With the departure of the squad, the hall suddenly became silent and empty. The only occupants of the hall were a bunch of corpses that littered the ground and stained it with a pool of blood.
A few minutes after the squad had left, a blurry figure suddenly condensed inside the hall. The figure slowly became corporeal, eventually revealing the slender figure of the female assassin, Phantom Trace.
Currently, the assassin was looking in the direction the squad had just left through, and she was silent for a while before sweeping her gaze around the hall.
She also muttered to herself, "Was I really thinking too much?"
There was a doubtful look in the assassin's eyes as she looked around suspiciously for a short while. In the end, not finding anything strange with the environment, she eventually shook her head in the end.
"It seems I was really thinking too much. I should just forget about it and leave. I still have a mission to complete."
After
While Trapp was chasing after the scout...In another section of the base, the previous squad that Trapp was using as a cover... the members of this squad had been proceeding smoothly through the corridors of the base and they had passed by multiple sections to arrive and the intersection leading to the central command level of the base.Due to the commotion caused by Trapp when he started killing the guards in the base and the subsequent matter with the second squad and the assassin, the base was too busy dealing with them and they had not had the time to deal with other things. Also, the base was already making preparations to evacuate a long time ago. Adding to Trapp's matters, as a result of all this, nobody had discovered this squad at all and they had not encountered any trouble that they couldn't deal with without drawing attention to themselves.Because of this, Max, who had been reprimanded strongly by their leader, was carrying a smug expression on his
Nina had a frown on her face as she was interrupted by the leader. With an impatient look on her face, Nina answered scathingly."Don't interrupt me. I will be done in a minute. The algorithm of this lock is very delicate and demands my full attention to be able to crack it. If I lose my focus for even a second, minutes of hard work would be lost in an instant and I would have to start from the beginning all over again. So just stand there and do your job protecting me while I do my job."After speaking, Nina ignored the leader and went back to cracking the lock. As for the captain, he had an apologetic look on his face as he felt embarrassed for disturbing Nina.Although Nina's words sounded harsh, the leader was not annoyed. He knew how important her work was, so he didn't take her harsh words to heart at all.The leader even wanted to apologize for disturbing her, but seeing as she had resumed working, he thought better of it and instead focused his at
Friction was developing between Max and the leader and the two of them were unable to see eye to eye at this moment, making their relationship appear tense at the moment. Due to this, the rest of the squad members were uneasy. They didn't know what would happen to Max and the leader or how it would affect them later. To be honest, the squad members liked the current state of their mission. Since they had infiltrated the base successfully, everything had been smooth sailing for the squad and they hadn't come across anything they couldn't handle at all. All of this could be attributed to Max's scheme against Trapp that unintentionally drew the base's attention to him, which later ended up benefiting the squad. For this, the squad members were naturally grateful to Max. Although he had not planned for this to happen when he schemed against Trapp, it was still because of him that the progress of the mission could be so relaxing. On the other hand, the squ
As the leader spoke to Nina, she suddenly snapped and said in a very curt tone of voice."Didn't I say you shouldn't disturb me? You're distracting me and I am not able to focus on my work!?"The leader flinched a little when he heard Nina's harsh words and he hesitated a little. In the end, because the situation was really urgent, the leader had no choice but to say to her once again."I know what you said, but we really need to know when the door can be opened. The situation is very urgent right now, so if you are not confident about opening it soon, let me know. If that is the case, we can only give up and try another time when the situation has settled a little."The leader spoke gently to Nina, trying to implore her to give an accurate timeline on when she would be able to crack the lock on the door.In the end, probably knowing how urgent things were, Nina eventually calmed down and said to the leader."Fine, I have heard. I am almost
There were sounds coming from outside the room, and the leader and everybody else listened quietly in silence as they attempted to make out what the situation was like outside.Pata Pata!Clang! Clang!Boom!Bang!Outside, the sound of hurried footsteps could be heard as multiple people ran all over the corridor. This was followed by the sound of fighting as weapons clashed against each other, causing small scape explosive sounds to echo in the corridor and through the rooms.The squad did not know what was happening outside exactly, but they knew the battle going on was very serious. It seemed like multiple people were fighting against each other. This was somehow different from the report sarge had made where he said a group of people was surrounding and attacking a single opponent.The leader turned to sarge and quietly whispered to him, "Hey Sarge, I thought you said a single person was being surrounded and attacked. Why, then, do
The assassin, Phantom Trace, was locked in fierce combat. She was being surrounded on all sides by more than twenty opponents, and she was having a difficult time dealing with them. They were very relentless, as they constantly attacked her with everything they had.Fortunately, although the corridor was large, it wasn't big enough to support more than twenty people fighting at the same time. Of the more than twenty opponents that besieged the assassin, phantom trace... only about ten of them could attack her at the same time. The other ten or so opponents stayed at the back to support the main attacks and prevent the assassin from slipping away.The assassin, Phantom Trace, was fully capable of dealing with more than ten opponents at the same time. Her phantom apparition ability was the perfect counter to human wave assaults and she could fight multiple at the same time. Fighting twenties was not a problem for her not to talk often. The only problem was that she could
The giant apparition that the assassin had materialized charged forward with her and with the shield placed in front of its chest, it was like a bull charging forward with powerful momentum. In an instant, the apparition collided with the pursuers in front. Anybody that came in contact with it was knocked flying back, spitting out a long trail of red blood that dyed the surrounding walls and floor red.By this time, some of the pursuers had already come to their senses, but it was already too late. They stared in shock and horror as their comrades were sent flying and spitting blood from a single blow.None of them ever expected the assassin to hold such a powerful card in her hands, and she had kept it hidden until now to deal a powerful blow to them."Damn it, we were too careless!" one of the pursuers gritted his teeth in anger as he complained."Quick... stop her! She is heading for the control room!"Immediately, this command was given. The re
This sudden burst of strength seemed to exert a great toll on the assassin because after she sent her pursuers flying, she also collapsed on the ground and spat a mouth full of blood. The giant apparition above her also seemed to become faint, as if it was about to disappear.It seemed like the assassin had fainted after losing her strength, but looking closely, one could actually see her breathing shallowly on the ground as she tried to catch her breath and gather strength back into her limbs.Although it might seem that the giant apparition was going to disappear completely, it still stay over the assassin, stubbornly protecting her from anything that may bring harm to her.The squad was watching everything that was going on outside, and they had caught a brief look at the assassin once before she was covered by the giant apparition. But they had not gotten a clear look at her as she was being surrounded by two pursuers then.The squad members saw how t