The Atlantic Ocean. Coast of New York. Zero Hour.The laws of physics shattered off the coast of New York.A man, barely six feet tall, suspended in the freezing Atlantic, was holding back a mile-long Class-Kappa Leviathan with a single, bare hand.The kinetic force of their collision didn't just part the ocean; it completely vaporized millions of gallons of seawater in a microsecond. A localized, reverse waterfall of boiling steam erupted into the hurricane-torn sky.Inside the cockpits of their Vanguard mechs, the three rookies—Kael, Elias, and Maria—were utterly paralyzed."Is... is that a ghost?" Kael stammered, his neural link broadcasting pure, unadulterated awe. "A ten-ton Vanguard mech couldn't even dent that thing. He just stopped it with his flesh.""That's no ghost, kid," Elias Vance swallowed hard, staring through the boiling steam at the figure suspended in the abyss. "That's the bloody Commander."The Bermuda Leviathan thrashed violently. Its golden, bioluminescent eyes
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