Chapter XVII, Sherwood Forest
"Shall we make that brood?" Maca asked. He's been suffocated for the past few days, and he hasn't had a chance to make a move every time he fights.
"I don't want to make a big fuss. Then let the bugs run after us. Karin vetoed Maka's Tiyì.
"Huh! I knew I should have brought a sniper rifle. Maca said with some regret.
"You can't be sure if you bring it." Philip spit out.
Maca didn't refute when she heard this, but she looked a little dejected. He knows how good he marks, and only when he spreads bullets with a heavy machine gun is when he can use it.
"Hein, Leona, Philip, the three of you go to the first three directions to reconnoitre, and report any situation immediately. The rest immediately hid in place. Karin ordered.
"Yes!" The three of them replied, and then ran out in three directions, disappearing into the forest.
Karin and the others hid in place for about ten minutes, waiting very hard, and the sweltering climate of the jungle and the unventilated combat armor made people more and more impatient. Li De felt as if he was a stone in a coffin, as if time had stood still.
Suddenly, Heinrich's anxious voice came from the communicator: "Mantis King! β
Everyone was shocked, and Karin immediately issued an order: "Withdraw!" To the north! β
The Praying Mantis King evolved from the giant mantis, and only one out of 100,000 can evolve on average. The evolved Mantis King is very terrifying, looking similar to an ordinary giant mantis, with some dark purple stripes on its yellow-brown carapace. In terms of size, it is twice as large as an ordinary giant mantis, and its strength and speed are more than twice as large as that of ordinary giant mantises.
And what's even more terrifying is that compared to the average giant mantis, the mantis king seems to have evolved a little intelligence, its attacks are weird, it knows how to use its deadly weapon-like body, and it can also command other giant mantis to fight.
In the Marine Corps' tactical manual, it often takes a squadron of nearly sixty men to fight against a mantis king, and it needs to be supplemented by heavy firepower weapons. But now, Karin's squad consisted of only six people, and they were all lightly armed. Li De doubted that the automatic rifle in his hand could cause damage to the Mantis King.
Li De and Maca immediately jumped out of the bushes where they were hiding and ran a few steps to the north, while drawing their weapons and preparing to meet them at any moment.
Karin didn't move, she was waiting for Heinrich and Leona and Philip to return, she wouldn't leave her team behind.
In less than a minute, Heinrich was seen, fighting with a giant bug, holding a semi-automatic rifle in one hand in his right hand and a long knife in his left, fighting and retreating.
Heinrich did not dare to resist the attack of the Mantis King, and took advantage of the complex terrain of the jungle to dodge among the trees. The long knife in his left hand parried the mantis king's occasional claws in front of him, and in his right hand he held an automatic rifle in one hand and shot at the mantis king's eyes, mouth, and abdomen, whirling the big bug.
Heinrich still seemed calm at this time, and there was no trace of panic on his handsome face. Although he was passive, although the long knife and automatic rifle could not cause lethal damage to the Mantis King, he did not fight hard, and seemed to be at ease.
Karin picked up the light sniper rifle she had prepared and shot at the Mantis King. The speed of the mantis king is very fast, and the body is also strong, and ordinary sniper rifle bullets hit the mantis king's skin and even its skin can't be broken, there is no way to cause great damage.
But every bullet of Karin hits the Mantis King's key position, the eye, and both of them are left eyes. The eyes of the Mantis King are not yet bulletproof, it can only close its eyes and use its eyelids to fend off the 7.62mm bullets of the sniper rifle.
In this way, the mantis king looks a little wolf. It could only chase Heinrich with one eye closed. When he tries to chase Karin, Karin will deftly adjust his position first, and Heinrich will attack the mantis king's lower abdomen with a long knife.
At this time, Leona and Philip also ran back, but they were followed by a group of giant mantises. I only saw the dense yellow-brown figures of the insects swaying in the dense forest, and at a cursory glance, there should be as many as hundreds.
Seeing this, Maca immediately turned her gun and rushed to Philip's side to answer. Li De also ran to Liona's side to support without saying a word.
Maca's fighting method is simple and efficient, and when she is more than twenty meters away from the giant mantis, she shoots at the swarm of insects. Chakarin's multi-barreled machine gun spewed out a half-meter-long tongue of fire, emitting a thunderous gunfire. A large number of bullets poured on the body of the bug, suppressing the impact of the giant mantis.
Seeing this, Philip also turned around and shot. To increase the power of the bullets, he also removed the silencer that was originally installed on the automatic rifle. Anyway, the bugs have already found out, so don't be afraid to make a noise.
The two were originally veterans, and they cooperated with each other very tacitly, and the bullets were scattered on the insects that rushed over, so that they could barely cope with it. But then a steady stream of giant mantis converged, and the form became quite unfavorable.
Li De saw the giant mantis rushing up, without a trace of timidity. He first fired two grenades at the dense swarm. There was an explosion and a huge shock wave in the swarm, and the blast was so strong that the insects could not stand on all four feet, and the momentum of the impact slowed down. Then he switched to a semi-automatic shooting mode and began to shoot at a burst fire.
It's not that he doesn't want to use grenades anymore, it's because in the jungle area, the power of grenades is weakened by the clutter of trees, and it can't do a lot of damage.
While Li De attacked, Liona turned and rushed into the giant mantis group.
I saw Leona move quickly, scurrying between the legs of the bugs, holding two long daggers in both hands to attack the giant mantis from its belly, which had no carapace.
Leona's movements were fast and efficient, and the simple combined action slashed through the giant mantises, slicing open their abdomen, and sprinkling green mucus and purple-red insect entrails on the ground. Leona's speed was a few points faster than what Li De had seen before, and she was going back and forth in the complex terrain of the jungle, and he was terrified to see it.
Li De cooperated with Leona's attack and shot at the bugs, focusing on those that might step on Leona. Although Li De's shooting level was limited, it also played a role. Under the cover of Li De, Leona can shuttle under the feet of the insects with peace of mind.
For a time, the battle continued to be scorching. One by one, the insects fell, but then they kept coming up, seemingly endlessly. Gradually, the giant mantis gathered more and more, and began to form a trend of surrounding Karin's team.
The Mantis King also lost patience with the humans, and with a loud roar, the two long feet quickly paddled to resist Heinrich, ignoring Heinrich's attack, and pounced on Karin, who was shooting at it.
The distance between Karin and the Mantis King was about ten meters, and the Mantis King's speed was extremely fast, and he arrived in front of Karin in an instant, and his two long feet were raised high and slashed downward. Karin saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly dodged back, subconsciously blocking the sniper rifle in her hand in front of her, but she didn't want the sniper rifle to be cut in two.
Although she lost her weapon, she couldn't see any panic on the part of Karin. Her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and there was a hint of helplessness on her beautiful face, as if she was provoking the Mantis King.
The next moment, Karin kicked the ground with both feet, suddenly bursting with incredible speed, and pulled out the two repeating pistols at her waist with both hands.
The power of this kind of even shooting pistol is even smaller than that of ordinary pistols, and even ordinary infantry armor cannot penetrate it, and it looks very weak in the face of the huge mantis king.
However, Karin did not hesitate and pulled the trigger. The small repeater pistol spat out tongues of fire more than a meter long, and it was a bullet that shimmered pink.
The bullets were fired at the same target at almost the same time, and the same place that Karin had been aiming at, the mantis king's weakest organ in his body, the eye.
A creature's eyes are definitely his most vulnerable part. The tough Mantis King is no exception. The bullets of the automatic pistol, although weak, are very effective against the eyes that are not protected by a carapace.
The Mantis King seemed to sense the danger and hurriedly closed his eyes and blocked the bullet with his eyelids. However, the dozen or so pink bullets showed a stronger penetration than the previous sniper rifle, and they sank into the eyes of the Mantis King, and one of the mantis king's eyes was exploded, and white and green liquid burst out.
The Mantis King let out a howl of pain. The huge, arrogant creature had no idea that this ant-like human would cause it so much pain. It opened its mouth wide and howled, venting its anger.
This shout also attracted the attention of the others, and everyone saw that Karin's two pistols wounded the Mantis King. Li De saw the scene from the battle monitor screen of his helmet, but he didn't see the pink bullet clearly.
It was not only Karin who suddenly burst out, but Heinrich as well, and the long knife in his hand suddenly emitted a golden dazzling light, and it felt like a change of appearance.
Click! A knife slashed at one of the mantis king's long legs. The originally tenacious long legs suddenly seemed to turn into tofu and were cut off by Heinrich.
The sudden outbreak of the duo caused the situation to change abruptly, and now Karin's team has seen hope of breaking out of the encirclement. And it was at this time that the third person who broke out appeared.
This person is Leona, and she bursts out with speed. Liona's speed was already fast, but now it was more like a lightning bolt dragging an afterimage, shuttling under the giant mantis.
The two ** cut big holes in the abdomen of one giant mantis, and in just an instant, more than a dozen giant mantis were cut open in the abdomen. Although these giant mantis are quite strong, they can't do anything about Leona.