Retreating to the staircase of the lobby, Zero said solemnly: "I'll go and lure them away, and you wait for the opportunity to leave in the other direction." ”

"It's too dangerous. Moni shook her head.

Zero said in an irrefutable tone: "This can only be the case, otherwise none of us will be able to leave." ”

With that, he picked up Colt and was about to reach for the lobby door. But his wrist was suddenly grabbed, and when he looked back, he saw Atesha.

The black girl said seriously, "I'll help you!"

Zero didn't object, and Atesha's speed and ability weren't below him. Naturally, it would be best to have her help, so he said: "Remember to follow me later, and if you have the opportunity, it is best to grab the other party's guns and ammunition." ”

Atesa was stunned for a moment and said, "I don't use a gun." ”

"I need to. Zero smiled wryly and said that his M500 revolver had been laid off. With only three sniper rounds on his body, he had planned to go to the city's weapons shop at night to buy new tactical suits and replenish ammunition, but it seemed that this jihua was already in vain. Now Zero only hopes that in the chaos of the meeting, he can reward one of the bullets to the other commander, and the escape will be much smoother.

In the tactical telescope, the hotel door was dimly lit, and nothing could be seen at all.

Raz puts down his binoculars and lights another cigarette for himself. At his feet, there were already five cigarette butts, and it was clear that his patience was being worn off little by little.

He is nearly forty years old and in the prime of life. The tight-fitting Bloodrider uniform outlines Raz's perfect muscles, and as a seventh-order offensive and defensive master, Raz is the Bloodrider Colonel assigned by the Dark Council to be stationed in the Shadow City for many years. As long as he was given a few more years, Raz would be able to advance to the rank of Eighth-Order Berserk Samurai. If he had the talent and potential, he could even be a Destroyer of the Twelfth Order. So in general, Raz has a bright future ahead of him.

Originally, people like him should have galloped across the battlefield. But now, he stood on the commanding heights of the rooftop for nearly an hour for an order. Two days earlier, Raz had received word that the upper echelons of the Dark Council had issued an order for revenge for a low-ranking Blood Rider who had been killed by a Wilderness Mercenary. The dignity and glory of the Dark Council brook no challenge, and for this reason, the Ninth Knight, Rhine, was sent by the higher ranks to carry out this mission. Originally, it wasn't about Raz, but at noon today, Raz got the news that the target had entered the City of Shadows.

After he sent the news back to HQ, he was ordered not to let the mercenary named Zero leave the Shadow Capital until Rhine arrived. Raz then mobilized the troops stationed in the Shadow City to surround the inn where Zero was located, believing that the nearly twenty snipers placed around the hotel were enough for a fly not to even want to fly out of the hotel.

He was able to complete the task without a hitch, but Raz was rather impatient. In fact, according to his thinking, he should act immediately after receiving the news of Zero's appearance, rather than passively waiting for Rhine's arrival. But the boss crushed his idea on the grounds that there was no room for mistakes. Raz even felt a little angry about this, which meant that he, a seventh-order offensive and defensive master, did not have an absolute chance of winning to be able to take over a wilderness mercenary with only a fifth-order basic ability.

Now that Raz is hoping that Zero can make some noise, then he will have a reason to make a move on Zero before Rhine arrives, and prove their thinking wrong to the same as above.

As Raz lowered his binoculars, a gunshot rang out not far away. Raz suddenly perked up, and Zero started to do something!

He raised his binoculars again, and saw a figure suddenly pop out of the entrance of the hotel. Almost at the same time, soldiers stationed around the hotel opened fire to intercept them. Even in the daytime, the bright light of the fire could be seen tearing apart the figure, but soon, the figure disappeared into the street. In the next second when the fire net was diverted, two figures left a trail in the air at an extremely fast speed, and plunged into the alley in the opposite direction.

"Phantom incarnation?" Raz gave a cruel grin, "Interesting little bug, but you'll soon find out that it's just a pointless struggle." ”

Raz turned the pocket communicator on his left ear into a dedicated channel and issued a new order: "Attention units, the target has broken through our defenses and entered the laneway of the Eastern Sector. Immediately activate the backup jihua, the restriction is lifted, and the target can be killed as soon as it is found!"

After issuing this order, Raz unzipped the collar of his uniform. The muscle fibers of his body trembled slightly, which was a precursor to the activation of his ability. Raz wanted to get involved in the chase himself, but it backfired, and a message reached his ears.

The Ninth Knight, Rhine, has reached the City of Shadows!

So, the muscles that had begun to swell were retracted. Raz leaned his hand on the fence on the rooftop and whispered, "Damn, that's a disappointment!"

In the alleys of the streets, Zero and Atesa are moving fast. After using his Phantom Avatar to divert the fire of the council soldiers near the hotel, he unleashed his fifth-order agility with all his speed and Atesha rushed in the opposite direction. There are some stray bullets from time to time, either to Zero to dodge directly, or to Atesha's wheel saw.

On both sides of the alley are improvised houses, whose inhabitants have long since been dismissed by the Parliament's troops. On the vantage point of the roof of the house, there were some snipers, but they were far from keeping up with the speed of the zero two, so they had to waste their bullets in vain on the ground or wall behind them.

Seeing that there was a fork in the road, Zero made a gesture. Atesha understood, and immediately scattered left and right.

Zero turned into the alley on the right, and there was a wall at the end, but it was a dead end. At this moment, a soldier suddenly appeared in the window of the house in front of him, and he immediately adjusted his posture when he fell to the ground, and raised his machine gun to aim in the direction of zero.

The zero speed did not decrease, but it suddenly slid forward.

The machine gun roared, and a half-meter-long tongue of fire erupted from the muzzle. The bullets rained down in the direction of zero, but all of them fell into the air.

Gliding directly over the soldier's straddle, the muscles in Zero's back instantly contracted and bounced to the ground. This caused him to jump from the ground, and it was only then that the soldier realized that the enemy had come behind him.

The cold light flashed in Zero's hand, and a saber slashed through the major artery of the soldier's neck, causing him to bleed instantly. Zero snatched the opponent's machine gun with his hand, and then jumped up directly. He grabbed the edge of the fence with one hand and pushed it hard, and the whole person climbed over the fence with his strength. When it hit the ground, the footsteps and roars of the pursuers could be heard from behind the wall.

Zero smiled slightly, and wanted to run away again. But as soon as he stood up straight, his whole body froze suddenly. Just in front of the alley, I don't know when a silver-haired man was standing. He was dressed in a dark red leather suit that was very similar to Sauron's, and he carried a sword diagonally behind him. Although there was a faint smile on his face, from his body, Zero felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

"Hello, Zero. Rhine looked at the somewhat distracted target and smiled.