second unit?...I see. Understood."

a minute to finally realize what was going on, the injured guard nodded his

in the state

really remember much." The guard hoarsely said as he coughed a couple of times. "All I remember was me patrolling alongside my unit when suddenly someone called out for me and a bomb suddenly exploded. Caught off guard, we were unable to defend ourselves and found ourselves in

The guard placed his hand on his chin. "Were you able to see the features of

barely...From the brief moment I saw him, I could see that the person responsible for this was

"Male? Anything else?"

his face was

Balzar nodded his head. "Hmmm, yes,

attention back towards the injured

know where the target ran

"Yes, over there."

guard looked behind him. Staring in the direction of where the guard was looking,

understand, is there

"I'm sorry."

shook his head and

up, Balzar looked at the injured guard before saying. "I'm going to talk to my captain,

"Understood."

him, Balzar was able to see his fellow unit members having a harder

his captain, Balzar raised

I've got a

"Go ahead."

"Understood. According to..."

his captain everything that he had managed to learn from the injured guard. From how they found themselves in such a situation, to the suspects' gender as well as

the captain silently listens to the report. Once Balzar

"I see...Good job."

on his chin, the captain's brows knit

explosives. Other than that, we still don't know the target's true combat abilities. But, the fact that the target is

explosives rather than dealing with the guards directly and silently, the captain was able to infer that said target's strength could not

The fact that the target was unable to do that and had to directly use explosives which pretty much gave his location away, was enough to convince

Thus.

attention back towards his unit

two bring the injured to the infirmary. Ivan, Roman, and I will go chase the

"Understood."

the unit

Roman,

the direction Balzar had told him the target had ran off

*

"Huup!"

captain left, lifting two bodies and putting them on two separate wheeled stretchers, Balzar and Remi, the two remaining members of the second unit, quickly

hair and green eyes turned around. A trace

"A pity."

were, unfortunately, unable to make it. Despite having come rather early, the

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