The Devil's Cage Chapter 14

Chapter 14 Sneak In

The night was getting darker. At the Sixth Avenue.

The originally prosperous downtown had been completely destroyed in the war, leaving a mess of rubble everywhere.

However, some buildings, because of their huge ma.s.s and st.u.r.dy frames, were kept intact. Of course, the "intact" was only in comparison with other ruins. For example, the Sixth Avenue department store!

As the city’s largest department store, its groomed appearance had disappeared. Even the entire roof had collapsed. Looking at it from above, it looked like a tattered boot upside down.

But even so, it became one of the best havens for people in the war. The only thing unfortunate was……

At the moment, it was occupied by a group of armed thugs. Outside of the mall, two gunmen had their eyes glancing around. However, their indifferent looks showed that they were doing it just for show.

Among all the survivors in the Sixth Avenue, all of them knew that this place was the Vulture's base. Starting from the time when a rebel was hung and burned to death in front of it, people knew that this place wouldn't be occupied by any other outsiders.

Moreover, there was another guy standing on top of the roof.

That was the real entrance guard.

Not only did he stand higher and see farther, but his weapon had a larger diameter and longer range than the [M1905], it was a more accurate sniper rifle.
From the two armed thugs' point of view, that guy was the real threat. Any strangers who got closer were killed by head shots.

“I want a cigarette!” A gunman said to another.

“Come on! Let's go!” The other one immediately agreed.

They walked directly into the mall. Smoking also needed a sheltered place and outside the mall, there wasn't such a place.

Two gunmen didn't have to walk through the main entrance of the mall. In fact, the walls surrounding malls had huge holes created by sh.e.l.ls. Crawling directly through these holes could save them a lot of time.

The first man couldn't wait before quickly crawling through the hole. As the second man was just about to bend, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind and covered his mouth.

When he subconsciously whistling, he felt a sharp pain in his neck. Then he completely fell into the darkness of death.

[Piercing: 100 points damage to health. The opponent dies.]

“Come on!”

The gunman who first crawled in didn't see anything wrong. He started urging his fellow while also lighting a cigarette.

As he lit up the cigarette, a shadow suddenly rushed in from the pit, knocking him down with a dagger crossing the guy's neck. The gunmen had no time to respond.

[Piercing: 100 points damage to health. The opponent dies.]

Whew!

Successively killing two gunmen, Qin Ran stood up and took a deep breath.

Half an hour ago, he came close and quietly waited for this opportunity. With the [Sneaking] skill, it wasn't difficult for Qin Ran to sneak in the department store.  What was difficult was not to disturb the two guys holding the guns and the other guy on the roof, and enter the underground warehouse. The warehouse door was damaged by the Vulture, so each time he opened it, he could hear a harsh noise.

It was hard to bypa.s.s the guards outside and directly open the warehouse door.

Especially since the gunmen on the roof had a sniper rifle, Qin Ran didn't let Colleen come with him, even if Colleen repeatedly asked to.

This was because Qin Ran had the confidence that he would be able to hide, whilst Colleen didn't.

Once he brought Colleen with him, not only would he expose himself, but Colleen couldn't escape from her death.

After all, according to the prisoner, the sniper on the roof had a pretty good shooting skill. Of course, his good skill was only in terms of these gun-toting thugs. When compared to real soldiers, he was unqualified.

Otherwise, the guy wouldn't have let Qin Ran sneak in. However, Qin Ran wouldn't underestimate him just because of this.

When he roughly searched the two bodies, he didn't find anything so he cautiously walked towards the roof.

As for the guns on the body?

With a gun and a clip full of bullets, more firearms would only affect Qin Ran's flexibility.

The reinforced concrete roof was collapsed into the mall, but the connection was not completely detached, and the height of the mall was far less than its width.

Thus, an alternative natural stair was created.

Qin Ran silently climbed to the top of the roof along the stairs, then he saw the sniper who made him concerned.

He was holding a sniper rifle, half-kneeled and keeping watch around the mall.

Undoubtedly, compared with the other two guards, this man had an extremely serious att.i.tude. However, his skill level was still questionable.

Qin then quietly walked close to him, raised his dagger and his left hand as well.

Almost as if he had practiced for a thousand times, his left hand suddenly covered the guy's mouth, pulled back and moved the chin up so that he could see a greater area of the neck. Then his right hand, holding a dagger, rapidly swiped the neck.

Poof!

Blood suddenly ran out, which tinged the rifle on the ground.

The guy trembled, but his mouth was blocked by Qin Ran's hand. Qin Ran held him in his arms until he stopped shouting and trembling.

The original wound on his neck became wide open.

[Piercing: 100 points damage to health. The opponent dies.]

Combat information appeared. After confirming that the guy was dead, Qin Ran loosened his hand.

Qin then picked up the sniper rifle.

“What!” Qin Ran was surprised.

Because, until now, he found out that the so-called 'sniper rifle' was a.s.sembled together by a rifle and an additional awkward-looking sight.

Obviously, the two of them didn't match.

[Name: M2]

[Type: Firearm]

[Quality: Normal]

[Ability power: Normal]

[Clip capacity: 20]

[Attribute: None]

[Special effect: None]

[Ability to bring out of the episode: Yes]

[Note: This is a 7.62mm rifle with maintenance. It's reliable.]

……

[Name: Sight]

[Type: Firearm accessories]

[Quality: Impaired]

[Attribute: 4-8 times magnification]

[Special effect: None]

[Ability to bring out of the episode: Yes]

[Note: It's not supposed to be put on a rifle.]

Watching the system remarks, Qin Ran again looked at the uncanny sniper rifle, and ultimately left it on the side.

Even if it was a sniper rifle in the true sense, Qin Ran wouldn't bring it because he needed a lighter load to make himself more flexible, and also the sniper rifle was too conspicuous, which would be a threat to his following plan.

You know, after Qin Ran got rid of of the guards, he was going to mix into the Vulture's nest. From the beginning when he was killing the guards, he started this idea.

Even if Colleen mercilessly rejected, Qin Ran did not give up.

And when he was told that the Vulture had twenty-one instead of eleven guys left, Qin Ran confirmed this plan because Qin Ran was very clear on the fact that since the game had given him a skill, he could deal with 21 people by himself.

Qin Ran checked through everywhere on the roof making sure that nothing was wrong. Then he walked toward the underground warehouse.

He walked through the messy department store. Soon he found the entrance of the warehouse.

It was so conspicuous–

The door wasn't completely shut down, but less than half open.

From the gap, the light was bright inside the warehouse. Qin Ran could see the situation inside the warehouse.

There was a corridor wide enough to pa.s.s a truck in through, and he could see rooms on both sides.

According to what he knew, the warehouse wasn't a big mixed storage warehouse. It had a cement part.i.tion which divided it into small rooms for merchants to lease.

And now they had become the thugs' rooms.

Qin then slowly walked closer.

Unlike other survivors and thugs, these people had a very decent life. Their trade with the rebels provided them with adequate living materials, and also a diesel power machine.

However, this was a proof for them to go to h.e.l.l!

Because the better these people lived, the more trades they must have had with the rebels. Then the more innocent women would also fall into the hands of the rebels. His heart was filled with killing intent, which created a cold atmosphere.