Chapter 291: The Decimation of Fifth Fortress

Magantae had reached and found the metallic cubes hidden. Because there were no soldiers, the group was able to find the metal cubes easily.

"Should we activate it here?"

"No. We should activate it outside! We have to use it in an area where we are sure there are dildos!"

"But we don't know where General Vender hid those!"

"It could be anywhere outside! It should have been spread out. General Vender designed it to blow up the base. So it should be everywhere! We just need to activate it outside!"

"But Admiral! It's too chaotic outside! Dune World has been activated again! We will get detected, and with the many protocols activated, I fear that this weapon's attack won't even reach the enemy!"

"We also have that strange Exoskeleton fighting the base! Why is General Joab Barak attacking this place? I thought that…"

"We don't know. Our priority lies the same. That Commander who is fighting Salathiel needs to die! We cannot prove the treachery within the WGP! We don't need to worry about whoever is attacking this base. We just need to save General Vender, Salathiel, and prove the identity of our enemies!"

The group nodded.

"Alright. Move out. Communication from here is weak. We need to move closer to Salathiel as the sandstorm is distorting our feeds."

Several tremors were felt as they could sense immense radiation above.

"Let's go!" Magantae immediately charged off and began to shoot down the walls of the building to reach the outside.

The powerful sandstorm had struck with all its might, and the WGP raced towards the sky.

But even with this, Owens had no time to care or even look at the detected group. His eyes stayed focused on General Joab Barak.

Flantter was having a hard time. The tactics that Owens used were effective as they limited his range and attacking capabilities. As the battle continued, Owens was learning more and more about Flantter's limitations.

"Send a squadron on this location. Order them to immediately rush to this point and deliver heavy covering fire if ever the General moves close. And tell them to wait for my signal to retreat!" Owens ordered.

The Exoskeletons followed, and it looked as if there was something suspicious on that location. Flantter noticed it and immediately launched heavy attacks using a strange light.

The metal roof of the location suddenly changed as if it became soft and collapsed.

But that attack struck nothing.

Flantter was furious as he saw how he wasted a vast amount of energy and attacked nothing.

"That proves it! He isn't aware of where the HQ is! Follow my commands!" Owens sneered and made a peculiar arrangement.

Lowengren watched and was impressed.

"What an impressive man. Cold-Reading and Warm-reading being employed in battle. With a little push, I could make this man a deceiver…" Lowengren smiled.

"For now… where are those WGP?" Lowengren began to observe the movement of the WGP and made reports to inform the group. Lowengren has already merged with the soldiers through his lies, and everyone in the room acted as if he was part of the core team.

"There it is… Lennox, inform Alean and Salathiel of their location."

"Already done."

Salathiel and Alean's battle was largely orchestrated by Lennox, who provided the calculations of each attack.

The attack was fast, and Salathiel moved as much as he could, but Alean could easily evade it with her faster perspective.

"It's been a while since I had fun wearing this. The last time I wore an Exoskeleton was in the Undersea battle between Pangea and the SPU…" She laughed.

"Head to this quadrant. Salathiel, ready your communication line. I will create an interference that will allow you to communicate with them."

Lennox overcharged the electrical currents that powered the sandstorm, and it created a slight weakening.

But since it only happened on the area where Alean was, Owens did not notice and continue to relay complicated instructions to his soldiers to deal with Flantter.

"Com… Sala… Do you copy?" The static line suddenly connected, and Salathiel was able to hear Magantae.

"Admiral?!" He voiced a surprised sound as Lennox instructed.

"We have the cubes! But we cannot activate it!"

"Give them to me! It needs an ignition! I'll use the cubes to activate the many lightning rods in this base! But we need to deal with the sandstorm!" Salathiel explained.

"We don't know where the base is! Dive inside the sandstorm and move closer to our location! Use the Nuke Emitter and set it to explode at thirty-five percent! General Vender left two cubes!" Magantae ordered.

"Alright! I only have limited energy remaining. I will need to rely on the lightning to attack as an explosion of that level will drain the Nuke Emitter!' Salathiel answered.

"Do it!"

And so, Salathiel suddenly dove down and headed towards the sandstorm.

The sudden movement of the two drew the soldiers' attention in the headquarters and reported this to Owens.

"Sir! The WGP and the Lost Primordial are diving in the sandstorm!"

"It must be trying to use our sandstorm to shroud the battle! Observe their movements! Since they are moving there-"

BOOM!

A powerful explosion suddenly occurred. The Nuke Emitter created an explosion that was far stronger than it was.

It was aimed at the center of the sandstorm. Most of the blast didn't spread out as the sand buffered the explosion, but it created a space that had no sands as the shockwave had not only thrown off the sand but weakened the intensity of the sandstorm itself.

Salathiel moved towards the open area, and Magantae charged and threw the two metallic cubes towards Salathiel, who hastily move to catch it.

Alean also emerged and used the voice changing system in her suit.

"Ha Ha Ha! You missed!" Alean laughed as she charged forward.

"But this won't!" Salathiel answered. He then held out the cube, and Lennox sent a small charge into the cube and activated it.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Several flashes of lightning bolts blasted out while a large bolt struck Alean's suit.

"NOOOOOOO!" Alean shouted painfully.

The lightning bolts in the hands of Salathiel continued to rampage and struck the many nearby buildings.

BOOM! BOOM!

Several mechanisms and turrets on the building exploded out like bolts of lightning emerged from inside it.

The sudden chain reaction began to damage the various devices that were causing the sandstorm.

"Sir! The attack! It's damaging and draining our power source! The sandstorm is weakening!" One of the soldiers reported.

Owens was and glanced at the many reports, and his eyes grew dim.

Lennox, who had already controlled and manipulated the base's entire power supply, used the metallic cube to link the lightning energy of the cube to the base. And as one bolt kept on hitting Alean, it allowed Alean to power up the prepared weapon.

The lightning that was hitting Alean did not hurt her as it was all being channeled to power up a large ball. The energy contained in the large ball continued to rise.

"Flashes of Lightning… Peals of Thunder. The stronger the lightning is, the louder the thunder!" Alean heard Lennox's cold voice from within the suit.

And with that, Alean threw the ball. On the perspective of the WGP, it looked like Alean threw the ball in desperation.

"Die!"

The ball was thrown with barely any power, and it didn't fly towards where Salathiel was but fell from where Alean was. And this was where the sandstorm was gathering.

The large ball fell for a few seconds before detonating.

"REPENT!" The voice or Richie thundered, and a powerful shockwave blew up.

BOOM!

With Lennox already doing what he can to weaken the devices that power of the sandstorms, the sudden shockwave blasted all the sand away.

The sandstorm had immediately vanished.

Magantae and her team were struck by the shockwave and were thrown off.

The many soldiers, Exoskeletons, and Armors in the base also suffered from this blast.

Flantter himself was sent flying.

The shockwave had no heat but only pure raw power that would blow everything away.

As such, most who were in their Exoskeletons or Armor survived the blast, and only a few were killed from the sudden whiplash.

Then there was silence.

The explosions caused all fighting to stop, and the sandstorm itself disappeared.

Only Alean's suit remained flying.

"You fools! Don't mess with the Lost Primordial!" She shouted angrily.

But then, Salathiel's figure emerged from the rubble below.

"I win this phallic war!" Salathiel answered and spoke as if he had difficulty breathing.

He raised the metallic cube in the air, and it began.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The lightning bolts charged wildly everywhere. Instead of directly attacking Alean, it rampaged to the nearby surroundings.

"The dildos have been placed! This land is mine to conquer! Lost Primordial, get LOST!" Salathiel shouted.

The entire base trembled. Explosions were happening everywhere.

The many computers that were being used suddenly erupted deep inside headquarters one after another as powerful lightning bolts kept striking the area.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The computers and other devices began to explode on their own.

"What's happening?!" Owens cursed.

"DILDOS! THERE ARE DILDOS EVERYWHERE!" Lowengren shouted amidst the chaos.

"Sir! Dildos! There are dildos planted all over the base!" Lowengren continued to report until another explosion occurred and cut off the line.

The lightning bolts suddenly exploded out and began to attack the nearby areas.

The soldiers who were guarding the Planteds were attacked with several bolts.

"Escape now!" Maver shouted as he tackled the remaining soldiers. The scuffle continued as many tried to remove the constraints. Some lost power and simply fell on the floor.

The lightning exploded out and somehow divided the area. Maver and the Planteds were on the other side while Owens and his soldiers were on the other side.

"Commander! We have to retreat! HQ is compromised!" A soldier shouted.

Owens glanced at the remaining monitors that were functioning and could not help but sigh.

"Commander Owens!" Lowengren suddenly appeared. But this time, he was not wearing a Caliphate uniform but different synthetic clothing. He was also wearing the familiar mask he wore when he was first captured.

"You! That voice! You're alive!" Owens was stunned.

"I have no time to explain! One of my allies in the ship that captured us managed to escape during the battle! We are now controlling the vessel that brought us here! Commander! We must retreat! Head towards the southern area and wait at the beach! We have to flee!" Lowengren urged.

Owens's lifeless eyes were resurrected.

"Move! Men! To serve the Caliphs, death is not the answer!" Owens shouted as he led his team down.

BOOM! BOOM!

The room began to cave in as the lightning attacks were rampaging.

Lowengren and Owens were separated as various explosions threw the two apart.

"Commander, go on ahead! Your life is more precious than mine! Besides! I have some unfinished business with Maver and those other Planteds!" Lowengren rushed off towards the other direction.

Owens tried to stop Lowengren, but the other soldiers began to pull Owens back as HQ's explosions grew stronger and stronger.

The entire base began to collapse as explosions occurred from within. The integrity of the structures gave way, and the outer damages that previously did not threaten its stability became the factors that caused many of the buildings to fall.

"DIE!" Salathiel shouted as he raised the cube, and a lightning bolt shot towards Alean.

Alean was struck and flew with incredible speed and disappeared in the darkness of the night.

The many lightning energies soon died.

Flantter was stunned at what he saw.

"Ugh. It looks like that idiotic WGP thinks he killed that Lost Primordial. Flantter managed your base. I'm looking for that suit that disappeared. Don't worry. The WGP no longer has any power to fight." Lowengren's lazy voice transmitted new orders.

Flantter was looking at the entire base in shock.

"This… is Presider Pridgeon's power?!"

Fifth Fortress has been utterly decimated.