In the tense battle, the First Claw broke away from the front line and retreated hastily.
The armed men assisting the anti-jump gang shrank back when they encountered them, and removed their muzzles under the officer's hasty orders.
"Where are the Blood Eyes?"
Talos urged before the pale guy could begin his introduction.
"On... on the third deck, my lord."
The soldier said tremblingly, not daring to look at the huge warrior.
Talos left him behind and hurried down a series of dark, narrow passages. Somehow, the alien invader entered the cursed echo and penetrated the shell more.
To make matters worse, the enemy quickly figured out the internal structure of the Cursed Echo and immediately concentrated their efforts on the bridge area.
Communications were chaotic and non-existent. In the worst case scenario, all contact with Valier was gone.
"Sir, where is the deputy control room——"
A soldier suddenly appeared, and Talos recognized him as the correspondent in the auxiliary control room. According to the structural design of Cursed Echo, the last area leading from the deck to the bridge was the auxiliary control room.
"Alien rush——"
Just as the panting soldier was about to finish what he said, a flash of light tore his throat open.
Arterial blood splattered onto Talos' midnight-blue armor.
"Firefight!"
Talos roared as he charged towards more and more hissing darts, some splintering against his battle armor and others smashing against the bulkheads.
The explosion-proof door leading to the auxiliary control room was open, and the lights in the distant corridor were no longer on. Only thousands of emergency lights illuminated the slender figures wearing black armor.
Serion lowered his head and roared in his throat.
The bolter behind him roared in the narrow passage, and Markushen took the time to reach over his comrades and shoot.
Suddenly, Ada was hit and her left leg was torn into a ball of blood.
The other Eldar fell back immediately, taking cover in the dark passage walls, shurikens still flashing and hissing from their sidearms.
Talos realized the aliens were stalling for time and sped up.
The passage ahead bifurcates, with the one on the left leading to the bridge and the one on the right having more elevators.
Before he could get further, one of the aliens turned and advanced.
The Eldar wore more elaborate armor than those around him, his green helmet supported by a large sigil, and slung from his shoulders was a cloak thickly embroidered with thorns.
With a slender blade in one hand, Ada challenged Talos.
"Brothers, protect the core area."
Talos ordered.
"I'll deal with this alien."
The first claw immediately moved to the left, Talos gripped the power sword and faced the Eldar.
Deadly energy wrapped around the blade of the powerful weapon and coursed through his red gauntlets as he advanced toward the alien.
But what surprised Talos was that the alien suddenly spoke, a strange and accented low-Gothic language full of contempt.
"I am Culsi, the Warmaster of Uthwe, prepare for the embrace of darkness, monkey.
After saying that, the Eldar rushed over. Even by the standards of his deadly race, his movements were extremely fast and smooth.
Talos was in no mood to bicker with the Eldar, and he swung his power sword to fight back, but Si Zhan had already recovered his stance after missing the blow, and moved out of the way before Talos could swing his sword.
At this time, the plastic steel door leading to the bridge had been torn open by Eldar weapons. Through the door, alien corpses could be seen blocking the door. The hot flames melted their armor and roasted them.
Markarian's roar could still be heard.
Fearlessly guarded the final passage.
He stood in the middle of the passage. The blue armor shell was inlaid with many star darts, and the iron coffin was full of scars.
"brothers."
Dauntless asked loudly as he began to move, assault cannons trained on the aliens and shot down.
"Where is the Soul Hunter?"
"Behind us."
Sirion replied.
"Dealing with more aliens."
"Then let's go."
Markarian said, stepping over the bodies of the Eldar and coming out of the passage.
At this time, Talos had been forced back into the passage from which he came.
Even in the limited space of the passage, the movements of the Eldar named Lersi were still sharp. The plastic steel walls on both sides of Talos were punched out by the swing of the power sword, but they were unable to leave any scars on the opponent.
Si Zhan is always one step ahead, attacking with weapons that are just inches away.
The alien was toying with him, its arrogance at its highest.
Regardless, Talos struggled to maintain his focus.
It wanted to frustrate him, to lose control, to expose a weakness in its lightning-fast attacks.
But he couldn't let his attention slip away, not even for a second.
He didn't have time to go on like this.
A blow from the power sword slammed into the floor beneath them, slicing the air and causing groans and shudders to echo throughout the facility.
At this time, Talos heard a familiar voice from behind the alien.
"Alien!"
The air is ignited and static lightning stretches along the walls, ceiling and floor of the passage.
Ada took a step back and turned to look at Fearless who appeared.
"You are dead."
"You cannot prevent death from coming."
The alien said harsh words and chose to retreat temporarily.
Talos noticed an alien light flickering in the air, and then an iridescent teleportation portal opened.
Markarian noticed too.
The ancient fury unleashed by Fearless shocked everyone's ears, but by the time the shell hit the target, it was already too late.
The corridor is empty
"You should stay on the bridge."
Talos said, turning to face his old superior.
"I'm afraid you'll be killed by these intruders."
"Then they have to work harder."
At this time, Talos' communicator rang, and when he connected it, his heart suddenly tightened.
The thing I was most worried about happened.
"My lord, they are trying to invade the bridge!"
The communication channel was filled with gunshots and screams.
Markarian's departure had serious consequences, and there was no doubt that this was a ploy by the aliens to divert the tiger away from the mountain.
"Go back to the bridge!"
Talos immediately rushed to the bridge with the First Claw, but just as they were about to arrive, a violent collision occurred.
"What!?"
The impact caused everything around Talos to tremble violently, and the twisted brackets and fragments of the crystal vault fell like waterfalls.
Even with the full support of the maglock and his armor's servos, the impact shook his body.
"Dietrian, what happened!"
"Sir, something is not right. The enemy has taken control of the orbital defense station on a neighboring planet and is firing on us!"
"Damn! You stabilize the void shield first."
Bad news came one after another, and Talos could only grit his teeth and make up his mind to clear the bridge of intruders first.
