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    A portal stone. Nobody could have predicted the orks have such a rare artifact. Humanity had only found a few dozen of them since the portals opened. They are ancient alien artifacts from an unknown civilization with the ability to copy a portal and to create a new one with the same destination.


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    As they moved closer they could hear gun fire and see colorful lights erupt


    Marcus sprinted as fast as he could and reached Lars who fought back two orks at the same time giving a wounded man time to draw back. Marcus did not slow down but kneed one of the surprised orks into the side. Impulse Hammer. The timing was not perfect but the force was more than enough. The ork went down with Marcus on top, a quick jab with Impulse Hammer shattered the head of the ork and mud splash


    More orks pressed forward and with the element of surprise gone the next fight would be much harder.


    As the woman fell another ork stepped up from behind a small group of trees that once


    Something heavy hit Marcus on the back and exploded. He suddenly was on his hands and knees and his ears were ringing even with the helm protection. His back was a mess of pain but he could still breath and turned to see his attacker. An ork wielding a large bow just readied a new arrow aiming at him. Marcus threw himself to the right in a desperate attempt to avoid the attack but it never came. Pavel appeared next to the ork and gunned him down.


    That beast was a Windwalker! And not a low level one. Ice cold terror r


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    Marcus dove forward reaching out, missing the leg and only holding onto the armor


    Marcus


    Pavel steered the car in the direction Russo had determined. They passed by gruesome battlefields


    “Don’t do that.” Marcus looked up


    Flames and screaming welcomed the


    The team double teamed the other orks and Janette held her fire. After the two were taken care of Marcus’ sight wandered to the defender. Only now he recognized Elena. Her white face was smeared with blood, twisted in pain. Her left arm looked lifeless and burned but every few seconds she shot out another flame blast. Next to the tree, on the ground, was Elise who looked exhausted but fully concentrated on Pierre who fought against the dual wielding ork. The other two were Cullen


    At the moment Elise screamed “NO!”. Pierre and the ork had exchanged hits. The short sword of Pierre stuck in the stomach of the ork, but two red crescent


    “Marcus with me. Lars, Pavel help Elena with the rest.” Russo moved past Cullen without a word. Marcus took his place next to the “old man” and Janette’s voice


    The blades of the ork were black and by no means ordinary. Even with Elise’s reinforcement they had cut Pierre through his armor. The Blood Knight moved with great ease and confidence, parrying spear blows while also keeping Marcus at bay. Right now, Marcus was sure, the only reason


    The time of testing did only last so long. In one move the ork was next to Marcus and one blade cut into his arm. His armor stopped most of it but the tip got through and some blood colored his new armor red. The ork jumped back, suddenly cautious. Russo used the moment and his


    In the few seconds he had, Marcus could only find one path to victory. Janette would be so mad at him later.


    Both blades sank deep into Marcus’ body, piercing through his armor. For a moment Marcus stood face to face with the ork and then slowly


    “YOU MOTHERFUCKER! IF YOU DIE I WILL KILL YOU!” Janette’s voice screeched over the com line while Marcus tried to move as little as possible. The pain was so bad he was about to lose consciousness. Russo was next to him and then Cullen. The man put some black pill in his mouth that he swallowed. Then the


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