I have always believed that the trust between good brothers and good friends is sincere, but I was so naive! At least until that cunning guy betrayed us, betrayed everyone.

The mechanized armor that was falling from a hundred meters high has been completely damaged. I faintly heard Kurosu's urgent shout, "Hey, hold on, brother!"

Thanks to this armor, I was able to survive unscathed, but was all my effort in vain?

(Twelve hours ago)

"Bastard!" "Ah, ah, ah!"

Koiznov stabbed the tactical dagger into the flesh of his shoulder while cursing, "You selfish opportunist, do you remember what I told you when you joined the squad?"

"Hmph, so what!?" Unexpectedly, there is someone honorable among the thieves, "Don't think I will reveal any information that is beneficial to you, forget about it!"

"Oh... right, it's only natural for you, who came from the Allied forces, to serve the Allied forces!" Koiznov clapped approvingly, then his smile froze on his face as he gave the order.

"Take this tough guy who loves collective efforts and feed him something delicious... oh, right!" He stopped two soldiers who were taking him away so they could hear him finish speaking, "After eating, don't forget to take him to the dungeon for some exercise, give him a good digestion boost!"

Koiznov's face twisted in a sinister expression as he threatened. The chief of staff, who was intimidated after following him for so long, knew the colonel's temperament, so he resorted to intimidation as well.

"Don't act tough, by tomorrow you will all be dead!"

"Oh... is there anything else? Please tell me all at once."

"No... nothing," the chief of staff's eye twitched, he was starting to feel scared, "What do you want?"

"Nothing much, I just want to tell you - so are you!" Koiznov waved his hand and the soldiers pulled him down.

(July 2, 5:30 am)

The bay of Lafi seemed particularly calm today. When the sea breeze blew ashore, there wasn't a single person standing guard there, only a heavy metal gate tightly closed.

However, on the other side of the gate...

Click, click, click, click... armament deployment complete, system rebooting!

More than thirty mech warriors appeared in the tunnel of the harbor gate, their heavy armor forming a defensive wall. Water-cooled heavy machine guns aimed at the closed gate, entering a state of alert in advance.

Before this, Koiznov had given an important order.

"Third Vanguard, listen to my command, raise the dam on both coasts and completely block the North Sea port, the only entry point to the Lafi camp!"

Level one alert air defense system is operational... deployment of ground-to-air railgun complete!

"Report," a man's voice came through the radio, "one hundred medium-sized drones have entered the patrol zone!"

"Perfect, prepare to welcome Vickerch and his lackeys," Koiznov's eyes glinted with menace, "and his lapdogs!"

Koiznov was right, the defense was indeed strong enough for this purpose, but since Vickerch wanted to eradicate him, he must have some understanding of the forces here.

Bang, bang, bang!!

"Please contact your commander to open the gate, we are Ilyana mercenaries, codename 'Scattered Eagle'!"

"Please wait... verification passed, but you still can't go through!"

"Why? The soldiers outside this large metal door seem to be in a hurry," our travel permits are definitely not forged!"

"Of course, my friend. If they were fake documents, you would have already been having breakfast with sharks. However, the target is on the premise of fair trade. Our commander, Colonel Koiznov, hopes to first show the bounty as a condition. And behind the bulletproof barrier, he will let Marshal Vickerch himself inspect the goods on the camera!"

Under the protection of a three-meter-tall mech warrior, Yuka placed herself two hundred meters away from the main gate

"Zikakaka!"

"Ah--!!"

"It's me," I opened the closed armor with a smile and placed the water-cooled heavy machine gun I was holding on the edge of the bulletproof barrier. "Feeling nervous or a little scared?"

Youxiang gave me a big smile and firmly said, "Not afraid!"

Although she was trying to be brave, her trembling legs on the deck gave away her fear.

"If you want to be intimate, you'll have to wait until we're outside!"

Another armor also stopped on Youxiang's deck, and this lascivious voice belonged to Yuanhui.

"Oh, so it's Yuanhui!" I exclaimed.

"What do you mean?!" Yuanhui angrily took off the armor and said discontentedly, "A handsome gentleman like me is always jealous by little flowers like you, I can understand that!"

Ugh, that's really disgusting!

"The Marshal is calling, he said he's willing to accept your request for inspection!"

"Oh? That's great... Officer, let's activate the nano-space screen now."

"I, Colonel Koisnov, solemnly announce that we have permission to open the doors for inspection!"

"Wait, Officer!"

At this moment, a young man with a golden crew cut who was in his twenties but bold enough to advise Koisnov logically.

"For safety reasons, let's deploy the nano-transparency screen first, okay?"

Under the persuasion of his close bodyguard, reluctantly, Koisnov followed his suggestion. While commanding his soldiers to deploy the nano-space screen on the gate, he smiled provocatively at me.

The concession made by the other party made Koisnov exhilarated, and he raised his hand in victory gesture shouting, "See that, you little brat!"

"Brothers, prepare to receive what we deserve, let's... retreat! Retreat!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

Three loud sounds were heard, especially the last one, which instantly turned the seemingly solid iron gate into dust under the explosion of the armor outside.

"Fire!" Koisnov, who had no protective measures, was thrown against the wall by the shockwave of the explosion. "You two, take her and retreat through the back door of the base!"

Dadada...

Intense firepower swept through the tunnel entrance, and in an instant, more than two hundred soldiers with blue caps were reduced to the ten remaining heavy armor defending their position.

"Damn you, Vickelchi!" Koisnov clenched his fist and struck the wall, not knowing what to say.

"Report, enemy firepower has the upper hand in the port area, requesting retreat to the entrance perimeter..."

This statement was like adding fuel to the fire for him, who was already in distress.

"You cowardly fools, give me..."

"Warning: Our side has been targeted by enemy mini-tracking missiles!" The system's prompt at this moment was so chilling, and soon there were screams coming continuously from the radio.

"Report, this is the second defense line, the first team has been confirmed wiped out!"

In the desperate situation, I picked up Youxiang and rushed out with the full power of the exoskeleton. The consecutive news eroded my last hope, and after a difficult journey, we finally escaped the base and breathed the fresh air outside.

"If we hide in the jungle, they won't be able to catch us," as agreed, I would lead them to our secret hiding place...

Buzzing!!!

Four or five floating ships suddenly appeared in the sky, blocking our way. Damn it, I raised the angle of the machine gun, preparing to fight back.

Crackling!

In that instant, I felt a jolt in my brain and fell to the ground. A small projectile hit my back, breaking the circuit on the armor, and all the electronic skeletons of my body malfunctioned!

"What are you doing! Why did you attack Juxi... Let me go!" Youxiang knelt beside me, tightly clutching my hand and shouting towards Yuanhui. But he effortlessly grabbed her.

"It's you... Yuanhui, you're the traitor between us!" I gritted my teeth and squeezed out these words from my mouth. But lying motionless on the ground, all I could do was watch as he and the Allied forces on the spaceship took Yuxiang away.

"Goodbye, friend! Soon we will all experience our own victories."

His cold words left me somewhat puzzled. Then Yuanhui, piloting the mecha, kicked me off the cliff. My good friend betrayed me. He was the real traitor.

"Juxi—!" *Sob, sob.*

Yuxiang, with tears in her eyes, struggled desperately in their hands, but it seemed futile.

"You deceitful scoundrel," she kicked Yuanhui's hard armor and cursed, "you deceived everyone, deceived Juxi, and even killed him. You're even scarier than a demon!"

"Humans themselves are scarier than demons, but what's terrifying is not humans, but their desires."

Yuanhui's expression at this moment contained more helplessness than evil. He must be entangled in something he couldn't resist.

I refuse to believe and will never accept that a friend who has fought by my side would betray me. He is not that kind of person. All the emotions he has shown have been genuine without any pretense.

But why... did he choose to help the rebels who slaughter innocent people? I struggled to remove the mechanical armor and slowly crawled out from inside.

If I'm not mistaken, he was just trying to save me. The firepower of three floating spaceships can be imagined. If he hadn't pushed me off the cliff, the three of us would probably have died here by now!

"Juxi... Juxi, little brother!"

Yuxiang's voice, like a lingering dream, woke me up abruptly. "Hurry... we can still catch up!"

"Yuxiang... sister, I can't bear it anymore..."

Before I finished speaking, Yuxiang's warm hands were already firmly holding mine, and a warm current surged through my body at that moment.

"I'll bear it with you. Wherever you go, I'll always be by your side... forever with you!"

Whether to choose to continue fighting or to choose to disappear in loneliness, I no longer think about it. I just want to enjoy this moment of peace with Yuxiang, even if it's just for an instant.

"Juxi!"

Kluse carried me on his shoulders and forcefully turned towards the deep forest. "Are you okay, Juxi?"

He didn't take me back to the village, but ran in the opposite direction towards the location of the cave we were in before.

When we collapsed back to back in the cave, Kluse was already panting heavily from exhaustion. The fact that we didn't go back to the village made me a little uneasy. "What about the village...?"

"The village just fell!"