422 The Failed Plans, The Ambush Prepared by the Raiders (2/2)
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”Hmm?”
Riding inside the [Exceed: Personnel Carrier], Mark suddenly looked up. It was even though the only thing he could see was the roof of the vehicle.
”Gege, is something wrong?”
Mei asked as she noticed that Mark detected something.
”Someone is watching us.”
”From the sky? Is it an animal or an insect?”
”Hmm...” Mark thought for a second and answered. ”An animal with two legs, two arms, and looked like an evolved monkey. Well, in a way, its a pest. So, also an insect.”
”An enemy, isn't it?”
Mei replied with understanding.
Everyone else inside the vehicle, however, was all confused as to how Mei came to that conclusion.
Unexpectedly, Mark nodded.
It made everyone question their sanity because of these two.
Right now, there was only Odelina, who drove the vehicle, Jaeya, and Edzel inside with Mei and Mark. The others were left back at the base since there was no need for everyone to be here. They were just going to retrieve the supplies they left.
On the other vehicles, there was Arvie and Jason that drove their armored carrier. The armored jeep was driven by Rollan and Nikky. The [Exceed: Disintegrator Fortress] was manned by Edward and Terrence. Lastly, the last vehicle was driven by Monique's husband, Harvey.
As for Chaflar and Gifre, Mark decided not to bring them. It was because while they could help carry the supplies, the presence of the two could deter any prey they could come across. Whether it be humans or animals, Mark would welcome anyone who wanted to be slaughtered.
Fortunately, it seemed that there were some idiots. And more than that, there was someone with the ability to fly. If Mark was a bit crazier, he would have licked his lips already. However, that was out of the bounds of his personality.
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Arriving at the mansion, Mark told Jaeya to order anyone to stop outside the gates and remain on standby.
On the other hand, Mark stepped out of the vehicle. It was because he needed to face the idiots blocking the gates with their cars.
”One, two, three...” Mark muttered as he stepped forwards. ”Twenty-three, huh.”
Two people stood in front of the gates, seven people armed with guns were taking cover behind the vehicles that blocked the entrance. The rest were scattered around, hiding in the bushes, tall grass, and trees aside for one person. The last one stood behind the walls hiding from sight and without any urge to fight.
In a sense, Mark and his group were surrounded. As if it mattered, though.
”So, Harold brought you, people, here?”
That was Mark's first words, which not only made the enemies frozen but also shocked Harold that was hiding behind the wall.
Regaining their composure, Combustion spoke.
”Are you the one that set traps to this place?”
”What of it?”
Mark replied nonchalantly.
”Some of my men died because of that black smoke. You better compensate us for our loss.”
Hearing that, Mark looked at the tall, burly man standing at the center. That was rather cheeky for someone that tried to steal someone else's stuff. However, as if Mark would fell for that ruse.
That speech Combustion said was only said to buy time. They did have the plan to talk it out first and say that their group accidentally stumbled upon in this place. Then, tell a bunch more lies and stuff.
However...
Mark mentioning Harold in his very first sentence, ruined it all.
Combustion only said those words to make Mark focus on him, while Accell made hand signals for their men to pass onto others.
Since their plan to talk it out, was gone into dust, they could only fight.
Unexpectedly, Mark did not reply at all and just stared at Combustion like he was staring at an idiot. As a person with a bad temper, the leader of the enemies could not stand that stare.
As such, he gave the signal to attack. And it was to...
”PTUI!”
Combustion spat his saliva like a bullet towards Mark. Compared to what he used before, not only this saliva was clumped larger, it was more concentrated.
Mark dodge the saliva. However, before it passed beside Mark...
BOOOOM!
An explosion occurred engulfing the area within a three-meter radius of where the saliva exploded. The high-temperature flames enough to melt iron in seconds, engulfed everything including Mark.
At the same time, the raiders hiding around the bushes, trees, and grass, sprung out of hiding. They all aimed to seize the vehicles of Mark's group.
As they saw Mark engulfed in flames, Combustion, Accell, and even Harold thought that there was a chance to win. From the information they knew from Harold, Mark was the leader and the strongest one in this group. Yet, he was killed rather too easily.
But then, Harold felt uneasy. He felt a threat that could easily threaten his life. It made him want to run away. As he trusted his senses, he really did try to sneak away.
However...
THOOOM!!!
Everything froze.
No, they were not frozen. However, their bodies felt heavy that it seemed to be pushing them in place.
Then, the flames from the explosion vanished.
There, they saw the hazy visage of Mark, who was smiling sinisterly, unscathed. The most terrifying thing, however, was how his glowing red eyes seemed to pierce through their minds.
”Don't celebrate too early,” Mark spoke. ”You might have caught me off guard... But that is not enough to hit me at all.”