Path to Becoming the Greatest Space Mercenary

Chapter 376 - 376 Urs Vs a Power Armor Squad

While Clarien's and Rook's forces had been trying to maintain their cover at first, now that things had escalated to the point that they were firing missiles in the street, that was no longer an option.The Alliance Police were undoubtably going to be aware of them now, but it would take them far more time than normal to prepare a suitable response in light of the current situation.

Most of their units had left the station to join the battle against the pirates, so only the bare minimum needed to maintain normal order had remained behind.

With the number of troops that Rook and Clarien had at their disposal, a few patrol vehicles were not going to cut it. The Alliance Police would need to muster most of their current strength to suppress them.

"The power armor squad has arrived. Considering their abilities, they should be able to clean this up quickly." Clarien said, monitoring the operation from the bridge of his ship.

"I don't understand why I don't just head out any deal with this myself. That old man looks like he'd be fun to fight. And while I'm beating him down, the others could easily retrieve the targets."

On the viewscreen connected to Rook, Clarien could clearly see that his partner was itching to get out there.

He was in charge of the strike team that had infiltrated the station, but his position was as a commander. Clarien had stressed that he should only personally join the attack if it was absolutely necessary.

"We don't even know if Urs Orso is still alive. One of our squads just rained micro missiles down on him. I'd be surprised if he is in any shape to fight even if he survived. There's no reason to risk you going out there. The Alliance Police have already been slowing us down with their patrols and checks, but now we have to expect a concentrated attack eventually. There's a good chance that we're going to lose a large portion of our soldiers. I don't want you to be among them." Clarien said, trying to dissuade his partner from leaving his position.

"That won't have been anywhere near enough to take down a guy like him. You're underestimating the strength that one person can have. We're fighting the man that trained the boy that brought down your ship with a mere group of three. He's probably at least as good if not better. So should the power armor squad not be able to stop him, I'll be going out there personally to deal with him."

There was a vicious grin on Rook's face and Clarien could tell that this was the most that he was willing to compromise.

'He's always been like this. Never content sitting back and just giving orders. Just because he's the strongest, why does he feel the need to join every battle?' Clarien thought, hoping that their struggles against Urs would soon be brought to an end.

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Feeling himself buried under a pile of rubble, Urs quickly checked his body by flexing his muscles and moving slightly to make sure that he was not injured.

"Just a few cuts and bruises. Nothing to worry about." He mumbled as he put strength into his back and legs.

Despite there being several hundred kilograms of debris on top of him, he easily pushed the chucks of concrete off of himself.

With a quick glance upwards, he saw where one of the micro missiles had hit the side of the building towering over him to his right.

It was the explosion from that missile that had sent chucks of rubble falling towards him that ended up burying him.

Still, considering the scale of the attack against him, he had gotten out without suffering much damage.

As Urs was assessing the condition of his equipment, his keen ears picked up the sound of heavy footfalls coming in his direction.ic pulse grenade Urs had deployed.

The people wearing power armor that were airborne quickly began plummeting back to the ground as their propulsion devices stopped working, and the others found their armor moving far too slowly to their commands.

"I bet you all feel like your trapped in a bunch of cans now. But that's one of the weaknesses of power armor. Especially the model that you're all using. It doesn't have sufficient shielding against electromagnetic attacks." Urs said, confidently while strolling forward.