Everyone pushed forward, while Adrian followed the ones at the front and asked, "What's your situation, Steel? How many people do you have? Are any of them injured?""A lot of my men got stranded. I currently have more than two thousand men in my unit, with more than two hundred injured, but minor. There are only two of them with severe injuries.""Give me a moment. I'm going to lock onto your position right now.""Okay," Steel replied. "Crystal, where’s Steel's signal coming from?"Back at Novemton headquarters, Crystal had been fully focused over the past two days, tirelessly providing support. "Found him. He's near the swamps, which is about ten kilometers straight ahead of you."When Adrian heard this, he quickly said, "Steel, order your men to stay put. I'll reach you in about twenty minutes.""Yes, sir.” Adrian’s unit picked up the pace, and they managed to meet up with Steel and his men inside the rainforest in less than twenty minutes. Everyone was excited to see Adri
"Yes, sir!" The main unit arrived at the edge of the rainforest after ten minutes, heading toward the valley plain with a few mountains nearby. The plain was located on the outskirts of two mountain valleys, with a lake in the middle, where a few enemies were fooling around. A temporary base was built near the lake, where a helicopter was parked outside.Adrian was a little hesitant to proceed further, so he took out his binoculars and scanned the area. "Ivy, Eira, Blaze, Klause, locate the nearby sentries and eliminate them with your daggers before they spot us.""On it," they replied. Adrian and the rest hid in the bushes and stayed very still while waiting for Ivy and the others to contact them. After approximately five minutes, Ivy said, "I found six of them at my location. They're all dead now.""Done on my end too.""There are some in the mountains behind us. We'll need to go around the back to eliminate them. Get ready, sir, you’ll have to move fast once those guys hav
The people from Dragon Peak were absolutely confused when they saw the airdrop containers, including Thiago.Watching the containers descend toward their base, Thiago quickly said, "Everyone, stand down. There might be something dangerous inside."Since the containers were directly above the base, it would surely damage their structures when the containers landed, which was why Thiago did not ask for them to be shot down.Due to the wind's speed and direction, the containers' movements were constantly shifting. Somewhere inside the rainforest, Gloria was keeping an eye on the wind's speed and direction, so when she saw these changes, she quickly said, "The wind's getting stronger. We don’t have much time left."Adrian immediately ordered, "Alan, Lucas, Steel, shoot down those parachutes and have the remote at the ready. We're opening the containers the minute they land on the enemy base.""Yes, sir!" The trio waved, and their men who had been hiding near the rear-end mountains b
Steel and the others, who were on the mountain roads, gave out the order and said, "All units, protect our vanguards!""Charge!""Charge!"Ra-ta-ta-ta!!!Bullets were being fired from all directions.With the onslaught, large numbers of Dragon Peak soldiers gathered outside their base fell dead before they even knew what happened. "We're under attack! Return fire now!" Thiago yelled as he turned around, seeing his enemies emerging from the rainforest.As he yelled, Thiago saw a figure closing in on him, and fast. Without any time to react, his jaw dropped as he recognized the person getting closer and closer to him. He yelled, "War Legate Draco! I can explain…"Yet, Adrian arrived and immediately swung his dagger, and Thiago's head rolled.After eliminating Thiago, Adrian yelled, "I've taken Thiago down! The rest of you, lay down your weapons if you want to live!"The sound of gunshots providing cover for Adrian and his team continued. Blaze, Wildfire, Nyssa, Jenine, and the
Flynn was Griffin's senior from training camp, and they both held important roles in Wyvern Peak. With the addition of his men, the entire unit was strengthened. When the others saw him, they yelled, "Welcome back, Flynn!" More than two thousand men, including Flynn, joined the fight with daggers in hand. They shouted strenuously as they battled the enemies.When Gloria saw the situation, she quickly said through the communicator, "Firestorm, take the injured to the helicopter now. The rest of you, provide cover fire and protect the helicopter until it takes off."Firestorm, who was inside the rainforest, yelled, "Go!"The unit in hiding charged out of the rainforest and headed straight for the helicopter. Everyone quickly dispersed and provided long-range cover for the ones heading for the helicopter. Mya, Ivy, and the other women surrounded the helicopter in a defensive formation in case any enemies showed up. In less than five minutes, Firestorm brought Berserk, Ridge, and
Adrian's right arm was drenched in blood. The shrapnel from the fireball pierced and tore open his muscles, causing it to bleed non-stop. While assessing his injuries, Mya yelled, "Lena! Help him!" Lena carried her medical kit over to Adrian and bent down. She took out bandages and various medical equipment. Mya turned around. "Cover us!" A group of people surrounded Adrian while Lena used her tweezers to remove the shrapnel in Adrian's arm. "Why would you do something so foolish? Do you not want your arm anymore?"Adrian's arm was trembling vigorously from the pain. He sat up and said, "We've been tricked, Mya.""What?" Mya was slightly startled. "Have everyone end the battle now. This is our last chance, or we're all going to die on this island."Mya began to panic, but instead of asking questions, she shouted into her communicator, "Everyone, wrap it up!”Everyone continued to do their best when they heard this, and the battle ended after another thirty minutes. Everyo
The most critical moment of their Serpent's Haven operation had arrived, and their lives now depended on whether they could get on the last flight in time. And the chances of that happening were close to zero. After a moment of silence, Lucas said, "I'm really sorry, sir. This is all happening because of us."“What are you saying?” Adrian shot a glance at Lucas. “Is that all you're capable of? What you need to do right now is to come up with a way to get everyone on that plane as quickly as you can instead of feeling apologetic."Lucas quickly replied, "I'm sorry. Let's put our heads down and come up with a solution. Where's the plane? We need to know this before we make any plans."Mya said, "So what if you know where the plane is? The Eight Hollows already know where we are. They must've arranged for a suicide squad to stop us along the way and force us to waste enough time for them to leave before we can get there."Her concern was indeed worth thinking about, and everyone s
"Which is why we need to locate the manual detonators and think of a way to get rid of those as well."Everyone exchanged looks for a moment before Gloria said, "If this manual detonator is somewhere inside their base, we could blow the entire place apart and the detonator along with it. But if it's outside the base, it'll be a lot more troublesome because we’d have no way of finding out where it is." That was true. They needed to be absolutely sure if they wanted the plan to go off without a hitch. The slightest misstep would cause their mission to end in failure. Right at that moment, Mya's eyes twinkled. She snapped her fingers and said, "If we kidnap their leader, they wouldn't dare detonate the switch and blow the entire island apart."Everyone agreed with her idea. It seemed like their only option was to get their leader to stay behind on the island.Adrian seemed to have thought of something and said, "Crystal, can you find out just how many of the Eight Hollows are on th