The five-squad team watched as hundreds of aliens came out of the still-raining pods. All of the creatures had a similar look, with an outer appearance similar to a lizardman. Most had one eye replaced with cybernetics and their right arm replaced with an energy rifle or a threatening blade.
"Open fire!" Using her communication device, Victoria gave the order. A second later explosions resonated a few kilometers behind as the common soldiers activated the artillery.
Swoosh!
Hundreds of shells began to rain from the sky, colliding with the approaching alien threat. While the five-squad team was going to attack the aliens as soon as they landed. That didn't mean the ones that were waiting at the back weren't going to participate in the slaughter.
This was humanity's territory, and no one would be allowed to take it from them!
"Good! I can finally see what it feels like to fight with the power of an Early Adept!" Leo roared. The exoskeleton he was using had been significantly upgraded. Since he had a stronger body and soul, he could rain hellfire on his foes with his two miniguns, one in each hand.
Ava took a deep breath, her veins bulging with the power of an Early Expert. Lifting her one-ton hammer from the ground, she charged like a cavalry.
Bryce knelt on one knee for better stability. His cybernetic arm transformed into a fearsome rifle with a firepower surpassing that of the strongest tank.
Victoria dashed forward like a fearless lioness. Her movements were so fast that no one present in the battlefield could keep track of them with their eyes, with the exception of Michael and his Perfect Vision.
'KILL! KILL! KILL!' His soul weapon roared, demanding they join in the fun.
For the first time, Michael listened to his weapon's request.
[Dash activated]
With Berserker being level 2 and synergizing with Dash, Michael reached an agility of 3,900 points!
Shattering the ground beneath his feet, he shot forward like a missile.
ROAR!
The closest alien cried in anger when it saw him. Raising its right arm, a large blade capable of tearing the toughest metal without any trouble met him.
Clash!
To the alien's horror, its strike was rendered useless by Michael's attack. Despite being just an Early Adept with use of Berserker that gave him 600 points in his three primary attributes as well as his soul weapon, a Higher tier alien found itself overpowered!
Slash!
The head of the alien was separated from its body so fast that the creature didn't even realize it was dead.
Thud!
Falling to the ground, it spent the last seconds of its life watching Michael. Who, still under the effect of Dash, pounced on his next foe.
'This is it! Feed me more!' The sword demanded, and Michael didn't complain. Doing what his companion had been waiting for all this time.
"Hmp!" Taking a deep breath, Ava raised her hammer above her head before slamming it down on the ground.
BOOM!
Several Higher aliens were flattened on the ground with one swing.
"I can do even better! This time I will kill more than Michael!" Making up her mind, Ava activated one of the modifications of her hammer.
The deadly weapon let out a dark smoke before expanding its size three times. Its coverage was now as big as a house!
Even if its weight remained the same, the bigger surface made it vastly harder to control. But Ava, being an Early Expert, didn't have trouble, handling it like a toy.
'Dash is under cooldown.' Michael sighed, finding himself surrounded by three melee aliens. They looked furious, almost as if they tried to kill him with hostile gazes alone.
From the distance several ranged units let out energy blasts in an attempt to catch him unprepared.
Pew! Pew! Pew!
Victoria, who had left a trail of corpses behind her carnage, gazed at Michael at this moment in worry.
For a second she worried for his safety. He had just recently become an Early Adept after all. It was already a miracle he was handling several Higher aliens. Just when she was about to charge in and save him, he disappeared from her sight!
'Teleportation!' She realized a small smirk forming on her peerless face. This was the Epic cybernetic that she had rewarded Michael for helping her defeat the Elite tier alien.
Once Michael activated Blink, he appeared next to the ranged units that had targeted him. It took him only a fraction of a second to get rid of them.
In mere minutes dozens of bodies fell on the ground. Yet the pod's rain continued to be in the hundreds. At the beginning it wasn't that noticeable, but now. Rather than finding himself against three Higher tier aliens, Michael found himself fighting against seven or more.
Yet he remained unfazed. Moving with grace, he blocked their slashes, dodged the incoming projectiles, and capitalized on every mistake his foes made.
'I think we are soon going to be overrun.' He thought. Taking care to not lose himself in the heat of battle.
He wasn't as strong as in his prior life. If he were to make a heated mistake, it could be his last.
His teammates also had similar thoughts. The only reason they had managed to last so long was thanks to Bryce and Leo's cover fire.
'Don't think about unnecessary stuff! Make them bleed more! FEED ME MORE!' The sword demanded, its edge seemingly getting even sharper than before.
'Would it be possible for the sword to increase its rank if I kill enough?' Michael wondered. Another advantage of the soul weapons, unlike normal ones, was they could evolve just like humans.
'It's different for every soul weapon, but usually they'll tell you what they need to rank up. If that's the case, I'd either have to kill more or make some perverted actions, taking into account the sword personally.' Michael analyzed.
His train of thought was broken a second later when a much larger pod than the others fell on the ground, causing it to shock.
This one was more than two times their size, approximately 5 meters. Once its doors opened and the creature riding inside showed itself amidst the smoke, everyone had the same reaction.
"Elite!"