Forewords

So how long has it been since I last updated Metal Slug: Mercenaries? About two months, perhaps...

Now let's get to what I missed about Metal Slug Defense/Attack.

Unfortunately, its been three months since Defense was last updated, so I guess that means MSD is officially retired. So let's shift the focus on Attack.

Focus one - Ralf: Remember when you "borrowed" him in the tutorial stages? Well, now you can keep him in the game for yourself. With all the nerf Leona had suffered in the past months, Ralf became the must-have for every deck if you have unlocked him already.

Focus two - Clark: I totally called him before SNK even announced his addition to the playable roster of MSA. Thankfully, he's not as overpowered as the other two Ikari Warriors.

Focus three - Rugname: Yes, you read that right. The final boss of Metal Slug 2/X is now playable in MSA. Although it is only obtainable in the March Extra Ops, and SNK doesn't seem to have any intention of putting it in the Medal/VIP Crank. Its powerful, alright, but the only reason I refused to use it other than its AP cost (1600 at Platinum grade) is the fact that despite being a spaceship hanging out at the top of the screen, the game considers it as a ground unit, so everything would attack it automatically. Because of that, it dies way too quickly despite its 200K+ HP.

Focus four - Prototype Iron: Remember the Battle Cats collaboration event from MSD? Well, the Prototype Iron is the Iron Nokameow without the Cat Base on its flatbed. Too bad I haven't seen it in action very much (doesn't own it, didn't run into anyone owning it during PVP, and didn't watch any Youtube videos that featured it), so I can't give you any additional details about it.

Focus five - the hackers totally had it coming: Finally, SNK decided to do something about the rampant hacking. For those of you who got banned from MSA for hacking, I'll give you only two words: "Git Gud."

And that's it for the recap of MSA's timeline. Now let's get back to the story proper...


Chapter 14: Calling Of Doomsday part 1

Time: 1700 Hour; 31st of December, 2040.

Location: [?], Lima, Peru.

The best way to describe the huge ominous tower of stone that had suddenly appeared in the middle of the streets of Lima, Peru is that... it is a tower made of stone.

None of the Peruvian authorities even have any idea what the structure really was, and how to describe it without sounding delusional. Regardless of what it was, the entirety of Lima has been evacuated shortly after the tower of stone appeared. The Peruvians were not taking any chances, especially considering all the supernatural events that have taken place since the birth of the Rebel Army.

Except that Donald Morden and the Rebel Army totally have nothing to do with this one.

...

Location: Outside Lima's city blocks, Peru.

A few hours have passed by the time the Regular Army's helicopter fleet have arrived at Lima, Peru.

"So let me get this straight..." Jason Wayne said to the Red Eagles and Marines. "The Ptolemaic Army has, with some maybe supernatural means, constructed a big freaking tower in the middle of Lima, Peru, with the intention of summoning the devil or something similar into the world?"

"Well, the Regular Commandos weren't denying the possibility..." Jenny Wakeman replies. "...Given that it was written right in the reports that came after the Regular Army's previous run-in with those Illuminati wannabes."

Flynn 'Mack' Taggart finishes checking his handgun before cutting in, "And because the report also clearly stated the entity in question to be flying, it means we can't get close to the tower by air. Which means..."

Leon Chi-Ming Chan cocks his Shotgun. "...We will have to land right outside Lima's city blocks, and approach the tower by land."

The Mercenaries then looks out of the side windows of the helicopter they're in.

"With all the firepower the Ptolemaic may have posted here, I wished Duke Nukem was here with us..." Ash Kingslayer lamented about what he might face down there on the streets of Lima.

"Too bad, this is reality." Mina Kabuto added to the lament.

The Regular Army helicopter fleet then descends, and lands right outside Lima's city blocks.

"Alright, you spotlight-stealing worms, listen up!" Eri Kasamoto shouted at the Mercenaries as everyone got off the helicopters.

The Mercenaries turned toward each other after getting off their helicopter. "Here we go again..." They whispered to one another.

Eri continues with her sentence. "We can't land directly in the city because of the large numbers of these devil worshippers, so we're going to blast our way in by land!"

Tarma Roving appears and cuts off the Memphis Bomb Princess. "Eri, if you're still angry about having our spotlights stolen, now's not the time to lash it out."

Marco Rossi appears alongside Tarma. "Sure, all of us were pissed about it, but we decided just now to leave it aside until we finishes off the RAP Joint Force's members for good."

Eri sighed in disappointment. "Fine, but I'm going to blow them up once we get back to Regular Command!" She then turns toward the Mercenaries. "Now listen closely, you six! My teammates and I will be shooting our way through everything the Ptolemaic may be sending at us, and your job is to take care of whatever we missed! Understood?"

Intimidated by Eri, none of the Mercenaries dared to say anything other than "Crystal clear", except for Mina.

"Question..." The Japanese Red Eagle asked. "How do we get from here to the tower?"

Eri answers with a quick and direct "With these!" and then points toward a direction.

Where Eri pointed, several Slug Mobiles are being airdropped to be used for the Regular Commandos and Mercenaries. There is a problem, though: the Regular Commandos and Mercenaries adds up to a total of 15 people, and there are only six Slug Mobiles.

"Two of these were used in our previous clash with the Ptolemaic Army. We'll use more of these to end them once and for all!" Eri continues. "Now I know that there's 15 of us, and only six of these bad boys. The Ikari Warriors prefers to bash their way in through a different path..."

That said, Clark, Ralf and Leona have already left the scene, as they decided to take a shortcut by trotting through Lima's sewers instead. "See you all at the tower!" Ralf said to everyone before he jumped down the manhole.

"So that makes the 12 of us left, allowing us to split the six Slug Mobiles evenly. Now get going!" Eri finishes her sentence.

The Mercenaries responds with an intimidated "Yes, ma'am!"

...

Mission briefing

Congratulations, Red Eagles and Marines. Donald Morden and his Rebel Army are finally killed off for real almost a decade after their first appearance. The Amadeus Syndicate have also collapsed, with their leader apprehended by Regular Army forces. However, now is not the time to celebrate yet.

The Ptolemaic Army have been located in Lima, Peru. And as you can see, they have erected yet another tower of stone not too different than the one from Hong Kong several years ago, with the intention of summoning the demonic entity dubbed the Evil Spirit Incarnate yet again. You should not need to be told to prevent it at all costs.

As the Ptolemaic Army knew this is their true last stand, they will be devoting all the firepower they have left to stop us from preventing whatever occult ritual their peers may be performing at the peak of the tower. As such, we will also be deploying all of our resources in putting an end to this secret society once and for all.

You will begin the final showdown against the Ptolemaic Army by traversing through the highways of Lima, using the weapons of the Slug Mobiles to, as told by Sergeant Kasamoto, shoot down anything the Regular Commandos may have missed. After that, you must provide all the assistant you can to the Regular Commandos, for our surveillance satellites encountered unknown disruptions after locating the enemy and thus leave us blind to exactly what may be down there.

This mission must be a successful one, for the fate of humanity lies in it...

That is all. Godspeed...

...

MISSION TWELVE START!

By the time the Red Eagles and Marines begins their drive through the highways of Lima, the Regular Commandos were already several miles ahead of them. Jenny, Ash and Flynn each commandeered a Slug Mobile while Jason, Mina and Leon served as their respective passengers.

"Remember, guys..." Flynn reminded the other Mercenaries. "There will be a heck ton of Ptolemaic troops in the city, so keep an eye out for anything the Commandos missed."

"Roger!" Everyone responded in unison.

A Cruise Missile suddenly appeared in front of the Mercenaries and are approaching them. They quickly steered clear of its way.

"Whoa, that was a close one!" Ash exclaims. "First I've personally seen a Cruise Missile flying so close to the ground!"

More Cruise Missiles appeared from behind the Mercenaries, and are getting closer to them by the second.

"Let's make this simple, guys..." Jason told the others as he climbed through the sunroof of the Slug Mobile he and Jenny are occupying, manning a Vulcan. "Shoot everything that isn't Regular Army!"

The Mercenaries all fired their Slug Mobiles' build-in Vulcans at the incoming Cruise Missiles. One exploded in mid-air as it took hits to its warhead, while another has its propulsion taken out, sending it crashing into the remaining Cruise Missiles and setting off a chain reaction that blew them all up.

"Oh yeah! Mercenaries one, Ptolemaic zero!" Jason announces.

All of a sudden, explosions erupted all over the highways of Lima, causing part of it to crumble.

It just so happens that the Mercenaries are approaching one of those crumbled parts.

"Hang on! Get ready to jump!" Jenny called out to the others.

The drivers accelerated toward the gap on the highway before using some form of the Slug Mobiles' complex mechanics to jump over it.

"Good thing these cars can jump, otherwise we would've been dead back there." Ash comments.

More Cruise Missiles then approaches from behind the Mercenaries. Only this time, there are a few Ballistic Missiles mixed in too.

"Oh, come on! Ballistic Missiles?!" Jason exclaimed. "Just how much overkill are they going for?!"

"I admit I've used the BFG 9000 against normal infantry in my previous tours of duty, but never have I seen Ballistic Missiles being employed against a few people!" Flynn adds in with just as much surprise.

The Mercenaries then unloads their Slug Mobiles' build-in Vulcans at the Cruise Missiles and Ballistic Missiles, taking out a few in the process.

One of the Cruise Missiles slipped through the hail of Vulcan fire and made contact with the Slug Mobile used by Ash and Mina. Luckily for them, the warhead in that Cruise Missile has a faulty detonator, and the contact causes it to become unbalanced as it crashes into a road sign. However, the contact also caused the Slug Mobile to spin out of control, as Ash struggles to regain traction.

Ash regained traction just in time to drive out of the way of another Cruise Missile and then shoot it down with the Vulcan of his Slug Mobile. "Man, that's one hell of a spin..." He said, before turning toward Mina. "You okay, dear?"

Mina became dizzy as a result of the spinning, but otherwise she is fine. "I could go on..."

After shooting down all the Cruise Missiles and Ballistic Missiles, the Mercenaries found themselves approaching yet another wide gap on the highway.

"Everyone, get ready to jump again!" Jenny called out to the others. "This one's wider!"

Everyone held on tight as they accelerated once again, gaining just enough speed to jump over the gap. Flynn and Leon's Slug Mobile barely clears the gap, but the Marines safely made it through, anyway.

"Okay, then. The rest of the highway is unscathed, which means we can continue toward the tower smoothly!" Jason said.

All of a sudden, a Special Force APC crashed through the guard rail of an adjacent highway and landed on the one the Mercenaries are traversing on. This Special Force APC has a vehicle-mounted grenade launcher on top of it.

"We've got company!" Flynn told the others, as he and Leon directs Vulcan fires at the Special Force APC.

The APC aims its mounted grenade launcher and fires several high-caliber grenades at the Mercenaries, whom drives out of the way to avoid being hit.

The Mercenaries then focus their fires on the APC, which blew up after several seconds of sustained fire.

It wasn't very long before two more Special Force APCs arrived at the scene.

"More of these bastards!"

The Mercenaries immediately focus their fires at the APCs while evading high-caliber grenades that are fired at them. One APC took excessive damage to its mounted grenade launcher which set off its remaining ammunitions, while another has both rear tires popped which caused it to spin out of control and crash into a concrete divider.

"Ha! Take that!" Ash quipped.

The Mercenaries are soon greeted by the noise of jet engines coming from all directions - an indication that Ptolemaic air forces are approaching their location.

"Air support approaching! Six o'clock!" Leon warned the others upon seeing a squadron of Ptolemaic Flying Taras.

The Mercenaries slammed on the pedal when the Ptolemaic Flying Taras started dropping bombs on them.

After evading the bombs, the Mercenaries fired back at the squadron of Ptolemaic Flying Taras, downing the entire squadron.

More Ptolemaic Flying Taras quickly arrived to replace the ones that were shot down. These replacements were also quickly shot down after their bombs failed to hit the Mercenaries.

More jets have arrived to attack the Mercenaries. Only this time, the squadron consisted of Ptolemaic Eaca-B.

"Man, these guys just keep on coming..." Jenny lampshaded.

The squadron of Ptolemaic Eaca-B launched missiles at the Mercenaries, which are either evaded or shot out of the air.

After that, the Mercenaries just fired back. Although the Ptolemaic Eaca-B are much more resilient than the Flying Taras, they still quickly went down after several seconds of Vulcan fire.

"Good job, guys." Jason said to everyone. "Now let's get going..."

An Elite Ptolemaic R-Shobu suddenly appears from under the highway, with its high-caliber Gatling gun to bear.

"...After we take out this moron!" Jason finishes his sentence.

The Mercenaries scattered as the Ptolemaic R-Shobu spray shots all over the place. But Flynn didn't steer his Slug Mobile out of the way in time, resulting in a shot tearing the driver-side door right off. Luckily, both Flynn and Leon are unscathed.

"Okay, I never had much chances to put myself behind a steering wheel." Flynn commented. "But when I do..."

The American Marine then presses a button on the dashboard, which activates a missile launcher that is concealed under the hood of the Slug Mobile.

A missile is fired from the launcher, and takes out the Gatling gun of the Ptolemaic R-Shobu.

"...I make sure I have the license to kill." Flynn finishes his one-liner.

With its Gatling gun taken out, the Ptolemaic R-Shobu soon found itself defenseless against a hail of Vulcan bullets fired by the Mercenaries. Soon, the helicopter gets shot up enough that it spun out of control before exploding in midair.

"Alright, we should be arriving at the city's main district in about a minute." Jenny announced to the others. "Which means we'll have to go the rest of the way on foot, because most of the city's collapsed. Rubble's blocking most of the main road."

"Roger!" Everyone else responded.

...

Location: Main District; Lima, Peru.

Jenny was right. Most of the Lima's main roads are either destroyed or covered by rubble, which would've prevented the Slug Mobiles from continuing. The three Slug Mobiles taken by the Regular Commandos were abandoned in front of a massive pile up. Judging by the sound of gunfire, the Regular Commandos have already climbed over the pile-up and started a shootout with the Ptolemaic Army.

The Mercenaries got off their Slug Mobiles, knowing they wouldn't be able to drive through the obstructed roads.

"Remember, our mission is to give the Regular Commandos all the support fire they'll need." Jason reminded everyone. "So let's hurry up."

The Mercenaries took only one step before a sinister and somewhat familiar laughter not unlike Allen O'Neil's assaulted their ears.

"AHAHAHAHAHA!"

The Mercenaries knew only one person other than Allen with that laughter. Although they have gotten used to the scenery-chewing by this point, no thanks to the O'Neil father-son duo.

"It's the Ptolemaic's own version of that muscular loudmouth. They call him Allen Overlord, apparently..." Ash comments, bored about the subject in question. "He could be somewhere in this city..."

"Never mind him, Ash-kun." Mina told him. "We should focus on our mission, then we can deal with him."

The Mercenaries decided to ignore Allen Overlord's echoing laugh, and proceeds to climb over the pile-up.

Reaching the top of the pile-up, the Mercenaries sees that there are Ptolemaic Guerillas all over the place, with some descending from above with parachutes while firing their SMGs manically at Marco Rossi and Fio Germi whom seem to have fallen behind the rest of the Regular Commandos.

"Geez, that's a lot of guys for a last stand..." Jenny pointed out.

Marco notices the Mercenaries despite having to manage the massive shootout. "You guys were supposed to give us a hand, right?" He then raises his handgun to shoot a Guerilla that lunged at him with a knife. "Because we need that extra hand right now!"

"Alright, we're coming!"

The Mercenaries entered the scene, gunning down enemy forces as they descended from the pile-up.

A Claw Unit suddenly popped out from underneath a nearby pile of debris and lunged at the Mercenaries.

Leon nonchalantly pulls out his Shotgun and blasts the Claw Unit before it gets close enough to land a hit on the Mercenaries.

After reaching the bottom of the pile-up, the Mercenaries proceeds to quickly finish off the enemy forces in the vicinity. A Special Force APC was destroyed when Mina tossed a Grenade straight into its doorway, blowing it up.

"Wow, you guys are good..." Marco commented on the Mercenaries' efficiency. "No wonder Regular Command hired you to do our job."

Jenny stares at Marco with a wide-eyed look. "I hope that's not a complain on us stealing your job..."

Before Marco can make his response, Fio poked him in the elbow as if to interrupt him.

"He didn't mean it..." Fio answers Jenny.

"..." Marco then walks toward a nearby subway station entrance, and then stops to urge the others. "Well, come on. We've fallen behind the others. Who knows what troubles they might've found themselves in.

...

Location: Subway Tunnels; Lima, Peru.

The Mercenaries along with Marco and Fio entered the subway station, expecting a lot of resistance to show up and assault them.

Turns out, that wasn't the case, at least not for their side of the subway. The firefight appears to be clustered further down the subway tunnel at another station.

"Must be our guys if the Ptolemaic goons were fighting them." Marco deducted. "Whoever those guys are, they looked like they need help."

Jason reloads his handgun. "We Mercenaries were here to help you Commandos, so that's what we're gonna do!" He then jumps off the platform onto the rails which thankfully doesn't run on electricity. "Let's go, guys!"

Before the rest of the Mercenaries can follow, an Augenstern suddenly appeared from the opposite direction of the subway tunnel and fired its harpoon at the subway station, forcing everyone to jump onto the rails to avoid being skewered.

The retracting of the harpoon causes a whipping of the harpoon line that completely destroys the station platform, as the pilot of the Augenstern reloads it for a second shot.

"Stand back, everyone..." Leon instructed everyone, as he cocks his Shotgun. "This one is mine..."

The Chinese-American Marine then charges toward the Augenstern, crouching at the last minute to dodge the harpoon that was fired at him. After getting himself right underneath the Augenstern, Leon jumped up toward the cockpit and fired his Shotgun into it point-blank, instantly killing the Ptolemaic Commander piloting the machine.

Marco just stood there jaw-dropped at the sight, while Fio appears to be having a very minor case of fangirling at the same thing.

Flynn gave his friend a thumbs up. "Good one, Leon!"

Marco looked back at the firefight that is occurring further down the subway tunnel, then back at everyone. "We're going to need as much firepower as we can, so someone has to go pilot this thing and support us with it..."

Jenny stepped forward and claimed the Augenstern, by popping open its cockpit hatch from which the dead Ptolemaic Commander fell out. "I'll ride this thing!" The blue-haired female mercenary proclaimed. "Of all the Red Eagles, I'm the most qualified to man Slug vehicles!"

"Then just do it..." Marco told Jenny. He then turns around, and notes that some Hover Units are approaching from the direction of the other station. "...Because we're not alone."

"Right on it!" Jenny said as she hopped into the cockpit of the Augenstern - noting that it was relatively clean despite its previous pilot being offed with a point-blank Shotgun blast. "The Vulcans aren't turned on. Activating them now..."

As it turns out, the twin Vulcans were turned off because they have faulty wiring that prevented the targeting systems from functioning properly, which was demonstrated in full force when they starts spraying bullets uncontrollably at every direction.

"Holy shit!" Jason cursed out loud as he jumped to the sides to avoid the bullet spray. So did everybody else present.

The approaching Hover Units were not able to react in time and are all shot down.

Jenny quickly turn off the twin Vulcans again before they cause friendly fires. She quickly locates the faulty wirings, "Man, that was a close one. Guess the Ptolemaics weren't as good at engineering as everyone thought..." and proceeds to fix it using her knowledge on engineering.

"I sure hope so." Marco lamented as he gets up from the ground. He then turns toward Fio. "You alright?"

"I'm okay." Fio answers.

After confirming the faulty wirings have been fixed, Jenny turns on the Augenstern's twin Vulcans again. "Okay, its fixed. Now let's kick some ass!"

"It better be fixed..." Jason said. "Because none of us here wants to be subjected to friendly fire."

As everyone proceeds down the subway tunnel, the Ptolemaic Army would keep on sending troops to engage the Mercenaries and Commandos in combat. They came in the form of Ptolemaic Bradleys, Ptolemaic Girida-Os, Ptolemaic Di-Cokkas, Ptolemaic Slugs, Ptolemaic Landseeks (that are carrying MG Units), Hover Units...

...As well as more Augensterns.

Of course, these enemy units are not too much of a problem thanks to the fixed twin Vulcans of the Augenstern commandeered by Jenny (all the Ptolemaic Augensterns have the same faulty wiring problem that forced their pilots to turn them off) making scrap metals out of them.

As the group neared the other subway station, another Ptolemaic Augenstern was standing by, and it got the jump by firing its harpoon at one of the feet of Jenny's Augenstern, pinning it to the tunnel floor.

"You, get lost!" Jenny angrily taunted the Ptolemaic Augenstern as she unloads Vulcan bullets into it.

After a while of sustained fire, the cockpit of the Ptolemaic Augenstern blew up. No doubt its pilot has been blown to bits.

As the Augenstern commandeered by Jenny couldn't proceed any further (the rest of the subway tunnel had caved in), Jenny had to get out of it. "Well, at least it helped us shoot our way through this tunnel."

It is then that the Mercenaries, Marco and Fio noted that the firefight that was occurring at his station earlier had been taken up to the surface. The station was already littered with corpses of Guerillas and Special Force Troopers when they got here.

"Our guys might need our help." Marco told everyone as he picks up a Heavy Machine Gun that was left at the scene. "We need to go to the surface."

"Yeah, let's go!" Fio agrees.

...

Location: [?]; Lima, Peru.

When the Mercenaries along with Marco and Fio climbed up the stairways and out of the subway station, they found even more dead Guerillas and Special Force Troopers littered all over the scene.

They also found Nadia and Trevor trapped under a stack of rebar. From the looks of things, the duo were only trapped for a few minutes.

"Hey, guys..." Trevor called out. "We need some help here."

"One of those Guerillas pulled off a case of Dead Man's Trigger with a bazooka, and the rocket caused these rebar to fall on us." Nadia explains the situation and how it happened.

Marco stepped forward. "Alright, sit tight. We'll get you out of there."

However, before anyone can do anything about it, a sinister yet familiar voice assaulted their ears.

"AHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Who is that?" Fio wondered.

"Sounds similar to Allen's signature laugh..." Marco noted. "But the voice is quite different. It almost sounded... mechanical..."

The Mercenaries quickly recognized the voice.

"This voice belonged to the Ptolemaic's rip-off of the Devil's Sergeant." Jason explains to the Regular Commandos. "They call him Allen Overlord."

Then without any warning, several explosions from behind a wrecked bus caused it to fall right on top of Marco and Fio. Good thing the bus didn't fall all the way down, as it only trapped the duo.

"Great, now we're also trapped..." Marco complained about the situation he and Fio now found themselves in.

Knowing that Allen Overlord is responsible for the bus falling down, the Mercenaries looked around for any signs of the Devil's Sergeant's rip-off.

And there he is, standing on a platform that is hovering in the air seemingly via anti-gravity. And Colonel Gyllendal is with him too, this time in person instead of as a hologram.

"Gyllendal!" Jason exclaimed loudly. "We've been wondering where you've gone to! Didn't see you anywhere in Santa Cruz!"

Gyllendal remained calm as he replies, "Morden was not fit to be my superior, so I abandoned him shortly after I introduced Allen Overlord to you..."

Flynn stood up to give the colonel his opinion. "Damn, you sided with a demon-worshipping cult because you looked down on your original boss..."

Ash turns toward Flynn. "If that's the case, do we even need to listen to his speech? I say..."

Without finishing his sentence, the grey-clad Red Eagle whipped out his handgun and fired a single shot at Gyllendal.

The shot hits Gyllendal right in his chest, sending him tumbling off the hovering platform and falling on the ground with a thud.

Gyllendal was still alive, but with the injury he has sustained, it won't be longer than a minute. The colonel struggles to stand up, but couldn't. He knew death is inevitable for him.

"Allen Overlord..." Gyllendal issued an order with his dying breath. "Kill them..." And with that, he literally ran out of breath and died.

Acknowledging the colonel's final order, Allen Overlord jumped off the hovering platform and landed on his feet.

"I'll send you home to mommy!" Allen Overlord bellowed. "And I'll make sure nothing can glue you back together!"

BOSS BATTLE: Allen Overlord.

"Gee, thanks, Ash..." Jason berated Ash with sarcasm. "You and your Evil Dead-inspired mindset..."

Allen Overlord begins his assault by tossing several grenades all over the field in one go.

The Mercenaries maneuvered themselves around the grenades before returning fire.

Allen Overlord doesn't even flinch upon being hit by those shots.

"Fly, boy!" Allen Overlord responds by spraying machine gun fire all over the place.

Avoiding this bullet spray isn't easy due to how tight the shots are packed, so the Mercenaries took cover behind various rubble instead.

Mina quickly jumped out of cover and threw a Grenade at Allen Overlord before jumping back into cover to avoid another bullet spray.

The Grenade exploded, spawning a cloud of dust that enveloped Allen Overlord. Amazingly, the Devil Sergeant rip-off is barely even hurt, although he does get temporarily stunned.

"Is this guy even human?!" Jenny lampshaded as she notes the improbability of Allen Overlord's resilience.

Leon took this chance to run up close to Allen Overlord and empties as many Shotgun shells as he could into the Devil Sergeant rip-off.

The Shotgun shells blasted right through Allen Overlord's armor, only to reveal another layer of armor underneath.

"You're mincemeat!" Allen Overlord nonchalantly punch Leon in the guts before the Chinese-American Marine even have time to be surprised, sending him tumbling across the ground.

"Ouch..." Flynn flinched as he thought about that gut punch. "But he'll be fine."

Thankfully, being a Marine meant that Leon can shrug off the gut punch just fine (The Marines are known to have almost superhuman endurance), as he picks himself up from the ground and empties another Shotgun shell into Allen Overlord before jumping back behind cover.

"Multiple layers of armor..." Leon relays his findings to the others. "To break through that, we need to focus our firepower on one spot."

Allen Overlord tosses another bunch of grenades in one go, forcing the Mercenaries to get out of cover to avoid being blown up. He follows up with a hammy laugh.

"I had enough of that scenery-chewing laugh, so leave this bastard to me!" Jason told the others, before he made a mad dash toward Allen Overlord, wading through machine gun fire with some effort.

Upon getting close enough to the Devil Sergeant rip-off, Jason unleashed his signature Vulcan Chop on the exact same spot where Leon had emptied Shotgun shells into. The Red Eagle leader kept on delivering his attacks rapidly to prevent Allen Overlord from being able to counterattack.

Half a minute of Vulcan Chop later, a hole was created on Allen Overlord's armor as it reaches its durability limit.

"Now's the chance, everyone!" Jason called out to the others as he took a step back from Allen Overlord.

With Allen Overlord's armor compromised, the Mercenaries focused their shots at the Devil Sergeant rip-off's now vulnerable body, emptying bullets after bullets (and one Shotgun shell after another) into him.

After having several hundred bullets pumped into him, Allen Overlord could not overcome the massive pain and eventually collapses onto the ground, but not before bellowing "I underestimated you Red Eagles and Marines. Turns out you people stopped taking any chances after everything you've went through. Well done! I will... see you... in hell..."

Allen Overlord defeated.

Remembering how the real Allen always seemed to come back at a later time, the Mercenaries approached the defeated Allen Overlord and continued to hammer on him with their melee attacks. They only stopped after a minute of double-tapping.

"Man, this must be the most extreme Mozambique Drill, period..." Jason lampshaded as he steps away from the nearly mangled corpse.

Mina used her Katana to stab the dead Allen Overlord once before post-mortem-taunting him. "Baka!"

Flynn poked the corpse several times to make sure Allen Overlord is really dead. "This guy ate more lead that I ever had before going down. Even I am surprised..."

At about the same time, Marco used his Heavy Machine Gun to shoot his way out of the bus, with Fio right behind him.

"Wow, I'm amazed..." Marco told the Mercenaries. "So amazed I got no words to describe it."

Meanwhile...

"Hey, guys. Aren't you forgetting something?" Trevor called out to everyone, as he and Nadia are still stuck under the stack of rebar.

Jason approaches the stack of rebar and wrecks it with a lighter version of his Vulcan Chop. "I still remember you."

Nadia came out of the trap first. "You guys go ahead and meet up with Eri and Tarma. We'll be right behind."

"Understood." Marco acknowledges. "Now, everyone, our mission isn't over yet. So let's get going..."

TO BE CONTINUED...


Afterwords

This final mission is so long I have to split it into two chapters. If you're wondering how long it is, I've intended for it to have three bosses, with the third battle being as long as the Huge Shiee fight. I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise at this point that the Ptolemaic Boss will be the final boss...

Speaking of the Ptolemaic Boss, he's apparently going to actually appear in a later Extra Ops in Metal Slug Attack! Woo, about time, SNK!

Sorry about the Allen Overlord boss fight being so short. I delayed this chapter for too long and had to submit it ASAP...

Boss Buff list:

More like a Boss Comparison list, because Allen Overlord is just a different version of Allen O'Neil...

Shout-out index:

"...I make sure I have the license to kill..." - "Not to break the traffic laws!" ~Q, James Bond series.

"And I'll make sure nothing can glue you back together in hell!" - The Demoman from Team Fortress 2 called, he wants his quote back.

"You and your Evil Dead-inspired mindset..." - Interestingly, MadSoldiersProduction did use Evil Dead as inspiration for Ash Kingslayer...

That is all. "Dismissed!"