(So any updates on the raid?)

(PRINTING STATUS: UNKNOWN, LOCAL SYSTEMS DOWN, DRONES OFFLINE.)

(Wait what? That's not supposed to be possible.. Mobilize a full response team, scramble the jug too.)

(ORDER CONFIRMED, TASKING QRF WITH AUTHENTICATION BLACK, Y/N?)

(Yeah, shoot to kill. They have been avoiding us skillfully so far but if they start getting shot at they're bound to make some mistakes…. Just avoid headshots, we want salvage for intel if possible.)

(AUTHENTICATION CONFIRMED, TASKING QRF RESPONSE TEAM FOR BLACK OPS: TERMINATING PACKING ORBIT, COMMUNICATION OFFLINE DOING REENTRY.)

Having finished up his current business by a.s.signing a drone force to raid a suspected spyring, Dax lead his students and entered the auditorium he had rented for the culinary exam, then time seemed to freeze. Pus.h.i.+ng the door open Dax realized there was something wrong as his cybernetic eye lit up and confirmed his suspicion.

"HOSTILES! CONTACT FRONT!"

Taking a half step backwards Dax drew his Rex-7 high caliber pistol, before quickly emptying the 8 shots in the magazine into the door directly in front of him while he tore off his eyepatch. 

"Mare!"

Completely ignoring the chaos he created Dax shouted at Mare to get her attention while he reloaded his pistol.

"Ready!?"

"Ready!"

Feeling Mare's hand on his shoulder Dax kicked open the st.u.r.dy wooden door immediately in front of him, completely shattering it apart as he breached the lecture hall as he emptied another clip of his pistol.

"... Clear. Lux get your a.s.s over here now."

"Dax what is going o!- HIIII!!"

Anna being the unfortunate first person after Dax and Mare to enter the lecture hall saw what Dax had targeted, making her immediately feel the buildup of saliva and gastric acid as she let out a scream that was only cut short by her need to puke. While Anna emptied her stomach contents on the floor Mai nervously entered the lecture hall, immediately turning pale as she saw what had made Anna puke. On the floor in front of Dax, about in the middle of the empty lecture hall laid two copses in a puddle of their own blood. The copses had been shot multiple times as Dax had shot each of them once in their arms and legs before he breached and emptied his second magazine into their heads, making it completely impossible to identify them.

"What did y-"

"I have no obligation to tell you. The exam is canceled, clear out please!"

Shutting down Mai immediately Dax called out to the curious students to clear out as he turned his back to Andrew and his friends copse, starting work on crowd control as he grilled ICI about how they had managed to enter the academy and slip through the defences. Dax didn't feel bad about having killed them, if anything he believed they should have taken the chance at living first offered to them and leave the country.

".. Anna are you okay?"

While most of the students cleared out without any issues Anaa still remained behind, and not by her own will by the looks of it as she had a hard time standing up after having emptied her stomach.

"I-I'm obviously not, how are you fine with this!?"

Quite fl.u.s.tered the n.o.ble woman lashed out at Mare that was trying to help her, but of course Mare didn't realize she was being chastised and simply answered honestly.

"... Because they would have done the same thing to us given the chance? Hostiles are called that for a reason."

"T-that's-"

"Besides if Dax or Lux says someone needs to die, they need to die… That's all there is to it, or at least that's what I believe."

To begin with Mare never really had much of a moral compa.s.s. Having been taken from her people as a slave before she was even old enough to ask about right and wrong Mare quickly learned how to survive, without consideration for anyone. After she got sold to become a gladiator in Rochdale her ruthlessness only got worse, but after Lux rescued her she had spent her free time teaching the beastkin about right and wrong. 

(She really is growing up..)

Seeing how Mare handled Anna a small smile crept onto Dax's face, but immediately disappeared when he heard something behind him moving around.

"What the f.u.c.k?"

Looking back at the two copses the qiton frowned when he saw that they both started standing up once more, even as neither of them had an intact brain to command their bodies.

"Lux reroute to the armory, we need incendiaries."

Speaking in a relaxed manner Dax started to completely destroy the undead's limbs while maintaining his distance. The students that witnessed what could only be described as walking dead had the correct reaction to such an event, panic.

"HIIII!!!"

"Zombie!"

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"RUN AWAY!"

While most of them ran away without any encouragement a few froze in place due to sheer fear, creating a problem for Dax.

"Mare clear out the civ's, get them to safety!"

"Got it!"

Quickly getting low on ammo Dax learned that the creatures in front of him could somehow still walk on their legs after he had physically separated them from their bodies, making him even more moody. 

(This is certainly new…. Lux where the f.u.c.k are you? I'm almost bingo on ammo.)

("Almost at the amory, stand by.")

Getting a response as he fired the last bullet into the skull of the closet walking copse Dax holstered his pistol and got ready for a melee as he checked up on Mare.

"Mare! Status please!.... MARE!?"

Not getting a response Dax shouted louder for her to respond as he wasn't stupid enough to turn his eyes away from an unknown treat, but not picking up any response, or sound at all from behind him where serval students had been screaming for a while Dax upped his alertness.

"No mercy huh?"

That's when Andrew spoke up, or his copse at least did. Standing on legs there was no longer connected to his body and speaking through a shattered mouth while what remained of his brain laid splattered a few meters behind the creature in front of Dax still managed to talk.

"That works for us too, goodbye."

As the copse undoubtedly started smiling multiple runic formations suddenly became visible all over its tattered and broken body, all while ICI warned Dax about a surging energy signature originating from the possessed corpses in front of him.

"f.u.c.k! VBIED!!"