Chapter 106: Giants (Part 1)

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In the third wave, things were getting much more complicated. The Snow Imots and Horned Lizards hadn't disappeared, they were moving toward the Left North Squad, but now they weren't the main threat to the Phantoms. Several huge worms, each the size of a train, were bearing down directly on the Phantoms with the sole intention of turning them into chunks of meat by slicing them with their sharp teeth. "Silvana." Adam said seriously, preparing for battle. 'Yes. This is Worm Crushers, Purple Threat Level, White Book. However, I'm sure some Type will appear soon, so be prepared to face the Red Book one.' Silvana quickly replied while relaying the necessary information to him. "Hm. Such a fitting name... Those jaws look more than dangerous." Adam frowned. Several rows of teeth rotated rapidly in the worms' jaws like blades in a crusher capable of turning anything into dust. 'Sure, but aside from their jaws, the Worm Crushers have nothing else. However, if you get caught in the jaw, you'll have to use half your arsenal to get out alive. Adam nodded and stepped forward. Their squad was set up specifically to defend this area, for one night, just for this Eclipse. So, they only had the leader - Alexia, though the squad was really big, even without the Harvesters. They would get to work later, gathering massive amounts of resources. Still, in such a large squad, besides the leader, there were bound to be captains. Not necessarily to command the others. The main purpose of captains was supposed to be to take on strong monsters that posed a threat to the others. True, the mission department and the military could have appointed captains in advance as they did with the leader, but they didn't, for one simple reason - it had to happen naturally. Monsters chose opponents of roughly equal strength, so there was nothing stopping the Phantoms from doing the same. There was no need for words, for the first two waves, everyone had already understood their role. "Well, well, looks like we have a lot of work to do before we can stand in their places... In one of the next Eclipse." The man with the thick beard muttered, shaking his head. Up ahead, away from the other Phantoms and quite a distance from each other, stood six Phantoms. In the center was Alexia, the leader, the others had just become captains or second-in-command. 'One out of six, right?' Adam internally muttered as his gaze traveled to Alexia, 'Well, more like one out of five. I can't match her, yet.' Adam stood to his left, to his right was a redhead with an axe - they had been on the same team during the first wave. Farther away was a man with black hair and a huge triangular spiked shield, even though the monsters were fast approaching, he wasted no time and smoked with a careless attitude. The blood of the massive monster poured over meters of ground, leaving a long crimson line behind it as Worm Crusher lost his strength. Crackle. Crackle. Crackle. Losing control of its body, Worm Crusher ran into the icy debris, breaking it and gradually coming to a stop, knocking a ton of snow into a single pile, leaving behind a wide trail of pure ice. Worm Crusher was dying, its life was quickly coming to an end, and with each second its heart beat slower and slower until all movement stopped completely. Adam walked towards the monster's head with a calm gaze, and reached forward, causing a white vortex to form. [Received the gene of the Worm Crusher - x1, Purple Threat Level!]. 'Good job. The rest of you are almost there as well.' Silvana said encouragingly. Adam jumped on the Worm Crusher, looking out over the entire battlefield. The remaining Phantoms were fighting Snow Imots and Horned Lizards. They didn't need to face the Worm Crushers, so gradually, they would have to cope. Then, Adam looked at his fellow captains. "Hahahahahaha, don't you dare run away, I'm not done yet!" Ester exclaimed with a mad grin, slicing her Worm Crusher to pieces. Either in a few seconds, she would burn it or cut it up, there were no other options. Bryda bombarded the massive worm with projectiles from the thick darkness, while Fred fired several shots of mist arrows once a second, passing through the monster. Owen was the only one who was focused on defense rather than attack. However, that didn't mean he had to wait for help from the others. "Hey, you want to eat me huh?" Owen smirked, holding back the monster's jaw with his shield with no apparent difficulty, "Well, I'm afraid you'd rather break your teeth before you eat me!" Owen's eyes shone brightly as his shield was covered in a dense blue layer of energy, laced with spikes. Then, he stepped forward, and the spikes became dozens of times longer, piercing the Worm Crusher like a hundred spears, bloody tips coming out the other side. Alexia glanced at Owen and nodded slightly. She looked forward with a calm gaze as if expecting something.

Chapter 106: Giants (Part 1)

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