Chapter 273 - Return to the Wilderness (2)
Number of Words: 5228 Update Time: 2012-12-18 19: 53: 00
Decars looked at the man in the cowboy hat who sat on the other side of them in annoyance. Leylin was one of the more famous mercenaries in the Northern Wilderness. However, he had to flee to the south because of his debt. He was currently working for Decars.
As one of the few espers in the wilderness, Leo was a sniper. This class didn't seem to be anything special, but he had at least four leveling up skills: Snipe Specialist, Hit Hit Hit Hit Hit Hit Hit, Stealth, and Breath Locking. The only reason Leo was able to almost kill Rosser from 1500 meters away was to increase this ability.
It was a pity that one of the two leaders of Raging Reef City seemed to have the ability to sense his domain. When Leo pulled the trigger and felt the killing intent from the distant wilderness, he had saved his companion in time.
Now, listening to Cade's reproach, Leo said lazily, "Don't worry, boss. As long as they do not hide in the city, I will kill them! "
As he spoke, he jumped out of the car. But Leo's toes stumbled on the edge of the frame, and he fell screaming to the ground, biting into a mouthful of snow. Rising to his feet in a fluster, Leo spat out the dirty stuff in his mouth and left, cursing under his breath. Looking at this untrustworthy figure, Kade began to doubt whether he was looking for a borrower.
After some distance from the SUV, Leo began to move. When he was serious, he still had a bit of an assassin's professionalism, at least in the imperceptible way that even Kade himself found it difficult to detect or hit Leo in stealth mode. The sniper's unique way of moving made Leo look like a ghostly cat, moving in a blind spot under the cover of snow, vehicles, and even corpses.
In this way, Leo quickly shortened the distance by five hundred meters. A moment later, he fired a shot and continued to move.
Leo was like a patient cheetah, looking for the limits of Tunguska's reaction. When Tungus felt like he couldn't keep up with the speed of his reaction, it would be the time of their deaths!
At the moment, behind the weak line of defense outside the city of Angry Reef, Tungus was hiding behind an overturned SUV. The SUV's solid, solid chassis was his best cover, and his companion, Rosser, huddled beside it with his head in his arms. After the first sniper attack, they quickly faced off against the second attack. If it wasn't for Tungus who swiftly dragged Luther to the back of the SUV, by now, Luther's head would have probably been penetrated by the sniper bullets.
Tongus could clearly feel that this time, the distance between the two had been shortened, and he had launched an attack from about a kilometer away.
The terrifying sniper was moving, and Tunguska wondered how many more attacks the two of them would be able to dodge. Of course, as long as they abandoned the city walls and ran into the city, or directly abandoned the city to escape, there was a great chance of them surviving. However, Tungus would not do that. At the same time, Luther was not someone who was afraid of death. Rather than asking them to give up on this hard-earned city, it would be more painful to just kill them.
Not only the Tunguska duo, the situation in Angry Reef City was also extremely disadvantageous. After the war, two missiles destroyed several more outposts in the city. Only one was left undamaged, and it was obvious that a rapid fire machine gun wasn't enough to stop the advance of the DK Regiment. More of Ron's soldiers used the makeshift fortifications in front of the tower to counterattack, but Ron's was clearly lacking in firepower.
With a few plasma grenades dropping into the fortifications, the explosion sent up a few electric snake-wrapped fireballs, and more than half of Ron's men were dead and wounded.
"This isn't the way to go on!" "I'll go out and fight them."
He tightened the cannon in his hands and was about to stand up. Unexpectedly, his waist tightened, but he was caught by Tongus. Tungus bellowed, "Are you trying to take advantage of the enemy's sniper for free?"
"Then what else can I do?!"
Roth asked, and Tunguska was instantly speechless.
Patting Tungus on the shoulder, Rose said, "Friend, you can go. You're not like me, I'm a bachelor with nothing to worry about. But you have two women and seven children to raise, so you can't die! Go, and remember to tell my story to your little ones in the future. You have to let them know, their Uncle Luther died on the battlefield! "
Saying that, Luther rushed out. This time, Tongus was unable to catch him.
"Bastard!" He had to watch his good friend die in front of his eyes. He couldn't do it!
The veins on his hands bulged. The power of the fifth step allowed him to not only prop up the rapid-fire cannon, but also easily cancel out the terrifying recoil from the heavy artillery. Rosser was like a moving cannon, setting off a metal storm of death in the enemy's fleet!
His attack was quickly met with a counterattack from the DK Regiment, with two riders on each of the modified motorcycles. One was in charge of driving and the other was in charge of attacking. After Luther destroyed the two motorcycles, five Knights locked onto him and retaliated. Four machine guns and a shoulder-fired missile immediately flew towards Luther. He could completely ignore the power of the machine guns, but the missiles had exceeded his defensive limits.
Just as Russell was about to roll away, he saw the missile suddenly change its trajectory and land on the wasteland south of the city outskirts, exploding into a huge fireball. He immediately looked back and saw Tunguska running up. Tungusto was holding two light machine guns in his hand as he charged past Luo Qin and charged towards the enemy's group from both sides.
"Are you still waiting for a dried bird?" Let's kill these bastards and send them back home! "
Tunguska's roar brought Luther back to reality. He let out a laugh and followed suit. The two of them had a tacit understanding of each other and formed an effective suppression firepower, stopping the other party's convoy from getting any closer. However, this was all they could do. Therefore, when the convoy on the opposite side suddenly dispersed and a artillery tank appeared before the two of them, even the normally calm Tungusto could not help but curse angrily.
"Damn, they actually have tanks!"
Tunguska cursed, and Rosser already had his rapid-fire gun pointed at the tank. The bullet had fallen on the tank, but it had failed to penetrate its armor plate, sending up countless sparks in a futile effort. While they were attacking, the others were not idle either. The flames on the tank aimed in their direction and flashed with light.
A dull gunshot rang out and the moment the muzzle of the cannon spat out a ball of black fire, Luther suddenly threw Tongus down. The shell almost brushed the top of Rochelle's head before it landed on the fortification behind the two of them. The crude earthen walls were immediately blown away, and the figures of Ron's soldiers could be seen amidst the exploding flames.
"F * ck!" Luther crouched on the ground, roaring as he squeezed the trigger. Rapid firing cannons fired continuously, but the torrent of metal was unable to stop the tank's advance.
At this point, the two of them had no time to pay attention to why the enemy sniper suddenly stopped attacking. Now the tank was directly over them.
When the distance between them was less than 100 meters, the ground suddenly shook. Following which, a large shadow appeared in the northwest. The shadow continued to move forward, revealing its true appearance under the light of the sun.
It was an armored rhinoceros. Its body was in no way inferior to the tank, and its eyes were bloodshot. The rhinoceros continuously breathed out gray steam from its nostrils. The iron armor that enveloped its entire body was bared in an upside-down hook. Under the sunlight, it shone with a reddish glow.
The huge beast charged straight at the tank, and as it ran, it naturally formed ripples in the air. The Steel Armored Rhinoceros' specialty, War Stomp, created a shockwave that smashed into the DK Regiment's motorcycle team, preventing them from forming into a swarm of vehicles. Finally, the rhino roared and crashed into the tank. Less than fifty meters away from the two of them, the huge impact caused the tank to stand up straight and flip over onto the ground.
The rhinoceros raised its strong front hooves and stomped hard on the floor of the tank. The first blow broke two of the tank's tracks; the second blow left a shallow hole in the floor; the third blow caused the base of the cannon to crack and deform …
With one kick after another, Luther and Tungus opened their eyes wide as they watched this armored rhinoceros forcefully stomp a artillery tank into an iron cake. When the bottom of the discus oozed blood, the rhinoceros stopped trampling on the tank. It turned around and charged towards the scattered carriages.
One of the parts rolled from the ground to Rose followed. After struggling for two more weeks, it finally lay on the ground with a "dang" sound. Luther came back to his senses and looked at Tunguska. The latter stood up proudly and shouted at the remaining soldiers on the defensive line, "Charge! Kill these bastards!"
No one had expected that the end of the battle would result in a reversal. The appearance of the Armored Rhinoceros caused the DK Regiment who was in a good situation to flee. The two of them seized the opportunity to combine the remaining remnants of their troops to cover the DK Regiment from behind, and like a big net, they swept away all the remnants of the DK Regiment that had been washed away by the rhinoceroses.
When he saw the image through the telescope, Decars looked as though he had swallowed a piece of shit. He yelled at the driver, "Get out of here!"
The driver turned around in a flurry. Just as he was about to drive away, he heard a loud rumble in the air.
A heavy, alloyed sword, reflecting the light of the sky, swung into the front of the car and into the engine, and was thrust straight into the ground. The frightening impact caused the entire SUV's rear wheels to leave the ground and float forward. When the vehicle and the ground formed a 45-degree character, it fell heavily.
Deception and the driver were both thrown out of the car. Just as they hit the ground, they saw a flash of fire from the car and the car exploded. The flames from the explosion were ignited by the gasoline and formed a huge fireball. The fireball soared up a hundred meters into the sky before spreading out layer by layer to form a few hundred meters fire cloud.
Amidst the fiery clouds, hot metal parts were constantly being smashed down. They landed on the ground, or on either side of a snowdrift. Black smoke rose in the air, and the temperature of the area where the explosion took place rose rapidly. Even the snow nearby started to show signs of melting.
Dax held his head and struggled to his feet from the ground. He was an esper in the Elemental Domain, so when he was forced out of the SUV, he had magically set up a dual attribute wind and fire force field. Although he was very close to the explosion, the shock wave from the explosion only caused damage to the elemental particles surrounding him. Besides that, Decars' injuries were not serious.
However, his driver was not so lucky. The driver lying near Decars had already started bleeding from his mouth and nose. It was due to the shockwave from the explosion that had shattered his internal organs, killing him.
After getting up, Decars looked around, but he did not have to wait long. A figure slowly approached from the direction of where the heavy sword had come from. It was a tall woman wearing a well-cut black military uniform. Golden tassels were embedded in the epaulets on both sides of the uniform, dancing in the wind like golden flames that stung Decars' eyes.
This was a woman with an Oriental face, coupled with her voluptuous figure. Although the timing and location were all wrong, Decars still felt the urge to crush her beneath him. However, when the woman arrived at the charred wreckage of the car, and used her toes to lift up the undamaged alloy sword, the fire in Decars' lower abdomen suddenly vanished without a trace.
"You … "Who are you?" Deception pointed at the woman and asked. He held one of his hands behind him, preparing an energy fire attack.
The heavy sword was easily swung over the woman's shoulder. The woman said coldly: "Who I am is not important, the important thing is that you are blocking our path forward."
Deception almost vomited blood. He finally knew the reason for the woman's attack, but he didn't know it was because he was in her way. This was such a rude reason, but in these turbulent times, justice was always on the side of the strong. History is written by the strong, and the weak have no right to object.
There was another word in the woman's words that attracted Decars' attention. She said "we," not "I." In this way, Dekas was certain that the woman was not alone.
There was nothing worse than this. From the calm and collected aura of his opponent, Deception was sure that this woman was an expert in melee combat. And that heavy sword, which was almost as tall as her own, could easily slice through his weak elemental stance. If another one were to appear, Decars would not even have a chance to escape.
His eyes rolled around, trying to think of a way to escape. Suddenly, a lazy voice came from behind him.
"Don't waste your breath with him. No one will be left alive after captain's words!"
His eyes narrowed slightly as he carefully turned his body, only to see a man wearing the same military uniform, looking at him with a smile. The man held a Tang Dao in his hand. A string of blood was dripping down the tip of the blade. Suddenly, Decars realized that the area was too quiet. He had left behind a seven-man team as a precaution, and with the huge explosion, none of them had appeared.
Where did they go?
Looking at the long knife in the smiling man's hand, Decars seemed to know what the answer was.
His pupils suddenly dilated and his heart jumped as he channeled a surge of energy into his hands. With both his left hand, Windblade and the fireball in his right, Deception attacked the two unknown people at the same time!
A kilometer away from the city, in the wilderness, Leo was moving fast. He no longer cared about hiding his movements. Instead, he sprinted through the snow, using the danger to expose his body in exchange for mobility of up to 150 kilometers per hour per hour!
Leo slid close to the ground. His speed was fast, but he wasn't moving in a straight line. Instead, he was moving in a roundabout way. Leo had brought out his skills as a gatekeeper. With such speed and movement, there was not a single tracker in Leo's memory who could keep up with him.
However, the situation now was different. Leo could feel a chill in the back of his head, a sign that someone was aiming his will at him. If it wasn't for a sniper like Leo, it would be hard for ordinary people to detect it. Leo, who was running, let out a bitter smile. The sniper expert was actually ambushed by a sniper. It sounded like he was laughing at someone else's big teeth.
It had appeared when Leo was less than seven hundred meters from the defenses of the city.
Lei Ao had been well-hidden. He had purposely fired a shot at a thousand meters. Apart from testing Tongus' reaction limit, he also tried to confuse his opponent. After finishing the shot, Leo began to move until he was another 300 meters. He hid under a snowdrift, his sniper rifle carefully poking out of the snowdrift. The barrel of his gun did not exceed the range of the snowdrift, which was to prevent the barrel from reflecting the light of the sky and attracting the attention of the target.
When everything was ready, a cold spot appeared at the back of Leo's head.
Leo didn't dare to move. That bit of killing intent was accurate and steady. It lasted for a few seconds, but it still did not move. Leo was sure it was in the same position, not even a micromillimeter of error. Suddenly, he knew that he had run into an expert, and a terrifying one at that.
The sniper immediately decided to stay alive.
As a sniper expert, Leo naturally understood why the other party had not yet made a move despite knowing exactly where he was. The reason was simple. Leo was under the snow. In addition to hiding Leo's body, the thick snow also formed a resistance to the sniper rifle. This bit of resistance might not be much for a normal person, but Leo was confident that he could get out of his opponent's firing range before he was hit. He could only wait for his opponent to attack first.
However, the other side did not seem to have any plans to attack. Ten seconds passed. A minute had passed. The chill was still there. The other party simply did not make a move. It seemed like they were competing with patience.
The other side could wait, but Leo couldn't. His whole body was now exposed in the radiation snow, and one minute was the limit of what he could hide. The longer the snow dragged on, the more radiation would invade his body.
Just as Theo was struggling to kill Roth or Tunguska as a last resort for his own death, the cold behind his head suddenly disappeared, as suddenly as it had appeared. Leo was delighted, but he didn't dare to burst out of the snowdrift. The snowdrift would form a resistance to the sniper rifle, and it would also slow his escape by half a minute. The slight obstruction was enough to send a bullet through his head.
So Leo cautiously withdrew from the snow, and when he breathed in the cold air of the wilderness again, he was glad that his opponent seemed to have left. On the battlefield, an armored rhinoceros appeared out of nowhere and caused the DK Regiment's victory to end in defeat. Leo wasn't prepared to risk his life for that small amount of money. He was the only one who wasn't able to turn the situation around.
Hence, Leo immediately turned around and left, but after moving five hundred meters, the cold spot behind his head appeared again. In that instant, Leo understood that his terrifying opponent had no intention of letting him leave just like that!