UNDERGROUND IMPACT

Frontier Territory, 2027. The youngest Federal Territory in the Veridian Federation. Official stats say fifty people went missing last year. Nobody asked questions. Nobody dug deeper. Until the whispers reached VEISD. Lieutenant Ezra Vallen wasn’t a field officer. For seven years, he sat behind a desk, analyzing other people’s reports, writing summaries for senior officers who probably never read them. He’d accepted that fate—until Director Murni from Division Alpha threw a file onto his desk. "Rumors in the capital. Investigate." So Ezra went to Frontier Territory under a fake identity: Alex Tan, a freelance journalist chasing a story about “life in Veridia’s youngest Federal Territory.” But what he found was darker than anything he imagined. A black market for slaves. Hidden underground. Protected by the territorial government itself. And in the middle of that market, a girl named Maya was waiting to be sold. Kidnapped two months ago, dragged from her normal life into this brutal world. Her eyes still burned with defiance—but that fire was fading fast. Ezra didn’t know Maya. His mission was intel, not rescue. But when he saw her on the auction stage, buyers laughing like she was just merchandise… he snapped. "50 million IGE." He bought her. Not to own her—but to save her. Now Ezra wasn’t just a desk analyst anymore. He was a hunter. And in Frontier Territory, hunters don’t stay hunters for long. They become prey. Territorial Administrator Razlan bin Hamid and Mayor Jamal bin Kassim had been shielding this market for over a decade. They had guards, weapons, and powerful allies across Veridia. Ezra had nothing but a folding knife, reckless courage, and a tour guide named Ben—whose father died after uncovering the same secret. One question: How many are willing to die for the truth? One answer: Ezra Vallen.