However, before Samael could think for long, the advancing "Chief Petty Officer" raised his fully charged Temple Beam Rifle and fired at both sides of the culvert.
Boom! Boom!
Amid violent tremors, the slope, dozens of meters thick, was blasted through. Shattered reinforced concrete shrieked through the air like scattering shrapnel, and the culvert itself began to sway precariously.
"What are you standing around for? Get moving!"
Beside them, Ereshkigal, battered and dirt-covered under the "Chief Petty Officer's" heavy firepower, spat out the gritty dust in her mouth and urgently berated her two temporarily allied companions, who had blanked out.
"Right, right!"
Samael and Tokiomi Tohsaka exchanged a glance and nodded instinctively. They hurriedly picked up the blaster rifles from the ground, taking positions beside Ereshkigal and Rin Tohsaka respectively. Following the system's guidance, they pulled the triggers, intending to drive back the "Chief Petty Officer."
Moments later, chip-focused beams crisscrossed through the air as violent explosions rang out nonstop. Flickering glows and flames lit the dim culvert as bright as day.
Yet even with all four of them working together, the disposable blaster rifles in their hands could not inflict effective damage on the energy shield with a defense rating of one thousand, nor on the fully enclosed Mjolnir Powered Armor.
Worse still, under the fierce firepower from both sides, the sloped walls of the culvert that had once offered some cover had become crumbling ruins. Even the thick structures had been shaved down to a thin layer.
Rumble!
When it rained, it poured. A blazing white beam swept past, and half their shelter collapsed with a crash. The four of them lay flat on the ground, nearly buried alive, and the familiar sound of an engine whirring made their scalps tingle.
Click! Click!
Just when the situation was