44. Key Position

The fire hammer squad quietly entered the

suburban part of the #0201 country level

city.

"Han Sen, we ran along the highway these

past three days, which belongs to the

desolate area." as they walked, Chen Gu

kept his voice low and said, "most of the

monsters live in the city and in the

built-up areas! Places like the counties and

urban areas are the truly dangerous

locations!"

"Understood, brother Chen" nodded Han Sen.

Han Sen already read about the common

habits of monsters in the posts.

In the long war between monsters and

humans, monsters found that if they live in

relatively empty areas, the human army

and fighters could lock-on to them from

far away. Without anything to hide behind,

the humans could use "heavy sniper rifles"

and missiles to conduct long distance attacks!

But in the city, there were tons of

skyscrapers.

As long as the monsters hid in the urban

areas, snipers will rarely have a chance,

unless they go inside the city! And right

when the human army enters the city,

they'll have to fight with the monsters on

the streets, where the monsters will have

an overwhelming advantage. Urban areas

are the monsters' heaven!

"Naturally, the target for our fire hammer

squad is a commander level monster!

However....." reminded Chen Gu in a small

voice, "A commander level monster is

intelligent, around the level of a human.

The commander level monster will

command large amounts of soldier level

monsters to surround it. Virtually every

commander level monster will be

surrounded by large amounts of soldier

level monsters, so it's very difficult to kill a

commander level monster".

Han Sen nodded.A soldier and a commander not only have a

large difference in strength, but

also--intelligence!

To protect their lives, a commander level

monster will naturally summon large

amounts of soldier level monsters to

protect it. Other than the extremely rare

monsters that like to be independent,

most commanders will be surrounded by

soldiers.

"Everybody be careful, there's a steel clad

bull lair up ahead" said Gao Feng suddenly,

"The head of this steel clad bull lair is

probably a high level commander, and

there are large amounts of steel clad bulls

in this lair. Let's go around it! Chen Gu,

don't shoot. If a steel clad bull attacks,

remember, kill it instantly. Don't let the

steel clad bull call its comrades".

"Yes, captain"

The other five all nodded.

Unlike the deserted areas outside, the city

and the suburbs are much more dangerous.

The six members of the fire hammer squad

carefully moved forward along a narrow

path.

"Halt" the older sibling of the Wei Jia

family, 'Wei Tie', who was in front, raised

his hand. He stared seriously in front of

him, where a gigantic iron fur boar was

lying far away. Beside the boar were two

mastiff tiger monsters who had their

heads lowered and were feasting on large

bites of flesh. Suddenly, the mastiff tiger

monster rose its head and looked at the

fire hammer squad from far away and

became much more cautious.

"We'll go around, don't do anything" said

Gao Feng in a small voice.

On the deserted highway, Han Sen and

the others were relaxed; they could kill

monsters whenever they felt like it.

However, it's different in the city.After treading carefully on the way, taking

at least ten detours, and killing eight

regular soldier level monsters instantly,

Han Sen and the others finally arrived at

their first destination--a small sector in

the #0201 country level city, 'Blue Sky

Sector'. The reason why the blue sky sector

was the fire hammer squad's first target

was because there were three residential

apartments that were 21 stories high.

"Go, to the roof"

"Everyone be careful, a monster might pop

out of who knows where in the building"

"Don't make too much noise"

The six members of the fire hammer squad

went along the staircase.

"Howl~~~" a low pitched howl emanated

within the building, which made the six

members of the fire hammer squad frown.

Wei Tie, who was furthest in front, said in

a small voice: "It should be upstairs,

everybody be careful". Everybody had their

weapon in hand and were prepared to strike. And Chen Gu, who used heated

weapons, was being protected in the

center.

They went forward one step at a time.

"Hm?" Han Sen saw a two meter tall lion

mastiff monster suddenly appear from the

corner in front. It's fur was long and it

looked like a gigantic military SUV. When

the lion mastiff monster saw the them, it

immediately howled, sending a blood

scented wind at them.

The fire hammer squad was going upstairs

and the lion mastiff monster dived at them

with the energy gained from its gigantic

body.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Wei Tie and Wei Qing in the front had

almost identical movements. With a shield

in one hand and a scimitar in the other,

they charged forward at the same time

and barely grazed the lion mastiff

monster's body. As their bodies grazed

past each other, the scimitars drew curved lines that passed through the joints of the

lion mastiff's front claws.

The brothers Wei Tie and Wei Qing used

the exact same technique!

This caused the front two claws of the lion

mastiff monster to stagger and fall onto

the stairs. At this time, spear 'Zhang Ke',

who was behind Wei Tie and Wei Qing,

instantly moved forward. His alloyed spear

carried a metallic sound with it as he

pierced the lion mastiff monster's head.

PU-CHI! The spear instantly pierced

through the lion mastiff monster's eyes

and went through its head!

"ROAR~~" The lion mastiff monster

unconsciously stepped forward twice and

then fell powerlessly.

The cooperation between Wei Qing, Wei

Tie, and Zhang Ke was indeed marvelous!

The first two took care of the lion mastiff's

front limbs to make it lose its balance,

which was immediately followed up by

Zhang Ke's spear for a one hit kill! Zhang

ke was horrifyingly accurate with his spear, he actually pierced right through

the eye.

...

In the process of climbing up the staircase,

the fire hammer squad encountered three

monsters, which was considered quite

lucky. Out of these three monsters, one of

them actually charged up from the ground

level. At that time, Han Sen and Gao Feng

were at the back of the team, so naturally

it was Han Sen who had to cleanly kill the

G level monster.

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After exiting the staircase, the six

members of the fire hammer squad arrived

at the rooftop of the 21 story residential

apartment.

"Shut the door to the staircase, shut it

completely freaking tight!" commanded

Gao Feng, "Stop any monsters from

running up here to the rooftop".

"Yes'.Han Sen and Zhang Ke went to close the

steel doors of the staircase, and found a

steel rod to jam the door.

"Phew, we can finally loosen up a bit" a

rare smile appeared on Zhang Ke's face. He

directly sat on his bottom on the roof and

took out some high carb food and water.

"Everyone brought their binoculars right"

said Gao Feng, "Everyone take out their

binoculars and look down from the roof

and try to find a commander level

monster! Remember, don't expose your

body too much; it'll be a bit troublesome if

a monster discovers you!". However, it was

actually very safe on the rooftop.

The residential apartment was 21 stories

high, so most of the monsters couldn't

climb up from the outside anyway.

Even if a commander level monster

commands the monsters to slaughter their

way up, how wide is the staircase? The

threat wasn't large. The fire hammer squad

has enough time to completely escape."Start searching for a commander level

monster"

"Yo guys, time to start finding some

monsters"

Han Sen also took out his binoculars from

his bag, and some supporting tools like

screws. Everyone brought them, since they

weren't heavy.

He squatted onto the side of the roof and

looked down onto the street. There were

large amounts of monsters everywhere he

looked: "The city area has at least ten or a

hundred times more monsters". And on

one of the streets, one glance showed that

there were at least hundreds of monsters

walking forward.

Even a warlord level fighter has a slim

chance of escaping alive from hundreds of

normal monsters.

"Captain, these are all soldier level

monsters"

"I don't see any commander level monsters

here either"Five of the members, including the captain,

were all holding their binoculars and

looking down from the roof at different

spots. Only when standing on a high

location could you see far. On the roof of a

21 story residential apartment, you can see

really far, and also see many monsters.

"KA!" a steel case opened. The only

member of the fire hammer squad who

wasn't using a binocular, Chen Gu, opened

the steel case. Other than large amounts of

ammunition, there was another long,

rectangular shaped wooden case in the

steel case. In the wooden case, there were

a few mechanical parts, which Chen Gu

swiftly assembled.

A moment later--

A silverish gray heavy sniper rifle that was

nearly two meters long was assembled. It's

optical aimer device and other things were

also completely assembled.

Chen Gu put special bullets into the clip,

for a total of ten bullets."Captain, notify me if you find a

commander level monster" said Chen Gu.

"Yup, you can first sleep for a bit and rest

yourself. Leave the search for the

commander level monster to us" nodded

Gao Feng, while at the same time

commanding the others, "Guys, focus and

don't miss anything". This was the easiest

way to hunt for a commander level

monster in the city. Staying at a high

location lets you see farther.

This is ten to a hundred times faster than

searching for a commander level monster

on the streets, and also much safer.

Han Sen, Zhang Ke, the Wei Jia brothers

and Gao Feng, the five of them held their

binoculars and carefully looked below,

while Chen Gu narrowed his eyes and

went to sleep while holding his heavy

sniper rifle.