"So we are going to use the civilians as an advantage?" Charles asked as he sat with Nathan and the group.
"Yeah," Jack responded.
"Wow, Nathan," Charles said. "I didn't expect you to go for a violent method like that."
"I'm not the one that came up with that plan. Well, we don't have the choice of minimizing casualties in this situation anyway," Nathan remarked.
"Well, I'm fine with anything as long as I get to fight a specific super soldier!" Charles declared.
"A specific super soldier?" Nathan asked. "Are they strong?"
"Ha...the strongest!" Charles stated.
"I see...sure then." Nathan agreed. "You can fight that guy or whatever, but please don't focus on that one person only."
The fewer people I need to fight...the better.
Suddenly, alarms went off inside the cottage, surprising everyone.
"What the hell is that!?" Nathan inquired with shock.
"Damn...I think we've got some intruders." The NPC said. He quickly approached and knocked on the blacksmith's door.
"Hey, I'm sure you're aware, but we've got company!" The NPC shouted.
* * *
Throughout the forest, super soldiers and regular soldiers alike were cautiously searching. They came from all directions and equipped with their usual firearms and equipment. The number of enemies was well over a hundred in the forest.
"They should be here...make sure to search thoroughly!" A super soldier instructed.
* * *
"If we got intruders, then let's kill them!" Jack happily suggested as he took out some knives.
The blacksmith came out of her room.
"Yeah, yeah, I heard!" She said to the NPC, annoyed that he was banging on her door. "I already sent my pups at them!"
"Pups?" Nathan asked.
The blacksmith turned on the television and switched it to a specific channel. It displayed the soldiers in the forest.
"Behold! My pups!" The blacksmith happily exclaimed.
* * *
As the soldiers approached the cottage, holes in the dirt began to open up, confusing them.
"Do you guys see what I'm seeing?" A soldier asked.
From the holes, robotic-looking wolves emerged. The soldiers reacted by aiming at the wolves.
"What the hell are those!?" A soldier asked in confusion. However, his question was left unanswered as a wolf moved towards him at rapid speed and lunged at them, ripping their throat with its metallic teeth in the process.
Realizing the danger of these wolves, the soldiers and super soldiers immediately began to shoot but the bullets were not piercing the wolves' steel-like body. The wolves rushed towards them, far above the regular speed of a wolf, and began ravaging the soldiers.
"AAHHHH!!!! GET IT OFF ME!!!" A soldier screamed as a wolf was biting through its abdomen, nearly tearing his stomach out.
The super soldiers abandoned their guns and tried to attack the wolves in hand-to-hand combat, but they were also having trouble.
"Damn it...those criminals led us into a trap!" A super soldier said as he struggled to keep the wolf from biting his face.
* * *
"Wow!" Jack said. "You're my favorite NPC!"
"This is just many of my inventions." The blacksmith stated with a smug look. "But you guys should leave this cottage, though."
"Why?" Jack asked. Nathan and Charles were also confused at this sudden suggestion.
"Since the army's looking for you guys in the forest, they won't stop and will eventually find this cottage, our hiding place." The blacksmith explained. "That would expose us too...and it would make finishing up your armor and weapons complicated."
Hmm...that is true. I do need my stuff finished without issues.
"Alright, but what armor am I supposed to wear in the meantime?" Nathan asked.
"Sigh...first you want me to make better stuff for you, and now you want me to give you armor." The blacksmith said while facepalming. "So demanding...follow me."
Obeying, Nathan followed the blacksmith back to her smithing room. She brought him in front of an armor stand.
"Here, use this in the meantime." She said. "It's similar to your old armor, so don't be reckless, especially against the super soldiers."
Better than wearing police or regular military gear.
The reinforced vest and the cargo pants, Nathan took each of them off the armor stand and put them on. After finishing, he went outside with Jack and Charles waiting.
"Make sure to kill many of those guys before leaving the forest." The blacksmith advised. "So my pups won't have to work too much."
"Oh, I'll make sure to kill a lot," Jack said with a sadistic grin. After Jack and Charles waved goodbye to the NPCs, they left. Each of them split up to pursue the soldiers, who were still being brutally slaughtered by the wolves.
The super soldiers had taken down a couple of wolves, however, but their hopes were quickly lost when Jack and Charles appeared at different sections.
"Hello, buggers," Jack said.
"Shit!" A super soldier said as he and his comrades were preoccupied with wolves. Without mercy, Jack proceeded to attack them. Stabbing them in their throats, slashing their carotid artery, and even exerting enough force to behead the abnormally hard-bodied super soldiers, he only went for kill shots.
Their methods of counter-attacks were vastly limited as the wolves were constantly attacking them like the wild, robotic beasts they were.
Haha, the wolves aren't attacking me. I was concerned that they'd get in my way, but I guess the developer and his NPCs will always look out for us, his 'game characters'.
As his psychotic grin became larger, Jack continued his attack.
I can't wait to end this damn war...so I can kill as much as I want, without any worry!
* * *
"Come on, guys! I know the wolves are attacking you, but can't you do any better!?" Charles angrily stated as he held the shirt of an unconscious super soldier.
Damn... there are so many weaker super soldiers...how much of them did the developer say there were? Nearly three thousand? So why haven't I come across any truly strong ones yet!?
Charles dropped the super soldier and specifically went for the ones who weren't being immediately attacked by the wolves. His veins were pulsating on his face and neck, which indicated that he was using 'Adrenaline Doping'.
The super soldier he was currently engaged in close combat was having trouble with his attack speed. It didn't matter though, as a wolf lunged at them from the side and began violently tearing at him with its teeth.
"AAAHHHHH!!!!" The super soldier screamed. Charles quickly became bored.
Sigh...just endure it. You'll get to fight that guy again...
* * *
As soldiers were being attacked by wolves, they began to get shot from seemingly nowhere.
"Huh!?" A soldier asked in confusion as he witnessed his comrade falling to the ground, whimpering in pain. The soldier soon followed as another bullet flew into his legs. The wolves immediately rushed them to finish the injured preys.
The other soldiers could not even analyze the situation, due to the wolves' relentless attacks, so they were being picked off.
The cause of the shooting was none other than Nathan. He was hiding up a tree and shooting them with a scoped rifle.
It's nice that I have these wolves as support so I don't need to kill them directly. I'm not like Jack and Charles, who can dive into a group and still somehow win.
Nathan and the wolves quickly picked off the regular soldiers, which caused the wolves to focus their efforts on the super soldiers.
I need to hurry this up...so I can get Lilith out of this warzone. All because of that dumbass developer...