El-Elf cut through the base, eliminating everyone in his path. In a real battle, his advance would have left a river of blood in its wake, with smoke and gunpowder everywhere. He wielded the pistol and various grenades on his body with masterful skill, completely surpassing the imagination of the Mithril members who were participating in the exercise as defenders.
The disturbance he caused in the base was just as immense. Even though Sousuke Sagara had already taken control of the control room and shut down the alarm, the base's alarm still began blaring.
At the instant the alarm sounded, El-Elf's movements were not disrupted in the slightest, nor did he hesitate. He fired several paint rounds ahead, swept his left hand out to throw a training grenade into the distance, and spoke into his earpiece at the same time:
"Detonate the bombs outside."
Cruz and Melissa Mao, who had not entered the base alongside El-Elf and Sousuke Sagara, pressed the detonators in their hands upon hearing El-Elf's order.
Unlike the bombs inside the base, which were only for show, the bombs buried outside were real. The enormous blast, the slight tremor that ran through the base, and the piercing alarm immediately sent everyone participating in the exercise into a panic. One after another, they leaped to their feet and headed for the armory according to base protocol to collect their weapons.
Some pilots did not even have time to change clothes before rushing toward the hangar, while El-Elf continued onward without stopping until he reached the harbor.
Every detail of the harbor's layout was already in El-Elf's mind, an overwhelming advantage that other infiltrators and attackers simply did not possess. With his electronic intelligence capabilities, he had even linked into the base's internal network and uncovered secret arrangements that