89 War 6 (1/2)

The Elu mage spread out its psychic shield over a wide area. The radius of the area was about 30 meters. All around the shield were the piles of useless and broken modern weapons. All different sorts of minions circled the outside of the psychic shield. The soldier who was in charge of observing let out a bitter chuckle.

”It's a basilisk. I never knew I would be seeing it again in my life.”

A basilisk loomed in between the hoard of minions. These were minions categorized as monsters. They will not budge against simple attacks. The minions categorized as monsters cannot be taken down by regular infantry soldiers or by normal means.

”Kuurrrk.”

The basilisk's face looked like a mix between an alligator and a rhinoceros, while its skin was as hard as a rock. Many large thorns were adorned down his spine. They didn't have petrification skills like in the fantasy books, however, their jaws could easily tear through steel. A simple flick of their tail will send all the inner organs spewing out. The basilisk was the emperor of land-walking monsters which made even trains look like plastic toys.

-Understood. We will send one psychoframe pilot to assist.

Black Crow communicated. The current squads would not be able to take down the basilisk. So, the squads called for a psychoframe. Currently, there were 5 psychoframe pilots flying upon the Black Crow. Out of the 7, one was deployed to help a squad so that they could retreat, and another was called by the Allied Forces.

”Easy Squad will support Fox Squad. Fox Squad will be the ones to take down the Elu mage. Our role is to take down the foes who obstruct Fox Squad.”

Han commanded his squad members. He tightly secured the end of his battle helmet. Anxiety flowed amongst all the soldiers.

-3, 2, 1, 0.

Something fell from the sky. An assault pod with a psychoframe that dropped from the Black Crow. The assault pod broke in mid air. A psychoframe which let off a blue light appeared from within.

Booom!

The psychoframe pilot landed with a slightly bent knee. The ground cracked in two from the impact which caused the minions in the area to trip and falter on top of one another. The reinforcement troop's size didn't lose against the 2 meter tall werewolves. The psychoframe's exoskeleton is made of dragon material and the high degree of durability and flexibility could not be explained through science. They were the black box weapon of choice for psychic soldiers to fight against the odds.

The reinforcement psyker swung their arms amongst the hoard of minions. They wielded a giant sword about the size of a person, so only the slightest effort was needed to chop the minions into two. They could easily jump up ten meters in the air with a short leap.

-Go, Fox Team!

As soon as the reinforcement psyker took on the basilisk, the remaining squads moved out. Shouts of all languages could be heard from every direction.

”Tail after Fox.” Han commanded.

Easy Squad followed running behind Fox Squad. Easy Squad took care of the grunts who came attacking.

Fox Squad roughly ran through the battle ground. Fox Squad's specialty was reinforcing their muscles with psychic power, they buffed themselves to run inhumanly fast. They ran 100 meters within 4 seconds, and pushed the minions away with their shoulders. They used their dragon bone weapons to shred the psychic shield and infiltrate inside.

-Support Fox-3

The minions increased in the surrounding area to stop Fox Squad. The nimble Elu hunters began to shoot their arrows. Fox Squad dodged and reduced their running speed.

Han scanned the area making sure to not miss the smallest detail.

”Silence, on top of the hatch.”

Han pushed Silence's back. Pa-aah!Silence used his blink to arrive at the Elu hunter's location. He wielded his twin blades like he was dancing. The Elu hunter's head tumbled down and rolled on the ground.

”End it, Fox.”

Fox Squad was free of the Elu hunter's attacks and was just ahead of the Elu mage's location. The Elu mage glared and flared his psychic energy. Fox Squad tumbled backwards from the sudden impact, but they held their ground and stood up again.

A squad member of fox team took position and aimed. He used the chance when the Elu mage didn't use a psychic shield to shoot his gun.

Bang!

The Elu mage's head shook. The bullet just barely scratched his head. A portion of its hair and scalp where the bullet grazed was dug out. The Elu mage pressed on its head injury. Blood seeped and dripped out from the wound.

”KAK!”

The Elu mage cast a psychic shield around its body. Fox Squad took out their dragon bone weapons. They simultaneously attacked the Elu mage. Elu mages fared the worst in close combat.

”Decapitate it!”

A faint light of psychic energy flowed from the Elu mage's eyes. Fox Squad stomped on the mage's body and swung their weapons a second time to completely put it out of its misery.

Paah!

Upon the Elu mage's death, the psychic energy surrounding the altar dissipated. The blinding light from the dimensional crack also dimmed a great deal.

”OOOOOUUU!”

The Elus looked to be in shock. The minions fell into chaos upon the death of the commanding Elu, and the foe's movements were disorderly and messy.

'Is it the end?'

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Han swung the blood on his spear off and looked across the area. The landscape suddenly sunk and tilted to one side.

BOOM—!

The dimensional crack which sunk suddenly jolted. There was a single shake. A hand appeared from the opening of the dimensional crack. The altar set up by the Elu mage was weighed down and crushed. A black reptilian like skinned foot appeared.

GGUUUUOOO–!!

A strong current of psychic energy flew in the air. Nobody could properly keep their eyes open.

”No.”

Somebody said. They only saw a sharp claw from a foot. A foot which belonged to a black-colored reptile. That was enough to understand. Everyone in this place immediately knew what it was.

”WAJARU! DRAGU!”

The grunts shouted and kowtowed their heads onto the ground. They turned their backs to the soldiers of ark. They bowed to the dimensional crack, perfectly fine that they could be shot dead by the soldiers at any time. They looked almost pious. They appeared like they didn't mind death if it was for the sake of their master…..

”Kaarururu….”

A low growl flowed from the dimensional crack. None of the soldiers of Ark could move a muscle. Their hands and legs were stiff in fear. A portion of them lost all strength and fell to the floor. Even Silence couldn't endure and lost the grip on his swords and fell on his butt.

Dragon Fear, the dragon's breath and odor carries psychic energies. Every aspect of dragons overflowed with psychic energy! Just its presence was enough to freeze humans in fear. Humans will be unable to move at all, as if they were facing off against a natural enemy. Faint hearted humans might even die just being in the presence of dragons.

”Kaa—oooooo–uuuu—!”

The dragon stuck its neck out of the dimensional crack and roared. It managed to take a single step out and poke out its head.

”Wh, what is that?”

One of the third years mumbled. They managed to just barely utter out.

The thing which appeared from the dimensional crack was a black dragon. However, it appeared to look different than everything they learned.

The dragons which appeared all this time were forty to fifty meters tall and weighed more than 150 tons.

'Its head alone is over 10 meters.'

The black dragon in a single glance could be easily measured to be twice the size of a normal dragon. It used its yellow eyes to scan its surroundings. It looked to be looking for food and stared across to the humans.

”Drago! Drago!”

The minions worshipped the dragon. They believed it would save them all. The black dragon opened its jaws and chomped down on all the minions it could reach.

Crunch! Crunch!

It was a shocking scene. The dragon chowed down on the minions. Blood dripped from between its teeth. The dragon laughed as if satisfied. The dragon sent a bloody glare to the humans. Its yellow eyes suddenly turned red. Madness and psychic energy spilled out from the dragon. Even when the comrades of the minions died, they all continued to worship the dragon.

Tremble, tremble.

Han's legs shook. The sheer terror which attacked the mind wasn't something which could be easily shaken off with normal means. This was a physiological phenomenon. They were just a push away from sanity. The psykers could feel the dragons sinister energies. No, even normal humans would be able to clearly feel the dark energies.

'It despises us.'

They were the worst enemy of humans. They wish to push the existence of humans to extinction. No epidemic, disease or wars, had killed off more humans than what the dragons have done all this time.

Dragons held pure malice and hostility against humans. There was no reason behind their malice against humans. They just simply hated and detested humans.

'A creature of pure evil against humanity.'

Han didn't need any further explanation why dragons and humans could not coexist. Coexistence was impossible. There would be no form of peace as long as the other existed. There was no need for cause of belief. They simply fought against one another to continue existing in this world.

Han just barely managed to get a hold of himself. Even the first generation psykers who had fought against dragons before could only manage to utter simple words. Normal soldiers couldn't fight off the dragon fear which completely immobilized them.

'Its stuck. It forced the gate open and squeezed itself through the small opening.'

The black dragon couldn't squeeze itself out of the dimensional crack. It was trying to forcefully push itself out. Han stared into the black dragon's eyes. He felt like he would go crazy from a simple glance. His mind felt empty.

'Endure it, such a thing like fear.'

Only Han looked square in the eyes against the dragon. The dragon was looking at the sky. It looked to the psychoframes flying it the sky as if already very familiar with them… The Black Crow flew in the stratosphere where it could avoid the psychic waves.

The soldiers were frozen in fear waiting for backup reinforcements of the psychoframe pilots. The psychoframe on the ground had already depleted their psychic energy and stood in place exhausted.

'I can't just stupidly sit here and wait.'

Why isn't the black dragon immediately attacking the soldiers? Does it enjoy watching humans feel fear…? Han felt doubtful that would be the case. He felt a bad premonition. There was a minute left before the assault pod would drop down to the ground.

JUUK!

The black dragon opened its mouth while looking at the sky. It seemed like the psychic energy in the air was gathering inside its maws.

”I need to go.”

Han took a single step forward. The second generation psykers adjusted to the dragon fear much faster than the first generation psykers. Amongst the second years, Han was the fastest. Even Silence who was dubbed to be the strongest was on the ground, frozen.

Han thought carefully. He could never just wait for others to help him. After the orphanage fell to ruin, he led the children out. He didn't try to rationalize that eventually, someone would save the children of the orphanage. If someone must do it….

'If I don't do something, everyone will die.'