Chapter 241 04.0240: "Mansion Attack and Defense"

The sound of laser and alien weapon fire sounded the song of destruction for the entire mansion. During the battle, some flammable materials were ignited and the fire slowly spread.

The flames ignited the carpet on the ground, and quickly grew into fire snakes, which began to run around. The air was scorched and deformed, and the surrounding scene became distorted and blurred in the thick smoke. The temperature in the room rose by nearly ten degrees. The direction of the fire spread was likely to burn Horatio and the Inquisition agents.

The two sides fired fiercely at each other in the wide corridor, through the distortion of the air caused by the fire.

Although the possibility of a fight between the two sides during the arrest process was taken into consideration at the beginning of the infiltration.

After evaluating the combat capabilities of the residential bodyguards and the possible existence of individual evil creatures, everyone finally believed that the equipment and training level of the Inquisition agents and the two Hell's top ace soldiers were sufficient to deal with any threats that might exist in this mission.

But who knew that a group of elite assassins would suddenly break in.

The three parties collided with each other. Louise immediately called for help from the Navy Department, but soon discovered that the signal was interfered by a simple and crude high-frequency jammer, and no message could be sent out at all.

The reason why this type of signal interference is simple and crude is that it uses ultra-high power frequency bands to interfere with all communication signals, making no distinction between friend or foe, in order to achieve full channel blocking.

This means that the enemy and the outside world have completely given up communicating in the radio frequency band.

Even Horatio's new device, faced with such violent means, could only barely hear Louise's voice in the same signal frequency band at a close distance.

In addition, all cases handled by the trial court are highly confidential. For the sake of secrecy, no information about the operations will be disclosed to the outside world to avoid alerting the enemy.

This meant that these less than ten people needed to rely on themselves and find a way to break out.

If they really let go and fought head-on, after suffering certain casualties, the Inquisitor was confident that his team would win.

But the two sides are actually fighting over the life of the Corpse Guild President and the information he might reveal.

Therefore, it is not wise to get involved in a battle with the enemy here. They must evacuate this place with the captured high-value target as soon as possible to avoid any accidents.

The agents of the Inquisition used the columns of the corridor as cover and fought against the masked killers with a variety of alien weapons.

Horatio released the servo skull behind him and commanded it to move around the mansion, scouting for enemies for them and finding a route downstairs.

Louise blocked the wide corridor on the right to prevent sneak attacks.

After a while, she heard the sound of dense footsteps.

"Crossing routes, they are turning right! Wait for my command." Horatio held Louise's shoulder, signaling her not to lean out in advance, so as not to be discovered by the self-destructive servo skulls carried by the killers, thus exposing their position.

The experimental equipment created by Latti, combined with his commanding hand, exerted 300% command efficiency.

Louise nodded, her finger on the trigger, pressed against the corner, ready to go.

"three two……"

Three purple-robed men were holding assault laser guns, and two servo skulls were flying in front of them, about to appear on their right wing and outflank them.

But they don't know that their every move has been watched by others.

As the footsteps got closer and closer, echoing in the nearby corridor, they suddenly stopped.

A self-destruct servo skull floated out and flew forward.

Horatio quickly pressed the data pad on his forearm, and the radar-like device on the left side of the power backpack rotated from a 360-degree angle and immediately became vertical.

Diddoo!

A thin buzzing sound came from the sonar detector, and the self-destruct servo skull dangling in the sky fell to the ground with a snap.

The killers were startled because the second self-destruct servo skull on standby also fell at their feet.

This immediately made their hearts hang in the air.

When they found the skull and found no signs of explosion, they felt relieved and exhaled slowly.

It was at the moment when they relaxed their vigilance that the data intrusion progress bar on Horatio's forearm reached 100% and fell to the ground. The eyes of the self-destructive servo skull closest to the killer flashed a terrible red light again.

This caught the attention of one of the killers.

"Get out of the way!" he screamed, but it was too late.

This intrusion device was built by Latti for the Hell's Edge to invade the access control and operation systems during boarding battles.

But after roughly understanding its principle, Horatio realized that the scope of intrusion of this thing was not limited to the access control system.

Theoretically, it can hack into most of the device systems manufactured by the Human Empire, which is why it can hack into the rebel warship systems.

After all, the ships that Chaos has are either the creations of blueprints from the 30K era or rebel ships from the 40K era.

Although he could not deal with advanced creations empowered by the power of the Warp, as well as those of civilizations such as the Eldar and the Tau, it was more than enough to usurp control of a servoskull made using the Empire's general technology.

The device's frequency is also completely different from the shortwave communication frequency, so when it is interfered with, even if it is subspace interference, its function will not be greatly affected within the combat distance of the Hell Vanguard.

The explosion occurred near the killers' legs and feet. The built-in steel balls instantly scattered, splashing holes in the surrounding walls and their bodies.

Two died instantly, while the other was found lying on the ground with his back to them.

Although he looked dead, thermal imaging showed that his heart was still beating and he was breathing.

"Go this way!" Horatio shouted to the Inquisitor and his men. According to his reconnaissance, except for this flanking team, the other enemies were still some distance away from here, and there were stairs leading downstairs not far away.

They could now at least get down from the third floor to the second floor, and then they only needed to force their way down one more floor to reach the hall. Louise quickly approached the man who still had vital signs, and pointed her gun steadily at him.

"Lie down! Put your hands up and hold your head!"

A seriously injured person would normally scream and howl instinctively, but this person just lay there without a sound. He might have lost consciousness due to pain and shock, or he might be ambushed.

Being brought up by Storm Veterans who had fought in many battles and had a lot of experience in Kill Teams, she naturally wouldn't fall for it.

As expected, a terrifying look appeared in the mask, and the man lying on the ground was holding a grenade with the pin pulled out and the detonator pressed tightly in his hand.

Horatio immediately motioned for the Inquisitor to stop.

Seeing that his plan had been exposed, the killer gritted his teeth, sat up, and pounced on Louise, wanting to take at least someone with him.

Having undergone Zhongsi surgery and strengthened her power armor, she was quick-eyed and quick-handed. She broke his arm with one shot and kicked the grenade thrown at her out of the window more than ten meters away.

Boom!
The grenade exploded in mid-air, splashing a shower of tile fragments on the outer wall, which fell down.

"Give up resistance! Surrender immediately!" Louise stepped on the other man's back to prevent him from making any further movements, and shouted while pointing the gun at the killer's head.

But the other party didn't respond.

Louise used her toes to flip the motionless killer over and used the barrel of her gun to pry open his mask.

Horatio and the Inquisitor come over.

Horatio squatted beside the body and examined it, looking at the white foam at the corners of his mouth, his purple face, and the faint smell of bitter almonds mixed with blood in the air.

"A male mortal, about 40 to 50 years old, with no obvious reconstruction surgery. He looks like he has a military career. There is a scar on the right cheek, and callouses on his fingers from years of operating rifles and pistols."

While Horatio was examining the body, Louise pointed a video camera at it and recorded all the physical characteristics.

These materials can be used to search the person's life history later, and perhaps some clues can be obtained.

Horatio pinched the dead man's mouth open and turned on the tactical light on his shoulder.

"There is a cyanide capsule hidden under his tongue. It seems that he is a well-prepared assassin."

"Sorry, he bit it," Louise apologized.

"You tried your best, Louise, I'm glad you weren't hurt.

He hid the capsule in that place, so it is impossible to stop it. Perhaps the Inquisitor's psychic power can help?"

"Even I can't control it immediately. During the energy accumulation control stage of more than ten seconds, this time is enough for them to bite open the poison capsule."

"Let's go. We can't stay here for long. Go down quickly. The fire is coming."

He looked back at the Daughter of Vengeance, who was looking at the mansion being devoured by the raging fire. The clattering of her teeth could be heard from a distance, making one wonder if she could really bite her teeth to pieces.

"What are you still standing there for? Do you want to be reduced to ashes along with the house?" Horatio scolded.

The gloomy woman remained silent and immediately turned around to catch up with the team.

As they were going down the stairs, Horatio suddenly raised his hand to signal the team to stop.

He had discovered through radar that several killers were hiding behind the bunker near the exit, preparing to ambush.

"Louise, stun bomb!"

He and she pulled out the bolt together and threw it to the left and right of the stairs.

"Dodge! Stun grenade!" someone shouted, and the killers quickly hid behind the cover.

When they thought they were safe behind the shelter, a strange force paralyzed their bodies and made them fall down.

boom!boom!
Om-! ! !
With the sharp sound of two stun grenades exploding, Horatio and Louise took the opportunity to move forward to the left and right.

The killers were still hiding behind furniture that had been overturned as cover, trying to recover from the dizziness and prepare for a counterattack.

The two Hell's Vanguards with advanced equipment didn't give them this chance at all.

boom!boom!
Horatio pulled the trigger of the naval bomb, smashing the high-end furniture and the killer hiding behind it to the ground, and the carpet was covered with wood chips, blood, flesh and bones.

This mansion covering an area of ​​over a thousand square meters was really too huge. Before the action, they were only concerned with memorizing the route of the secret passage. In addition, they had not walked through here on the way here. The intricate and dazzling corridors in front of them became an unexpected obstacle for them.

Perhaps this itself is a trap designed to confuse and ward off intruders, just like the hedge maze surrounding the mansion outside.

"Go this way."

The sinister woman glanced around and walked away.

Horatio and the Inquisitor exchanged glances, and the Inquisitor silently activated his psychic reading on her.

Ravenno quickly recovered from rolling his eyes and shook his head.

This meant that he didn't read anything suspicious.

"Follow me," Horatio waved his hand.

(End of this chapter)