Carl's resentful expression was evident for all to see but Drizzt did not take it to heart at all. He continued to smile as if Carl was giving him a look of encouragement instead of a look of hatred.
"All right! Since Carl has no objections, Drizzt can go next!" Trevor continued to act as the judge of the competition.
He even gave Drizzt a look, telling him with his eyes: "You'd better shoot properly if you don't want me to sort you out later!"
Drizzt grinned and picked up a loaded Korta gun. With a smile, he said, "Carl, are you ready? I'm about to start now!"
Carl stood beside him with a rather awkward expression. Drizzt had made it clear that Carl could disturb him all he wanted because he was not all concerned.
The calmer and more unperturbed Drizzt looked, the angrier Carl became.
"Hmph! Since you disturbed me, I'll also disturb you! And I can give you an even bigger disturbance!" Carl thought. He beg
Carl smiled wryly at Kyd's words. He thought that he had gotten somewhere with his Snap Shooting-combating Skill.He thought that even if he was not a master of shooting, he could at least be included in the ranks of experts.First, it was Kyd teaching him a lesson in his battle against the six-legged bug with iron armor. Then, it was Drizzt showing off his incredible shooting techniques when he was preparing to train at the shooting range.Carl could feel his head spinning after absorbing two lessons in such a short time.Kyd was still staring at him without saying anything, seemingly determined to get an answer out of Carl whether the latter liked it or not.Carl had no choice but to answer with a wry smile, "I know what my mistakes were. I took things for granted after practicing the Snap Shooting-combating Skill for a while. There are always people better than I am. I didn't think that there'd be a person with such
Carl could only smile wryly at Rio's question. What happened at the shooting range was no glorious matter. There was no need to tell everyone about it.Besides, he was good friends with Rio and John. If he told Rio about what happened, he was sure that John would also find out about it within half a day.Perhaps Rio would feel indignant on his behalf but he would not do anything excessive because of this. John was a different story altogether. He might just storm the shooting range the next day and smash the place with his flaming fists.Whether or not John could win over so many soldiers was trivial. Carl was sure that it would exacerbate the misunderstanding between War Spirit warriors and ordinary soldiers.That was not something that he wanted to see, so he chose to keep it a secret from Rio.Rio was no idiot. He could tell from Carl's expression that something was not right. He laughed and patted Carl on the shoul
"Bug tide? What's a bug tide?" It was Carl's first time hearing this term. The first thing he did was turn to look at Rio.Between the three of them, they had an unwritten rule of turning to Rio whenever they encountered something that they had never heard of or did not understand. Rio had yet to disappoint them so far.Carl was the go-to guy for the important stuff and Rio was for the trivial stuff! Nothing could go wrong with this arrangement!Sure enough, a frowning Rio immediately offered an explanation after hearing Carl's question. "What we encounter on our regular defense mission can only be considered minor bug swarms.""A bug tide is tens of thousand times larger than a bug swarm. It's called a tide because it's boundless like the ocean tide. You won't even be able to see the end of it.""Oh, you're pretty knowledgeable, kid!" Iger looked at Rio in amazement. He nodded and continued explaining, "He's right. We
While waiting for instructions under the wall, the sound of a clicking switch came from above. Carl raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound, where he saw countless huge incandescent lights shining on the world beyond the wall.Noticing their confused expressions, Iger explained, "We have no choice. Since the bug tide chose to come at night, we'll have to turn on the lights to be able to fight.""But under such circumstances, wouldn't the lights become the focus of the bugs' fire instead?" Rio asked, immediately grasping the point.Iger pointed to the dozens of tarpaulin-covered junks under the wall and calmly said, "It's troublesome but if the scenario that you're suggesting happens, someone will immediately change the lighting equipment.""Of course, if our reserves really dry up, we'll have to resort to short-lived solutions like flares. But that's the worst-case scenario. Flares go out faster than incandescent l
"Bugs detected!" The soldier on watch duty triggered the siren, signaling the bugs' arrival.Carl and John stood up on pure instinct, causing Iger to scold them. "Sit back down! This battle is not yours to fight!"The two shivered and sat back down helplessly.While the soldiers gathered in front of the wall crenels at top speed, the four of them did not move an inch from where they were. It was as if what was happening had nothing to do with them.No matter how much they wanted to join the battle, they could not do anything without Iger's explicit permission, especially when Trevor was being so unwelcoming."Relax. The first few rounds are going to be the bugs' favorite bug naval battle techniques. They're going to try to consume all the firepower and energy of the soldiers on the wall. Bill and Trevor will be able to handle such attacks with ease!""Good weapons should be used at the right place. Kids, I
"Raise your shields!" First Lieutenant Trevor shouted, and a large number of soldiers lifted their shields in the direction of the exploding moths at once."Aren't those shields used for stopping venomous barbed serpents? Are they useful against exploding moths?" Carl asked uneasily, frowning.He turned to look at Rio, hoping to get a certain answer out of him. Unfortunately, Rio was frowning with a worried expression as well."Is… there a problem?" Carl thought. A chill ran down his spine as he looked at the nearby wall worriedly.The exploding moths continued to dive down and crash into the shields without caring about their thickness!"Boom!" The first exploding moth that hit the shield immediately blew up, producing a strong force as well as splashing copious amounts of red liquid everywhere."What a strong force... I can't believe they're causing such terrible explosions with their little bodies!" Joh
With his eyes fixed on the sky, Carl began describing the appearance of the strange objects."They're a bunch of red, oval, fleshy creatures with many thin tentacles underneath. They're very slow. I can't tell their attacking method!""I knew it! They're king worms! But why would they appear in the sky near the Fortress? And during the bug tide, too…" Rio muttered to himself in contemplation."Hey! What are king worms? How do they attack? Should we inform Bill and the others? They look like they haven't discovered those bugs!" John shouted worriedly."There's no point. King worms fly at such a high altitude that anti-aircraft weapons on the ground typically can't reach them.""What? Doesn't that mean they're undefeatable?"Rio shook his head, smiling. "You're overthinking it. If the Empire sends its airmen or other aerial troops, those bugs will become living targets.""What do you mean by liv
"Look! What's Instructor Iger doing?" John shouted in amazement.Meanwhile, Rio was opening his book to record Iger's War Spirit power and skills.He stared at Iger, who was curling his hands into his palms. There was a strange white light shining in his hands. His eyes were focused on the exploding cockroaches falling from the sky.When one of them was about to land on the top of the wall, Iger smiled and raised his palms to the same height. A white light immediately appeared underneath the exploding cockroach.The next thing everyone knew, the cockroach that should have exploded on the wall appeared above the bug swarm outside the wall!Boom! There was a burst of dazzling green light, indicating that the cockroach had exploded on top of its comrades and caused major casualties.The explosion even left a wide hole in the dense swarm of bugs."What an amazing War Spirit power! I can't believe