All Dead

Combat was astonishingly draining. Sas was starting to feel exhausted, but before he could catch his breath, the bugs charged at him again without letting up.

A sharp pain shot through his chest. The first bone spike that had struck him was taking root in Sas's flesh, hungrily devouring whatever blood and tissue it could reach.

"Damn it!"

He yanked out the bone spike and cursed viciously, venting his tension. Sas pulled the grenade from his waist and activated it. He would rather be blown to pieces than be eaten alive by the bugs.

Hiss~ Bzzz~

The whir of a rapid-fire plasma cannon reached Sas's helmet receivers. Three bugs were shattered by a string of plasma bolts.

An XV battlesuit squad arrived at the position Sas had been holding. The one who saved him was an XV9 Hazard Battlesuit.

Mounted beneath the XV9 Hazard Battlesuit's arms were powerful twin-linked rapid-fire cannons and fusion blasters.

"Looks like you're the last one?"

The battlesuit commander tossed out the activated plasma grenade, his voice coming through Sas's helmet. Sas peeked out to survey the makeshift defensive position they had built. Aside from the damn bugs, there were only more damn bugs.

"Looks like I'm the only one left. But that won't last much longer."

"Ha. We'll meet beneath the Throne and the light of the Greater Good. 5110 Emergency Mobile Combat Team, forward with me!"

The battlesuits formed up. The XV88 Battlesuits, exceptionally skilled at long-range strikes, took the center of the formation, while the XV9 Hazard Battlesuits, adept at close combat, led from the front.

The burst pulse rifles finished charging, and together with the railguns, they blasted two bloody corridors through the swarm.

Such a huge commotion drew the swarm's attention. Hormagaunts and Termagants rushed over at high speed. Even after