'That's it?'
Kratos and the others were in a trance when they heard the system prompt. They couldn't believe it until they found the halved body of the fly on the ground. Only then did they realize that Loki's first avatar had really been killed.
None of them expected that the seemingly agile and coquettish fly would send itself to the fountain so quickly. Zhang Heng, who killed the fly, did not even turn on his flashlight. All he did was casually swing his saber at the darkness and end the battle that wasn't that intense.
Besides, Zhang Heng had forced Loki to roll on the ground with a single slash. Although the rules of the game played a role in that, no one else could do it. Strength aside, they didn't even have the courage to fight Loki when he was at his peak. After all, Loki was the famous God of Lies and Tricks.
Ordinary players would subconsciously lower their guard when facing Loki, wondering if they would unknowingly step into Loki's trap. No one would dare to plot against Loki.
So, this was the strength of the number one player in the proxy war leaderboard?
Kratos, the doctor, and Mouse were in a trance for a while. When they investigated Loki together, it wasn't obvious. They even thought that Simon wasn't as strong as the rumors said. It wasn't until tonight that they intuitively felt how insurmountable the gap between them and Simon was.
However, they didn't have the luxury of time to lament for too long. Besonova had already pointed out the window to remind them. In just a short while, four military trucks stopped outside the hotel's entrance. Not only were there militias in the trucks, but there were also regular soldiers. This time, they even brought heavy weapons with them.
Zhang Heng could tell that it was going to be difficult to break out of the siege. "Let's go upstairs," he said.
After what happened earlier, the players didn't even ask where they should escape to after they went upstairs. Instead, they followed Zhang Heng's lead.
Ever since Zhang Heng returned to Shelbina's room, he hadn't appeared downstairs for a long time. Fortunately, the deterrence he left behind was still there. When the second group of people arrived, they didn't attack immediately. Instead, they found a way to lock down the hotel to prevent the people inside from escaping. This also bought the players some time to evacuate.
The five of them did not stop and ran directly to the rooftop. Coincidentally, the helicopter had just landed on the rooftop. However, as soon as the pilot stopped the helicopter, he heard a gunshot. Then, he felt a pain in his chest and laid down on the pilot's seat.
The remaining ten players quickly took out their weapons, but the players' second wave of attacks had already arrived. Zhang Heng distributed the rifle to Mouse, and with the Doctor's TT-33, they now had some firepower at their disposal.
However, their shooting skills were still stuck at Level 0 and Level 1, which meant that they could aim and fire. As for whether or not they could hit the target, it would depend on the distance between them and their luck.
In the end, except for Mouse, who was slightly luckier and hit the calf of a militia, the other two bullets either missed or hit the door of the helicopter.
Even so, the enemies kept falling. Zhang Heng used the water tank on the rooftop as cover and kept hitting his targets. Although Mouse and the doctor didn't really hit their targets, they helped him take a lot of the attention away from the enemies, allowing Zhang Heng to fight more easily.
On the other hand, Kratos finally showed off his skills. She lived up to her code name. While Zhang Heng and the others were engaged in a gunfight with the people in the helicopter, she sneaked to the side of the helicopter from another route. Kratos had never practiced shooting before, but as a woman, she was quite good at melee combat. Her attacks were ruthless, and she wasn't at a disadvantage in terms of strength.
She launched an attack from behind and broke the neck of a militia. After that, she used her dagger to stab the militia's companion. It was only after she killed two of them that she was discovered. By then, there were only three people left in the cabin, and one of them had lost his ability to fight. Kratos reacted quickly, kicking the gun out of the hands of one of the militia members, and he fell to the ground with the other.
By the time Zhang Heng and the others arrived, the battle inside the helicopter was already over. Kratos climbed into the pilot's seat. When she introduced herself earlier, she mentioned that she had the skill to control the helicopter. So, naturally, she took over the pilot's seat. Besides, the battle just now made her breathe a sigh of relief. Finally, she felt that they were no longer Simon's appendages.
"Where to?" Kratos asked as he held the control stick.
"Fly east, about 120 kilometers. There is a small village. Loki's avatar is there," Zhang Heng said. He didn't fight for the pilot's seat with Kratos. Instead, he sat behind the doctor, Mouse, and Besonova.
He was now instructing Kratos to look for the old woman named Sok. She was also Loki's avatar that he encountered when he and the receptionist returned to the countryside in the parallel quest. If this happened at the beginning of the quest, the doctor, Kratos, and the others would most likely ask Zhang Heng how he knew where Loki's avatar was.
During this period, except for the doctor and the maintenance worker, the rest of them had been working together. Other than the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, they had never been to any place other than Pripyat, let alone a small village 120 kilometers away from Pripyat. How did Zhang Heng know where Loki's avatar was?
But now, no one questioned Zhang Heng's judgment.
Previously, it took Zhang Heng about two hours to reach the small village by car. This time, since there was no need to take a detour, it only took him less than 40 minutes to reach the destination.
From the air, Zhang Heng could already see the dilapidated house that had collapsed, standing alone on the slope. It looked no different from the first time Zhang Heng saw it.
At this time, the villages near Pripyat had also begun to evacuate. However, the village where Snerena's grandfather lived a hundred kilometers away was not included. People were still living their lives as usual, but at this time, most of them were asleep. Only Sok's room was still lit.
Just as Kratos was about to land the helicopter on the side of the field, a gunshot rang out without any warning.
A tall but slightly hunched old woman was lying behind a haystack in her house, pointing a gun at the helicopter in the sky. She seemed to be cursing.
Kratos felt a sharp pain in his right arm, and he subconsciously moved the control stick. The helicopter that was flying just a moment ago began to spin around its tail like a cat. It dived downward, and it was about to crash. At this critical moment, a hand reached out from behind Kratos, grabbed the control stick, and stabilized the helicopter.
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