The Raid II
In the dimly lit corridor deep underground of the Old Satan faction's secret hideout that was invaded an hour ago by the elite team of Geborgs, the sounds of shouting, screaming, and fighting are echoed through the corridor as a battle is still going on.
The devil guards of the hideout are charging at the invaders as Noa, in her armor with a lightsaber and Laspistol in her hands, leads a team of Geborgs straight through the numerous devil guards that were trying to defend their base desperately as the Geborgs easily crushed any obstacles in their path.
( AN: Noa is the clone of Raynare. )
"Die!"
Noa shouted as she bisected the captain of the devil guards, who was the only one wearing a black cape among the defenders with a red lightsaber, and then she quickly shot one of the fleeting devils in the ankle with the Laspistol when she noticed him running away, which caused him to lose his balance and fall to the ground.
"No retreat; stay and die!"
She encouraged her enemies, which obviously was not well received by the devil guards, as they immediately charged at her in fury. Noa smirked while she pointed her Laspistol at the charging devils and shot at the first one that was lunging at her with his halberds swinging back behind him.
"Raaaahh-!"
His charge was cut short as the white beam from Laspistol popped his head while his body was still moving toward Noa. She sidestepped the headless body that fell on the floor behind her and aimed the Laspistol at another devil guard with a smirk beneath her helmet while her glowing red eyes moved to stare at her new target.
"Fire!"
The Geborgs behind her were also not idle, as they immediately got into action, shooting their Lasguns at the charging devil guards, who ended up getting ripped apart by white beams that popped their limbs or punched a hole through their bodies as the one that didn't die instantly screamed out in agony while holding their missing limbs.
Seeing their comrades get killed so easily made the remaining devil guards more reluctant to charge at the invaders. Their armor proved useless against the white beam from the enemy's weapons, and their magic was also very volatile for some reason when they got close to the unknown invader.
It is no wonder that since the devils are a race that depends heavily on magic to fight, they become weak against Liberty's soldiers as their armor generates an anti-magic field, rendering the devil guards to just a low-class cannon fodder.
"It's hopeless; we can't stop them!"
One of the devil guards cried out in frustration before getting smacked in the face with the butt of Lasgun by one of the advancing Geborgs. The devil guard reeled back in pain as his nose and his front teeth were broken from the powerful impact. Before he could even swear, a white beam from the Lasgun was popping his head like a water balloon, killing him instantly.
"Arghhhhh!!"
On the other side, one of the devil guards is screaming in agony as he gets penetrated by the lightsaber by the Geborg in the stomach and then gets decapitated by the Laspistol as the Geborg shoots him in the throat.
"Advance! Advance!"
Noa ordered with a smirk as she enjoyed the carnage around her while she dodged the thrust of the halberd from the devil guard, and then she cut the halberd in half with her lightsaber before she quickly cut the arm of the devil guard who attacked her to disarm him, literally.
"Arghh! You bitch...!"
The devil guard was getting mad and trying to tackle her, but she just kicked him away as he flew back to the other devil guards behind him, causing them to fall on their backs with him on top of them.
"Small flies..."
Noa muttered with disdain before shooting the devil guards in the ground one by one with Laspistol in her left hand, popping all of their heads.
"Ma'am, the enemies are retreating deeper into the base; should we keep pushing forward?"
One of the Geborgs reported through the comlink as Noa turned to look at the enemies and saw them currently running deeper into the corridor, abandoning all their injured allies, while the Geborgs showed no mercy as they finished off anyone who remained.
"Well, wait a bit; I'll ask our operators."
Noa grunted with annoyed in response to the Geborg and then changed the Comlink channel to talk with Ruth and Himiko, who were monitoring the raid back in the underground base.
"This is Noa; I request the current intel about the movement of the enemy."
She requested, and seconds later, Ruth's voice sounded in her helmet.
"The enemy is planning to put you at a choke point in the hall at the end of the corridor as another group in the back prepares a grand spell of some kind, possibly an attack spell with all of their mana as fuel. Please be cautious."
"Yeah, I got it."
Noa hums as she now knows what their enemy was planning to do. She thought about what approach she would use next and then decided to just blow them up since there was nothing her master needed in this base, so she doesn't even want to spend much effort on this. It is too bad that she will not be able to fight some more, but oh well.
She then spun the Laspistol in her finger and put it back in the hostler on her tactical belt before stretching her now empty hand forward in the direction of those devil guards who had escaped deeper in the corridor to the hall.
Noa then casts a spell with Touki as a magic circle materializes in front of her. Since the magic circle was fueled by Touki, the anti-magic field is not affecting it as no mana was used.
"Two Geborgs come here and punch this magic circle."
"Yes, Ma'am."
The two Geborgs from the group then immediately came next to Noa as she ordered before they punched at the magic circle. Their arms blurred when hitting the magic circle as the kinetic energy from their punches got absorbed by Noa's magic circle.
"Keep going until the circle turns black."
"Yes, Ma'am!"
Noa said as the two Geborgs kept punching until the magic circle turned black and started trembling slightly as the large amount of accumulating kinetic energy was straining the magic circle.
"Alright, that's enough; you guys should retreat back to the surface first."
"Yes, Ma'am!"
Noa said as the Geborgs saluted her before they obeyed her order and turned around to run in the opposite direction of the devil guards, while Noa then struck the magic circle with her palm as the black magic circle flew away in the direction of the hall where the devils gathered while trembling violently.
"Heh, idiots."
Noa smirked and then turned around, running to catch up with the Geborgs while thinking about how she just smashed those devils little plan with just one bombastic move.
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At the same time, at the end of the corridor, there are numerous devil guards standing in a U formation at the entrance of the spacious hall, and some devils in black cloaks are channeling their entire demonic energy to the large glowing magic circle engraved in the stone floor.
The hall was deadly quiet as they all awaited their enemies to step into the hall with bated breath.
Then the sound of hurrying footsteps echoed in the corridor as the devil guards that had escaped from Noa and the Geborgs arrived at the hall. They stepped into the hall, passing the entrance with a desperate appearance as they kept looking back into the corridor with a wary expression.
"Get in the formation, you scums!"
The devil, who was dressed in a red robe and a dark purple cape in the back of the U formation, was shouting at them before they immediately rushed to get into the formation with the other devil guards.
"Ready the spell!"
The devil in a red robe and a dark purple cape commands the devils in black cloaks as he keeps an eye on the hall entrance, awaiting the invaders.
After a couple of tense seconds, something flew out of the dark corridor into the hall, catching all of the devil's attention.
"What the..."
The devils took a back, as the thing that came into the hall was a weird black magic circle that trembled violently.
"Shield!"
The devil in a red robe and a dark purple cape, guessing that it was probably an attack spell, cried out in a hurry as the devil guards obeyed and immediately pushed their hands forward to conjure up a magic shield.
A wall made out of magic shields materialized as the devils watched the black magic circle that was flying at the magic shield with a pounding heart, not knowing what this magic circle was capable of. They feel very disheartened, as their ambush plan failed and the invader even struck them first.
And when the black magic circle finally hit the wall of magic shields, with all the devils watching with anxiety, it suddenly burst apart with such tremendous force that all the devils in the hall only felt dread for a second before they only saw darkness and died without knowing how.
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Before the black magic circle hit the devils in the hall, outside of the hideout that was hidden behind the rock formation in the middle of nowhere in the underworld, Noa ran out from the hole that used to be an entrance to the hideout at lightning speed as she kept on running until she arrived at the group of Geborgs standing around the God-Takers and God-Riders outside the barrier that was enacted around the hideout.
She stopped at the front of them and then turned around in the direction of the hideout with great anticipation.
And almost immediately after, the rock formation in the distance suddenly erupted into a huge mushroom cloud as the ground trembled violently before she could hear the sound of a loud explosion, and the shockwave hit her location three seconds later as she conjured up a magic shield to neglect the shockwave as the Geborgs and the vehicles behind her just absorbed the shockwave without having to do anything to prevent themselves from blowing away.
"Hahaha!"
Noa laughs in amusement as she sees her handiwork. She was quite impressed with the result. The kinetic bomb spell was quite powerful, just as her master boasted to her.
"Come down and pick us up."
After she finally calmed down from the awesome sight of the kinetic energy explosion, Noa then called the God-Prayers to pick them up to go raid the next base of the Old Satan faction through her comlink.
"Yes, Ma'am."
The GP's pilot responds a second later as the GPs circle around the barrier for any devils that might be trying to escape, turning around towards them before they fly to their location.
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Meanwhile, at the underground base inside the intelligence department room, Ruth and Himiko are sitting behind their respective desks with three hologram screens as they monitor all of the raid teams current situation
"Ughh... so gory..."
Himiko groaned with a sick expression as she saw Zestia bisect a devil guard in half and then break another devil's leg with a kick to the knee. The sight was too brutal for a beginner like her. She wonders if this is how the real battles usually go.
( AN: Zestia is the clone of Xenovia. )
"Do you want to stop?"
Ruth looks at her with a bit of concern, as she doesn't want Himiko to puke in the room from the current gore festival going on behind the hologram scene.
"Eto... I think I'm still fine to continue, yes."
"Is that so? But if you want to stop, then you don't need to force yourself, okay?"
Seeing that she was still doing okay for now, Ruth decided to let Himiko continue helping her.
"Yes!"
Himiko nodded with determination to continue to the end. She wants to get used to this as much as possible, as she will probably have to fight soon or later, she thought.