Chapter 786 He’s Been Found
Before the sniper could respond, a grenade landed dangerously close to Hera’s position. One of the squad captains spotted it just in time. "Get down!" he shouted.
Hera dove to the side and rolled hard, heart pounding as debris and shrapnel exploded nearby. She scrambled behind cover, breaths ragged, trying to steady herself while bullets ripped through the foliage around her.
One of them grazed her arm—enough to sting through the body suit. It didn’t break skin, but the impact would definitely leave a bruise.
And while her name trended online for rumors and speculation, Hera was out here fighting to survive.
"Have you found him?!" Hera almost shouted into the comms, her voice tinged with anxiety. Her team was doing everything they could to locate their extraction target, but it was clear they could no longer avoid a direct confrontation.
They were forced to return fire. Two men from the opposing side dropped, lifeless, but Hera barely spared them a thought. Her mind was consumed with worry for Leo.
The longer she went without seeing him safe, the more her heart felt like it was hanging over a pit of boiling lava. The sensation was suffocating, making her feel both restless and terrified.
"Young Miss, not yet, but we’ve already sent more people out to search for him! We’ve also received reports that even the team above is doing everything they can to locate our extraction target." One of the captains from Groups 1 to 3 responded to Hera.
As they spoke, the team moved swiftly through the chaos. From the enemy’s perspective, it might have appeared as though they were overwhelmed and attempting to retreat to regroup.
In reality, they had simply left the fighting to the main group, knowing that their elite team could easily handle the opposing forces—who, in truth, were nowhere near a match for their skill level.
Sure enough, their enemies fired wildly, hoping to scare them and maybe land a hit with their 1,200 rounds of ammunition. However, their shots were all off the mark.