Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 260 - 253: Unexpected Complications

Chapter 260: Chapter 253: Unexpected Complications

"Ziang, retreat, leave this to us!" Luo’er yelled at him, turning around to fire off several shots at the same time.

Facing fully armed Knights, their weapons seemed hopelessly weak, barely managing to suppress those magic-wielding Mages in magical robes. But if these Mages put on their armors, it would be truly impossible to fight them.

Ziang shot him a look, then suddenly another Knight emerged from an angle. The Knight, holding a long sword above his head, jumped up preparing to deliver a fatal blow. Ziang showed no fear, with a twist of his right hand, Arya’s Blade in his hand thrust towards the Knight’s breastplate.

Under the empowerment of the anti-magic glyph and the breaking armor glyph on Arya’s Blade, the Knight’s armor was easily penetrated as if it were made of paper. Ziang got close to him to avoid being hit by his slashing attack, and at the same time the force of the thrust increased. The sword pierced the Knight’s breastplate and protruded egregiously from his back.

The Knight stared wide-eyed, looking unbelievingly at Ziang. He couldn’t believe that his proud armor would be easily punctured, but when he saw the long sword in front of him, he was instantly reassured. In this world, what armor could withstand an attack from Arya’s Blade.

Ziang forcefully pulled out Arya’s Blade, the blade scraping against the metal hole making a grating sound, blood spurting out from the wound in an instant. The Knight looked blankly at him, the long sword he had raised above his head dropped to the ground with a clatter, his hands fell weakly to his sides, and then he knelt on the ground before his body tipped over.

Ziang looked again at Arya’s Blade, there was still no trace of blood on the blade, even though it had just been protruding from the Knight’s back, there was not a speck of blood to be seen.

Looking at the Knight who was still twitching from time to time, Ziang suddenly no longer feared these pursuers, he even felt that he had the power to wipe out all these soldiers of the Judgement Legion who were chasing them.

"What are you dazed about, hurry up and go!" Seeing Ziang standing around in a daze, Luo’er shouted anxiously.

Ziang looked up at Luo’er, sighed softly, didn’t insist on his idea, but listened to his advice and turned around to run.

Although his sword could kill a Knight, he knew full well that the pursuers were not just knights - those Mages didn’t fear Arya’s Blade. They wielded long-range attacks and were numerous. No matter how powerful Arya’s Blade was, it was only a long sword, and Ziang was only one person. If he got caught by these Mages, he was definitely in for a nasty end.

Hu Daoke began to fire into the dense forest, bullets flying like rain in an instant, shattering the dense shrubs. Although it didn’t do much damage to the Knights, it was terrifying in momentum, making them dare not come close for the time being.

"Fall back by alternating cover!" Luo’er commanded loudly, all while continuously laying down suppressive fire into the jungle behind them.

Hu Daoke had exhausted a barrel already, the gun barrel was also scorching hot, but he didn’t care about that anymore, continued to change barrels and shoot at the enemy.

They were not far from their rallying campsite. If they could hold out until there, they could mount their horses and make a run for it. The Judgement Legion’s horses were almost wiped out in the ambush, so they couldn’t catch up to them. This way, they would be safe.

But as much as they wanted things to go that way, the situation was a complete mess here – who knew what unexpected occurrences might happen.

Luo’er ran backwards under Hu Daoke’s cover. He hadn’t gotten very far when a muffled crack of a gunshot rang out from his right. Immediately afterwards, a bullet whizzed past his head, generating a terrifying buzzing sound.

Luo’er broke out in a cold sweat and quickly dropped to the ground, yelling, "Three o’clock direction, unidentified firepower!"

As he shouted, he raised his rifle and fired several shots towards three o’clock, though not knowing exactly where, it was still necessary to suppress the enemy’s attack.

At that moment, a barrage of gunfire sounded from their right at three o’clock. The sound was a mix of automatic rifle fire and the low crack of a single-action rifle. The team quickly sought tree trunks for cover while returning fire.

Just like troubles never come singly, they were being pursued by the Judgement Legion while dealing with an unidentified force emerging from god knows where, now the Advance Team was faced with pursuers from behind and an attack from the right.

The two sides erupted into fierce gunfire in the forest, but Luo’er knew they couldn’t stay too long because the Judgement Legion was right on their tails. If they kept stalling with this group, they’d inevitably get caught by the Judgement Legion.

After firing a few shots, Luo’er took out a magic crystal grenade from his pocket. Since they’d gotten these grenades, they hadn’t used them a lot. Trying something out willfully, Luo’er pulled the pin and threw it forcefully.

Boom!

A loud bang resounded from not far away, and Luo’er felt a strong magic disturbance that made the gunmen stop firing, clearly, they might have been scared.

The magic disturbance created by the Magic Crystal Grenade is only produced by fourth-level magic. Maybe, this group of men thought that there was a great mage who could use fourth-level magic within the Advance Team.

But in reality, although Tangmo is a genius-level mage, he’s not qualified to produce that level of magic. Forget level four, he would struggle with even level three. They didn’t learn strong magic at Haiya Academy. Even when they went to the Sacred Heart Magic Academy, Tangmo only learned some basics not taught in Haiya Academy.

If Tangmo had stayed at the Sacred Heart Magic Academy for a while longer, he might have learned some advanced magic. But their mission at that time was infiltration, not studying magic at the academy.

Feeling the intense magic fluctuations and the enemies’ response, Luo’er suddenly came up with a brilliant idea: they could use the explosion created by the Magic Crystal Grenade for misdirection. In the Otherworld, mages are seen as dangerous figures, especially those knowing advanced magic. Anyone encountering such mages usually has only one option: to run.

Hillna was an example of this. She was just a young mage who used fourth-level magic to burn her surroundings, repel attackers, and turn the tide. It was like the Judgment Legion on Earth receiving air support.

With these thoughts in mind, Luo’er took out another Magic Crystal Grenade and glanced at it. It was a red one with a flame symbol printed on it, indicating that it could produce fire, which was perfect for the current situation.

With that, Luo’er pulled the pin and threw the grenade towards the Judgment Legion behind the enemies. Immediately after, they heard a muffled explosion; a huge ball of fire engulfed and burned all the trees in its surroundings.

This was the effect of the Magic Crystal Grenade: it converts the stored magic power in the crystals into fire, leading to an explosion. With this, they created a firewall to block the enemies’ attack.

Then Luo’er replicated the act and tossed another grenade towards the gunmen. After a loud bang, the wall of fire partitioned their positions from the shooters.

The gunmen were still firing endlessly, but the frequency was much lower compared to before. Most likely, they wrongly assumed a great mage was in their enemy’s ranks, so they kept moving their firing positions to avoid any magic attack.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat!" After dealing with two prickly guys, Luo’er waved his hand, signaling everyone to pull back quickly.

Baiyue had already reached their camp and was providing cover with her sniper rifle. It had a silencer mounted, which hardly reduced the noise but was quite effective amidst such chaotic fights.

Tangmo was in charge of covering their retreat. As she hadn’t learned many offensive magic spells, she was supporting her teammates with auxiliary spells.

Hu Daoke was the first to reach the camp, set up a machine gun for cover, and protected the retreat. Luo’er was urging everyone to close in on the camp while throwing yet another Magic Crystal Grenade.

This time, it was an ordinary Magic Crystal Grenade, which poured out all its magic power and relied mainly on shrapnel to injure the enemy. This type of grenade deals minuscule damage to mages. If it didn’t have shrapnel, it might end up as a harmless light and sound show before a mage.

It’s important to know that mages have lower magic resistance than the general populace, so magic instantly flowing through them causes less damage. Apparently, the Haiya Academy’s Otherworld research center didn’t take note of this. They had to be reminded to increase the number of fragments in normal Magic Crystal Grenades.

Once again, the intense magic disturbance scared off the pursuers and led them to believe that they were indeed under attack from a great Mage. Simultaneously, the two enemy parties also started fighting against each other out of nowhere; clearly, they were not allies.

The gunmen were the first to pull the trigger, aiming at the Judgment Legion’s mages. Numerous mages were hit by their bullets and fell on the spot. Although the mages who realized the situation then started to fight back. They commenced their magic shields and used large-scale magic against the gunmen.

The battle between the two sides raged on. Seizing this opportunity, Luo’er directed everyone to pack, mount their horses, and be ready to retreat.

When Cheng Ziang got onto his horse, he saw Yalunte’s belongings and horse at a distance and started worrying about his master.

"Four, take Mr. Sword Saint’s stuff and his horse!" Noticing Ziang’s worry, Luo’er commanded Hu Daoke.

"Yes, sir!" Hu Daoke nodded, picked up Yalunte’s belongings, led his horse, and mounted his own horse.

When Yalunte arrived and saw that his belongings and horse were gone, he would naturally think that the Advance Team had picked them up. Even though he might have to reach them on foot, it was better than letting his belongings fall into the enemies’ hands.

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