"Who gave you the authority to declare this house fallen?" Gumay asked, his eyes narrowing as he located the secondary optical lens in the brush below.
The radio comms hummed with cold, static amusement from the distant spotter team. "Authority belongs to those who survive the night, enforcer."
"Then your authority ends in three seconds," Gumay whispered, his thumb flipping his sidearm safety off.
He did not hesitate for another heartbeat. Dropping his weight from the iron watchtower beam, he plunged forty feet into the dark abyss below, shifting his posture mid-air to minimize the impact against the slick, muddy embankment.
The high-caliber sniper round punched through the exact steel strut where he had hung a second prior, sending shower of red sparks through the rain.
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