The entire base of the Arilan anti-government forces had been alerted by the unusual commotion. Nearby, several armored vehicles and armed off-road vehicles were rushing over, equipped with mounted heavy machine guns and anti-tank weapons. Hundreds of elite mercenaries followed behind them.
Farther away, in the armory, well-trained militants hurried into their gear and took up combat positions. Tank engines began to roar, and the rotors of attack helicopters slowly started spinning!
Soon, three flares were fired over the area, lighting it up for everyone to see.
The heavy armored vehicle in the lead was the first to spot the slowly moving humanoid armor. It immediately opened fire without hesitation.
Thud, thud, thud! The 30 mm autocannon spat a stream of fire at its target, but just before the rounds struck, the figure abruptly crouched and leaped high into the air. The gunner inside saw only a blur before losing sight of the enemy!
The autocannon blasted up clouds of dust and smoke on the other side, but hit nothing. Only then did the stunned gunner release the trigger.
"Where did he go?" Had my eyes been playing tricks on me?
Bang! Just then, the sound of something heavy landing came from the roof.
Before the militants inside could react, a longsword pierced straight through the roof with a sharp hiss! Its blade shimmered with an eerie crystalline sheen, its tip less than a centimeter from the gunner's nose.
Cold sweat covered the gunner's face. He was about to exclaim how close that had been when, a moment later, ghostly blue arcs of electricity suddenly surged from the strange longsword in front of him.
Bzzzt! Those outside saw only a flash of blue electricity through the windows before countless sparks erupted from the armored vehicle. In less than three seconds,