As the murder of crows were keeping the Dragonlites busy, a few platoons managed to avoid them and penetrated through the Anti Air defences handled by the Goblins. They became the very first demons who managed to enter the floating platforms.
“Now!” One of the Royal Snake officers issued the command to fire. Immediately a spray of bullets mercilessly tore them down. With Agriculture Sector 1 filled with natural fauna, the Royal Snakes soldiers had the element of surprise on their side.
The Dragonlites had been caught off guard, and the first wave that entered was killed, as the snakes left no survivors alive. To make things worse, the Snakes themselves hadn’t been lazy. They had taken the time to plant mines and traps turning Agriculture Sector 1 into a terribly dangerous area to cross if one was unaware about where those were hidden. (Luckily, the System showed them to the cultivators through the half mask as well.)
After learning that Agriculture Sector 1 was fully guarded, some squads of Dragonlites attempted to move on to other islands, only to discover similar Anti Air Goblin Companies waiting for them. The tactics employed were identical to what they had encountered earlier. Regrettably, this revelation cost their lives, but it provided Marquis Forneus with a basic understanding of the current defences of his enemies.
“Guess Moloch really does have a sponsor not just with lots of gold in hand to entice the adventurers to work with him but also power and technology at their side.” Marquis Forenus thought before he shouted to pep talk his demons further.
“What we are facing is not a conventional army. This might possibly be one of the toughest fights you will ever experience! But do not falter as the Dragon Devils will always prevail. The stronger the enemy, the more glory shall we gain for defeating. Let’s show those bastards what Dragonlites can do!”
“Wow, they even have rallying sessions. Boss Jin’s work is really above top-notch. Proceed with Plan Broccoli when required, we need to follow up after the crows dispersed!” Commander Boon Tiong ordered as he observed the Dragonlite leader through the binoculars. They were giving their own subordinates orders even as the murder of crows attempted to destroy them.
Eventually, Que Er did tell the crows telepathically to stop trying and instead go for another target as the cultivators were achieving their collective raid objective rather quickly and that should deal with the rest of the Dragonlites.
With the increase of Giants already amassing at the front of the bridge, Que Er believed it was now the Giants’ turn to be harassed since the Venus Four and most of the land hovers had already retreated except for Meng Ruo and Jing Ru who were still hitting the stragglers ignoring the commands given.
“Playing hero won’t do you any good, CPL Meng Ruo!” Sarge Rocher warned through the intercom of the land hover.
“Sarge, I know! Just one more, and we will come back. It’s too convenient a target to ignore!” Meng Ruo argued as he quickly shut his intercom and concentrated on the task at hand by sending his land hover as close to the Giant. After seeing Jing Ru personally deal with the previous few giants, Meng Ruo decided to keep quiet about her tactics and allow her to kill off the threats. However, this current Giant was different from the others.
It was smaller in size and had donned heavy plates of armour as well as a crossbow that was the size of a ballista. Upon seeing the land hover coming towards it, the Armoured Giant did not hesitate to take out its crossbow and start shooting at it. Meng Ruo managed to dodge the first shot with ease but realised with fear that the land hover had been nearly hit on the second try. The third was a close shave with death as well, causing Meng Ruo to reevaluate the intelligence of this Armoured Giant. It seemed he was not as dumb or stupid as he looked.
Suddenly, he saw the Armoured Giant taking out two bolts and loading them together firmly. Meng Ruo instantly understood that he would be courting death no matter whatever direction he’d try to swerve his land hover.
“Sorry, Giraffe. I think I am taking the reins for this one, you just sit tight and-” Jing Ru shared his realisation. The land hover’s odds of surviving plummeted the moment the Armoured Giant had placed two bolts into his crossbow. Thus, she had begun shooting with her Winter Wolf Sniper Rifle instead of trying the same method of bombing the Giant with several C4s. (Besides, she only had a handful left, and they might need it on the way back.)
Alas, it was in vain. The Giant had also been smart enough to place his hand near his face before he encountered the first shot from Jing Ru and she cursed loudly but still continued to fire towards the Giant’s face. The shots did make the Giant bled a little, but thanks to his thick plated gauntlet, it felt more of a needle prick.
“SIT DOWN!” Meng Ruo shouted sternly, his voice leaving no doubt that he expected the haughty girl to obey. Although she did not take it too kindly, Jing Ru held her shot and sat down behind Meng Ruo.
“Thank you.” Meng Ruo replied, and he activated his chi that subsequently covered the entire land hover. Soon enough, a large silhouette of a snakehead became visible encasing the land hover while Meng Ruo continued to increase his speed while reminding Jing Ru to stay.
When the Armoured Giant felt no more shots and the land hover became the danger, he immediately shot out the two bolts from his crossbow. Meng Ruo could vaguely see that the Giant was intelligent enough to predict the escape routes of Meng Ruo’s instinctive dodging to the right. Still, he had no way to account for Meng Ruo being a reasonably capable Snake Cultivator. When the shots came, instead of dodging, the land hover jumped upwards with Meng Ruo’s excellent manoeuvring.
During that moment, it looked as if a yellowish snake slithered through the two huge bolts with ease and went straight towards the Giant’s head. While the Armoured Giant instinctively block it with his hand once more, Meng Ruo finally gave the go-ahead for Jing Ru. “Give it your best shot, we might not be able to escape fro-“
Yet again, Jing Ru acted before Meng Ruo finished his sentence by brandishing the very same infamous triple barrel rocket launcher that was available on the Shop App. She shot all three missiles out and threw the launcher to the ground while taking out her Winter Wolf Rifle once again. Empowering the weapon with her Giraffe Cultivation, she released a shot of energy beam without hesitation the moment the missiles impacted the blocking arm.
A hole appeared through the palm of the Giant as well as in front of his face. As if that was not enough to confirm his death, Meng Ruo’s land hover bashed through the hand leaving an indentation on the face while releasing the very last clip of his armour piercing bullets on the land hover.
The lone Armoured Giant was deader than dead.
It was finally time to retreat.
