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hours of high-intensity fighting.
    But the Cudahy District was turning into a nightmare. Hydra had been engaged with Ragnarok for well over a month and had only minor gains to show for it. They had breached the wall and surged about halfway up through the district, but determined resistance had stopped their offensive, and a well-planned counterattack threw them back a significant distance. The situation had settled into a stalemate as Ragnarok focused on a flanking attack to the west.
    Once that had failed, though, the situation changed drastically. Freed from the concern of being flanked and cut off and bolstered by reinforcements from Green Bay, Hydra was back on the offensive. They now had the strength to advance while protecting all of their other important areas.
    At least, that was the theory, but Ragnarok wasn’t going down without a fight. They still had a significant number of experienced, well-armed troops within the district, and they fought like demons. Several planned assaults had been bloodily repulsed. Gains amounted to a few inches a day.
    Faced with such fanatical resistance, Hydra Command looked for some way, any way to turn the tables further back in their favor. Time was starting to tick against them. They might have the strategic initiative for now, but Ragnarok Company would certainly try to take that back. Every hour, every day wasted presented even more opportunities for them to accomplish that.
    And so that meant Black Wolf, initially freed from the fighting within the district by the arrival of Magic Battalion, was back in the thick of things. Their mission this time was very different, however. Instead of acting as line infantry, they had been charged with finding some way to break through the enemy defenses.
    They had troops scouring every possible route, from the subterranean tunnels to the streets, to locations along the lake and even the skies. None of them would be simple. Most were heavily guarded. Selene’s route through the storm drain tunnels looked promising, but they still didn’t have a good idea about where it came out. For all they knew, they could end up walking out right in front of a machine gun nest.
    And then there was the problem of actually doing damage once they reached their target. Nora had a ton of confidence in Black Wolf’s skills, but their enemies were not slouches either. And if they were holding commando units in reserve like she expected, they might not come out on top. Black Wolf had lost several head-to-head confrontations with the Valkyries before, and she still wasn’t sure they could come out on top this time.
    “We eliminated the salient in the line,” Bryce, second in command of Dragon Battalion said. “That takes away a significant annoyance.”
    “And we have a possible route into Ragnarok’s rear areas,” Cody, commander of Dragon Battalion said.
    Nora looked down at the map again. “This… This seems way too convenient. How haven’t they discovered this route? That just isn’t like them.”
    “Maybe because it was concealed?” Bryce said. “I mean, we missed the fact that there was a subway right under our feet in the Eagle Creek District. They could very well have missed it, especially since it’s in the middle of the water.”
    “I think the better question is, though, where does it lead? Because we need to make sure before we try anything with it,” Nora said.
    Cody shrugged. “We can just explore it more.”
    “That’s very risky. In order to exit the tunnels they have to climb through a bunch of boat wrecks. That’s not going to be quiet, and we have no idea what might be lurking in the water. Plus, even if they do get outside, what’s waiting for them there? We might give away our secret before we even get a chance to use it.”
    “OK, so what do you want to do?” Lex asked. “We can’t just leave something like that alone. Not when it might be what turns the tide in our favor.”
    Nora opened up her wrist menu to view a