Chapter 589 (2/2)

Hao Ren did not dither and turned towards the door. “No time to lose!”

A few hundred soldiers surged forward as they led the way. The party went through dozens of blast doors and tunnels as they charged towards the Siren Queen’s palace. They had circumvented pathways that were easily defended and after going through many inspection tunnels and circulatory pipelines, their destination was just before them.

A sharp siren wail rang from afar. Sorma quickly reminded the rest. “That’s the warning siren. The sentries must have seen what happened back there.”

Shaqira increased the flow of water to hasten everyone’s movement speed. “Quickly! The palace is just in front!”

Hao Ren noticed from the signboards in the tunnel that he was fast approach the ‘Core Command Chamber’. He then looked around him and he saw the group of disintegrating soldiers, a mixture of feelings almost overwhelmed him. The soldiers’ body were falling apart by the minute and fine sand flowed out from each wound marks, leaving a trail behind the party. There were soldiers who dropped out of the group as they withered into fine sand, leaving only their rotten uniform. The party was large when they departed, and now, less than a third remained. A few hundred soldiers had simply dissolved into fine sand after losing their sustenance.

Shaqira approached Ivan, her voice sombre. “I… apologise on behalf of my kin…”

Ivan’s body too was falling apart and was almost just a skeleton. Yet he tried hard to smile as he shook his head. Teuton’s voice came from behind. “They have seen how the Sirens was being gradually controlled. Even though they had lost control of their body, they knew who was the culprit of all this mess.”

Shaqira looked down. “Thank you. That…. eases my heart.”

Ivan nodded and moved quickly with another Allied army officer towards the last blast door.

Just meters before the blast door, Ivan’s body fell apart, and turned into sand.

A British officer passing by lowered his head as he paid respects before he too headed towards the door.

Beyond the blast doors was a rest area and a dozen of shocked Siren guards turned to look at the raiding party in horror.

The first Siren was the first to recover as she raised her trident and let out a piercing shriek. A visible shockwave blasted out from the Siren as a few soldiers charged at her. Their bodies were immediately destroyed as they were torn apart by the shockwave into clouds of sand but their still intact head still darted forward and actually bite the Siren’s wrist before fully disintegrating!

The cloud of dust and sudden attack had somewhat slowed the Siren’s reaction. Hao Ren lead the team into the fray. “End this quick!”

A chaotic scene of battle erupted as shrieks and explosions rang out from the narrow pipeline. Everyone knew that the sentries had already raised the alarm so they had little to lose by going loud, and fought with everything they had.

The battle lasted barely over a minute, and the last siren was evaporated by White Flame’s searing holy flames. The surrounding air had the smell of boiling water and floating dust. Hao Ren only managed to send a few of the sirens into his Dimensional Pocket while the rest were simply killed. That means they will be resurrected nearby soon and will probably lead a torrent of guards to block the path.

Most of the soldiers had fallen and only a few soldiers and officers remained behind them. They had ran out of strength to lead the way and most of their comrades had turned into dust in the pipeline. They too realise that their long service had finally came to an end. They made a few more steps before stopping in the tunnel.

Two Allied officers lay slumped by the side of the tunnel as their bodies were coming apart uncontrollably. A captain stiffly motioned as he tried to say something and Teuton immediately activated his necromancy spell again. But even he could not understand what the two disintegrating soldiers were trying to say.

But Hao Ren quickly caught the gestures and understood what the soldier was trying to say.

He bent down as he held the captain’s hands. “You’ve won. The Jerry’s are done for.”

He then turned towards the last Soviet soldier. “Leningrad stands.”

The two soldiers nodded, their faces satisfied and they returned to dust.