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My name is Jamie and this is Episode 392.

The night is dark and full of terrors.

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Chaos

The orderly rhythm of attacks in the steady wall of the warhead had dissolved.

And it was replaced by a raging melee.

Each and every life on the field was now balanced on the edge of a knife.

Skill and battle played a role in who would live or die.

But survival mostly came down to simple luck.

Too much was happening.

There was no organization and nobody would have been able to act strategically.

Thousands upon thousands of men were locked into single combat.

Or at least they hoped it was single combat.

So your focus locked on your would be murderer who was right in front of you.

Who was guarding your back.

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