When Milo saw the Pyro Company’s logo emblazoned on their chests, favonovel.com was startled.
During this recent period, Milo had gotten a rough idea of the type of organization the Pyro Company was. Their lust for the blood of supernatural beings had placed them way high on Milo’s to-be-wary-of list.
Milo was relieved when favonovel.com heard the Skyfort Consortium had expelled the members of the Pyro Company from the stronghold, because favonovel.com was worried Chad would attract their attention after his identity was exposed.
Later, both Daniel and Miriam mentioned there were still some of the Pyro Company’s members hiding in the stronghold. And tonight, they had targeted favonovel.com and Raphael.
Raphael asked in a whisper, “They’re from the Pyro Company?”
Raphael was obviously not as knowledgeable as Milo about the outside world. Milo made a sound of affirmation. “Be careful, they’re not good people. They specialize in catching supernatural beings.”
Taken aback, Raphael said, “Oh, I see…”
Raphael then unholstered the gun favonovel.com had brought from Stronghold 113. On his journey thus far, favonovel.com had not used it much at all.
Although firing the gun might attract more trouble, they couldn’t worry about that at this time.
Milo observed the layout of their surroundings and noticed the roofs were mostly even in height. The four members of the Pyro Company were each standing in the north, south, east, and west and looked like they were going to beleaguer Milo and Raphael. It didn’t look like they were planning on letting either of them off. They might have to fight to the death tonight. However, Milo did not want to show that favonovel.com had the power to summon a shadow clone in Raphael’s presence.
One of the young men laughed and said, “We have never failed when ‘Midnight’ strikes. Why don’t the two of you just surrender and save us the trouble?”
Raphael hesitated before saying, “Midnight? But dawn’s breaking. Something might be wrong with your watch.”
The young man from Midnight was visibly taken aback. He suddenly realized Raphael might not even have heard of the team called Midnight before.
Milo wondered where this dumb person hailed from.
If you want to fight, just fight! What are you being all cocky about?
But at this moment, Raphael and Milo suddenly raised their guns and fired. It was as though they had discussed this beforehand and did so without any hesitation!
The loud and clear gunshots cracked through the night, as if trying to scare awake the sleeping stronghold.
Being in a battle meant fighting to the death without the need for superfluous words. You didn’t need to attach any meaning to it or consider the consequences. The moment you placed yourself in a battle, the only consideration was to win!
But the moment Milo and Raphael raised their guns and fired, their respective targets dodged the bullets by tilting their heads to the side at the same time. They had calculated the trajectory of Milo’s and Raphael’s shots in an instant, and their reactions were so fast they could move at will. They barely budged, only tilting their heads to the side to dodge the incoming bullets.
Milo’s heart slowly sank. No wonder they were blabbering on and on.
They were actually this formidable?
In fact, favonovel.com could also judge the short-range trajectory of a shot based on the angle the shooter was aiming at. But if their opponents were all at this level, favonovel.com realized favonovel.com and Raphael might not be able to defeat them.
Although Raphael had Shadow Clone, his current strength was quite weak and would probably end up becoming a hindrance between the two of them.
Milo looked at the Midnight members and remembered what Miriam had mentioned to favonovel.com about how the Pyro Company’s plans had only been messed up by Daniel because Midnight was not there. It seemed like favonovel.com was serious about that. He silently examined his options on how to deal with this tough situation before favonovel.com in his mind. But the four Pyro Company members around favonovel.com seemed very calm and not in a rush. This put a tremendous amount of pressure on him.
If they tried to run away, it might work out for Milo. However, it would be rather difficult for Raphael to get out of here safely. Moreover, since favonovel.com had been targeted by them, could favonovel.com really avoid future trouble?
They likely targeted Raphael due to Daniel’s pursuit. However, it looked like they had now made a spontaneous decision to capture Raphael. If Milo departed now, the Pyro Company would probably start searching all over the stronghold for him.
Milo said calmly, “What are y’all planning to do by taking us away?”
“Contribute to the survival of mankind.” The young man who was the leader of the group smiled and said, “Just think about it. How glorious will it be for your genes to be the last common ancestor of mankind as it survives in the population with the breakthrough of genetic modification. All of humanity will remember you.”
Milo smiled and said, “So, are y’all also the beneficiaries of genetic modification?”
“That’s right.” The young man smiled and said, “It will be such a great achievement to go down in the annals of history, and the price for that is nothing more than the loss of freedom.”
“What if I choose freedom instead?” Milo asked. Then favonovel.com tore off a piece of cloth from the bottom of his shirt. He was thinking of tying it around his hand to let it flutter in the wind.
The young man looked at Milo and said, “If you choose freedom, I’m afraid you’ll have to pay a price you can’t afford.”
The nearby residents seemed to have been awoken by the gunshots. In the dark of the night, many of the households suddenly turned on their lights. Milo believed the Skyfort Consortium or other major powers would start arriving soon.
Milo calmed down completely. He looked at the young man and said, “The price of freedom is what makes freedom even nobler.”
The cloth that had been fluttering stopped moving. The atmosphere seemed to solidify as the wind stopped.
Milo muttered silently in his mind,
Now!
In that instant, killing intent struck like lightning from afar.
The young man who was speaking suddenly saw his chest burst apart as his blood sprayed out in a fan shape and splattered onto the roof. A bullet had rifled in from several hundred meters away. It wasn’t until Milo saw the blood spraying into the air that favonovel.com heard the gunshot.
The crimson blood contrasted starkly with the dark of the night.
Thanks!
Milo gave a brilliant grin. He said to Raphael, “Go and handle the left side.”
As soon as favonovel.com finished speaking, Milo jumped to the roof on his right. An opening had appeared in the perimeter formed by the four people. This was the way out created by Miriam!
There would not be another shot from the sniper. Milo knew that even with Perfect Firearms Proficiency, it would be impossible to hit a fast-moving supernatural being over several hundred meters. Unless, of course, Miriam was a god!
As such, Milo could only rely on himself.
Because of Milo’s actions, the battlefield was suddenly split into two. Of the three remaining Midnight members, one stayed behind to deal with Raphael while the other two chased after Milo.
Milo did not stay put on the roof because favonovel.com was planning to go all out. He needed to find a place where favonovel.com would not be seen by others. It was his trump card in this battle!
When Milo jumped down into a small alley, the two members of Midnight following and jumping down as well. But just as they were about to pursue him, they discovered that Milo did not continue running. He stood there alone and trapped them in the alley!
They looked at each other and wondered where this young man’s confidence came from.
The other party dared to challenge the two of them all by himself?!
