145 Come... Humans! (1/2)
”Burning Strike: Red Flame!” A girl shouted, grudgingly.
Fortunately, in the last second, the man was able to twist his other hand and use a dagger to shield himself from the attack. His frown faded and was replaced with a smile, even after being barely able to deflect the flaming attack.
”Not bad--” The masked man chuckled as a girl with reddish hair suddenly appeared in front of Ashley. Yet, in a blink of an eye, the masked man's body split perfectly vertically into two causing his internal organs to ooze out to the ground.
”Captain Paul! You don't need to interfere!” The girl complained as she swung her sword to remove the flames on its blade. ”I can handle them... At the least!”
At this moment, the ships slammed into the shore, creating a deafening noise and a cloud of sand--as if there was a sandstorm. The three gigantic ships only stopped their skid when almost one-eight, in the side length, of the middle ship, Karakoa, was embedded into the sandy shore.
The sandstorm made the support team cover their faces and, at the same time, it hid the unfortunate fate that the masked man had suffered from Guild Leader Park and the United Asian Force.
Thus, Guild Leader Park and the players from the United Asian Force could only watch and wait for the sandstorm to settle before they could continue their advance. Despite their limited vision, the figures of the three ships could still be seen, consequently increasing Guild Leader Park's excitement in obtaining the said ships.
On the other hand, Paul Solares stared daggers towards the United Asian Force from the deck of Karakoa. He stood stable and firm as his right hand rested on top of the handle of his Katana--that was sheathed on the left side of his waist, despite the shaking caused by the impact.
”Killing fellow humans without a second thought... No wonder Captain Aron sent us here!” He whispered to himself after he saw the hundreds of people lying dead in the plains.
Then, he stole a glance at Pedro's Aunt Veronica--who was standing to his left. A frown on her face greeted Paul, thus, giving him a vibe that something was a miss. However, before he could ask Aunt Veronica about it, a strong gust suddenly blew past them that originated from the lifeless body of the masked man.
”Now what?!” Aldo grumbled as he was about to run away from the dead body of the masked man.
However, upon turning around, he caught a glimpse of Yuson--who stared blankly towards the origin of the gust. Thus, Aldo had no choice but to halt from his retreat and observe the gust, blew away the sand that clouded the shore.
”This...” Yuson murmured, full of disbelief.
In turn, his expression had caught the attention of both Beatrice and Paul, who seemed like they also know something about this strange phenomenon. The NPCs calmness had eased the hearts of the players on the support team, despite being only a few meters away from the tornado looking phenomenon.
A Kilometer away from them, Guild Leader Park wore a sour face as her gaze was locked to the tornado as if she ate a lemon. Her men could only steal a glance towards her as sweat had started to fall from their faces.
”Sh1t!” Guild Leader Park flicked her tongue as she gritted her teeth, and thought, 'That reckless b@st@rd! I should have given the f@cking inheritance to other men, instead! Now... The Wind God's Inheritance is in jeopardy! I must act fast! Before the enemy realizes what that tornado is, and the power they could obtain from it!'
In the next second, Guild Leader Park unsheathed an elegant silver rapier from her waist and pointed it towards the three ships. Then, she shouted, ”Attaaaaack!”
”Attaaack!”
Every single player from the United Asian Force erupted as they lifted their newbie swords and charged like ants towards the three gigantic ships. This time, even Guild Leader Park charged together with her men.
This consequently made Aldo, Charlotte, Elisabeth, Ashley, and Aunt Veronica's face look pale. Thousands of enemies were charging towards them. Even if they were as strong as Pedro, it was still their first time experiencing such a scenario by themselves.
A seemingly endless number of enemies filled with blood lust! Who, in their right mind, would not shake in fear from that?
Although Aunt Veronica was aboard Karakoa, she can't help but react the same way with the support team--who were already on the shore. Her hands trembled as beads of sweat started to fall on her face.
Why? Because compared to VR Action Movies that had the closest similarity in terms of scenes, this time around, she is 'actually' a part of one of the participating forces in the war. On top of that, every single decision that she would make could affect the war, even in the smallest detail.
However, even as Aunt Veronica took a few steps backward, Paul Solares remained calm. He stood coldly and simply watched the ants charge towards them as if they were cubes of sugar dropped on the floor.
He was irritated... angered... annoyed by the actions of these humans--players from the United Asian Force. He thought, 'Humans should be working together! Not Fighting against each other!'