225 Soulbound (2/2)

As the H2 died, Butch's health points decreased by a large chunk. He noticed that the amount was exactly the same amount of energy he used to capture the H2.

Then he heard the terrifying sounds coming from the autocannon.

”Bomm! Bomm! Bomm!” Every shot reverberated on the long street. The sounds coming from the autocannon even masked the recurring rifle shots and the shrieks of the carriers. He could even imagine the piping hot shells dropping to the side of the tank after every shot.

Butch instantly realized what was happening. The unconscious Halfdeads died after their summons got annihilated. He also realized that having a high energy pool or owning multiple creatures doesn't really help much in a large scale battle. The soulbinded creatures were like a double-edged sword; it would attack anything you want and it could also hurt you.

In a sense, the soul was health and soulbinded creatures dying meant health depletion from the owner. The cons and pros weren't explained in the skill description. It mostly describes what the skill can do, together with its cost and not the intricacies of it.

Butch quickly ordered his remaining H2 to drag its dead partner back. It was hard to capture H2's since they're quite troublesome. If he collects the body back, he could just place it under the sun and it would reanimate after some time.

His crew noticed his actions and immediately called back their summons. They weren't idiots, just slow with the uptake. As the Evolved Carriers retreated, the front liners could finally take a breather. Bruised and injured, they forced their way forward while securing unconscious allied forces.

At this time, the two detached forces finally arrived on the enemy's flank. The Halfdeads could do nothing but raise their hands due to surprise. They begged and apologized but the soldiers roughly tied them down.

After the cleanup, there were twenty-four casualties from the one hundred soldiers that held the line. These numbers came from the initial attack of the horde. Due to its suddenness, a lot of men got injured.

On the bright side, thirty-three gray people were apprehended and all of them were alive. Well, it was impossible for them to die since they were immortals, and after several minutes of dying, they got reanimated. Although Jun told them about this ahead of time, the soldiers became dumbfounded after seeing such a scene.

An immortal life in exchanged of skin color?

Major Jaquez eyed the prisoners and no one knows what he was thinking.

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Jun's elite detachment traveled parallel to the marching army. They entered two streets away and would do a blitz towards the municipal building. The group only had five people but they had the most firepower in the whole army. Grenades, C4, and other types of explosives were given to them.

This time, Jun stocked himself with ammunition and Corwin couldn't stop him. It was for the mission after all. He didn't take much but enough to reach the outpost commander's limit. He also got an overall upgrade with his guns. A new automatic shotgun, a new Barrett sniper rifle with a new 5-12x42 scope. That means it has a 5x to 12x magnification, which makes things a whole lot bigger.

He badly needed the new scope since he relies mainly on Time Perse to zoom in and out when 'precise shooting.' If he wants to hit something from afar without wasting additional energy, the new scope is a good addition to his arsenal. Together with the Barrett sniper rifle, bursting Destroyer eyelids would now become much easier.

As the truck reach the next turning point, Suico Panaligan saw a gigantic figure standing at the center of the road, blocking the path forward. It was a D2 that stood three-meter tall.

Suico performed a quick maneuver which made the truck move from side to side. The D2 tried to grab the roof of the vehicle but it missed. Unfortunately, even though Suico successfully dodged the D2, there was another one behind it.

The truck crashed on the D2's legs which forced it to take a few steps backward.

On a house at the end of the street, the Whisperer was watching the event unfold perfectly, together with the Queen. Her eyes were clouded with mist as grey light glowed from the corners of her eyes.

”Isn't this kind of cheating, Yetu? They'll die without even knowing how they died. Do you hate everyone inside that truck?” said the Whisperer into thin air.