Chapter 287

After hearing “Nathan’s” declaration, the real Nathan, who had already left early at the moment the airship ignited, couldn’t help but let out an annoyed sound. He somewhat regretted not adhering more strictly to what he foresaw in the “future.”

In the future that he saw, such a situation did not occur.

The [Otherworld Door] is not about forcibly replicating a certain future; it merely offers a brief chance to observe the future. So just like the same person singing the same song twice won’t have every note identical, it can only guarantee that the information obtained from the future remains the same, but it cannot ensure that the future will definitely unfold this way. Even a slight deviation in action might lead to different results.

Well, if there’s a bit of a difference, then so be it.

First, he glanced at the soldiers who surrounded the boarding tower so tightly that not even water could pass through, then looked far away at the approaching power armor squad. The middle-aged Joshua couldn’t help but nod satisfactorily.

Anyway, his true identity had already been exposed long ago, and he no longer intended to use the name “Nathan.” As long as the final result matched the future he had seen, that would be fine.

“Beeeep!!!”

An extremely sharp long whistle sounded, signaling the complete start of the attack.

“Unknown number of enemies, unknown types of weapons. Ambush team moves first! Advance slowly!”

Under the expectant gaze of middle-aged Joshua, the first group of guards to arrive at the base of the boarding tower, under the command of their leading lieutenant, skillfully and quickly divided into four groups according to the new soldier drill manual promoted by the Minister of Defense.

The ambush group split into three parts: two teams ambushed on both sides of the main road leading away from the tower, while one team further away began setting up temporary fortifications to ensure that enemies inside the boarding tower, even if they broke out of the encirclement, wouldn’t be able to evacuate quickly.

Next came the firepower group. Four squads equipped with heavy weapons, following their respective officers, quickly dispersed and began setting up burst nail guns at appropriate positions to suppress possible fire support from within the boarding tower.

Finally, there were the breakthrough group and reserve forces. About fifty elite soldiers split into two batches. Three assault teams holding pneumatic shields, under the cross-cover of two support teams, entered the boarding tower to begin demolition, cleaning, and sweeping of rooms, gradually advancing slowly.

Meanwhile, the reserve force led by the commander started to reposition, covering the setup of weapons by the firepower group while temporarily taking over the work of the firepower group. They began preemptive covering fire toward possible ambush positions.

…

Good grief, can those old-school soldiers from the military department, who got utterly defeated six years ago, really become this elite?

From a distance of seventy or eighty meters, Leon took a quick look down. He couldn’t help but marvel inwardly when he saw that the guard unit had completely sealed off the area in less than two minutes and had already begun advancing floor by floor.

When he was learning martial arts from Female Police Officer Isa before, she once talked to him about some things regarding her father. She said that the Minister of Defense and the Princess had already started efforts to reform the military department six years ago with the support of the King and the Royal Family.

After their six years of effort, although the financial deficit has never been fully addressed, the combat capability of the soldiers is absolutely incomparable to what it used to be. And himself, always scheming as a “rebel,” must be very cunning when doing undercover work, never directly charging head-on against the regular troops of the military department.

Moreover, when he received the Holy Spirit Pendant, the Bureau Director also evaluated that with this all-in-one offensive and defensive anomalous item, he could barely defeat a fifty-man elite squad in complex terrain urban warfare.

If not surrounded and his position confirmed, as long as he didn’t rush, relying on the ultra-long-range soul vision of two kilometers, he could slowly wear down a battalion of two to three hundred people.

At the time, he thought that with the soul vision akin to Black Goat mapping and the powerful killing power capable of directly eliminating someone within 50 meters, the Bureau Director’s evaluation of him was overly conservative. But now, seeing the performance of these elite guards, the Bureau Director’s assessment was spot on.

With his limited resources back then and his too short physical “endurance,” if someone really figured out his position and swept towards him layer by layer like this, even with strange tactics and terrain advantages, he probably wouldn’t last long.

As for now…

“Hahahaha! Finally! It’s our forte!”

Following that, an extremely pungent smell of sulfur rapidly diffused around, centered on two “Horn Smoke Bombs.” Leon just lightly sniffed it, and his lungs felt as if they were being scorched by flames, causing subtle pain. He also inexplicably heard the hellish sounds of fierce battles.

[Name: War Diagonal (Fallen, Wrath, War)]

[Appearance: …]

[Ability: Demon Horns, Amplification of Evil Thoughts, Endless Bloodshed]

[Cost: …]

[File: …]

[Evaluation: Thanks to your careful nurturing, after repairing the shattered authority, this anomalous item has once again become a terrifying battlefield killer.

If you join a large-scale war with it, you will gain temporary invincibility and inexhaustible stamina until one side retreats completely, ending the war.]

[Taint Value: 8 (5.2)]

No content missing in 69 Book Bar!

“Kid, don’t worry!”

While Leon frowned and observed the panel of [War Diagonal], the finally “getting its due” Black Goat proudly spoke:

“As long as the war starts, we’re invincible! Go ahead and kill freely!

I guarantee that before we eliminate everyone, not a single hair on you will fall. Whether it’s three hundred, three thousand, or thirty thousand, as long as you listen to me… Ow!”

“You behave yourself!”

Raising his hand and smacking the Black Goat trying to tempt him on the head, Leon, whose lungs burned uncomfortably after inhaling a lot of inferior “Gaut” smoke, couldn’t help but frown deeply and rebuke:

“No wonder you like Gaut so much. This smell is exactly the same… Hurry up! Take back all this smoke! It’s too suffocating!”

“It’s not… this really can’t be taken back…”

Upon hearing Leon’s “unreasonable” request, the Black Goat, who had just been happy for a short while, lost its momentum and explained with a sad face:

“This smell is the trigger for [Endless Bloodshed]. The war doesn’t end until it stops. Even if you get blown apart on the battlefield, as long as this smell hasn’t dissipated, you’ll be put back together exactly as you were.

And this is also good for restoring strength. Even if you’ve run a hundred kilometers and are about to die of exhaustion, just smelling this once will make you lively enough to run another hundred kilometers. If I take this smell away, there won’t be this effect.”

“Alright…”

Tolerating the disgust and sniffing the sulfuric smell, realizing that the consumed stamina was indeed restored, Leon had to abandon the idea of letting the Black Goat tone down the “goat stink.” He raised his hand to pinch the Holy Spirit Pendant hanging from his chest and forcefully crushed the nearest flame in his soul vision!(Chapter End)