A pair of eyes blinked open in a completely dark room, as it squinted to adapt to the low light intensity. The owner of this pair of eyes shakingly stood up, as he fumbled around with his hands to get hold of anything nearby to support himself.
Everywhere around him was filled with absolute darkness, that he could not even see his palms. After getting more control of his senses, he finally started looking around but he could not see anything due to the extreme darkness.
“Why is this room so dark? Where am I?” He soliloquized in a soft low tone, confused, as he tried to think of how he ended up here.
As he thought, he suddenly squinted his eyes again as a bright source of light suddenly emerged at a place far from where he stood. He heaved a sigh of relief, as the sudden emergence of light in such darkness calmed his nerves.
The light was not bright enough to illuminate where he stood, but at least it served as a beacon of direction to him.
Under the directions of Captain Oxford, the allied group of soldiers moved forward alertly in the corridor as they firmly kept the integrity of the turtle shell formation. Even if he was a 4th rank high-grade soldier now, he was not ready to take unnecessary risks.Being alert and maintaining their battle formation, was something that he was not ready to compromise on. Even if it drained their concentration, its benefits could negate its disadvantages.Just like the other 2 rooms they just passed; no alarm was triggered as they safely arrived at the door leading to the next room.After having so many experiences already, they were no longer novices as a soldier immediately came out to open the door. He worked fluently, as the door was swiftly unlocked in less than 10 seconds.Tightly holding his sword in a defensive pose, Captain Oxford moved in first to scout the environment. As soon as he moved in, the other soldiers neatly swarmed in after h
Due to them being prepared and alert, none of the stray beams and bullets were able to impact them. All the soldiers followed the leadership of their leader, as they all rolled away from the point where the stray fire was more focused.After rolling to a safer corner, under the leadership of Captain Oxford they all activated their remaining shields. Their movements were like that of a well-oiled machine, as their previous preparations started showing their importance.A blue energy glow quickly sprang up, covering their location, as it started flickering from the bullets impacting its surface.After getting a reliable defense, it was at this moment that they finally had time to look more clearly at the battlefield. A large hall appeared in their sight, enlarging on all sides in a roundabout manner.They heaved a sigh of relief as it seems that this was really the main hall of the research base. Though they could see its ends from a glance, it was still ou
Captain Mark of the Diadem republic waved his dual swords ferociously, as the elite swordsman mechanical soldier facing him was blown away. His face was stern and tightened under his armor’s coverage, as he alone fended off the strikes of the 2 elite mechanical soldiers facing him.Unlike the other country’s soldiers that were still kind of fumbling in the dark, he knew a lot more about this research base.He was sure that if these people knew the original owners of this research base, they would most likely duck their heads under their legs in fear and run.This military research base was one of the hidden research bases of the Apocalypse military organization. As one of the big 5 powers, and being the one with the highest number of high-grade soldiers, their power was undeniable.As this was not their territory, they secretly kidnapped and indoctrinated workers from other places to serve as their researchers here.No matter how strong
As a side division compartment of this seemingly most important vault, its construction was just like the others. Though the compartment was dimly lit, they could still make out its structure.From how sturdy-looking the walls of the surprisingly large compartment looked, they knew that this was another wall made from reinforced Arcanite metal.From how large and well-designed this place looked; it was hard to believe that it was just a compartment of the main vault. It looked too luxurious to take it as just a storage compartment.Unlike the main vault that was in a metallic grey color, the walls of the compartment were painted in a bright white color. This brightened up the atmosphere a bit, reducing the tension in the air.After observing thoroughly, they were not able to see anything that indicated danger so they finally started moving forward. They moved steadily while keeping their alertness, as their eyes roamed around in circles to continuously co
Sweat rolled down his face, tingling his fair skin as he worked, but Sergeant Eliot refused to wipe the sweat away. His body was completely tense from the expectations on his shoulders, as the soft but steady ticking sound of the bomb timer sounded in the now quiet compartment.Knowing that how fast he worked would influence the side mission that they were assigned, brought him loads of pure pressure that he could barely suppress.He felt like his body was present, but his soul was already in an alternate world. He succeeded in getting to a realm of concentration, that he had never been to before.Though he was confident that he could work his way around it, he was still extremely intimidated by how complicated the manual mechanical set-up of the safe was. Compared to the ones he had worked on before; the difference was miles apart.Throughout his years as a soldier, he already worked on and successfully opened dozens of safes. But this one was undoubtedl
Captain Jack responded swiftly as he decisively ordered his subordinates to escape, there was no longer any explanation to make.On seeing the furious expression on the Spartan Captain’s face, he knew that explaining would not result in anything good.The soldiers who just defected were his soldiers, there was no evidence to indicate that they took the decision themselves and that he was innocent. After considering all the pros and cons, escaping immediately was the best verdict that he could reach.Boom!! Before he could fully take any action to retreat, the large sword of Captain Oxford already came to meet his chest. His armor’s energy barely held, as his figure was blown back with a loud sound of impact.He was even more horrified from this, as he did not know when the Spartan Captain moved. Despite the muddle-headed feeling trying to overwhelm his consciousness, he persevered and picked himself up.“Run!!” He yelled at
Bam!! The door leading to the small side compartment was burst open, as Clark rushed out with his soldiers. Despite the impediment from exhaustion, they moved neatly in formation.They quickly arrived back in the burnt main storage room. The explosion from the 2 support tentacled mechanical soldiers wiped the room of all its former grace and beauty.Everything was wiped out, even the remains of the soldiers who died to it were not left behind. The walls and floor of the room were now just a burnt grey and black metallic structure, with small but noticeable tints of red.Boom!! Boom!! This was the little that they could get from slightly observing it, as they were not given the luxury to observe it further. A large battle between the surviving soldiers and the mechanical soldiers was already raging on, as everyone tried their different means to escape.Though the fierce eruption of fire from the explosion vaporized all the initial mechanical soldiers, the
Boom!! Boom!! The vibration of obstacles being bulldozed over kept echoing, transmitting to the whole military base as the sound got nearer and nearer. The atmosphere in the hall became suffocating, as gulps involuntarily escaped out of the soldier's throats.The dangerous sounds echoing around them frightened the hell out of them, but they were not allowed to think further as the one responsible for this huge commotion finally emerged.Roar!! With another deep roar, followed by a loud boom sound, a large and dangerous-looking animal head finally broke through the Arcanite floor casing of the hall like it was just paper.The sight of this alone took the soldiers' fragile hearts away, this was Arcanite metal, not wood. Their brains were fuzzy from the shock, as they tried to make out the shape of this extremely huge exobeast.With large enormous wings like that of a dragon, this mighty exobeast finally landed gracefully on the main hall before directing it