Chapter 188

When Carlo heard what Specter said he was now really confused . He wasn't sure if Specter was lying or if Oliver was the one lying . Both seem to believe what they say was true .

Well at the moment it didn't matter what he thought, and also they had a time limit before Reghinald's soldiers would show up . Carlo proceeded to signal Dan and the others on what to do .

"Sorry Specter I want to talk more, but we have a schedule to keep . " Carlo aimed his gun at Specter and shot him in the chest . Specter who was. .h.i.t dead center wasn't even fazed . The black suit he was wearing was as Carlo thought bulletproof . Still, Carlo continued to shoot at the same spot .

Specter who got shot finally moved his body . He dashed at Carlo but when he did so, he noticed that Michel was now carrying Reghinald and was running away . Specter out of nowhere now held a throwing knife and threw it at Michel .

The knife was intercepted by a sword blocking its path . Seeing this Specter out of nowhere summoned more knives to throw . The more he threw he somehow got faster . Ryu who was blocking the knives wasn't able to keep up and let some through, fortunately, Dan was able to catch the ones that got past him .

When Specter was about to summon more knives to throw, he suddenly ducked . Carlo's whip sword sliced through the air . Specter then rolled on the ground as Carlo kept on shooting him . He then pushed himself upward only to be greeted by a fist, from Dan .

Before the fist was able to make contact with Specter, another object came in between the two of them and it was a s.h.i.+eld . Same as the knives, Specter was able to summon a s.h.i.+eld this time . Carlo had no time to question how he did this, as they continued their attack .

They attacked Specter while slowly retreating towards the extraction point . It was an amazing spectacle the three of them were S ranked mercs and they were even considered as one of the strongest in Berdonia, but this one guy was able to keep up with them .

At some point, Dan even got into his RELEASE state, while Ryu finally used the hidden sword in his back . Though Carlo was already a handicapped person he was still able to fight somehow well enough to beat A rank mercs . Yet even with them taking this seriously, they weren't able to bring Specter down .

Instead, it felt like Specter was the one on the verge of beating them down . They couldn't do much because of the black s.h.i.+eld and armor . Even Dan who could pummel tanks with his fist wasn't able to penetrate through Specter's s.h.i.+eld .

Ryu on the other hand who was able to bypa.s.s the s.h.i.+eld wasn't able to cut deep enough to get through the armor . Though Specter had a few scratches here and there it wasn't able to slow him down . The scary part was the longer they fought the faster Specter seem to become .

This stalemate continued on until Carlo and his group arrived at the extraction point . The extraction point was a runway, and a cargo jet was there waiting for them . Michel and Reghinald were already inside .

Seeing as they were already far enough, and Carlo needed to distract Specter long enough to escape . He took out the wireless b.u.t.ton for the mini-explosives they set all throughout the enemy base . Carlo then signaled Dan and Ryu, after which he pressed the b.u.t.ton and a loud explosion was heard over the horizon . Since they were still pretty near the enemy base, they could feel the ground shaking .

This sudden explosion distracted Specter for a second or two, which was enough time for Carlo and his group to run towards the cargo jet . Dan picked up Carlo and run towards the cargo jet while carrying him .

When Michel saw that Carlo and his group were now a bit far away from Specter, she started to provide cover fire, for their escape . She couldn't do this awhile ago since the fight was fought in such high speeds that it was possible she might accidentally hit her allies . If it was Kyle who was here, he would've been able to provide appropriate cover fire . Yet Michel did the best she could given the situation .

Specter who was being bombarded by bullets was trying his hardest to follow Carlo . He now regretted holding back, because he wanted to ask more about the James Bourne, Carlo knew about . If he had decided to kill them from the start this wouldn't be happening .

Though the three of them were formidable fighters, their weapons weren't able to get through his defense . If he actually aimed for their vitals, Carlo would've been dead, while Ryu would have been gravely injured . The only problem would've been Dan, the body of that man was actually as hard as Specter's own defensive equipment . He wasn't even sure if Dan was human .

Specter could see that Carlo and his group were able to board the cargo jet, and were about to take off . Specter was helpless as he just watched the cargo jet flying away .

Specter saw the cargo jet slowly fading in the distance . He had failed a mission, it has been a long time since a Shadow Mercenary failed a mission . The last time was when James Bourne, the youngest of the group failed a mission and died in the process .

Specter took out his phone and called someone . "Mission failed . "

When the person from the other side of the phone heard what Specter said, he was a bit surprised .

"Was Carlo Samarita and his group really that good?"

"Yes . . . But more than that, Carlo claims that James Bourne is alive, and is friends with his son . " When the person on the other side of the phone heard this, he went silent . The shame of the Shadow Mercenaries was still alive . . . Only he the leader knew of the real reason James Bourne died . While the others only heard how James died, he was actually there when it happened .

"Did Carlo say anything about Phil and Margie?"

"No, why?" Specter was surprised that their leader would mention, Phil and Margie those traitors . This made Specter realize that there must be something more going on, about the death of James .

"Nothing . . . For now, return to HQ, we will have a proper discussion when you get back . "

"Roger that . " After saying this Specter hanged up .

"James . . . Are you really alive? If so, then why didn't you come back? Is there really something going on within the organization?" Specter had a lot of questions, and he knew the leader wouldn't answer them . It was obvious he was hiding something, there was also a possibility that the leader would order for his termination .

'If I go back, nothing might happen, but there is also a chance that I'll get killed . . . I already read up on Carlo, during the mission briefing so I'm sure he lives in Cromer city . If his son is truly friends with James, that would mean James is also in Cromer city . I guess I should head there for now . '

With a new goal in mind Specter headed towards Cromer City . Unaware of the situation, Alex and his group were about to face a crisis .