*bang* *bang*
Two suppressed shots rang out right after which they heard painful howling from their left. It seemed like the whole forest came alive all of a sudden.
" It's a hit. They are coming!" Julia announced through the radio.
" Okay, keep shooting. Jake, Milo form a defensive line. I will try to support you from the back." Tang knew from due to her small stature, she wouldn't able to take the full charge of these mutated wolves, she moved to the side with cliff behind her back ready to shoot any moving target.
Noah also positioned himself and grabbed a shield to put by his side, he was ready to move if anything goes wrong. It didn't take long before they started hearing rustling from the front.
Julia and Cody kept shooting trying to thin out their numbers but they started moving in a zig zag fashion which made it hard for them to get a clear hit. They managed to put down five of them and injure few more but others were already creeping toward the narrow valley.
" They are fifty meters from your position trying to surround you. I think they already discovered your location." Cody informed them.
" Focus on other packs. Leave these ones to us. With such a huge commotion, others would start converging to our location in few minutes." Tang commanded. She knew that there were few hundreds of them, despite they were spread out they already heard the battle cry it wouldn't take long for them to be swarmed by the whole pack.
Just as she expected, fifteen or so wolves crept up closer to them. They masked their movement trying to analyze their prey. If it were older wolves, they might take some time to come up with a plan but because two pack leaders were already killed by Julia and Cody, these younglings were impatient to take revenge.
" To the right!" Jake yelled out holding up his shield. He lowered himself to maintain a low center of gravity with his body slightly toward the front ready to take the full brunt of wolf's charge.
*Boom!* A loud noise rang out, the riot shield vibrated but fortunately it held up. Jake was manage to hold his own on his first encounter with the monster.
The wolf whose momentum was diminished was a easy target for Tang who fired several shots to put it down. They didn't lower the alert, next was Milo faring against another wolf he already had his handgun which he used to shot down the target.
He had seen Noah demonstrate how to handle the riot shield and was able to perfectly copy his movements. Because of his superior physique he was able to stop the charge with just one hand. Noah had to admit that among everyone Milo was exceptional.
He was like a sponge taking in all the knowledge, within few months he might be able to threaten Tang's position who already had experience as a hunter for years.
Seeing two of their brethren put down miserability, other thirteen lost all restraint and started rushing together to kill the intruders. They howled loudly rushing straight toward them.
" Leave me to block them, take out your rifles!" Jake urged them. He knew that if they were attacked by all of them, they wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
Milo and Tang saw Jake taking few steps forward stationing himself like a rock ready to be besigned by the enemy. They quickly grabbed the rifle and unlocked the safety switch raising it to either side of Jake.
" Be mindful of your bullets. Don't fire indiscriminately or else you will lose your life." Suddenly Noah reminded them. His hands were already on his own rifle. He was scared a little not for himself but for them.
On one hand he wanted them to experience harsh reality of battle but he also didn't want them to get seriously injured. The only reason why he was pushing them so hard was because of Mera. She was able to heal people that even lost their limbs, he was confident that he would be able to keep them alive for her treatment!
Right next moment, seven figures rushed from all side aiming for Jake who was closest to them. Milo's reaction was fastest, he immediately shot down three on his side injuring two and killing one on the spot while Tang was better, she shot down two completely killing them.
The remaining two smashed against Jake's shield. The sound was much louder compared to their sharp fangs screeching against the riot shields. If it were normal shields that were made out of polycarbonate, it might have already shattered but this was something that he summoned with specific thoughts.
His summoning abilities were strictically connected to his perception, Nova, the strange entity did mention something about him being able to summon some potions after which he conjure that there were no potions on earth so he wasn't able to do it.
If he knew about specific drug that acted as potion, he might be able to do it but sadly his summoning ability didn't come with a manual. He was still waiting for Nova to awaken to ask the specifics about it but he tried numerous times in this past week it all led to complete silence.
Whatever the 'contract' that he formed with this strange entity needed some time and considering that these beings didn't even have any concept of time, he knew that it might take days, weeks, months or even years in his time for Nova to awaken.
He also hoped to get his consciousness to transfer back to that dreamland but so far he didn't know the exact criteria on how to do it. In the end he could only do the next big thing, utilize trial and error to grasp his powers.
While experimenting, he thought about 'the strongest shield' on earth, with the capacity of only ten kilograms and five slots each day, he also needed it to be light because he needed to summon other equipments.
Fortunately, he was able to summon these strange shields that even he didn't see in his time in special forces. From their futuristic full black finish coupled with russian text, he knew it must be something winter nation was crafting in some lab.
Seeing it able to stop bullets and even manage to hold against sniper rifles, he was confident it would be able to hold monsters. He wasn't sure if it would be effective against Henwen that he encounter in the cave but fortunately those were rare monsters not native to this island.
He retracted his mind to see they already finished the battle. But there was no time to take a breather, by the time they checked their equipment and reloaded everything the other packs rushed to the narrow valley!