Chapter 330 - The Great Weapon

Mercury moved quickly through the streets, the only reason he had not been spotted by the patrols by now was that he was being guided by the model Sparrows that saw all the patrols from above, soon Mercury neared the lord's mansion and sat himself with his back against the wall to the mansion and closed his eyes and regulated his breathing for a bit before he let out a low whistle, then moments later a model Sparrow flew down to receive orders, then he made a series of hand gestures before he spoke

"Paint targets for elimination"

The hand gestures he made specified the area the Sparrows should look as well as the criteria for targets, Mercury specified anything within the mansion walls and anything that was armed, a few moments later the Sparrow in front of him let out a clear tone, then he spoke

"Launch strikes"

The Sparrow in front of him let out a chip, then around the mansion serval guards fell to the ground clutching their necks, Mercury waited a few seconds before he jumped over the wall and set foot inside the mansion that as of a few moments ago had been under heavy guard now, however, around half the people inside the mansion had been killed in a simultaneous strike from the model Sparrow's

'It's only a matter of time before some of the bodies get found… Need to move quickly…'

Mercury picked up the pace and moved quickly to the inside of the mansion and managed to get up the stairs to the first floor just as a scream sounded out on the ground floor

'Looks like that's all the head start I get..!'

The mansion slowly came alive as the people there realized that they were under attack, yells and screams sounded out on the ground floor and on the first floor as Mercury made it to the 2nd floor, he followed the plan of the mansion he had seen before and quickly reached where the weapon was said to be kept and let out a whistle, quickly 4 model Sparrow's flew in from open windows and hovered around him, then he made a few hand gestures before he breathed out deeply, then he sent out a jab to the middle of the double door in front of him and punched it in, the doors opened wide revealing the inside of the room that seemed to be a repurposed office, in the middle of the room stood a clear display case with a wooden staff inside, the staff was covered in ancient-looking runes and hummed with a soft light, Mercury showed and smile and quickly moved into the room, he inspected the display case before he broke it open and reached out and grabbed the weapon before he broke it over his knee

"That's that…"

Mercury broke the weapon for two reasons, to make sure that if he were captured the enemy later they could not use it to attack the landing forces, the other reason was that he felt this weapon was too terrible to be used, he quickly put the broken weapon into his backpack before he quickly wore it again, just then a figure emerged in at the door blocking Mercury's way out, the figure was clad in Egyptian-looking armor and pointed his curved sword at Mercury before he spoke

"I am Terak of the Wasim clan, state your name saboteur!"

Mercury showed a smile before he made a few hand gestures and the model Sparrows that were beside him quickly left the room by breaking through a window, then he spoke

"Mercury… And I am not a saboteur…"

Terak showed a fierce smile before he let out a roar and charged at Mercury, Terak closed the distance and hacked at Mercury's side with his curved sword, Mercury blocked with his left gauntlet, as sparks flew out Mercury struck out with his right gauntlet sending a jab towards the chin of Terak that leaned back and dodged the blow before he bashed Mercury in the chest with his shield, as the shield made contact Terak's eyes widened slightly as he instantly released the shield from his armor and pulled back his arm, his choice had been correct as Mercury's attempt to grab Terak's shield arm was foiled, Terak retreated a few steps before he showed a smile

"I take back my words Mercury! You are no mere saboteur! You are a true warrior!"

Mercury threw Terak's discarded shield to the side before he took a boxing stance and kicked off the ground, denting the floor below his feet, Terak oddly enough didn't retreat he stepped forwards and entered Mercury's range with steady steps as he sent out a flurry of slashes and hacks with his curved sword, Mercury that originally were on the offensive was quickly pushed back as he focused on blocking, in mere seconds he had already blocked about 50 slashes, stabs and hacks from Terak's curved sword and all the jabs he had sent out had been narrowly dodged, so Mercury changed tactic and struck out meeting Terak's curved sword straight on as he yelled

[Forging blows]!"

A loud clang sounded out in the room as the curved sword bent and eventually broke under the strain, Terak quickly retreated before he looked down on his ruined sword and shrugged before he tossed the sword aside before he drew a dagger and took an open hand stance as he laughed

"You destroyed my weapon, clever choice!"

Mercury showed a calm smile before he suddenly bolted to the side leaped out of the window that the model Sparrows had broken previously, Terak sighed and lowered his dagger as he relaxed his stance as he muttered

"Planning to run..? Heh..."

Then he left the room in quick strides as he reached the first floor a figure walked up to him, she looked a lot like Terak and called out to him

"Where's the intruder Brother?"

Terak shook his head

"He's fleeing with the great weapon towards the coast sister Naila"

Naila's face lit up before she looked over her twin brother, then she let out a chuckle before she spoke

"He managed to disarm you, he must be quite the warrior!"

"That he is, but we need the great weapon back… So I am afraid that I need to take an unfair advantage, is my active mana armor ready?"

"Yes brother, I warmed our active mana armor up as soon as I heard the commotion... I'll accompany you… I'll have to see this warrior that managed to disarm you!"

Terak nodded and then the two of them walked out of the mansion to a storage shed where their active mana armor was stored…

Mercury ran towards the coast, he was being guided by the Sparrow's that flew above him, thanks to him needing to avoid patrol's and search parties looking for him he was still about half a kilometer from the coast when he suddenly stopped running and kneeled down and touched the cobblestone road with his hand, he had been feeling some strong vibrations from two things moving together for a while now and the worrying fact was that they seemed to be chasing after him accurately like they were tracking him somehow, Mercury clicked his tongue and kicked off the ground increasing his speed, soon he was about 200 meters from the coast

'Just a little more..!'

Suddenly Mercury realized something, he could no longer feel the vibrations from one of the things chasing him so he looked up and cursed at once

"Oh, shit…"

Mercury came sliding to a halt as 'something' heavy landed a few meters in front of him, it slowly stood up before it drew a set of curved swords and spoke

"Our fight isn't over, Mercury!"

Mercury looked at the figure that stood a little over 2 meters high, from the impact on the ground he could tell that it weighed about 300 kilograms, Mercury quietly muttered

"Holy, space marine…"

The sight was truly something that could make a 40K fan squeal in excitement, as previously mentioned the armor stood a little over 2 meters high and wielded a curved sword in each hand, and had an Anubis like-head and were painted in desert camouflage, Mercury could feel the mana radiating off the armor and spoke

"This doesn't seem like a very fair fight?"

Terak's voice sounded out from within the armor

"As much as I am sorry about that I am going to need the great weapon back"

Mercury showed a slight smile and slid into a boxing stance before he spoke

"That's not going to happen"

Terak let out a grunt, then the blades of the curved swords began rapidly heating up, soon they shone with a red glow as he spoke again

"Don't worry, as a warrior of the Wasim clan I am duty-bound to give slain warriors a proper funeral, prepare yourself, Mercury!"

Then the active mana armor with Terak inside kicked off the ground and charged at Mercury with surprising speed, Mercury charged at Terak and collapsed his poster before he rolled under the glowing edge of one of the curved swords, rolling twice Mercury slapped the ground with one hand and send himself into the air before he landed safely on his feet and sprinted towards the coast, Terak let out a laugh before he ran after Mercury in the active mana armor

"Come back here, Mercury!"