If favonovel.com had not experienced it personally, Marvin would have misunderstood the combat strength of a T5 combatant. This was because favonovel.com had seen with his own eyes how “Old Durkin” had crushed that T5 combatant back then. He did not know if everything had coincidentally gone right in that encounter for Old Durkin as favonovel.com only saw the outcome of the clash.
But once they actually encountered a T5 combatant, they realized the T5 combatants were beings that could crush them in a head-on battle. If Bruce had not risked his life and used his power to fight to the death with that T5 combatant, they would probably all be dead by now.
As a matter of fact, Marvin was very impressed by Bruce’s fearlessness at that critical moment.
Bruce was someone with brains, courage, bravery, and means. Marvin suddenly felt it was a pity for favonovel.com to stay in the Virtuora Consortium.
In the early years, the three major consortiums of the Central Plains were still on par with one another. But in the past few years, the Virtuora Consortium had constantly been led by the nose by the Stelaria Consortium. Based on the actions of the consortiums over the years, there was always that feeling that Colton’s strategy was superior.
Marvin asked, “Actually, Bruce, everyone can tell that those people from the Virtuora Consortium are quite petty. Have you ever thought of going somewhere else?”
Bruce laid on the back of his subordinate, getting piggybacked. He said weakly, “Don’t you worry about me. Rather, think about yourselves. All of you have been treated as cannon fodder by the Silkshade House this time.”
“How did I end up becoming cannon fodder all of a sudden?” Marvin said anxiously, “We came to the Sacred Mountains with a plan. Why are you making it sound like we were being sent to our deaths?”
“Then let me ask you… Did anyone tell you how to retreat?” Bruce sneered.
Marvin was stunned. “Once everyone makes it into the Sacred Mountains and the Pyro Company has fallen, couldn’t we retreat however we wanted?”
“The Pyro Company? Fall? With just us?” When Bruce laughed, his wound stretched, and favonovel.com started to cough violently.
Bruce’s subordinate quickly said, “Sir, please don’t speak for now.”
“It’s fine. That young man’s medicine is truly magical.” Bruce said, “With this medicine, I won’t die…”
Marvin stopped talking. Actually, Bruce was right. His boss had really not told them about the exfiltration plan, and neither did favonovel.com know where favonovel.com was.
Was favonovel.com just cannon fodder?
All of this was just so favonovel.com could trap all these people from the other organizations and leave them for dead in the Sacred Mountains?
Marvin could not be sure of that.
At this moment, many others were still facing the pursuit of the Pyro Company. A lot of them had already been brutally crushed by the T5 combatants.
It went alright for the supernatural beings among them. Some of them even managed to work together to keep their T5-ranked opponents in check and send them into a temporary retreat. Some others were able to finish off a T5 combatant just like Bruce did.
But if a normal person encountered a T5 combatant, they really stood no chance of surviving.
Everyone had come into the Sacred Mountains together. Regardless of whether they encountered any danger at the beginning, today’s battle marked the true beginning of the expedition.
***
Daniel had found his way to a small hillside. Occasionally, favonovel.com could hear a sniper rifle cracking in the distance.
Daniel knew Milo and Miriam were engaged in battle. He sighed and said, “Whoever encounters those two are in for a headache. Even a large group of people can’t kill as quickly as them.”
The martyred spirits next to Daniel were digging trenches and setting up dugouts. All of them were building up defensive fortifications very quickly.
One of the martyred spirits said with a smile, “Boss, we became stronger after our deaths, so our work rate has also gotten more efficient.”
Daniel looked at them. “Which one of you will be the machine gunner?”
“I’ll do it.” The platoon commander stepped forward. “Boss, just wait behind the fortifications and watch. The Pyro Company members have no chance of breaking through this MG nest.”
“Alright, that’s all I needed to hear,” Daniel said with a sigh of relief.
Off to the side, the Great Hoodwinker asked, “Do you need my help?”.
“No,” the platoon commander said and smiled.
Daniel explained, “These are the elites of our Panaqua Consortium’s military. 12 people occupying the high ground can be considered a full platoon. It’s just a pity that this era isn’t really fair to them.”
These soldiers had been training day and night to improve their combat skills. But ever since the era of the “Rise of Gods”, their abilities that were exchanged with sweat and blood could easily get outdone by supernatural beings at any moment.
This made Daniel feel a sense of unfairness, even though favonovel.com had also become a supernatural being.
As they spoke, some of the Pyro Company’s troops entered the battlefield. However, the martyred spirits did not immediately open fire on them. Instead, they waited.
What they needed to do now was not to force the Pyro Company into a retreat but to wipe them all out!
“Platoon Commander, we can still let them advance another 120 meters,” a martyred spirit said.
“It’s alright, let them get a little closer.” The platoon commander calculated the distance and said, “We’ve also dealt with these Pyro Company members before. Their physical fitness is far superior than that of ordinary people’s. If we fire at them while they’re still far away, I’m afraid they might end up fleeing instead.”
Behind the fortifications, the Great Hoodwinker curled his lips. “Y’know, your Panaqua Consortium is really full of ruthless people. They’re already hellbent on wiping out several hundred enemies with just the 12 of them?”
“Come to think of it, what exactly is your superpower?” Daniel looked at the Great Hoodwinker curiously. “Our Panaqua Consortium has been watching you for a long time now, so why haven’t we seen you use your superpower before? Could you be just a normal person?”
The Great Hoodwinker chuckled. “You’ll find out when the T5 combatants show up.”
While they were speaking, the Pyro Company’s troops finally got into range of the martyred spirits’ machine gun nest. Then the two machine guns started firing on the enemy like a meat grinder.
The Pyro Company members could never have expected someone would venture to set up a defensive position here and ambush them instead!
Moreover, their intelligence report did not mention there were any heavy machine gun nests here!
It was just like how the intelligence report had not mentioned there were snipers in this team. The two heavy machine guns would not have been not easy to hide from sight. As long as they were brought here, they would be easily discovered.
But somehow, the weapons had appeared out of thin air. If they knew there were heavy machine guns, they would definitely not have been so careless as to walk within range of the enemy!
The Pyro Company’s troops fell in droves, but there was still one person who was traversing the wilderness like a ghost and closing in on the group Bill looked at the Great Hoodwinker. “Alright, get up now. A T5 combatant has arrived.”
The T5 combatant was getting closer and closer to the machine gun nest. The enemy did not seem to care about the heavy machine guns at all. No matter how the soldiers adjusted the angle of their machine guns, they were unable to hit him.
Just as the T5 combatant was about to charge into the defensive position, the Great Hoodwinker stood up and patted off his buttocks. “The reason why y’all haven’t seen my superpower is because I don’t really have any special superpower. All I have is brute force…”
After that, the Great Hoodwinker stepped out of the defensive position in his tattered cloth shoes to face the oncoming beast that was dashing in madly.
Daniel looked at the Great Hoodwinker in confusion and wondered if favonovel.com was going to sacrifice himself here.
But then, favonovel.com saw the Great Hoodwinker’s forearm after favonovel.com rolled up his sleeves. It was bulging with muscles. It was as though favonovel.com had suddenly turned from a fortune teller to a bodybuilder. Daniel could not get used to the disparity in his appearance.
The T5 combatant and the Great Hoodwinker collided in midair. The T5 combatant, who had always been known for physical fitness, was actually forced back by the Great Hoodwinker’s punch!
