Chapter.50 Masquerade: Hope is Tomorrow
"When the world ends, despair swallows hope, and eleven knells sound. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info I'm alone, and I see the girl named Doomsday dancing. βAn old book in your pocket
The bullets almost demolished the entire concrete wall. Kamen hides under the window, unable to move. Mechs and hoplites on the streets cannot be compared with the number that has been dealt with before, not to mention infantry in general.
Are they going to demolish the building? The number of bullets they fired can be counted in thousands.
"The enemy is in place, do it!"
Kamen hears Shirley's voice on the communicator and knows that these enemies are coming to an end. The ensuing series of loud noises caused Kamen's ears to ache, causing him to think that his ears were deaf for a while. But now was not the time to complain, he had no choice, just patience.
There was no movement in the smoke screen, and the sound of gunfire came from a little farther away. It seems that the enemy in this area has been wiped out, and it's time for the mask to move to the next location. He went up the stairs to the top floor of the building he was in, and after a run, jumped to the top floor of another building.
"Be careful, Masquerade!"
As soon as Kamen got up from the ground, he heard Shirley's warning. He looked to the side, and a mech had risen up, and the machine gun was warming up. He hurriedly ran, rushed into the hallway, and ran down the stairs as fast as he could. Outside the glass window, the mecha is also slowly descending, the bullets have been biting at the mask, and the broken glass is flying everywhere.
Kamen doesn't have a heavy weapon enough to destroy the mech, so he searches his body and pulls out a plasma grenade.
It's another gamble, and if the mech gets out of control and crashes into it, he's screwed.
He waved his hand and threw the grenade, which was broken by a machine-gun bullet while it was still on the rise, and the powerful electric current released a dazzling light. The electrocuted mecha shook from side to side twice, brushed past the glass window, and fell diagonally to the bottom of the building.
Kamen arrives on the first floor, where the wreckage of the mecha is used as cover to fend off the rain of bullets. He hides behind the wreckage and shoots at enemies in the road, attracting them. Haven rains bullets from the other direction, creating a web of fire that deals decent damage to the enemy.
"The enemy reaches the second blast point and detonates the bomb!"
Hearing this, Kamen immediately hid behind cover. Despite this, the shock wave from the explosion was still huge, and Kamen felt like his heart was going to be shattered.
"Wow, the explosion at the gas station was spectacular. Harry said with a wicked grin.
"Quick, attract the next group of enemies!"
"Got it. β
Kamen wasn't idle, he ran again, rushing to the next target.
The enemy's torrent of steel marched in a neat pace and launched a fierce attack on Team 08. The four team members are in different positions and attack the enemy from different directions. However, the bullets of the automatic rifle were not enough to penetrate the steel plates on the mechs and hoplites, and only Haven's M249 had some effect.
"Haven't you arrived yet?"
"Wait!"
"Damn...... I'm about to be beaten into a sieve!"
"No way!"
"Got it!ah, bastard!" Harry scolded.
Mask, silently listening to the incoherent words, fires a grenade. The enemy mech took the blow hard, and there was no damage.
The enemy's troops pressed over. Seeing this, Kamen hides behind a pillar.
The third group of bombs detonated and split into two. The first round of explosions broke through the fragile road surface, blasting a large crater. The second explosion was at the bottom of the pit, and these guys, who had already been arranged, summoned flames to bury the enemy.
"Harry, I didn't give the order!"
"I'm sorry, captain, but I almost died. β
"Okay! there's no next time!"
As they spoke, gunshots rang out in front of them. A shell hit the top floor of the building. Kamen hurriedly returned fire, but the enemy surrounded him from three directions.
"Ahem...... How many people are there?"
"Ten o'clock, twelve o'clock, two o'clock!"
"Stay where you are!"
Kamen examines his gear and finds that he won't last long. After a moment's thought, he threw the last smoke grenade out and returned to the pile of mech wreckage. Kamen unloads the machine gun from the mech, and as he guessed, it can be operated manually.
Kamen moves the machine gun back to its original position, casually rests on the ruins, and holds down the firing button. He gritted his teeth and struggled to hold down the muzzle of the gun, allowing the bullet to drill as far as possible into the enemy.
"At two o'clock, a squad is coming!"
"I don't have vision!"
"Haven, stop them! Mask, strengthen the frontal defense!"
Hundreds of rounds were emptied in just a few minutes, and the enemy's offensive weakened, but once they regained their strength, the masks were not to be able to stop them.
"Gargoyle 04 calls the ground forces of the Seventh Legion, approaching in thirty seconds, please take cover. β
Just as they were in a hurry, an unfamiliar voice sounded over the communicator.
"Lie down!"
"What is a gargoyle? I never ......" Harry could finish his sentence when he was interrupted by an explosion.
Two F22 fighters flew overhead, and when the mask came to its senses, the enemy's reorganized forces were once again scattered.
It seems that our air force is still relatively fast.
"Well done, Team 08, you've bought precious time to fight back. β
"Thank you, sir. β
"Attention all the troops of the Seventh Army Corps, the whole army has turned into a counterattack state! Repeat, the whole army has begun to counterattack!"
Kamen could already hear the sound of the crawlers crushing the cement.
"Team 08, pursue the enemy!" Shirley ordered, "Capture the gymnasium at one o'clock, move!"
Giving up the machine gun in his hand, the masked man pushed forward with a rifle in his hand and fired at the enemies scattered in the streets.
Curiously, the enemy troops, who had been heavily damaged by the F22, did not retreat, but resisted even more fiercely. They are like desperate wolves, fighting them to the death.
In this case, there is no need to show mercy. Whether it's an enemy lying on the ground or not, as long as there is still a breath left, Kamen will make up for it. When his teammates came to him, the road to the gym was almost empty. They rushed into the gymnasium in one go.
"Masquerade, Harry, you're in charge of the second floor. Haven, come with me, let's empty the first floor. Shirley arranged the task and moved forward. Kamen and Harry run upstairs, using cross-fire to advance step by step.
Unlike the enemies on the streets, the enemies hiding in the gymnasium are retreating repeatedly, not so much as retreating, but rather delaying time or luring them in.
Sensing something was wrong, Kamen turned over and charged forward without regard for his own safety, taking out the enemy who tried to retreat. He subconsciously looked at the door leading to the center of the gymnasium and pointed, motioning for Harry to go in and have a look.
"Captain, we're going to check the inside. β
"Understood. β
However, before Kamen could take a step, the strong wind pressure blew the door away. The mask was also thrown out and fell to the first floor, while the rifle in his hand flew out of the gymnasium.
Then there was darkness.
"Whew...... Call...... Woo......"
Wind.
He's alive?
Kamen slowly opened his eyes, and there was a hazy and green space in front of him. He reached out to touch it, and the green flowed through his fingers.
Green ...... Fog?
Suffering from the sharp pain all over his body, Kamen struggled to sit up. Green smoke poured out of the stadium and into the city. He looked around, searching.
Shirley, Haven, Harry......
There they are.
They fell to the ground, convulsing.
I must have been confused and in a trance.
Kamen stands up, staggers forward, trips over the gravel, and gets back to his feet. This is reality, not an illusion.
Shirley seemed to notice him, lifted her trembling head, and stared at him with blood-red eyes. Her face had distorted, and her skin had begun to melt, replaced by metal and shell substances that were beginning to be revealed.
"Killed...... We ......," she said, exhausted herself.
No......
After a pause, Shirley let out a low roar in her throat, and even the look in her eyes changed when she looked at the mask.
All that was left of her mind was gone.
The roar grew louder and louder, as if she would pounce at any moment.
Kamen tried his best to suppress his trembling hands and pulled his pistol from his waist. The trembling muzzle of the gun is aimed at the former captain, now the ED infected.
The last three gunshots rang out from inside the gymnasium, and he fell to the ground.
Consciousness began to blur again.
"Are you alright? Wake up!
Before greeting the darkness, Kamen sees a somewhat familiar silver hair.