Chapter 142: carving an escape path

Bam!! The door leading to the small side compartment was burst open, as Clark rushed out with his soldiers. Despite the impediment from exhaustion, they moved neatly in formation.

They quickly arrived back in the burnt main storage room. The explosion from the 2 support tentacled mechanical soldiers wiped the room of all its former grace and beauty.

Everything was wiped out, even the remains of the soldiers who died to it were not left behind. The walls and floor of the room were now just a burnt grey and black metallic structure, with small but noticeable tints of red.

Boom!! Boom!! This was the little that they could get from slightly observing it, as they were not given the luxury to observe it further. A large battle between the surviving soldiers and the mechanical soldiers was already raging on, as everyone tried their different means to escape.

Though the fierce eruption of fire from the explosion vaporized all the initial mechanical soldiers, the mechanical soldier stores of this military base were basically endless.

Other mechanical soldiers quickly replaced their melted and vaporized counterparts, as they searched around for the intruders.

Because of this vigilance, the battle started again immediately as soon as the first soldier group returned from the compartment that they raided.

No one wanted to stay behind, as this military research base was destined to be buried as mere fragments below the sea in the next dozen minutes.

As the soldiers fought, what actually shocked them was that the soldiers from the Nadan republic were still not in sight.

“Did those guys really come here, or they actually never came? Or did they escape from the room already?” Different speculations filled their minds, as they tried to guess the thought process of these pioneers.

Due to their energy reserves being almost depleted, the fighting soldiers tried to hold back and save more energy. The Spartan soldier group also faced this problem, as they fought in an unconventional way to save energy.

Sergeant Brody and the other injured were placed in the middle of the formation to protect them, as they slowly forged their escape path forward.

Clark became the only pro-active soldier actively fighting from the Spartan ranks, as all the others formed their turtle shell formation again to protect themselves.

He was able to act so pro-actively because, unlike the others, he had a gadget that he had not touched nor drawn much energy from since the battle started.

His military multi-purpose boots were equipment that was created according to the standards of the big 5, he was finally going to exploit this advantage.

Whirr!! With sounds like those of a helicopter starting up, his military boots shone with a bright blue glow as he finally activated them for the first time.

Whoosh!! His figure blurred, as he charged directly into the hordes of mechanical soldiers. As he charged forward, he suddenly jumped forward and aimed his boots at the machines facing him.

With a soft pulse being released from the boot, an emp field erupted as all the mechanical soldiers before him received different degrees of malfunctions. Their movements became stiff from the abrupt stopping of their operating systems, which he eagerly took advantage of.

With another soft humming sound, a pair of rotating saws emerged from the edges of his boots, granting him a new offensive option.

He immediately jumped and displaced himself upside down. Following that, his legs revolved around crazily as he used a whirlwind roundhouse kick to propel his legs to all the motionless mechanical soldiers.

Loud and unpleasant metallic ringing sounds reverberated, as all the mechanical soldiers within a 2-meter radius around him lost their heads. Sparks followed shortly after, as their systems directly shut down immediately.

After this short but effective maneuver, he finally got ready to complement his advance with his sword. His sword became his side weapon, as he reaped the life out of every mechanical soldier before him.

After releasing another of the emp pulse wave to disrupt the operating systems of the mechanical soldiers, he finally gave a new order to his soldiers.

They acknowledged immediately, as the few melee ones with their armor still intact rushed out to help in his attack. The ranged soldiers also finally cocked their guns, as bullet after bullet flew out of their muzzles amid rapid sparks and friction explosions.

After quickly stabilizing their escape momentum, he finally activated another effect of his military boots.

With quick and rapid movements, he swiftly landed back on the floor after performing a backflip before his boots took over.

Whoosh!! The boots emitted faint blue gas like the propel gas of a rocket, as his figure flashed around their short battlefield. On their battlefield, he became the ruler as his movements became unhindered despite the mechanical soldier’s huge numbers.

He didn’t have to exert effort again, as he slid about on the boots swiftly like a gold medalist skater. He finally brought out his 2-form gun again, as he expertly kept his spear on his armor’s weapons hold.

The bullet encyclopedia displayed its power here again, as he directly started executing his battle art.

Tu! Tu! Tu! Tu! The muzzle of his gun erupted flames out, as bullets were released from it like falling, pitty pattering rain. The gun repeatedly made clicking and cocking sounds forming a cacophony of different caliber bullets, as he expertly rotated between his stash of bullets.

Through this extremely practical battle art, a clear path outside the storage room finally appeared. His stun bullets, anti-gravity bullets, and air compressed bullets directly changed the situation of the battlefield.

He just added his other bullets as complimentary materials, to hold a firm grasp over the direction of the battlefield. He was now king.

As there was no longer any elite swordsman mechanical soldier or the tentacled support machine, his battle art worked wonders, enabling his soldiers to stably push forward to the door.

The soldiers took full advantage of their leader’s outrageous performance, as they cleanly ripped the lives of the mechanical soldiers that were now disorganized.

Some floated freely in the air under the effect of the anti-gravity bullets, others emitted electrical sparks and froze as the stun bullets impacted their metallic frames.

The emp bullets were the real terror of the mechanical soldiers, as their A. I’s repeatedly malfunctioned after they came into contact with them. Despite already devising counter-measures, the A. I’s could not change the situation.

They could not take more drastic measures also, as the storage room was completely cramped up with their fellow mechanical soldiers.

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In another corner of the main storage room, General Mark led his soldiers as they momentously stormed out of the storage room.

With him around, his soldiers were not pressured as they destroyed their way steadily out of this horde of mechanical soldiers.

They advanced like a fierce beast stampede, leaving only mechanical parts and metallic debris in their wake. Their advance was unstoppable, as the mechanical soldiers could only act as mosquitos relentlessly sticking to them.

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On other locations of the main storage room, the other soldier groups fought ferociously as they desperately tried to escape from this doomed military base.

Despite their determination and perseverance, the situations of some of them were already crossing the safety boundary. In the end, they did not have a 4th rank high-grade soldier leading them or an outrageously strong 2nd rank high-grade soldier.

Only the ones whose Captain led here directly were able to cope, as they steadily advanced like the Spartan soldiers.

After a minute of frenzied escape, casualties finally started appearing on the battlefield. It was only a matter of time, as the horde of mechanical soldiers was simply too enormous to just safely pass through.

As the pressure from the mechanical soldiers increased, so did the desperation to survive increase as some soldiers finally started disobeying the orders of their superiors.

It was now each man for himself. Fight for your survival first, then apologize and receive punishment later. With this ideology, the battlefield became more chaotic.

Clang!! As they fought, with a loud sound an underground passage suddenly opened in the middle of the storage room. The soldiers were startled from this unexpected occurrence, as they all hastily tried to distance themselves from that area.

After seeing what came out clearly, they were dumbfounded. They were shocked, as a well-armed and organized battalion of soldiers emerged from the underground passage with a new batch of mechanical soldiers pursuing them.

The soldiers were not foolish. Seeing this, they immediately connected these new soldiers to the elusive Nadan republic.

“So you finally came out of your hiding hole,” with this thought, they all directed a small part of their energy to attack this new variable.

What easily influenced this decision, was the sight of the small metallic cage being tightly protected by the Nadan soldiers. They did not know what was there, but what they knew was that these people got the best loot in the military research base.

The General of the secret high-grade country, being the Diadem republic, led the sabotage, as his soldiers directed some special attention at the Nadan republic soldiers.

The Nadan republic soldiers finally showed why they were the original owners of the information.

They came prepared, showing how much effort they put into this operation. A General led their escape, as their neat and organized force nullified all the attacks of their greedy opponents.

The number of soldiers that they brought was not limited like the others. This advantage let them firmly control the direction of the battle.

Despite the other soldiers attacking the Nadan soldiers, they did it in a tactical way as they also slowly drew closer to the door leading outside to the main hall of the base.

After a great battle where all the groups exhausted almost all their resources, they finally came out of the storage room, back into the main hall.

On reaching here, the battle here was even more ferocious, as fire and explosion already took over half of the large hall. Despite this, no one cared as they tried to converge back to their forces and find the escape path.

As the soldiers tried to hinder the Nadan soldiers while also trying to escape, another change finally came into the battlefield. Today was just full of changes to the soldiers.

ROAR!! A deep predatory roar suddenly reverberated from deep below the surface of the military base. It sounded more like a loud growl, as following this roar was a huge and fierce vibration spreading across the large hall.

The roar echoed, while the sound of barriers breaking also sounded out as the hall shook fiercely from the sound of impacts below.

The soldiers were horrified and shocked by the loud roar, as they all felt their spirits shake in fear. Even the few 4th rank high-grade soldiers in the military base shook in fear, as they warily glanced around the large hall with horror on their faces.

“Which terror is it this time?” Everyone held their breath, as this phrase went through their minds in tacit understanding.

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