Chapter 6 Hei, the Gun Slinging Reaper
What happens when you mix up the heavy fog with the smoke of fire? When the troops clashes with each other, the atmosphere can be a killer itself. It is extremely hard to order attacks in the midst of a heavy fog, not mentioning the extra layer of burning corpses. Fighting in this type of weather, accidental injuries from your own troops can be the main obstacle.
Death is not scary, but it will be when you don't even know how you are killed.
Similar to the curse of ghosts, the high rate of accidental deaths is threatening the courage of every single soldier on the battlefield. Of course, the revolutionary army has a psychological advantage over its opponents.
In contrast, those spoiled empire soldiers are freaking out inside the heavy fog. The large number of people is the main cause of the large number of accidental injuries.
Morales are the determining factor in battles like this. The revolutionary army has to fight to their last blood. There is no retreat, and there is no backup. Furthermore, they are mostly born in little villages outside of the capital, this geography can be considered a heavenly gift for them.
Well, however, this army is still led by the Empire's Strongest. How can they be so easiliy crushed by an opponent that is only one tenth of their size?
"Third unit, forth unit, regroup on the western side! Do not stay in the conflict!" General Hector raises his torch.
It doesn't matter if the enemies also heard him, his job is to lure the enemy, not suicide.
At the same time, the empire troops are also ambushed at two other locations. The casualties are not high, but they are not fast enough to keep up with the revolutionary soldiers.
The number difference of the two armies is just too large, you cannot do anything about it.
However, it is certain that everyone heard the regrouping location.
The western side!
The destination of all empire troops!
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"Within calculation."
Hei looks at the small group of soldiers companying him – it is not much, but they are definitely the elite ones. On one hand, they are under the general's orders to aid Hei in every way possible. On the other hand, they are here to monitor Hei's actions. Betrayal at this time can be deadly.
"Electron manipulation – type Beta."
"Hei? What are you doing?"
Hei turns around, a small pistol appears in his right hand.
BANG! ZAP!
This is the result of when a highly charged bullet pierces through the body of a mortal. The large amoung of potential difference between the two objects creates a supernatural electrical shock, killing the victim in an instant.
Using logical reasoning and intense mental calculation, Hei combines the combat experience of his host body with his artificial superhuman brain to predict the moves of every single soldier around him. Shooting electrified bullets from his pistol, Hei had already killed three soldiers before the rest of the group recovers from the mental shock Hei caused.
This battle tactics will make sure to save the most amount of ammunition, because each touch of a bullet is an instant kill.
And of course, Hei doesn't miss.
"Hei… You…"
This group of soldiers had never thought that Hei would betray them at the last minute. They had never thought that a person as physically unimpressive as Hei can handle a gun with a high degree of precision and accuracy.
However, this is not the time for recovering.
The rest of the group charges instantly toward Hei with their weapons in their hands.
BANG! BANG! ZAP!
Another pistol appears in Hei's left hand, his bullets now contain twice the rate of assault.
"Electron manipulation – type Alpha."
As the soldiers enclose on Hei, their swords and spears are piercing through the air resistance, targeting Hei's defenseless back. In this instance, there is absolutely no time for a returning gun shot.
Calculating his muscle movements, Hei throws the pistol in his right hand in to the air, and steps a backward with a distance of around one meter, elbowing the soldier with the spear right on top of his stomach with his free hand, while aiming his other hand toward the sword that is approaching him from another direction.
BANG! ZAP! PING!
And the soldier falls to the ground, not knowing how he is killed.
"Steel is a conductor. Opponents unaware of elementary physics."
On the other side, the man with the spear falls onto the ground, lying unconsciously.
Stopping for a second, the remaining soldiers decide to charge in all at once, hoping to end this disgusting traitor once and for all.
Taking off his glasses and placing them into his pocket, Hei casually catches the falling pistol, and lowers his body to three forth of his previous height.
"Electron manipulation – type Gamma."
This time, Hei throws the two pistols to the opposite directions like two boomerangs, and kneels down on the ground.
Such unorthodox actions may create unexpected outcomes.
The clips of the pistols are unlocked. When the pistols are flying in mid-air, the gun clips separate from the pistols due to Newtonian laws. As the clips come out of the pistols, however, an invisible field suddenly covers the small battlefield – the bullets from the clips, at the same moment, directly fly toward different targets as if they are living beings.
And then.
PING! ZAP! PING! PING! ZAP! PING! ZAP…
And lifeless corpses fall heavily onto the ground, never to stand again.
"Magnetic field incomplete, uncertainly over twenty percent, range of error too high, time around 3.2 seconds, voltage difference high, impulse of bullets relatively weak."
Hei stands up from his kneeling position.
"Contractor ability still premature."
…
"Procedure continues."