On the radar, there were not just one but about five more red dots.
And while the first natural reaction was to shrug them off as just another group of Air vehicles flying around.
All five of them were forming a complete circle around them, and right now, they were all closing in with speed.
"Strap in," Dumbledor said to him, as Everlearn grabbed the belts and tightened himself up.
In the next moment, Dumbledor opened a cap on the dashboard and tapped the button.
Immediately, Everlearn instantly felt a force descend on him, his back tightening on the seat.
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"We have them surrounded, boss," the words resounded through a spaceship cabin, where a man in techno battle suits could be seen, his eyes peeled forward at the radar, where a green light was rapidly approaching.
"Don't worry about retrieving the serum." The voice said, "Now that we've perfected the Arcane Serum's creation formula, we can reproduce it anytime."
"So just get rid of them."
"Yes, boss," the man replied, shutting off comms before turning to the dashboard, pressing a button, and issuing a command.
"Activate weapon…"
Those words had not been completed when—
BEEP!
BEEEP!
BEEEP!
The sound of beeping rang out loudly through the cabin as the lighting immediately switched to red.
"What's wrong?"
"Incoming projectile… capability is enough to destroy the ship."
"Please evacuate in 3…"
The man's face changed wildly as his hand immediately reached for a button.
He tapped on it, and the entire seat beneath gave in, as the man found himself ejected from the ship downward.
Yet he had not even fallen for a meter when he found the head of the bomb right before his nose, just beneath the ship.
"What the—!?"
BAAAANG!
The bomb tore straight through his head, carving open a hole, and the resulting explosion blasted upward toward the jet.
KAAAABOOOOOOOOOOM!
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Back on the helicopter, Everlearn noticed one of the red dots suddenly switch off.
"You got one down already!?" he mused out in surprise, turning to look at Dumbledor, but the man was in his own world.
He had pushed Everlearn's seat to the back, leaving himself wide with the entire dashboard, and right now, it was as if he was operating on a keyboard.
The way he operated that keyboard was like an author high on caffeine and blasting beats.
But his reason wasn't unfounded.
All around the helicopter were bombs with target locks.
They chased it down all over the air, yet with incredible maneuver and speed, the helicopter managed to dodge every single one.
It maneuvered in such a way that the bombs ended up collapsing into each other while the helicopter blasted out of the explosion unharmed.
Dumbledore opened two covers on the dashboard and slammed the red button they were both holding.
In an instant,
WHHII!
WHHHHIR!
Two loud mechanical sounds echoed as the helicopter's underside opened, revealing two massive protrusions that rose higher into the air.
WHIIIIIR!
A unique turning sound, and in the next moment—
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
Both portions opened up, firing two powerful bombs that quickly disappeared into the clouds
The helicopter burst out furiously with speed in the next moment as another bomb rapidly chased after it.
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"Two lights off!?" Everlearn mused to himself, watching two of the lights on the radar suddenly go off.
BOOOOOOOM!
An explosion occurred from the side of the helicopter, tilting it to the side for a moment, and Everlearn's heart almost jumped out of his chest.
Fortunately, the helicopter stabilized itself and remained in the air.
Opening up another cap right above the cabin sky, Dumbledor had reached out and slammed his fist onto the button.
Outside…
WHOOOOOOR!
The sound made was like a suppressed roar as another protrusion, this time twice as massive, came out from the underside of the ship.
Crimson rays of light burst out through the clouds, illuminating two other battle jets currently streaming through the clouds with speed, and in the next moment,
KAAAABOOOOOM!
A thunderous explosion followed as the massive protrusion launched a bomb, smaller, about half a meter in size, but moving at incredible speed.
Shockwaves were continuously blasted out as it rushed forward toward a jet and shot through it in an instant, coming out from the other side.
The jet itself continued into the distance for a couple more seconds before,
KAAAAAABOOOOOM!
A thunderous explosion rocked through the sky as it blew up with a powerful bang.
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"Another light off."
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"Come in, boss.!? Boss!?"
"What is going on, Kira? I'm trying to reach the others, and their communication is severed."
"Have you gotten rid of them?"
The thunderous voice resonated from the other side of the comms, into a cabin where a woman in a techno battle suit could be seen grabbing onto the handles.
"The other jets had been destroyed, and it was highly likely that their pilots had been killed, Boss."
"I'm calling for permission to abort the mission and return," she said, though the jet had already turned back and was currently speeding away with force.
"The fuck you mean they're dead?"
"Abort mission? Fuck no!?"
"Kira, those jets are 26 million Nvdollars each! What do you mean five of you can't take down some fucking helicopter!?"
"We were wrong, boss. It's no helicopter!" Kira said, and fear lit her eyes when the entire light in the room turned red.
She instantly turned to the dashboard, finding the lock-in of a projectile that was like a straight line, and she turned her gaze outside, just to find the nose of the speeding bomb.
The sight of it made her frozen so much that she couldn't even move the controller downward, and in the next moment, her last words were,
"It's a War Helijet!"
"A WAR WHAT!?"
KAAAAAABBBBOOOOOOOM!
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Everlearn blinked twice, watching as the last red dot on the radar disappeared, leaving just them, the green light.
Dumbledore's tapping speed reduced as he tapped on a button, and Everlearn's seat moved from behind to the side, closer to the dashboard, just where he had been before.
The same occurred for Dumbledor, who was also moved away from the center to the side.
Another button, and half of the ship's button caps closed back and disappeared into the dashboard before the helicopter's speed slowed down.
Dumbledore turned to Everlearn,
"What were we saying before?"
"Oh yeah, so back in the base, Boss Ash is the one…"