The three rushed upstairs to the second-floor landing, only to find a crowd of neatly arranged cultists gathered in the hall below, surrounding a blood-soaked altar. On it, a naked young woman was struggling desperately and crying for help!
It was Ashley!
A cultist leader in a red robe raised a gleaming greatsword high above Ashley's chest, muttering an incantation. He was about to bring it down and pierce her heart!
Leon's eyes nearly burst with fury. He was about to jump down and rescue her, no matter what.
But Kirk pulled out a grenade and hurled it down without a second thought!
Leon was startled. "What are you doing? What if Ashley gets caught in the blast?"
"BOOM!" The explosion shook the heavens!
The cultists, eagerly awaiting the sacrifice of the young woman, were all sent flying by Kirk's grenade! They tumbled and howled as the Shockwave scattered them in every direction. Many were flung more than ten meters!
But Kirk had controlled the blast radius and its landing point perfectly. The shrapnel tore through the densely packed cultists without a single fragment hitting Ashley.
Only the enemies had been hurt. Ashley was safe and sound!
His skill and precision were nothing short of unbelievable.
Leon couldn't help but admire him. "How did you even do that?"
Kirk grinned and put on an air of inscrutable wisdom. How could he tell Leon that he'd just been taking a desperate gamble? If he hadn't thrown the grenade, Ashley would have died anyway. Besides, although he had designs on the President's daughter, the space hadn't said Ashley had to survive. If she died, he'd fail the mission, so he might as well take a chance!
If Leon had been in his place, his skills might not have been any worse than