Chapter 852 The Return Of The Lord (1/2)

Chapter 852 The Return Of The Lord

A soldier nareat day Early into the battle, his powerful exoskeleton arh he could still fight and shoot his rifle, not toto face the abo his ed that the risk was not worth it

As a result, he had to abandon his fellow infantrymen and retreat to the supply train of the division, where a team of techs tried to repair his suit as fast as possible

…Sadly, they weren't fast enough

Who knew that a bunch of new Gates would open, with one of the almost on top of the scarcely defended supply train?

While the techs and other non-combatants desperately tried to retreat closer to the main formation, Ash and a small number of soldiers that happened to be nearby had no choice but to face the advancing Nightmare Creatures alone

They unleashed a torrent of bullets at the monsters, but there were just too many of them Even when he emptied his shoulder-mounted launcher to send a hail of miniature rockets into the ly potent explosive load his missiles carried failed to hter a number of Dormant bastards with that salvo, but those of them that were Awakened…

You needed an Awakened to kill another Awakened All mundane soldiers knew that, more or less

Slowly, Ash's blood turned cold in his veins

'Bad, bad, bad…'

An officer's shout reached his ears through the coible because of all the distortion produced by the mass of Gates:

"tach… bayonets!"

Attach bayonets…

That was the order that every soldier dreaded

Ash resolutely pressed a button on the side of his rifle A moment later, a powerful alloy blade slid fro the weapon into an improvised spear

'Come then, wretches!'

Despite his bravado, Ash feltto live to see the next day… or whatever it was that counted as a day in the damned Southern Quadrant The odds just seeh, but he at least had a theoretical chance to take down one or tith the help of his powered armor

But there were also Fallen ones Most terrifyingly of all, a creature that rese carcass of athe other ghastly beasts into a frenzy It had to be a Devil, at least… or maybe even a Tyrant

Ash shuddered and readied hiuys ti to learn what humans are capable of! hell, who knows! Maybe reinforcements will arrive in tiht ranged fire useless Ash caught a lunging Dor his powered ar…'

The nited, pushi+ng hi creature, then tried to land a blow on another snarling aboed joint of his ar him off balance The bayonet slid off the hide of the Awakenedeven a scratch on it

Ash helplessly toppled to the ground Before he couldthe tempered alloy of his armor and the complicated internals of the powered suit A terrible pain tore through his side

'D—die… I aly snout of theto kill him, his eyes wide <novelsnext></novelsnext>

…And then, the monster's head exploded into bloody chunks