POV (Point of View)

Chapter 117: The Vault

TRIGGER WARNING: This chapter contains graphic themes, gore, and acts of violence. A viewer discretion is advised.

The Vault is a pentagonal underground base found at the bottom of one of the Schreiber Family's deepest and oldest mining fields. After they mined all the gold, they turned this place into one of the sturdiest headquarters of Purgatorio. When Giuseppe discovered his son's talent in designing bombs, he knew he had to secure Atlas' creations in a place that no one can find easily. The Vault happened to qualify the requirements to a place with the tightest security, durability, and hidden ability. Atlas himself designed the base and its systems.

However, the Vault that used to house hundreds of collections of explosive devices with various scales from City Destroyers to Groundbreakers and many more, is a near empty HQ with limited shells like a huge vault with decreasing money. As for the why, the mastermind is missing and with him absent, they cannot accept clients nor tell the reasons behind. 

As of this moment, Vault is where Zorn and his mother are keeping their hostages. This is also the secret rendezvous of Centro and the darker half of Purgatorio. This place has five entrances. Two are the main ones located in two different directions in the mountains. While the other three are scattered which also serve as the contingency routes. These are neatly hidden in the city and can only be accessed by the upper echelon of Purgatorio. And these paths leading to the first, second, and third floors are what Sarina and the other half of Purgatorio aimed for.

"There they are." Zorn commented while looking at the screen with Sarina running in the tunnels. With her are Lucas, Conrad, the Haitani Brothers, and the rest of their guards grouped into three.

"Just as they planned, Boss. They used a special virus to tinker our security system to make them appear invisible in our radar. Sadly, Lady Selena's tech team is but a cute little kitten compared to me." Neid smirks as he is typing in his computer and showed two different camera point of views with the same location, but with the right monitor showing Sarina and the others quickly closing in the three entrances.

"Adorable, aren't they? Good job, Neid." Guineverre replies and chuckles with her son and the others. "Tell everyone to be on standby. We will ambush them when they arrive."

Five guards nodded to their Dame and walked out of the office to reorient their guards. They scattered as soon as they received orders. The others who were informed in their in-ear nodded and went to their position to intercept the incoming enemies. As mere followers of the powerful, the guards had no choice but to point their weapons to other men who used to stand on the same side as them.

What's this? You're in the front lines, Sarina Samidori? This is a wrong move. You're too weak to hold your own out here. You will die. You should have mimicked your father and navigated your loser followers at the back. Zorn and the others continued watching the monitors. Just as Guineverre imagined based from the plan of attack of Sarina, the three teams barged in at the same time. 

"Is the third floor ready? Is it swarming with our men?" Guineverre asks. Viel was the one who answered.

"Yes, Dame." The Dame is specifically targeting those who are on the third floor because it is the route of Sarina's leading team. It consists of Lucas, Conrad, Haitani brothers, and about more than a hundred mixture of Purgatorio and the Japanese team. Meanwhile, about the same number of guards are on the other two pathways. It's only right the central team gets special treatment. When the doors opened, machine guns attached and hidden at the wall started raining down bullets on the infiltrators, making the new Dame of Purgatorio laugh out loud.

"Yes! That's right! That's good! Beautiful! Keep the babies coming, Purgatorio! Show them what you got!"

As expected, Sarina's army hid from where they could and chose not to easily approach the entrances. Guineverre could see some guards from the enemy side falling one by one because of the loud welcome. They start to argue and shout to one another why and how they are ambushed when their attack is supposed to be discreet, making the eldest Schreiber continue laughing.