PATH OF THE STAR HUNTER

66 Chapter 66 A Not So Successful Escape

(Commander Rickson POV)

′′ That damn bastard. ′′

I screamed at the top of my lungs, feeling the pain in my eyes and the numbness in my ears, normally a stun grenade wouldn’t have as much power, but this was a newly developed high-performance to fight Espers, adding to that it was used in a room. of limited space, we are all powerless before the escape of the masked man.

Upon discovering that that damn bastard still had the nerve to take the briefcase with the rewards we had planned to use to bribe him, I felt like this was nothing more than a cruel joke, why the heck did he have a stun grenade with him? Where did you get it? Did he know from the beginning that things would end like this? Who the hell was that man?

None of my questions would be answered until we captured him, but remembering his performance in the defensive battle of the northern wall, I realized that no matter how exhausted he was from the previous fight with the lizardmen, it would still be too difficult for the soldiers. normal catch it.

′′ Mobilize all the soldiers in the building, do not try to catch him or face him directly, you just need to delay him with suppression fire, we will let this be a fight between Espers, call the Stigma squad, I do not care if you are tired or the pretext that They want to invent themselves, tell them that it is a mission of the highest priority and that there are juicy rewards at stake. ′′

Yes sir. ′′

′′ Unless that bastard grows wings, I don’t think he can escape. I said proudly only to be interrupted by the distant sound of an explosion.

′′ What the hell was that? Contact the surveillance office I want to know what is happening. ′′

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′′ Sir, the surveillance office called us, it was the masked man, apparently, he had left some kind of explosive device in a planter at the entrance of the building as a security measure, the guards at the entrance were questioned, they assure that nothing strange It resulted in the security check this afternoon, so the man must have placed the device while it was being brought here. ′′

′′ You are telling me that since we invited him to the meeting he already had his guard up against us and in case he needed to escape just as he did, he placed an explosive device under the surveillance and escort of a full squad of soldiers. ′′

At this point, I did not know whether to be amazed by the man’s capabilities, surprised by his obvious almost paranoid distrust of the military, or by the fact that he had played us by managing to escape with a briefcase full of resources worth hundreds of dollars. thousands of credits.

′′ That seems sir. ′′

′′ You’re screwing with me, who the hell is that man? ′′ I shouted furiously.

′′ Sir, we got a message from the stigma squad. ′′

now what? ′′

′′ Sir, it seems that on the way here they ran into the masked man while fleeing from him by coincidence. ′′

′′ Finally good news, now let’s see how that idiot escapes. ′′

(Desmond POV)

Well that escape was not as easy as I thought it would be but it was not incredibly difficult either, I suppose my respect for the skill of the military went up one or two points, but my opinion about their way of doing things also went down by one, with a net improvement of one point, I guess those idiots should be proud.

My thoughts were interrupted by nothing more and nothing less than a fireball heading straight for my face. Maybe I should have checked the weather forecast before I left the house today, although it didn’t rain during my date with Claire which is something I’m thankful for, now there are fireballs in the wind interrupting my escape. . . I don’t know why I’m trying to lie to myself, it’s clear that the Esper squad from before caught up with me.

Dodging the fireball with a side step, I see that a group of at least 6 people is rapidly approaching from the front, I guess that’s where the “successful” part of my escape goes, seeing that my quiver only had two arrows left. and feeling the lack of mana inside my body, I realized that things could get pretty tough going forward.

The leader of the group was that handsome man that I did not like before, he was blond with long hair with a conceited face that demanded a beating, there was a pair of twins with brown hair and a robust body behind the leader, the next was another man alone who dark-haired, everything in his appearance seemed to scream serial killer, the fifth was a surprisingly young boy with a shy expression, for last I saved the best, the only woman in the group was a girl of a little short stature, light brown hair who It reached a little below her shoulders, she had a good pair of breasts at least D cup, and hips that in other times would have been praised as “fertile”, she was a small beauty with a tender face.

′′ Hey ladies and gentlemen, don’t you think it’s a bit rude to greet someone with a fireball? ′′

The only response I got was from the group leader and it was not a verbal response, it was more like the second ball of fire, doesn’t that idiot know how much I hate when someone is so rude? Now let’s see, with what should I respond to the unkind greeting from him.