Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 882 A Silent Slaughter

As they went upstairs, Camel took the lead, while Eddie, who was bringing up the rear, followed quietly with his HK416D, asking in a low voice, "Why did you give your business card to that guy?"

As the mountain eagle passed the safety door on the second floor, he quickly peeked through the glass, then swiftly ducked to avoid the area enclosed by the glass...

After catching up with the camel, which was starting to pick up speed, Mountain Eagle looked back at Eddie and said, "My identity isn't a secret to the Romanian side."

How could we possibly rebuild the Arctic Fox Mercenary Group on our own?

We need some experienced guys who can do the preliminary work...

That guy was pretty good. Although his briefing was short, he found all the information that could be found in a short time, and even noticed the problem with the circuit on the 9th floor.

He must be an agent of the Romanian intelligence agency, and he certainly has some connections in that field.

Blood Fox is getting old; he can't keep doing frontline missions forever. Arctic Fox needs someone to fill that gap.

Eddie followed closely behind Mountain Eagle and whispered, "You don't even know him..."

Why do I need to know him?

Mountain Eagle said with a chuckle, "I'm just offering him a job opportunity. Whether he's willing to do it, and whether he's even capable of handling it, is another matter."

Dude, you need to change your old ways of thinking. We need to broaden our horizons and not be so rigid in our criteria for hiring.

First, we need to bring in the people we deem suitable, and then gradually adjust and screen them, placing the right people in the right positions to quickly build up our fighting capacity.

Eddie didn't quite approve of Mountain Eagle's hasty attitude, but this time he didn't question Mountain Eagle's choice. Instead, he nodded and said, "Okay, you're the boss now. You're in charge of Arctic Fox. This retired old man will just be your assistant."

However, we agreed that the personnel on the perimeter of Arctic Fox can be adjusted as needed, but the combat team must adhere to our old traditions…”

Mountain Eagle kept his attention focused on the upper floor. As he went upstairs, he whispered, "When mercenaries fight, of course they want people they absolutely trust by their side. But that's the business of the front-line teams. It has nothing to do with an old codger like you."

Just as Eddie was about to speak, the camel at the front made a stop gesture, then pointed to the emergency stairwell exit on the ninth floor and made several tactical hand signals...

"Two people at the door..."

At this moment, the mountain eagle was alighting on the corner platform of the stairs below the safety door. Because there were lights in the corridor on the ninth floor, the light and shadow of people walking around would shine through the window of the safety door.

Using the ultrasonic detection provided by Jin Chan, Shan Ying quickly figured out the situation in the corridor and even gained a general understanding of the conditions inside the ninth floor...

With the boom mic near his Adam's apple, the mountain eagle gestured to the camels to wait, then hugged the wall as he climbed the stairs to the side of the safety door.

Focusing his attention on the ultrasonic images sent back by the cicada, he then controlled a crow to crash against the glass railing of the terrace at the end of the right corridor...

A soft "bang" sounded...

The moment the two armed guards at the security door turned their attention to the terrace, Mountain Eagle crouched low and, like a ghost, darted up the stairs leading to the roof, clinging to the shadows of the staircase...

By the time the two guards inside the security door drew their attention back, Mountain Eagle had already reached the rooftop exit.

The rooftop exit is a somewhat old-fashioned safety door, which appears somewhat weathered, likely due to exposure to wind and sun.

The eagle pulled a can of lubricant from its waistband pocket, sprayed it a few times on the security door hinges, waited a few seconds, and then the crow slammed into the glass railing of the terrace again…

The two consecutive crows visibly made the two guards nervous, and one of them went up to the terrace, leaned over the glass railing, and looked down.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Mountain Eagle swiped his electronic access card on the sensor by the door...

With a soft "click," the mountain eagle gently pulled open the safety door, and when the door was about 40 centimeters open, it slipped into the rooftop.

Following the directions given by the Romanian agent, Mountain Eagle quickly located the dedicated electrical distribution box on the ninth floor. He easily opened the box with a small tool and then attached a fingernail-sized C4 along with a miniature detonator to the power fuse.

After finishing, Mountain Eagle glanced at his watch on the inside of his wrist, then turned and quietly retreated into the emergency staircase. He silently descended to the corner of the stairs, crouched in the darkness, and raised his VSS, staring down at the glass of the emergency door...

At this moment, Camel and Eddie also pressed themselves against the wall, approaching the safety door...

Seeing the camel make a gesture towards him, the mountain eagle nodded slightly, took a coin out of his pocket, stood it upright on the ground, and then gently pushed it so that it rolled down the stairs...

"Ding ding ding..."

The coin made a series of crisp sounds in the quiet stairwell, hitting the safety door before slowly coming to a stop.

The security access control system for the emergency exits is designed so that, except for the security door on the first floor which can be opened from inside the stairwell, all other floors are one-way without an access card.

This passageway was designed to facilitate the evacuation of hotel guests, and it also protects the privacy of hotel guests by preventing anyone from using the emergency staircase to access other floors.

So it can be easily opened from any floor inside, but once inside the stairwell, you can't go to other floors without an access card.

As the coin struck the security door, the two security guards inside heard the noise, decisively turned around, and raised their guns. One of the gunmen, pressed against the wall, slowly pushed open the security door with one hand, while the other stood about a meter away, maintaining a safe distance and ready to fire immediately in case of any situation… The lighting inside the security staircase required someone to touch it to turn on, and the human eye needs time to adjust when transitioning from light to darkness…

Just as the gunman, who was pushing open the door, winked at his accomplice to let him go in and check, a soft explosion came from the rooftop, and then the lights on the ninth floor went out instantly...

The camel that had been crouching on the stairs by the door, and the eagle above the stairs, both fired their guns simultaneously...

"Papa, papa..."

"Da da, da da..."

To be on the safe side, the two men fired two shots in quick succession. After the bullets hit the gunmen's chests, they took advantage of the moment when their bodies stiffened and fired two more shots into their heads at the same time.

As the two opened fire, Eddie rushed up the stairs, bracing his body against the slowly closing emergency exit, and reached out to pull up two collapsing corpses...

The carpet muffled most of the sounds from the body, but the earlier gunshots and the sudden power outage alerted the two guards at the other end of the corridor, while someone in the suite opened the door to check on the situation.

After pulling up the two corpses, Eddie quickly lay down on the carpet in the hallway and decisively pulled the trigger...

"Slap, slap, slap"

The bullets accurately struck the heads of two security guards across the corridor who were trying to come over to check the situation. Then, a guy who opened a door and peeked out was shot in the temple, groaned, and fell forward...

Meanwhile, Camel and Eagle glided into the corridor, with Eddie providing cover. The two assumed a tactical stance and began a rapid advance. At this point, most of the people in the executive suite were still unaware of what was happening.
It was already 2:40 a.m., and most of the people except for those changing shifts were asleep.

The silenced weapon bought Mountain Eagle and his team some time, but the noise from the person who had been peeking out to check the situation falling to the ground still alerted the others in the room...

Just as the camel and the eagle approached the room, two gunmen with pistols rushed to the door to check the situation...

"Da da, da da..."

The mountain eagle, positioned behind the camel, repeatedly pulled the trigger to suppress the two gunmen, after which the camel quickly took over and finished them off...

At that moment, the emergency lights in the hallway suddenly flickered on, and the last person in that room was awakened by the noise outside the door. Just as he jumped up to grab his gun and find cover, Camel, who had rushed into the room, shot him in the heart.

There are four executive suites on the 9th floor. The suites are quite spacious and luxuriously decorated, so the soundproofing is also excellent.

However, firing at such close range, no matter how effective the silencer was, still alerted the people in the next room. Someone got up, grabbed a gun, and went to the door to see what was happening outside.

The mountain eagle, who was guarding the corridor, noticed the commotion in the next room immediately. After meeting up with Eddie, he quickly went to the door of that room...

The gunman inside the room stood in front of the peephole and looked out for a few seconds. Finding nothing amiss, he reached out and pressed the light switch by the door. When there was no response, he glanced back at his three armed accomplices, then slowly opened the door...

Just as he was about to peek out to check, a bullet entered his temple...

"tread……"

Holding a Luger silenced pistol, Mountain Eagle pulled the trigger, instantly rendering the man immobile. Then, he grabbed the man by the collar with one hand, lifted him up, and dragged him outside like a toy…

By the dim emergency lights in the corridor, the people inside the room saw their companions floating towards the door with their feet dangling in the air.

This terrifying scene would send chills down anyone's spine!

Just as they were momentarily stunned, the corpse suddenly floated backwards into the room, and just as one of them was about to shout, several bullets were fired from beside the corpse...

Mountain Eagle grabbed the corpse by the neck and lifted him up, resting the Luger silenced pistol on the corpse's shoulder.

Eddie's shoulder was pressed against the corpse's abdomen, and the muzzle of the HK416D gun protruded from the corpse's waist...

"Clap clap, clap clap, clap clap..."

"Tap tap, tap tap, tap tap..."

The three guys inside the room, who hadn't even had time to put on bulletproof vests, didn't even have a chance to fight back...

Their attention was drawn to their companion's hanging corpse, and then Eagle and Eddie used the corpse as cover to launch a high-quality indoor assault.

There are no fancy footwork or tactical maneuvers; it's all about speed, speed and precision, dismantling the enemy's mobility before they can react.

As the mountain eagle rushed into the room carrying the corpse, replaced Luger's magazine, and finished off the body on the floor, the camel, who had just finished checking the next room, arrived at the door...

Nineteen people, four guards in the corridor, four in the first room, and four in the second room. In less than a minute, they had taken care of twelve of them. Meanwhile, in the other two rooms, only someone in the next room noticed the commotion and got up to turn on the light to check the situation…

Mountain Eagle put away Luger, led his men to the door of the room where someone had gotten up, and swiped his access card on the door...

(End of this chapter)