Chapter 21
"They have taken down six drone missiles in an instant?"
From one of the three D-Link enemy planes of Smith and the others, a man named Kynon is shocked.
"But I will not give up."
"Wolf, tell the other two of our D-Link planes to launch twelve drone missiles in total. Four from each plane."
Wolf is the copilot of Kynon.
Kynon is not alone in this mission. He brought with him five others from their squad with the reason, "I will kill Midnight Hunters today and let them reunite with brother Dickinson."
There's no doubt about it, Kynon and the others are from the same squad as Dickinson. The name of their squad is the Bullseye Angels.
They might not be angels, but they are definitely bullseyes. Especially with their vast number of D-Link planes. All in all, they have ten D-Link planes.
Now, they are one of the rich ass squads out there.
One must know that a D-Link plane is graded B. And such a plane costs a rather lump sum of money. But the Bullseye Angels have a total of ten.
Unfortunately, three were seized by Smith leaving only seven to them. Then, the three are in here. Perhaps, the Bullseye Angels might lose more of their D-Link planes.
"Firing within three… two… one."
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Wolf updated Kynon on the twelve drone missiles. Then, after the count down, a series of whooshing sound could be heard as the twelve drone missiles was launched simultaneously. Four from each of the three D-Link planes.
However, Wolf's expression is not good.
"Wolf, what's wrong?" Wolf's expression did not go unnoticed for Kynon.
"Nothing." Wolf did not know how to tell to Kynon. However, his gut feeling is telling him that things would not be as they want. Furthermore, he could also feel danger. 'The Midnight Hunters is a small and poor squad. How could they pose danger to us?"
'Ahhh! I need to focus!' In the end, Wolf could only shake his head and concentrate on controlling the four drone missiles from the D-Link plane that Kynon was piloting.
Meanwhile, seeing that Wolf is controlling the drone missiles finely, Kynon also focused on piloting the plane.
"Two… two drone missiles are down in an instant!"
Wolf paled as he noticed two drone missiles down from the monitor. 'How can that be? We just fired the drone missiles?'
"Two? That fast?" Kynon could not also believe it. 'Did the two gunners take one each?'
"Wolf, who took down the drone missiles?"
"One from the other gunner. While the other drone missile… it… it…" Wolf did not know how to describe it. Or rather, he could not believe his eyes.
"Who shot the other drone missiles?" Kynon asked.
"Kynon, you might not believe this, but… no one. The other drone missile just disappeared from the grid."
"…"
Kynon did not want to believe. But Wolf did not seem to be lying. 'How can it disappear? Is that drone missile a counterfeit? Or is it hacked?'
'No, no, no, it can't be hacked. Our system is secured. But if it is not hacked, then, is it a counterfeit?'
Kynon began to overthink. However, with the thought that he is piloting a D-Link plane as well as leading a team, he calmed down.
"Wolf, watch the drone missile carefully. I think there are more than what meets the eye."
Of course, there is no need to tell Wolf about that. He is already doing it even before Kynon could say a word.
"Shit! There is it again!"
It did not take long before another drone missiles disappeared. However, this time, there is not only one that 'mysteriously' disappeared.
Aside from the one that was shot, three disappeared from their grid.
Then, two seconds later, another one disappeared.
By now, two were shot and five disappeared. It is not sure where the drone missiles that disappeared go. But Wolf and Kynon did not care about it because…
Beep! Beep! Beep!
… a series of beep was heard as Smith and the others' D-Link plane appeared in their grid.
"Shit! They dare come? Are they not afraid to be besieged?" Kynon is speechless.
Of all the things that Smith and the others could do, this is unexpected for him. 'I thought they are going to flee. But… well, this is good for us. We won't waste Energy Units to chase after them.'
"Barrage them with energy beams," Kynon commanded.
"Yes, boss."
Kynon may not be the boss of the Bullseye Angels but right now, he is the boss that is leading his team to glory.
Unfortunately, their enemies manage to bypass his barrage of drone missiles.
"Tsk, I was planning to kill them with drone missiles to avoid many risks. But it seemed… ha! It matters not. Hehe!"
Drone missiles might be expensive, but to avoid unnecessary risk, Kynon is willing to pay the price. However, it seemed that the price that he paid is useless.
"Full speed! And prepare to engage them!"
As they fly towards the Midnight Hunters' D-Link plane, the Phantom Cannons of their D-Link planes are already armed and are ready to fire with a press of a button.
…
At the D-Link plane of the Midnight Hunters…
"Mad Hat Camile, arm the Phantom Cannons. We have entered their detection range."
"Parker, hold your Fire God's Wrath and get ready to assist me. There are five more drone missiles, and they are approaching at a great speed."
Smith assumed command of the whole squad of the Midnight Hunters. Of course, Mad Hat Camile is conflicted with this. However, he could not deny that Smith is good at directing them.
With that, he could only look at Smith and do as per his bidding. However, deep inside her, she did not know how many strings are already broken.
'How can this man be so good at giving orders and… he is a sharpshooter. I wonder if he can shoot me with his gun. No, no, no, why am I thinking of that? I am a dignified woman! Deep breath, Camile. You can't think of those. Besides you have not yet met Smith in person.'
Mad hat Camile had long deduced that the one controlling Meta is Smith.
The master controlling the robot is not rare. In fact, almost everyone that owns a robot does it.
Meanwhile, Mad Hat Camile continued with her thoughts. 'I need to make lots of business with him. That way, perhaps… perhaps, I can meet her in the future and let him shoot me… KYAAAH! I can't think of that. Camile, deep breath."
While Mad Hat Camile is in her deep thought, Smith is on the roof of the D-Link plane.
After their plane turned one hundred eighty degrees to face their enemy planes, Smith climbed the roof and aimed with his Armageddon.
At the same time, Parker also took the copilot's position from Scarlet.
'I have taken most of their drone missiles. They must be enraged with this. They can shoot us with more drone missiles and barrage us with their Phantom Cannons. If that happens, our D-Link plane would not be able to hold on. Hence, I must take them down before that happens.'
Smith's codes did not stop working to assess the problem.
Indeed, with the three D-Link planes from the enemy, they would die in an instant. However, now is not the time to think about that.
'Rather than fleeing with our tails between our legs, we might as well bare our fangs and brandish our claws.'
Bang!
With that, Smith fire another one of his sniper energy bullets from Armageddon. And just as expected, a resonating explosion was heard right after.
Bang!
That only means one thing, Smith had taken another one of the drone missiles from the enemy planes. However, his words did not seem to match what he did.
"Now, I have taken care of all their drone missiles."
Or at least, Smith's words did not match with what he had done if no one looked at the monitors.
"How did he take five drone missiles with only one shot?" Parker asked.
Of the three among them inside the D-Link plane, Parker is the one with the most knowledge about guns and gunners. However, all of them know that what Smith did is impossible.
It cannot even be regarded as a miracle shot or a lucky strike.
Well, one bullet taking down five drone missiles? Impossible.
One must know that the drone missiles are flying in a way that if one explodes, the other will not be affected.
That is the precautionary measure that Wolf had placed.
"This is the third time, right? How is he doing it?"
The first time, Smith took two drone missiles with one shot. Then, on the next, he took four and included the other one which they do not understand, five. Then, now, Smith took all the remaining ones down.
With the three times that Smith worked, they should have been numb to it. But the intensity made them unable to be numbed.