Shortly after the hydrogen bomb detonated.
Somewhere in the trench;
"Boom—!" An explosion that ripped through the air.
"Whoosh—!" Followed by the ensuing shockwave.
All sorts of movements blew dust and gravel into the trench, sprinkling onto the three English, Canadian, and French soldiers lying prone on the ground.
A moment later.
A communication, treated for electromagnetic pulse, came through with a command: "Attention all units, the effects of the hydrogen bomb have passed. Everyone get up and be on alert."
"Cough, cough!" (x3)
Upon hearing the reminder, the three soldiers coughed lightly a few times, grabbed their weapons, and slowly stood up.
As soon as they straightened their backs, they saw the mushroom cloud towering into the sky.
The English soldier, seeing a sight more magnificent than 'God,' exclaimed without thinking, "Jesus Christ..."
The French soldier, with closed eyes and hands clasped in prayer, was muttering something like:
"Bless me, I can do this, gather my courage."
The Canadian soldier, however, reacted more calmly. He looked at the mushroom cloud and said:
"Everyone, command didn't say to stand down, which means the hydrogen bomb didn't solve those ancient creatures. We should prepare for battle."
"Hmm, you're right," the English soldier, recovering from his shock, nodded.
As for the French soldier, his voice trembled slightly as he said, "Guys, I need to go to the restroom. Can you help me..."
The other two soldiers immediately refused, "No."
.
While these small interludes were playing out, Athena and the Spartans, who were originally at the very front line, began to move forward after receiving orders.
"Buzz~!" (x2)
Karl and Jerome's two electromagnetic accelerated sniper cannons were charging, their large index fingers on the triggers, ready to fire at any moment.
The rest of the Spartans, led by Athena, ran quickly towards the center of the hydrogen bomb's impact.
"Thump! Thump!" The ground trembled with their footsteps.
Suddenly.
"Roar—!" A deafening dragon's roar came from afar.
And the clouds, which had been dispersed by the hydrogen bomb, began to gather into black storm clouds with the dragon's roar, even flashing with eerie yellow lightning.
Illuminated by the lightning, a hundred-meter giant dragon with a wingspan of over five hundred meters, three heads, and two tails, flew in the sky.
It was the anomalous phenomenon personally named by William: Ghidorah.
Not only that.
From the direction of the mountain where the hydrogen bomb detonated, eight huge 'figures' could vaguely be seen, rushing towards the North Coast.
It seems...
The hydrogen bomb still had some effect.
After all, according to Athena, there were a total of twelve Titan gods.
Now there were only eight.
This indicates that the forty-million-ton hydrogen bomb successfully 'vaporized' the other four.
But the human soldiers only saw Ghidorah, who appeared like a descending evil god, and did not notice that four Titan gods had already been killed by the hydrogen bomb.
On the battlefield, even the so-called elites of a certain country were beginning to feel lost. They were good at dealing with African rebels.
But dealing with these creatures that theoretically shouldn't exist was simply too much...
"Whoosh!"
"Pfft!"
Just as a large number of soldiers felt fear, Athena, in a rapid sprint, directly hurled her golden spear at Ghidorah.
The spear cut through the air with a dazzling golden light, and in an instant, it pierced Ghidorah's abdomen.
"Roar"
Ghidorah had no time to dodge. After being impaled by the spear, it let out a mournful cry and then slowly fell to the ground.
"Thump—!"
The earth trembled once more.
"Whoosh—!" (x2)
Unfortunately, before Ghidorah could heal the wound on its abdomen, it was struck by two more blinding 'blue lights'.
"Pfft!" (x2)
In an instant, nearly two-thirds of Ghidorah's body vanished, and the 'blue lights' continued to streak into the distance without slowing down.
Then...
The 'blue lights' struck two Titan gods who had survived the hydrogen bomb.
"Boom!" (x2)
Two streaks of blue light once again pierced through the Titans, finally shooting into the ground and creating two small 'nuclear explosions'.
Rolling black smoke and two mushroom clouds directly 'devoured' the Titan gods and Hell Beasts approaching from the north.
These 'blue lights' were the tungsten rounds fired by Karl and Jerome.
Upon seeing this situation.
Athena stopped and stood firm, gripping the spear that had automatically flown back to her hand, and raised her giant shield with her left hand, signaling the Spartans to hold their position.
"Humans—"
Then, using her colossalized voice, she encouraged the Spartans who followed her, and the soldiers on the distant front lines:
"From ancient times until now, I have witnessed you overcome one difficulty after another, creating all kinds of miracles.
This time is no exception!
And I will be with you—!"
"Whoosh—!" (x12)
No sooner had Athena's words fallen than twelve heavy frigates, as if in agreement with her, immediately launched a railgun volley.
"Boom—!" (x12)
Explosions.
Mushroom clouds.
Once again engulfed the Titan gods and Hell Beasts.
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...
At the same time.
Beside the central console on the Phantom's bridge;
William frowned slightly, his face filled with confusion, and his left eyebrow was raised high, watching the screen with a very strange expression.
"Boss," Serina, standing on the screen, reported to him:
"Athena and Kronos are already in close combat. The Spartan forces are providing cover and shooting down the other Titan gods.
Based on my detection,
I found that the electromagnetic accelerated cannons and Gauss cannons can cause effective damage to all Titan gods except Kronos.
Counting the hydrogen bomb, six Titan gods have been confirmed killed so far.
The only tricky one is Ghidorah; it is rapidly healing and is expected to fully recover in three minutes."
Hearing the various reports.
William finally put away his strange expression, nodded, and continued to ask, "What about those Hell Beasts?"
"Boss, the Hell Beasts were intercepted by the fleet's artillery fire before they even entered the soldiers' firing range.
I believe they won't be able to get within a step of the trenches before our ammunition runs out," Serina replied.
"Good, I understand," William said calmly, with his hands behind his back, looking out the porthole.
"Have Karl and Jerome focus on Ghidorah. The other Spartans will cooperate with Athena to eliminate the remaining Titans."
"Yes, Boss."
After issuing all the commands.
William walked to the porthole.
He then saw the fleet's artillery volleys, the Spartans and Titans locked in battle in the distance, and Ghidorah, who was being particularly targeted by the two electromagnetic accelerated sniper cannons.
Seeing this, William couldn't help but sigh inwardly, 'This is not what I expected...'
After all, Athena and the system had stated that this anomaly was a high threat, which was why he had mobilized so many troops and firepower.
However...
Aside from detonating the hydrogen bomb, it had only been less than ten minutes since the battle began, and the Titan gods were already on the verge of being defeated by the combined efforts of the Spartans and Athena.
This was too damn smooth, wasn't it?
So smooth that it made him uneasy.
The only thing that wasn't going smoothly was probably Ghidorah, struggling on the ground.
But it would die sooner or later.
Even if Karl's 'Fatal Blow' perk didn't activate, the electromagnetic accelerated cannon could still incapacitate it.
Just like the saying:
"When the caliber of our weapon is larger than the enemy's, no matter how fast it recovers, it's useless."
Even if this statement didn't perfectly match Ghidorah's situation, the principle remained the same.
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