by Chen Ran
The A Land Cruiser stopped by the door, it was the travel tool for the Beheading King's team to enter the Morin later. Zero jumped into the SUV and found a seat to sit down quietly. He took out his equipment and checked himself. Even though he had already mastered the abilities of the fifth step, Zero still maintained the strict attitude of a soldier.
This time, the equipment he brought included a Colt and two M500 revolver. As for ammunition, there were 200 standardized sniper rounds and 30 armor-piercing rounds. Of these, 10 had already been injected with Fire Elemental Su, and the surface of these explosive bullets would release a red light from time to time. As for the special bullets for the M500, Zero also carried the weight of the ten Drum. Finally, there were five fragment grenade.
These items were gifted by Masters, other than the Colt and M500, the rest were all provided by Masters. These were only part of the gift, but this operation was not a large-scale war, and there was no need to bring all the ammunition. On the contrary, just killing a Wolf King was enough to make them feel that there was too much ammunition.
Looking at Su Yun's silent figure, George started to understand why he liked Su Yun. Because of the military aura that other Adepts didn't have, his strict demeanor made him look more like an elite soldier than an Adept.
When George's wrist watch's clock pointed to six, Jenny and Kazuo Watanabe arrived there on time. In this way, all the members of the King's Execution Squad arrived.
George walked forward and said, "This time, I will be the commander of your group. Listen, I know any of you can kill me easily, but please don't doubt that my command is definitely above everyone else's. Besides, this operation needs to be coordinated with the army, so there is no more suitable commander than I am. "
George's words were not an exaggeration. It was just like he said, any member of the group could easily kill a powerless military officer like him. But when it came to commanding, it was a far cry from it. All Adepts were used to travelling alone. Other than the Dark Council's Blood Cavalry, which had undergone a systematic military training, the rest of the Adepts from the Wilderness didn't have this kind of talent.
This point, even zero was no exception. He might be able to become a Master of the Strategy Department of the Wilderness. However, when it came to commanding, even if he were to command a small team, zero would still be at a loss. Furthermore, this mission required them to cooperate with the army of the Phoenix City, so George, who came from an army, was the most suitable candidate.
Seeing that no one had any objections, George hopped onto the off-road vehicle and said: "Then let's go, I'll explain the main points of this operation to you guys on the way."
As a result, everyone started to get on the carriage, Jenny purposely pushed herself to the side of Zero, causing Zero to frown, but at the same time, the fire in Kazuo Watanabe's eyes became more and more exuberant.
Just like that, an off-road car with six Adepts in tow drove out of the city. Outside of Phoenix City, everyone could see that the city's army had already gathered. As the SUV drove away, the trucks carrying the Phoenix City soldiers also started to move. Zero also saw five tactical armoured vehicles equipped with missile systems, as well as two vans that were covered by belts from the old era.
The large caliber cannons on the tank were reflecting rays of sunlight that penetrated through the radiation clouds. On this morning when the sun had just risen, the Phoenix City's lair operation officially began!
Chapter 109 - War
The battle began at 12 noon on time, when a missile, guided by a laser locator, dropped into the gymnasium with a trail of flames. First, a loud sound rang out and shattered the glass in the roof of the gymnasium. Then, the flames that were in the shape of a huge dragon shot up into the sky before slowly spreading out in all directions like a crimson flower.
In the next moment, the Finry's wolf's roar came out from the stadium as hundreds of giant wolves charged out of the stadium through the flames. Their bodies were faintly freezing, and the moment the flames touched them, it was as though they were suppressed by invisible hands. However, the giant wolves that had rushed out of the gymnasium were greeted by soldiers hiding behind their masks with machine guns in their hands. As for the armored vehicles, they continued to fire missiles at the gymnasium while the large caliber cannons on the vans of the old era continued to fire at the wolves that had rushed out of the gymnasium.
For a time, the Morin was filled with explosions and gunfire. Under the Phoenix City's powerful firepower, even the ground began to shake.
Zero's SUV was parked on a street five hundred meters from the stadium.
Before the battle had even begun, George had already explained the details of this operation on the carriage. At the same time, he assigned each of the six members a Tactical wrist watch s, a detonator for explosion, and a pocket-sized signal gun. The Tactical wrist watch not only had basic functions, it also had the ability to call and record. George was able to use the wrist watch's camera to understand the situation of his teammates in real time and thus provide tactical support. As for the detonator and the signal gun, they were respectively used to clear the obstacles and to call for help.
In the distance, the battle was going on like a raging fire.
He didn't even need to use his binoculars to see the explosion of the flames in the gymnasium, as well as the soaring smoke dragons. This was the first time he had seen a battle in a new era. Not bad, this wasn't a battle, but a real war!
After awakening, although Zero had participated in quite a few battles, it was mostly a group battle. The number of people participating in the battle with Soren was the highest, but Soren's team only had around a hundred soldiers, it couldn't even be called a war.
And now, a war was being waged right under Zero's nose.
The Phoenix City dispatched two thousand troops, which were matched by an armored car with a missile system and an artillery car with a belt covering it. Such a troop could only be considered one of the legion in the old days, a legion that could easily count up to ten thousand mechs. However, in the new era, it was already impressive enough for Phoenix City to have two thousand troops and chariot like resources.
After all, after experiencing the Cataclysm Day s, the number of people that survived in the world was only a fraction of the total population of the world in the old era. Fifty years later, even though the human reproduction period is shorter, the reproductive age is lower and the number of reproduction increases. But after all, the time was too short, and the population would only increase by a small margin. Furthermore, with the cruel living conditions of the new era, it was absolutely unimaginable for a baby to go through so much suffering from birth to adulthood. And as long as one of them had a mistake, it would mean the death of a life.
But in the wilderness, the most important thing was death.
Other than the population, Su, the processing of weapons was also a big problem. Different from the old era's assembly line, the lack of resources and the shortage of manpower caused the transformation of weapons and equipment to precision processing in the new era. This meant that although the grade and power of the weapons had been increased, the scarce amount of weapons produced was destined to be unable to support a large-scale war.
As a result, one of the businesses in the adventurer was to excavate weapons and equipment from the old era, and even sell war chariots. For example, the Phoenix City would use the two canned artillery vehicles that were purchased from the adventurer, and would only be able to be put into use after being repaired and modified.
As a result, to the new generation, a battle with more than two thousand people could already be considered a war, even though the Phoenix City's opponents were just five hundred Finry's wolf.
Even though it looked like the Phoenix City's army had the upper hand, that was only on the surface. Firstly, there was the issue of firepower, regardless of whether it was the missiles or the artillery shells, the strategic resources for this k
ind of heavy firepower were extremely limited. Although Phoenix City had stockpiled everything, it was not possible to use it all for the sake of the Finry's wolf. As a result, the heavy firepower suppression that the two chariots could provide was very limited, and other than the first missile that came out when they were caught off guard, it was actually very difficult to kill a large area of Finry's wolf in the subsequent explosions.
These strong and flexible Demon Wolves were not something that a fixed type of attack could quickly kill. Second, the relatively flexible firepower network was provided by the automatic machine gun in the soldier's hand. It was true that the fire net formed by two thousand people had a strong sense of danger, but last night's battle had proven that the natural defensive power brought by the Finry's wolf could reduce the power of automatic machine guns to the minimum. The most effective single target attack came from a sniper rifle. However, a sniper, even if they were just level 1 fighters, still needed to invest a lot of resources to nurture them.
The strength of one city of Phoenix City could only nurture around thirty snipers or so. Although there were more than twenty snipers participating in the battle this time, and they were able to reap Finry's wolf's lives every time they attacked, there were too few of them, so the casualties were just as pitiful.
As a result, the Phoenix City's apparent advantage did not last long. When the heavy firepower's ammunition was exhausted, the Finry's wolf would be able to charge into the Phoenix City's fire energy web that was formed from ordinary soldiers. This was their home ground, so the battle could not last long. When the Finry's wolf began to gain the upper hand, the other monsters would definitely not be lonely and end up with a share, and that would be the end of the army.
Thus, the crux of this war was still the King's Execution Squad. As long as they killed the King of Finry's wolf, Demon Wolves who had lost their manpower would not be a match for the army.
This was also one of the characteristics of the war of the new era. Genetic evolution, the emergence of Adepts, it caused the scale of war to shift from soldiers to powerful individuals. High level Adepts of the Tenth Order or higher had the terrifying ability to effortlessly destroy an army of five thousand.
Ten minutes after the start of the battle, George announced the start of the King's Slaying operation. Including Zero, all the other Adepts jumped out of the car. Under George's command, they circled around in a semicircle, then headed towards the direction of the gymnasium from the back.
As everyone began to move, different Disciplines began to move in different ways.
The black Nessen was like a human tank, he ran in a straight line. No matter if it was the car or the broken rock in front of him, they would either be bounced off or directly break into pieces, while he himself didn't even have the slightest pause, rushing towards the direction of the stadium as if there was no one present.
As for Salio and Jenny, their movements were more gentle. The only difference was that he always stopped in the shadows and then moved into another. On the other hand, Jenny always appeared at the highest point, whether it was on the roof of a car or on a curved street lamp. When she moved, she was completely focused, with less charm than before, but also more heroic.
Zuma's movement method could be said to be the strangest. Zuma's entire body was enveloped by a layer of black mist, and the ball of mist surrounding him was constantly jumping about, while he, herself, did not even move the tip of her feet.
He was neither like Nessen who was able to run with all his might, nor jumped around like Sario and Jenny, not to mention Zuma's strange movements. Watanabe was walking on two legs, but he seemed to be walking slowly. In fact, his speed was no slower than anyone else's.
The Adept's speed was increased by three levels, and he had to keep a close eye on the Adepts around him. He suddenly had an epiphany. Different abilities determined a different style of combat. This included the posture of the attack and the method of movement. This meant that no matter how powerful the Adept was, his way of fighting was bound to give birth to something similar to a habit.
Once he got used to it, he would definitely have a weakness. As long as he found the corresponding weakness, he would be in an invincible position!
Naturally, it was not easy to find the habits and weaknesses of the strong. That required a lot of data, and with the current buff, it was impossible to perform such a massive calculation on the ever-changing battlefield. But no matter what, Zero seemed to have begun to feel his own way of fighting.
That was to find the weakness and kill with one strike!
Chapter 110 - Slaying King (I)
The gymnasium was in sight.
The Morin's Doug Gymnasium had an area of over 17,000 square meters and was constructed with reinforced concrete. It was shaped like layers of waves, with a spectacular picture of silver-gray metal walls and plexiglass. In the gymnasium, to the south of the ground floor was the training hall, to the north was the entrance, and in the middle was the competition performance hall. In addition, there are rest rooms, toilets, offices and other ancillary buildings.
The structure of the gymnasium was complex. Before the fight began, George had called out the three-dimensional analysis map of the gymnasium from his tactical plate and explained it to the King's Execution Squad in detail.
At the moment, most of the army's firepower was concentrated at the northern entrance, while the Finry's wolf were concentrated at the center of the stadium, in the competition hall. After the start of the attack, other than the first wave of the wolves, the rest of the wolves should leave the stadium under the command of the Wolf King and charge towards the army. The task of the beheading team was to infiltrate the south training hall and directly enter the central competition hall. They would wait for the opportunity to kill the Wolf King and cripple the entire command system of the wolves.
The Beheading King's team equipped their communication device, GPS and other tools, so that George, who was still in his SUV, could command them from afar. There were a total of seven screens separated on George's tactical plate. The large screen displayed the team's advance, route, and map, while the other six small screens displayed the images in front of each team member. Through the control map and the scene images, George adjusted their route.
"Listen, the gymnasium is already in a half-damaged state. After the previous missile attack, the damage to the body of the gymnasium will be even more severe. There are two public passages from the training hall to the field, and blockages may occur. In order to buy more time, I want you to split into two groups, led by two Hunters, Salio and Jenny. George emphasized: "So, regardless of whether or not you guys are used to going solo, this time it's a group battle, the members must completely obey the orders of the hunters, and don't let anything go wrong with me. Otherwise, it's not a big deal if I can't get the money, and I won't be responsible if I lose my life! "
Under George's orders, the six people who entered the gymnasium quickly split into two teams. They were Saario, Nessen and Zuma's team, Jenny, Kazuo Watanabe and Team Zero. After the two teams entered the training hall for a short rest, they split up and headed towards the center of the hall through the east and west side of the public passageway.
From beginning to end, Zero did not say a single word. He just silently followed behind the group. In Zero's eyes, Jenny was moving forward in a very strange way. Sometimes he moved forward with his back arched like a nimble cat, and sometimes he simply moved his hands and feet like a leopard who was sprinting. Zero compared her movements with the ones in his memory and found them to be very similar. In other words, Jenny's entire method of movement was similar to the movements of these beasts. Different movements were used for different scenes, but the effect was surprisingly good. Not only was it fast, it was also very quiet, like a ghost.
He did not try to imitate Jenny, as everyone's abilities were different, even if they wanted to, they would not be able to do so. It was just like Kazuo Watanabe who was right next
to him. Zero could not see through his casual way of walking, but he was not slower than and. He knew that the Eastern Ocean Sword Technique would always coordinate with certain footwork techniques as the main point of attack, but now, it seemed that Kazuo Watanabe had used the mysterious footwork that he had mastered to move around.
To this Japanese swordsman, Zero could already feel his faint enmity towards him yesterday. And today, the enmity was even stronger. This forced Zero to deliberately distance himself from him. Who knew if he would suddenly draw his sword and attack.
After 10 minutes, the team had to stop. Just as George had expected, the public passageway had been blocked by a landslide. A large piece of broken stone was stuck in the passage. The collapse of the wall had made the passage impassable.
Jenny tapped her fingers on the stone and listened to something on the broken stone with her ear. After a moment she said, "This is not a blockage. I hear wind behind me. "Unfortunately, my laser arrow is not powerful enough to remove such a huge obstacle. I can only leave it to you two men."
If he did not have a heavy weapon, then the only way to break open such an obstacle was to use the power of [Rampage]. However, he naturally did not want to reveal his trump card. Apart from that, he could only blast it open with explosives. Fortunately, they had already considered this situation, so George assigned a few detonators to everyone.
Just as he was about to do his job of exploding, Kazuo Watanabe, who was standing beside him, stepped forward and said, "Why is it so troublesome, I'll take care of it."
Japanese swordsman walked in front of the huge boulder with large strides. Taking a long breath, Watanabe's chest rose and fell in some sort of rhythm. Behind him, Zero also noticed that there was a subtle change in the flow of air around the Blade Master. They were like undercurrents in the sea, swirling towards the side of the ferry.
