Chapter 59 - Chapter 59: 51. The Second Copper Whistle (1/2)

chapter 59: 51. the second copper whistle

translator: 549690339

“jarvis, follow me! let’s save mike and his men!”

sergeant mars swung his hand, beckoning noland lee to follow him as they rushed towards where mike and his men were located.

a scream from the cavern evil spiders echoed from above:

“you will not escape! no one is allowed to leave! i will drain your brains!”

a column of flame shot towards the ranting cavern evil spider, lieutenant

grett had made his move, intending to hold the enemy back with all his might.

but this time, the cavern evil spider faced the column of flame without choosing to flee.

it stayed on the ceiling, with its chest bone armor split in half, a massive dark green “airflow” gushing from its chest cavity.

the putrid smell of decay instantly filled the battlefield, accompanied by constant booming hums of insect wings.

upon closer inspection, it was apparent that the dark green “airflow” gushing from its chest was composed of countless green-headed flies.

the outcome was clear when the “stinkbug flies” faced the biochemical giant’s flame pillar.

what was initially capable of penetrating fragmented stone walls and torching lower-level undeads, the flame pillar was now encountering a formidable opponent.

the glossy green flies were seemingly immune to the flames, showcasing impressive fire resistance.

they charged right at the flame pillar, like moths to a flame, stubbornly crashing into it.

the high temperature of the flame pillar didn’t seem to affect the flies, it couldn’t even ignite them.

for every inch advanced by the flies, the flame pillar was forced to retreat by the same length.

the cavern evil spider laughed triumphantly, utterly arrogant:

“wahahaha! feel my power! grett! my little darlings will shred your body, and eat every piece of your flesh!”

there was a sudden increase in the “airflow” spewed out by the cavern evil spider, even more green-headed flies emerged from its body.

the flame pillar was suddenly reduced to half its original length by the surge of insects.

the immense swarm of flies was on the brink of attaching to lieutenant grett’s face.

“activate overload mode! inject pain suppression drug! inject rapid-release hemocell! inject vortex response catalyst!”

lieutenant grett roared to the sky.

the flame pillar emerging from his palm expanded exponentially, transforming into a veritable fire dragon, barely managing to fight back to a stalemate in his struggle with the “stinkbug flies”.

mars and noland lee found mike and his men.

aside from sergeant mike, the other two soldiers had already fallen.

sergeant mars looked grim, but there was no time to mourn due to the urgency of the situation.

he lifted mike, whose leg was broken, onto his back, saluted to lieutenant grett before turning and leaving with noland:

“jarvis, we need to move quickly. we can’t let lieutenant grett’s sacrifice be in vain. he’s activated his ‘auxiliary injection chamber’, that could buy us at most 20 minutes. we must inform the other soldiers to retreat as quickly as we

can… ”

noland picked up mike’s severed leg and followed mars, running away from the battlefield.

his face showed a well-executed performance of shock and admiration, while his heart remained calm, like that of a bystander.

lieutenant grett’s self-sacrifice, risking his own life for his men was indeed commendable.

however, to be honest, noland wasn’t worried about lieutenant grett’s situation.

he was certain that the odds were high that grett would turn the danger into safety.

based on noland’s earlier conjecture, it should be about time for marsha murphy to make her move.

she would come to the third underground level to deal with the cavern evil spider, and rescue lieutenant grett.

— this action would kill two birds with one stone, it would both preserve the strength of the imperial army and remove obstructions before they could reach the spirit pivot. captain murphy had no reason to refuse. as long as she was not foolish, she would definitely act accordingly.

of course, this was just noland’s own guess.

what direction the actual situation would develop in. was not for him to