Way of the Knights

Chapter 925: Red Mane Squad

“Elite Squad, are you in position.” 

“Affirmative, General. Target on sight, shall proceed with the mission?” Kyle replied to them. 

“Stand-by for five minutes. The rest are still getting in position. Wait for orders.”

“Copy that.” 

Kyle removed his hand on his earpiece and continued surveying his surroundings. As someone’s who appointed as the Captain of a squad, they are drafted in the war and are now deployed deep into enemy territory. 

It’s been a few hours since they arrived here and right now, he’s just waiting for the go signal from the General to begin with the raid. 

Kyle was ready to begin. He already memorized the layout of this place and their plan of action. He knows where to move and where t go, they even have follow-up plans in case of emergency. They went through several drills to make sure everybody knows what to do and how to it efficiently so that they can achieve their goal for this mission. 

Kyle and his squad’s target are one of huge supply chains for the Abyssals. This massive floating island is filled with all kinds of factories that supplied at least a fourth of entire Paradise’s needs. Its products are plenty and if they can successfully raid this place, the Abyssals will truly feel the pain and loss. 

This will be a challenging mission but one that is necessary to complete if they want to increase humanity’s chances of surviving. 

Also, it had to be known that this isn’t the only mission that will occur today. No, there are other operations that will take place at different areas of Paradise. 

Each attack had to follow a certain timing to maximize the results. Currently, there are on-going operations around and Kyle’s just waiting for their turn to go. 

“Red Mane Squad, do you copy?”

“Can hear you loud and clear General.” Kyle replied. 

“Begin your attack in one minute. Godspeed.” 

“Understood.” Kyle looked at his squad who’s looking back at him. 

He can see it in their eyes, they’re all raring to go. Kyle nodded at them and went into position. 

That one minute passed by quick so Kyle connected through the communication device again as they moving-in.

“Red Mane Squad here, we’re going in.”

“Copy that, Red Mane. Good luck.” 

He cut off the connections for now and then he flew forward like a shooting star along with his squad towards the main factory in the island. 

As they’ve already infiltrated this place, they already knew everything they need to know about it. They memorized the patrol route of the guards, the schedules of the workers, where they’re supposed to be and so on. 

Kyle moved-in very fast, avoiding all hostiles for now since they’re no their main target. 

This specific island is connected to the Abyssal Race’s Forbidden Ultima Core, something like a centralized power supply for Paradise as whole. With the core fueling the operations of this place, destroying it would take more effort than necessary so they made it a point to disconnect it from the power grid first and they lay waste on it. 

As he flew along with his squad, Kyle was building a strong momentum. He’s utilizing his strength and the profundity of his laws to stack-up their momentum to increase the strength of its impact. 

Once they arrived the spot marked by the Counter Guardians, Kyle’s squad suspended briefly in mid-air. Kyle himself condensed all the gravitational power he can muster released the momentum he built up straight down at the joint where the island and the core were linked. 

BOOM!!!

The impact was so strong that it shook the entire island fiercely. A large mushroom cloud could be seen in the air due to how strong the explosion was. 

The Red Mane Squad was fine but the same cannot be said to their surroundings. Alas, Kyle really couldn’t care less about what happened to the Abyssals or anything they own. He just wants them to disappear. 

As their surroundings were set a blaze, Kyle looked at his squad and signaled them to let loose. No words were needed to be said. 

His men flew to different directions and began thrashing the entire island…

See something moving that doesn’t look human? Kill. 

See something that looks important? Kill. 

The buildings? The mechanisms? Weird looking gardens? Strange products? Everything is to be killed and destroyed, leave nothing intact. 

This is their mission and they are expected to complete it. This place is a strategic point and if it’s gone, they are effectively weakening their enemies. The squad can’t leave unless they’re done with their mission or they were ordered to do so.

While his men laid waste to everything, Kyle himself wasn’t idle. If anything, he has the biggest impact on this mission which is why he was elected at the captain. 

In terms of raw destructive power, Kyle would rank amongst the top of the entire Divine Realm. 

The sheer weight of his weapon itself makes it impossible for anybody aside from him to wield since it is made using an active star. His halberd is personally created for him by Raven, it is as heavy as a star itself so swinging it casually will result in a devastating damage. The only reason why Kyle can carry it was because he could reduce its weight using his laws. 

Speaking of which, if Kyle swung this thing and have his gravitational power go along with it, each strike of his would be akin to a falling meteor that can seriously devastate anything it touches. 

It just so happened that this island is pretty close to the densely populated area and any commotion happening here will alert some Abyssals who were roaming around. 

The mission needs to be finished quick and this was the reason why Kyle was sent here. And with the coordinated assault of Humans, the forces of the Abyssals are spread even thinner, making it more difficult for them to respond and reinforce places. 

Whether they like it or not, they’ll be forced to make sacrifices here. It’ll be up to them what it would though so Kyle had to constantly pay attention to the developments. 

Kyle didn’t falter though. While he paid attention to his surroundings, he never stopped swinging his halberd causing large craters to form around him.

He already noticed that his attacks looked weaker than usual. The impact fall he made earlier should’ve been enough to reduce this whole island into pieces but it only shook. At with how much he’s attacking, Kyle should’ve already shredded this island long ago but he didn’t. 

It’s not like he became weaker, it’s just that everything within Paradise are tougher due to the materials they used to create them and that wasn’t factoring that this place was supposed to be connected to the Forbidden Ultima Core. 

If they didn’t sever its connection with the core, this place would be a lot more difficult to deal with. 

“Captain, I am seeing some hostiles approaching our location. Your orders?” 

“Kill.” Kyle replied flatly, “If they prove to be tougher than you initially expected, don’t sweat it and just focus on our goal. Don’t hesitate to call out for help should you fall into a disadvantageous position.”

“Understood.” 

Kyle swung his halberd again and felt a presence behind him approaching with a potent killing intent. 

A quick shift of his footing and a simple stab of his halberd was enough to deal with the enemy. His weapon was perfectly aimed at the core of the Abyssals, ending its life in one strike. 

That’s when Kyle turned around and saw more Abyssal’s flying his way. 

“Hmph!” Kyle snorted coldly upon sensing their killing intent. 

He stepped one foot forward, firmly planting his foot on the ground. Boundless gravitational power exploded from his body. The abyssals flight speed became faster not because they wanted to but because Kyle pulled them in. That caused them to lose control over their bodies…

Mere inches away from Kyle, they paused. Again because of Kyle as well. With a blur of movement, Kyle stabbed his halberd forward, each strike carrying the weight and momentum of a star. He pierced through their cores causing them to explode into bits in a blink of an eye. 

Just like that, the hostiles that were sent his way to stop him, all died miserably.

Kyle felt nothing from their deaths since if turned out that he was the weaker one, his death wouldn’t he pretty or honorable either. This is war, the Abyssals wanted this and the Humans let them have it. 

It’s as simple as that. 

After killing the reinforcements, Kyle went back to his mission. 

Within a short span of 30 minutes, the Red Mane Squad completely decimated this place. 

“Red Mane Squad, Captain Kyle here reporting to HQ, HQ do you copy?” 

“HQ to Captain Kyle, status?” 

“Target neutralized. We eliminated a total of 40 Hostiles during this operation. Bodies cannot be salvaged.” 

“Great work, Captain Kyle. Don’t worry about the bodies, we received a good haul of them. You may return home with your squad.”

“Roger that.” Kyle nodded and connected with his squad through another link. “Well done, Boys. Now, let’s get out of here. HQ permitted us to return home.” 

He received a series of acknowledgement before the squad gathered together and turned into a streak of light disappearing through the horizon.