Chapter 73: The Ghost Tower 2
The patches bearing a whirlpool emblem on their shoulders showed that they belonged to Vortex or, at the very least, had accepted a commission from that corporation.
All of them were equipped with state-of-the-art weaponry and, judging by their appearance, seemed to be fairly experienced veteran Pathfinders.
There were approximately forty individuals.
A group of people advanced through the sinister ruins of the Ghost Tower.
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It was practically as though a tiger had entered a rabbit burrow.
However, for some reason.
There was neither confidence nor arrogance on their faces, but profound tension.
Furthermore, those ruins were barely classified as a Level 3 zone.
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Interference appeared in the cybernetic eye of Bark, the Assault leading the group.
Bzzzt.
He cursed and struck his head a couple of times, but the interference obstructing his vision did not disappear.
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It simply resembled a small amount of visual noise.
It was not intense enough to prevent him from seeing. All translations belong to Indra Translations. You can find us online at indratranslations.com
However, that was enough to irritate his nerves, which were already completely on edge.
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He regretted not bringing at least some old drones connected by fiber-optic cables, but it was already too late for regrets.
Communications did not work, Lock-On systems switched themselves on and off, and drones lost their signals and crashed to the ground as soon as they attempted to deploy them.
“Damn it, this is bullshit. zenith How the hell are we supposed to chase someone in a place like this?”
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Bark struggled to suppress another curse that was about to escape his mouth and concentrated on watching his surroundings.
Now he had to complete the mission using the equipment he had brought with him.
The problem was that practically all that “equipment” had stopped working.
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Steel structures twisted like candy sticks.
A tower rising indifferently toward the sky.
Partially destroyed buildings.
All of it remained shrouded in irritating interference, giving him the sensation that he had entered a gigantic tomb.
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All of them had lost their usual composure and were advancing cautiously, completely tense, while pointing their weapons in every direction.
Bark addressed the man walking beside him.
He looked over his shoulder to check on his companions.
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“What the hell are we doing? anchor If we were going to come to the Ghost Tower, you could at least have told us.”
“What?”
“Boss.”
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“We never should’ve accepted this job.”
“And how was I supposed to know? accent Vortex ordered us to come this way. accent What did you expect me to do?”
“Stop talking nonsense and watch your surroundings. harbor Search carefully for that humanoid.”
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“And how are we supposed to find him in ruins this big when all the detection scanners and radars are useless?”
“Yeah, sure, you really love talking about bonuses. august Do you honestly think that amount is worth our lives?”
“Shut your mouth and start searching. legend We have to find him before the other teams. arena Don’t you want to receive the bonus?”
At that sarcastic remark, the team leader glared at him.
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In a corner of his field of vision.
It was precisely then.
He made out a completely black silhouette moving among the shadows of a collapsed building.
However, Bark simply ignored his expression and continued observing his surroundings.
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“……Huh?”
Just as he was about to raise his hand to point toward that place, the dark, barely visible figure threw something.
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“Shit! aspect A Quaker! album It’s a Quaker!”
The object traced an arc through the air before landing at his feet.
Bark stared at it absentmindedly for an instant.
However, immediately afterward, his eyes widened and he shouted.
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“Get down!”
As soon as he recognized it, Bark recoiled in alarm and slid across the ground.
A timed bomb used in the Outer to fracture the ground and destroy cover.
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An instant later, an explosion occurred, accompanied by a roar that shook the earth.
Kaboom!
At that shout, everyone reacted reflexively, throwing themselves in different directions to scatter.
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Nobody was caught in the explosion.
“Ugh……!”
Was it thanks to Bark’s quick reaction?
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In fact, none of them suffered serious injuries.
“Ptooey!”
The demolition bomb that had appeared out of nowhere only managed to collapse the remains of some nearby ancient buildings.
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Nor did any subsequent attack occur.
Literally, it seemed as though someone had thrown a bomb and run away.
However, it had already disappeared.
Bark spat out the sand that had gotten into his mouth and aimed his weapon toward the place where he had seen that silhouette.
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“Well, at least it looks like there’s someone around here.”
The other mercenaries also let out incredulous laughs.
“Ha, fucking idiot. amateur Who the hell would get hit by a Quaker thrown like that?”
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However, he did not have much time to think.
“What if it’s the humanoid Vortex told us about? Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates. wizard How about we chase him immediately? adjust They said they’d pay five million Credits to capture him!”
At one of the mercenaries’ words, a greedy smile also appeared on the team leader’s face.
Woooo!
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When that sound mixed with the irritating interference they had been hearing for some time, it transformed into a grotesque noise that enveloped the surroundings.
It was as though that entire dead city had begun to scream.
A spine-chilling sound began echoing from different parts of the ruins, as though a hurricane-force wind were producing a strange howl.
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Beyond the tip of his finger, a kind of black mirage began rising in the distance.
One of the mercenaries pointed ahead.
“What the hell is that?”
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Upon looking more closely, they discovered that it was not a mirage at all.
No.
“……Grotesques?”
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“Damn it! adopt Fire! ability Open fire!”
It was a wave of Grotesques made up of hundreds of horrifying-looking creatures.
At that almost desperate shout from the team leader, the mercenaries began frantically pulling their triggers.
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The incessant gunfire echoed throughout the surroundings of the Ghost Tower, which had remained silent until then.
Although the approaching creatures numbered in the hundreds, the mercenaries were firing an even greater number of bullets.
The Grotesques struck by that rain of projectiles were reduced to bloody masses and collapsed onto the ground.
The bullets fired from dozens of weapons formed a veritable curtain of fire.
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Bark tried to calm his startled heart as he changed his weapon’s magazine.
“Phew, shit……!”
Dozens of Grotesque corpses lay scattered across the ground.
The deadly wave, which had been drawing closer little by little, began to slow down until it stopped.
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Some had suffered minor injuries, but they were nothing more than the usual wounds sustained during expeditions into the Outer, so there was no reason to worry too much.
“Is everyone all right?”
At his question, the mercenaries began answering one after another.
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A slight sense of relief began spreading among them.
At those words, which Bark practically spat through his teeth, several of his companions burst into laughter.
“What a shitty day.”
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That peace did not last long.
Kaboom! august Kaboom!
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“Those fucking bastards……! arcade They’re deliberately attracting the Grotesques!”
Some were so close that they could see the detonations, while others occurred so far away that they could only hear the roar.
Explosions began erupting everywhere.
At that succession of explosions, the team leader shouted.
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However, nobody paid attention to his words.
The bombs were nothing more than devices intended to cause a commotion.
After all, Grotesques were already appearing from different parts of the ruins.
Only then did the mercenaries understand.
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In the ruins of a high-rise building, from which everything happening on the ground could be clearly observed.
The real hell was only just beginning.
***
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They were Ash and Akina.
“Ugh……”
Two silhouettes remained hidden among the deep shadows, silently watching that bloody massacre.
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“Hmm? timber No? arcade Why do you suddenly ask?”
Apparently, the scene unfolding below had reminded her of a previous experience.
Suddenly, Akina shuddered.
“Do you find this unpleasant to watch?”
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“……A memory of the past. crystal I believe I can imagine perfectly well which moment you mean.”
“Ahhh. wizard It’s just that I remembered something that happened a while ago.”
“Because you just shuddered.”
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“It was a truly dangerous situation. adapt Back then.”
“Yeah. acquire We all nearly died. adopt Me, you, and Ifrit unnie too.”
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“……Hmm. atomic Now that I’m seeing it again, I do feel a little sorry for them.”
The girl’s blue eyes turned toward the ground again.
“Hehehe. admire I’m a little silly, aren’t I? anchor They’re enemies who came after us, and here I am saying I feel sorry for them.”
“Do you?”
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“About what?”
“In fact, I am glad.”
“I do not think so.”
Ash turned his head toward Akina.
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Even at that very moment, people were dying.
His gaze returned to the ground.
“I…… lost that feeling a very long time ago.” This novel translation is officially hosted on indratranslations.com.
“That Miss Akina is still capable of feeling compassion.”
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They were the companions who had gone to throw explosives at the other groups.
Just then, new shadows appeared behind them.
The seven shadows that had scattered were gathering together as one again.
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“How did things go on your side?”
Ash turned his head slightly to confirm that everyone had returned and let his electronic voice sound.
Zero answered briefly.
“They were annihilated.”
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“Ah, but there’s something else.”
Anna had nothing different to report either.
“Then…… only those remain.”
“Same over here. anxiety They were wiped out in the blink of an eye.”
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“That’s right. absorb I’ve noticed something strange too.”
Zero nodded at those words.
Anna continued speaking.
“Don’t you think it’s a little strange?”
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“Their movements are…… too clumsy, perhaps? antique Besides, their uniforms and weapons are different from one another. silence Some even abandoned their weapons and fled at the place I went to.”
At Ash’s question, Zero took a few moments to choose his words.
“Oh. atlas I was thinking the same thing. shadow Aren’t they completely different from the Vortex soldiers we saw in Underland? aspect How should I put it? meadow It’s as if they lack discipline……”
“What do you mean?”
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“Exactly. harbor That’s what I mean.”
Indeed, his companions were right.
As he listened to that conversation, Ash zoomed in with his optical sensors to examine the bloody battle unfolding on the ground in greater detail.
Those individuals seemed clearly different from the disciplined Vortex forces they had encountered previously.
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Therefore, Ash made a decision.
‘There is definitely something strange. adapt After all the threats Vortex made, it makes no sense for them to have sent people like these to pursue us.’
That aroused his suspicions.
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“There is something I would like to find out. alien It seems we shall need someone who can answer our questions.”
At those words, all the team members simultaneously followed the direction of his gaze.
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There was a mercenary who continued fighting desperately with a simple dagger, even after all his companions had died.
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“How about we ask that man?”
He was a man who stood out because of his striking, bright-red mohawk.
“That sounds like a good idea.”
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The team leader was dead.
“I’ll follow your lead.”
***
The three swordsmen nodded simultaneously.
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However, Bark was still alive.
But in any case, they were all dead. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.
His companions were dead too.
Truthfully, it was almost embarrassing to call them companions, since they were merely some guys he had seen a couple of times.
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Even so, he was definitely still alive.
His body was covered in wounds, and every time he breathed, blood gushed from the deep wound in his side.
The hand holding his dagger was so numb that he could barely feel it.
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“Damn it. accent So this is how I’m going to die.”
He gave a bitter smile as he adjusted his grip on his dagger.
If he had known things would end this way, he would have spent more time practicing close-quarters combat.
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A black shadow brushed past his side.
Even if he was going to die, he would take at least one of those monsters with him.
Slash.
And just as he gathered his last strength to launch himself into an attack.
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“……What the hell?”
That was only the beginning.
During that fleeting movement, the Grotesque that had been about to reach his neck was cleanly split in two, from head to toe.
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Every time the swords they held in their hands flashed, a Grotesque was torn apart.
The black shadows that had appeared out of nowhere began silently sweeping across the battlefield.
It was a completely unreal scene.
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There were still several dozen Grotesques in the surrounding area.
Those primitive weapons called “swords,” which he had always considered ridiculous, moved as though performing a dance.
Ripped apart, cut down, and pierced through.
“Am I dreaming?”
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While Bark stared in astonishment at that incomprehensible scene, he suddenly noticed a shadow falling over his head.
And it all happened in the blink of an eye.
However, all of them were mercilessly slaughtered by just three swords.
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“……Ha.”
He looked up.
A pair of turquoise optical sensors looked down at him from above.
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Without showing the slightest attachment to his weapon, he let the dagger he held in his hands fall to the ground.
“Today really has been…… a fucking shitty day.”
Upon seeing them, Bark let out a deep sigh.
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