The fifty-eighth volume, the third chapter, the advent
Haubenstock and his six team members, under the cover of heavy rain and darkness, quickly moved to a temporary foothold that they had determined in just a few minutes - a distance from the previous battle location.
Less than five hundred meters away, it is located in the underground wine cellar of an abandoned business group in the south of the city.
This underground wine cellar has two exits. Even if the exposed exit outside is blocked, they can still escape through the exit on the other side. This is why Haubenstock chose this place as a resting place for the entire team a few days ago.
Reasons for location.
One person was left standing guard outside, observing the situation outside. The remaining people entered the messy but temporarily safe wine cellar and lit up the fluorite lamp in the wine cellar. Only then did someone finally couldn't help it.
Sobbed quietly.
The battle came and went quickly. In just two minutes of fighting, their team killed seven of the opponent's men, but they also sacrificed three of their own. The entire team was reduced by nearly one-third.
Those familiar faces they would never see again.
West, Sandor, and Nagy...
Just half an hour ago, they were still with him, and everyone was still fighting side by side. Just during the day, everyone was still discussing how to wait for the battle of Cold Water City to end and go drinking. Unexpectedly, now...
The atmosphere in the underground wine cellar was very depressing. Everyone was silent and sat by the wall holding their knees. The heads they brought back looked particularly ferocious under the light green fluorite lamp.
Those were the heads of several human races, but the faces, cheeks, chins, noses, and even foreheads of those heads were covered with tattoos and tattoos such as snake scales, spider silk, and horns——
This is exactly the characteristic of the warriors of the Holy Alliance Empire.
Under the rule of the demons, men throughout the Holy Alliance Empire were honored to have tattoos on their bodies that imitated the demons. In the Holy Alliance Empire, these tattoos were not something that could be tattooed casually, but were required.
After some rituals, the more tattoos you can get on your body, the more status that person has in the Holy Alliance Empire. Those who can get these "disgusting" tattoos on their faces are the marks of Holy Alliance Empire warriors.
"Captain, I'm sorry, I didn't know that man was a ninth-level warrior just now. As soon as the man jumped out of the window, I thought it was an opportunity, so I used the explosive arrow. In the situation at that time, I should have used armor-piercing arrows better. If this was the case
If you do, you can bring that bastard's head back..." Mole, holding a metal sniper crossbow, walked up to Haubenstock and said emotionally.
Bringing back the head of a ninth-level warrior from the Holy Alliance Empire would be a greater achievement for their team and Haubenstock, and the rewards would be greater.
"You did the right thing!" Haubenstock took a deep breath, stretched out his hand and patted the mole on the shoulder, "That is a powerful enemy, not only strong, but also quick in reaction. Even if I take action, it will not be easy."
To deal with it, if it hadn't been for your arrow just now, the final result would be that he would have a 90% chance of escaping, and more brothers might die in the hands of that person in the future. It was you who saved West and Shan
Dole took revenge..."
Hearing this, Mole felt much better, "But..."
"It's just a head, it's not a big deal, and we have brought back a few. If we want heads, Coldwater City is full of opportunities. As long as we live, we will have a chance!" Haubenstock asked the mole to sit down.
, then turned to look at the few people who had just rushed in with him, "Lancto, did you place timed booby traps when you left?"
A young man with still red eyes raised his eyes from under the hood of his field cloak, looked at Haubenstock, bit his lip, and nodded.
"This is the best way to prevent the bodies of West and Sandor from being humiliated and becoming food for wild dogs and rats. As for Najib..." Haubenstock's voice suddenly dropped.
"He won't need it anymore... If I end up lying on the battlefield in the future, and if any of you can leave, prepare one for me before leaving..."
"Captain, do you think that after this holy war is over...will anyone still remember us? Will anyone still remember that we fought for our lives in Cold Water City?" A man was sitting under the fluorite lamp with a knife on his face that had not yet healed.
The man with the scar raised his head and looked at Haubenstock, with a self-deprecating smile on his face, "The regimental commander said that someone will remember it, but I think the regimental commander is lying, because he died in the last jihad.
There are so many people, but in the end, only a few big names can be remembered. At least I can't name a few little people like me who died in the last holy war..."
Upon hearing this, several other soldiers sitting by the wall with their heads lowered also raised their heads and looked over.
"Whether others remember me or not is not that important to me!" Haubenstock shook his head, pointed at the heads with ugly tattoos on their faces, and said in a deep voice, "For me, the most important thing is
It’s because I don’t want to live like this, and I don’t want my sons and grandsons to live like this in the future, with each one kneeling on the ground and calling the demon father!”
"Understood!"
"It's good to understand!" Haubenstock glanced at everyone, "Everyone rest here for an hour to replenish and recover your strength. We will leave here in an hour and continue the search..."
After hearing this, everyone slowly took out the dry food they had with them and started eating.
The battle in Cold Water City is not over, and their battle tonight will not end either. Even if they have just fought the enemy once, even if they have comrades and brothers who have fallen not far away, after taking a short rest, they
We still have to leave here and continue to look for opportunities to annihilate the enemy outside.
Seeing that everyone was already resting, Haubenstock came to the top of the wine cellar and asked the people on guard above to rest, while he himself stood guard for his men.
There is a warehouse above the wine cellar, which has now collapsed. Among the collapsed ruins, a triangular steel frame roof that collapsed on the warehouse happened to cover the wine cellar, leaving behind among the ruins
It was an unexpected and secret entrance, so after discovering this place, Haubenstock used it as a temporary battlefield resting point for his team.
The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier. Amidst the rumbling thunder in the sky, the visibility in the entire Lengshui City is even lower than before. Fifty meters away, there is a mist. It is difficult to see any figures at all. Only those in the sky
When lightning flashes, the ground suddenly turns white, allowing people to see further.
Amidst the thunder, there was a faint roar coming from several other blocks more than a thousand meters away from here. In the roar, there was a faint flash of red light - it came from the barbarians.
The roars of the barbarian alliance warriors and the red light are the totems of the barbarian warriors' fighting spirit. There is a square in that block with a wide terrain, which is the most suitable place for the barbarian alliance warriors to perform. It is also the defense area of the barbarian warriors.
The fighting in Lengshui City has not stopped. Even on such a rainy night, the fighting and bloodshed have never stopped. Farther away, there are more people fighting in this ruined city.
While Haubenstock concentrated on observing the situation outside, he silently calculated the rest time for his men.
For some reason, Haubenstock felt that the lightning over Lengshui City tonight seemed a bit dense. Almost every three to five seconds, a bolt of lightning tore from the sky. This seemed to be a rare thunderstorm.
.
However, because he has never been to Coldwater City before and is not much of a weather expert, Haubenstock doesn't know if such weather is abnormal in Coldwater City. The lightning that tears down every few seconds,
On the contrary, it made it easier for him to observe the situation outside.
Just over ten minutes later, before his men had time to rest, in Haubenstock's eyes, a thick and strange red lightning suddenly tore down from the lead-like clouds and fell on him.
In a dilapidated two-story shopping mall more than 200 meters ahead, at the moment the lightning fell, Haubenstock suddenly felt the ground around him shake violently. In that dilapidated and ruined shopping mall,
Within the dilapidated and cracked walls, Haubenstock vaguely saw a golden light flashing away...
Is it a meteorite? Or am I dazzled...
An idea appeared in Haubenstock's mind.
There was movement below the wine cellar, and the mole had revealed its head from below, "Captain, was there an earthquake just now, or are there experts fighting nearby?"
"If necessary, call everyone up..."
"yes!"
In the blink of an eye, the team members who had been resting below had emerged from under the wine cellar one by one. Under the leadership of Haubenstock, they quietly moved towards the collapsed shopping mall.
A big hole has been broken in the floor slabs on the second and first floors of the shopping mall. Just below the big hole, in the atrium of the ground floor of the shopping mall, a large pit more than ten meters deep has appeared.
Everything around seemed to have melted. The stones on the ground were like melted candles, still glowing red. When everyone arrived, the pouring rain and water columns were falling from the big hole.
It came down and sprinkled on the ground around the big hole in the ground, making a "sizzling" sound. As soon as the raindrops and water columns fell on the ground, they were turned into water vapor by the high temperature of the ground, making this place like
It's like a steam room in a bathroom, but the temperature of the floor is also cooling rapidly.
A group of soldiers wearing steel-soled combat boots cautiously approached the pit. When they reached the edge of the pit, they were stunned at the scene in front of them.
——At the bottom of the big pit, everyone saw an egg!
A huge, golden egg over one meter high is at the bottom of the pit...