215 Bighorn Beas (1/2)
”What kind of monsters are they, James?” asked Elizabeth, hoping James knew about these monsters charging toward them like the critters.
”I have no idea,” replied James.
The enormous beasts charging toward them were truly intimidating as they were as large as an elephant with its whole body covered in fur. Especially the curved horns on its head which were clearly not for piercing but for crashing.
”I have a bad feeling about this,” said James.
Captain Markus remained calmed as he watched the incoming beasts while stroking his mustache. He was confident with the skill and accuracy of his troops and had ordered them all to get ready. And once beasts had entered their firing range, Captain Markus ordered all four grenade launchers to simultaneously fire at the monsters.
SHHHTTT SSHHHTTT SHHHTTT SHHHTTT
KABOOOMM KABOOOMM KABOOOMM KABOOOMM
”Yes!!!” Captain Markus shouted in joy as he saw the beasts were directly hit with the four grenades. But it was too early to celebrate as the beasts looked unharmed as they appeared from the dust still making its way straight toward them.
The troops were all momentarily stunned and the ground they were standing on was starting to shake from the heavy steps of those monstrous beasts. They woke up from their disbelief when they heard Captain Markus shouted another order.
”Fire at will!”
The 150 soldiers fired their M16 as well as the 20 soldiers holding MX16 with .50 cal bullets. The same went for the machine gun operators on top of the trucks and ASVs. They rained down bullets on the charging monsters.
TRATATATATATAT TRATATATATATA TARATATATATATT
The location of the convoys were still far away, but Richard could clearly see that even .50 cal bullets were ineffective against these hulking beasts. The secret service guards then formed another circle to protect the presidential vehicle. Richard opened the door and informed Elizabeth of the situation. ”Madam President, please stay in the vehicle. We might have to escape if we will not be able to contain this situation.”
Elizabeth nodded and looked for James but he was nowhere in sight.
”Wait, where is Mr. James? Did he run away?” Elizabeth was confused. He had always thought of James as being someone who was brave and reliable. But she must've expected too much from him. After all, James was a civilian, not a soldier.
TRATATATA TRATATATATA
The loud bangs of .50 cal rounds didn't stop as it continued to somehow injure the monsters but then, a sharp sound mixed with the loud bang.
Zzzzzziinggggg! Zappp!
A beam of light struck the head of one of the monsters, making it stop its tracks causing the monster behind it to collide with it. Two monsters fell in one shot.
”Good shot, Mr. James!” she said.
James smiled and then exclaimed, ”Richard! Catch! Also hurry up and send your team here.”
James threw the laser that was in his hand at Richard before touching the ring on his finger. A slight flash appeared from the ring and out came seven briefcases, four of which contained the same laser weapon. He distributed it to the secret service guards and the contents of the other three boxes were revealed, the secret service guards couldn't help but look shocked.
[Short sword - Tier 2]
[Weight: 3.8 kilograms]
[Double-sided ax - Tier 2]
[Weight: 18.1 kilograms]
[Spear - Tier 2]
[Weight: 9.6 kilograms]
These were artifacts James had managed to collect in the past month. He had been wanting to keep it a secret and planned to give it to his team, who were at Doomsday Pillars training but the dire situation they were in right now forced him to reveal these artifacts.
James lent these three artifacts to the secret service guards with not much expectation of them being able to use it to its full extent. After all, they were still on peak stage mortal realm. However, at this time, James only thought about improving their fighting abilities.
The members of the secret service were now equipped with new weapons. Richard had already fired the laser gun in his hand several times and managed to stop two more monsters. Still, several giant beasts were near at the rear line.
”Get ready to dodge!!!”
Fortunately, even though the beasts' movements were fast despite their large bodies, they only ran in a straight line. The soldiers on the ground scattered to avoid the beasts' charge and rammed through the vehicles on the rear.