Chapter 108: The Terror of Full Firepower, The First Night

Chapter 108: Chapter 108: The Terror of Full Firepower, The First Night

Although Chad Parker’s ghostly speed shocked Chester Donovan into a cold sweat, any Player who had survived this long had a few tricks up their sleeve.

He quickly suppressed his anxiety and steeled himself, a vicious glint flashing in his eyes.

’Hmph, you think you’re the only one hiding your strength?’

He snorted coldly and, rather than retreating, gripped the two light machine guns tightly, wielding them like clubs for close-quarters combat.

He used the hard bodies of the guns to precisely parry Chad Parker’s cunning and vicious dagger strikes!

The relentless CLANG of metal on metal filled the air.

Chad Parker was also shocked. He never expected that a Player who used firearms could also be so skilled at using them for melee combat. His technique was polished, and he even held his own in terms of Power.

In the heat of their struggle, Chester Donovan keenly spotted a fleeting opening!

He abruptly took half a step back. At point-blank range, he instantly swiveled the muzzles of his guns to aim at Chad Parker, who was slightly off-balance from his missed attack!

"Get the hell away from me!"

He roared, pulling the triggers!

At the same time, the Power of his Talent surged from within him and into the firearms!

[Talent: Full Firepower—Activated!]

BOOM—!!!

A terrifying explosion, far louder than the roar of a normal firearm and more like a detonating cannonball, suddenly erupted!

The bullets that shot from the muzzles were like a scorching, fiery shock wave!

Even several streets away, watching through her sparrow’s shared vision, Seraphina Sullivan felt as if the massive blast was echoing right next to her ear, making her heart clench.

She saw the very air in front of Chester Donovan’s gun muzzles distort!

"Chester Donovan’s [Full Firepower] Talent is terrifying!" Seraphina Sullivan couldn’t help but whisper.

"It’s basically elevating the power of a bullet to the level of an artillery shell!"

Chad Parker, who was bearing the brunt of the attack, felt his soul nearly leave his body!

Although he had relied on his [Swift Feet] Talent to leap back in the nick of time, narrowly avoiding the core of the explosion, he still took the full force of the terrifying shock wave and the deafening sound at close range!

WHINE—!

A violent ringing instantly stole his hearing. The powerful concussive force blasted through him, making him feel like his head had been smashed by a heavy hammer. A wave of intense dizziness and nausea washed over him as warm blood began to flow uncontrollably from his nose. His vision blurred significantly.

’Damn it! I’ve picked a fight with the wrong guy!’

Chad Parker was horrified. Feeling the terror of his opponent’s Ability, the thought of retreating immediately surfaced.

He had originally thought Chester Donovan was just an incompetent fool who liked to act like a leader. He never expected the man to be hiding this much. Not only was he strong, but he was also decisive and ruthless. He was a wolf in sheep’s clothing, too!

However, how could Chester Donovan possibly let an enemy who had just tried to kill him and take his Space get away?

’Letting this person leave would just be asking for trouble. After all, my Space has been exposed.’

"Trying to run? Too late! Go to hell!"

Chester Donovan’s face was suffused with killing intent as he raised his twin guns again, giving Chad Parker absolutely no chance to catch his breath!

He pushed his [Full Firepower] Talent to its absolute limit. The two machine guns spat furious tongues of flame, unleashing a storm of bullets. Each round contained the terrifying power of a cannonball!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM—!!!

A continuous series of deafening explosions rang out as shrapnel flew and dust filled the air!

Chad Parker pushed his speed to the limit, his figure weaving like a phantom through the gaps between explosions, but the area of the saturation strike was just too large!

A single piece of shrapnel, accelerated by a shock wave, struck Chad Parker’s calf with the precision of shell fragmentation as he was in the middle of a High-speed Movement!

"Aargh!" he screamed.

His calf was instantly shattered.

That single, momentary pause decided his fate.

The next instant, countless "bullets" containing terrifying Energy struck his body simultaneously!

There was no scream, no struggle.

Through the sparrow’s vision, Seraphina Sullivan watched as Chad Parker’s body, as if struck directly by a large-caliber naval gun, was instantly torn to shreds by the frenzied Energy. He became a rapidly expanding cloud of blood and gore, without a single complete bone left behind.

The smoke slowly cleared, revealing only a shocking crater and splatters of dark red stains.

Chester Donovan panted heavily, thin wisps of smoke curling from the muzzles of his twin guns as his cold gaze swept over the devastation.

Far away, Seraphina Sullivan silently cut off the visual link with the little sparrow and subconsciously swallowed.

’Don’t mess with them, definitely don’t mess with them! These guys are more ruthless than the last.’

Alarm bells rang in her mind as she raised Chester Donovan’s threat level to the maximum.

In this apocalyptic instance, the petrified monsters weren’t the only terrifying things; these "Players" from other worlds were perhaps the truly fatal threat.

Seraphina Sullivan immediately whispered to Sean Chandler, "We have to leave, now! The commotion from that fight was too big, especially those last few explosions. It’s like we’re beating a drum, telling every single one of The Silenti exactly where we are!"

The two of them quickly turned and, using the ruins for cover, moved away from the battlefield where the smoke had not yet fully dissipated.

To be honest, when Chester Donovan had taken out those two machine guns and revealed his Space Equipment, Seraphina Sullivan had been tempted for a moment.

The thought of being the oriole that catches the mantis, which is stalking the cicada, had flashed through her mind.

While she had her [Scavenging Backpack], Sean Chandler lacked a reliable method of storage.

If they could get their hands on Chester Donovan’s equipment, it would undoubtedly be a huge boost to their subsequent survival and resource gathering.

But Chester Donovan’s [Full Firepower] Talent, which could only be described as a form of violent aesthetics, instantly extinguished any of Seraphina’s wishful thinking.

’And that was just the power he unleashed with machine guns... It’s like using firearms as artillery.’

Seraphina Sullivan thought with lingering fear as she moved quickly.

’If he had a rocket launcher, a grenade launcher, or even a heavy bomb, how terrifying would the power of a single shot be? He could probably collapse a whole building with ease!’

"Mm," Sean Chandler responded curtly, his expression just as grave.

"You can’t underestimate any Player."

This was more a reminder to himself.

In this bizarre game, everyone could be hiding a fatal trump card.

Just because you have an ace up your sleeve doesn’t mean others don’t.

Not long after they left, a greyish-white "cloud" gathered once again in the sky above the battle area. A large swarm of The Silenti, attracted by the loud noises, screeched as they swooped in.

But they only circled in the air a few times, looking down at an area that held nothing but the marks of explosions and the faint scent of blood.

「The first night fell.」

The petrified city was even more dangerous and deathly silent at night than during the day. Visibility dropped sharply, and no one knew if the deadly Silenti would become more active in the darkness.

Seraphina Sullivan used her sparrow’s vision to scout repeatedly, finally choosing a relatively hidden spot to rest.

It was beneath a partially collapsed overpass, in a culvert naturally concealed by a thick curtain of drooping vines and mutated plants, forming a space that was not easily noticed.

After confirming that the surroundings were temporarily safe, Seraphina Sullivan took out one of her greatest spoils from The Insect Frenzy instance from her Space: the RV!