927 Desperate Situation 1 (2/2)
When both of the intense flames exploded, Garen's body was sent flying brutally as he was unable to react in time.
Bang bang bang bang!
The Big Mechs outside had started raking the whole area with machine gunfire. Heavy-duty machine guns swept across the hospital in a frenzy.
Bullet holes pierced through the walls. On the white walls, the bullet holes resembled black snakes that were rushing towards Garen.
Garen rolled over again and discovered that his entire body was charred black from the explosions. He had just crawled up before he saw two strings of bullets inching towards him. The corridor of the entire hospital was shot up, and covered in a thousand holes while rays of sunlight cascaded in through the numerous bullet holes on the other side.
The ground of the entire building made violent crashing noises as if it was roaring.
His ears were filled with buzzing noises. Other than the noise of the bombs and machine guns, he could not hear anything else.
Garen stared fixedly at the black chain of bullets that was quickly moving towards him from the bullet holes. He dodged, and crouched down to evade the assault of the bullet chain before a series of noises that came from running Mech Soldiers suddenly echoed from the stairs behind him.
Bang!
He immediately moved, just before a ray of red light pierced through the floorboards below. It formed a pillar of fire that was more than a meter tall when it burst through.
The whole hospital started to burn.
”Arson?” Garen's face remained indifferent because he was not afraid of death. He could not even clearly remember the number of times he had stared death in the face. Nonetheless, it was not his style to simply die here.
Miniature Mechs were not afraid of the scorching flames at all. It was easy for them to endure high temperatures of a few hundred degrees. However, the same did not apply to Garen because he had a flesh body. It was clear that the other party intended to burn him alive here.
Columns of bursting flame constantly exploded from the ground. Garen continuously dodged the flame pillars on the floorboards. With a few somersaults backward, he bounced towards the stairs at the back. He leaped gently, like a fish that had just jumped out of the surface of the water, before coincidentally landing on the head of a Mech Soldier that had just charged through the stairs. He sandwiched it with both his legs before twisting and breaking his enemy's neck with a 'crack'. He pressed downwards with the tip of his toes. Then, he swiftly pulled the trigger on the machine gun in the Mech Soldier's hand. He supported himself against it and jumped before evading the shooting sweep that followed.
Boom boom boom boom!
After numerous consecutive gunshots, all of the bullets landed accurately on the head of the Mech Soldier upstairs while Garen was somersaulting.
It only took a single encounter for all five of the Mech Soldiers upstairs to be killed.
Without his Willpower, it was impossible for him to confront the enemy directly. He could only rely on his speedy movements to dodge the potential Willpower assaults. Currently, the only thing that he could depend on was his powerful battle skills, and great physical fitness.
While the rest had yet to react, Garen operated a Mech Soldier and ran towards the part of the building with the thickest bearing walls.
While running, he quickly stripped the Mech Soldier of the Miniature Mech that it was wearing and placed it on himself.
These Miniature Mechs were different from the ones in the radiation belt. They were considered as boosting-type Mechs that could be worn separately. They could increase the defense and power of the wearer. They were even fitted externally with certain communication devices that were used for detecting and probing.
Just as he had put it on, Garen could instantly hear noises coming out from the pager inside the Mech continuously.
”Wolf Five, Wolf Five, move forward to the second floor to assist immediately. Use the vertex bomb to destroy the second floor. Try your best to catch him while he's still alive, if possible!”
Garen did not reply verbally but pretended to pant hoarsely and respond ambiguously instead.
He glanced at the blinking red dot on the board. Those were the numbers, and locations of all the Mech Soldiers.
”Catch me alive? Hehe.” A cold expression appeared on Garen's face. He knew that it was very likely that the other party was planning to seize him to take the Rainbow Stone techniques that he had obtained.
If they had gotten rid of him on the spot in the beginning, perhaps he would not have an escape route now. However, the order to catch him while he was still alive gave him a lot of empty space to move around.
He moved his hand backward and removed the fixed-point hand grenade from the waist of the Miniature Mech and pressed it against the right wall.
Garen ran forward quickly.
Boom!
Stretches of fiery red flames shot out and exploded behind him. After dodging the flames and explosions, he returned to his previous location at the hole-ridden area. He exchanged the machine gun in his hand for an armor-piercing projectile model. He aimed it precisely at the wall on the other side of the hole-ridden room and shot it directly.
Red lines were shot out.
Boom!
The armor-piercing projectile penetrated the wall and accurately hit the body of another Mech Soldier that had just passed by. Perhaps it had struck the ammunition bundle on its body because suddenly, a large explosion occurred. It sent intense tremors throughout the entire second floor.
”Damn!”
The sound of a cursing man echoed from the pager.
”He's just an injured cripple!”
The corners of Garen's mouth curled into a cold-blooded arc.
He rolled across the floor and moved his hand backward to remove another armor-piercing projectile. He aimed it accurately so that it would pierce through the wall before shooting it outside the hospital.
In the sky outside, the Cockpit of a Big Mech was penetrated by that shot. It fell down crookedly, making a crashing noise before turning completely silent.
Garen's speedy movements allowed him to enter the hospital and get rid of more than ten Mech Soldiers by using armor-piercing projectiles. Occasionally, Garen would replenish the armor-piercing projectiles that he had used. He managed to shoot down five or six Big Mechs outside.
On top of the command building outside.
The expression on Fila's face remained unchanged as he continued to wave his hand.
”Everyone, withdraw! Abandon the mission to seize him alive, just demolish everything!”
”But…” Beside him, Logan's eyebrows were knitted together tightly as he attempted to open his mouth to speak.
”Do you still not understand? Within ten minutes, the thirty Miniature Mech Soldiers that entered were completely slaughtered. Five of the Big Mechs outside were killed as well! That Nonosiva is truly not the pushover that we had imagined,” huffed Fila coldly.
”Send the Elite Team forward,” Logan gritted his teeth and said. ”That's a yearly profit of hundreds of millions!” The Mechanical Army that he was part of spent three hundred million a year. If they were able to seize this technique, its effects on the interest of the Mechanical Army would make anyone emotionally affected.
Fila's mind turned cold. Despite just being relieved of office recently, some of his initial subordinates had stopped listening to his orders already.
”Do as you please. But if something happens, don't blame me for not reminding you! Besides that, my men won't leave anyone alive.”
”Commander, I don't have a choice. Our military allowances have been cut each year. Although this sum of money may be insignificant to you, it's still a large sum of income for us!” said Logan softly. If it was not for the money, Fila's instructions would not be able to truly stop him either as he was currently the Commander in Chief.
Fila sighed coldly. He glanced at this man who was previously his groveling subordinate who had now matured into an individual who had dared to look him in the eye.
He turned around because he could not be bothered with looking at him anymore. He stuffed his hand into the pocket of his shirt immediately and walked towards the exit downstairs.
”I hope that you won't mess it up.” Once they were in this state, there were no survival routes left for a minor force like Nonosiva. He did not have to watch anymore.
”Don't worry!” A smile appeared on Logan's face. He rearranged the microphone at the corner of his mouth. ”Powerhouse Team, forward! He's just a lowly piece of garbage with Level One Willpower. If you're unable to seize him despite that, all of you can just die!”