Kill the Sun - Chapter 588

Chapter 588 – First Kills

Cynthia stopped in the middle of the ground floor of the building.

In front of her were three doors leading into Extractor shafts, while to her side were two doors leading to staircases.

One of the biggest weaknesses of the building was that these were the only ways to move floors, making it easier to guard them.

Although, that could also be considered a strength since the enemy only needed to guard this area to hold off all invasions.

Cynthia eyed all of the doors, while Steve charged through one door after the other, checking through all of the rooms.

Steve kicked in all the doors, inspected the rooms, and left again.

Whenever he checked a room, he used his Barrier to scan for signs of any Barriers.

If it felt any other Barrier inside the room, it would send an alarm to Steve.

When Steve kicked in a door, his insides seemingly constricted in nervousness.

He knew that he had to kill people today, but he was still hoping that he wouldn't find any powerful person.

Bang!

Steve kicked in another door.

DIIING!

Steve's Barrier warned him, and he immediately focused on the back of the room.

There was a person at the back of the room, but to Steve's highly trained senses, they were moving extremely slowly.

In an instant, Steve arrived in front of the person.

The person froze.

Veterans had an acute sense for Zephyx, and they could somewhat estimate the power of another Extractor based on the density of Zephyx they felt.

These senses couldn't pinpoint someone's exact level, but they were precise enough to tell them that the other person was either so weak that they were not a threat or so strong that fighting was meaningless.

And, right now, the person felt that Steve was so strong that they couldn't even attempt fighting.

So, the person immediately threw up their arms in surrender.

Steve grabbed the person's arm, ran out of the room, and threw them towards the exit. "Surrender to the guards! Wait for further instructions!" he shouted.

At that moment, the person felt a wave of relief wash over them, but they quickly followed Steve's order and came out of the building with their hands raised.

The guards quickly took the person into custody.

This was only a Mid Veteran.

Steve was a Late Expert.

Steve continued opening doors.

BANG!

Suddenly, one of the doors to the stairwell exploded, its splinters hitting the surrounding walls.

At the same time, thick purple fog flooded the first floor, making it difficult to see anything.

Immediately, Cynthia's Barrier activated, and an image was overlayed.

Her Barrier showed her people rushing out of the stairwell.

Cynthia felt her heart beating in her ears.

The enemy!

This was the enemy!

She had to stop them!

She shot at the first person.

BANG!

But hit the wall behind them.

She had missed.

Next, Cynthia saw the silhouette of the person turning towards her.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Bullets scattered around Cynthia, and a couple of them even hit her Barrier.

At that point, Cynthia panicked.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

"Good! Advance!" Steve ordered.

Mendor put his rifle away and jumped over the wall.

He landed in front of the main entrance and entered.

When Mendor saw the staircases and Extractor shafts, he laid down and pulled out his rifle.

This building was hard enough to resist the power of Mid Experts, which meant that the vast majority of people could only change floors via windows, staircases, or shafts.

Naturally, if they broke through the windows, the city guards would take care of them.

Steve had secured the entire floor, which meant that the enemies could only be on the other floors now.

This meant that Mendor would not get ambushed.

Only the Chief Zephyx Extractor and the rogue Fanatic could break through the floors and walls.

While Mendor waited here, Steve and Cynthia charged into the Extractor shaft to go to the next floor.

As soon as Steve entered the Extractor shaft, he saw several people aiming their guns at him.

Steve narrowed his eyes and jumped upward.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The people unleashed a hail of bullets, but none of them were fast enough to hit Steve, who was over three levels stronger than the strongest of the ambushers.

BANG!

Steve broke the Barrier of the first person, grabbed them, and threw them at the ground of the Extractor shaft.

This was only an Initial Veteran, which meant that they were not minions.

They didn't have to die.

Steve quickly reached the next people and did the same to them.

After just two seconds, four people were thrown down.

BANG! BANG!

While Steve was looking for any more enemies, he heard gunshots from below him.

One of the Veterans had somehow recovered some Zephyx and was shooting at someone outside the Extractor shaft.

BANG!

And then, their head exploded.

When Steve saw that, his insides churned.

They had attacked him, but since he didn't have the guts to kill them, he had just incapacitated them.

'I'm a failure!' he shouted at himself.

They had attacked him, but since he didn't have the guts to kill them, he had just incapacitated them.

And because of that decision, they were attacking his teammate, Cynthia, which forced her to kill them!

It was his job to kill them!

But due to his weakness and insecurity, he had put another life on Cynthia's conscience.

Steve gritted his teeth and jumped down.

CRKSH!

He landed on top of the people and cut all their heads off with his rapiers.

He had already messed up and forced Cynthia to do his work for him.

He would not do so again!

Steve looked out of the door and looked at Cynthia.

She nodded at him.

He nodded back.

Then, Steve jumped upward again and entered the second floor.

A moment later, Cynthia entered as well and joined him.

As Mendor kept watch over the staircase and shafts, he heard more shots.

Cynthia and Steve were fighting on the other floors.

BANG!

And then, the floor below him exploded, and his Barrier activated.