I Am No King's

Chapter 205 – Pursuit

~Etana POV~

I didn't think Mariander would be this brave. With this, Mariander had publicly attacked Empress Bana'an. However, of course, the fact of this attack would never have come to the surface if Empress Bana'an and all the personnel were killed. They, Mariander, will blame us.

Earlier, a report came in via radio communication stating some objects were hurtling rapidly through the sky. I instantly opened my glasses and looked towards the sky, hoping that any missiles or objects that came could be disabled by removing my control.

And, I'm lucky! Mariander uses missiles that require electronic and computer systems for navigation. In other words, it uses a rotation machine to operate. As soon as the four missiles entered my sight, they lost their way and fell.

However, as it still had kinetic energy from the jet's thrust, the missile crashed near the trailer. I, and the people from Bana'an, are really lucky. If Mariander had used an artillery shell that fell using a parabolic path, not a navigation missile, I would have been unable to do anything about it.

"Report! Where did the attack come from?"

[Report! The attack came from the nearby Mariander military base, the town of Emen.]

Damnit damnit! Sorry, Empress. Sorry, Lugalgin. However, it seems, we won't be able to go any further. It would be difficult for True One to attack the military base without my participation.

On the other hand, I was surprised by the team that gave the report. There hasn't been five minutes since the missile was launched, but they already know the origin. Or do they happen to be at the base? I don't know.

[A missile launched from 11 o'clock]

"Eh?"

[The missile was heading to a military base in the town of Emen.]

Does Lugalgin hire mercenaries or other black market organizations? Coulda. I mean, this is Lugalgin. I wouldn't even be surprised if he had a backup plan up to Z. So, maybe, actually True One is not really needed here.

[Report! The reported missile was unable to reach the military base of the town of Emen, brought down by anti-air weapons. Instead, however, an attack is being launched by an organization whose identity and affiliation are not yet known.]

I kept hearing reports from radio communications, hoping for good news that the military base was down. But, of course, I can't expect too much.

[Other missiles are sliding! Total of 7.]

"Damn!"

I looked up at the sky, towards the city of Emen. I don't know where that missile is coming from. If it's the same as before, great. If it's lower and escapes my sight? Not good!

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~Lugalgin POV~

　

　

"Keep on the gas pedal! They're using navigation missiles and somebody shut down their navigation systems! As long as we keep advancing, there won't be a single missile that will touch us!"

"Suckers! It's because of you!"

"How about we give that kid to Mariander?"

"Do that and I'll kill Empress Rahayu right now and sell your entire family to the black market!"

Me and the two bodyguards were arguing from the end of the trailer. I'm in the back, they're in the front. Since the first explosion, I kept looking back. All the incoming missiles changed course suddenly. Nope. Not changed, rather the missile turned and then fell, like suddenly inactive.

I'm sure Etana used a control remover on the rotational engine inside the missile. Ah, at a time like this, I am very envious of Etana's strength. I mean, everything he sees is uncontrollable. If I had Etana's powers when Ninlil was kidnapped, I wouldn't have been troubled.

On the other hand, my strength only removes the strength of the person who is in contact with my skin or body. My power is too limited! Too weak compared to Etana! Well, nevermind. The important thing is that he intercepted those missiles.

"Hey, Gin! We got a problem!"

"What?"

"Let's see in the distance!"

I was at the back of the trailer, so couldn't see too clearly. I opened the arsenal box which was also in the back, in front of the seat, and took out one rifle. With rifle binoculars, I saw a barricade. The barricade parked two steel vehicles with some personnel and a nail mine.

Damnit damnit! I don't have a bazooka or a rocket. The only explosive weapons I have are grenade launchers, in addition to assault rifles. However, the grenade launcher would not be able to destroy the barricade.

Actually, since last night, I've been calling the military and telling them to get ready at the border. During the trip, I sent the location to the top military officers, Akadia, Guan, and Agade. After the first attack earlier, I immediately sent out an SOS signal.

The fastest jet aircraft owned by Bana'an is able to reach 2,000 Km/hour. With additional tanks, the plane could fly for up to two and a half hours. The distance from this place to the border is 2,100 Km. Even if the plane was departing from a land aircraft carrier, it took over an hour to reach this place. In other words, we still have to last an hour.

An hour to face all this? No way! If Emir or Inanna were here, maybe. In fact, turn things around. But without them? No way!

"Out the road!"

"Where?"

"Where as long as it's not here."

We are also unlikely to back down because there is a possibility of a dead missile landing on a passable path.

However, this bus does not go out of the way, still on the asphalt. And my hope was betrayed.

Without further ado, I took the gun from the arsenal chest and advanced forward. Suddenly, the bus turned, throwing us all inside. But I was holding on to one pole.

"I don't ak-"

Dorian

The driver had not finished the sentence, I had already hollowed his head.

"Suck!"

Despite swearing, the one person left immediately restrained the steering wheel, making sure this bus was not slammed. I continued to travel forward and put a gun to the head of the living.

"So, Joe, do you also intend to drive this bus to the barricade and hand over everyone on the bus?"

"Of course not! I'm not gonna do it?"

"really? But it seems your partner already thought so."

"She made a call last night and walked out of the room for a moment, but I didn't know she was conspiring with Mariander!"

"And now you know. So, are you a traitor too?"

"..."

While the left hand was pointing at Joe's head, my right hand pulled this corpse and threw it on the floor. Actually, I already knew that the other agent was contacted by Mariander last night. Earlier, I threatened to sell his family in the hope that he would abandon his intentions. Apparently, failed.

"All right...."

According to him, Joe turned the bus, headed to the ground. We just walked straight, somewhere, just away from the barricade.

When I look at the smartphone, there is no more connection or GPS signal. They seem to have used a jammer. I opened the note on the smartphone while taking the black candybar phone from the jacket pocket. This record contains all types of jammers owned by the Mariander kingdom, both military and police.

What the hell am I doing? Put all types of jammer into the mobile phone, try one by one.

Unfortunately, my hope was broken. Once the candybar phone is able to penetrate the signal block from the jammer, another block appears. Apparently, Mariander had already put several different jammers along this path. In other words, they did put down the barricade earlier to force us out of the way.

I went back to the back, got a rifle.

"Maul, can you use a rifle?"

"Can brother!"

"Then, you take this rifle and stand guard in front. If an unknown figure is approaching or visible, shoot it. I'll stand guard in the back. For the record, if you hold my rifle without gloves, your controlling power will be lost."

"Bai–eh? My control will be gone?"

I'm nodding.

Maul did not ask further and only showed her mouth like a reverse v. But he did not complain. Maul took the gloves off her jacket and put them on. He took the rifle out of my hand and walked forward.

"Emer, I want you to lay down next to the arsenal. I don't want you to get hurt."

"What's the point of saying such a polite word but it threatened to kill me?"

Despite the complaints, Rahayu complied. However, he did not fall down, but lay down. Well, his left hand broke anyway, so I can understand.

I put my eyes on the rifle binoculars. In the distance, I saw several explosions. The explosion was small, not as big as the previous one. It seems that the mercenary I hired tried to destroy the barricades blocking the way. Unfortunately, the explosion did not destroy the barricade. Mariander's side fought and killed everyone in sight.

Two armored vehicles finally chased after us. If on asphalt, this bus will have a higher speed because it is lightweight. However, since we are currently on non-asphalt roads, full of dust and dirt, it is armored vehicles with big wheels and off road tyres that will win.

On the right and left there are a lot of dry hills. I just hope there's no artillery or snipers in those hills. In addition, if these hills do not exist, maybe Etana's view can stop the car chasing us. Unfortunately, it can't.

I pulled the trigger and fired one shot. The first shot stuck to the glass, making a hole slightly larger than the bullet. If the hole is too small, I'm forced to fire another shot. However, the barrel of my rifle was able to get out of the hole, so I didn't.

The shot was fired and landed on the right front tire, but there was no reaction. Another shot landed on the left front tire, still no reaction. Apparently, the tyre had a silicone gel system that would seal any existing holes. If true, normally, the system will only run out after the vehicle travels a distance of 45 Km.

However, I wonder, how many bullets can one tire hold? Unfortunately, before I tried it, a flocked bullet came.

"Please!"

Seriate

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