"Ladies and gentlemen, the fight will start in 10... 9... 8..."
I looked at everyone. Nobody is nervous. In fact, you might wanna say they're all feel like they belong here. Ryd is grinning madly while adjusting his bike (sabi ko nga weird ang class niya). Cr1ng is jumping from side-to-side, while Pr3sh is typing in his personal screen. And the boxhead—well, pagkatapos niyang magtago paroo't parito ay umupo na siya sa isang bato at umiinom ng kape. Yet another weird addition to the team.
"...1!!" tumunog na ang warhorn.
"OK guys—" hindi ko na narinig ang sinabi ni boxhead dahil we all dashed towards the middle and met the enemies advancing.
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"These guys." Nagfacepalm ako. An unorganized team—a scrambled egg, to be exact. Hindi man lang nakinig kahit na isang word ko.
But they're not so bad. The shielder defended his mage from an attack and another while the mage sent forward invisible forces that knocked down two guys. Only that the latter did not die.
And then there's that pervert with a bike. He dashed towards a lancer and, using his own legs, stopped the bike's momentum, and swung it towards the enemy. The spear broke. Now yan na yung pinakamatigas na bisikletang nakita ko.
The leader—Ultim8Loaf? Pfft—ok, the greatest fighters have the lamest names. He mentioned earlier that he is a Mage-Blader. He easily swooped down and slashed his target in the back while defending his other side. He parried a blow, hacked at someone, and jumped away as a hammer went down to where he stood before. Agility-type huh?
But they were all stunned for the next 20 seconds. The hammer user—GreyShorts? He slammed his hammer to the ground, creating a huge shockwave, and stunning all in the imminent field- enemies and allies alike. He started pummeling down our shielder, then the mage, then the biker, and then Loaf. A four-man death notif burst through the sky.
The sheilder spawned beside me. I told him to hold back his team.
"But—" eyes of despair looked at me and then to the enemy hammer-user in the screen above. The latter was already raising his hands as if they already won.
"Dude, hold them back." Mariing sabi ko.
"Oh-kay?" he motioned for the mage, and the biker to stop.
"Bakit, anung meron?" tanong ni Loaf na kaka-respawn lang. "The guy's HP is now at 70%!! Go on—"
"And then what? Get to kill one guy every three or four deaths?" I asked him straight. He stopped. "There is more to life than exchanging blows, good sir."
I raised my hand and pointed my index finger at the hammer guy in the screen.
"Bang!!"
They all gasped as GreyShorts dropped dead. They all stared at nothingness when I spoke again.
"If he is magic-resistant, then shoot him with a physical bullet. Easy."
"H-how?"
"Oh." I pointed at the tree. "I put a turret in that tree. And that bush too. And that shrub, and the bush beside it." I spread my arms. "Almost all of the greenery here is given firepower."
One by one I saw the enemies drop. Until a notif came and gave a five-man kill signal, courtesy of the CloverLeafs.
"Now keep calm, and have some coffee." I poured the liquid to a cup and handed it to Loaf.
"Coffee does not keep you calm." But he took it anyway. "So? The Plan?"
"Oh, easy." Binaba ko ang walang laman na baso. "We go anti-magical too. With a whole lot of explosives."
"You mean traps? Like hell we could put up traps without being noticed!?"
"Suka?" I grinned, and put my hands on my earphones. "Mole, all set?"
Nagpop-up sa gitna namin ang robot kong si Mole. "Yes, ma'am."
"Okay." I looked at their exasperated faces. "We're good."
I heard a roar and saw GreyShorts' huge physique rampaging his way towards us. I ordered my turrets to shoot, but the guy managed to deflect most of them.
"Seeker Multi-Shot." I said. All rockets fired and hit him spot-on. He fell to his knees, but we all can see he is still alive. "I hate bulky guys. Mole, 32, 46. Give 'im hell."
Just as GreyShorts managed to stand, the land below him exploded, and another kill notification splashed in the screens above.
"And that, my friends," I faced the CloverLeafs. They're gazes immediately shifted from the rubble to me, "is what I told you earlier. Just trust me." Umupo ulit ako sa bato and poured another cup of coffee. "I'm a tactical engineer."
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