"Noo! How~!? When!?"
The moment he turned his head around though he couldn't believe his eyes. Baldy now had a new feature on the back of his head, with blood coming out of it.
He hadn't even been able to release a scream, as he now was dead! That's right, he was dead! There was a bullet hole on the back of his head.
Normally the bullet of a high caliber sniper would blow up the head of the victim, turning it into meat paste, or even worse.
But as a Realm 2 fighter, Baldy's body sturdiness, and toughness were upgraded by at least a few times, so even a high caliber bullet was nothing more than a normal bullet to a normal person.
Still, that was enough of fatality to directly kill Master Baldy in one shot, not even alerting the newcomer.
Normally something like this shouldn't have happened, as Badly was a Realm 2 fighter, even if he died, he shouldn't die so easily.
But the sniper had accurately made the shot targeting his left eye. His left eyelid was incapable of blocking such a bullet from piercing through, destroying his eyes, his brains, and the back of his skull.
What made the newcomer even more stupefied, was that he hadn't felt any sign of danger when it had happened, meaning that the shot and the explosions were perfectly coordinated.
A cold chill immediately went along his spinal cord, as he couldn't believe his eyes, and what had just happened.
It was extremely shocking, he would have never thought that something like this would have ever happened.
Not only him, but every other fighter of his Realm would have never thought that they would come across something like this.
A Realm 2 fighter had died!
When the powerful organizations had first heard about the Grave Robbers, they had thought that this was just a measly group, with no strength, relying on bombs.
In their eyes, these guys weren't worthy of them getting involved directly, in fact sending a Realm 2 fighter to deal with them was already considered too much.
Baldy was on the same thought as well. He felt like this mission was way below his paygrade but since the compensation was good, he had decided to take it upon himself.
Who would have thought that something like this would happen, and he would end up dead? Even the newcomer's brain didn't seem to work for a few moments, as he looked at the dead body in a daze.
Eric had no intention of wasting such a good opportunity though, as he quickly started controlling Blood Clones one by one and sending them jumping towards the newcomer.
With Baldy's death, it was impossible for him and his ladies to retreat safely if he didn't kill the newcomer, or at least cripple him somehow.
After seeing the prowess of Baldy, and his protection against the bombs he didn't dare to take this lightly, so he sent 6 kamikaze clones in the direction of the newcomer.
This might not kill the guy, but he refused to believe that he would be able to escape unscathed from it. Anyway, he had to use everything he had to make sure that the guy died.
On the other hand, the newcomer finally regained a bit of clarity as he saw those kamikaze clones, and he started screaming at them,
"You damn bastards! I will make you pay with your lives~!"
He was enraged! Despite the fact that he and Baldy would start bickering all the time, the truth was that they were comrades.
They had surpassed a lot of shitty situations together, and they both respected and valued each other for their strength, and prowess.
So, seeing Baldy dead without him even noticing, it made him angry, enraged, but most importantly fearful.
No matter how much he didn't want to admit it, the truth was that his and Baldy's strength was at the same level. None of the two would be able to win over the other.
Meaning that whether he admit or not, even he was in great danger at the moment. A life-threatening danger.
With those thoughts in his mind, he didn't dare to lower his guard, and seeing those kamikaze clones jump towards him he made up his mind to destroy them all before they had the opportunity to approach.
The gun in his hand started spewing bullets one after the other, and each shot was a perfect headshot. Since they had explosives tied to their chest, he didn't want to set them off.
Even though he would be able to resist the pressure and momentum of the explosion he would still suffer internal organs concussion.
He didn't know that this would be the greatest mistake he could make in that situation. The explosives wouldn't explode just because he shoot them or not, as Eric had the switch in his hands.
Clearly, Eric wouldn't let such an opportunity slip away. Furthermore, it wasn't like he could control his Blood Clones in the air anyway.
So, he waited for the kamikaze clones to fall dead on the ground, not far away from the newcomer, and then controlled another 3 kamikaze clones to jump towards him.
Seeing the new kamikaze clones, the Realm 2 Master just snorted loudly, as he thought that these guys were just idiots jumping willingly to his death.
"Hmph~!"
'Bang~!'
'Booooommmmmmm~!' x6
With that thought in mind, he quickly pulled his gun once again and shot towards the new kamikaze clones, the same as the first time he only did headshots.
But things weren't as simple as they looked like, as the moment he managed to headshot the first kamikaze clone, the 6 dead lying kamikaze clones bombs exploded.
That caught him by surprise, as he had thought that he had dealt with them already, but it was clearly not the case.
Furthermore, he couldn't even jump high, as there were three kamikaze clones falling from the sky, and he would just be an easier target.
Unable to think much at that moment, he could only react instinctively to save his own life and quickly used the same barrier as Baldy had used earlier.
The newly appeared brownish-blue barrier around him was immediately covered by the impact and momentum of the explosions and the engulfing flames.
Due to the deafening sound of the 6 explosions, no one else besides the poor Realm 2 fighter was able to hear the cracking sounds of his barrier, which felt like cracking sounds of his heart.
But still, since the explosions were a little far his barrier still managed to hold against the worst, as long as he managed to escape this attack, he had complete confidence in himself to leave.
'Boooooommmmmm~!'
Once again, he sold himself short, as he forgot about the presence of the three kamikaze clones falling from above, and before he could feel happy about his narrow escape, he heard the other three explosions.
'Clinkk~!'
With a glass-shattering sound, the barrier around him got shattered into pieces, and he was even forced to accept a part of the momentum and force of the explosions with his own body.
'Bleurgh~!'
When the explosions were finally over, he couldn't help but vomit a mouthful of blood, as it was clear that his internal organs weren't in the best shape possible.
There was no way that Eric was going to allow him even a second of rest, as he immediately gave Ice the order to attack.
Ice didn't hesitate in the slightest, as she directly went for the kill as her body became visible, as her dagger made its way towards the Realm 2 Master's throat.
"Hmph~!"
Despite being in such a terrible situation, the guy was still a Realm 2 Master, so feeling the danger upon himself and seeing Ice appear suddenly, he just coldly harrumphed.
He didn't move from his spot though, as he waited for Ice's attack to reach him, he thought of capturing Ice as his prisoner, and using her as his golden ticket to leave this place alive.
Or even better to capture and kill the other bastards involved in this damned group that had killed Baldy and almost killed him as well.
As for why he thought that Ice had some value, it was because he sensed that she didn't have explosives tied to her chest, which meant that the perpetrator didn't want her to risk her life.
Thinking like that, he couldn't help but reveal a devilish grin on his face, as he thought about the moment when he would capture her, find the boss behind the scenes, and torture them.
Baldy was his comrade true, but people like them lived every day as their last. They were ex-soldiers or ex-mercenaries that would do everything they could to live a better life and rack up their balance.
Baldy's death was surely a bit burning to him, but at the same time, it was a great opportunity, as he would be able to take the worth of this mission for himself, including Baldy's possessions.
As people of the same level of strength, he had an approximate idea of how much was Baldy's worth, and he couldn't help but gloat a bit.
He would make sure to live better for his 'comrade' Baldy's sake! The grin on his face became even bigger as he thought like that.
But before he could enjoy his moment as he waited for Ice to come closer, he suddenly felt a piercing pain in his left eye, and then the surroundings spinning, as darkness covered his eyes.
The poor Realm 2 fighter, had died without even understanding how, as he had made the third and final mistake in this battle for survival…
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