Carl turned his attention to Rio. The latter shook his head at him, indicating that he had not heard any strange noises."You must be kidding me…" Carl frowned and focused on the other side of the wall. He knew that he had indeed heard the sound of friction on the sandy soil from the red fog. It sounded like something was chewing and ingesting.However, aside from the corpses of bugs everywhere, the only things remaining outside Punk Fortress were a large number of living bugs."No! Something must be happening down there!" Carl was very sure about his speculation. He tightened his hold on his War Spirit weapon, Massacre, in his right hand.He calmed down ever so slightly after seeing that the soldiers around him had not relaxed their guard.The odd noises under the wall continued until there was a sudden outbreak of strange howling. The howling sent chills down everyone's spines."It's here!" Bill said sol

No matter how upset they were with Iger, Carl and his friends had to follow him back to the streets of Punk Fortress.Iger seemed to have noticed their gloomy expressions. While walking, he smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Shouldn't you be happy about your victory? Why do you look so betrayed?""Instructor Iger… You call that battle a victory?" Carl retorted in a low voice, his voice carrying deep dissatisfaction.Iger stopped in his tracks after hearing his reply. He turned around to look at Carl. "Why can't I call it a victory? The Zergs have a time limit of thirty minutes to attack Punk Fortress every time, and your mission was to guard the Fortress. As long as you didn't let the Zergs break into the Fortress within those thirty minutes, you could consider it your complete victory.""But we didn't kill all of the invading Zergs! We even let them kill so many of our soldiers…" Carl rebutted him, eyes widened in disbelief.

With Kyd stopping Carl from pursuing the matter, the latter had no choice but to give up finding out about how to learn close-combat battle skills.Kyd also ended their dialogue in satisfaction after getting Carl's assurance that he would work hard on mastering the Shooting-combating Skill, allowing him to go back to sleep.Carl and his friends were exhausted from their two battles earlier in the day. Even their War Spirit power had been depleted three to four times. The fatigue resulting from such depletion of power could not be eliminated so easily.By the time Iger finished his troublesome errands and returned to the dorm room, the sky was gradually turning dark."Huh? These kids are sure fast asleep." He chuckled after hearing the distinct snoring inside the room. He did not bother waking them up.When Carl woke up from his deep sleep the next day, he was surprised to find that John and Rio were sitting on their be

After a while, Carl finally reached the shooting range in Punk Fortress. Considering that the fort defense mission was still ongoing, he thought that there would not be many people at this hour.To his surprise, he walked right into a bustling scene that betrayed his expectations.Unlike the streets outside, the constant sound of bullets being fired filled the air. From the sound of it, at least a hundred people were training their marksmanship at the same time."Why is it so crowded… Back in Brightwood Camp, there was virtually no one at the shooting range…" Carl murmured as he walked deeper into the shooting range.It seemed that he had underestimated the importance of marksmanship to ordinary soldiers. These soldiers did not have powerful War Spirits to help them, after all.The only thing that they could rely on was their Kalin machine guns and an assortment of ammunition. That was their only assurance against the

"I'll go first!" Carl shouted angrily. He was confident in his Snap Shooting-combating Skill. He did not think that he would lose to an ordinary soldier like Drizzt in this shooting range."I swear on my dignity and several months of tough training that I'll defeat Drizzt here!" he thought.Trevor sneered after hearing Carl's reply. He nodded, agreeing to Carl's request.Drizzt walked over to them. The crowd had emptied two booths for them. Drizzt smiled at Carl and said, "You can use your War Spirit weapon but you can still only use 20 bullets!""I'll just use the most ordinary Korta gun…" Drizzt grabbed a Korta gun in a well-practiced movement and smiled at Carl.Carl snorted. Without wasting time, he stretched his right hand. With a burst of silver light, his War Spirit weapon, Massacre, appeared in front of everyone."What a good weapon!" Drizzt sighed emotionally after seeing his gun.The