Chapter 1451 - The Secret to Having Good Aim (1/2)
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“Get back now!” Balshan crouched down and roared, “Shure, fire straight ahead!”
“Understood, taking aim—”
“Stop aiming, just fire!” She pulled open the gun bolt and turned towards the monster, momentarily forgetting to tune the Sigil of Resonance.
As the vehicle reversed, the 75mm short barrel eventually spewed flames.
The 300 meters distance between the vehicle and monster was covered in the blink of an eye. The instant Shure opened fire, a pillar of smoke appeared on the bloodied monster.
It looked like a miss, but the trio caught sight of the falling limbs amidst the twirling smoke. Despite the small caliber of the cannon, it was still a cannon and not something a machine gun could compare to. From the dust cloud formed, Balshan roughly estimated more than 10 outlines of blade beasts.
“This monster… is carrying a bunch of blade beasts?” At this time, Bay finally reacted.
“That’s right, I’m afraid that this is the Sky-sea Realm’s Nest Mother mentioned in the manual,” Balshan replied, but there were too many differences as compared to the illustration, as though the one in front of them was a mutated species.
Retreating back to the corner of the street, the other two convoys had noticed the commotion. Before Balshan could speak up, Amy started screaming. “The other tank team is less than two streets west of us, it’ll only take five minutes to meet up with them!”
“No, don’t go, it’s too late!” Balshan screamed at the top of her lungs. “Let the soldiers enter the fortress!”
“You want us to meet the enemy head on here? There’s more than one of them!” The vehicle commander of Convoy 17, Hero, revealed an expression of shock.
“It’s precisely because there are more than one of them, so we can’t retreat!” Despite the severity of the situation, Balshan’s mind was extremely clear. Just the three tanks were definitely insufficient and incapable of stopping more than 10 blade beasts. If they were allowed to charge into the soldiers, the loss would be irrevocable. But they were different, as Isabella had mentioned, the armored weapons they were in were basically capable of offense and defense by design. Even if they were surrounded by the enemy, it did not determine the outcome of the battle.
“Hero, please seal that passageway. Only by doing so can we let loose and fight!”
The latter turned and looked at the corroded and deformed steel doors of the fortress and immediately understood her intent.
“I understand.”
“Amy, follow behind me!”
“Er… Fine, alright.” Although Balshan was not the commanding officer of the team, Amy nodded her head subconsciously.
“Team Leader, you’re really… too cool!” Shure added respectfully.
“You can bootlick me after everyone returns safely.” Balshan grinned.
She knew that doing so wasn’t that great an idea, but was unable to control herself. She didn’t hate Dusk, but there was nothing interesting at all during the period in which she accompanied her at the developing areas. She could not lie to herself, while being chased after by the Church, she had assumed that a quiet life was her goal, but from the looks of it, she was more suited for the smoke and flames on the battlefield.
Maybe this is the reason why I awakened as a Combat Witch?
After the soldiers were safe in the fortress, Convoy 17 revved the engine and reversed towards the doors at full speed—
With a loud bang, the tank inserted itself straight into the wall, forming a blockhouse fixed in place.
By doing so, the invisible assassins of the Sky-sea Realm were no longer able to pass through the steel barrier and attack the relatively weaker soldiers.
At this moment, blade beasts appeared several hundred meters away on the road. Despite being unable to actually see them, Balshan was able to mark out their locations with the magic power lines produced by the Sigil of Resonance.
“Straight ahead at full speed, don’t stop!”