895 Abrupt Change 1 (1/2)
Linda's pupils shrunk as she wasn't willing to fight Garen to death. She was an assassin, not a fighter who fought to the death. She was stunned as her opponent was able to react in time and counter. Her flawless assassination attempt was all for nothing.
At this point in time, she couldn't do much but to feel unfortunate as all she could do now was take a step back far away from him.
Garen, who had been ambushed, couldn't pay attention to her as the surrounding Yellow Mechs had released a series of white homing missiles aimed at him at the same time.
Lines of white smoke from the homing missiles were left in the air as they zoomed towards him from all directions.
Kaboom!!
The missiles exploded, turning the area where Garen's Mech's stood into a sea of fire as thick smoke kept coming out from it.
The Pilots inside the yellow Mechs frowned as they could sense that their opponent did not walk the same path as them, yet he was able to counter ambush them.
The lead Mech hesitated for a moment before raising his hand, gesturing everyone to fall back.
”It's an assassin from the Exterminet, so don't spread this to anyone else.”
The Yellow Mechs stopped attacking after they had fired all of their homing missiles. Their opponent had used them to his advantage when he ambushed them at the moment they attacked him. These members of the Thousand Year Tree were obviously unhappy when they were used by the Exterminet's assassin, who was not to be trifled with.
”Big brother, why don't we keep them in check here, since we outnumber them…”
”Idiot! Why would you want to fight to the death whenever you feel like it? Don't you think that they would fight back? And when they do, won't people die? I didn't bring you out to simply kill anyone! I have the responsibility to bring you all back safe and sound!” the Yellow Mech leader scoffed. ”That is an elite from the inner academy. He's not some common Pilot that we can kill!”
The Mech who recommended a massacre stopped voicing out.
Garen's body started appearing once more. Even he couldn't avoid being injured from all that firepower directed at him in that instant. This was especially true towards Linda's ambush, where she had almost destroyed her body's waist support. The waist support was a critical point of a spinal support system as the body would only lay on the ground and not move once it was destroyed.
The Willpower-powered Mech was about to form similar structures to of a living being.
He was fortunate that he was able to gather his Level Five Willpower to form a Body Field which blocked off most of the explosion and repelled the ambushed attack. However, his body had been slightly damaged and he was left with about thirty percent of his energy source.
Crack crack…
Garen's Black Mech moved slowly as he punched with all his might to the left with his fist.
Boom.
Linda's Black Mech which appeared on the left was hit and instantly pushed back.
”Why did you ambush me?” Garen, who was inside the Mech didn't change his expression as he asked. He who had not trusted them from the beginning had nothing much to say now that he was being ambushed. However, he was rather skeptical of this ambush in this critical period. Linda's personality was not very suspicious and he himself knew that he hadn't offended her in any way as well.
”Someone had offered one hundred million in place of your head,” Linda laughed. Although her body was pushed back, she seemed to possess a high defense as she was not injured at all.
”Is it the Exterminet?” Garen suddenly understood the situation. However, with his personality, he didn't care at all as she wouldn't be a threat to her even if she, a Level Four, tried to ambush him…
As this idea surfaced in his mind, a powerful Willpower slowly surged up around him.
Three similar Level Five Willpower-powered Mechs started flying up as they surrounded Garen. In addition to Linda who was a Level Four elite… The powers they revealed in that instant was clearly the Resonance Skills as it wouldn't be this powerful otherwise. It was the strength of a Level Five who knew the Resonance Skill.
In that instant, there were four elites of his caliber that had surrounded Garen.
Even the Yellow Mechs had nothing to say when such a scenario unfolded before their eyes.
”Boss, what should we do now?” a Yellow Mech whispered. ”We've just ambushed that person. If he were to lump us together with these assassins…”
”What else can we do?! We don't interfere with other people's business!” the lead Yellow Mech waved its hand. ”Everyone retreat!”
Within a few seconds, every Yellow Mech in the scene had retreated and hidden.
They were here to assassinate Anda and were not on the same team as these assassins from the Exterminet. This person who was willing to reward a hundred million Universal Unit for a person's head definitely had a deep background and was someone who shouldn't be messed with. As for the ambush earlier, it would be easier to explain to the others if Anda were to survive as they were simply defending themselves from the other party's ambush. However, if they were to be lumped together with the assassins, then it would spell trouble for both parties.
The situation was completely chaotic.
Anda was being oppressed by Windling, his body covered in injuries, on the streets between the buildings on the right. On his right over a row of buildings, Garen was being surrounded by assassins from the Exterminet.
Four Level Five Willpower had locked onto Garen's body.
His heart sank for a moment. Even if he currently possessed the skill of a Level Five Pilot, he was still being surrounded by four powerhouses of the same caliber. Some of them were probably powerhouses from within the Inner Courtyard, who at least had a trump card or two that could at least ensure their safety. Elites who were able to enter the Inner Courtyard were at least flawless in their Combat Skills and each of them possessed unique killing moves. In comparison, they were at least on the same calibers as those Grandmasters of Combat who practiced Living Secret Techniques, where their skills were at least half of Garen's.