Chapter 975 - A Night in the Wild (1/2)
Chapter 975: A Night in the Wild
Translator: TransN Editor: TransN
If the demon flying at the forefront noticed what happened behind, it would have been able to escape. Although Andrea could easily shoot down a floating balloon from the air during previous live-fire drills, she noticed that it was much harder to predict the movements of a living being.
Once she pulled the trigger, the bullet would dart toward a definite position. She could not control the situation if the target left that position on its own. Thus, if a living being became aware of the danger and suddenly decided to change its path, her bullet would most likely miss the target.
She never missed a close target and always knew the result shortly after an attack was launched. Now, however, she needed to wait patiently for the result as the bullet had to travel five kilometers to hit its target.
She could determine which side a coin would land on when it was tossed onto a table, but she could not glue them down to ensure the result. If someone suddenly tapped the table or flicked the coin with a finger as it landed, it could still cause the coin to flip to the opposite side. Thus, she would not feel surprised if the demon escaped.
If it did try to escape, the Flight Squad would swoop down to take care of it.
Fortunately, the demon did not notice anything unusual.
It was not because the demon was not vigilant enough. By flying hundreds of meters above the ground, it could hardly hear anything except the wind whistling. Additionally, as it flew facing the wind, this whistling would be further amplified. When they had started to prepare this combat plan, Lightning had concluded from repeated testing that as long as the demon was flying 10 meters ahead of the target, it would not hear anything when a bullet went through the target behind it.
That was why Andrea chose to shoot down the demon flying at the end of the row first.
The big bullet left an opening in its belly and completely destroyed its inner organs. After they fell out of its body, it could not even make a scream.
Given that, the demon flying in the front did not notice anything abnormal and thus missed its only opportunity to escape.
After a dozen seconds, another bullet came from above and shot into its chest, passing through its body before breaking the spine of the mount below.
The devilbeast who flew in the middle carrying a pack on its back now noticed something was wrong, but it was not intelligent enough to understand the current situation. Driven by its instincts for survival, it turned around and flew toward Taquila.
Andrea locked onto it.
She foretold the coin’s face for the third time.
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In the late afternoon, the Ark rose from the ground again.
According to the map drawn by the Exploration Group, the sniper team had safely arrived at their resting place below a cave which had naturally collapsed.
“There are dried bird beak mushrooms?” asked Amy with great surprise.
“I stored them here,” said Maggie as she dug out several glass bottles under a stone. “We even have barbecue seasonings here!”
“Do you prepare these things at all your bases?” asked Amy.
“Of course,” Lightning replied proudly. “This place is poorly-equipped compared to the other bases. If we were at Forest Pavilion now, we’d be able to hold a banquet with the amount of food we’ve stored there!”
“Forest Pavilion?” Sharon asked whilst intrigued, “Where’s it at?”
“It’s near the Impassable Mountain Range in a big tree that’s as large as a castle,” said Maggie while drawing an invisible outline in the air. “We asked Leaf to build a roof and a sunning ground to dry our jerky.”
“I’m afraid that only His Majesty Roland can tolerate you stealing his salt and spices.” Countess Spear rubbed her forehead. “I estimate that these seasonings cost several gold royals. If you do this to any other lord, he’ll definitely throw you into a boiling wok.”
Chief Butler of Sleeping Island nodded in agreement