Chapter 340 The strongest squad (1/2)
In a secure location hidden from the eyes of all nations, six men sat on a table that had a lot of empty chairs. Sitting in the middle seat was, Carlo Samarita, frowning while looking at his surroundings.
”Is this all that's left?” Carlo spoke in a dire tone. The squad that used to be the strongest, the one said to be near-invincible that even an SS rank couldn't beat was reduced to this. Only six of them were left.
”I'm sorry boss, I let you down.” Kira the new leader stood up and apologized.
”Even Ryu isn't here, do you think he's done for?” Dan spoke a bit irritated at the situation. Moments ago he was raging when he heard from Luke that his daughter was captured. Yet with the combined effort of everyone present he was able to calm down.
”I heard a rumor that two swordsmen have been killing some Granado Empire soldiers in an unnamed forest near Cromer city. I'm sure one of the swordsmen is Ryu.” Luke answered Dan's question.
”This is quite a troubling situation. With only us left in the squad, this mission might be quite difficult.” The one who spoke was a man who looked to be extremely lazy as he flipped his knife over and over again.
”Viktor stop playing with your knife.” This time a man who looks like a teenager spoke with an irritated look.
”Huh, who are you to tell me what I can and cannot do? Do you want me to kill you, Sora?” Viktor pointed his knife at Sora, while saying his words with a low growl.
”Is that how you speak to your elders? As always you're such a sh*tty brat aren't you Viktor! How about I kill you instead?!” Sora then took out some bottles out of his bag.
”Heh, how can I treat you like an elder if you look like that, might as well call you little bro,” Viktor sneered. This action of his triggered Sora even more. When the two were about to break into an all-out fight, the two heard a gunshot.
”The two of you stop acting like children! Tsk, we are all that's left of the squad, we have no time to be quarreling amongst ourselves. Alex has been captured, even Rachel, Dan's daughter and all of their friends have been captured by that b*stard who claims to be Alex's grandfather. He's the one who killed his own son and daughter-in-law, I can't imagine what kind of torture Alex and his friends are enduring... I want to save my son, and I can't do that without you guys!”
Carlo who was usually calm slammed his fist onto the table. His face distorted with both pain, anger, and sorrow. Sora and Viktor who saw the face of their leader stopped fighting and sat back down.
”Sorry about that leader.” Viktor apologized, and so did Sora.
”Still what are we suppose to do, most of us have been killed off, by a mysterious hidden force. They took us out one by one.” Sora continued the conversation, with a bit of worry that could be heard in his tone.
”I know that, and until now we don't know who our enemies are... Still... Even in this situation, I want to save Alex and his friends.” Carlo was very irritated at the current situation since he thought that his old squad would be able to help him, yet here they were a sorry excuse of what they used to be.
”I understand what you're feeling right now boss. I and everyone else treated Alex as a true nephew, we loved him as he was part of our family. Still, we're up against the Shadow Mercenaries. They're a group that has numerous legends backing them up. If we were still at our peak I wouldn't mind clashing with them, but at our current state, I-”
Before Kira could finish speaking a loud booming sound was made, the table in front of everyone was smashed in two. The only one capable of doing this feat with his bare hands was looking angrily at Kira.