The tunnels we are heading trough were actually once an underground highway through the mountain, but after one of the tunnel walls broke down it caused it to link to the country's extensive Railway Network it has essentially become an unknowable danger, and travelers are advised to stay away from it.

But seeing as Lily’s operating time is too short to go around over the mountainsides. Hence I am going to go through them instead.

Well, despite it being a potential danger zone, I have taken the surveillance job for this area 3 times in the past, and I know my way around inside it, also out of those 3 times I encountered anything above Lesser only once,

As such, I stepped into the tunnel system, switching Lily’s sensors to detect light in a larger scope than the human eye, to compensate for the lack of sunlight. The route forwards was littered with wrecked vehicles,and had a disturbingly large amount of long since dried blood and rusted bullet casings from repeated fights that have kept occurring here over the years.

I should be able to travel with relative safety for at least 30 mins before reaching any

potential enemies.

An hour later, I finally found hostiles. Well, to be precise, they found me, as my hull informed me after getting a decent peppering.

I took cover behind some vehicles as I usually do, but instead of preparing to snipe I took out my blade, in an area this dark, one can't snipe effectively unless they have a pulse-type sensor. It did not take long until the Enemy Shock Troops reached me. Hound type Lessers, damn that’s old school.

Instead of firing at the 3 bear sized dogs, I drew my blade and slashed it through the nearest one, the one going for my throat, cutting through its mechanical enhanced body.

The second one was quickly dispatched with a shot to its opened maw.

However, the third one proved more difficult as it’s multiple rows of teeth latched onto my leg before I could take its head off.

I could feel Lily whining as its internal component were getting crushed in the Hound's jaws, pulling my blade from the dead Hound, I made Lily swing its leg in a kicking manner at the truck with full throttle, slamming the hound hanging onto it with great force, causing it to let go. I finished it off with a casual shot to its oversized head.

After reloading my rifle and checking if Lily’s leg was still functional, I

dashed from behind my current cover to another truck, some 25 meters further ahead. As soon as I came out from behind cover, the enemies opened fire on me as I started moving with speed to try my best dodge the incoming fire, diving the last few meters I made my way close enough to fire back.

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After taking down 2 more Hounds that the enemy sent at me, I took aim from behind the truck and began dispatching the soldier types.

But I was forced to stop soon due to a great force slamming into my side, sending me tumbling.

“GRRRRR….”

‘Fuck… Glad I got that seat with a seatbelt for Alicia.’ I thought in my slightly shell-shocked state, as my reflexes and Lily’s supplementing abilities kicked in, rolling to the side, barely avoiding another slam from a big ass sledgehammer that caused the asphalt to crack like glass.

“Fuck, a Brute” I thought swearing as my mind cleared, scrambling off the floor as I avoided yet another heavy incoming hit from the looming giant beast.

Knowing that it’s skin and muscles would be too tough to penetrate with an R223, I took to avoiding its swings, whilst trying to keep some of the larger vehicles between me and the Soldier types, I desperately scanned the surroundings trying to figure out how to survive this, until I found a solution, a mad one. But a solution.

I kept luring it, taking another hit that sent me tumbling along the way, (pretty sure that scrapped what was left of my chest armor, probably some broken hydraulics and circuitry too.)

I reached a large truck that had rolled to its side, taking many steps back, quickly, I laid fire at the thing, specifically aiming at the eyes and Adam's apple, the eyes are difficult to hit, and the Adam's Apple isn’t life threatening, but they aren’t well armored and thus hurt more.

Within seconds the beast roared and charged at me and whilst I dodged, making the brute charge right Into the truck, a truck that then proceeded to fall on it.

The Brute roared under the large vehicle, struggling to lift it off, whilst I cut through the truck's cargo on the Brute’s back, allowing the contents to begin leaking out.

Then i took many steps backwards, shot at it, sparking a flame, and ran like hell.

Behind me, I could hear the roars of God, and on Lily’s back, I could feel a shock wave unlike any you can Imagine, as the tanker truck blew up.

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I said I would not post more than one chapter today... but I cant help it. Posting another one in a while, Please notify me on any mistakes I made. Thank you.

Editor's note:

For those of you wondering what a Brute looks like, they look extremely similar to berserkers for the exception that they are taller, have much more muscles and their skin looks more like armour.