After passing through "Niflheim", crushing a large number of local creatures that looked like carapace grasshoppers, and finally blasting the "swamp bat" that looked like mud with a vehicle-mounted rocket launcher - it did not drop any weapons -
, Sherlock arrived at a broad hilly area with a relatively mild climate but still a small amount of ice and snow.
Very suitable for drag racing.
Based on Shi Tie's outdated intelligence, Sherlock raced along the old dirt road, trying to find more helpers willing to fight against the "Laughing Bat".
Good news, there are indeed more settlements and residents here.
Bad news, most of them are already occupied by "Robin" and "Bane".
"Bane" is a new type of soldier. It has a huge physique and almost no armor. It attacks by punching, charging, and jumping up and sitting down.
If you attack the body normally and kill it, nothing will happen. But if you put it on the back and explode the jar containing some kind of strange black liquid, it will become crazy and attack all living things around it without acknowledging its relatives.
, including Robin, and become bigger and stronger as the number of kills increases. If the timing is right, it is possible to destroy a settlement of dozens of people with just one bullet, although the cost is to raise a super giant.
Strange.
I always feel that the subordinates of this "Laughing Bat", except for BOSS-level characters, are all irrational monsters. Is this a swarm mode of management?
While Sherlock adjusted the direction of the rocket launcher on the explosive vehicle, waiting for the outcome of the civil war in the settlement not far away to come to an end, Sherlock watched Shi Tie speak to the communicator outside a huge metal door.
"The little guy from the 'Volunteers', tell 'Kyle Rayner' that we have a Vault Hunter to help us, and we will definitely win this time, so open the door quickly!" the cyborg cowboy yelled.
"[No, Shi Tie,]" a helpless man's voice came from the communicator: "['The Laughing Bat' is about to launch a bombing on us. If we turn off the protective shield and let you in, there will be no energy to open it again,' Shelter
'Will be directly attacked.]"
You don't need to reason to know that your base with the same name as the spaceship will be directly attacked due to accidents in the future. Sherlock glanced at the giant "Bane" who had just cleared the camp and was approaching menacingly, and raised his hand to shoot him
Beat it to ashes.
It's so dry and refreshing. The only drawback is that there are no drops...
"[Hey! Boy!]" Watson jumped out of the car. Gululu came to the communicator and said arrogantly: "[This is the great Lord Watson! I order you to put me and my subordinates down immediately.
Go in, just orbital bombardment, watch me push it back!】"
"[Hua, Watson??]" The person opposite seemed to tremble: "[Well, let's do this, we actually lost a shield battery, and the radar showed that it fell into the lair of the 'Drow Spider'. If you
If I can get it back, and the shield can be quickly restarted, I can make the decision to let you in.]"
…When did Watson become so intimidating?
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"[Shield Battery, Get DA☆ZE~]"
Seeing Watson holding and spinning the 'shield battery' that was half its body and looking like a transparent tire, Sherlock helplessly held his forehead.
"I have long said that it should be kicked off the ship." Shi Tie put away his rifle and shrugged.
"Hmm..." Sherlock looked at the monster corpses that were gradually dissipating on the ground around him, and he slightly agreed.
For the mission "Looking for Shield Batteries", because we are in an underground cave, we cannot drive all the way there with rockets, but the monsters we need to deal with are actually not that strong.
These monsters that grow underground are mainly giant spiders with the upper body of a human and giant bats with human heads - the latter are identified as "man-bats".
They occupy different areas of the underground cave network, and they often fight with each other. If a group of people keep a quiet and low-key, it shouldn't be difficult to secretly take away the battery that fell here. If Watson doesn't keep barking to attract attention.
Monsters within range.
However, this behavior is not without its benefits. After clearing the cave, Sherlock found the captured courier, Sam Porter Bridges, deep in the cave. He seemed to have been captured by the man-bat while delivering goods.
, then those man-bats were attacked by drow spiders again, and the two sides were busy fighting. They temporarily tied him into a mummy with spider silk and threw it in the corner. Then, Sherlock and Steel appeared with the noisy Watson.
Already.
The courier originally tried hard to thank Sherlock, but when he saw Watson, he was so frightened that he ran away without looking back.
So, what exactly did Watson do to make people so angry?
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"[That is indeed a shield battery. Wait a minute, I will open the door right away, but please bring it over immediately. The 'Laughing Bat' will fire soon."
Following the surprising and slightly nervous response from the communicator, the giant iron door that was originally closed slowly opened. Sherlock vaguely saw a thin and almost transparent blue film flashing and then disappearing after the door opened.
A little further behind the gate is a fortress city that is roughly blue-grey in color, half raised from the ground, and almost entirely made of steel. Even if you can't see the details clearly, you can vaguely see the lively scene of people coming and going in the city.
"[Hey! Come here!]" Someone waved vigorously from a sentry near the gate.
At this moment, Sherlock's field of vision zoomed in quickly, giving a close-up of the soldier wearing a dark blue military uniform, and routinely adding explosive text notes and background.
[Vault Gate Keeper, Volstagg.]
【This is his 158th job.】
…So what happened to your previous company?
"[Hey, it's a seller's market now, kid,]" Watson put the battery on his head and started to break dance on the spot: "[You must respectfully ask Mr. Watson before I will give you the battery.]"
"Ah this..." Volstagg looked at Sherlock with a confused look on his face. He was about to say something, but suddenly his face changed drastically and he turned to look at the sky: "Oh no."
In the sky, the originally turbulent dark clouds suddenly dispersed in all directions, revealing a huge bat pattern in the hole.
No, it is not a picture, but a super giant battleship with a bat-like outline when viewed from the ground.
At the same time as this battleship appeared, the entire sky flickered, and then dazzling words appeared directly below it.
【WHY SO SERIOUS?】
That thing is not words!
Sherlock snatched the battery that was held on Watson's head, rushed into the sentry post in three steps, observed it briefly, and stuffed it directly into the hole of a giant diagonal column next to Vostagg.
Zhizhi...buzz!
A new shield, darker in color than the translucent shield that disappeared before, quickly formed.
And just when it was able to cover the entire fortress including the gate, the words in the air were distorted and deformed. The missile groups that made up each letter fell like a heavy rain, bombarding the shield to tremble, but they still failed to make it clear.
its breakthrough.
Sherlock breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Shi Tie, who was also looking solemn, and Watson, who was still dancing.
