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Hordes of Corrupted are swarming towards her direction. Vera shuts the entrance tight and activates the defense facilities by herself.
Gunfire relentlessly assaults the location, while Vera slays enemy after enemy with her blades.
Though Vera is a Support-type Construct, not made for combat, the battle skills she possesses are second to none.
With her combat techniques, Vera slices through her enemies one by one, forcing the Corrupted to give her their full attention. Like a true Goddess of Death, she rips apart countless of these beings that brought her so much pain.
Everything she despises begun from the Punishing Virus, and these Corrupted are the perfect scapegoats.
It's all your fault! All your fault!
One Corrupted, two Corrupted... After a short killing spree, Vera realizes that this battle site is not at all like what she expected.
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There are way too few enemies here. Did they relocate to another city? But surely, at present, there are no other locations that require these forces.
Or did they get split up on the way?
The Corrupted rarely move in an organized fashion. Instead, they simply gravitate to wherever humans are. It's therefore quite possible for some of them to get separated from their group.
But even so, these can't be the only ones remaining.
Vera comes to the conclusion that someone has diverted the attention of the Corrupted and led them elsewhere.
...Is this your doing, Average Joe?
Vera turns on her comms to speak to the rest of her squad. Judging from what she can see, they're the only ones with any mobility left.
Come on, Average Joe is such a mean nickname...
Ugh, so it really was you? Those were supposed to be my targets!
I'm just lessening your load. It took us a while to decide to stay and defend the place with you, so you'd better appreciate it.
I never said you could do that!
Hah... Cough...
Judging from the intermittent signals, the others are in trouble. Vera rushes towards the other exit of the city where most of the Corrupted are.
Her squadmates are now bearing the pain that was supposed to be hers alone.
I knew the terrain is terrible for us, but I didn't expect it to be this bad...
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When Vera arrives, most of the squad members have perished. Only a few are barely hanging on.
Hey! Average Joe!
...Eh, call me whatever you like...
Vera charges over and instantly takes out several Corrupted which are congregating on the Constructs. This, however, merely buys them a small window before the next batch comes.
I was hoping to prove to everyone during the rescue that you don't deserve being called Death... but hey, looks like you're not getting rid of that title any time soon.
You bring death to your allies... and to your enemies too...
Not my problem! It's the problem of the rest of you for being too weak!
Just leave us, Vera...
Shut up!
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