章 25: A Call for a Choice 2
–Bang! Bang! Bang!
–Clang! Clang!
The whole room resounded with clashes of metal and explosive noises as Damian and guards started fighting.
The room smelled like sweat and gunpowder as the fight ensued, covering the smell of blood. Damian, who was ragged, is facing two men in suits, both with swords. Because they're using swords which are weapons that needed experience Damian didn't let his guard down.
"Huff… huff… "
I have my eyes wide open, these two guards are strong, their eyes are fast enough to deflect and even cut the bullets I throw, though they mostly parry.
"Senior, what about the slaves."
"Shit, shut up I didn't know there would be someone brave enough to infiltrate us, viperpool"
They started talking in a low tone whilst catching their breaths. They might know it but thanks to my guide my senses are heightened to a degree.
"Should we just destroy the underground tunnel and blame it on him?"
"Yeah, it's better than getting caught by the boss"
They both nodded and one started running the opposite direction. It seemed like he was heading towards a door.
I didn't know what he was about to do but I know they're trying to get rid of evidence, saving themselves. But slaves huh? That's no good, this mafia gang is involved with human trafficking.
I don't know what would happen here if I let it continue but one thing I'm sure of. This is a ploy to weaken humanity, after all they aren't going to traffic just adults right? My hunch is telling me they're also keeping children here.
I let the guy run while the other was running towards me, all this time I've been kiting them, shooting then gathering distance, a repeating method I use with close quarter fighters.
It was effective, I fought six of them up to two, they were all strong enough that our fight went on for minutes. I have to destroy their weapons so they can't fight back.
The older guy who was rushing towards me with his sword raised upwards I wondered what plan he had in mind when he raised his sword in this distance.
–Tak
With a blur he instantly appeared before me, with my eyes wide open I was surprised, I saw his body come forth to me in a dash even though On sight is activated he was still fast!
Shooting at the hilt of his sword I managed to avoid a full hit as his blade grazed my shoulder after jumping to the side.
"argh—"
I have wounds left and right, when they were six this is exactly what was happening earlier. I have to kite them to reduce their numbers.
But that doesn't mean their attacks didn't reach me. In fact, multiple times my head got almost blown off, it's just thanks to them underestimating me that I got to blow a clean hole in the middle of their brows.
"What the hell are you doing kid?"
"The fuck you mean by that?"
I was holding a pistol, seeing that the other guy was running for a door. I changed it to a sniper rifle. The guy in front of me, who possibly gathered mana for that fast movement, went to a stance as he is still recovering.
But the problem was I wasn't aiming for him, I was aiming for the guy who's running at the door.
–Bang!
"I'm the victim of being kidnapped, you know?"
The man in front of me looked back after seeing me fire the sniper. He could surely have heard the thud.
"Walla—"
I shot him in the back of the head, it was a mistake turning your head away from me, a second of discord is all I need to take you all down.
"Hah…. "
I shot them all in the head, ensuring an instant death. Walking towards the door where the presumably junior of the man who I've killed in close proximity, what I found beyond made my eyes wide.
Screens after screen with people being monitored, more precisely races being watched.
2 elves, 3 dwarves and 2 dragonborn. The humans cannot be counted by hand.
I grinded my teeth.
Viperpool. Huh.
They needed to be eradicated. If I don't do it now, who will?
I looked at the buttons in the control panel, on the left most side of the control panel there is a book—a manual to be exact. It was collecting dust, so with its use still valid I grabbed and opened its contents.
Putting my focus on understanding the manual I started learning the necessary information I needed.
There seems to be a key needed to explode the whole underground and there was no key here.
I placed my attention on a keyhole on the control panel, since I don't have the key doesn't mean the others don't. I grabbed some of the papers in the manual and with my saliva I made the papers wet. Sticking it inside the keyhole.
I absolutely made sure no key would be able to go inside it.
Going out of the room I decided to run back to where I came from, there's a lot of doors but it didn't matter.
But before running back I used OS, calling the proper officials to go to this location. Using the dead bodies as a sign for them to go.
There's only one entrance, and one exit.
That alone gave me reassurance.
"IS EVERYBODY HERE!"
"HELLO?!"
I screamed with all my heart.
"DOES ANYONE HEAR ME!"
Opening door after door after door. Then finally, I heard a faint scream of a child, vaguely saying "over here!"
If it wasn't for my enhanced senses I would have overlooked it. I ran up to them, opening every door and finally.
Seeing a wide dark room. After running in a hall. Abominable stench immediately intruded my nose, if it was to be compared to something I could only suggest ammonia.
"o-over here!"
My eyes adjusted to the dim light of the room, I thought it was only a singular rectangular room but it was a hall full of cellular cages.
"Oh god… "
I didn't have to turn my head to the left as I could see it with my panoramic view. But I couldn't help but focus my eyes directly at it.
A surgical theatre in the left just by the entrance of the hall, just on the open, surgical tools left in the open blood scattered and a light illuminating a child on the surgical table.
My anger was reaching new heights. Everything about it says 'inhumane' even though I killed people painlessly no matter who it was…
But this. This is too much, because the worst part is that there was a child on the table. Still breathing. It was a girl.
"Fuck!"
I rushed towards her and it seems that her surgery is unfinished. Her arms and legs are tied in the most inhumane manner, I looked at the girl and gritted my teeth, the thread used isn't even one used for surgery.
I sighed, I studied a subject called biomagus. It was a book that entails how mana assimilates on one's body.
It required detailed knowledge about the human body, there is another one for Elves, Dwarves and Dragonborns. But that's for a completely different study.
With the girl in front of me I immediately assumed it was a human child and started working with my knowledge.
I fixed her body as I saw it in the textbook and 3d animations that I watched online. My dexterity is very high, I have to be confident in this especially in this damn situation.
Her legs and arms are exposed, specifically her muscles. I decided to patch her up textbook wise and stitched her close. It might be bad like this but this is an emergency, I can't do much since this is not my area of expertise
"hoo… "
I have specifically a hundred high tier potions, this potion borders between high tier and elixir actually. Elixir doesn't discriminate between poison, venom, sickness and injuries, it will heal it all, potions on the other hand are specific, it only covers one area.
So when I took out a high tier potion, I decided to give it to this poor child.
"please don't give up, despite the pain"
The girl was breathing but her eyes was lifeless, I have no idea if she can hear me or not, but don't worry I'll make sure your life won't be worse than this!
I placed the potion up to her mouth. Since all flesh is properly aligned the high tier potion could patch her up in a jiffy.
I was nervous if she wasn't going to take it, but I could see her tongue and thought moving, she's clearly drinking it.
And after a few gulp, steam rose up from the patched up parts of her body, she was groaning but I was holding her.
She held my arm but more like gripped it with her nails. It hurts but comparing it to her pain right now I could at least endure this.
"sniff… "
I could hear her crying, I'm sorry little one but cry later because we're in a rush already. I picked her up on my back and looked around the prison-like dungeon that I arrived at earlier.
"over here!"
The first cell I came upon is where the other races were kept on. So even without the key, these reinforced bars could be destroyed with one thing.
I placed down the child near the wall and I pulled out a shotgun off my Arsenal.
"Everyone in the cell, duck down."
I aimed at the bar, my 12-guage is a carbonite slug. It's good then lead since it's designed to tear down when shot.
I shot at the bar which was absolutely scrapped, but of course one shot was not enough.
–Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three more shots and a part of the bar was scrapped.
"Tsk this is tedious"
I'm already pressed with time, but you know what, I don't care. Let them know where I am.
I pulled out my sniper rifle, my shotgun disappearing, but this time the type of sniper rifle is different, it's a Barrett anti material rifle. I aimed at another bar and…
–Bang!
The bar was torn, even leaning inward in the cell room.
I immediately went ahead and took off the bars.
"get out. It's done"
2 elves, 3 dwarves and 2 dragonborn.
All of them… well they all look way too young.
"huh…?"
"t-thank you… "
One dragonborn says thanks. He was scaly and there are protrusions on his back, probably the wings. Aside from looking like a human, the differences are clear with the scales.
Even though he said thank you there is still wariness in their eyes, but one thing that bothers me that I wanted to ask.
"How young are all of you?"
Some of them looked at each other. And after their answers filled my questions all I could do was grit my teeth and sigh with a vein being popping on my forehead.
"Guard the little miss"
I pointed at the child I saved earlier. And went to the other cells. Luckily there aren't many of them. But most of the people caged here are…. Too young.
Maybe just like me. They were all kidnapped here. And all of them being a children at that.
Huh.. No wonder.
"thank you…! Thank you! I'll make sure to repay you once I get back!"
"who?"
One boy in particular moved forward with his head low full of gratitude.
"Let's talk later, we're pressed on time."
I shook my head and went to the child I left alone earlier. Carrying her in my sweaty back secured her more with the rope on my earpiece storage.
As I was to tie her in my back one of the human children that I saved, seemingly older and bigger in size, spoke.
"I c-could carry her if she gets in your way"
That was preferable, after all I would need to move a lot. So I tied the girl to the boy that spoke.
I ran with both my hands free, with the others following me from behind.
As we went back to the wide warehouse earlier I raised my hand just as we're about to leave.
They all stopped and I pulled out a pistol out of my Arsenal. Peeking out, and it seems they're actually already there.
"What are you taking so long! Turn the key!"
"I-i can't!"
They're already going to detach and erase all the evidence with the underground building.
But I'm not going to allow that.
Looking around I saw multiple guards, but unlike before I think guards aren't wearing suits they're wearing uniforms right now.
I'm clearly not going to win if I just rushed in so I concocted a plan. I have 2 more types of guns that could kill them but if I do use them, I have to silence everyone who saw it.
Taking out multiple smoke nades and readying them out one of the guards suddenly looked at my direction.
"shit!"
Popping all of the nades at once and throwing them all outside the door I closed the door immediately.
"Close your eyes!"
I pulled out one of my most destructive weapon. A rail gun. I'm pretty sure the kids behind me are already closing their eyes.
But before my rail gun fully materialize, which was in a second the door flung off its place.
The door which flung off in the hall fortunately not hitting the kids behind me, was replaced by a girl with a guard like uniform. Holding two daggers.
"there y'all ar—"
But I'm not just going to stare, what am I? Some generic protagonist?
Shooting the rail gun in front of me, the woman who was smiling sadistically have her upper body instantly gone.
There was no sound for the rail gun hence no warning. The rail gun is 1 meter long and 20 centimeters height and 12 centimeters wide.
And it fires a grain, the size of that of a single speck of sand.
The shot I made towards this woman, who's upper body is now missing just made her explode. And after that the sound behind her made a loud crashing noise, metal collapsing on weight was heard behind her.
"all of you keep close to each other. Don't get left behind"
From what I saw there are four elite guards. And this rail gun which functions by me feeding it magic, consumes a lot of mana.
In my current situation I could only shoot it thrice. Well… twice now that I have to fight the few guards earlier.
I have to save the last shot. After all this was enough to kill an A rank with breeze, and damage an S rank with bit of difficulty.
This is one of my weapons created with hard work.
I looked out the doorway and saw that the smoke I popped earlier was covering the whole place.
"Everyone hold each other alright?"
I took out multiple grenades and threw it on the smoke filled confusion.
I heard some hyperventilating on my back and of course noticed the body of the woman earlier.
"tsk"
With a click of my tongue the feeling of guilt welled on me, I'm already exposing this kids to something they shouldn't see.
After the grenades exploded, I grabbed the nearest child behind me and looked properly, they're all holding each other.
Good.
I immediately ran for it, all of them holding together, since the smoke at least show where light is prevalent I rushed towards it.
Holding the kids it was now or never, every single one of us are in danger
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