Chapter 768: The Arrival, Marks New Weapon and a Bad News for the Major (1/2)

Day 162 - 10:47 AM - Agos River Riverbank, New Infanta Settlement, Infanta, Province of Quezon

The injured soldier was down in shock while another frantically pulled him to cover. With the two out in the open, there was no way that they could avoid the next attack without another casualty.

Another? Well, yes. The morale of the soldiers was already down. They already lost two people without even giving the enemy any significant damage.

However, they could not just retreat.

The lasers that the enemy fired could reach long distances. The walls were down, and what remained of the settlement was laid bare without cover. If they left the enemy alone, civilian casualties would not be avoidable.

Thus, they could only fight, even if they were about to lose another comrade before their eyes.

Nonetheless, they would not just go and watch.

With the mechanical shark mid-air, they only need to give enough force to push its body away and make its attack miss.

As such, the soldiers sent a volley of bullets towards the enemy.

They could not do this for the first two soldiers that fell as they were caught off-guard. However, it was the third time. There was no way that trained soldiers would not think of measures to defend.

And they could only try.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

CLANG! CLANG!

Sounds of guns and metal loudly sounded as the bullets collided with the mechanical shark's body in just a second.

Unfortunately, there was no damage like before. There still was no significant damage dealt on the enemy. And the worst part, while they did manage to shift its position mid-air, its head was actually able to lock onto its target. The mechanical shark was about to fall back to the water after the volley of bullets, but its head was still facing the wounded soldier.

There was no hope. They were going to lose another comrade.

They wanted to use explosives. They had grenades and even a rocket-propelled gun on standby. However, these weapons were difficult to use on fast-moving enemies, especially this mechanical shark that could dive underwater.

But then...

SHOOOM!!!

The whistling sound of air being torn apart entered the soldiers' ears.

Before everyone could react, they vaguely saw a foot-long stake being driven into the mechanical shark's body with a loud bam.

Only a third of the stake lodged into the mechanical shark's body. However, the force was more than enough to bash it out of mid-air back into the water.

With a loud splash and a strong splash of water, the mechanical shark was forcefully submerged. It was still able to release its laser. However, it was fired towards the sky with nothing to hit at all.

The soldiers could not help but turn to the direction that the stake seemed to have come from.

And to their confusion and fear, all they saw was a ball of black smoke approaching their direction from the sky.

Seeing the mysterious ball of black smoke, the only reasonable reaction the soldiers could have was to ready their weapons.

But then, among the soldiers...

”Isn't that?”

A soldier exclaimed at the familiar black smoke.

And it seemed that the leader of this squad had the same thought as he gazed at the mysterious object in the sky.

”Men! Focus on the robot shark! Ignore the thing in the sky for now!”

The squad leader shouted.

”But sir!”

Another soldier hesitated.

”That shark isn't dead yet! The one in the sky should be an ally!”

The squad leader added.

Most of the soldiers were skeptical. However, the shark was in the river in front, while the ball of black smoke was still far in the sky. Of course, the priority was the closest one, considering they could not go out of the safe border.

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At the sky, Mark aimed the weapon in his hands.

It was a large, black-colored RPG-sized gun with a rectangular barrel aimed like a sniper rifle.

”Mark... isn't that...”

Major Bautista was worried about the situation below. However, he could not help but feel shocked as Mark took out his new weapon.

”A railgun?”

Karlene finished the Major's words as it was also the first time she saw Mark use this weapon.

”Pretty similar to a railgun but not the same.”

Mark replied, not taking his sight unto the waters below.

The weapon in his hand had the name [Shadow Piercer]. It was the weapon he had been planning to make for a while now through trial and error.

In a sense, it was a railgun as it used magnetic fields and kinetic energy to propel the projectile at high speeds.

However, it was different since it did not have any power source attached to it.

Furthermore, the experimental railguns in the current needed time to charge energy before the railgun could fire the projectile. The one in Mark's hand could fire a projectile in an instant.

How? Because instead of using a power source, Mark was using his [Black Lightning] to generate the magnetic field and fire the projectile at will.

After all, Mark did not need to charge his ability and just release it in any amount he could possibly do.

”It still needs some tuning and testing, though,” Mark grumbled. ”I'm aiming for the head, but it hit the side instead.”

Even though it was not Mark's intended result, it did save a life of a soldier, nonetheless.

What annoyed Mark, even more, was how sturdy the body of that shark was.

With the velocity and strength of the projectile he shot, it was more than enough to puncture a fully armored tank.

Did all [Mechids] have a strong body like this? Now that Mark thought about it, this was the first time he actually tried to damage the body of a [Mechid]. In the first two encounters, all he did was capture them.

Mark shook his head. Now was not the time to think about unnecessary things. He just needed to focus on shooting that mechanical shark once it showed itself once more.

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