BXBX NOVEL Chapter 397: Here I come! [2/2]
"Alright, what are they?"
[One is that similar to the first wave, this group has Wraiths that specialize in assassination. With the ability to become invisible, three groups of six left earlier and are currently scouting the fort\'s perimeter].
Finding it annoying, I quickly blinked my right eye to turn on {Imaging} - Thermal. I scanned the area to see if the scouts were already here.
I tensed as I saw that my group was already surrounded by the scouts. Unlike the ones from before, they were not attacking, just staring at my trio of bodies. Not wanting to tip them off, I continued talking to Exa.
"Okay, and the other thing?" Experience more tales on мѵʟ
[One of the Phantoms has the ability to transport objects to Hellsgate using his stomach. The Saviors are using some of the Wraiths as porters with his {fate}. Like a drug mule, whatever they were forced to ingest can be retrieved by killing them].
"That doesn\'t sound so bad."
[A Phantom with a {Fate} called {Shrink} reduced the size of what appears to be a thousand corpses and fed them to the drug mules. They are now in the process of forming their ranks. Savior found a loophole and smuggled an undead army against you.]
"..."
As I listened to Exa\'s words, loud explosions erupted one after the other. I could feel the M18A2 mines returning to my {Armory}.
It didn\'t take a genius to figure out what was coming next.
[The same bodies have now been raised by the Machiavelli. And they are currently headed your way. They are also all wearing suicide vests filled with explosives.]
"What the fuck..."
Listening to Exa\'s explanations, I knew the situation was dire. I moved Wednesday to come down from the second floor. I used Sunday to mark the positions of the scouts and prepared my other two avatars for battle.
That is, until I heard a loud streaking sound making its way through the air.
[Limitless! It\'s coming for Tuesday! Please evade!]
I see, so instead of getting into a brawl, they would take me out with artillery. This was while a horde of zombies blew me to kingdom come. It reminded me once again how fucking insane reapers could be.
"{Day by Day}. [Inventory] Ebony, Ivory."
I retrieved my soul avatars and switched weapons. My invisible scouts tense up. A moment later, a large spear tore through the wall I was hiding behind. The tip of the weapon passed by where my soul avatar had been just a second ago.
If I hadn\'t called him back, I would most likely have died again. But there was one good thing about having so many enemies. I could use them for cover.
"Here I come! [Flash Step]!"
Unless they were willing to kill their own people, the safest place to be would be among the Savior\'s forces. It was darkest under the lamp. Not expecting my sudden acceleration, I slammed Ebony into a Wraith\'s chest and pulled the trigger.
A .45 ACP blew out the man\'s soulgem the next moment.
"Exa, watch my back."
[ROGER THAT!]
I picked up the body and threw it to a group of scouts. That was before I charged in the opposite direction.
"HE CAN SEE US!" "FUCK! WASN\'T HE SUPPOSED TO NO LONGER HAVE {KISMET}!" "The fucking spear didn\'t work!"
Ignoring their complaints, I executed the scouts around me with brutal efficiency. If I could command an army of soul avatars, using two pistols now felt like child\'s play.
"Ack!" "Run!" "Fuck!" "Get down!"
Faster than they could react, I shot scout after scout without missing once. Due to the short, compact length of my weapons, I was engaged at extremely close range.
Some used their {Fates} such as shields or swords. But I had a lot of tricks up my sleeve.
"{Look away}." I commanded.
Naturally, a shot to the back of the head followed. If my death resonance could stop a Specter for a second, then just how much more could it do for a bunch of fucking Wraiths?
Even though I was dominating the battle, the sounds of a thousand footsteps approached me. Even though I had yet to kill all the scouts, I ran to the second floor.
A familiar screeching echoed through the air as another savior spear fell from the sky. Ignoring the falling weapons, I tried to shoot the remaining scouts as I retreated. The ground began to shake as the zombies finally entered the compound.
I switched weapons to the F90 MBRs and turned around. My fingers squeezed both triggers, which caused both rifles to roar to life. Unfortunately, the explosive vests the zombies had worn gave them something like body armor.
Body armor could stop bullets for two reasons. One, they had the durability to withstand the force. Second, they had the mass to not be thrown back.
It was a given that they would be heavy. Tanks could endure a beating for the same reason.
Of course, no one would think of shooting anything explosive. Especially suicide vests, right?
Wrong. Suicide vests were designed to be impervious to heat and pressure. That means these fucking things could be shot at and still not detonate.
You needed something that burns at a higher temperature or a small explosion to make them go off.
"Sucks to be you. I know better!"
Without breaking my stance, I pulled the triggers of the two Steyr SL40s with my middle fingers. Two 40mm NATO high-explosive dual-purpose grenades fired from them on a collision course with the undead.
With a muzzle velocity of 256 feet per second, they were pretty slow. But they packed a huge wallop of freedom. My grenades slammed into the kamikaze zombies, starting a chain reaction.
"Sayonara, bitches! {Portal}."
I created a small portal at my feet and dropped into subspace. I immediately created an exit portal on the second floor by the stairwell. Forcing myself to travel into the subspace, I exited to my destination, albeit tired.
"Huff... Huff... Shit, I should... Huff... ask the Sirens for tips on these portals."
Explosions continued to rattle the air. The structure I was in shuddered as the violent sonic booms struck its foundations. Considering how close the zombies were, they probably didn\'t expect me to be able to make them go boom.
If they thought I only had my Wraith arsenal, the M26 grenades would be the only thing that could detonate the zombies. But since those had a time delay, I would be swarmed even if I threw them.
The only reason I was able to escape the zombie horde was because of the {Portal}. And even though the leaked documents about me said that I could pull shit in and out of my subspace, there was nothing about me jumping into them.
\'They probably thought I could only run or fly away. So the scouts and artillery were supposed to ground me or take me out as I fled.\'
With my back against the wall, I quickly pulled out a couple of burgers and ate them. Even though I had just used {Replace}, {Portal} had an insane stamina cost.
If someone saw me right now, they would think I was crazy. From the shaking, they would assume that my place was being bombed by artillery or airstrikes. Yet I was enjoying a picnic, eating without a care in the world.
"Chomp... munch... Exa, where is your Skydio drone?"
[I hid it in the rubble overlooking the landing zone].
"Good. Let me see it. Slurp...{Connect}."
As I drank weizenbier to wash down the burgers, I tried to scout with Technopathy.
I used Exa\'s skydio to look at the landing zone and saw the Saviors.
There were about ten bodies with their stomachs hollowed out and a pile of pills next to them.
A couple of guys opened the pills and carefully dropped the contents on the ground. A few others were praying, and monster corpses appeared out of nowhere.
"Fuck, really? Monsters?" As I scanned around, I saw Robert looking at me.
I could barely react when the Skydio drone\'s feed abruptly ended.
[Limitless, I have good news and bad news.]
"Hit me, bad news first."
[The Skydio drone was destroyed.]
"And the good news?"
[The Seven Sirens have finally joined the battle. They will arrive in a few minutes]