The Mastermind / A Rather Unsatisfying Ending

Seeing that his persuasion had failed, Ankawen's face darkened, and he pointed his longsword at Suika, a red aura igniting on the weapon.

Seeing this, Suika an eyebrow, then waved her hand, and the iron chain lashed out with a shrill whooshing sound.

Seeing this, the others also grabbed their weapons and rushed towards Suika.

Suika wielded her two iron chains like two swimming dragons, striking east and west, south and north; anyone who touched them died, and anyone who grazed them was injured.

In less than five minutes, Suika had wiped out all of the hundred or so people.

Ankawen is not dead.

It wasn't that he was highly skilled; it was just that Suika deliberately held back so he wouldn't be whipped to death by the chains.

However, his feet were not so lucky.

Just now, when Suika's iron chain passed by, it whipped his calf into a bloody mist.

At this moment, he lay on the ground, groaning incessantly.

Suika walked up to him

"You should be glad I haven't learned how to be a human scorpion yet, otherwise I wouldn't have let you die so quickly."

Knowing he was going to die, Ankawen looked at Suika, his face contorted with madness.

"You think you've won? Once I'm dead, you won't be facing mercenaries anymore."

Haha, enjoy your last moments, you'll all die here anyway.

"You mean the garrison behind the mountain in the northwest? Don't worry, they'll die too. No one can escape." Suika grabbed Ankawen's hair and lifted him up, then suddenly slammed him down, turning him into a legless Xingtian.

After doing all this, Suika calmly took out the communicator.

"Whitesmith, I've cleared out the enemies in the village. I'll have Shanghai lead you south, and I'll rejoin you after I've dealt with the others."

Inside the school, Whitesmith, who was sitting in the corner, suddenly opened his eyes.

He didn't doubt Suika's words, but stood up and walked out of the room.

"Notify everyone to prepare to evacuate to the south."

Chapter 553 The Mastermind

"Now?" asked the middle-aged man with the missing hand who had spoken with Whitesmith earlier, puzzled.

"That's right, my partner has cleared out the enemy in the south. We can retreat there. She will ensure our escape route."

Whitesmith nodded.

"Her?" the middle-aged man asked, puzzled.

After all, Whitesmith used the single "she" to represent a woman, not "him," and also used a single quantifier, not the plural "them."

"No doubt about it, it's her— Rhodes Island's secret strategic weapon."

To be honest, I never expected that the aid that arrived would be from her.

But now that she's here, our safety is fairly guaranteed.

After Whitesmith finished speaking, he clapped his hands before the other person could ask any further questions.

"We'll deal with any problems after we're safely evacuated; we don't have much time now."

That person knew what it meant.

Although he was rescued by the Rhodes Island team during the initial attack, he did not fully trust the Rhodes Island squad and these Infected.

But Moon Creek Village, a village located on a major transportation route, had been attacked for two whole days without any support from the Columbia army seen on the road. As the garrison commander of the local houses, he already understood that this bombardment of the village was clearly orchestrated by the military.

As for why he didn't surrender, it was because all the men he had sent to surrender before had been killed, so he understood that the other side had no intention of leaving any survivors.

In this certain-death situation, even though he was furious about Rhodes Island and the Infected's actions that had brought to the village, he had no choice but to cooperate with them.

Only in this way is there a sliver of hope of surviving and getting out.

Now that the Rhodes Island organization has cleared out the enemy in the south, the military will definitely not stand idly by.

It is highly likely that shells will fall on the village again soon.

Therefore, they must now race against time to prepare to leave; if they delay too long and the military reacts, they will have no chance to escape.

As for the next plan after escaping, that can only be considered if we can get out alive first.

Just then, a doll floated up next to Whitesmith, startling the others.

Because the puppet was moving so fast, before they could even react, it arrived with a gust of wind.

The puppet gestured at Whitesmith for a while, and he nodded.

"Hurry up and pack up, we're getting ready to leave."

Those hiding behind it are about to lose their temper.

Just as he had predicted, the military, hidden nearby, received the news while the mercenary group below was being Suika.

"Useless! These few people fought for two days and still couldn't take it down, and they were even killed by someone who suddenly appeared."

The order was given to the Second and Third Battalions on the south side to block the escape route and prevent any living person from fleeing through the southern road.

Order the artillery battalion to prepare for a ten-minute artillery barrage on Moon Creek Village in five minutes.

The 1st and 4th Battalions advanced from the north, entered the battlefield after the artillery barrage, and cleared out all living creatures. Remember, leave no one alive.

The leading officer, cursing and swearing, hoisted his general's cap onto his head and walked out of the house.

"Commander Boris, that new guy in the village is a bit strange."

Those mercenaries, though less skilled, shouldn't have been completely defenseless, but the fact is, they died far too quickly.

The staff officer standing nearby spoke up.

Upon hearing his words, the commander, known as Boris, stopped in his tracks.

"By the way, tell everyone to be careful, the other side has a master of Originium Arts."

After saying that, he stepped out of the house.

Outside, the artillery positions, which had been prepared in advance, were being loaded with ammunition, since the parameters had already been adjusted during the last shelling.

However, for Originium ammunition was stored in another corner of the camp, and these five minutes were the time for the loader to bring the ammunition back to the artillery for loading.

Just as Whitesmith and his group finished packing their equipment and began to evacuate.

A chilling and ear-piercing howl echoed from the sky.

Everyone's expression changed.

Two days ago, under the same whistling sound, dozens of Originium explosives were thrown into the village, causing huge damage.

Just as they were preparing to find cover to take refuge.

A series of explosions were heard in the air.

Then Whitesmith's communicator rang again.

"Take your men and head south immediately. I'll handle intercepting these artillery pieces. Hurry!"

Suika was standing on top of the village's large clock.

She looked up at the sky, and with each breath, she saw swarms of Little Suika fly out and spread upwards, detonating the Originium Bomb in the air before they even reached the village.

Suika also had to be grateful for the "Dome" above her head.

Because of its existence, Terra's artillery weapons have never been effectively developed.

Because artillery firing must also adhere to this principle of altitude, it is impossible to achieve the complete overhead firing of the previous life. Under the circumstances of only strafing and pseudo-overhead firing, the trajectory is very easily modified by Suika.

This way, she could have Little Suika smash those shells halfway through the journey.

Although the spread of Originium Bomb that explode in the air is wider.

However, they did not land in the village, which gave Whitesmith and his group a chance to escape.

After receiving Suika's reminder, Whitesmith didn't hesitate any longer and shouted to the others to quickly retreat to the south.

At this moment, Commander Boris was listening in stunned silence to the news coming from the front lines.

"What did you say? All the shells were intercepted in mid-air by an unidentified object?"

"Yes, Commander. The observer reported that all sixteen Originium Shells fired in the two rounds were intercepted and detonated in mid-air by a mysterious object."

Furthermore, there are mysterious individuals moving rapidly in our direction.

The chief of staff answered immediately.

"Damn it, can it intercept Originium Shells? Is it a new invention from Victoria or a new form of witchcraft from Leithanien?"

Give the order: keep the shelling going.

Then have the guard company get ready. Whatever comes, even if it's the Demon Lord of Sarkaz, we have to kill it here."

Boris was somewhat irritated. He had previously told that since the military was taking action, it should be done cleanly and efficiently.

But the other party insisted on seizing the information from that person, which allowed them to survive for two more days.

He originally thought that his four battalions at the north and south ends would be enough to block all the roads, but he didn't expect that the other side would suddenly send down divine troops and wipe out all those useless mercenaries.

Chapter 554 A Less-than-Satisfying Ending

Upon discovering that the enemy was about to flee, he had initially planned to lie in wait and use Originium Bomb to clear the village, disguising it as Catastrophe. However, he had no choice but to order his subordinates to launch an attack on the town ahead of schedule.

But Boris didn't expect that the Originium Shells, which he thought were a sure thing, would be intercepted.

Although he had a bad feeling about this, he still had enough confidence.

After all, he brought an entire regiment with him.

A regiment—that's his source of confidence.

Moreover, they had made preparations here for three to five days in advance (Boris and his troops had already blocked the area when the Rhodes Island group entered the town, having learned of their route beforehand).

Even if the opponent were the Witch King of Leithanien, he would have the courage to confront him, given that he was well-rested and ready.

Just then, a gust of wind blew by, and he suddenly shuddered.

Looking up towards Moon Creek Village, I saw a figure fly out from behind a hillside not far away.

The other person was holding a person who was struggling desperately.

You can tell without guessing who the person is, given that they're wearing clothes almost identical to yours, that they're the scouts you sent to Moon Creek Village.

Suddenly, his hand clenched tightly, and the scout who had been struggling just a second ago instantly stopped moving.

Suika looked up at the artillery unit not far away.

Make sure you're not going in the wrong direction.

Just then, she heard news that Whitesmith and his party had also encountered enemies to the south.

"You all stay hidden and let Shanghai handle them."

After saying that, she looked at the military camp ahead and suddenly rushed towards it.

The next second, various Originium Arts mixed with arrows flew towards her.

Faced with this dazzling array of colorful spells and arrows, Suika calmly opened her arms.

"Spicy Heavenly Push!"

Instantly, various spells exploded in front of her, forming a huge cloud of gray mist.

"Dead?" Boris thought expectantly, looking at the cloud of mist in the sky.

But the mist quickly dissipated, Suika emerged unharmed.

Then she suddenly accelerated and rushed into the crowd.

After the chains binding her hands were released, she began to spin rapidly like a top.

The person struck by the iron chain instantly turned into a cloud of blood mist that could only be blurred with a mosaic.

Seeing this, Boris ordered the guard company to continue their attack on Suika.

However, no matter what kind of attack it is, it will explode halfway when it gets close to Suika, and it will not have any effect on Suika at all.

What terrified them was the powerful suction force emanating from the spinning top that Suika.

This suction force doesn't target equipment or weapons; it only targets people.