Returning to the staircase of the main hall, Zero said seriously, "I"ll go lure them away. You guys wait for the opportunity to leave from the other direction."
"This is too dangerous." Mony shook her head.
With an irrefutable tone, Zero said, "This is the only way, otherwise none of us will be able to escape."
After saying that, he picked up Colt and was about to head towards the entrance of the hall. Someone suddenly grabbed her wrist. Zero turned his head and saw Atasha.
The African woman said seriously, "I"ll help you!"
Zero did not object. Atasha"s speed and ability were on par with his. It would be for the best if he had her help. Thus, he said, "Remember to follow me closely later. If you have the chance, it would be best to s.n.a.t.c.h the other party"s firearms and ammunition."
"I don"t use a gun," she said.
"I need it." His M500 revolver has been fired. He only had three sniper sh.e.l.ls on him. He had originally planned to go to the city"s weapon store to buy new battle uniforms and to replenish ammunition. It seemed that his plan had failed. Now Zero only hoped that in the chaos of the meeting, if he could give one of the bullets to the opposing commander, then his escape would be much smoother.
Inside the tactical telescope, the hotel"s door was dimly lit, making it impossible to see anything.
Raz put down his binoculars and lit another cigarette for himself. There were already five cigarette b.u.t.ts at his feet. It was obvious that his patience was being worn out bit by bit.
He was nearly forty years old, in his prime. The tight Blood Cavalry uniform outlined the perfect lines of Raz"s muscles. As a Seventh Order Master of Attack and Defence, Raz was the Blood Cavalry Colonel a.s.signed by the Dark Council to stand guard in the Shadow Capital for many years. Given a few more years, Raz would be able to advance to a Berserker Warrior of the eighth step. If he had talent and potential, he could even become a level 12 Destroyer. So, overall, Raz"s future is bright.
People like him should have been rampant on the battlefield. But now, he had stood at the highest point on the roof for nearly an hour just for an order. Raz had received the news two days ago that the upper echelons of the Dark Council had issued an order for revenge against a low-level Blood Cavalry that had been killed by mercenaries in the wilderness. The dignity and glory of the Dark Council could not be challenged. Hence, the upper echelons sent their ninth knight, Laine, to carry out this mission. Originally, this had nothing to do with Raz. However, this afternoon, Raz received news that his target had entered the Shadow City.
After he sent the news back to headquarters, he received the order to not let the mercenary named Zero leave the Shadow Capital no matter what before Levin arrived. As a result, Raz commanded the army stationed in the Shadow City to surround the hotel. Raz believed that there were twenty snipers stationed around the hotel so that not even a fly could fly out of the hotel.
He could complete the task without a hitch, but Raz felt rather impatient. In fact, according to his thinking, he should have acted immediately after receiving the news of the appearance of zero, instead of pa.s.sively waiting for Levin"s arrival. However, the higher ups had shattered his thoughts for the reason that there couldn"t be any mistakes. Raz was even a bit angry. The meaning of the statement was that as a seventh step offensive and defensive master, he didn"t have an absolute chance of defeating a wilderness mercenary who only had the basic strength of the fifth step.
Now that Raz was hoping that Zero would make some noise, he had reason to attack before Laine arrived and prove them wrong with the higher-ups.
As Raz lowered his binoculars, a gunshot rang out not far away. Raz was suddenly excited. Zero was beginning to take action!
He raised his binoculars again and saw a figure dart out of the hotel entrance. Almost at the same time, the soldiers surrounding the hotel started firing and intercepting them. Even in the daytime, dazzling flames could be seen tearing apart the figure, but very quickly, the figure disappeared from the street. However, in the next second after the fire net was pulled away, two figures rapidly left afterimages in the air before piercing into an alleyway in the opposite direction.
"Phantom avatar?" "Interesting little bug, but you"ll soon find out that this is just a meaningless struggle."
Raz put the pocket communicator on his left ear into a dedicated channel and issued a new order: "Attention, units, the target has broken through our line of defense and into the Eastern Quarter"s alleyway. Immediately activate the backup plan, remove the restrictions, and kill the target as soon as you discover it! "
After issuing the order, Raz unzipped the collar of his uniform. The muscles and fibers throughout his body trembled. It was the sign that he had activated his ability. When Raz himself was about to partic.i.p.ate in the chase, a message came to him.
The ninth Knight Levin has already reached the Shadow City!
Thus, the bulging muscles were retracted. Raz put his hand on the fence and cursed, "s.h.i.+t, that"s depressing!"
In the alleyway, Zero and Atisa were advancing quickly. After using his Phantom Form to deflect the fire from the soldiers of the council near the hotel, he used all his strength to move at the fifth step at the speed of light, in the opposite direction of Atasha. There were a few stray bullets in between. Either Zero would dodge them directly, or Atasha would shoot them off with a saw.
On both sides of the alley were simple houses, the inhabitants of which had long since been demobilized by the council. At the top of the roof, some of the snipers were scattered, but they couldn"t keep up with the two of them, so they wasted their bullets in vain on the ground or the walls behind them.
When he saw a fork in the road in front of him, Zero gestured. Atasha understood and immediately scattered to her left and right.
Zero turned into the alley on the right. There was a wall at the end of it, but it was a dead end. Suddenly, a soldier came out of the window of the house ahead. He landed on the ground and immediately adjusted his position. He pointed the machine gun in the direction of zero.
He did not slow down, but suddenly slid forward with a shovel.
The machine gun roared and a half meter long tongue of fire flew out of its muzzle. The bullets rained down in the direction of zero, but they all landed in empty s.p.a.ce.
After sliding down the soldier"s legs, the muscles in his back suddenly contracted and bounced back onto the ground. It made him jump up from the ground, and the soldier realized that the enemy was behind him.
A cold light flashed in Zero"s hand. A military knife cut through the soldier"s neck, causing him to bleed profusely. Zero grabbed the machine gun and jumped up. He grabbed the edge of the wall with one hand and used the force to push himself over the wall. When he landed on the ground, he heard the angry roars of the soldiers coming from behind the wall.
With a slight smile on his face, Zero prepared to escape again. However, just as he stood up straight, his entire body suddenly froze. In front of the alley stood a silver-haired man. He was dressed in a dark red leather suit that looked very similar to Saurun"s. Behind him was a sword. Although there was a faint smile on his face, Zero could feel an unprecedented sense of danger from him.
"h.e.l.lo, Zero." Looking at this slightly absent-minded target, Laine said with a smile.