(Neptune City)
Lt. Martin grinned as she received a transmission. "Well, lookie here, we've got some extra firepower."
In the distance was the squadron that towed the lightning dragon to Surf Point.
The fighters each wore a harness that carried a single Firestorm cluster missile. The bomber was carrying tens of tons of high explosives.
Major Lockie and Lt. Martin decided to follow Tarrax to the industrial section of the city.
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The ground troops were the first to run into Chong's forces.
A small convoy was lured down a dead end street where a magic mine had been placed. This mine was a copy of Stripetail's lava mine.
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Dixie's convoy was held up by a roadside bomb. Unfortunately, this let several of Chong's soldiers attack the stalled convoy.
Ms. Swimmer hastily created a wall of fire to vaporize the bullets before they struck but again, the firewall was useless against the shockwaves produced by explosions.
Zachary shot and killed a mage preparing to summon something.
One archer took a shot to the head from a rooftop sniper. Deimos quickly gunned him down.
A soldier returned fire with the 20 mm autocannon mounted atop one of the Humvees
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(Galena)
"Well, Ms. Carerra, we-" Paul began
"Open up!" Someone shouted. The shouting was interspersed with what sounded like someone ramming the door.
Paul leapt to his feet with his rocket launcher aimed at the door. "F--- off or you'll get a rocket to the face!" he thundered.
Several other soldiers readied their weapons.
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Anton kicked down the door. He found an opulent garage in tatters. A display case had been shattered and its contents of racing trophies stolen. A dead mage with an arrow sticking out of her throat lay in a pool of blood by the door.
"So what happened here?" the Great Valley archer asked, nocking an armor piercing arrow into his bow.
The soldier toting the light machine gun swept the room. "There's no one here," she said.
"I've got a bad feeling about this."
Strut then noticed a door was ajar in the rear of the garage. "Shaggy, you come with me to check out the back yard."