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

their enemy. Apart from how he/she looked like, they knew nothing about the said target. Carelessly going after the target might prove to be extremely dangerous. Especially since the target seems to be very

"Roger."

the captain's orders, the unit members quickly rushed to help the injured fifteenth

hear

and taking out a small potion, one of the guards from the second unit opened the

"Drink up."

than the others.

"Khhh..."

the guard slowly opened his

"...what's going on?"

the guard's eyes lit

"Who are you?"

guard blinked a couple of times. Seemingly confused about the

is Balzar, and I'm part of the second patrol unit." Lifting his head and looking at his colleagues that were helping the other guards who were in a much

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

going on, the injured guard nodded his

you are in 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

his chin. "Were you able to see the features of the individual who did this

moment I saw him, I could see

"Male? Anything else?"

his face was also filled with

chin, Balzar nodded his head. "Hmmm, yes, that does coincide with

back towards the injured guard,

where the target

"Yes, over there."

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

understand, is there anything

"I'm sorry."

his

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

"Understood."

unit members having a

captain, Balzar raised his

got

"Go ahead."

"Understood. According to..."

relayed to his captain everything that he had managed to learn from the injured guard. From how they found themselves in such

to the report. Once Balzar finished

"I see...Good job."

hand on his chin, the captain's brows knit

the target seems to have access to explosives. Other than that, we still don't know the target's true combat abilities. But, the fact that the target is using explosives to deal with the unit members, is enough

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

them without causing such a commotion. The fact that the target was

Thus.

his attention back towards his

two bring the injured to the infirmary. Ivan,

"Understood."

unit members

Ivan, Roman, follow

direction Balzar had told

*

"Huup!"

putting them on two separate wheeled stretchers, Balzar

fairly skinny individual with short brown hair and green eyes turned around.

"A pity."

guards, only two people remained alive. The captain, and another guard. The rest were, unfortunately, unable to make it. Despite having come rather early, the extent of their injuries was too serious and thus they died within minutes of

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