NOVEL WEB Chapter 448: Competition
Mountain Eagle led Balang, along with Butcher, circumventing a few kilometers away along the left slope...
The mountain path was really too difficult to traverse. To take a shortcut meant challenging a highly difficult route. However, Mountain Eagle chose the most energy-efficient itinerary which cost them considerably more time.
At about halfway there, Butcher, who originally intended to help his boss defeat the Little Dog Team, finally realized that his boss seemed not wanting to win...
Feeling Mountain Eagle's breathing become somewhat heavy, Butcher, seeing Mountain Eagle show signs of exhaustion during the operation for the first time, took the initiative to stop and find a large rock to sit down...
"Boss, if you don't want to win, why bother betting with them?"
Mountain Eagle didn't know why, it just felt like he was particularly tired, his body was slightly feverish, sweat constantly breaking out. He kept hydrating himself, but still couldn't keep up with the speed of energy loss with sweating.
Mountain Eagle had never encountered this situation before; he thought he might be sick, but other than making him consume more, there weren't any other issues.
It was already the final moment, and he must persevere.
Facing Butcher's question, Mountain Eagle sat down, took a big gulp of water, then said with a wry smile: "I really didn't want to win because I don't think it's necessary.
As long as we take out the high ground on one side, we can clear a path for Jungle Ant to rush into the belly of the mountain.
What we need to do is to intercept Black Fox on his way here..."
As he spoke, Mountain Eagle patted his thigh muscles, which had no soreness but had become very firm due to dehydration, and said helplessly, "I don't know what's up; I seem to sweat easily.
Perhaps I haven't rested well these past few days, so I got sick!"
Upon hearing this, Butcher looked at Mountain Eagle with concern, and not sure if it was an illusion, he felt that Mountain Eagle seemed to have lost some weight...
Watching his boss drenched in sweat, Butcher took out his own water and handed it over, saying: "Boss, you have symptoms of dehydration. Are you sure you can hold on?"
Mountain Eagle drank the water Butcher handed over, then nodded and said: "No problem, my consciousness is very clear, it's just that my body feels a bit fatigued.
It's probably because I've been too busy and haven't had time to rest recently. Once we catch Black Fox, I'll have a good rest."
Saying this, Mountain Eagle rubbed the slightly itchy cut from his ankle surgery and shook his head: "I don't know what's going on; maybe God is reminding me I should take some time to rest."
Butcher, looking at Mountain Eagle, who was sweaty but in good spirits, thought about how his boss was accustomed to working incessantly, often dragging him, a hard-working laborer to exhaustion...
Suddenly he felt it was not so bad; Mountain Eagle in this condition fitted the boss's role. Otherwise, each time it would be him getting run ragged, he would even feel embarrassed to bring up the subject of a raise.
Although the boss would occasionally hand out generous bonuses, the monthly salary of 500 US dollars didn't quite match what he was currently doing – it should at least be raised to 900 US dollars.
Both of them failed to notice that Balang seemed uncomfortable too, and after resting for about ten minutes, they set off again...
About two hours later, they finally circumvented the inner valley and, through an outer mountain range narrows, entered the grasslands of the outer side valley.
In fact, if they had gone straight, it wouldn't have been far, but in order not to alert others, they could only choose to take a detour around the outskirts, which was nearly ten kilometers of mountain road.
As soon as Gray Wolf and the team were out of Mountain Eagle's range of influence, they could unleash all their energy.
As Mountain Eagle had a hard time taking a roundabout route, they had quietly removed 3 fire points.
By the time Mountain Eagle and the team were in position, Gray Wolf launched an attack on the last fire point...
Due to the terrain, it was also the last fire point. Gray Wolf didn't have to worry about the enemy discovering him, so in the final stage, he entrusted the mission to sniper Glasses.
From a distance of 400 meters, Glasses took the high ground with Barrett and pinpointed a high point position.
The result was without suspense...
When the last enemy's upper body was severed, Gray Wolf grabbed the radio and said, "We won!"
At this moment, Mountain Eagle, who had already made his way to the junction of the two valleys, said with a smile: "Alright, you won...
I didn't expect the road to be this difficult, but you won fair and square..."
Upon hearing this, Gray Wolf, somewhat dissatisfied, said: "We won!"
Mountain Eagle, hearing this, laughed and said: "What? Do you want me to give you a scouts medal?"
As he spoke, Mountain Eagle controlled the two uncontrollable giant wolves through the smart tactical system to rush up the two high points above him, and soon, sounds of fierce fighting and screams arose...
Those people knew they couldn't kill the giant wolves, or they themselves would be blown to pieces, so they had no choice but to physically resist the monsters they had created.
As one might expect!
The moment the firepower from both high points disappeared, the Jungle Ant felt it...
Although their minds, dulled by drugs, didn't function well, they still possessed basic battlefield acuteness.
The moment the suppressive fire from both sides disappeared, they launched a probing attack, then realized the enemy was faltering.
And at that moment, radio communications were restored...
The core mercenaries of Black Fox, who had been at the forefront, discovered the situation, and his first thought was that the enemy must have collapsed, so he ordered a full assault while commanding his men to hold off the deadly wild beasts prowling in the forest.
At this point, there could be no further delay, because he knew that not only had the enemy collapsed, but his own Jungle Ants were also on the brink of collapse.
Black Fox saw the signal flare fired in front, and then saw the radio signal suddenly restored...
Years of combat experience made Black Fox feel that something was wrong, but he couldn't pinpoint what the problem was.
As the reports of the battle situation kept coming from his assistant, Black Fox eventually chose to move forward...
Because he had no choice, if he failed to complete this task, if he couldn't get the data from the lab, his grand chess game, worth nearly a hundred million US dollars that he had started planning in Thailand, would be completely ruined.
Even if Black Fox didn't work as a Mercenary, his moves in the financial world would be considered quite substantial...
He leveraged his reputation and manpower to pry open a big plate...
Getting the prepayment from the hirer was like getting Series A funding. Then, using that fund to support a bigger plate, if he couldn't complete Series B – that is, get the final payment – there was no hope of 'going public,' and the strictest bankruptcy liquidation awaited him afterwards.
Those who made the prepayments weren't doing venture capital; they had the ability to collect debts!
This was Mountain Eagle's counterattack to Black Fox...
At the crucial moment, Black Fox had no choice, even if he knew the lab was a trap, he had to roll up his pants legs and wade in, otherwise all the money he had invested before would have been for nothing.
Mountain Eagle was hiding in a concealed position, watching Black Fox's movements. After noticing him leading people towards his direction, he contacted Gray Wolf, who was a bit disgruntled, with a smile over the radio...
"Hey, Gray Wolf, I'm going to send you a location, you must get there within 30 minutes..."
Mountain Eagle did not receive an immediate response. He sighed and said, "Gray Wolf, do I need to call you baby before you feel like answering me?
I've already admitted defeat, what more do you want from me?"
A few seconds later, Gray Wolf's voice came through the radio...
"You've been playing me all along, you never cared about winning or losing!"
Mountain Eagle was a bit speechless with this guy's complaining attitude, he said helplessly: "Buddy, you chose an easy road for yourself, and then you won.
You won, I lost, I admit it, what more do you want from me?"
Gray Wolf was silent for a while, then said in a deep voice, "I want a fair duel, one-on-one!"
Mountain Eagle was amused by Gray Wolf's stubbornness. While keeping an eye on Black Fox's movements, he said: "OK, one-on-one, hurry to the location I gave you, the enemy has quite a few people, I'm not in great condition, I'm worried I can't handle it with Butcher alone."
For some reason, Gray Wolf always felt pleased when he heard Mountain Eagle asking for help...
The grudges of the older generation of Arctic Foxes, or perhaps the differences in their ideologies, have continued the competition into the next generation.
Mountain Eagle definitely didn't care about such competition, in fact, he had gradually reversed the positional relationship between him and Blood Fox, slowly becoming the dominant one.
But Gray Wolf, who was brought back from the Siberian forest by Odin, was completely different...
He wanted to win, not only to prove himself but also to prove that Odin was right.
From his first round of competition with Mountain Eagle on the outskirts of Moscow, he had seen Mountain Eagle as his adversary.
Mountain Eagle's seemingly indifferent attitude greatly annoyed him because such relationship dynamics were very twisted and completely contrary to the habits he had developed over the past twenty years.
What annoyed him even more was that every time he was led by the nose by Mountain Eagle...
The Evil Wolf Squad was very strong, but every time they cooperated with Mountain Eagle, they couldn't perform well, and they always ended up being side characters.
This time Gray Wolf felt played again because, although he knew the cause and effect, he never figured out Mountain Eagle's routine from beginning to end, not even understanding what his goal was.
After hearing Mountain Eagle's call for help, Gray Wolf coughed and said: "After this is over, one-on-one, following the rules of freestyle fighting, if you lose...
You're not allowed to call us the Little Dog Team anymore!"
Mountain Eagle urged, laughing and crying, "No problem, just hurry up, the opposition has sped up, if you can't make it, then it's off..."
"Deal! 15 minutes!"
Mountain Eagle disconnected the communication and saw through Crow that several positions on the mountainside entrance glowed with flickering gunfire...
Those guys holed up inside the mountainside no longer had room for maneuvering!
Mountain Eagle waited until most of the Jungle Ants entered the inner valley, then he cut off the radio signal once again, severing both sides' contact with the outside world.
The people inside the mountain belly were also confused; they had been out of touch with the upper levels for nearly ten hours...
At first, because the radio had malfunctioned and because Klein Soling was too scared to unlock the elevator, the people below didn't see any problem.
But when the radio signal was re-established, the security under immense pressure intended to contact those above to decide whether to keep resisting or escape.
They couldn't imagine that someone would find the entrance at the top of the mountain and take over the lab within a few hours, and even move out all the pregnant women and children.
As they tried to forcibly break through the elevator passage and send people up for communication, the enemy had already arrived at their doorstep...