Chapter 651: The Last Barrier

The splintered wood of the cellar door flew inwards as Daniel Lyson kicked it off its hinges, emerging from the subterranean darkness into a world of chaos and fire. The night air of Xenez Village, thick with the acrid stench of cordite and burning thatch, was a brutal assault on the senses. Gunfire echoed between the stone and mud-brick houses, painting the scene in brief, violent flashes of light. He dragged the limp, groaning form of Bora Akass behind him, the man’s expensive suit now a...