However, with Hard Brick's command, the situation on the field began to change. Several members of the team split off, carrying the unconscious teammates, and ran towards the river, while the others held back Scavenger and her group.
Seeing the ACE Squad's actions, Kal'tsit subtly nodded. Rhodes Island never had a habit of abandoning teammates, and the ACE Squad, as Rhodes Island's ace team, was acting in a manner entirely consistent with Rhodes Island's long-standing ethos.
However, such persistence also came with a price. At this moment, the ACE Squad, short on numbers and severely weakened, was still gritting its teeth and holding on.
They all knew that ACE definitely "wouldn't be returning"; his "defeat" was only a matter of time, merely depending on when Kanna had had enough fun.
So, what should the remaining people do after losing ACE? SWEEP only had three people. If everyone abandoned their unconscious, fallen teammates and scattered, the three of them naturally wouldn't be able to catch all of them. But to abandon teammates when facing a strong enemy, such a disgraceful scene witnessed by "all" of Rhodes Island, would likely mean they could never hold their heads high in front of others again.
It was fortunate that Hard Brick reacted quickly and remembered that there was a river to the west that could be used, which allowed the remaining people to start moving.
However, their actions had long been within Scavenger's calculations.
Because it was "pressure" training, Scavenger had already predicted the actions the ACE Squad would take. Now, with the opponents having retreated two-thirds of the way as planned, a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. Next, the ACE Squad would face the strongest wave of attacks from her side.
As Scavenger waved her hand, Manticore and Red, who had been constantly looking for opportunities to attack, cleanly withdrew from the battlefield the next second.
Following a clear and loud whistle from Scavenger, Kanna, who had been showing off her "Super Lightning Thunderclap Flash Instant Light Three-Style" to ACE not far away, vanished from ACE's sight. In just one breath, she traversed the entire battlefield and arrived next to the three of them.
Seeing Kanna's appearance, the few members of the ACE Squad responsible for covering the rear immediately felt a sense of dread.
"Relax, I won't attack you guys. After all, if I intervened, this drill or training wouldn't have any meaning. But, well..." Seeing them nervously staring at her, Kanna waved her hand, indicating she wouldn't join the fight. Just as they relaxed because of her words, she waved her hand in front of everyone, and as lightning overflowed from her hand, an eye abruptly appeared in mid-air. Identical lightning eyes also opened behind the three members of Scavenger's team.
"(convex(Fuck dish fuck))" At this moment, Hard Brick, as the temporary commander, just wanted to curse.
The Thunder Punishment Evil Star Eye could be said to have become the favorite "support" Originium Art for Operators who went out with Kanna ever since she first used it. Whether it was for self-enhancement or transforming it into Electro Seeds to use Kanna's clones, this skill was undoubtedly very useful. LOGOS called it an Originium Art that "could completely change the tide of battle."
And at this moment, their previously favorite Originium Art was undoubtedly what they least wanted to face. After all, even without activating clones, the occasional electrotherapy was not something just anyone could enjoy.
"You retreat, I'll cover the rear!" Discovering that SWEEP, now accompanied by the Thunder Punishment Evil Star Eye, was charging again, Hard Brick waved his hand, shielding the others behind him, then rushed towards the three.
The remaining people retreated while keeping an eye on the battlefield. When Hard Brick was surrounded by the three and struck by several lightning bolts, making him jump up and do a tap dance on the spot, Mechanist stopped, turned, and blocked the three who were advancing past the fallen Hard Brick with his weapon.
Before Mechanist fell, another Operator stopped. In this way, just as the remaining Operators were almost completely wiped out, the few who were carrying the unconscious teammates finally brought them to the riverside.
Then, the few people jumped into the river with their teammates. At this moment, Scavenger and her group just happened to catch up to the riverside.
"This is far enough. We can pretty much declare it over!" Seeing the few people about to be swept away by the river, Scavenger reminded Kanna beside her.
"No need for me to intervene! Look, Kal'tsit must have anticipated their actions and already had Dahlia waiting downstream." Kanna looked up and saw "herself" waving at her from the river... She had been about to go down to rescue them, but now she wasn't flustered. After all, in the river, Dahlia was much more convenient and quicker at rescuing people than she was.
They saw several water orbs rise from the river, and then all the Operators who had jumped into the water were carried by the water orbs and sent to the shore.
"Cough cough! I really lost face this time... You said you'd go easy, but you almost buried me underground. Oh, my old bones." Not far away, ACE limped over, looking at the ground full of "corpses," either electrocuted or sedated, and sighed helplessly.
However, the final result did not disappoint him too much; in fact, this outcome was one of the better ones he had anticipated.
When facing a strong enemy, no one chose to retreat, and everyone did what a "guardian" should do. Although those covering the retreat were "wiped out," the team's core and ideals were preserved.
If such a day of "total annihilation" truly came, ACE felt that being able to go out like this wouldn't be so bad.
"What, what, what was all that...?" The little tiger standing in the landship was dumbfounded throughout, watching the entire battle with a shocked expression.
Compared to the fully armed and reliable ACE Squad, Kanna's group, as opponents, looked completely unreliable. Logically, it should have been an easy one-sided victory, but while it was a one-sided victory, the outcome was completely reversed.
The ACE side, which seemed faultless, started the battle as if stuck, everyone's movements and reactions were not just a beat slow; the team was like playing a game with thousands of PING latency.
On the other side, although there were fewer people, at least they weren't lagging.
Adding to that, the girl with the huge tail whose position she couldn't discern even after her eyes hurt from straining before she attacked, and the other little girl in a hood with her sharp, fierce, and one-hit-kill combat skills.
With just one glance, the three from the Lungmen Guard Department / Guard Department realized that these two were not personnel skilled in frontal combat, but rather, they seemed more like "professional assassins" than special operations personnel.
Originally, after ACE intervened, he had temporarily stabilized the front line, but unfortunately, before he could show off for long, he was sent out of the main battlefield by Kanna.
"What a pity. If the attacking side had a sniper or a Caster, this exercise would already be over," Chen sighed, looking at the team that had fallen into brief chaos.
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