Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Apocalypse Hoarder: Kabanata 541 - Kabanata 550

While Florian spoke with Ethan, he noticed the chubby man standing beside him.Curious, he pointed at Thorgan. "And who's this?"Ethan hurried to introduce him. "Captain, this is an Awakened I discovered. His name is Thorgan Willowford. He can manipulate ice and snow. He has huge potential."When they heard he was an Awakened, Florian and the others gave Thorgan a closer look.Ilyana recognized him at once. They had met before at Greenvich Academy. She kept that fact to herself. She did not truly stand with the West Ridge Order either.Thorgan swallowed and forced a flattering smile, though tension and fear showed in his eyes. His role as Cyrus' undercover informant made his legs tremble.Florian and the others noticed the weakness at once. Hardened soldiers despised cowardice. Thorgan's soft, overweight, shut-in appearance only deepened their contempt.Florian folded his arms. "Your ability controls ice and snow?""Yes! Look, these houses were all built by me!" Thorgan pointed

Ethan and Malik felt both shame and relief. Shame weighed on them after their disastrous failure. Relief came from the strength of West Ridge Base, which possessed abundant talent, advanced equipment, and formidable resources.Against a single opponent like Cyrus, the operation should not fail again.After the briefing, Florian clapped his hands lightly. "Alright. We move out now. Let's finish this within three hours. One hour if possible."He smiled with casual confidence, as though this were nothing more than routine field training. Faced with overwhelming force, no elaborate plan seemed necessary.They were elite soldiers: highly trained and heavily armed. Could they truly lose to one awakened civilian?That would be a joke.Florian quickly assigned roles. Fifty operatives divided into teams responsible for transporting explosives, securing the perimeter, and providing support.Ethan's rescue squad lacked the individual combat strength of Team A. For that reason, Florian orde

Florian's team blanketed Cloudcrest Manor with a massive barrage of smoke grenades and incendiary rounds, which prevented Cyrus from sniping the demolition unit.The second phase began immediately: bomb disposal. Their method was simple and brutal. Instead of defusing the traps by hand, they used detonation cords to trigger them directly.It was a standard military tactic. They laid explosive lines across a wide area and set off a chain reaction that cleared hidden bombs through controlled blasts.Inside the bunker, Cyrus activated the maximum active noise-reduction system. The chaos outside instantly fell to a dull murmur. To prevent potential damage from the coming explosion, he also put on professional-grade noise-canceling headphones.The effect left him practically deaf. Yet with the enemy preparing to detonate 1,000 pounds of TNT against his bunker, the precaution was necessary.Outside, bursts of fire flared one after another. The traps Cyrus had painstakingly planted deton

When Florian heard that the explosives had vanished, he exploded in fury. Everything had gone smoothly. They were one step away from blowing open Cyrus's shelter.Now someone was telling him that 1,000 pounds of TNT had simply disappeared. Was this some kind of joke?"How could the explosives just vanish? Did Cyrus steal them?" Florian demanded through gritted teeth.One failed attempt did not frighten him. The West Ridge Base had no shortage of weapons or ammunition. They still had enough explosives for another try.What mattered was understanding why this had happened.The demolition team answered at once."That's impossible. It was 1,000 pounds of TNT. There's no way he could have moved it that fast.""And even if he somehow did, we already installed the detonators. The moment you press the trigger, it should explode.""But there was no response at all. I don't understand it either.""It's bizarre. Completely bizarre."These were seasoned demolition experts. They had broug

At that moment, the demolition team's chief engineer stepped forward from the crowd. He adjusted his glasses and spoke in a calm voice. "I believe there is another method worth attempting."All eyes turned toward him.Before the Frostfall, Professor Aiden Williams had served as an academician at the Volaris Institute of Physics. The institute had considered him a top-tier talent, and the West Ridge Base had recruited him specifically for that reason."Professor Williams," Florian said. "Let's hear it."Aiden continued in a measured, analytical tone, "The man named Cyrus appears to possess a spatial ability. If our assumptions are correct, it may even relate to multiverse theory."But as we all know, energy is conserved. The energy produced by an explosion cannot simply vanish. It can only transfer elsewhere. So his ability likely absorbs matter or energy and relocates it to another location."He paused for a moment. "But what happens if the absorbed energy exceeds his limit?"Fl