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—"

them that can still

they knew nothing about the said target. Carelessly going after the target might prove to be

"Roger."

the unit members quickly rushed to help the injured

can you hear me? Are you

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

"Drink up."

to be in better condition than the others. Although he

"Khhh..."

after feeding the injured guard with a potion, the guard slowly opened his eyes. A small groan escaped from

"...what's going on?"

eyes lit up. "Please

"Who are you?"

the guard blinked a couple 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 "Can you tell me

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

was going on, the injured

the state that you are

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 this

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

I saw him, I could see that the person responsible for

"Male? Anything else?"

his face was

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

back towards the injured guard,

you know where the target

"Yes, over there."

his head, the injured guard looked behind him. Staring in the direction of where the guard

is there

"I'm sorry."

guard shook his

for now." Standing up, Balzar looked at the injured guard before saying. "I'm

"Understood."

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

his captain,

I've got

"Go ahead."

"Understood. According to..."

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

report. Once Balzar finished speaking, the captain scratched the side

"I see...Good job."

his hand on his chin, the

than that, we still don't know the target's true combat

combat abilities, from how he resorted to using explosives rather than dealing with the guards directly and silently, the captain was able to infer that said target's strength could not

ranked himself. If the target was B ranked, they would've been able to deal with them without causing such a commotion. The fact that the target was unable to do that

Thus.

attention back towards his unit members,

infirmary. Ivan, Roman, and I will go

"Understood."

the unit

Roman,

captain quickly dashed towards the direction

*

"Huup!"

two bodies and putting them on two separate wheeled stretchers, Balzar and Remi, the two remaining members of the second

individual with short brown hair and green

"A pity."

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

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