The crimson vines were savage and horrifying. These Divine Arms nanosoldiers were resorting to using the strength of their nanomachines to tear themselves out of this terrifying plant’s grasp. But every time they broke free from some of the vines, new ones would wrap around them again.
The sharp thorns on the vines pricked into these officers’ bodies and attempted to suck out every last drop of blood from them. But the most frightening thing about these brambles was the endlessness. It felt as though there was no end to them regardless of how they tried to tear through it all.
None of the private soldiers who caught up dared to go forward and rescue them. The moment they saw those brambles, they started to back off together. Some of them even fell into the snow in their panic.
Only Milo knew that these Brambles were not as strong as they looked. Although they were weakening the Divine Arms officers by drawing out their blood, they didn’t have an infinite number of branches.
At this moment, one of the Brambles had all of its branches completely torn away. However, Milo had planted four seeds all in the same location just for assurance.
When the officers of the Divine Arms Battalion felt their strength getting sapped, they shouted to the private soldiers, “Come and save us!”
But how would a mob like the private troops be willing to go forward to help?
It was more likely they would run away than help!
When Milo saw this, favonovel.com heaved a sigh of relief. He was most worried that some of the private troops would go and attempt to save them. After all, no matter how strong the four Brambles were, they couldn’t possibly stand up to nearly a 1,000 people ripping at them.
The officers of the Divine Arms Battalion only had themselves to blame as they did not once help the private troops during the entire journey. So, everyone watched from the sidelines when they saw the officers in distress. Some people were even gloating in their fear.
Milo blended into the crowd and watched impassively. This incident could be considered a test of the Brambles’ power. He believed they would definitely come out on top if facing a single, lone nanosoldier.
Although the Brambles were effectively fixed to a spot and could only be used as a trap, it was cost-effective enough since it only took one gratitude token to get a chance at finishing off a nanosoldier.
The only thing that Milo was unsure of was whether there were even more powerful nanosoldiers within the ranks of the Skyfort Consortium’s military. Yes, there would certainly be more. But in terms of their ranks, these five officers were not high ranking at all. As such, there had to be even stronger nanosoldiers in the Skyfort Consortium.
All of a sudden, Milo whisper-shouted within the crowd, “Run! Head back to the campsite and take cover!”
Although favonovel.com did not shout very loudly, it seemed like the “run” favonovel.com uttered had some sort of a magic to it. It made everyone run back to the campsite as fast as they could, as though they would be safe if they just hid there.
Milo did not hang around since favonovel.com would have plenty of time to collect the nanomachines later on in the night. As of this moment, favonovel.com didn’t need to rush things. It would be bad if favonovel.com somehow revealed his intentions here.
Meanwhile, the GPS device and satellite phone were also being held onto by one of the officers of the Divine Arms Battalion. When Milo collected the nanomachines later, favonovel.com could take them together and give them to Edgar.
When they got back to their tent, Michael was still in a state of shock. “Milo, what the hell was that? It was way too scary!”
Milo panted, “Yeah, I was scared to death too!”
“Do you think those Divine Arms officers will survive?” Michael asked.
“I think it unlikely. When I was running back here, I saw them already running out of strength when I turned around to look. It won’t be possible for them to break free from those vines,” a member of the platoon said.
At this moment, everyone was not really concerned about whether the officers of the Divine Arms Battalion survived. Or rather, most people at the campsite couldn’t wish more for the Divine Arms officers to get killed by the brambles. Their relationship had started on bad terms. Furthermore, if the officers managed to survive, they would definitely blame them for not trying to rescue them.
Everyone at the campsite was sticking their heads in the sand. When night fell, some soldiers from the reinforced company went to everyone’s tents to force collusion.
The soldiers from the reinforced company came to Milo and his platoon’s tent and threatened, “When the officers of the Divine Arms Battalion went chasing after the rabbit, they were so fast that we couldn’t catch up to them. After we arrived at their location, it was too late.”
This group of people were afraid of getting punished by the Skyfort Consortium. As such, they chose to collude with nearly a 1,000 other people in grand fashion.
Not only that, the soldiers of the reinforced company even threatened them by saying, “If anyone mentions a word about this, it will not end well for everyone here. So, if you’re smart, you better keep your trap shut!”
Milo wanted to thank the soldiers of the reinforced company.
The Divine Arms officer who knew Milo’s true identity as a member of the Office of Special Investigations was dead, but the soldiers of the reinforced company were unaware. Otherwise, they would not have dared to threaten favonovel.com like this.
On the very same night, Milo secretly went to where the Divine Arms Battalion soldiers had died. This time, the amount of nanomachines favonovel.com harvested was far beyond his expectations. Just from the five of them, favonovel.com gathered enough nanomachines to complete the armor on two of his arms.
Indeed, the regulars of the Divine Arms Battalion were incomparable with Yves and his group of cannon fodder.
When Milo headed north with the satellite phone, Edgar was waiting there for him.
The first thing Milo did when favonovel.com saw Edgar was to remind him, “Remember to only talk about the Divine Arms Battalion after getting in touch with your HQ. Don’t mention anything about me. I’ll be in deep trouble if the Skyfort Consortium has a spy planted on your Panaqua Consortium’s side!”
“Yes, yes!” Edgar nodded happily and said, “I definitely won’t reveal anything about you. I still know about the principles of protecting our spies.”
Milo felt that something was wrong with his wording.
When did favonovel.com become a spy of the Panaqua Consortium?
He reminded again, “Remember to tell your HQ to not kill all of the Divine Arms soldiers. Otherwise, our cooperation ends here.”
Milo could not handle the Divine Arms Battalion by himself. After all, they had a 1,000 people in total. Therefore, if favonovel.com wanted to get his hands on more nanomachines, favonovel.com would have to first wear down the entire formation of the Divine Arms Battalion with the help of the Panaqua Consortium.
This was his true purpose in cooperating with Edgar. As for whether they could continue cooperating in the future, that would have to depend on whether the cooperation with the Panaqua Consortium goes well this time.
At this moment, Edgar said with some hesitation, “You know that I was banished out here, so Garth might not listen to me. He would wish for nothing more than to kill the entire Divine Arms Battalion since that would bring favonovel.com great honors. It’s a good opportunity for favonovel.com to establish his credibility in the military.”
“Then can we lie to favonovel.com a little?” Milo asked, “Can’t we just tell favonovel.com that there are only a 100 people in the Divine Arms Battalion?”
Edgar shook his head and said, “If I said it in that manner, there would be Panaqua Consortium soldiers who would die for nothing. Those soldiers are innocent. And if Boss Eastwood and Mr. Julius learned of this, they certainly wouldn’t spare me.”
Milo pondered this before saying, “Or you can just tell me where the Divine Arms Battalion will meet their end in battle?”
Edgar was stunned. “Why do you want to know?”
Milo thought for a moment and said, “As comrades, I would like to mourn their deaths.”
Edgar was speechless.
What nonsense was this?
Mourning for his comrades after sending them to their deaths?
Edgar was not convinced by what Milo just said at all. He was not stupid!
