Chapter 242 04.0241: "The Fourth Force"

The raging fire burned off a section of the mansion's exquisite pure wooden beams, and the flying buttresses and golden bricks and green tiles on the dome that supported it fell down like raindrops, and debris and dust mixed with thick smoke filled the air.

In the face of destructive high temperatures and flames, these luxurious decorations are essentially no different from the cramped cubicle apartments of ordinary people. Perhaps the latter are less flammable because they have too many walls.

Metal, debris, and gravel fell continuously from the ten-meter height, smashing the entire black and white marble floor into pieces and ruthlessly taking away all lives below.

Impatient tongues of flame shot out of the window, licking the walls and illuminating the entire shell of the building.

Neighbors who were also powerful people nearby initially thought it was a fireworks show put on by the head of the Corpse Guild, but only realized it was a fire when the fire grew more rampant.

But when they contacted the fire brigade or other people in the area, they were surprised to find that there was only a lonely question mark on all types of wireless communicators, indicating that there was a signal transmission and reception problem, and they could not make any outgoing calls or receive any external information.

It was also at this time that two Valkyrie transport planes appeared in the sky and landed near the mansion, one on the left and one on the right.

Four naval inspectors wearing white uniforms, wide-brimmed hats, and black boots, led a group of loyal stormtroopers wearing red berets on their shoulders and holding hell guns, jumping down from the Valkyries on the left wing one after another.

The Valkyrie that landed on the right wing was carrying William Carter, the inquisitor of the Order of the Holy Hammer, who was already notorious in Abyss Port.

He also jumped from the transport plane on the right wing with his Inquisitor attendant.

Such a landing direction arrangement may be due to the Inquisitor's distrust of his collaborators, or it may be due to his disgust and resistance to Farida, the untouchable.

"The action begins." His cold voice came out from the signal-enhanced communication beads of the crowd, but he found that it could only be heard by people around him at a very close distance. As soon as he landed, he lost contact with the Military Supervision Storm Action Team.

Military Supervisor Melina's calm eyes reflected the orange-yellow flames, and she remained silent.

"We are late. We must speed up. Hopefully there are still clues left. Communications are blocked. We will act according to the established plan." Farida, holding a power sword in one hand and a naval bolt pistol shaped like a Desert Eagle in the other, frowned and said as she looked at the mess in front of her.

"Maybe. Everyone, check your breathing apparatus, divide into three teams, and advance along your own routes.

Enter from the main gate, the left side gate, and the rear. If you encounter armed men, kill them directly. You already know the target's appearance, so act immediately. "The female military supervisor quickly arranged the tasks and then said to Farida:
"Military Supervisor Hood, although you have excellent ability to carry out missions independently, the communication is blocked this time. No matter what the situation is, you must not leave my side."

"Yes." The firelight reflected in Farida's beautiful eyes. She pursed her lips, looked at the building being devoured by the giant fire beast, and checked her breathing mask.

"go ahead!"

Following her order, the military supervisors led the loyal stormtroopers and advanced towards the mansion, which looked eerie even though it was on fire.
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Inside the house, the fighting continued.

After being killed and confused, the remaining family guards finally demonstrated their qualities as a high-paid guard team and began to organize an effective counterattack, fighting against the intruders who broke in and the intruders who ran in at some point and held their employer hostage.

Three of the Inquisitor's agents have been injured.

Including the Inquisitor, Horatio himself, and the Hell's Spies, there were only eight people in the capture team this time. Now their combat power was almost cut in half, and the wounded needed help from others to continue walking.

The combat mission mainly fell on the fully armed Horatio and Louise.

Horatio loaded a group of explosive bombs into the magazine and found that the opponent was also changing energy blocks, so he took the opportunity to fire at his feet.

The flying sharp wooden spikes and shrapnel pierced into the thigh arteries of the family guards who had no armor plates. They fell to the ground with their legs covered in pain, and there was wailing everywhere.

They had limited ammunition, and in order to save ammunition, he didn't want to waste too many precious bombs on these minions that blocked his way.

"The road is clear, pass quickly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the pursuer who came down from the third floor on the side stairs behind him rushed over again. A beam of laser flew past his waist, and the attacker was shot in the backhand by him, and his upper body was blown apart. Organs and flesh were splattered all over the marble stairs.

hum!
The Inquisitor used his psychic power to launch mental attacks on the enemies around him, forcing them to either flee in panic or lose control of their bodies and collapse to the ground, waiting to be burned to death.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger. The face of the Corpse Guild President had turned red due to difficulty breathing, and his limbs were twitching from time to time. It was obvious that he was beginning to have a poisoning reaction.

"Go quickly, I will use my psychic power to cover your rear." The Inquisitor shouted, and then drove a blue psychic light to cover the enemy's heads.

Wow!
Suddenly, the ceiling right above their heads was smashed through by rubble falling from the top floor and collapsed. After dodging in a panic, everyone found that this obstacle separated him and the team at the rear.

"Your Excellency the Inquisitor!" his agents exclaimed. "Don't worry about me, you continue to move towards the shuttle, I will go through the secret passage, see you in the Sky Cage." The Inquisitor shouted without panic, covering his mouth and nose with a handkerchief.

"Everyone follow me, we have to take the target away safely. Don't fight unless it is absolutely necessary." Horatio looked at the man who was already a little unconscious and gave instructions to the other agents.

The men and women looked at the young man, and then looked at the Inquisitor who was looking for the secret passage they came from.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." said the female interrogator carrying the Eldar Shuriken gun.

On the other hand, William Carter, who arrived later, as well as the Naval Inspector and the loyal stormtroopers, were divided into several groups and were also wandering around in this huge mansion like Ravenno.

They were separated by complicated corridors, sometimes close, sometimes far away. When they were closest, the two groups even passed each other through a wall. Fortunately, they avoided each other by accident every time.

No one knew who the chaotic footsteps around belonged to, but Horatio tried his best to avoid them.

However, he soon detected the Imperial signal within the range of his receiver.

A military supervisor and three stormtroopers were running up the stairs, and Horatio, who was hiding behind the pillars, saw them.

[The Inquisitor of the Holy Hammer is here too?] He frowned.

Although they were all from the Empire, he really didn't want to see this person, let alone confront him with a high-value target that had been captured.

Although the unwritten rule among judges is that whoever catches first gets to try first.

But Ravenno was not around now, and Miss Thei, who was acting as the throne representative, was not around either. Based on the authority of the Rose Knot replica, it was impossible to prove that it was Ravenno who caught the person first.

If William Carter really asked him to hand over the person, Horatio would not be able to disobey in principle.

"Go this way." The Daughter of Vengeance pointed the way.

We have reached the back half of the mansion, so it shouldn’t be far from the back.
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Farida's side.

"Damn, where did these people come from! Shoot them to death!" The female military supervisor and Farida, along with several stormtroopers, relied on the structure and furniture in the room for cover and fought against the killers who were hunting down the Ravenno agents.

The female military supervisor launched an attack without hesitation at the first encounter with the opponent. The stormtroopers' precise laser shooting blocked the killers' pursuit route and quickly knocked down two of them.

The remaining killers quickly found cover nearby and had no intention of engaging in battle. Instead, they tried every possible means to escape.

"Come here, one of you, follow me and go around from the side! The others will hold them down from the front!" Seeing that they wanted to run, the female military supervisor took immediate action and pounced on them like a lioness.

She circled around to the flank column, bolt pistol in hand, ready to charge with a senior stormtrooper sergeant.

Counting to three in her mind, she immediately rushed out of the corner and ran into the retreating group of killers.

She raised her hand and shot one of the assassins who was holding a gun to guard the rear, and the other accomplices found themselves attacked from the side and immediately tried to speed up to pass. One of them even threw a high-explosive fragmentation grenade.

But after throwing it out, he was immediately shot dead by the stormtroopers.

The female military supervisor decisively rushed forward, grabbed the unexploded grenade from the ground and threw it back.

boom!
There was an air explosion, shrapnel flew everywhere, smoke rose, and the explosion knocked down all the killers in front.

clap clap clap!

As the fire grew more intense, a Roman column supporting the ceiling of the hall began to crackle in the explosion, as it was already cracked by the fire.

"Be careful to avoid falling objects!" the female military supervisor shouted.

The Roman column broke in the middle and its top began to collapse. The broken upper half of the column pressed down on the wall and smashed towards the stormtroopers and Farida.

(End of this chapter)