The next morning, Jayden woke up grudgingly. He scrubbed his face, his eyes burning from a severe lack of sleep. He had spent the entire night pacing his room, staring at the ceiling, and stroking his invisible beards… all in the hopes of trying to formulate a strategy to defeat Tazer.
He had come up with absolutely nothing.
The man wasn't just a high-level brute like Duke; he was a super-mercenary. An ex-soldier. That meant he was highly trained, strictly disciplined, and incredibly tactical.
And then there was his ability: Lightning.
It was arguably the most destructive, volatile, and blindingly fast elemental ability in existence. It was no wonder his kill count was sitting at over eight thousand. He was an unstoppable force of nature.
For the first time since acquiring the System, Jayden realized he might actually be walking into a deathmatch entirely blind. He had to track down and eliminate this Pioneer tonight, and he had zero plan.
