255: Heretic! Your end is near!

At this moment, in the sky above Liu Shi City,

flames, debris, and two scarred fighter jets

filled half the sky.

"What's with all this debris? I thought those Orbital Defense Platforms fell a long time ago?"

One of the Pilots asked curiously while maneuvering his jet to avoid the burning debris,

while the other Pilot slowly pushed down on the control stick and replied:

"I don't know. Besides, it's been a while since the next wave of drop pods and anti-air missiles were deployed."

"It couldn't be that The Corporation's Warships disintegrated and fell on their own, could it?"

As he spoke, he tilted the fuselage slightly and cast his gaze toward the surface—

Raging flames clearly divided the ground into two worlds.

During the orbital bombardment, the fleet of The Corporation hadn't touched the Sanatorium's core defense line at all; conversely, the Rebel forces involved in the siege suffered heavy losses:

Even though the vast majority had hidden in underground bunkers, the massive shockwaves still killed many who were close to the surface.

"I don't know, but you're right, this debris really does look like it's from a Warship."

As the two were chatting, a burst of strong static suddenly came through their headsets, followed by an excited voice—

"Attention all personnel! Our reinforcements have arrived! Allied forces have cleared the Saint Blade Group fleet in low Earth orbit!"

"Repeat! Our reinforcements have arrived!"

It was Lu 700, who had just taken over command of the entire field.

"We actually have reinforcements!!!"

The Pilot flying below suddenly pulled up the nose of his plane; due to the excessive force, he almost did a backflip on the spot.

"Watch out! New drop pods are falling!"

Just then, the Pilot still cruising at high altitude spotted several rapidly falling dots and shouted, instinctively glancing at his fighter's display screen.

"My structural integrity is at 47%! Remaining ammunition at 12%! I still have some combat capability!"

"No need—they're allies!" The Pilot of the low-flying jet replied immediately after he finished.

"My electronic identification systems are still working! They passed the IFF!"

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom—!!!!"

A deafening roar resounded.

After the mistral entered the fray, the two fighter jets completed their handoff and headed for a nearby flat area to make an emergency landing.

Meanwhile, the cone-shaped drop pods opened their bottom retrorockets and, after a brief deceleration, slammed hard into the ground.

"Pshhh—"

The hatches opened, and large men in red powered armor stepped out with heavy strides.

They were one of the units sent by Xi Hai to support the uprising.

One of them, with Squad leader markings on his shoulder guards, stepped to the front, tuned his communication channel to the internal channel of the local Rebel forces they had just linked with, and said:

"Guardian Angel Legion, Seventh Mobile Fleet, Marine Corps Unit 223-27-A1, arrival confirmed—"

As he spoke, he looked up slightly at the small Sanatorium on the hilltop, or rather, at the entire hill that had been converted into a war fortress.

"From this moment on, this unit officially takes command of the battlefield and begins combat operations."

Just a moment ago, they had a brief communication.

Inside this mountain was a group of long-fallen heretics and a captured allied soldier.

Thus, their mission was simple—to purge and to rescue.

"Thump, thump, thump!"

Then, the doors of several slightly bloated landing pods opened, and several boxy mechs stepped out on short legs—

"Our heavy units have been deployed!"

The Squad leader nodded, switched the comms to the squad command channel, and said loudly:

"Prepare to launch the attack!"

"The fighter formations will provide us with unlimited fire support!"

"One hour! Drag all those heretics hiding inside out and beat them to death!"

"Move out!"

"Yes!!!!"

..."Hahahaha—hahahaha!!!!"

"Haha—hahahaha!!!!"

Meanwhile, in the basement of the Sanatorium,

Kraken looked at the video he had just sent out on his hand, laughing maniacally.

"Look—look!"

"Those bugs! Trash!"

"They were born to be slaves for life! And they still think of resisting? Ptooey!"

He grabbed the Guard captain beside him, laughing and shouting,

while the Guard captain looked at Young Master Kraken, who was clearly high again, and shook his head helplessly—

at least this time the guy was just laughing non-stop; in a sense, he even seemed safe:

Once before, when he was high, he grabbed two guns and rushed onto the street, saying he wanted to hunt "two-legged sheep".

As for what he actually hunted... those who know, know.

"This is bad! Sir!"

Just then, a cry of alarm came through the headset, interrupting the Guard captain's thoughts.

"A bunch of guys in red powered armor just dropped from the sky! There are also a lot of fighters and heavy mechs!"

Dropped from the sky?

Wasn't that the reinforcement the Young Master called for?

The Guard captain frowned and said dissatisfiedly:

"Why are you making such a fuss over such a small thing?"

"Those are the reinforcements called by the Young Master! They're on our side, understand?"

"But... but..." Faced with the reprimand, the voice on the other end only stammered, "Those red guys didn't pass our IFF codes at all!"

"They... they've launched an attack on us!"

"Their firepower is intense, and the defensive positions at the foot of the hill have already... fallen!"

"Clack!"

As soon as he heard this, the communicator in the Guard captain's hand slipped and hit the floor.

But quickly, he lunged for the communicator on the floor and said in a trembling voice:

"No... this isn't right!"

"Did you—did you send the wrong identification code?"

"Or maybe it was accidental discharge or friendly fire?"

There was no answer—

"Bang bang bang bang bang!!!!!!"

"Boom—!!!"

—(Dial tone)

Or rather, the background noise had already provided the answer.

At this moment, looking back at the Young Master who was still laughing maniacally, cold sweat broke out on his forehead—

Could it be... "Stop laughing!" Thinking of this, he lunged forward and pinned Kraken down. "The people your father sent aren't here to save you!"

"They're here to kill us!"

"No... impossible!!!" Although Kraken's consciousness was hazy, he retorted with absolute certainty.

Since he was a child, his father had always detested kin-slaying; how could he possibly send people to kill him?

"The guys landing on this planet right now are attacking us!" The Guard captain looked at him and slapped Kraken across the forehead, shouting,

"Are you awake now?"

"Now! Calm down immediately! Contact your father again!"

Only then did Kraken snap out of it completely. Looking at the wide-eyed Guard captain, he realized what was happening.

"I... you... impossible! It's impossible!"

As he spoke, he quickly raised his communicator and shouted:

"I'll call him right now to show you... show you..."

"Why won't it go through?"

But no matter which communicator or channel he used, he couldn't connect to his father—or rather, he couldn't connect to the outside world at all.

"No... impossible..."

"Boom!!!!!!!"

Just as he was questioning reality, the metal door behind him was suddenly blown open—

Outside the door, three massive red figures were staring at them:

"Heretic—your end has come!"

A massive pressure instantly descended upon them.