NIKKE, When the Milky Way Blossoms

Four bullets pierced the sky and landed precisely on the Grim Reaper Tyrant's ankle joints, instantly bursting forth with surging flames and billowing black smoke.

done?

Just as a glimmer of hope arose in Anke's heart, the lieutenant's urging extinguished her naive idea on the spot.

"Don't just stand there, keep firing!"

When Phoenix saw that only Annie's grenade launcher and Yuni and Tia's rocket launchers were fired in the second salvo, he was startled and thought that Anker had been attacked by the other Lechers. He immediately turned his head to look anxiously.

However, upon seeing the new recruit looking intently at the black smoke, the commander nearly had his blood pressure fluctuate wildly from anger.

"Do you think tyrants are made of tofu?!"

"Ah...yes, I'm sorry!"

After being reprimanded by the commander, Anke immediately realized how foolish her actions had been. She quickly apologized, then hurriedly loaded her weapon, preparing to participate in the third salvo.

No sooner had she raised her launcher than a stray machine gun shell from the south accidentally struck her calf.

A wound the size of a rice bowl gnawed at half of the sailor's calf, easily forcing Anker to kneel on one knee.

In retaliation, Diesel's inexhaustible machine gun unleashed a whirlwind of bullets, tearing Leitch, whose two guns were pointed at the commander, to shreds.

Firepower clashes, insufficient cover, and open terrain—all the terrain factors that were unfavorable to Niki were fully demonstrated on the far northern snowfield.

Fifteen seconds, a mere fifteen seconds.

Lorf lost the use of her left arm; Nadya was shot in the abdomen; Master suffered a thigh injury; Helen suffered a right hip injury...

Fifteen seconds, just fifteen seconds.

Sixty-seven low-level Lechers were wiped out in the squadron's reckless frontal firefight.

"Members with mobility impairments, please exit!"

After successfully completing the mission assigned by the commander, knowing that the battle was not yet over, Lapi, supporting Master, turned to look in Phoenix's direction and said:

"The rest of you, report to the commander!"

……

Rumble, rumble, rumble—!

As Death Tyrant slowly climbed up the valley amidst the frenzied barrage of bullets from Anis and her companions.

When this giant spider with only four legs reveals its true full size, comparable to an eight-story building.

Even Lieutenant Phoenix, who had prepared himself mentally, could not escape the onslaught of a sense of powerlessness.

It's too big...

Standing in front of the over five-meter-tall gorilla, it would probably be more appropriate to call it a hairy monkey.

"Commander..."

Looking up at the colossal tyrant that seemed to blot out the sky, Anise momentarily forgot that her boyfriend was still deaf.

"Commander! Retreat! We'll cover your retreat!"

"..."

Unsurprisingly, the deaf lieutenant did not respond to Anise's suggestion. Even if he could hear, he would not have chosen Anise's suggestion.

There's also Lhapi who can cover for them, and a near-death experience plan that can be implemented...

However, he was just a tyrant named Lecher who lacked any intelligence; the special squadron was not yet in dire straits.

"The Reaper model, Lecher, has a spider-like structure and an energy shield. It has a high-powered laser cannon on its head, which cannot be fired instantly."

A 32mm airborne Vulcan cannon is suspended below its chest, and it needs to be dealt with as a priority.

It has ten nano-metal tentacles at the end of its abdomen, used to attack targets in blind spots below its torso.

Everyone ran and fired, ready to throw smoke grenades at any time.

"Yuni, come with me! I'll destroy that Vulcan cannon!"

After speaking, the lieutenant immediately set off at full speed towards the remains of Lecher, located due south. Seeing this, Yuni, who was already beside Phoenix, naturally wouldn't refuse her commander.

The girl completely ignored Anise's nagging instructions and immediately followed closely to the lieutenant's side.

"You only have one chance, Eunice."

In the shortest of breaths, Phoenix had arrived beside a Lecher aircraft whose core was damaged but whose cannon structure remained intact, and laughed:

"If we fail, we'll most likely be reduced to dust."

Faced with someone's seemingly casual teasing, Yuni shook her head vigorously, turning her pigtails into a rattle drum.

“Yuni doesn’t mind. Yuni just wants to stay with the Commander and Mihara.”

The girl's confession was so endearing, but unfortunately, it didn't reach the ears of the deaf lieutenant.

Clang!

With a piercing metallic shriek, the man's right arm, which had transformed into a pyramid, pierced into Lecher's torso.

[Searching the fire control system...]

[Retrieval successful. Forced circuit connection to perform current operation.]

The next second, with Anick's announcement, the 25mm machine gun belonging to Lecher, under the control of artificial intelligence, locked onto the Vulcan cannon suspension device of the Death Tyrant.

Bang bang bang bang bang-! ! !

[Calculating recoil data, calculation successful.]

In milliseconds, the machine gun bullets with unparalleled penetrating power concentrated on a single point, causing ripples to appear on the Death Tyrant's defensive shield and successfully attracting the attention of the giant spider.

"Yuni—!"

Without needing to say much, the moment the Vulcan cannon barrel turned towards Phoenix, Yuni's powers activated simultaneously.

Sizzle, sizzle...

Due to the girl's interference, the Death Tyrant's energy shield failed for a pitiful fraction of a second.

Bang bang bang bang bang-! ! !

However, in that brief moment of malfunction, several 25mm armor-piercing rounds successfully hit the Vulcan cannon's suspension system, easily breaking it.

"smoke bomb!"

The man, whose attack hadn't turned him to dust, had bloodshot eyes, a wide grin on his face, and roared with near-mad excitement:

"Get close and wipe it out for me!!!"

Chapter 243 Don't call another girl's name in front of one girl.

If Yuni's powers have no effect on Tyrant-class Rachel, then Phoenix will almost certainly be reduced to ashes under the terrifying firepower of the Vulcan Cannon.

Unfortunately, reality only presents results, not "what ifs".

And this time the result was that the mad hatter who liked to gamble with his life won yet another bet.

The moment the Vulcan cannon landed, Niki and her team saw a chance for the entire squadron to survive.

Without the suppressive fire of the turrets and shrouded in a large amount of interfering smoke, Labi and the others easily reached the lower abdomen of the Death Tyrant and pulled the trigger without hesitation into the giant spider's abdominal cavity.

In an instant, shotgun shells, assault rifles, sniper rifles... all sorts of bullets were rained down on the Death Tyrant's ten defensive tentacles as if they were free.

Without the protection of an energy shield, nanometals are still metals after all, how could they withstand the bombardment of nearly ten gun lines?

In just three seconds, one of the tentacles was severed by Niki and her men.

Off the court, Phoenix reacted quickly and picked up the swaying Yuni beside him.

Forcibly using one's supernatural abilities on the tyrant Rachel, who was eight or nine stories tall, even if it only interfered for a fraction of a second, would still consume enough energy to make the girl faint in a daze.

sieve--

Holding Yuni in his arms, and taking advantage of the smoke, the man rushed towards the blind spot on the giant spider's abdomen.

Logically, even if he leaves the battlefield now, it shouldn't have a significant impact on the battle. However, the laser cannon above the Death Tyrant's head hasn't been destroyed, and the outer ring remains an extremely dangerous zone for instant kills.

However, what happened next once again proved how rapidly the battlefield can change.

Perhaps realizing that the situation was unfavorable to him, the Death Tyrant, whose two tentacles had already been severed, actually made a move to retreat back to the valley.

Is it... trying to escape?

Not only was Phoenix surprised, but even the battle-hardened Lapi and Marian were incredulous.

Tyrant-level Lechers are still Lechers. They may be smarter, but they still cannot escape the basic logic framework of Lechers, unlike the seemingly rough but actually cunning Roar.

Unless... it is being commanded by an intelligent Lecher.

Is there an intelligent Leitcher around here?!

Niki and her team, who thought they were about to win, felt their spirits sink to the lowest point. At this moment, they were either wounded or crippled, and even if they risked their lives, they could not possibly defeat a "noisy" opponent.

Is it still unavoidable...?

After smashing the third tentacle of the Death Tyrant, and then dodging another sweeping tentacle with a roll, Lapi immediately raised his gun to counterattack, his lips pressed tightly together as he made his final assessment of the situation.

She had a secret, a secret known only to Ingrid, Mana, and a very few others.