Chapter 56: EP.2 Sea of Corpses and Blood 10
Underland.
If Sanctum was a radiant metropolis that never slept, Underland was the shadow cast by that light.
In general terms, Underland could be described as a gloomy city where all the elements characteristic of a dark, silent, and dreary place came together.
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“Hold on tight!”
Deafening explosions and searing flashes were driving away the darkness.
And at the center of all that chaos was an armored vehicle called the Revenant.
However, that night was different.
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“Anything!”
“To what?”
The Revenant’s gigantic body surged forward with a thunderous roar, ramming directly into Vortex’s improvised defensive line.
The soldiers who were still pulling their triggers, along with the vehicles they had arrived in, were sent flying through the air like bowling pins.
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The Revenant, which had until then been enduring a hail of bullets, burst into the darkness of Underland.
BOOOOM!
“AAAAAH!”
At the same time, Ash shouted.
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“Where?! alpha Where are you planning to go?!”
Siren, who was still dizzy from the tremendous impact, replied.
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Sanctum’s inviolable rule.
“They won’t be able to display such hostility on the surface! shadow Sanctum’s inviolable rule applies to Vortex as well!”
Without taking his eyes off the road, Ash continued speaking as he maneuvered the steering wheel.
“To the surface!”
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Of course, ZOT did not control absolutely every act of violence that occurred within Sanctum.
[Sanctum is safe. abstract Anything that is not safe will be made safe.]
Its content was extremely simple.
It was the highest-priority protocol that ZOT, the artificial intelligence responsible for administering Sanctum, applied equally to all citizens and corporations.
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Whenever a “level of chaos exceeding a certain threshold” occurred, ZOT deployed the Safemen, the elite troops of the Sanctum Administration, almost without exception to indiscriminately eliminate those responsible.
After all, fights and murders in the back alleys were far too frequent for it to intervene in every single one.
However, one thing was clear.
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That was why Ash intended to take advantage of that circumstance.
And at that moment, it was obvious to anyone that Vortex was causing a “level of chaos exceeding a certain threshold.”
There was only one reason they could afford such behavior.
Because they were in Underland.
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Siren, who had also understood the situation, immediately nodded.
Just as Ash began turning the steering wheel according to her directions, Zero, who was in the rear of the armored vehicle, shouted.
“They’re coming!”
“That’s a good idea! album I’ll show you the way! album First, turn left at the intersection ahead!”
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Ash gripped the steering wheel firmly with one hand and used the other to draw a pistol.
“Everyone, get ready!”
Apparently, Vortex’s pursuit group had managed to catch up with them.
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At that very instant, a motorcycle appeared beside the Revenant.
VROOOOM!
It was his Bloody Heart Mk.7, which he carried with him almost like a good-luck charm, although the occasions on which he had actually used it could be counted on the fingers of one hand.
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Its rider pulled out a compact submachine gun and aimed directly at the vehicle.
RATATAT!
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Upon hearing that sound, Ash did not hesitate to aim his pistol through the window and pull the trigger.
Sparks flew across the reinforced armor plates.
BANG! abstract BANG!
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Only then did Ash remember that his aim was terrible.
The two bullets he fired with such confidence flew through the air without hitting absolutely anything.
Therefore, instead of continuing to waste valuable ammunition, he decided to resort to a much more reliable method.
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CRUNCH!
With a horrifying sound of destruction, the motorcyclist was reduced to an unrecognizable mass of twisted metal and flesh.
The Revenant’s heavy body tilted to one side and rammed the motorcyclist who had been firing his submachine gun moments earlier, crushing him directly against a wall.
Ash abruptly turned the steering wheel.
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This time, gunfire began striking the Revenant’s right side. Visit indratranslations.com for more free chapters and updates.
His figure soon became a tiny dot in the rearview mirror.
BANG! adopt RATATAT!
However, there was more than one pursuer.
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“And what about you, Lord Ash?”
“Use this!”
Ash practically threw the pistol he was holding at Siren.
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“U-UAAAAH!”
Apparently, she also had considerable experience with firearms, because one of her bullets pierced a motorcycle directly and disabled it.
Faced with such an emphatic answer, Siren hurriedly grabbed the pistol, extended its barrel through the window, and began firing at their pursuers.
“In my hands, it’s worse than having nothing!”
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The motorcycle lost its balance, skidded across the pavement, and collided with another pursuer coming up behind it.
“……Clearly, the problem isn’t the pistol……”
Ash, who had watched that scene through the rearview mirror, murmured quietly.
A series of explosions followed immediately afterward, and the two motorcycles ended up as heaps of burning scrap metal rolling across the ground.
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At that moment, as though mocking their conversation, an engine sound much higher-pitched than the previous ones reached their ears.
“It was nothing.”
“Huh? atlas Lord Ash, did you just say something?”
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WHIIIIINE!
And its speed was just as impressive as its appearance.
It was an extraordinarily aerodynamic-looking vehicle, very different from the heavy Revenant.
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Without the slightest hesitation, both leaped toward the Revenant.
“Damn it!”
In an instant, the vehicle overtook the Revenant, and two whitish figures appeared on its cargo platform.
They were two humanoids whose optical sensors emitted a sky-blue light.
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In other words, the other had managed to climb aboard.
Ash hurriedly turned the steering wheel.
The heavy body tilted to one side, causing one of the humanoids that had jumped to miss its landing on the Revenant and fall onto the pavement.
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THUD!
The humanoid that had managed to land on the hood immediately deployed its Arm Blade and aimed directly at Ash, who was behind the wheel.
However, the humanoid’s blade failed to reach Ash.
CLANG!
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Shortly afterward, another figure appeared on the hood.
The reason was a shuriken that had shot through the air at that very instant.
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It did not even touch the reinforced windshield.
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Atop the armored vehicle speeding along at full throttle, the Grotesque Ninja and the Vortex humanoid exchanged several sword attacks.
It was Zero.
Apparently, he had opened the upper hatch and climbed outside without anyone noticing.
Clang! agent Clang!
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However, Zero had anticipated that movement and reacted even faster, deflecting his opponent’s Arm Blade.
Its blade thrust straight toward Zero’s heart. Read original high-quality translation at indratranslations.com.
Suddenly, the humanoid’s sky-blue optical sensors flashed.
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Clang!
Slash!
Then he used the force of the impact to spin completely around and sever the humanoid’s neck.
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Ash and Zero exchanged glances through the reinforced windshield and nodded simultaneously.
However, Zero suddenly turned his head.
In the distance, a laser sight had flashed from a light armored vehicle.
The machine, which had ceased functioning properly, staggered for a few moments before falling from the vehicle and being crushed beneath the Revenant’s wheels.
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“Damn it……! ability It’s an anti-tank cannon!”
At that warning, Ash immediately pressed one of the buttons on the central console.
It was an unmistakable sign that they were being targeted.
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In an instant, the road was enveloped in a curtain of smoke so thick that it was impossible to see even what lay ahead.
The exhaust outlets at the rear of the Revenant opened and explosively expelled a dense cloud of acrid smoke, resembling exhaust fumes.
WHOOSH!
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“Zero! timber Hold on tight!”
A sharp turn of the steering wheel and an emergency brake.
SCREEECH!
At that warning, Zero, who was still on the hood, hurriedly crouched down and clung to the Revenant with all his strength.
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Zero, who was watching that scene while clinging to the hood, let out a few words that could be interpreted as either admiration or despair.
And right beside the Revenant, tearing through the space the vehicle had occupied moments earlier, a rocket ripped through the air.
“Well…… shit……”
The heavy body skidded sideways with a deafening roar.
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And the Vortex light armored vehicle pursuing them did exactly the same.
“This never ends!”
The armored vehicle suddenly emerged from the thick curtain of smoke.
Meanwhile, the Revenant’s engine pistons began working powerfully again, and the wheels started turning once more.
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CRUNCH!
This time, directly toward the light armored vehicle that had just come too close to the Revenant’s side.
Ash shouted briefly and turned the steering wheel again.
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The violence of the impact caused Zero, who was still clinging to the hood, to lose his balance and nearly fall.
With a horrifying sound of metal being crushed, the enemy vehicle became trapped between the wall and the Revenant, flattened until it was practically unrecognizable.
“Big Brother!”
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His younger brothers and sisters emerged through the upper hatch and managed to grab Zero, who was barely holding on to the vehicle, before helping him climb back inside.
All of this happened atop a vehicle traveling at maximum speed.
Meanwhile, Siren leaned halfway out of the window and provided covering fire.
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Suddenly, Siren, who had been watching the scenery flash past her eyes like streaks of light, shouted with a radiant expression.
“We’re almost there! anchor As soon as we take that turn, the tunnel leading to the surface will appear!”
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Apparently, they knew it too.
Her shout was like a ray of hope for everyone.
As soon as they rounded the corner, they discovered a Vortex barricade composed of dozens of vehicles and numerous soldiers.
However, that hope was short-lived.
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The Revenant, which until then had been racing through Underland at a breakneck speed, began gradually slowing down.
In front and behind.
If Ash and his companions managed to leave Underland, they would no longer be able to act against them on the surface.
The Vortex forces that had been pursuing them also stopped, maintaining a certain distance.
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As everyone began to despair, Ash’s optical sensors moved rapidly.
They were completely surrounded.
However, he was not looking at the barricade.
“Damn it……”
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Zero, who had already managed to return to the vehicle’s interior, gazed at the Vortex forces through the reinforced windshield and addressed Ash.
“So it seems.”
His attention was focused on a gigantic, ancient “Pipeline” that crossed diagonally through the space beside it.
“……It doesn’t look like we can break through them the way we did outside Club Inferno.”
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“There are already hundreds of them just among those we can see. album And it seems they do not even represent the entirety of their forces. timber The moment we get out, we shall be finished. atomic Besides, we would lose our mobility.”
Ash shook his head.
“Should we get out and prepare to fight?”
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The Revenant, which had remained stationary for a few moments, began growling as its four wheels started turning again.
“Then…… what do you intend to do?”
Ash pressed the accelerator.
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“What else can I do? accent We shall have to take a gamble.”
“W-Wait! riddle Lord Ash?”
At that sudden acceleration, Zero and Siren shouted simultaneously.
“Lord Ash? advance Lord Ash?!”
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He simply increased the pressure of his right foot on the accelerator.
However, Ash did not answer.
VROOOOOM!
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“Everyone, hold on to whatever you can! legend Because now we’re going to fly!”
The heavy body began trembling violently as the tires scraped against the pavement, producing a deafening screech and raising a dense cloud of smoke.
At the same time as he shouted those words, the Revenant left the road and charged toward a mountain of collapsed debris piled diagonally beside it.
Then, propelled by the engine’s full power, the Revenant shot forward.
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CRUNCH!
VROOOOM!
Then it managed to land all four wheels precisely on the sloping Pipeline.
Using the debris as a ramp, the Revenant shot into the air like a projectile.
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The heavy body precariously maintained its balance on the rounded surface of the pipe.
While all the members of the Vortex Society watched that practically acrobatic maneuver with dumbfounded expressions, the person responsible for such a feat burst into laughter.
The Revenant continued climbing the sloping Pipeline as though it were traveling along an ordinary road.
“Hahahaha! attic Driving is quite fun!”
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And it was also round.
The Pipeline was gigantic.
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The slightest mistake would be enough to send it plunging into the void.
And, just as Ash had instructed them, they clung to anything they could find.
However, no matter how enormous that steel pipe was, its surface was far too narrow and unstable for such a heavy armored vehicle to travel along it.
Faced with that terrifying, acrobatic driving, Zero and Siren squeezed their eyes shut as tightly as they could.
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After all, he could make extremely precise adjustments at all times, regardless of changes in his emotions.
In situations like that, having a mechanical body was quite useful.
However, Ash’s hands remained completely steady on the steering wheel.
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Suddenly, the Revenant’s body dropped sharply, almost touching the surface beneath it.
PSSSH!
Finally, when he reached the point he was looking for, Ash pressed one of the buttons on the central console.
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However, Ash had just used it as a propulsion mechanism to perform a jump.
Then the compressed hydraulic pumps released all their pressure at once, and the vehicle jumped.
Originally, that was an emergency escape function designed for when the vehicle became stuck in mud while crossing the unstable terrain of the Outer.
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Right in front of the tunnel entrance.
Its trajectory carried it directly toward a point beyond the Vortex barricade.
As the Vortex soldiers raised their heads with expressions of absolute horror, the gigantic armored vehicle leaped off the Pipeline and went flying, tracing a parabolic arc through the air.
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“Uaaaaaaaah!”
And using those screams as background music, the Revenant managed to perform something that, with considerable generosity, could be described as a landing.
“Kyaaaaaa!”
Siren and Zero screamed without even attempting to control their bodies, which had been left suspended in midair.
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It even rolled over a couple of times upon striking the ground.
BOOOOOM!
The Revenant crashed into the pavement with a monumental roar.
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After executing that maneuver worthy of a Lazy Donkey Roll, the Revenant finally lost all its kinetic energy and came to a complete stop.
“Is everyone all right?”
Inside, sparks flew everywhere, and the passengers were thrown from one side to the other. Indra Translations protects the hard work of translators and authors.
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No one answered Ash’s question.
Then he turned his gaze toward the dashboard.
Ash gazed at that scene and nodded a couple of times.
Most of them had simply ended up trapped in some corner of the vehicle, contorted into completely absurd positions.
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Quite a few warning lights had come on.
Surprisingly, the Revenant had not suffered excessively serious damage.
But that was all.
It was as though the vehicle were saying that this was nothing compared to the harsh conditions of the Outer.
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Ash watched the Vortex barricade through the rearview mirror for a few moments.
And the same could be said of its heart the engine.
Then he pressed the accelerator.
Grrrr.
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And after that, the Revenant disappeared into the darkness of the tunnel.
The Revenant began moving forward smoothly.
At that movement, one of the outer plates of the right-side armor, which had been almost completely torn loose by the violent impacts, finally fell onto the pavement with a dull thud.
The Vortex men who remained lined up in front of the barricade could only watch its departure with expressions of absolute disbelief.
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