Chapter 368 Scrimmage (2/2)
”It's too troublesome for me to retrieve the goods,” Horlaide said unhappily. ”I don't want to go to the dock filled with pirates and scavengers.”
”Then you can invite the Dragon Guards to protect you. You're the ruler's subordinate, after all, so you certainly have the ability to order them.”
”You're making this hard for me.” Horlaide's expression collapsed. He did not have the authority to order the Dragon Guards. Although they belonged to the same organization, he definitely had to pay if he wanted to ask people for help, and he was unwilling to do any actions that increased the cost.
However, Peggy insisted—he trusted his sense for danger. Horlaide could only compromise, irritated, before they hung up the communication.
In the dark, the tail from Blades Army was confused as he reported the information to the leader Porter. ”Why are they walking back?”
Furthermore, Han Xiao, Cerleni, and Porter had already set up their ambush along the streets ahead. When they received the message, they all frowned.
”Caution, the target did not continue ahead. According to the route, he seems to be going back to the spaceship. Did the deal go south with the buyer?” Porter doubted.
As Peggy had finally shown his face, Cerleni searched him up in the database of his army, and he found Peggy's intel. He was shocked and said, ”This isn't good. That scavenger is called Peggy, and his Esper power is shapeshifting into a snake. He has extremely strong senses, almost like short-term foresight, so he might have noticed danger!”
Originally, their plan had been to not raise any alarms, but this snake was too sensitive; the opponent had already been alarmed.
At this moment, Goa, who was guarding the exterior, sent a message. She said with a heavy tone, ”There's an issue. Horlaide has left the slave market, and he seems to be heading toward the dock. It's highly likely that their terms changed into the buying retrieving the goods himself.”
The people's expression changed. Han Xiao pondered and said, ”Then there's no other way; we attack straight away and make the rescue. We can't have the two parties meet. We have limited time, so it's best to act immediately.”
The original plan had not been bad, but the reality was full of unexpected changes. Cerleni felt that Han Xiao was right—the only way now was to attack urgently. He commanded the people and approached the target rapidly. At the same time, he gave another order to a few people and told them to start the spaceship in advance, so when they snatched the hostages, they could enter the spaceship and leave as fast as possible.
Peggy went back to the dock filled with brutes, and when he was still hundreds of meters away from the spaceship, the mercenaries finally closed in on him.
”Go!” Cerleni did not have the time to care about anything else. With a yell, more than two hundred mercenaries tore their disguises apart. Their combat suits shapeshifted, and all kinds of powers exploded and dashed toward Peggy's team!
The helmet quickly extended from the mechanical suit with one thought of Han Xiao, protecting his head. He turned and said, ”Let's go, too.”
He took out an electromagnetic firearm and fired from far away while charging forward. Behind him, more than fifty players wearing the same style armor were holding high caliber machine guns and firing, like a wave of iron, swarming forward!
”There really are enemies!” Peggy narrowed his eyes. Fortunately, he had been cautious. He ordered his subordinates to quickly pull out their guns and fire, and as the cunning man that he was, he secretly shot other brutes to pull other groups in.
The dock was a large squire, and there were no residents. This was the most dangerous place. The mercenaries exchanged fire with Peggy and his men, and quite a number of stray bullets hit the brutes nearby, bringing waves of growls.
”Who's hitting me‽”
”My eyes!”
”Damn mercenaries, you want to kill us‽”
The dock was most chaotic. Groups of brutes were affected and joined into the battle.
An intense scrimmage soon broke out!