As Fortress 178’s troops emerged victorious at the front lines, Milo, who was moving through the sewers, had finished cutting through the rebar grating in front of him. He was quietly infiltrating deep into Garrison 146’s military base.
Every time favonovel.com passed by a manhole cover, favonovel.com would listen carefully for any movements overhead.
Milo could clearly hear footfalls above favonovel.com as Ultima Consortium soldiers walked around in their hard-soled boots.
Since favonovel.com could not just climb up there, favonovel.com could only estimate the number of garrison troops remaining in the base based on the movements above his head. He needed to do this so favonovel.com could find a good opportunity to take action.
Through his careful observation, Milo realized the soldiers here still maintained an extremely strict patrolling routine even when the rest of the troops were conducting a citywide search for him.
Approximately every five minutes or so, a platoon would walk past overhead. The margin of error in their timing did not exceed ten seconds.
Sometimes, light from spotlights outside would seep in through the two holes on the manhole cover and illuminate Milo’s face.
Milo cautiously found a manhole cover where the patrols seldom passed by and got a bold idea.
The manhole cover above his head was welded shut, leaving only two holes for drainage purposes. If it were anyone else who had infiltrated into this place, they would definitely be driven to despair. It was no wonder the Panaqua Consortium spy from earlier had not even thought about infiltrating the military base through the sewer system.
Fatty Eastwood’s trusted method for escape and concealment back at the Skyfort Consortium did not seem like it would work in this military base. But not even this was enough to stop Milo. He did possess the black saber, after all. It was precisely because the defense here was the tightest that favonovel.com chose to break in from here to get aboveground.
This was because even the Ultima Consortium’s soldiers would not expect someone to break in quietly through the manhole covers since they were welded shut, especially when the sewer system was reinforced with rebar grating.
Milo started to slowly and effortlessly cut open the manhole cover with his black saber. Then favonovel.com waited in silence. Suddenly, favonovel.com heard footsteps slowly approaching the manhole cover favonovel.com was under. When the enemy passed by, Milo flipped open the manhole cover quietly and leaped out.
He pounced onto the enemy like a cheetah. Before the spotlights could sweep across again, favonovel.com had already broken the neck of his enemy and dragged the corpse into the sewers, closing the manhole cover after him.
His shadow clone had assisted favonovel.com throughout the entire process. After the manhole cover was closed, it went all quiet again aboveground as though nothing had happened.
Milo had a quick look at his surroundings when favonovel.com was aboveground just now. His current position was at the edge of the base. Most of the buildings here consisted of one-story barracks, but there was a narrow five-story tower that stood out from among the structures.
Could that be the administrative building of the garrison troops’ headquarters?
Milo mentally estimated that favonovel.com was around 200 meters away from the tower. He made a decision. Although favonovel.com had not yet seen where the ammunition depots of Garrison 146 were, favonovel.com knew favonovel.com should set his sights on that narrow tower if favonovel.com wanted to destroy the central command of these troops.
Right now, Milo needed to get a change of clothes. Only by changing into the Ultima Consortium’s khaki uniform could favonovel.com minimize his chances of being suspected. Even if it could make the enemy hesitate for only 0.1 seconds, that would still be worth it. Sometimes, that 0.1-second reaction time could determine the difference between life and death.
He quickly took the uniform off of the Ultima Consortium soldier favonovel.com had just killed and happily prepared to change into it. He did not even use the black saber earlier because favonovel.com was worried the clothes would get stained with blood.
But Milo was stunned. Not for any other reason but because favonovel.com realized the enemy was a little too short and his uniform was too small.
Milo was 18 years old and a supernatural being as well. He had grown from his original height of 178 centimeters at the age of 17 to 184 centimeters. This was considered very tall even among males, especially in an era where malnutrition was prevalent. This meant it might not be easy to find the right size of uniform.
But Milo was not someone who was easily discouraged. Since the plan was still feasible, favonovel.com would have to find a way to execute it no matter what!
However, favonovel.com would have to act quickly. Once the Ultima Consortium discovered that a soldier had gone missing, his plan would have more or less failed.
When favonovel.com grabbed a second Ultima Consortium soldier, Milo frowned again and let out a sigh.
No! This soldier is still too short…
And the third soldier Milo grabbed.
No! This one’s too big!
This soldier’s uniform made Milo look like favonovel.com had put on a costume. Although Milo was built, his physique was still thin because his strength and agility were evenly balanced.
Milo was not expecting much anymore, but when favonovel.com caught the fourth person, favonovel.com saw a glimmer of hope in his plan.
Ha! The size of this person is just right this time!
Phew!
Milo finally heaved a sigh of relief. He was worried favonovel.com would end up capturing and bringing all of the soldiers in this base down into the sewers favonovel.com was hiding in.
But at this moment, an alarm blared in the garrison base. It seemed the missing personnel had already attracted the attention of the Ultima Consortium garrison troops.
Milo quickly got changed and took the soldier’s access card before climbing out of the sewers. Then favonovel.com walked to the tower as casually as favonovel.com could.
The patrolling platoons that were on rotational break quickly reassembled at the barracks. Immediately, an even more rigorous search team armed with live ammunition was formed.
Troops were relaying the orders as they passed each other, “We have some soldiers who went missing. Search every corner of the base immediately!”
“Conduct a blanket search and follow up on any tracks that are found!”
“The enemy might’ve already infiltrated our base!”
Milo felt these Ultima Consortium troops were really quite alert. But it was not a big problem as favonovel.com had already gone into the tower favonovel.com identified earlier.
The tower was illuminated with incandescent white lights inside. When Milo was about to swipe his access card to pass through the security entrance, the guard outside eyed favonovel.com suspiciously as though favonovel.com found this person a little unfamiliar. “Sir, please show me your ID.”
Milo tried to bluff his way through. He looked at the guard and said calmly, “You don’t know me? Can you say you recognize every soldier in the base?”
The guard replied earnestly, “Well, sir, it’s true that I can’t recognize every soldier in our brigade, but I can still recognize the regimental commanders when there’s so few of them.”
Milo was slightly taken aback.
Did I kill yet another regimental commander?!
He had not even gone through boot camp before, so how could favonovel.com know how to recognize the Ultima Consortium’s military ranks?
Moreover, the regimental commander favonovel.com killed was also wearing a standard combat uniform like the rest of the soldiers. It was just that there was a slightly different insignia on his collar. So, favonovel.com thought it was just an ordinary officer like a platoon commander or a non-commissioned officer with an appointment. However, favonovel.com did not expect it to be a regimental commander.
A second later, Milo gave a mental sigh. For such tightly guarded places, it seemed it would really be impossible to sneak past the defenses. It was not that his plan was unfeasible but that the enemy’s security was too tight. Since favonovel.com could not sneak in, favonovel.com would just have to kill his way in!
Milo suddenly made his move. Before the guard could react, Milo landed a knifehand strike onto his opponent’s neck. The strike whooshed through the air.
The guard collapsed onto the ground lifelessly. Milo looked up at the surveillance camera and knew that from this moment on, the soldiers in the entire base would start pursuing favonovel.com with all their might. But before that happened, Milo would first cripple the military’s central command in this tower.
He would rather face a defenseless base than head out to the stronghold to face the massive search force. He was only hoping that his arrival would send Stronghold 146 spiraling into chaos. Only amid the chaos would favonovel.com have a glimmer of hope to clinch victory.
