Chapter 98: Minuteman (2/2)
"All this sht for Duds?" spat another hero "We should have left with the first wave of evac when they got all the people that mattered out"
"For people, not Duds," corrected Minuteman "In a situation like this, we're all just desperate people, you understand"Above ground, the variants don't give a sht whether you're a Hero or a Alter or a Dud Whether you're filthy rich or dirt poor You're all just food for theainst Minute the word 'Dud' again, do you all understand me?" said Minuteainst Minute the rift was between the C rank and the B rank Even if they wanted to ht back, Minuteman could hand them all their asses on a silver platter, especially with how tired they already were
"Good, now get to work, heroes," said Minuteet theto the separated control rooed into a largecontrol of the bunker's functions
"How's the situation?" said Minutear hasn't been maintained in decades Don't even know if the carrier inside it will take off, but if it's using a standard electro-etherite engine, I can use my powers to jumpstart it The issue is this-," Miles tapped the round
The hidden bunker cameras were completely wired to prevent disruption froy, so thankfully, they could still operate even in this tech disrupting storathered around above, circling around the dirt caked vault doors of the bunker
"They've sniffed us out," said Minuteh that door It isn't Neo-Steel, considering how old it is, but it's still too h"
"Yeah, for the norain, and it switched to another ca, shark shaped fish towards the vault doors
"What!?" Minuteman immediately uncrossed his arms in alar Minute the initial evacuation of Southside
Minuteht the shark variant, and though they had killed it, it was at the cost of Gladiator's death
Granted, Gladiator was still heavily injured froainst Haven, but it was still an incredible feat that this beast was able to contend with two B rank heroes, both specialized in melee combat, at once
And, it seemed, the creature had some ability to resurrect itself as Minuteman had made sure to crush its head with his shi+eld
The variant seeer than before Where before it had just one fin on its back, it now had three, and its nificantly On top of that, its sharp grey scales had grown thicker, al was especially pronounced around the variant's head and chest
As it was now, Minuteainst it He ht even have to use his Minute of Freedo, but even it can't sth alone," said Minute the situation went frorey scaled ared forwards huge spiral shaped black shells on their backs
They put down the car sized shells with the holes facing doard and into the vault doors, and with that, the spiral pattern on the black shells began to glow a an to pool out beneath therey ht orange
"Vent Worms," muttered Minuteman
Vent Worms were deep sea variants that lived in volcanically active veins in the ocean They fed on enerate intense heat waves from within their shells They were not very ainst predators with their intense heat generation
Very soon, the worh the titanium alloy doors, and then, it would be a pure ?" said Minuteraduate from one of Haven's hero acadee of three hundred est lih her portal, it drained her stamina, and by now, she was so weak she could barelywith a killer headache I doubt she's going to be good for a ht, and she's way beyond the li in a day There's no way in hell she's going to be able to portal out everyone away from here-,"
"She doesn't need to," said Minuteet one person out"
Miles paused before he turned to Minuteoing up there? All alone? Lookto die-,"