True enough, the State Agents were baffled when they saw the Loopa Ooofpa getting damaged. Their initial attacks when fighting against the colossal manifestation had been useless as it continuously regenerated and threw their strikes back in their very raw essence.
They literally could feel their own strength and chi being used against themselves and were only thankful that they had not used any higher advanced techniques.
That was also one of the reasons why Mr Know-It-All decided to step back and see if the dungeon supplier had any ways to damage the monster (Especially when they are supposedly the monster experts.)
“Seems like this won’t be a futile alliance!” He thought to himself as he saw how the monster wriggled in pain and turned even more aggressive.
With the attacks on its “birthing” crevices, it somehow stopped the Monster Horde temporarily from growing, and this gave them confidence that it could be defeated.
“Master! Air Command is sending reinforcements to fight against the creature, do you want me to belay that order?” General Hou Fei finally checked into the System Channel.
“I am leading this battle for now. Tell them to aim for the crevices. I will send you some digital pictures shortly via the System.” Kraft answered, and Hou Fei rolled his eyes.
“As if those pilots in the air have a telepathy System Channel in their heads for me to transpose that information!” Hou Fei cursed under his breath as he saw the pictures had already been sent via an email. “I have a few choppers ready to fly. They should be able to airlift a few of my artillery scouts, and I shall order them to laser paint the targets for them to hit.”
“Great, just make sure to set their explosion delays to intervals of three seconds. That or hit it with precise timing of at least three seconds apart. We need double impacts for it to be effective!” Kraft replied as he reloaded his No Mercy and switched to a combination ratio of one Evon Special Choking Gas bullet to two incineration bullets.
“I will try to relay that information but cannot guarantee whether those pilots can be competent or listen to us.” Hou Fei yelped back at Kraft.
“Ehh? Don’t tell me… aren’t those exclusive to the Royal Zodiac Rooster’s Air Force?” Instead of the standard J30s, Kraft distinguished with his keen eye that those were, in fact, the J30-Rs. One of the two special variants custom made to suit the Royal Zodiac’s privileged group of pilots.
“Hmm yeah.” Hou Fei scratched his head, thinking of a way to send that instruction without making it sound as if he was undermining their authority.
“Ah, fuck it!” Hou Fei opened the secure channel and just repeated the information he got from Kraft to Central Command.
“Roger that, we will relay the planes to do a quick roundabout before sending them your way, so you have time to paint the targets.” A familiar voice was heard by Hou Fei, and it was none other than his Royal Zodiac Snake Clan’s head, Mong Tse.
“Sir! I did not expect you to be part of the command staff for this current operation.” Hou Fei was glad to hear his voice in this chaos.
“Hehe, did you think I would stay idle during a national crisis? I have been monitoring your progress since the start. As much as we want to be quiet with our development, we have to plan for pessimistic scenarios. Why else would those lazy Roosters get to sortie this quickly?”
“That’s true. Despite their namesake, being early isn’t really one of their specialities.” Hou Fei jest for a moment, but he knew this wasn’t the time for idle chatter and his Snake Clan Head informed him that the field artillery would be in soon via the portals.
“Your decision to bring one of the portal trucks to Shanghai was a good one.” Mong Tse commended his General, and subsequently, Hou Fei asked about the situation at Dongguan.
“Tiangong District Guardian certainly lives up to her name. Satellite feed shows that she is damaging the manifestation the same way your group of private contractors are doing. However, she seems to be waning in power. Alas, time is a deadly enemy nobody can escape. I will liaise and get the Royal Dragon Air Force to send their planes there as soon as possible.” And suddenly from the corner of the voice call, someone was already shouting.
“They are already on their way!” Royal Zodiac Dragon General, You Wan Long, shouted over the many shoulders within the command meeting room. A number of officers saluted as he stomped into the room and literally threw classified documents on the table.
“This is everything we have on the target ‘Sundew’ from the National Secret Archives. As we speak, the J30-D’s have already been equipped with the latest gravity implosions bombs, which we believe should be enough to decimate it.”
“It might actually make things worse unless you-” General Mong Tse tried to explain, but the Dragon Zodiac General didn’t even let him finish before he rebutted.
“On whose information are you relying on? We have records about killing target ‘Sundew’, and Demon Exorcist Instructor Yuan was the one to write that particular report. Also, the information has surprisingly been updated in recent years during the revision audits from Monsterology experts.” He stated matter of factly.
“I do not wish to argue that. However, the latest intel on the ground has shown results proving that their technique works. Are we going to rely on paper or results from the ground?” Mong Tse knew that Wan Long was a little impulsive to show off that the Dragons were superior to the rest of the Zodiac clans.
All he needed to do was switch the way he phrased things so that he would listen. “By following this method, it will guarantee the Dragon Air Force’s success in injuring target ‘Sundew’ and also show off its superior finesse and accuracy. Should that not work, please feel free to go back to your way of handling things.”
“Very well. I am listening.” Royal Dragon General Wan Long nodded after he caught the ‘correct keywords’ and Mong Tse easily explained the tactics that Hou Fei had relayed to him.
“That’s it? Of course, my pilots can do that!” Wang Long quickly told his telecommunication officers to send in these orders.
“Very good, I will send the message to the Border Guards, and hopefully they can at least help in aiding with the laser painting procedure.” Mong Tse took a quick heave of relief before forgetting that he had his General on hold.
“I actually heard everything.” Hou Fei admitted, and Mong Tse chuckled. “To see the Snake subdue a Dragon is always satisfying.”
“Then do me proud.” Mong Tse answered.
“No worries. I actually should have a way to contact Instructor Yuan and the Demon Exorcists in Dongguan immediately. Although to be sure, please send a formal communication telegram order.” Hou Fei replied, and his Snake Head Clan was smiling.
“You sure you do not want to take the chief position of our Military Intelligence Branch?” Mong Tse asked once more.
“Trust me, you do not want me to hold on to state secrets. They might slip out of my hands.” Hou Fei refused the offer once more and officially closed the communication channel before giving the latest information to his soldiers as well as Claire who was holding the fort at the Dongguan border walls.
