Title: Silent Execution
"Outside the opera house, an assassin dressed in high-tier security armor lunges with an energized blade!"
The high-frequency energy blade hissed violently as it cleaved through the cold night air, leaving a blinding trail of blue-white light in its wake. Gerald did not hesitate for a single second. With a swift, powerful motion, he shoved Laura back into the recessed shadow of a heavy reinforced pillar, stepping directly into the path of the lethal arc.
The rain was falling in thick, silver sheets across Sky-Bridge Plaza, misting as it struck the glowing plasma edge of the assassin's weapon. Below them, the sprawling lights of Aethelgard Prime flickered through the heavy haze, but on the isolated pedestrian bridge, time seemed to slow to a dangerous crawl.
