2-18: Science vs Fantasy II (1/3)

2-18: Science vs Fantasy II (1/3)

The order given to the spear was to clean up a associates careless mistake.

The spear did have his misgivings about this order, but it was his direct superior who gave the order.

Not to mention that this superior was his benefactor. He intended to carry through with whatever request this superior might have of him regardless how reckless it was.

He was was also to gather data on the performance of the newly developed exoskeleton, so he couldnt turn down the mission just because he didnt like it or thought it was pointless.

He activated his optical camouflage and waited in the skies of the building where the diversion incident was taking place.Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

This optical camouflage couldnt be detected by the sensors used by the countermeasure department and of course also couldnt be seen through by the naked eye.

The spears job was simple. If everything were to go according to plan, he was to erase the convenient people they hired.

Theyll be exposed eventually, but its necessary to get rid of these hired thugs in order to keep things under wraps for the time being.

On the other hand, if something unexpected were to occur, he was to deal with it.

Either way the thugs they hired had to die.

When the spear went to take a look, he found out that something unexpected had already happened.

The countermeasure departments initial response was much quicker than expected, and theyve already managed to secure half of the people they prepared.

Most of the hostages have also managed to run away.

The hired thugs were able to lock themselves in the building with the few remaining hostages, but even that didnt seem likely to last.

Although a diversion was successfully created, the spear couldnt help but have an even worse impression of their associate who messed up.

How could they hire such incompetent people?

But the spear couldnt carelessly interfere until they succeeded.

If the authorities were to get wind of his presence, then the fact that Mumei was involved would come to light.

If that were to happen, then the diversion will be the least of their worries.

The other team reported that things were going well for them, but unfortunately, their side wasnt going as smooth. The spear sensed that a lot of people inside the building were on the move and that the hired thugs have been isolated.

The drones that have been left in standby just in case seemed to have been mobilized but they were quickly dealt with.

The spear didnt know what was going on, but it was evident that there was an enemy inside the department store.

Based on the auras inside the building, it was just one person. The spear couldnt believe how useless the hired thugs were.

He blew up the bombs outside the walls, and then canceled his optical camouflage and charged in while everyone inside was still confused from the explosion and the dust.

But what the spear saw from the visual sensor of his armor shocked him.

The armor the spear wore used a round head part that didnt move to prevent enemies from seeing the wielders neck movement, eye movement, and expression. It looked clunky but it was effective at interpersonal combat.

This was a good opportunity too, so the spear took out the trial product lance.

According to the user manual, this lances spearhead looked no different from a common spearhead, but if you cut down with it, it could summon an invisible blade as far as 20 meters away.

As usual, the Japanese sure come up with some interesting equipments, the spear smiled to himself.

And then he did just that and tried to cut down the black mist and the hired thugs altogether.

What!?

That shocked voice belonged to the black mist, but immediately after, the one who wanted to cry out was the crimson spear.

The invisible blade had indeed hit the black mist, but it failed to cut it down and was blocked instead.

The crimson spear didnt know how the black mist accomplished this, but that sensation of cutting something was missing, so he knew his attack had failed.

GU!

The crimson spear fixed his grip on his lance and put more strength into it to try and crush the black mist, but the most he could do was cause the black mist to sink deeper into the ground.

That alone would have been enough to surprise him, but then the black mist even broke the invisible blade.

Again, the spear had no idea how the black mist was able to do that.

What!?

But regardless, the shock in his voice was enough to prove that the black mist had indeed broken his invisible blade.

And then that happened. Just as he was thinking to himself that the black mist was moving, something suddenly attacked him.

GAH!?

He was being pushed.

It was as if some heavy machinery was pushing him toward the wall behind.

The most he could do was to bury his feet into the ground to prevent himself from being pushed.

Two marks from his feet being dragged were carved onto the floor as he managed to stop himself just short of the wall.

There were traces of damage to the crimson armor.

Did the black mist have an invisible weapon too?

As the spear thought that to himself, he noticed that fragments of some sort were falling, urging him to turn around.

Just now W-What is this!?

When he turned around, he noticed that five cylindrical marks had been carved into the wall behind him.

It was as if a giant raybeast was the one who left behind those marks. At that, he couldnt help but shiver.

Fortunately, it was an energy-based attack. The exoskeletons barrier was able to mitigate most of the damage, so the damage the armor incurred was minimal, but it was still terrifying that there was a weapon that could cause so much destruction from that distance and also be invisible.