Millstone

These were not particularly high mountains. Even with ravines and dead ends, they were not impassable barriers to life climbing upward.

But now, every step forward landed in a pool of blood and flesh.

Boom!

The Aus advanced slowly but resolutely, covering one another.

The mountain path, barely worthy of being called a road, had crippled most of their vehicles. Yet some highly skilled Riders had forced armored vehicles up the slope. Still, the true shields were the Heavy Armor Warriors at the front.

Bang!

Explosions rang out without end. On territory that had once been theirs, the Aus suffered deadly sniper fire from Spin Force Stone Automatic Cannons built by their own side.

The modified cannons, upgraded by High-Level Professionals, had been activated. High-Level Professionals operated them as well, picking off targets with precision. They easily bypassed the large shields at the front and turned the followers behind them into mangled heaps of flesh.

Aaaah!

The screams never ceased. Death followed like a shadow as waves of attackers fell.

Even deadlier was the sniper heavy cannon wielded by a Tier 5 marksman.

The armored vehicle that had forced its way forward had its "iron hide" pierced in an instant. Its Rider, who seemed to be of no low rank, died on the spot.

But at that moment, an Aus stepped to the very front. He leaped forward, landing in the trench ahead, then raised a heavy object in both hands and smashed it into the ground.

Clang!

With a boom, a shockwave spread outward, visible to the naked eye.

The fierce man had forced a breakthrough. As the shockwave rippled out, a chunk of the mountain in that area was blasted away.

Yet he had suffered only minor injuries. A "Destroyer" above Tier 5 was a War Machine all