"…Shinn."
The armor of the Dinosauria rose slightly, extending an endless number of "arms."
The arms were silver, comprised of nanomachines. The fingers were long, the joints massive, and they were the hands of an adult male. The arms transford at a breathtaking speed, and extended several sizes beyond their original length. So were left arms, so were right, and they were reaching out, seemingly yearning for sothing.
Every arm reached out for the "Undertaker," as they were accompanied by a roaring boom,
"Shhhhhiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!"
Even with synchronization at the lowest level, that bellow was deafening, throbbing their organs and curdling their blood. Raiden, the one most accustod to this, was shivering in a cold sweat. Angel shrieked, and covered her ears.
Shinn in turn reacted as though he was called up, and turned the "Undertaker" towards the enemy unit.
"…Shinn!?"
"Go ahead. Raiden, you'll be in command."
Raiden could practically see his cold eyes staring intently at the Dinosauria before them.
"Once you enter the forest, watch out for the Aise, and you probably won't be discovered. Break through, and continue on."
"What about you?"
"Once I get rid of this guy, I'll continue. We can't continue if we don't get rid of it, and I don't want to continue… it doesn't look like it's going to let off either."
Once he heard Shinn's last words, Raiden felt a chill up his back.
This guy, just,
Grinned.
Ahh. It's hopeless.
There was no turning back. This guy never thought of escape at all. All the ti, he was looking, seeking the head of his dead brother that was taken by the enemy. It was likely that it all started from then… no, ever since he was nearly strangled to death by his brother.
Raiden knew very well. However, he hissed,
"You've got to be kidding. Who's going to obey you?"
Who's going to obey this run away and leave behind order?
"—"
"If you want to fight alone, fine by … but we'll block the other attacks for you. Finish that guy off."
Saying that, Raiden gritted his teeth, enduring the rising emotions.
Fight alone, huh?
You could have told us. Just say that we'll fight together, and we'll agree to help out. Why is this idiot so… stupid at such a mont?
After a short mont of silence, Shinn let out a little sigh.
"…You're idiots."
"That makes all of us… don't die."
This ti, Shinn did not respond.
The shrill tal cries of the long-distance cannons marked the start of the battle. The volley rained down like the wind, and the four units quickly retreated.
The four-legged spider carrying the skeletal death god imdiately dashed forward, like a beast aiming for its prey.
The Dinosauria began its plan.
The Aise waiting by the side began moving everywhere. The other units had weak sensors, and thus a massive number of Aise, having sacrificed their offensive potency, acted as a data link that conveyed intel about the enemy. The Dinosauria's objective was to have the Aise all over the battlefield. Two of them caught sight of the approaching "Undertaker" and conveyed the various pieces of data back to the Dinosauria. The latter combined the data with the optical images captured in its unit, and turned its cannons towards them.
Fire.
The 155mm cannons bood. These cannons were not tank cannons, but heavy cannons. The armor piercing rounds broke the sound barrier, flying in at high speeds, and smashed hard into the space the "Undertaker" was at.
The "Undertaker" imdiately fought back, not aiming for the Dinosauria, but at the surrounding scattered Aise. It took one down and evaded, kicking at the body of a second unit, before taking aim and firing at the Dinosauria again. The smoke grenade exploded in the air, temporarily masking the optical sensors of the Dinosauria, and the "Undertaker" seized the mont to duck into the blind spot of the two destroyed Aise.
The main cannon of the "Juggernaut" was a 57mm cannon, completely incomparable to the Dinosauria's, and its firepower was unable to pierce the latter's sturdy armor, no matter the angle. There was only one effective spot, and to approach it, there was a need to destroy the exterior eyes covering the blind spots of the massive enemy, and increase the chances of success.
The massive body of the Dinosauria blew aside the veil of white smoke, and leaped up. It predicted the approach pattern of the "Undertaker," and raised its heavy machine gun, took aim, and spewed a trail of fire. The "Undertaker" quickly ducked back to evade, and the smoke between them scattered.
The sizzling hot muzzles of the cannon were aid at the headless figure. While the enemy continued to aim with so godlike precision, the "Undertaker" continued to race forth with movents of a man possessed.
The had obviously planned to have the "Undertaker" isolated from the other four units, and then isolate the four units before finishing them off.
Several Grauwolf and Löwe moved towards their targets, and even if they were to hide, they would be discovered by the Aise scattered all over the battlefield. All possible routes of retreat were sealed by the Stiers, and the long-ranged bombardnts of the Scorpions greatly limited their possible routes of retreat. They defeated the next to them, but more enemies continued to assault them.
Typically speaking, the would never use such a clustered formation as a tactic. Clearly this was commanded by a "Shepherd," the "Shepherd" that was most likely inside that Dinosauria.
Amidst the maddening assaults, volleys, and slashes, Raiden glanced towards that side. The continued to swarm like ants, but that side remained clear as the Dinosauria and the "Undertaker" took each other on.
It was an utterly ridiculous scene.
Fighting that Dinosauria alone was completely preposterous. Whatever that was happening before his eyes was a miracle. The "Juggernaut" was far inferior, whether it was in terms of firepower, armor, or mobility.
This should have been no contest. Yet this battle could continue because the one riding in that "Juggernaut" was Shinn… no, even Shinn could not make it a real battle. The Dinosauria pretty much ignored all definitions of a heavy tank as it remained still. In contrast, the "Undertaker" continued to dance and slash its way around in a delicate, yet barbaric manner, one that would make one's guts wince, yet it was forced to continue this unbelievable chain of movents.
It was not a battle. How long could the tightrope walking continue?
Or will we be the ones to fall first?
Raiden's heart faltered. He could no longer rember how many enemies he had dealt with, for every ti he got rid of one, another would appear. Fatigue and futility were setting in on the battle-hardened veterans.
"Reloading! Cover !"
Seo panted as he yelled. That voice was clearly filled with fatigue.
Fido darted through the fire alone, doing its utmost to resupply the various units, and had ejected one of its six containers. This clearly ant that the ammunition in the container was depleted. Of the one month's worth of ammunition, 20% was depleted in this battle alone.
Once we run out of ammunition, that'll be our demise, huh?
Thinking about this, Raiden gave a wry smile. Marvelous. This was the life he had hoped for, and the death he had hoped for.
Suddenly, another person joined in the synchronized channel.
"Lieutenant Shuga! Lend your left eye!"
In an instant, his left eye darkened, before it recovered again. The sa voice continued to shout,
"Firing now! Prepare for impact!"
At the sa mont, the sky suddenly cleared.
A silent flash was followed by a delayed explosion. The Eintagsfliege deployed in the air were instantly burned away and vaporized by the flas, or shattered by the shockwaves that spread everywhere else, crumbling apart.
Those were the flas and energy released in the explosion of a fuel type shell. The silver clouds dispersed montarily, revealing a temporal blue sky, before being colored black due to the barrage that followed.
The missiles landed accurately above their targets, and as their fuses burned, these missile shells cracked apart. The hundreds of bullets within seeked out the coordinates of the enemy units as per radar detection, exploding at a supersonic initial velocity of 2500 to 3000 ters per second.
In the torrent of steel, the feeble armor of the Aise broke apart, and the first half of the
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