Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger
Chapter 59 Slum Stronghold

Chapter 59: Chapter 59 Slum Stronghold

Mountain Eagle had been circling the slums, not wanting to go too deep—traveling too far would inconvenience meeting up with forthcoming support and even more so affect a retreat.

This rotten place did not have a single good road; vehicles could not enter at all.

Two Audis were constantly blocked at the exits of two roads, and others could only get out of their cars and search the slums on foot.

Mountain Eagle did not want to go deep, always playing hide-and-seek with the opponent using the capabilities of the Hummingbird Kit, but soon he found that something was amiss.

At 3 a.m., a large number of young men appeared in the central area of the slums. They gathered to listen to instructions from their leaders, then called their buddies and dispersed in all directions.

Half of them squeezed towards the direction where Mountain Eagle and his group were, significantly shrinking the already limited space they had to maneuver.

Standing in a foul-smelling alleyway watching several young men shouting and waving flashlights as they passed by, an exhausted Mountain Eagle turned to glance back at Tessa and asked, "What are they shouting?"

Tessa, pale-faced, said, "They’re shouting for a man and a woman, they’re looking for us..."

The Hummingbird Kit vividly relayed the movements of everyone within a 50-meter radius to Mountain Eagle. Clutching his aching ribs, he said with a wry smile, "We can’t run anymore, we’ve got to find a place to hide and hope to last until the people your brother sends arrive..."

After speaking, Mountain Eagle looked across the alley to a building opposite and said, "That looks like a factory building. There should be enough space inside for us to hide. Listen to my command later; when I say run, you must follow me closely..."

Tessa nodded vigorously and said, "Don’t worry, I can..."

Mountain Eagle shook Shasili on his shoulder, patted Tessa’s arm with his backhand, and then slowly walked to the edge of the alleyway before starting to take deep breaths with his eyes closed...

He was really too tired. Over the past 48 hours, he had slept less than three hours, followed by continuous intense running and fighting...

With the injuries on his body and Shasili on his shoulders, had it not been for his willpower, Mountain Eagle might have already given in.

He could escape if he gave up Shasili, even with Tessa in tow...

But he couldn’t do that!

Whenever Mountain Eagle felt he couldn’t bear it any longer, a voice in his heart would tell him...

He cannot lose, especially not to the part of the world he detested the most!

Though Mountain Eagle was looking rather ragged and could hardly keep his back straight, the natural aura of a heroic spirit emanating from him kept Tessa, who was closely attached to him, dazzled...

’Security’ is a fundamental need for most women in the world!

And with this, Mountain Eagle had now saved Tessa’s life twice!

Moreover, in Tessa’s heart, most of what Mountain Eagle had done was at her request.

Any woman with normal values could not resist a man who treated her like this!

"Let’s go."

Just when Tessa was in a daze, Mountain Eagle patted her with his backhand and then bolted out of the alley...

Tessa hurriedly followed him at a quick pace, almost sticking to Mountain Eagle’s back, and they narrowly dashed into the factory building just as some people turned into the alley from the left.

Upon dashing into the factory building, Mountain Eagle cursed in frustration...

The gray building looked massive from the outside, reminiscent of the factories Mountain Eagle had seen in the steel plant during his childhood.

In fact, it used to be a factory, but now all the positions along the walls had been divided into numerous small rooms by thin wooden walls...

That was not the worst part. As they entered the factory, a few youths with flashlights burst into the building thirty meters away and began kicking doors as they checked the nearest rooms...

A series of screams followed, and lights came on in many rooms...

Mountain Eagle, located near the entrance, realized the situation was bad. He looked up and said, "Up to the second floor, quickly, follow me..."

Mountain Eagle moved fast, but where they were standing was bathed in the outside starlight. They weren’t noticeable when still, but as soon as they moved, they were spotted.

The young intruders, upon spotting them, excitedly shouted and banged on their surroundings with the clubs in their hands as they gave chase...

Tessa, clutching Mountain Eagle’s tactical belt, stumbled up a staircase to the second floor of the factory...

The area on the second floor was very large, approximately 500 square meters...

However, the long-neglected building was drafty in many places, and even had two large holes where the walls had broken through.

Half of the asbestos and color steel mixed tiles that had been on the roof for who knows how many years were missing, making it completely uninhabitable.

After carrying Shasili upstairs, Mountain Eagle rushed forward about ten meters, set Shasili down on the ground against a pillar to sit, then without any further care, turned back and charged to the staircase entrance, raising his leg to deliver a Spartan kick to someone charging up...

The recipient of the kick made a suspicious ’crack’ at the chest, and the entire figure was sent flying backward, crashing into two companions. The trio rolled into a ball and fell from the L-shaped staircase without railings, howling in agony as they landed...

Mountain Eagle had no time to pay attention to the unfortunate trio. He quickly called out to Tessa...

"Bricks, I need a lot of bricks to block the stairway exit and build cover..."

After speaking, Mountain Eagle, regardless of anything else, put down his weapons, first dashed to a collapsed gray brick wall, took a brick in each hand to the staircase exit, stacking two bricks together.

Tessa knew at a glance what Mountain Eagle intended to do and immediately dropped her gun to go help...

A single layer of gray bricks couldn’t stop bullets, but two layers plus being on higher ground, made a passable cover.

The staircase exit wasn’t wide, but its location was excellent, facing sideways to the factory entrance. Anyone breaking in through the door had to turn to attack the stairwell entrance.

The second-floor stairwell opening was quite large, but the original railings had been removed. Mountain Eagle used 8 gray bricks to quickly establish a cover at the stairwell opening, then moved four more bricks to the edge of the stairwell opening on the exit side, constructing a makeshift defensive position...

"They’re coming..."

Mountain Eagle picked up the UMP9 and three magazines, calling out to Tessa: "You guard the stairwell entrance; if someone breaks in, open fire. Got it?"

Tessa, her face covered in dust, picked up a UMP and magazines from the ground and crouched at the stairwell entrance, placing the magazines beside her, the muzzle protruding from the deliberately left shooting port.

The outside starlight contrasted sharply with the darkness inside the factory, so that she could see intruders as soon as they came in.

Seeing Tessa remain fairly calm, Mountain Eagle lay on the ground and took a deep breath, turning off the safety on his UMP...

From his position, he could see part of the area outside the door. When he spotted a black-clothed gunman approaching the entrance sticking close to the distant wall...

"Pop pop..."

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