Chapter 35

Seven hours later, the sky finally turned bright in the east .

Feng Luo’s shirt was wet with dew as he lay on the hill beside the canyon . The air was somehow freezing but fresher than ever . Although this was not the first time he had experienced dawn, he was still be amazed by the authenticity of the graphics in the game .

The next minute, he and Dan Hen saw several bright lights shining through the forest behind them, along with the humming noise of energy military vehicles . The arrivals of these vehicles put an end to their long night of waiting .

“They have finally come!”

Dan Hen turned over and sat up straight while taking out army-green binoculars from his backpack . He looked in the direction of the sounds as he half-lay in the bushes at the edge of the hill .

Scouts in the game of War were equipped with multifunction binoculars that consisted of detection, forming images, and even detecting heat signatures . Compared to a sniper, who observed by using his rifle’s scope, Scouts were able to detect targets in a shorter time frame, as well as scan for hidden individuals in the vicinity of the target area .

These multifunction binoculars certainly would have been suitable for Snipers, but without a Scout’s professional training, they could not be utilized as effectively . Therefore, most of the Snipers in War would team up with a Scout player, because the Scouts in the game could perform the same function as a spotter in real life .

A few minutes later, two dark green energy military vehicles equipped with bright white headlights arrived from the gravel road outside of the canyon . There were also eight energy motorbikes with two soldiers each surrounding the energy military vehicles . There were around 30 rebel soldiers .

Feng Luo had one of his eyes closed, and he placed his index finger on the M110’s trigger . He then turned the rifle scope slightly away from the opposing light source to get a clearer view of the rebel army from 1,000 meters away . Although the light was bad at the moment, the target vehicles were clearly visible . Through the magnified view of the rifle’s scope, none of the rebels shows any signs of alert on their faces . Clearly, there was no advanced warning of the ambush plan .

As the military vehicles drew closer and closer, Feng Luo and Dan Hen did not fire a shot . Instead, they only took out their weapons to prepare for their upcoming maneuvers .

Even the drowsy Marauder Swordsman, who was clad in purple, took out a purple two-handed alloy sword after being woken up by the system alert . He lowered his body down to the ground and carefully hid in the bushes .

Now was not the time . They had to wait for the enemies to step into the ambush . Only then could they engage, after the NPCs started making active attacks .

The rebel convoy was moving quickly, and their formation was scattered . Feng Luo and Dan Hen took a glance to each other . They knew that the enemies weren’t prepared for what awaited them .

Since the Town of Exiles was completely surrounded, it was indeed impossible for the enemy to know that a large group had set up an ambush on both sides of the canyon . Moreover, unless an inside man provided information, there was no reason to suspect that the enemy would know the exact time when their fleet would pass by .

Just as the entire rebel convoy had entered the canyon, something happened to the first energy military vehicle .

Boom!

A huge sound suddenly erupted from the ground of the canyon . At the same time, a light blue, electromagnetic field burst up from below the vehicle, vibrating with pulses of energy . The energy was nearly blinding in the pre-dawn light .

The electromagnetic landmine explosion created a disruption in the magnetic field . It not only caused the operating systems of the energy military vehicles to go idle, but a few of the motorbikes suddenly malfunctioned, causing the rebel soldiers to fall heavily to the ground . One of them even crashed into a giant rock at the side of the road, reducing two of the riders to sloppy flesh .

The aftermath of the landmine explosion was a two-meter-deep hole in the middle of the road, blocking the way for any other vehicles . But the explosion did not stop there . Two huge noises came from the hills behind the rebel troops . All the rocks and trees collapsed as the noise ended, blocking their only way out .

“Attack!”

Without the need for any commands, the players all started to attack at the same time .

Zoom! Zoom!

There were bullets everywhere . The sounds of gunfire resounded through the entire canyon . The sounds of bullets echoed off the cliff walls on both sides, creating the illusion that a single weapon was more than ten machine guns firing at the same time . In addition, colorful energy skills blasting down from the sky . Countless fireballs, light green wind blades, and transparent frozen arrows created a marvelous scene in the dull atmosphere . There were even players who were casting skills with areas of effects, such as Meteor Rain, Hurricane, and others . All the skills were cast toward the rebel troop again upon completing cooldown .

“Ahh! Ahh!”

The most unfortunate rebel soldiers were those who had been thrown from their bikes to the ground . They were totally exposed, without any cover to hide from the attacks . They were still recovering from the dizziness when five or six of them were swallowed by peppered bullets and skills, leaving only screams behind .

“Defend! Retreat!”

The continuous ambush and attacks had put the rebel troops into a state of chaos . However, as a part of the escort team, they were obviously trained professionals . After the first attacks, they got into cover and started to fight back using the weapons in their hands .

On top of the military vehicle that was still working, there was an XM214 machine gun similar to the one the armed Guards had used to defend the town . One of the rebel soldiers climbed up and started firing the XM214 machine gun, sweeping across the battlefield . In just two seconds, the bullets had formed a wall with a wide coverage area .

“Argh!”

Some overexcited players who had hopped out from the ambush point to cast their skills were instantly wiped out by the machine gun .

Based on Feng Luo’s experience of slaughtering the Beetle Boss, he knew that the power of the machine gun bullets was indeed stronger than the guns of the players . It would only take two to three shots for a normal player to be defeated .

Furthermore, this powerful machine gun had rounds larger than 15mm . If one were to get shot in the arm or the leg, it would be a “Critical Hit . ”

The suppressive power of the XM214 machine gun was awful . With the support of its tremendous firepower, the rebels could actually fight on par with the players and the Guards, using the two energy military vehicles as cover . Certainly there were still a number of players who had chosen not to unleash their full power .

That’s weird, thought Feng Luo . I thought the commander was supposed to show himself by now .

Feng Luo had his finger on the trigger of his M110, but he hadn’t fired a shot because he had only one target: the commander of the rebel army, Harry Luden .

In order to retrieve the remaining four parts of the “Eye of Thunder,” he would have to obtain the level of First-Class of Honorary Citizen from the Town of Exiles . Therefore, he had to get the “Final Hit” against the commander of the rebel army . As for rewards gained from defeating random thugs, they were nothing to Feng Luo; he had already obtained more than 2,000 medal points . Therefore, he chose not to attack . Instead, he waited patiently for his target . If a Sniper were to simply fire a shot and reveal his position, it would reduce half of the threat to the enemy .

The first round of mad bombardment caused the deaths of 12 to 13 casualties on the rebels’ side . Eventually, a man with an energy robe and a silver mask emerged from the middle vehicle . He held a magic staff as he stepped out of the vehicle . As his feet touched the ground, his magic staff flashed, and a green transparent energy shield appeared around him .

Furthermore, there were four fully armored Heavy Armor Warriors hopping down alongside him, raising four shields to cover the man and protect him from attacks in every direction . They immediately escorted the man to the foot of the mountain .

Part of the rebel soldiers stayed with the energy military vehicle, shooting at the players and Guards with their weapons . The rest were charging in the direction of the four Heavy Armor Warriors .

It was impossible to completely lock down the huge canyon because the Guards and the players were limited in number . During the first round of combat, the rebels had spotted the loopholes in their ambush . Now, they were heading toward the point where the firepower was the weakest . However, the rebels did not know that the soldiers were only appetizers for the ambushing players . The main dish was the Wind Controller wearing the silver mask .

“The Boss is here!”

“He finally decided to show up . I thought he had already escaped . ”

“Attack! Attack!”

The next moment, the sky was covered in bullets raining down . Dozens of multi-colored energy skills started to change direction, speeding toward the commander of the rebels with firepower that was twice as strong as the previous attacks . Within seconds, the Wind Controller and four of his shielded Heavy Armor Warriors were completely overwhelmed by the various attacks .

Even though Harry Luden was a Level-55 Wind Manipulator, his energy shield’s defense wasn’t high . After all, among the four types of Energy Manipulators, the defense level of the energy shield of a Wind Controller was only slightly stronger than that of a Fire Controller .

As the players’ ambush points were all on high ground, most of the attacks came from above the rebels’ heads . Therefore, although the Wind Controller was protected in all four directions by the Heavy Armor Warriors, his energy shield still got hit a few times . After a few seconds, the shield wobbled and faded away .

“We have broken the armor!”

Every one of the players was excited . Without the protection of the shield, the Energy Controller was a lamb awaiting the slaughter . No matter how great his offense was, low defense and low HP were critical weaknesses, just as it was for monsters .

Feng Luo, who had contributed a huge part of the fight with three continuous shots from his C-grade custom-made armor-piercing bullets, felt confused by the results .

There’s something strange about this mission, he thought . Is this supposed to be so easy?