417 The Battle Outside the Base, Ending with Another Harves (1/2)

Day 71 - 5:48 PM - Mountain Base, Mount Malabito, General Nakar, Quezon

Mark stood in front of the Mutators and Evolvers alone. This prompted the enemies even more to do a counter-attack.

Activating their abilities, they charged towards Mark first as it would be harder to approach the girls atop the walls of the base.

Unknown to them... Their movements were just as Mark planned.

Mark decided to deal with these people by being alone outside. It was not because he alone was enough to deal with these people. In fact, it would be easier to end this if Mark let the others fight alongside him. Nevertheless, it would also prompt the enemies to retreat and run towards the forest.

It was already getting dark. Although Mark would not have a hard time finding these people even if they ran away, it would still take more effort. If these people scattered in different directions, it would cause some of them to have the possibility to escape.

Since Mark was alone, they thought that with their numbers, they could take him down alone. Or maybe, take him as a hostage to stop the girls on the walls from firing their weapons.

That was the worst \”maybe\” of their lives.

Mark looked at the enemies coming towards him. He was scrutinizing the abilities they displayed. Some of them had claws. Other enemies had animal parts on their bodies. While a few had transformed their skin into some like metal.

However, one ability took Mark's interest.

A man stood steadily in the middle of their encampment. He was waving his arms with precision as he deflected every large needle and bullets coming towards him. A wide one-meter long blade could be seen protruding from his right arm, and his left had deformed and turned into a shield.

Furthermore, unlike the others that were in a state of panic the man was still calm. It was more like he did not even care whether he would die or live here. Or maybe, he had the confidence that he was capable enough to escape this.

Mark could tell, the man's ability was rather unique. It would not be surprising if he had such confidence. Unfortunately, Mark and his group were not your typical survivors. Even among Mutators, the abilities of people in Mark's group was top notch.

Other than the man with a blade and shield, there was another who transformed into something looking like an insect. His whole body was covered with green colored exoskeleton which emphasized his lower limbs. He jumped around fast which made it hard even for Mei to actually hit him.

Lastly, Mark noticed a bear. There was nothing else that could describe that enemy than being a bear. A tall man with huge muscles covered in dark brown fur. What else could be but a bear?

Aside from them, there were others with notable abilities. However, they were not as eye-catching as the three.

Finally, the attackers reached and surrounded Mark. In response to their attacks, Mark danced.

He tapped his right foot on the ground causing red-orange flames to ignite around his foot. The attackers were surprised. However, they could not stop in their charge anymore.

With a spin, Mark mauled those that were too close to him with his right foot.

In every hit, the flames around Mark's foot would explode. It caused those that were hit to fly back depending on which part of their body was hit by the kick. There were also those that were hit on their face. Among them, three died immediately as parts of their heads exploded.

There were still those that managed to dodge. Not like Mark would let them go easily. As for those that took the opportunity to attack after that kick, Mark kicked the ground spinning in the air dodging them.

As Mark spun, his flaming foot created a circle of flame. Ending that circle, his foot dropped onto the head of a man with large claws. The man's head ignited into flames and he fell down. He wanted to roll and extinguish the flames. However, Mark's spinning drop kick left him with a concussion. Dizzy and unable to do anything, he died as Mark's foot dropped onto his neck.

While Mark slaughtered these ignorant insects, Mark suddenly turned his back from their main encampment.

CLANG!

A loud metallic sound echoed as Ignis that hung on Mark's back was hit by something metallic.

Following that sound, the new attacker tried to bash Mark with his shield. However, Mark already jumped away while killing another two enemies. The bash missed leaving the attacker with a frown.

When Mark turned to face the attacker, he saw the man with a pair blade and shield.

Like before, the man's face was calm.

\”Tell me, how did you know that we are from Death Valley?\”

The man spoke.

\”Why won't I?\”

Mark replied with a smile that confused everyone around.

Then, his words fell which shocked these men.

\”I'm the one that destroyed that garbage dump. Don't you know? Spy Captain?\”

The calmness from the man's face vanished as he heard what Mark called him. There was no doubt that the man realized who Mark was.

\”So, you're that person they were talking about before I cut off my communications from them.\”

It was not hard to tell who was the man talking about. For sure, he was talking about the other spies sent to Death Valley and the soldiers of the military.

As for why Mark recognized these people, although he would not heed any mind on miscellaneous people whose mental energy he felt before, he would remember them once they appeared in front of him once more. He was very sure that he felt the fluctuations of most of these people in Death Valley during the moment before it was destroyed.

It just meant that they managed to escape the destruction of Death Valley Settlement and the military. However, they brought themselves to the lion's den to be slaughtered mercilessly. It was not like they deserved any mercy though.

\”Well, we won't die without a fight! Everyone attack!\”

The former espionage captain yelled at his comrades.

Hearing that exchange by the two, the other enemies felt even more desperate. They did not hold back anymore and used any means for attacking. Whether it be their abilities or their guns even if they did not have much ammunition left. It was all or nothing for them now.

BANG!