Location: Inside Garud Vajra Tactical SUV / The Luminous Maze (A-Rank Gate)
Date & Time: 16 November 2026 | 01:20 AM
Rudra sat perfectly still in the back seat of the SUV. His eyes were closed, but his mind was processing the terrifying reality unfolding inside the 50-foot A-Rank Hell Gate.
Through Gabbar's eyes, he saw the massive, shimmering neon walls of The Luminous Maze. A horizontal flood of hundreds of A-Rank monsters was surging toward the team. Their red eyes and the dark purple mana leaking from their bodies made the air inside the dungeon toxic and heavy.
Adiraj stood at the very front. He placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"Pull Gabbar out of there, now!" Ruin Soul's warning rang like an alarm in Rudra's head. "Adiraj is about to shift into full combat mode. When his 255M MP lightning blasts, his shadow will be flooded with electric energy. Your 1.8 Lakh MP bear will be burnt to ash in a micro-second and exposed to their radar!"
Rudra's cold mind didn't waste a second. He issued the command instantly.
A moment before Adiraj's aura exploded, Gabbar slipped out of his shadow like invisible smoke. He climbed the high crystalline neon walls with predatory speed and hid in the thick darkness of the ceiling in his Spectral Form. Gabbar was now a silent observer, watching the battlefield from above.
Below, the silence of the dungeon was shattered by a violent blast.
The intense, crackling Blue Lightning from Adiraj's body illuminated the entire maze. A sharp smell of ozone filled the air.
The monsters roared and charged. Their speed was enough to tear an ordinary A-Ranker apart. Rudra focused through Gabbar's sharp B-Rank eyes to analyze Adiraj's movements. But in the next second, Rudra's mind went blank.
There was nothing to see.
Whoosh!
Adiraj had vanished from his spot. Rudra's eyes, which could easily track a B-Rank boss, could not even process Adiraj's movements.
200m/s. This wasn't just speed; it was physics-breaking velocity.
On the battlefield below, only an Electric Blue Line flashed in a zigzag pattern through the hundreds of monsters. Wherever that blue line passed, the heads of A-Rank monsters flew into the air. Some chests collapsed from extreme electric friction, while others were split in two by a single invisible slash.
Rudra felt a cold sweat break out as he sat in the SUV. "If I ever faced this man..." Rudra calculated coldly, "I wouldn't even know my head was gone. I am blind to this level of speed." This was the absolute gap between a Sovereign and a standard Dunger.
But Adiraj had already moved deep into the horde, clearing massive targets in seconds. The remaining hundreds of monsters were now surging toward the Garud Vajra Elite Team.
This was where Rudra saw why they were the Top 1 Guild.
Vikram, the Vice Guild Master, stepped forward. His 29M MP aura, calm but incredibly heavy, spread through the dungeon. Vikram wasn't a chaotic fighter; he was an absolute leader.
"Vanguard's Will!" Vikram activated his skill. A shant, invisible energy flowed into every elite member, instantly boosting their agility and focus by 15%.
"Tanks front! Casters flank them!" Vikram's voice was clear and commanding even in the chaos.
The elites moved without a fraction of a second's delay. Heavy armored tanks stepped forward and slammed their massive energy shields into the ground. From behind, the magical casters launched devastating spells of fire, wind, and ice.
Vikram drew his high-grade sword. An A-Rank monster was about to break the shield line.
"Gale Slash!" Vikram's sword moved in a blur. The high-speed wind pressure from the strike was so sharp that it didn't just rip through the monster's thick armor—it sliced through three more monsters behind it.
This wasn't a street fight. It was a military-grade, perfectly synchronized slaughter. The tanks held the line, the casters weakened the targets, and Vikram finished them with his incredible speed. The A-Rank monsters had no answer for this teamwork.
Rudra sat in silence. He had always learned to fight and hunt alone. His logic told him that a lone person is strongest because they have no weaknesses.
But watching these elites, his philosophy was shaken. "A lone Gabbar wouldn't last a minute against these hundreds of monsters," Rudra analyzed. "But their teamwork makes their individual power ten times stronger. Adiraj's destructive force and Vikram's absolute command... that is their true weapon."
The dungeon floor was now covered in purple blood and essence dust. Garud Vajra was clearing the maze like an unstoppable iron wall.
Rudra took a long breath and opened his eyes. The SUV was still moving through the rain, but Rudra was no longer the same person he was an hour ago. He had witnessed the highest forms of both absolute power and absolute coordination.
Chapter Summary
Tactical Move: Rudra hides Gabbar on the dungeon ceiling to avoid Adiraj's lethal lightning aura.
Sovereign Power: Adiraj clears a massive horde at 200m/s, showing a level of power Rudra cannot even track with his eyes.
Elite Coordination: Vikram (29M MP) demonstrates leadership with Vanguard's Will, leading a perfectly synchronized assault.
Mental Shift: Rudra realizes that while lone scavenging works for survival, true domination requires the kind of coordination displayed by Garud Vajra.
Current Status: Rudra is heading to HQ, having gained invaluable tactical data on S-Rank and A-Rank combat.