Chapter 19: First Trail - III

Chapter 19: First Trail - III

The hunt lasted for forty-two minutes. The jungle of the Savage Lands, usually echoing with the roars of apex predators and the frantic scurrying of prey, had fallen into an unnatural silence. Even the native SS-Rank beasts had fled the sector, their primal instincts screaming at them to evacuate the domain of the walking disaster.

Ren Hanshin stood in the center of a muddy clearing, his chest rising and falling in measured breaths. At his feet lay the final survivor of the Silver Coalition. It was one of the A-Rank Tanks who had stood beside Elara at the canyon. The man’s silver armor was shattered, crushed inward by a devastating kick. He was crawling through the mud, dragging his paralyzed lower body, leaving a trail of dark blood behind him.

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