NOVEL NEXT chapter 37
37 – Rebels (7)
“They’re coming again!”
“Engage! Don’t stop, Abakusha!”
I returned to my people.
Tetis Libra poured out bullets with all her might. There were plenty of targets anyway.
When she looked back, weapons were scattered. The bullets were almost inexhaustible.
Abakusa burst into laughter.
“Can you load the cartridges without any thought! Shibaaal!!! It’s heaven!”
“Don’t fool around! Abakusa!”
“I’m giving it my all! Lieutenant!!!”
Abakusa turned the barrel. She attached assault rifles to her arms one by one and fired without hesitation.
“Euhahahahaha!”
Tudadadadadadadadada!!!
“This, this is insane?!”
“Shoot! Shoot!”
“How can I shoot when I can’t even stick my face out?!”
Weapons warehouse of the rebels.
Tetis Libra and Abakusa, who ended up joining abruptly, checked the place first.
The types of weapons inside were diverse. Some seemed untouched, with unopened items.
“Shibaaal!!! Are you the only ones using good stuff!? Share it as well!!!!”
“That crazy bastard!”
“Kill him!!!! Kill him!!!!!!”
Tetis Libra took out a grenade without hesitation. She pulled the safety pin and threw it as it was.
“Cra… crazy?! B-bloo…!”
Kwaaang!!!!
In an uproarious explosion, the enemies fell silent for a moment. They couldn’t all be dead. They couldn’t have been wiped out with just one grenade.
Tetis Libra grabbed her gun. Abakusa threw away her gun and raised a machine gun with both hands.
“A gun with a big barrel is a good gun!”
“Just pick up a rifle quietly!”
“The specifications don’t match!!!”
This won’t work.
This son of a b*tch. He got excited.
Tetis Libra gently leaned the barrel against the door. Bullets instantly poured in from both directions.
They were surrounded. Is there no way to escape this way?
“Sail away! If you drop your weapons, I won’t kill you!”
Nonsense.
Tetis Libra looked around quickly. There was no way to escape. There were more enemy soldiers than expected, even after raiding the weapons depot.
What should they do…?
“Let’s go out and kill them all!”
“Shut up! Avakusa!”
“Why?! Are you scared?”
“…What?”
A vein throbbed on Tetis Libra’s forehead.
“The commander… scared…?”
To hear those words from none other than Avakusa.
Tetis Libra smiled. His shoulders jerked. As his head filled with blood, he became resolute, shedding all hesitations.
There is a wall. Ah. Right. Blocked on both sides, blocked in front by a wall.
In that case…
Can’t they just break through it?
“…Break through the wall itself…?”
“Yes?”
Avakusa blinked. His excitement vanished in an instant, replaced by confusion.
“Captain, what nonsense are you talking about?”
“If we’re blocked on all sides, making a new path would be the right thing to do.”
“…I’d rather wait for reinforcements.”
“No!”
What does it mean to be a great leader?
When faced with a wall, you break through it!
That’s what a respected and fearless commander would do!
“And we happen to have a suitable tool!”
“Is there such a thing…”
Tetis Libra picked up the grenade launcher that had been stashed in the corner.
Avakusa looked down at his own machine gun.
“What the hell! Where did those gentlemen who told me to use a rifle go?!”
＂Think logically! Abakousa! If the path is blocked, we break through!＂
＂What kind of logic is that! Damn it! You’re getting excited too!＂
＂I… the honorable resistance…! Rather than rely on support…!＂
Tetis Libra wrapped a grenade around her body. She handed the suppression shield to Abakousa.
The aim was at a far corner wall cleared of ammunition.
Abakousa screamed.
＂This is a disaster!!! What’s the point of all this if we get trapped and it collapses?! If even a bullet explodes!!!＂
＂Soldiers!!! Don’t assume the worst!!!!! Only assume victory!!!!!!＂
＂That’s not a soldier, that’s a lunatic!!! Stop it! I won’t do it!＂
Tetis Libra turned sharply to look at him.
＂Abakousa.＂
She quickly loaded a grenade into the launcher.
＂Scared?＂
＂…what?!＂
Abakousa shook violently.
＂Dou-Dou… What are you saying to me…?!＂
＂I’m asking if you’re scared.＂
＂Oh, damn it! Let’s do it! Ahahahaha! That’s right, damn it! I wanted to do this in the first place! Sergeant!!!!＂
＂That’s right! A subordinate of the headquarters shouldn’t be scared!!!＂
The two with crazed eyes fired grenades at the wall.
Tukwaaahhhhh!!!!!
The wall collapsed and thick dust rose. Tetis Libra yelled loudly.
＂Advance to the rebel base!!!! Kill them all and recover the Titan blueprint!!!! We are…!!! The great resistance!!!! Abakousa, who has cold feet, can follow or not, as he pleases!!!!＂
Abakousa spat out the dirt that had entered his mouth.
＂You damn lunatic!!!! Let’s goooo!!!! Who’s scared, not meee!!!!!!!!!＂
. . .
Last time, I owed my life…
This time, I’ve been damn well outwitted.
…Drakan. Drakan. Drakan.
Drakaaan!!!
Only a mere illegal immigrant and criminal outperformed himself once again!
Eliot Mute pushed through. He commanded the 13th unit of the 4th battalion as they descended into the sewer.
It was chaotic inside. The other battalions’ 13th units that had already descended were engaged in combat.
“Eliot! There are rebels ahead…!”
“Don’t make a sound, just keep watch.”
Eliot Mute’s entire body was engulfed in a blue light. Surging energy. The core came to life.
The end of personal armament.
The Armor began to move.
“I am… the sharpest blade of the battalion commander.”
High-speed mobility.
That was Eliot Mute’s unique characteristic with Armor.
His overheated body turned blue. Following the premonitory signs, came the sound.
A tremendous blast akin to shells being fired.
Tquaahhhhh!!!
A penetrating blue flash shot through the enemy lines. Scattered corpses and blood. Flesh spilled from disarrayed ranks.
In an instant, the bodies of six rebels exploded.
“What… what the heck?!”
Without hesitation, Eliot Mute drew his weapon.
Armor is like a moving small-scale Titan. Its defensive capabilities surpass imagination, able to withstand rounds of gunfire with its body alone.
The active defense system. Deflected bullets collided with the shield, igniting tiny sparks.
“He’s an Armor user!”
“What the hell?!”
The rebels screamed in terror. Elliot Mute aimed his enormous barrel.
Tactical long-range pistol, MZ-125
Only those who possess Armor can endure the recoil of this long-range pistol that spewed fire.
Kwaaah!!!
The sound of a bomb exploding echoed. A rebel’s head shattered.
Eliot Mute advanced. Enduring the raining bullets with his entire body, he pierced through the interior.
All of these weapons were acquired from Doctor Maverick.
As a mad scientist who modified human firearms, the weapons’ performance was guaranteed. Eliot Mute, who single-handedly obliterated over twenty people, gasped for breath.
The body drenched in blood felt heavy. After a high-speed maneuver, an overload came over the mind for a while.
But behold.
It was me.
Armor user, Elliot Moot. A presence that could sweep away a line of soldiers head-on.
“If you want to follow me… it’s too far!”
Kwaaang!!!
In an instant, the body was slammed into sewer water. Elliot Moot immediately rolled his body and escaped to the side.
Bullets hit the ground. The sound was so loud that the entire sewer resonated.
The caliber was large. A specially modified gun that could withstand hits from armor like his own.
Its destructive power was…
Enough to affect the defense system!
Elliot Moot’s overheated shield flickered dangerously. Enhanced senses immediately moved his body.
Almost like clairvoyance.
Kwaaang!!!
Once again, Elliot Moot raised his head towards the shattered wall behind him. He could finally confirm his opponent.
A man wearing ordinary clothes emerged from the dark sewer. Profanities poured from his mouth.
“…He actually chased me down even with armor. Damn scavengers.”
“Who are you?”
“You don’t need to know.”
A peculiar sword emerged from the man’s arm. Its blades spun in an eerie manner.
Elliot Moot’s whole body shuddered at the unusual weapon shape.
The man in front of him clearly wore ordinary clothes, with no visible storage space.
Yet, the fact that the weapon sprung out of thin air…
An armor-integrated weapon.
Personal armament only.
The clothes he wore were just an ordinary coat. However, upon closer inspection, the underlying defensive system became apparent.
It wasn’t a typical armor. It surpassed the standard-issue armor he possessed…
A personalized specialized armor.
“Named…!”
“Punish me for embracing this scrap heap.”
The man menacingly raised a sword with a blade inserted into it.
The tip of the blade began to spin rapidly.
“The shield would be pierced and split in half. Verruga.”
The inside of the rebel base was very quiet. It was almost safe to say there were hardly any people inside.
I hid inside the base. I didn’t let the struggling girl go.
“I, I’ll go see the inside…”
“How can I trust you?”
“You, you’re too much…”
What’s too much about it? It’s a matter of life and death.
I casually looked around and continued to check the inside for any suspicious activity.
The interior was similar to a spacious house. It seemed like a facility intentionally built inside a sewer.
There were many doors to enter, but most of them seemed locked. The passageways were relatively narrow, and to enter, you had to face the gatekeeper.
The soldier who was watching seemed to be trembling for some reason. Perhaps something was still happening outside.
A door opened and a soldier rushed out.
“Marker! Help right now!”
“But who will guard the door?”
“Damn it! Do we need to worry about that while moving the stuff?! Just move it! There are a lot of people inside anyway!”
All of them were busy, as if they were in a hurry to leave. Thanks to them, the gatekeeper disappeared. I turned to the girl.
“You should escape to the surface just like this.”
“But…”
The girl closed her eyes for a moment.
“Oh, are you not going to kill anyone, right?”
“If possible.”
“They’re kind people.”
“I can’t be lenient enough to look away.”
“At least… please don’t fight with Decker.”
“Decker?”
“Dekker… is Vein… uh… so, be careful.”
“Why?”
“My brother is strong… even if you meet him, don’t try to fight. He’s… Echidna’s right-hand man… you must not fight him… you’ll die.”
Who is Echidna? Who is Dekker Vein?
The door moved. It seemed like it was not time to stall.
“Hurry and fly!”
“Move everything to the escape route!”
“Don’t forget to destroy all military records!”
This noisy moment is a moment to go in.
“Just get out for now.”
“……”
The girl moved away. I cautiously opened the door and entered.
Inside is noisy. Fortunately, there were many boxes piled up, so it was not difficult to move around. The lighting was relatively dark, and I could move between objects stably.
Something is on fire.
“What the hell… these are all precious things…”
“It’s better than falling into the enemy’s hands! Just remember what you can remember!”
Are these things not supposed to go out?
For now, I passed. My goal was not there. It was the secret facility of the complicatedly intertwined sewer where the Titan blueprint was trapped.
“… Is this it?”
Unusually dark. I felt a person inside. I stuck to the door.
There are about three people.
Is this the place… let’s see the situation…
“What the hell do you hate so much?”
I heard a familiar voice.
The voice that faintly sneaks out of the door…
“…Govein?”
Sure.
His voice.