e ne rattle. It had once been an S-class strength-type ability t stationed at the base. A mission had gotten it infected, and because of how powerful it was, they had captured it alive and brought it back as a top-t research specimen. I could feel the resentment inside it, so enormous was practically a living thing. Hatred for being betrayed, rage at being caged, and agony at what i had become. [Near-Calamity-class wraith material detected. Current state: between life and death.

A massive infusion of Resentment Points can forcibly separa the soul from the body and convert it into a wraith Required: 5,000 Resentment Points.] Between killing Rafe and draining the morgue, my reserves had climbed to just over 3,800. I was still short. I turned my attention to the guards patrolling the perimeter of the quarantine zone. They were Axel! loyalists, the same men who had helped throw me the horde. "Hundred-War Specter." After my upgrade to LV3, shattered wraith units could be reassembled by spending Resentment Points.

I spent a small amount and pulled the C-class Specter back together. Three spectral warriors materialized in the shadows along the top of the wall and descended on the bored, unsuspecting guards like ghosts. Under the cover of darkness, the whole thing happened without a sound. The guards never got close to triggering an alarm before the Specter's resentment -forged blades sliced their throats open. [D-class ability users killed x4. Resentment Points earned: 2,000.] [Deceased resentment absorbed. Resentment Points earned: 800.] Now I had more than enough.

I stood on top of the Titan's cage, stretched out my hand, and aimed my palm at the enormous creature below. "In the name of the Abyss, offer up your hatred. I will give you the power to destroy everything." [Spend 5,000 Resentment Points to forcibly bind " Hellfire Titan"?] "Yes. Bind it now." A tidal wave of resentment poured out of my body and became a torrent of ink-black energy that slammed into the Titan's skull. The creature let out a roar so loud it shook the ground, torn between unbearable pain and something close to relief.

Its massive body convulsed and the steel sedative rods in its chest flew out one after another, spinning through the air. Then its soul ripped free from the flesh in one piece, enormous and impossibly dense, wreathed in black flames. The body crashed to the ground behind it, lifeless, and the raging spirit dropped to one knee before me. [Binding successful. Calamity-class wraith acquired: Hellfire Titan. Skills: Resentment Frenzy, War Stomp, Undying War Form.] I could feel the bond snap into place between us, something absolute that nothing would ever break. "Follow my orders.

Tear it all down." "As you command, my master." The Hellfire Titan's voice sounded like a thousand ruined throats screaming at once. It rose to its full height. Its spectral body passed straight through the alloy bars as though they were not there and stepped out of the cage in a single stride. "War Stomp." The impact hit like an earthquake. A ring of black shockwave energy erupted outward from where the Titan's foot struck the ground. The high-voltage fence exploded in a cascade of sparks and went dead, and the razor-wire barriers shredded apart as though they were made of wet Paper.

Every layer of defense around the quarantine zone collapsed in a single blow. Thousands of zombies turned their clouded eyes toward the interior of the base at the same instant, drawn by the scent of living flesh. They surged forward, pouring through the breach like floodwater through a broken dam, an unstoppable river of the dead crashing toward the bright lights of Base Seven. The alarm sirens finally screamed to life, but it was already far too late. I stood on the wall and watched the chaos below with nothing on my face.

Survivors jolted awake only to see the black tide of the horde swallowing everything they had built. Screams layered over sobs layered over gunfire until it all blurred into a single roar of destruction. I was the one conducting every second of it. [Extreme spike in ambient resentment concentration detected. System auto-absorbing.] [Resentment Points +10, +15, +20...] My reserves skyrocketed at a speed I had never seen before, and in a matter of minutes they blew past the 5,000 mark again. This was the war I had brought to their doorstep. This was judgment, and it was only the beginning.

I stepped off the edge of the wall. The Hellfire Titan caught me without breaking stride, steady as stone, and set me on its shoulder. I rode the towering wraith toward the center of the base with three Specter guards trailing behind me, cutting straight against the tide of fleeing survivors. Anything that stood in my path, whether it walked on two legs or dragged itself on all fours, the Hellfire Titan crushed underfoot without slowing down. The entire base had become my hunting ground. oo co Support Share