Smoke filled the hall like a heavy gray fog…
Screams echoed through the chaos.
Secondary explosions thundered in the background.
Emergency lights flashed red, as if the building itself were dying—
Pulsing in its final breaths.
In the heart of this hell—
Stood the COMMANDER OF THE FIFTH BATTALION.
He wore advanced black armor, gleaming beneath sparks and debris.
His arms were no longer human—
They were weapons fused directly to the bones of his forearms.
From his back protruded two short blades.
He stepped forward once.
The armor emitted a dangerous metallic hum.
Then he lifted his head toward SOLIMON and ZARIOUH…
His eyes were blazing with contempt.
"So…
Are you the unit they talked about?
THE SHADOWS?"
He raised his weapon, preparing to strike.
Behind SOLIMON and ZARIOUH—
Stood LOUVNA.
Her eyes burned.
Her voice was steady.
"We will not give you what you came for."
SOLIMON tightened his grip on his weapon.
ZARIOUH spun his daggers into position.
The COMMANDER smiled.
"Perfect…
That's exactly what I was hoping for."
SOLIMON stepped forward, hand locked around his weapon—
The triple-bladed scythe.
He drew a deep breath…
Then spoke quietly:
"ZARIOUH… take the princess."
ZARIOUH exploded:
"Impossible!"
But SOLIMON didn't turn.
Didn't blink.
His gaze stayed locked on the COMMANDER.
"Protecting the princess is the priority…
Did you forget?"
ZARIOUH froze—
Then clenched his arms tight.
"MONA— let's move the princess out of here."
"SOLIMON…"
LOUVNA looked at him—
Then left with the two of them.
She was no longer the girl who cried.
The moment LOUVNA's shadow vanished behind the corner—
SOLIMON bent forward until he nearly touched the ground.
"LEVEL RAISE— 85 OF 85."
His eyes turned golden.
The blades of AKLOGIA ignited.
The COMMANDER advanced.
He leapt at SOLIMON with inhuman speed—
Blue sparks ripped across the floor as his armor ignited, the weapon ports on his arms blazing.
SOLIMON lunged forward to meet him.
They collided.
🔥 The impact sounded like a metallic detonation.
The COMMANDER swung his mechanical arm—
SOLIMON raised his scythe to block—
CLAAAAANG!!
SOLIMON was hurled back two meters—
But his feet dug into the floor.
He stared at his enemy with unwavering eyes.
"Stronger than I expected."
The COMMANDER twisted a grin.
"And you… slower than I was told."
The COMMANDER attacked with a brutal chain—
A nano-reinforced punch,
A razor slice from his armored forearm,
Then, a mechanical kick capable of shattering stone.
SOLIMON blocked—
Sometimes with rapid scythe spins,
Sometimes, by ducking beneath the blows like a man who knew death intimately.
Each strike thundered through the hall.
Yet SOLIMON—
Did not retreat a single step.
He crouched—
Then spun with explosive speed, charging like a storm.
The three blades rotated around him like rings of light.
The COMMANDER raised his arm— armor glowing crimson—
CRAAASH!!
The frontal armor tore open under the force.
A thin line of blood slid down his shoulder.
For the first time—
Shock flickered in the COMMANDER's eyes.
"You—"
SOLIMON reset his stance, wiped blood from the corner of his mouth, and his gaze was that of a true warrior.
"Me?
I'm just… warming up."
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The hall shook violently from their clash.
Amid the destruction—
ZARIOUH sprinted ahead of the princess.
"Follow me! We have to reach the rear stairwell— now!"
LOUVNA breathed hard, yet her voice was steady.
ZARIOUH shouted:
"This isn't about courage— it's about survival!"
He slammed open the long corridor door—
To find AYOUB and TAHARA fighting a squad of ORGANISATION soldiers blocking the path.
AYOUB stood before the door, arms spread wide.
His weapon ports glowed with crackling blue electricity.
A wave of blue energy erupted—
Punching through the wall itself and obliterating three soldiers at once, their bodies lifting before dissolving into nano-sparks.
AYOUB turned to ZARIOUH:
"Hurry! I'll clear the path!"
On the other side stood TAHARA—
Smiling like a man dancing in death.
The nano-laser gun in his hand unleashed bands of light that sliced bodies with surgical precision.
Each pull of the trigger turned an enemy into glowing dust.
He shouted:
"ZARIOUH! The path is open!"
ZARIOUH dragged LOUVNA behind him, sprinting through the corridor as soldiers fell around them like burning leaves.
On the lower level, at the rear entrance—
MIZYANI spun his glowing spear in wide arcs.
Every strike through the air produced a sound like a miniature explosion.
He faced five enhanced soldiers alone.
His spear pierced one straight through the chest—
Then whipped sideways, cleaving into the second.
He shouted over the channel:
"TEAM FIVE IS ENGAGED!
Seven more approaching from the right!"
Beside him—
ZAKI slammed his massive hammer into the ground.
A shockwave blasted outward six meters—
Sending four ORGANIZATION soldiers flying like rag dolls.
ZAKI roared:
"Send me more! I'll crush them all!"
Near the front entrance—
YASIN stood alone against an entire platoon.
His nano-axe burned red.
One swing shattered a soldier's chest.
Another severed an arm mid-charge.
He hurled the axe at a third—
Only for it to return to his hand on its own.
YASSIN laughed:
"Come on!"
Above the stairs, like an angel perched on the ceiling—
MESIN.
His nano-bow glowed with every drawn string.
Each luminous arrow detonated inside enemy bodies before they could even reach ZARIOUH.
Every shot dropped three soldiers with terrifying mathematical precision.
MESIN shouted:
"ZARIOUH! Take the left stairwell— it's about to collapse!"
Inside the truck outside—
"Enemy movement is abnormal…"
ADEL whispered through the channel.
"They're enhanced humans like us— proceed with extreme caution!"
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ZARIOUH reached the stairs—
But four enhanced soldiers dropped from the ceiling directly in front of him.
LOUVNA gasped:
"ZARIOUH—!"
He smiled at her, confident.
"Don't worry."
He drew both daggers.
One glowed blue—
The other red.
And he attacked.
His strikes were fast.
Relentless.
Lethal.
The red dagger severed a mechanical arm.
The blue blade pierced straight through another enemy.
A powerful kick sent the third tumbling down the stairs.
The fourth struck from behind—
But ZARIOUH spun and cleaved half his mask away.
LOUVNA shouted:
"ZARIOUH! Behind you!"
He turned like lightning—
Driving the blue dagger into the enemy's eye.
He looked back at LOUVNA with a faint smile.
"Come on… we're not done yet."
The left stairwell descended into a long corridor bathed in red emergency light.
At its end—
Stood a tall figure.
Broad shoulders.
Fully clad in black nano-armor.
His mask resembled a FOX HEAD, metallic fangs exposed.
His eyes glowed dim red—
As if darkness itself animated him.
ZARIOUH stopped.
MONA stopped.
LOUVNA halted behind them.
ZARIOUH growled quietly, rage choking his voice:
"…A BLACK FOX this time."
The masked man tilted his head slightly, his voice distorted electronically:
"ZARIOUH— secondary target confirmed."
Then he turned toward LOUVNA.
"And the primary target… confirmed."
The mask's fangs shifted as if smiling.
ZARIOUH stepped forward.
"MONA… take the princess and go."
MONA hesitated.
"But—"
ZARIOUH didn't look back.
"This one… is mine."
MONA grabbed LOUVNA's arm.
"This way— now!"
They moved along the side corridor.
The BLACK FOX did not stop them.
He merely raised one hand—
As if declaring that his prey…
Was ZARIOUH alone.
He launched forward.
His first leap was like a missile—
ZARIOUH barely blocked a nano-claw strike that almost split his chest in two.
The collision blasted a shockwave through the concrete wall.
ZARIOUH slid back half a step, eyes wide—
The FOX attacked again—
Low, brutal, vicious speed.
ZARIOUH spun, blue dagger slicing the air—
But it struck the enemy's armor, absorbed as if it were nothing.
The FOX countered with a side kick—
ZARIOUH leapt aside just as the wall behind him shattered.
"This thing is insane…"
ZARIOUH growled.
"LEVEL RAISE— 75 OF 75."
His eyes ignited blue.
The BLACK FOX attacked relentlessly—
A storm of claw strikes at near-mechanical speed.
ZARIOUH blocked each one with both daggers—
Nano-sparks exploded around them.
ADEL's voice crackled through the channel:
"ZARIOUH! Your enemy's body is fully nano-constructed— offensive model!
Speed and power at 90%! Do not engage head-on!"
But ZARIOUH didn't respond.
He focused.
Breathed.
Leaned back as a strike passed over his head like a guillotine.
ZARIOUH planted his feet—
His hands began to tremble.
He attacked—
Red slash forcing FOX's arm back.
Blue strike, cracking the outer armor.
A kick to the chest.
A leap over the shoulder.
A stab to the back.
Then a full spin—
Both daggers crossing in an X—
Exploding in a storm of nano-sparks.
But—
The BLACK FOX stood.
Adjusted his head.
As if he felt nothing.
A cold mechanical voice:
"Damage… ineffective."
He slammed his fist into the ground—
A massive shockwave blasted ZARIOUH backward several meters.
"This thing really is insane…"
ZARIOUH muttered.
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Far away—
MONA and LOUVNA sprinted through the corridors, firing and dodging attacks.
MONA shielded LOUVNA with her body.
"We're close! Control room is ahead!"
GHAZLAN's voice came through the channel:
"We hear you! The door is open— hurry!"
They entered the control-linked truck room—
OBASSO instantly rerouted cameras.
ADEL shouted:
"LOUVNA! You let the PRIME MINISTER pass— he—"
LOUVNA cut him off, her voice firm, unlike the days before:
"I know.
Now focus on getting everyone out of there."
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In the western corridor—
SHOUTNA sealed the KING inside a fortified chamber designed to block electronic signals.
A hidden underground safe room built for moments like this.
MAYNO stood guard at the door, weapon ready.
The KING spoke quietly:
"Be careful… SHOUTNA."
SHOUTNA replied without emotion:
"We'll need you at the end."
Then—
He walked away.
Calmly.
Opened his case—
And removed his weapon: LAXES.
"LAXES— combat mode,"
SHOUTNA said as he moved forward.
The weapon assembled itself automatically—
Lightning arced along the rifle's frame.
SHOUTNA whispered into the channel:
"I'm joining the fight."
And vanished into the shadows—
While the battle raged
On every front.