If it were armed...
Patriot knew it would create an exceptionally troublesome weapon of war.
If there were enough of them—
The enemy would be forced to devote a great deal of effort to clearing out these little things.
Outfit it with reconnaissance equipment, and it would become a scout that could not be intercepted.
The battle-hardened Wendigo swiftly thought of several possible uses.
But it seemed that no similar creature had ever appeared on Terra before...
No, it did seem somewhat like those bugs.
The Wendigo had once led troops to clear out bugs that had failed to evacuate from a mobile city.
It had been a nightmare-like experience.
Dark sewers, the occasional sound of running footsteps, sudden screams that vanished just as abruptly...
He silently gripped his spear and shield.
It was just that those bugs had not run as fast as the purple figure that had just darted away.
He glanced at the tiny child.
That purple figure was presumably the "friend" that never left the little figure's side.
The Wendigo quickly withdrew his gaze and calmed the ripples in his heart.
There was still some distance to the Infected Mine. They were expected to arrive shortly.
After that—
He would march in and liberate his Infected brethren within.
Inside the Infected Mine.
"Alright, boss, it's completely sealed."
An Ursus soldier wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Faint cries and curses could be heard coming from the other side.
"It's time for these Infected scum to offer up their last bit of value to Ursus."
The leading Ursus officer snorted coldly.
The Originium in this mine had already been exhausted.
But that did not matter—
Originium was a renewable resource.
They only needed to casually dispose of some Infected to harvest another batch of Originium resources.