Encirclement

"Commander, if we charge in directly like this, the Interceptor drones in the sky will attack us immediately, and more reinforcements will arrive right away!" Ed said, looking at the nearby residence through the display screen in the vehicle.

Although he was not an Electronic Warfare Specialist, he only needed a simple scanning device to discover that the building ahead was being specially monitored by the Interceptor drones in the air.

Once they launched a forced assault and the residence triggered an alarm, a large number of Interceptor drones would arrive.

Breaking into the residence to find David would take time; the last time they entered David's residence, they hadn't found him.

In their view, David must have had some special means of concealment, and with their exoskeleton armor, they could completely tear apart the interior of the residence to find him.

But this required time; if the alarm was triggered, they would have at most less than a minute, perhaps even less.

"It's fine, I have a way to disable the security system!" Commander Froman said in a deep voice.

As soon as he spoke, the other three mercenaries looked at him.

"This was given by that informant; it must be one of David's enemies, or someone who wants David dead. Regardless, as long as it benefits us, who cares!" Commander Froman said with a cold laugh.

David, who was practicing the Storm Hammer Technique in the underground gym, suddenly felt his identity bracelet vibrate.

"Uncle Gallen, we have trouble. Someone is going to attack the residence!" David looked at the prompt that popped up on his identity bracelet asking whether to shut down the security system, knowing that the hidden authorization program uploaded by Supervisor Jixin of Lixin Security Company had been triggered, and he spoke to Gallen.

Gallen looked at David's identity bracelet, and upon seeing the prompt asking whether to shut down the security system, he couldn't help but look at David with curiosity.

He could guess that someone had tampered with the security system of David's residence, but the problem was that David had discovered it and reset the security system.

From this, it could be seen that David himself must have studied these things, and his level was not low.

"David, I'll notify my father; reinforcements will be here soon!" Myron said, hurriedly operating his identity bracelet.

David let Myron notify Mayor Bernard; although he knew Gallen was very powerful, he believed that having Mayor Bernard come forward to mobilize personnel would be more reliable than Gallen.

"David, you care a lot about this residence, don't you?" Gallen suddenly asked.

"Uncle Gallen, this was left to me by my mother!" David had received the memories of his predecessor and had already merged the mother from those memories with his own mother from his previous life, so he still cared deeply about the residence that held such commemorative significance.

"Myron, you stay here. David, come with me!" Gallen grabbed David, lifted him up as if he weighed nothing, and then said to Myron.

Without waiting for Myron to reply, he accelerated his body and headed toward the passageway.

Myron really wanted to follow, but looking at Gallen's speed and thinking of Gallen's order, he stayed behind.

David felt the wind whistling in his ears; he had never imagined that a person's speed could reach such a level.

This was not running on an unobstructed track; being able to maintain such speed inside a building and perfectly avoid objects was not something that could be achieved with ordinary speed.

In the truck outside, Commander Froman operated his identity bracelet and sent a string of code toward the nearby residence.

Then he waited for a response, but to his surprise, the residence opposite remained silent, and the security system did not shut down.

Could that Anonymous have deceived him?

Commander Froman thought to himself, judging the next course of action in his mind.

Just then, five figures wearing silver-white exoskeleton armor jumped down from the void, surrounding the truck.

"Damn it, how could there be aircraft with stealth devices here? These Armored Warriors have been protecting David all along!" Commander Froman exclaimed.

Any aircraft with stealth capabilities was not something ordinary people could possess; although this kind of stealth was not true invisibility, but rather a form of optical simulation, it was very difficult to detect when the aircraft was stationary.

This type of stealth capability was usually a supplementary means to protect the safety of important figures, allowing Armored Warriors to be stationed within them and deployed at any time.

But David was only the child of a 'National Scholar', and even the 'National Scholar' title itself was only an honorary one, not enough to warrant such security standards.

Furthermore, the white exoskeleton armor worn by these five Armored Warriors was the Liuguang Exoskeleton Armor; the characteristic of this exoskeleton armor was that it was faster, capable of increasing the operator's speed by ten percent.

Liuguang Exoskeleton Armor was not sold to the public and could only be purchased by the Federation government or through special connections.

With faster speed than the Black Diamond Exoskeleton Armor and a larger area of Level 1 material defense, these factors gave the Armored Warriors a significant advantage before the battle even began.

"Fight!" Commander Froman shouted; he knew that saying anything now was useless, and only by fighting with his life would he have a chance of survival.

He was a peak Armored Warrior; he drew two long swords from his back, and with a flash of dark blue light, he swung both simultaneously to cut open the shell of the transport hover-vehicle and jumped out.

Following behind him was Crock, who was connecting three circular rods into a long spear, while Ed held a large shield in one hand from his back, and finally, Fisher held a double-edged giant axe in his hands.

The four of them formed a combat unit, but they lacked long-range attack methods, which was why they were worried about the Interceptor drones.

However, being surrounded by five Armored Warriors left them with no choice but to fight.

As mercenaries, they often dealt with combat, and although they were surrounded at this moment, it only ignited their ferocity.

"Be careful, don't destroy this residence!" At this moment, Gallen appeared outside the residence with David, and while putting David down, he reminded the five Armored Warriors.

"Yes, sir!" the five Armored Warriors replied, taking their weapons out from the equipment slots on their backs.

Their weapons were very uniform, all war hammers, but the color on their surfaces was somewhat different from the war hammers David had seen before; this color was the same as the color of the twin swords in Commander Froman's hands.

The expressions of Commander Froman and the other three mercenaries changed simultaneously.

David didn't understand, but the four mercenaries knew very well what this color represented.

Like the long spear in Crock's hand, Ed's shield, and Fisher's giant axe, these three weapons had a faint, flowing fluorescent glow; this was the color of Level 1 materials.

But the dark blue light on the twin swords in Commander Froman's hands was the color of Level 2 materials.

Commander Froman had spent a huge price to obtain the twin swords in his hands; Level 2 materials required the fusion of teeth and claws from Level 2 Zerg with other precious materials.

Even for a Level 2 Zerg, the teeth and claws required to forge a single weapon would necessitate the remains of multiple creatures to gather sufficient material.

Take the twin swords in the hands of Captain Froman; because they were classified as light weapons, the amount of Level 2 material required was extremely limited, yet even then, he had to exhaust many connections and credits to acquire them.

Because he was skilled in swordsmanship and was a peak Armored Warrior, and since most of his missions involved non-Zerg targets, he had chosen twin swords made of Level 2 materials.

However, the five Armored Warriors before them, clad in Liuguang Exoskeleton Armor and wielding heavy warhammers made of Level 2 materials, held a crushing advantage over the four mercenaries in terms of equipment.

"Who are you? Let us go, and I can offer compensation!" Captain Froman held his twin swords horizontally before him, gesturing to his companions behind him while asking Gallen.

"How were you able to control the extent of the security system's shutdown?" Before Gallen could answer, David hurriedly asked.

He was deeply confused, as his judgment suggested that these mercenaries must have attacked him by accident.

After all, no one could have known in advance that the T3 Sniper Auxiliary Device would fall into his hands, let alone that these mercenaries would kill Amos, who had been monitoring him.

He had always assumed that the mastermind was the one who used Lixin Security Company to plant a backdoor in the security system, but it was these mercenaries who had triggered that backdoor.

"There is nothing to hide; we received an anonymous message, including the location of the Safe House where we were hiding, which directed us to capture you and provided the method to bypass the security system. All of this was provided by your enemy, and I do not know their identity." In order to escape, Captain Froman revealed the situation regarding the Anonymous source directly.

He was not about to keep secrets for the person who had lured them into a trap, and if he could use this information to gain even a shred of goodwill from the other side, it would be well worth it.