The sunset sank amid smoke and fire, staining the snow a desolate, beautiful red. Corpses carpeted the wilderness like a gateway to hell.
It was over.
This could hardly be called a war.
It was more like a massacre!
Without the protection of armor and with no reliable cover nearby, when Death's shriek came from overhead and charging whistles sounded from every direction, Yu suddenly recalled the terror he had felt in the forest that day.
The power he had awakened could not give him even the slightest sense of safety.
He only wished he had grown two more legs so he could run faster, or simply grown a pair of wings and escape this terrifying place altogether...
On the northwestern side of the battlefield.
Protected by a group of trusted subordinates, Black Snake finally fled into the forest after abandoning his vehicle.
The facts proved that it had been the right choice.
Light armor that had lost its mobility was like an iron coffin on the open snowfield. A few high-explosive shells landed nearby, blowing the gunner manning the fixed machine gun into a bloody mess. The raiders using armored pickups as cover were likewise killed on the spot, without even time to scream.
"Damn it... Where did these people get so much equipment?!" Panic flashed in Black Snake's eyes.
And what were those things that had flown toward them just now?!
How many artillery pieces did they have?!
Everything happening now felt like a dream to Black Snake.
And a nightmare at that!
It was completely different from the intelligence he had gathered.
Just over a month ago, these survivors had not even possessed a decent vehicle. Black Snake's armored pickups had beaten them helpless, and they could neither catch up nor escape.
And now, the situation had