Chapter 72: Lyria: One Last Tooth
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Lyria deliberately surrenders to reach Victra and frees her using an acid tooth, triggering a brutal jailbreak. Victra traps Harmony’s shuttle by sealing the mine roof, then arms up and shifts from vengeance to aiding the uprising. Coordinating with Lyria, she detonates grenades that shatter the Red Hand line, letting Volga’s slaves surge, before pursuing Harmony through the tunnels.
Summary
Lyria and Freckles creep toward the jail amid chaos as slaves revolt. When Red Hand troops converge, Lyria hides Freckles and surrenders, claiming information for Harmony to buy time and access. Thrown into a cramped cell, she finds a shattered, wounded Victra.
Harmony arrives to interrogate Lyria, discovering a dead girl carried acid in a tooth. Lyria pops her own acid tooth, dissolves Victra’s cuffs and the cell lock. Victra erupts, slaughtering the guards in a savage rampage as Harmony flees.
Lyria follows Victra to the communications hub. Seeing Volga rallying slaves and a perimeter army outside, Victra uses the controls to seal the mine roof, smashing Harmony’s shuttle back to the floor. Lyria urges Victra to aid the endangered girls and uprising first; Victra agrees, demanding armor.
Freckles produces a Gold breastplate and razors. From the upper bridge, they spot Harmony leading men downward. Victra leaps into the township, methodically destroying positions and guards, freeing the gathered girls. Little Lion seizes a pistol and executes a wounded Hand man.
Lyria and Freckles hide the girls while Victra heads for the main tunnel where nearly two hundred Red Hands pin Volga’s force. Victra plants grenades behind the Hand line; the blasts sow chaos as the slaves charge through dust and debris. From cover, Victra and Lyria pick off stragglers, and Lyria spots Harmony slipping away. Victra is already moving to hunt her in the tunnels.
Who Appears
- Lyria
POV; sacrifices safety to reach Victra, frees her with an acid tooth, coordinates aid to the slave uprising.
- Victra au Julii
Grief-stricken but lethal; liberated by Lyria, traps Harmony’s shuttle, arms up, devastates Red Hand positions, pursues Harmony.
- Harmony
Red Hand leader; torturer and target; attempts escape by shuttle, then retreats through tunnels as Victra hunts her.
- Freckles (Vanna)
Former Red Hand ally; hides weapons, brings Victra armor and razors, helps move rescued girls to safety.
- Volga
Rallies slaves in the tunnels; her force surges after Victra’s grenades break the Red Hand line.
- Little Lion
Young girl; grabs a pistol and executes a wounded Red Hand man without hesitation.