An Extremely Bad Situation

Led by Soma, Fang Li and Alisa bypassed the hellish Matoba and arrived at a mountain path, where they began to climb.

No one spoke a word along the way.

Neither Alisa nor Soma are the type to try to build rapport with others or initiate conversations.

In terms of being somewhat reclusive, the two are quite similar.

Fang Li, however, is an extremely easygoing person.

If his companions are talkative, Fang Li doesn't mind chatting with them.

If his companions were like that, Fang Li wouldn't go looking for trouble.

Therefore, the three of them did not have a single conversation along the way.

Finally, the three of them reached the end of the mountain path and saw a cave.

At the entrance of the cave, a man is on guard.

"Soma." Sakuya Tachibana spotted Soma, who had led the way, first, then saw Fang Li and Alisa. She froze, exclaiming in astonishment, "What are you doing here?"

Alisa did not answer, but simply looked away.

After all, Alisa had no connection with anyone present and hadn't even exchanged a single word with them before, so there was nothing for her to say.

Only Fang Li stepped forward and said to Sakuya Tachibana, "Something has happened on our side, and it seems you're not doing too well either."

Upon hearing this, a bitter expression appeared on Sakuya Tachibana's face.

Needless to say, Fang Li guessed correctly.

That's not hard to guess.

Aphrodite had already left, the First Unit remained here and even found a hiding place. One was out on patrol, and the other was on guard duty here. It's easy to guess what had happened.

As for what happened, Fang Li didn't know, but it wasn't hard to guess either.

After all, of the three God Eater in the First Unit, Sakuya Tachibana and Soma are both healthy, but Soma is the only one who isn't here.

So, can't we guess who got into trouble?

Fang Li immediately asked, "What's wrong with Captain Amamiya?"

"Don't worry, he's still alive." Sakuya Tachibana sighed and said, "You'll see when you come in."

After saying that, Sakuya Tachibana turned around and walked into the cave.

Fang Li and Alisa exchanged a glance instinctively, then immediately looked away and went into the cave together, leaving Soma alone. Soma leaned against the wall and took over Sakuya Tachibana's post to keep watch.

As the group entered the cave, the surrounding light gradually decreased, becoming dim.

However, the cave was not very deep, and it didn't take long to reach the bottom.

The next second, Fang Li stopped and looked ahead.

In the deepest part of the cave, against the rock wall, Soma was leaning against something.

"Hey kid, I didn't expect you to come to a place like this. You've got some guts."

While smoking, Soma greeted Fang Li in the same carefree manner as before.

However, not to mention Fang Li, even Alisa, who was unrelated to him, was speechless after seeing Soma's condition.

At this point, Soma's condition was by no means good.

The upper body clothes have already been taken off.

The area below the neck was wrapped in bandages.

The bandages were stained with bright red blood.

Moreover, her chest had sunken in slightly.

That looks like a serious injury no matter how you look at it.

It's enough to kill an ordinary person, and even God Eater would be unable to move or stand up again due to severe injuries.

Despite his injuries, Soma was leisurely smoking, but his hand holding the cigarette was trembling so much that he couldn't steady it.

Such a tragic scene caused Fang Li's eyes to flicker.

You must understand, this God Eater in front of us is no ordinary God Eater.

The God Eater could single-handedly defeat Ouroboros, a Forbidden Kind, a year later, has now fallen to this state. It's hard to know how to express one's feelings.

"What happened?" Fang Li couldn't help but ask Sakuya Tachibana, "How did Captain Amamiya get such serious injuries?"

Aphrodite indeed quite terrifying.

However, given Soma's cautious nature, he should have started organizing a retreat without hesitation when he sensed danger. How did he end up in such a predicament?

In fact, Fang Li's idea was not wrong.

When the topic came up, Sakuya Tachibana took a deep breath, as if suppressing her anger, and said in a low voice, "This is what I mean."

"We've been tricked."

In one sentence, both Fang Li and Alisa turned their attention to Sakuya Tachibana.

Looking at Fang Li and Alisa, Sakuya Tachibana slowly began her explanation.

Three days ago, three God Eater from the First Unit, along with elites from the Russian Branch, set out to subdue Aphrodite.

According to intelligence, a large number of Aragami are gathered around Aphrodite.

The mission of the Russian Branch's God Eater was to stop the Ara Gods, separate them, isolate Aphrodite, and then have the First Unit of the Far East Branch carry out the extermination.

However, during this process, the God Eater of the Russian Branch suddenly retreated en masse.

Moreover, he abandoned the three members of the First Unit, leaving Aphrodite and a large number of Aragami to Soma and the others.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Soma immediately ordered a retreat.

However, before they could retreat, the Russian Branch's God Eater, who had boarded the helicopter and were preparing to leave, suddenly started firing downwards in unison, using the most powerful Blast rounds, which brought Aphrodite and the First Unit into the firing range.

In the end, Aphrodite was not destroyed, but instead became utterly enraged.

When Fang Li and Alisa heard Aphrodite's terrible screams in the wilderness, it was precisely when Aphrodite was enraged.

At that time, Aphrodite went completely mad, not only shooting down most of the helicopters flying in the air, but also leveling the surrounding area. Only a very small number of helicopters managed to escape.

"In that situation, Rindan was hit head-on by Aphrodite while covering our retreat." Sakuya Tachibana gripped the Divine Machine tightly in her hand, half relieved and half angry, and said, "If Aphrodite hadn't continued to advance towards the Russian Branch and completely ignored us, we might already be dead."

"Impossible!" Alisa exclaimed, somewhat incredulously. "Why would the Russian Branch do this?"

"We'll have to ask that captain for that," Fang Li said with a smirk.

"To hide his secret, he actually went so far as to ruin even the most important mission. I'm really starting to wonder what kind of earth-shattering secret he has."