Terrorist: Red Sun Terror (revise)

Inside the thick forest, Hassan was jumping from tree branch to branch while avoiding the bullet aiming at him.

"Damn it, Alex!" Hassan called out as he ducked behind a tree. "Don't mages usually disdain firearms? What's with that cyber-looking shotgun? Its firepower is no joke. One shot can blast a 10-meter area!"

looking at the guy who currently aiming at them with the shotgun and wearing a unique bio armor, Alex mind can only think of 1 thing.

Alex, also dodging the attacks, focused on the man wielding the shotgun. The assailant's unique bio-armor shimmered with strange runes and technological enhancements. "Hassan, they're probably sorcerers, not ordinary mages. The gun and that armor have mana conversion properties, plus there are ancient runes on them."

"Sorcerers? What's that supposed to mean? Briefly explain!" Hassan demanded, dodging another explosion that shattered the tree he was behind.

Boom' another shot blast toward them luckily as a martial practitioner Hassan instinct and sense are far superior.

"You know how mages first need to sense mana with their bodies, right?" Alex began, as he conjured a protective barrier to deflect a bullet. "Well, sorcerers can't. Instead, they use technology to wield magic. They rely on devices imbued with mana, but those devices need a way to control the mana flow. So, they use ancient runes like a programming language to make their tech work, adding unique abilities and properties to their gear."

however as the drawback they must use a special unique material that is capable of storing or work with mana, sometime I feel a certain envy toward those sorcerer because even though they don't possess talent to become a mage, each one of them have a bright mind to be able to produce such indigenous machine out of nowhere 

Hassan gritted his teeth, springing to another branch as another shot rang out. "And why the hell are these sorcerers attacking us?"

"I don't know!" Alex shouted back. "But we need to defeat them first before we can find out."

Both of them simultaneously jumped to the side before a blast occurred at the place they standing before.

Hassan try to sneak behind the gunner , unfortunately before he managed to land a solid hit he was blocked by 2 guys wearing heavy armor. The armor which made of steel shine brightly under the sun, the 2 tube that connect from his back to the suit containing a light blue liquid.

As an experience fighter he knew that was probably the condensed liquid mana which act as the armor energy supply and he knew even he try to attack it they will not easily let him be.

In the midst of battle, one of the armored men activated a boost on his legs, launching a punch towards Hassan. Hassan countered with a soft palm technique, absorbing and redirecting the force. Yet, before he could fully neutralize the impact, the second armored fighter leapt high into the air and crashed down, sending a shockwave that hurled Hassan backward. Blood spurted from his mouth due to the internal shock.

Hassan who was throwback was being bombarded by more shot from the enemies. Without any mercy they continue to take down Hassan.

"HASSAN!"

luckily for him that before they manage to throw everything to him, he managed to silently execute one of his footwork martial art evading the torrent of bombarding.

"damn it, how can such heavy armor move so fast and agile while the other one can jump as light as feather but produce a very powerful force???"

"fuhh luckily you're safe. That is sorcery for you, the wonder of technology adding some magical element which then produce a huge quality evolution"

Boom' another shot arrive

"they will just not let us be! darn it."

"Alex buy me a 30 second of time, I need to retrieve something at the party"

"retrieve what?"

"A Weapon!"

with that Hassan run to back to the mansion direction, while Alex create a huge light wall that separate the enemies.

the heavy armor fighter look at each other before looking back at Alex as if they were mocking him. 'To think such flimsy wall can stop them?' is probably what they are thinking right now.

one of the heavy armor fighter come forward, he ready a stance then as if the armor was answering to the will of the wearer, the whole armor began to shine in bright blue color.

Looking at this Alex gulped.

"Hassan you better hurry up, I don't think I can hold for 30 second"

BOOOOOM! the whole wall was destroy, the earth was shaking and Alex was thrown flying away to the back.

" 'cough' 'cough' I..... guess I fail huh"

looking at the fallen Alex , the armor fighter swing his fist ready to kill only to be parried causing him to fall backward.

standing in front of them, Hassan ready a stance while wielding short curve blade which is known as kris, the jet black kris glowing softly however only when unleash will it unleash it terrifying sharpness. After all the kris is an artifact.

Looking at the guy in front of them wielding a short black weird knife, both of the armor guy could not contain their laughter.

Hassan lift up Alex as they both prepared to engage.

"What is that?"

"A kris."

looking at the short blade he was in doubt whether this thing can help in fight because short range weapon usually are disadvantage in fight where your opponent have long rang attack.

"Can this really help us?" he wondered aloud.

knowing the doubt inside his friend, Hassan took the kris and slash his palm causing the blood to flow the surface of the kris, then a miracle happen the shot kris suddenly emanated a powerful aura.

At first only lightning spark can be seen but that small lightning spark gradually become thicker and thicker until it fully reach an arm size thickness, covering the entire kris making it look like a word instead.

Without wasting the opportunity where the enemies was surprise with his action, Hassan move in lightning speed slashing the enemy weapon easily . Seizing the moment of the enemies' surprise, Hassan moved with lightning speed, slashing through the back of one of the armored suits as if it were made of paper. The compressed mana within the suit's tubes erupted, causing a massive explosion

After explosion was over, opening his eyes Alex was happy to see Hassan did not even have any scratch and under him was the other armor guy which the armor already stop functioning due to being slash at various part.

"whew that was really a bad idea, I never thought compressed mana can be so dangerous, luckily the kris protect me"

"Hassan you alright? you already kill one and subdue one, the only left is the gunner"

shaking his head Hassan spoke

"It waste of time since earlier I don't sense that gunner anymore, probably while I'm battling, sensing that the situation become worse because he know he can't win, the gunner decide to leave."

"leave!? by abandoning his comrade? those bastard!!!"

"Leaving his comrades behind as a typical terrorists," Alex muttered in disgust. "By the way, I found this emblem. Do you recognize it?"

Alex held up a red sun symbol. Rage flashed across his face as he clenched his teeth. "It's them again – the Red Sun Terror. They've been behind a string of murders and experiments turning normal people into mages in New York recently."

"Lunatics," Hassan spat. "What are they doing here?"

"I can only guess," Alex said, his expression darkening. "First, they probably want to weaken the magic lineages. Sorcerers can't compete with natural mages, especially with the rising mana levels in recent years making it easier for new mages to be born. Second, they're likely after our artifacts. They must have hit a wall with their technology and want to analyze our weapons for a breakthrough."

Before Hassan could respond, a sudden explosion echoed from the opposite direction.

 KABBOM!!

"Is it the gunner?" Hassan asked, tensing up.

"No, it's from the other direction," Alex said, his face turning pale.

"Opposite direction?" Hassan's eyes widened in realization. Both men turned towards the mansion, dread sinking into their guts.

In unison, they shouted, "The mansion!"