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—"

more carefully." The captain paused." If there's any one of them that can still talk amongst the injured, question them and ask them how the suspect looks like and his/her approximate strength...basically anything

about the said target. Carelessly going after the target might prove

"Roger."

members quickly rushed

hear me? Are

of the guards from the second unit opened the

"Drink up."

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

"Khhh..."

injured guard with a potion, the guard slowly opened

"...what's going on?"

regained consciousness." Noticing that the potion had worked, the guard's eyes lit up. "Please

"Who are you?"

couple of times. Seemingly confused about the

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 head

you are in the state that you

me patrolling alongside my unit when suddenly someone called out for

chin. "Were you able to see the features of

moment I saw him, I could see that the person responsible for this was

"Male? Anything else?"

his face was

putting his hands on his chin, Balzar nodded his head. "Hmmm, yes, that does

back towards the injured guard,

you know where the target ran

"Yes, over there."

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

understand, is

"I'm sorry."

his head

Balzar looked at the injured guard before saying. "I'm going to talk to my captain, I'll be back shortly.

"Understood."

around, Balzar headed towards his captain. Behind him, Balzar was able to see his fellow unit members having a harder time getting information from the injured guards. They were

captain, Balzar raised

I've got

"Go ahead."

"Understood. According to..."

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

the captain silently listens to the report. Once Balzar finished speaking,

"I see...Good job."

hand on his chin, the captain's brows

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 to indicate to me the

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 be

D 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 and had to directly use explosives which pretty much gave his location away, was enough to convince

Thus.

his attention back towards his unit members, he

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

"Understood."

glances, the unit members unanimously

Roman, follow

captain quickly dashed towards the direction

*

"Huup!"

wheeled stretchers, Balzar and Remi, the two remaining members of the second

Remi, a fairly skinny individual with short brown hair and green eyes

"A pity."

it. Despite having come rather early, the extent of their

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