Herrscher of Reason's Arknights

There was no way to go anywhere, so I could only sit there, huddled in the somewhat cramped cabin, watching the same scenery no matter how far I traveled.

The endless wilderness stretches as far as the eye can see. No matter how long you walk, it's just a barren wasteland devoid of any beauty, with endless mountain ranges in the distance, devoid of any signs of human habitation or civilization.

It's so boring.

So sitting in the car, I felt incredibly sleepy, and even used my not-so-fitting uniform jacket as a blanket, trying to lean back in my seat and take a nap.

However, the next moment.

A discordant whistling sound suddenly rang out!

"Enemy attack—!!!"

Chapter 292 [The Back View]

The attack began when the first crossbow bolt landed in the convoy, hitting the door of the land vehicle.

The ensuing explosions kicked up dust and debris, and rocks from the roadside, caused by the massive blasts, lay across the road in front of the convoy, blocking its path.

The massive explosion sent debris flying everywhere, scattering stones like high-speed bullets into the convoy. In an instant, sparks of metal and blood mist erupted together.

"Ugh."

The girl lowered her head, her head being forcibly pressed down by Warfarin. The next moment, a whooshing sound exploded from above.

It was a flying pebble; if it weren't for Warfarin, Yelena might have been hit on the head by that pebble at that moment.

"Get off the bus and disperse!"

AEC was the first to jump off the vehicle, holding his shield horizontally, and the incoming crossbow bolts were deflected by the metal shield.

Because the convoy didn't have many armed personnel, they moved very quickly, but the group of crazed attackers were just as fast.

Or rather, it was precisely because they were the attackers that they were fully prepared, which is why their actions were so swift.

Those were bounty hunters, and this group of guys swarmed over them like vultures spotting a corpse.

"Why a bounty hunter?!"

It is well known that bounty hunter groups are not the same as real mercenaries and armies. Armies do not need money to maintain morale, while mercenaries can maintain morale and loyalty with money, but bounty hunters do not.

Bounty hunters are groups that operate in small teams for money and commissions, and it is estimated that only a very small number of such large groups have been able to grow to this size.

Therefore, bounty hunters never operate on a large scale; they excel at small-scale infiltration and individual combat rather than positional warfare.

But now, it's clearly positional warfare, and they've abandoned their small-team advantage, rushing towards the convoy in droves!

But no one had the time to think about the reasons behind it. After all, bounty hunter groups are unpredictable. One moment they are bounty hunters, and the next they are bandits and robbers. This group is the most chaotic, the least organized, and has no clear objective. It is a mixed group of all sorts of people.

Soon, the blue-black uniforms collided with the crowd!

But soon, something amiss began to happen.

Yelena swept a bounty hunter who was charging at her with a kick, the sound of bones breaking and tendons snapping jarringly in the girl's ears.

For some reason, Yelena no longer trusted her own hands.

She used to think she could do a lot.

As long as her will doesn't falter, she can go anywhere and fight anyone.

As long as you swing your fists, the power your sister gives you has limitless possibilities.

But she only realized it when her sister destroyed everything.

How ridiculous my own thoughts were.

No matter how fast she was or how strong she was, she couldn't touch her sister at all.

She always thought her older sister was ahead of her.

As long as she tries hard to keep up, she won't be left behind.

However·····

Actually, from the very beginning, my sister was standing on a road leading in another direction, and I was always looking at her from the parallel road, as if I wanted to catch up with her.

It's utterly ridiculous.

In reality, she can't do anything.

Then how should we fight back...?

"Watch out!!! Yelena, behind you!!"

Someone shouted this from afar, pulling Yelena out of her self-doubt.

Ugh?

The moment the girl turned her head to look behind her, her gray pupils instantly narrowed to a single point!

A beast is charging straight at me!

The group of bounty hunters, riding their beasts, launched an attack on the convoy.

Are these people crazy?!

Tuo Beasts are not armored vehicles. They are few in number but are an important means of transportation. Large groups generally need them. However, they are very precious because if a Tuo Beast is lost, someone may die in the wilderness due to lack of supplies.

Now, using the Tuo Beast as a combat unit on the front lines is something that, apart from rare historical examples of desperate battles, no one would be foolish enough to use such a thing as a combat unit on the front lines.

But now, that monstrous beast truly exists there, and the frightened beast has already accelerated and is rushing towards Yelena!

"!!!"

The girl's first reaction was to throw a punch; it was an instinctive response. In a close encounter, the brave will prevail, and only the more courageous one will survive.

However·····

My own hands can't actually do anything; everything before...

Maybe it was just good luck.

Let's run away.

After the massive beast accelerated, the earth seemed to tremble, as if heavy cavalry were charging at infantry, and the soldiers would only be smashed into a bloody pulp by the enormous impact.

Let's run away.

But·····

Why can't my legs move?

Why····

The girl seemed stunned, her legs standing there uncontrollably.

Move!

Why····

Why·······

Those golden eyes held only indifference.

All that remained was deathly silence.

Unable to do anything, not even escape, all that remained of my cowardice was the darkness before my eyes, making it all a reality.

There's nothing I can do...

Nothing can be done.

Nothing can be done!

A faint crimson hue was slowly filling Yelena's eyes, however...

"Get out of the way!!"

The girl felt her collar being suddenly pulled up!

The immense force lifted both her feet off the ground, and this sudden change shattered the girl's self-doubt.

What she saw...

It was the back of a man.

Ace, and his raised shield, at the critical moment, Ace rushed forward and threw Yelena away from the direction of the beast's charge.

Everything in the world seemed to slow down. The girl, suspended in mid-air, watched as the man raised his shield. Throwing her away was the limit; there was no chance to escape, and the man, who had no choice but to flee, was determined to confront the beast head-on.

"come over!"

The man roared, drawing his short sword with one hand and holding his shield in the other, ready to fight the charging behemoth to the death.

Why didn't he run away?

Why did he have the courage to fight that thing?

Yelena didn't know; she could only see the man's back and had no idea what his expression was like.

The next instant, Yelena felt herself fall heavily to the ground.

And what followed was the ear-piercing sound of metal being squeezed, a sound that made your teeth ache!

"————Bang!!!"

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P.S.: July, come quickly!!!

Chapter 293 [The So-Called Person Who Takes the Extra Step]

"These people are all crazy."

"Medical operator! There are wounded here!!"

With a single blow to the last, still-frenzied bounty hunter, Warfarin was left covered in blood, finally giving her a moment to catch her breath.

The casualties in this attack were not very high, but the frenzy of the enemy was unimaginable.

No one could imagine why these bounty hunters attacked the convoy, or why they fought so fiercely until the last man was killed.

This doesn't look like bounty hunters; it looks more like an army.

“Bang—!!!”

A deafening roar followed, and everyone looked in the direction from which the explosion had come.

It was a dead beast, lying sprawled on the ground, its jagged drag marks testifying just how fast this behemoth had been.

Even when it died, this guy was still moving forward by inertia, dragging himself forward for hundreds of meters.

What killed it?

Seemingly realizing something, Warfarin quickly stepped forward, then jogged, and finally ran like a madwoman towards the corpse of the beast.

Then everyone realized what was going on.

The absence of crossbow bolts embedded in the beast's corpse indicates that it was not killed by a ranged attack.

Instead, he was killed in close combat.

Those long drag marks might not have been left by just a beast!

"Save people! Help people!"

Warfarin was the first to realize it, so she ran towards the direction of the beast's corpse while shouting.

Sure enough, as she approached the enormous creature, she saw a short sword stuck in its head. It was Ace's signature sword, and the entire blade was almost completely embedded in the severed head, utterly destroying the brain, which finally brought the crazed beast to a halt.

But what about people?

Could it be beneath the body?!

"Ace!"

Warfarin shouted, trying to lift the body slightly to check if anyone was underneath.

The several tons of weight of the beast would be enough to turn any creature crushed beneath it into mincemeat.

However, the thing was too heavy. No matter how Warfarin pulled, the corpse didn't budge. If she dragged it any longer, Ace would die.

"Ace, are you still alive?! Ace!"

Suddenly, a sharp crackling sound of electricity came from beneath the corpse.

Then came the sound of the pacemaker automatically starting up.