Chapter 246 Ambush
Since she was a child, Kate has had an inexplicable longing for the starry sky above her head.
Whenever she raised her head and looked up at the stars, Kate felt as if a part of her soul was being sucked into the vast galaxy. She always had a feeling that her soul seemed to be closely related to that distant space. If possible, she even longed to go to space and experience for herself there... that feeling of soul connection.
But unfortunately, the war ended the girl's innocent and romantic dream.
After the Pendulum War, humans did not enjoy long-term peace, because soon, the beasts burst out of the ground and turned the world into a hell.
In Kate's memory, her childhood after this was all about escape, war, death, and all kinds of conflicts. Those once beautiful pasts have been completely destroyed. Even her power, which she once felt could connect to the starry sky, seemed to have disappeared without notice.
Of course, for Kate, this is nothing worth caring about. The kind of fairy tales before children go to bed have long been a thing of the past. What she is facing now is a completely different life.
"Huh..."
Kate pulled away the shabby scarf that covered her mouth and let out a breath. She clenched the rifle in her hand and stared at the surroundings vigilantly. Behind her was a group of migrating vagrants—just a few months ago, they were still living in a nearby town, but when that town was discovered by the orc scouts, it represented the It's also increasingly unsafe there. So people had to choose to migrate again...
This is the life of homeless people. Due to various reasons, they are unable to enter the last fortress and base of mankind. The orcs cannot penetrate the Jasintu Plateau on the surface, so they live wandering outside. Of course, the reasons for these homeless people are different. Some people can't stand the iron-fisted methods of the security government alliance that rules Jacinto, while others hate the security government because of the previous Pendulum War. There are also people who simply have no way to get in there...
Kate is one of them.
When she was young, her parents were killed due to the invasion of orcs. After that, Kate just wandered around like a mouse. She had been among many homeless groups, until now—— Fourteen years have passed, but for Kate, the horror of those orcs still makes her sleepless.
"Hey, Kate."
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded. Kate was so frightened that she hurriedly raised her gun and turned around, only to see a young man wearing a helmet standing behind her, looking at her with a smile.
"It's you, Carmon, be careful I shoot you in the head."
"Hey, I didn't mean to."
The young man raised his hand to signal.
"I just want to buy you a drink. Look, I found something good before..."
As he spoke, the young man took out a bottle of wine from his arms and shook it in front of Kate.
"No time now."
Although Kate was very jealous of this bottle of wine, she still looked around and spoke.
"Don't forget, we are migrating, if we are discovered by the beasts..."
"Then go to hell."
Carmon didn't take Kate's words seriously. He opened the wine bottle, took a sip, and then stretched out his hand to wipe his mouth.
"Tell me, Kate, is there really hope for humanity? We don't know how many armies the Orcs have, and we have very little left. The same goes for this tribe. We simply can't stay in one place for a long time. No matter where I am, I always worry about the ground beneath me that night It will collapse suddenly, and then a group of beasts will come out and hack us to death... Isn't this the fate of the homeless? The security government is useless, how can we be better? We might as well leave this damn world as soon as possible? …...At least it can give me a good dream.”
"…………You drank too much."
Smelling the smell of alcohol coming from Carmon's mouth, Kate frowned and hid back. There were many homeless people like Carmon who had lost hope in life and the future. They are afraid of the attacks of the orcs, but are unable to resist. Every day is a time of fear for them. Some people often choose to commit suicide because they cannot bear this kind of life without seeing tomorrow or hope.
What about Kate herself?
She felt that she didn't have free time to think about this kind of problem every day. She just did her job and immersed herself in it. Whether it was fighting or anything else, as long as there was something to do, Kate would not think randomly.
"What's wrong with drinking too much? Come and drink too..."
As he spoke, Carmon walked towards Kate with a smile again, and at the same time raised the bottle again and took a sip, and at this moment......
"Bang!!"
With a gunshot, Carmon's head was instantly pierced, and the wine bottle he put in his mouth exploded, and the wine spilled out, covering Carmon's head and face. But the young man just stood there blankly - and then fell to the ground.
At the same time, Kate also heard the familiar, nightmarish roar of a beast.
"The enemy is attacking, it's the orcs!!"
Kate shouted as she squatted on the spot and hid behind half of the wall. At this moment, she saw several tall orcs jumping down from the surrounding ruins, holding weapons and heading towards the homeless team. launched an attack. At this moment, the homeless team that was advancing slowly suddenly exploded. Many people screamed and ran forward, trying to escape the attack of the orcs. They knew very well that these beasts would not just kill them, they would take humans as prisoners, take them underground, and then turn them into miserable slaves and experimental subjects.
Obviously, even these homeless people do not want to face this outcome.
"Da da da da da da!!!"
Kate crouched behind the bunker, raised her gun and fired straight ahead, trying to block the attack of the Orcs. At this time, several other guards rushed over to cooperate with Kate to contain the Orcs. In any case, now that these beasts have appeared, the rewards for Kate and other guards on this mission will become much richer. The premise is that they can go back alive.
"Quick, quick, quick! Let them get out of here quickly!!"
Kate shouted while pulling the trigger, aiming at the Orcs ahead and pouring ammunition crazily. However, this was of little use. The Orcs' tough bodies prevented them from falling down after being hit by a few bullets. Not to mention that what Kate and other homeless people are holding are not advanced weapons from the regular army, but just some light rifles that were eliminated during the Pendulum War. Such rifles are naturally no problem against humans. However, using them to deal with rough-skinned orcs is no different from using water guns.
Kate saw with her own eyes that her rifle bullet hit an orc soldier's head, causing a flower of blood to bloom. For a human, this shot would have been fatal. However, the orc just tilted his body and continued to rush towards them with long strides. It wasn't until Kate had fired half of the bullets that he put the guy down to the ground.
Hopefully this is just a patrol...
Kate hid behind the bunker again, took the time to change to another magazine, and prayed silently in her heart. However, soon, a series of roars came from all directions, completely cutting off Kate's hope.
"Damn it! It's the orc army!"
"We must retreat!!"
At this moment, these guards also began to retreat quickly. The homeless people in front were dead. They had obviously entered the ambush circle of the orcs. It was meaningless to care about the homeless people at this time. When Kate turned her head, she even saw a large number of orcs rushing towards the homeless team, knocking all those who screamed and fled to the ground.
"Go! Go quickly!!"
There is no need to think about the reward. Being able to leave here alive is the biggest reward. The guards left one after another, but Kate was hesitant. She looked at the homeless people who were being attacked, and then at the retreating guards behind her, without saying a word.
"Hey, Kate, it's too late if you don't leave!"
Seeing Kate staying there, a guard shouted. Perhaps his voice attracted the attention of the beast tribe, and soon a bullet flew past and penetrated his head. At this moment, the homeless team was in chaos. Those homeless people who had no time to run away were knocked to the ground by the orcs and then captured.
“Mom…………! Mom…………!!”
A child was crying for her mother, but the next moment, she was knocked to the ground by the beasts.
Seeing this, Kate made a decision.
She turned over and crossed the obstacle, relying on her slender body to rush into the gap, and then came to an abandoned post not far away, where an Orc firepower turret was set up. At this moment, an orc was manipulating a firepower turret, laughing and pouring firepower on the homeless team.
"Hey!"
Kate jumped up and came to the back of the orc, then she patted the other person's shoulder, then stabbed the orc's neck with a knife, and kicked the corpse directly. Kate then grabbed the fire turret and aimed it at the Orc army.
"You bastards! Go to hell!!!"
"Dong dong dong dong dong dong!!!"
Along with Kate's roar, the fire turret once again poured out countless bullets, but this time its target was not the homeless people, but the orcs. The orcs who were attacked from behind soon realized that something was wrong. They roared and turned around, firing wildly at the fort. Kate, on the other hand, did not dodge or dodge, she just stood behind the turret and continued to pull the trigger, roaring and firing out a hail of bullets.
But before Kate could kill a few more orcs, a violent impact came from behind her, knocking Kate to the ground. She raised her head blankly and saw a strong orc glaring at her fiercely, yelling and stomping on Kate's head. Kate rolled almost instinctively and avoided the fatal blow. Then she jumped up with almost all her strength, jumped on the back of the orc, and stuffed a grenade in her arms directly into the orc's body. waist, and then Kate jumped back hard.
"Boom!!!"
The grenade exploded instantly, blowing the Orc's body into two halves, and Kate was also blown away and fell heavily to the ground.
"Poof!!"
She spat out a mouthful of blood. Kate, who was lying on the ground, didn't even have the strength to continue fighting. She could see that the orcs around her were slowly approaching her.
Maybe, this is my own death.
Thinking of this, Kate raised her head and looked at the starry sky in front of her.
This starry sky is still so beautiful, but... there seem to be more twinkling stars in the sky than I remember?
Um? What is that?
Soon, Kate discovered that something seemed not quite right. In the starry sky in front of her, the countless shining stars seemed to be getting brighter and brighter, and they were getting closer and closer to her...
Are these stars going to fall from the sky?
At this moment, Kate's mind turned to thoughts that even made her laugh.
But then, she saw these lights...falling from the sky and hitting the beasts heavily.
(End of chapter)