A vicious battle was going on outside the ship. Many ships zipped around in space, chasing and firing at each other. Their pilots were like demented gunners on steroids, each trying their best to down their enemy with immense firepower.Silent shockwaves from exploding ships spread around space, the dark spectacle of vessels bursting in bright lights made even darker by the ever-present silence that overshadowed the loss of life.The scene of fire and death entered the eyes of the cadets as they watched battle going on furiously in space. In this scene, death was like a promise given to everybody who took part in this gruesome debacle, one that hung over their heads as a constant reminder that your life may be forfeit and any time.Now the cadets knew what the pilot meant when he said he would try his best to get everyone across. He had said that because he knew that not even he could guarantee their safety on this terrible battlefield.But as if to comfort them before they would lose

After the enemies were captured, the cadets then moved to clean up the last two hidden beside the access doors.Whether by fortune or not, no reinforcements arrived to fight the cadets, and Arran’s team was able to secure the access doors easily. The two enemies hidden there had not put up much resistance and since they didn’t need any more captives, Arran’s team killed them both.Clyde had also finished taking care of the five that had put up the most resistance. Their bodies lay on the cold metal floor with holes punctured all over their bodies. No blood flowed from the wounds, as they had been cauterized up by the heat of the laser shots.Seeing as they were done, Arran gave the order to clear the area.“Alright everybody, sweep the area and search for anything that may be of value.”Arran left his spot at the back and went forward to meet his teammates. Along the way, he checked up on the situation of the other teams in the hangar.The hangar had suddenly gotten quieter and the ot

As soon as the cadets reached the junction, they were met with fierce resistance. The mercenaries had set up a line of fire to ambush the cadets. With their upgraded weapons, they became much more of a threat to the cadets than before. But it was still not a problem to deal with them.In one swift wave of attacks from the cadets, the attacks of the mercenaries were dismantled by the cadet's offensive and their ambush was effectively thwarted.Facing four units and eighty cadets, the hundred-plus enemy mercenaries were no match for the immense firepower of the cadets' superior equipment. Even though they had upgraded their weapons and armor, those general weapons could still not compare to the military-grade blasters and armored suits that were developed by the aeth army and issued to all their soldiers.The strong defense of the mercenary's armor seemed like cardboard, as it completely crumbled under the fierce firepower of the blaster.In a single minute, all the enemies were defeate

Arran’s unit moved through the second floor and they found more and more traces of a massacre where the first and second teams had passed through. More broken bodies and blooded limbs were scattered everywhere along the corridors and the gruesomeness of the scene caused the cadets to fall silent in shock.“Look at all this. Are you sure they need our help to clear the way for their retreat? From all this, I don’t think we can do anything for them at all.” One cadet whispered.“Don’t say it like that,” Arran said.“It’s obvious that the first and second teams are in a hurry to make up for the time they lost moving from the southwest hangar to here. That is why they didn’t save up on any ammunition at all and blasted their weapons at full power.”“They probably went through the cruiser in a straight line and took fewer detours after getting a map of the ship. That means there are still a lot of places they haven’t cleared yet. In this situation, even if they could complete the mission,

Arran and his unit stopped in front of a large chamber. Like the previous areas in the third level, this place had been divided into different sections and the access door to it had been blown up by the first and second teams using their battery cells.But all of this was not surprising...What really surprised the cadets was what was on the other side of the section.The section opened up to a large chamber that was one hundred meters in diameter. At the end of the chamber was reinforced glass that showed the outside of space, but in the middle of the chamber was a small space that was covered in glass all around.The members of the first and second teams were actually trapped inside this glass space, fighting for their lives. Trapped inside with them were big fleshy tentacled monsters that attacked the cadets constantly.Arran and his other cadets watched wide-eyed in surprise at what was in front of them. They had not expected this at all.Although Arran had seen the scene inside t