Chapter 14
The sun rose higher, casting a golden glow over the snow-covered plains of Ursus. The two jeeps rumbled along the desolate highway, their passengers silent, lost in thought. The cold bit at their skin, but Yoren barely felt it. His mind was elsewhere.
"My code name is ACE."
That voice. That name. The world around Yoren seemed to freeze.
A hero is immortal; even if he is torn to pieces, he never retreats a single step.
Yoren's breath caught in his throat. His thoughts spun, pulled back to a time he hadn't yet lived—but one he remembered all too well.
Chernobog, 1096 Terra Calendar.
The sky burned red, meteors crashing down like divine punishment. The screams of the dying, the crackling of fire, the twisted remains of a once-great city—all of it painted a picture of pure destruction.
The Reunion Movement had finally shown its full strength. The oppressed, the abandoned, the vengeful—they had risen to claim their justice in fire and blood. And at their head, clad in silver hair and cold fury, stood Tallulah.
Rhodes Island's last hope for escape was dwindling. The remaining operators, backs against the wall, knew they couldn't hold out much longer.
"Dobermann, take Amiya and the others. Get them out of here!" Lin Guang shouted, planting her feet in defiance as the monstrous flames roared toward them.
Amiya clenched her fists. "No, I won't abandon you!"