"Guys, perhaps we should start taking stock of the weapons we can use against the demon," Deimos said.
"Deimos, don't even think of trying to wheel in the autocannon," Rime replied. He was sipping a glass of ice water.
"Well, we've got a grenade launcher with HEAT and airburst rounds, 3 shotgunners, two snipers, several mages - including possibly the most powerful here -, 4 magical knights , an archer with explosive and poison arrows, and at least 3 riflemen," Zachary replied. He then turned to Nani and Shaggy. "Erm, I counted you two as riflemen for the demon battle," he added.
"What about Dr. Kerzach and Ms. Swimmer?"
"Those two fight exclusively at melee range. If we have them get close they could end up getting shot," Deimos replied. "Not to mention, despite the fact that both are powerful melee fighters, we do not want to engage the demon in hand-to-hand combat."
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Back at Pelvanida II, the truck returned with a full load of scrap metal. "Chong!" the Goat said, leaping from the back of the truck. "We have acquired some scrap metal for your purposes. And we will now be-"
The Goat was cut off by the sound of something large being dragged towards them. Soon, 4 of the Pelvanida II soldiers headed into view. lit by the powerful floodlights that were scattered around the base. Between them they carried 2 rather young men, one a Raven and the other a Human. Both had been bound with plastic flex cuffs.
"What the [censored] are these two doing here?" the Goat demanded.
"Sir, we caught them prowling around the airfields," one of the soldiers, a colossal Malamute said.
"We just got lost!" the Raven protested.
"Silence!" the Malamute roared. He then shoved the Raven face first into the desert rock.
"We have reason to believe that they're spies or saboteurs," another soldier, this one a short but stocky Human added.
"Any proof?" the Goat asked.
The Human soldier reached inside a pocket on his fatigues and removed what seemed to be a tracking device. "We caught one this one planting this on a Helios IV spy drone,"
The Goat said nothing but unholstered his pistol, went up to the Raven and shot him in the head at point blank range. "If you catch any more spies, save me the trouble and kill them yourself," he said coldly to the soldiers.
He then turned to Chong. "The other one's yours," he added.