The Devil's Cage

Chapter 28: Bloody Night

Zarukhar's passionate speech had spread through the loudspeakers around the whole base. It had even been heard outside it.

Kieran, who was hiding outside the base in the shadows of the ruins, had heard everything.

"Choosing the easy way and manipulating the facts!" That was Kieran's opinion of the Major.

He had anticipated Zarukhar's performance on the stage that had been set up for him.

As for General Zennings?

Kieran had seen a couple of soldiers leave the base quietly.

Their identity had been quite obvious.

Apparently, General Zennings had planted more than one mole in Zarukhar's base.

Now he would be facing Zarukhar's rebellion against him.

It was exactly what Kieran had wanted.

He wanted the two of them fighting against each other, so he'd have the chance to take out both of them at the same time.

The sound of the tank engines inside the base was like thunder. Several soldiers boarded the military convoy trucks, their footsteps sounding like battle drums getting ready for war.

Zarukhar's soldiers had begun their march.

Tanks and convoys passed one after another.

Soon there were only three squads of soldiers left guarding the base.

Kieran looked at the almost deserted base with a pitiful look.

Were it not for the important tasks at hand, he wouldn't have passed up the opportunity to raid the camp.

After all, the base would definitely have stocks of supplies. Not just daily supplies, but also military supplies, tons of military weapons and protective gear. Kieran felt tempted just thinking about it.

However, he wasn't the kind of person to miss the forest for the trees, even though he might regret it down the road.

It was like when he'd had to ditch the machine gun back in the ruins.

The machine gun plus the box of ammunition had been too heavy for him.

Even though his [Strength] and [Stamina] had both been increased by one level, he still could not carry the additional weapon plus the sniper rifle and the items on his own inventory.

Not unless he wanted to give up running and dashing.

But that was out of the question.

He took a deep breath and started running in the ruins' shadows.

The rebel forces had almost disappeared from sight.

It would be difficult to chase them now.

Luckily, Kieran knew where they were headed.

Thanks to Colleen's directions, Kieran already knew the location of every rebellion base.

Other than the base Major Zarukhar was stationed at and the base that his forces were heading toward, there were two more bases in the city, occupied by the other high-ranking rebellion officers. They were stationed on the South and West sides of the city respectively.

Zarukhar's forces were heading towards the base in the heart of the city.

It was General Zenning's camp: Times Square.

The two bases were not that far away from each other and they were even closer if one used shortcuts to get there.

By lurking and dashing through the ruins, Kieran had managed to reach Times Square before Zarukhar's forces. He arrived early and started to look for a high vantage point.