Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 881 Storm and Cloud
The mountain eagle witnessed the capabilities of this so-called 'troll farm' for the first time...

The old men were supposed to rest at 8 p.m., but around midnight, Romanian social media platforms started to refresh with all sorts of true and false messages at high speed.

Over the past few days, various events that have occurred throughout Romania have been packaged in a conspiracy-like manner and released on social media platforms.

A mastermind connected a series of seemingly unrelated events, such as a car accident, a downtown attack, a suburban fire, protests, and the former prime minister's suicide and hospitalization, to form a conspiracy to overthrow the Romanian regime.

Then, two groups began to clash online over this conspiracy, releasing various so-called evidence and attempting to humiliate the Romanians.

This is a very clever strategy...

Because when an issue is discussed intensely, the truth or falsehood of the matter is sometimes overlooked, and in the end, only right and wrong remain!
The more heated the discussion gets at this point, the more real the story becomes!

This is especially true in Europe, a region where binary oppositions are prevalent...

The troll farm used countless alt accounts to spread ideologizing, which then spurred a large ideologizing community within Romania to engage in online debates.

When the Edward Foundation was thrown into the fray as the villains, Mountain Eagle knew the cyber battle was starting to take effect.

A slight disturbance occurred among the protesters who had surrounded the city hall and were preparing for an all-night demonstration…

When Shan Ying worked for a state-owned enterprise, he participated in many bidding activities, sometimes as the client and sometimes as the contractor. He witnessed all sorts of bizarre and underhanded tactics...

However, he had only heard of this level of network manipulation by troll farms before, but this was the first time he had witnessed it firsthand.

It remains to be seen how much of an effect this will have in practice, but it has certainly stirred up the current situation in Bucharest.

If the online buzz remains this high over the next two days, then unless the current ruling party in Romania is completely incompetent, they should seize the opportunity to launch a counterattack.

The Ravi family members and gunmen inside the Radisson Hotel were their bargaining chips for retaliation...

At this point, the facts no longer matter. It would be best if the people inside the Radisson Hotel died, but it doesn't matter if they live or die. I will give whatever my supporters believe.

This was the first time Mountain Eagle had participated in something like this, and he found himself getting a little carried away as he watched...

The feeling of manipulating public opinion and emotions was really interesting. To this end, he even used his identity as the client to video call the people at the troll farm and discussed information dissemination strategies with them, and even made some suggestions.

When the old men woke up from their rest, it was already two in the morning...

The deer watched as the mountain eagle and the blood fox sat in front of the computer, discussing something he couldn't understand with great enthusiasm...

The old man walked over and patted the mountain eagle on the shoulder, saying, "It's about time!"

Mountain Eagle paused for a moment, said goodbye to a very effeminate-looking Russian on the other end of the video call, and then energetically took out the weapons he had previously gone out to 'purchase'...

He pulled open two large bags, revealing a full set of combat uniforms, a tactical bulletproof vest, various silenced weapons, and subsonic ammunition...

Mountain Eagle was the first to put on his bulletproof vest and helmet, then picked up his VSS and checked it, before starting to attach various auxiliary accessories to his body...

Elk exchanged glances with the others, then bent down and picked up a Russian-made large-caliber silenced sniper rifle, the VSSK...

With its 12.7mm caliber and 600-meter range, this gun can provide strong cover for moose on the perimeter.

The VSSK is essentially an upgraded version of the VSS used by the Mountain Eagle. Not only are the caliber and power increased, but the same integrated suppressor, combined with special subsonic ammunition, minimizes the gun's firing sound to a level that is difficult to detect unless you are listening carefully, even from hundreds of meters away or through a wall.

Instead of opting for the full gear of a mountain eagle, the moose wore a relatively lightweight tactical vest that it had used during the day, and it also didn't wear a helmet.

Seeing that Mountain Eagle seemed to want to say something, the old man waved his hand and said, "You're not going to let me, a sniper, rush into the hotel with you. You only have me as your sniper for cover. I want to run faster."

Mountain Eagle glanced at the elk's protruding beer belly, nodded slightly, and said, "Then you and Blood Fox stay on the perimeter to provide support for us. I parked a car by the roadside earlier; you guys figure out the specifics..."

The bunch of old fogies didn't even need the mountain eagle to tell them where they were; they knew exactly where they were...

Eddie and Camel were to join the raid as Mountain Eagle's partners, so they chose the same body armor and HK416D rifles as Mountain Eagle, the short-barreled version with a suppressor commonly used by SEAL Team Six, along with subsonic ammunition...

After preparing his assault rifle, Eddie selected a P226 pistol, holstered it in his thigh holster, and then defiantly raised his chin at the camel, saying, "Can you still handle this?"

Camel casually picked up a CZ75, the same model as the Mountain Eagle's, put it in its holster, nodded, and said, "I couldn't be better now!"

As he spoke, Camel put on a tactical waist belt, then looked at Mountain Eagle seriously and said, "Mountain Eagle, are you sure the Romanians won't cause us any trouble, right?"

The mountain eagle, who was helping the elk adjust his advanced equipment, paused for a moment, then nodded and smiled, saying, "At least the people in power won't cause us any trouble; at most, they'll just make a show of pursuing us."

Camel nodded, reached into his ammunition bag and took out a few grenades, which he then hung on his body. At the same time, he stuffed two gas grenades into the pouch on his waist and hung a small gas mask on his waist as well.

"Then let's make it a bit bigger..."

Mountain Eagle glanced at the camel's equipment and nodded slightly... The old guy's so-called 'grand scene' was just a lot of dead people, which was not the same as the 'grand scene' he imagined.

As long as heavy weapons are not used and innocent civilians are not harmed, the Mountain Eagles don't care!

Bucharest is a core European international city, and using heavy weapons in someone else's capital is asking for trouble because the nature of the situation is different.

This is why, since arriving here, Mountain Eagle has consistently used small-caliber rifles and has kept its switchblade suicide drones and spearhead missiles hidden.

After confirming that everyone's equipment was in order, Mountain Eagle packed up the remaining items, waved his hand, and said, "Let's go. Blood Fox and Elk will be one team, with their equipment, to meet us on the outskirts..."

Eddie, Camel, and I went to the hotel, where authorities were waiting to cooperate with us. But as Camel said, we couldn't trust them 100%, so once the attack succeeded, we had to leave immediately.

The other party booked four executive suites on the top floor of the Radisson Hotel and arranged security guards at the elevator entrance. Although I don't know why they were so arrogant, it did make it easier for us to carry out our actions.

There are 19 of them. We need to move in and out quickly, and finish the battle within 15 minutes if possible…

At crucial moments like these, the mountain eagle always displays a remarkable confidence...

Eddie and Camel exchanged a glance and said with a smile, "You're older, so don't hold us back."

The camel rolled its old eyes, picked up a huge black hooded cloak and put it on, pulling the hood up to cover its helmet...

He then opened the apartment door and tilted his head to look at the mountain eagle, saying, "Let's hurry up, I can still take a nap in the car later."

"Are you sure you don't want prisoners, right?"

Mountain Eagle nodded slightly and said, "If it's easy, grab their leader and take him away, but if it's troublesome, then forget it."

When I say "easy," I mean something as easy as closing a door or turning off a light—it shouldn't feel forced or forced.

The camel grinned and muttered as it walked, "Ten minutes it is then. Taking too long will make us look too old..."

The mountain eagle found the old man's confidence somewhat amusing. He exchanged a glance with Eddie, grabbed a cloak, and followed him out.

The apartment is located next to the famous Temple of Athena in Romania. Turn right and walk 500 meters across the intersection to reach the Radisson Blu Hotel.

However, they couldn't just swagger in through the main entrance, so they chose to take a detour via a side road, which took them nearly 20 minutes to reach the west entrance of the Radisson Hotel.

The three of them moved like ghosts in the shadows of the building, and soon arrived at the staff entrance on the side of the hotel's main building.

The hotel's first floor is about one meter above ground level, so there is a platform and a gentle slope at the staff entrance, which makes it easy to deliver goods into the hotel using trolleys.

Just as Mountain Eagle and his team were about to arrive, two hotel staff members in uniforms came out of the room with lighters in their hands...

Mountain Eagle gestured for them to stop, and the three of them moved with extremely slow and gentle steps into the shadows of the wall.

The darkness of the early morning, combined with the shadows cast by the building, prevented the two nearby waiters from noticing their presence.

Mountain Eagle pressed himself against the wall, watching two waiters standing on the platform, smoking with their backs to him. He slowly took out a phone, quickly typed a message, and sent it.

Two minutes later, the door to the employee entrance was pushed open again, and a middle-aged man in a supervisor's uniform whispered a few words of scolding to the two young men, telling them to return to their work stations immediately.

After they all left, Mountain Eagle raised his hand and gestured, then went to the entrance gate first. After waiting for about ten seconds, he gently knocked on the door...

"Sizzle...click..."

With two soft clicks, the electronically locked door opened from the inside...

Inside the door, a man wearing a trench coat with the collar turned up high, obscuring his chin and mouth, paused for a moment upon seeing Mountain Eagle, then handed him an electronic card and whispered, "Take the emergency staircase. Your target is on the 9th floor..."

The 9th floor is the executive suite area, where the electrical circuit has been specially modified to use an independent line, and the distribution box is located on the side of the rooftop exit.

The executive suite area is equipped with emergency lights that will turn on within 15 seconds if the main power is cut off.

The other party deliberately obstructed the corridor surveillance cameras, but according to the surveillance footage from the first floor and elevator, there are currently 19 of them. We cannot determine whether they have weapons or not…

Romanian intelligence agents will arrive here in 30 minutes after receiving a tip. You have only 30 minutes to complete the mission.

After listening to the brief but well-organized report, Mountain Eagle nodded approvingly and said, "Thank you. You can leave now. We'll take care of the people upstairs..."

As he spoke, Mountain Eagle entered and tried his electronic card, successfully opening a security door. Before entering the emergency staircase, he glanced back at the man, casually handing him a business card and whispering, "My name is Mountain Eagle. You look like an intelligence agent..."

If you want to change jobs in the future, you can give me a call!

(End of this chapter)