As time passed, large numbers of soldiers died, and their ammunition dwindled. The defensive line was forced to contract further.
Even the city's defenders had started handing weapons to civilians, then sending them out with guns—or even knives—to fight the orks hand to hand as cannon fodder.
"Orks!!! Great Brahman above!"
In the distance, Edak was hurrying toward the city. Seeing this, he immediately clasped his hands together, immensely relieved that he had returned in time. Otherwise, his home would have been stolen right out from under him.
Edak pulled out a boltgun and opened fire!
Bang! Bang!
The chakra-infused bolts flew like missiles. A single shot was enough to blow up a large number of orks. Then Edak accelerated, appearing behind the ork horde in the blink of an eye.
Whirr!
Edak took out a modified Chainsaw Sword.
Click!
A bottle etched with black flames appeared in his hand. He shook it, then tapped the Chainsaw Sword. A structure resembling an ammunition chamber appeared on it.
Click!
Edak pushed the bottle into the chamber, then took out a red bottle, shook it, and loaded it into the Chainsaw Sword as well.
Ignite!
Whirrrrr!
A Chainsaw Sword engulfed in black flames and roaring wildly appeared in his hand. Edak raised it and gave it a gentle turn.
Hiss!
A gigantic black-and-red Chainsaw Sword, as large as a door panel, appeared in his hand, blazing and spinning madly.
It drew the attention of a large number of orks.
Chakra energy compression bottles.
Imperial technology that could bottle chakra with special properties—even certain special ninjutsu—and then convert other chakra into that special chakra or ninjutsu, loading it into various devices to unleash power far greater than it could under normal conditions.
It could even produce terrifying power that far exceeded the original