Marvel's Black Steel

Chapter 80: Invisible Wall

Arriving outside the refugee compound, I looked around and noticed almost every vehicle had been mobilized while soldiers were running around, grabbing crates of ammo and carrying them up to the towers, while so many other things were occurring. I wasn't trying to get involved with this, so I just leaped into the air and softly landed on the roof of one of the towers, though while I still couldn't see the approaching convoy from behind the horizon, it should only be like another ten or so minutes before we can see them.

In front of the tall, chain-linked, and barbed-wired fence, I saw a few tanks at the forefront, while numerous jeeps and humvees were hiding behind them, using the tanks as cover. Off to the right of me, I saw General Klovin holding a megaphone while constantly giving out orders to different squads, which the soldiers did with respectable efficiency.

Still, while they were doing their best to prepare for the inevitable attack, from what I could tell, they didn't have nearly as much firepower as the attackers; their ammo was limited, and while those few tanks at the front were powerful, they were an older model, not to mention they didn't much fuel. The mounted turrets weren't in much better shape either; I can tell they've been cared for, but a weapon can only be used so many times before it starts to break down permanently, and from what I can tell, a good chunk of those mounted turrets are nearing the end of their lifespan. If they wish to keep operating, they'll need some new parts, which will only delay another breaking.

"I guess that soldier wasn't wrong; this place is indeed poorly defended compared to other cities and military outposts." Muttered Tut with a slight frown as he silently watched everything unfold, waiting to make his inevitable appearance.
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While looking out into the horizon, I suddenly spotted several long barrels emerge, causing me to furrow my brows as the appearance of numerous tanks slowly appeared from over the horizon; no one else had noticed them yet, but I'm sure in a minute or two, they'll start to see them.

'Welp, there's my cue.' Thought Tut as he leaped off the roof of the tower only to land right in front of one of the few tanks, surprising the one in the gunner seat who nearly shot him.

"It's you!" Remarked the soldier in surprise as he eyed Tut, who wasn't wearing his normal clothes but a military outfit instead.

I wasn't wearing my normal clothes, mainly because I didn't want my clothes to be damaged as I quite liked that outfit, so I just borrowed this military uniform from some random dude who was about the same size as me.

"Speaking of outfits, before leaving, I need to pay a visit to the security room and wipe the camera's video footage." Said Tut softly before suddenly snapping his head to the right, only for his figure to blur.

Dropping a large caliber bullet, I looked back at the approaching convoy, though I wasn't given a break as I spotted several more bullets heading right for the mounted gunners in the towers, completely oblivious they were about to die. Flying through the air, I grabbed the bullets before returning to my spot and dropping the bullets beside my feet.

"W-What the?" Muttered the soldier in confusion as he eyed the smoking bullets at Tut's feet before squinting his eyes and looking ahead, only to see the convoy approaching them.

It seemed this side also noticed the attacks as the snipers in the towers started to fire back, though whenever that happened, I'd fly through the sky and snatch their bullets right out of the air; I was moving far too fast for anyone to catch on to what was happening, but as they continued to get closer, I was moving more and more, so it was only a matter of time.

'I'm really just brute forcing my way through this, aren't I?' Mused Tut while flying through the sky, snatching multiple bullets out of the air.

While I was disgusted with the other side of this war, I could also hear everything that was happening within Serbia and beyond, so I knew most of the soldiers participating in this war were merely following orders; of course, that didn't make them any less guilty for all that needless killing, but I also knew killing all these soldiers wouldn't stop the root cause of this.