Adam bulldozed through the squads and met up with his team.
"Adam?! What are you doing here?" [Bryan]
"Helping you guys." [Adam]
"Guys?! Help please?!" [Leo]
Leo was struggling to handle three people on him.
"Get off him!" [Adam]
Moving with a spring in his step, Adam shoulder bashed them all off of Leo.
"Implode!" [Adam]
Unlike the usual Implode, Adam didn't do it behind him. Instead, he caused the air to burst near the group of assailants in order to send them away.
"Woah! What was that?!" [Leo]
"My ability." [Adam]
"Wasn't it only level 1?!" [Leo]
"It is." [Adam]
Leo gave Adam a look of suspicion.
"Save the questions. Let's help out the others." [Adam]
"...Right." [Leo]
In a combined effort, the squad attempted to push back against the two groups. Adam himself was a force to be reckoned with. His main method was hit and runs where it was necessary.
"Adam! Handle that side!" [Bryan]
"On it!" [Adam]
They would switch when needed. Alice in the back, Robert with Leo at the front, and Howard stuck with Bryan in between. It was a formation for survival.
"Weaknesses are the neck and middle of the chest!" [Howard]
"I hold them down! Just get them!" [Alice]
Alice applied invisible pressure on multiple people. It allowed time to strike at the weak points given by Howard's ability, but it was putting a strain on Alice.
"You guys need to finish them off quickly! I can only hold them maybe three or four times!" [Alice]
"Finish them off?! Like, kill them?" [Robert]
"No, you idiot! Knock them out!" [Alice]
"Oh. Yeah, that makes sense." [Robert]
Utilizing Alice's ability, Robert and Leo managed to make quick work out of one squad. There was only one problem. Alice ran out of mana.
"Guys! Alice is down!" [Bryan]
Alice sat on the ground, panting. She no longer had the energy to even stand.
"Wow. Alright, so what do we do now?" [Leo]
"Howard and I will stay and guard Alice. You and Robert will go assist Adam." [Bryan]
Leo glanced Adam's way.
"Uh… I don't think he needs help." [Leo]
He watched as Adam tossed people around like ragdolls. Several abilities were used to hinder Adam, but it was all for naught before his physical might.
"Is he even human?" [Robert]
"I wonder that too." [Howard]
Taking Adam's strength into account, Bryna decided to change tactics.
"How about this? Let's have Adam handle them, and we'll go capture our target." [Bryan]
"So… a squad versus another squad. Except we're down two members cause Alice is down for the count and Adam is… well, over there." [Leo]
Bryan nodded.
"We sent Adam off earlier, so hopefully our target group is weakened." [Bryan]
"Smart. Alright, let's go with that." [Howard]
"Wait. How will we deal with Alice? We can't just leave her." [Robert]
Bryan took a second to think.
"Why don't you just carry her?" [Bryan]
"...What?" [Robert]
"Split off from the group. Just take her to the training ground before us." [Bryan]
Robert raised a brow.
"So… You're telling me you're going to attack without me, Alice, and Adam." [Robert]
"Yes." [Bryan]
"Why?" [Robert]
"Just go to the damn training ground!" [Howard]
Robert flinched as Howard shouted at him.
"D-Damn, okay?! No need to get so heated. Geez…" [Robert]
Not wanting to remain any longer, Robert went to Alice and picked her up.
"See ya later guys." [Robert]
"See ya." [Leo]
As soon as Robert left, the rest of the group resolved themselves.
"So, guns blazing?" [Howard]
"I think that's the only viable strategy." [Leo]
Bryan shook his head.
"I have a better idea." [Bryan]
Howard and Leo gave him a strange look.
"What kind?" [Leo]
"Do you guys mind taking a detour?" [Bryan]
"To where?" [Howard]
Bryan smiled.
"The gun range." [Bryan]