Manuke FPS Chapter 171

Published at 7th of December 2021 09:02:34 PM

Six thug clowns from the shadow guild, Cactus, ambushed me. One had already been subjugated by taking a shot to the face, and another was dying from a fatal cut to his abdomen he received as my meat shield. The remaining four were still unharmed. The red rose, now no longer on the wall, fumed and the same could be said about the other three clowns. 

“Sha~ft… You’ve done it now~ You’ve done it now~” 

I swore I saw a blue glint come from Red’s face. But I was probably imagining it. My FMG9 had 27 shots and 1 spare mag left. I hadn’t gotten a chance to reload the taser due to the ambush. Though, I did bring 3 spare cartridges to capture the thief group Nekoyanagi. Retaliating successfully against their first move, I had managed to kill one and disable another. Still, my remaining supplies appeared unpromising. 

“~~~~,~~~~~,~~ —-”

“~~~~,~~~~,~~—”

The blue hat clown that stood behind Red began another chant. I couldn’t hear the magic’s name, so I didn’t know what was coming next since I couldn’t hear it. Then, before it’s complete —

The moment I directed my FMG9 towards him from behind my meat shield, Fatty jumped in the way. They sure learned about the characteristics of my weapons. A straight line of attack from the direction of the muzzle. If you blocked that line, it was impossible to hit its intended target.  But magic was different from firearms and line of sight was not always needed.

“—–~~, Stone Prison!” 

The moment I heard the name, a stone wall quickly approached me from the front. It was not just the front, but all sides. 

Surrounded? 

The stone wall was about 2 meters tall and about similar in width. So, what was the point of it? Its wasn’t tall enough to prevent people from jumping and climbing out. The top was open after all —

I looked up and thought about escaping , but a light blip on the radar reflected that someone was rushing toward me. It was not Red, it was someone from behind him… Spear guy! The rush of footsteps disappeared but the blip didn’t stop and kept moving until it overlapped me. 

“From above!” 

The tall clown could be seen in the sky high above the walls. With the top of his spear face down, he plummeted down like a lightning strike. 

“Roaring Thunder!” 

A skill! Surrounded by stone walls like this, I wouldn’t be able to dodge!

Letting my meat shield go, I braced myself while stretching my left hand outward, then deployed the CBS. An invisible barrier expanded overhead like an umbrella. The moment he made contact, violent lightning sparks erupted with a sound like thunder. Since the CBS was not directly attached to my hand, the sparks instead rippled around and destroyed the walls around me. Afro, who was trying to stave off the bleeding, was also hit by it. His entire body was charred black as a result. 

The VMB shading system helped reduce the flash caused by the strike. Because of that, I saw Spear guy’s astonished face clearly. I’d like to counter his attack but my left hand was too shaky to use the FMG9 accurately. Meanwhile, the baton on my right would not reach him. Perhaps seeing my monetary hesitation, Spear Guy took that chance to retreat using the recoil from the CBS. 

“He’s still alive!”

Spear Guy alerted his comrades of my survival the moment he got back into position. 

“He’s able to guard against that too~, how did he do it~?”

“An invisible shield that resembled a magic barrier. But I’ve never heard of a barrier that could guard against physical attacks before.” 

“Un~n, oy.”

After listening, Red began to hand out instructions. 

The CBS was my only defensive tool. Defending against skills actually costs less than automatic consumption for a normal deployment. Which meant I would not run out of shield energy anytime soon, but I wasn’t also going to waste it —

I saw Fatty hold a sizable amount of daggers in his hand this time. It probably up to something after Red said something. His face distorted in a disgusting —

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“Show it to me too~, Uhii!”

Once Red shouted, he threw his daggers in succession.

A large number, but not an impossible amount to dodge or guard against — should I deploy it? No, that’s what they want. I slipped behind the remnant of the stone wall in front of me to use as cover. It was only a meter tall now, so I hunkered down as the daggers swished overhead. This… Actually, this might be my chance. Those clowns could not see me at the moment. Checking the map, they appeared to not be moving in.

I activated the TSS after confirming they weren’t coming. Except for the charred body of Afro who stared at me with an empty gaze. 

While taking note of the noses made my Red, I accessed my inventory, selected a spare mag for my main weapon, special grenades for close combat, then summoned the supply box. I then saw on my map they were not beginning to make their move. After all, the moment I was switching equipment was the more dangerous moment. Perhaps frustrated by how I used the wall to protect myself, I heard Red shouting at Blue to undo it. 

The wall disappeared as I finished taking what I needed. Right as the wall vanished, I slid-jumped toward a nearby building while I staying low. From there, I switched into high mobility mode immediately. I ran up the alley wall with wall run and jumped over the clowns. 

“Uhi!”

Red kept an eye on my sudden shift in tactics. I didn’t know what was so interesting about it, but first – 

I looked at Fatty’s head, aimed at it from above, and switched to full auto before spraying the rest of my mag down.  His neck bent, which I could not tell where it began or ended, and readied his daggers. They were enough to block a few of the bullets but since they rained down, naturally, the daggers broke and he became riddled with bullets. If I’d shot from the front, there was a possiblity that fat on his body would’ve prevented fatal injuries. So, I decided that if I was going to shoot him, it’d have to be headshots. 

I landed behind Tall and Blue Hat. At the same time, I tossed the FMG9 at Tall. He knocked it away with his spear, but in the meantime, I closed the distance between me and Blue. 

“Hii! ~~~,~~~ —

“As if I’d allow it!” 

Blue pointed his short wand at me and began to chant as he backed up. But it was nothing to the power of the power suit. 

“Uooh!”

I swatted the hand that held the wand aside and thrusted the baton at his chest. Then I pushed the button, sending electricity from the tip of it into his body. 

“Gya!” 

With a short scream, Blue collapsed. I’ll let him live for now to get information, but with this, Red and Tall …. I looked behind as Tall brandished his spear while Red held nothing yet. 

Chapter end