"Bang! Bang!"
spike rounds hit Anubis's armor and skin, instantly letting out a dull, heavy thud, but they didn't penetrate the target's flesh as they usually did.
"Roar!!!"
The giant Anubis let out a wail of pain. It jerked its head up toward the sky, only to discover God Bodies even larger than itself.
The other Anubises also looked up at the sky one after another. They didn't attack immediately, seemingly confused by the appearance of the God Bodies.
Taking advantage of this opening...
The accompanying AIs of the Spartan team, along with Serana in William's dedicated unit, marked their respective targets for their units to deal with.
Six rapidly descending God Bodies aimed their feet at the giant Anubises, using the momentum of the impact to kick them.
Then... "Boom! Boom!"
Then, a violent tremor shook the earth, and small mushroom clouds instantly rose as massive amounts of dust billowed in all directions.
Since the smaller Anubises were close to the imprisoned humans, the other God Bodies didn't use the'stomping' method to deal with them.
Instead, they instantly activated their thrusters and the anti-gravity function obtained from the Reapers, choosing to land on the outskirts of the city.
After all, the company's standard was 'People-Oriented,' to protect humanity.
In the instant the God Bodies attacked the Anubises, two Helljumper companies and two CMC Heavy Trooper companies—a total of 480 drop pods—landed around the outskirts of the city.
"Clack! Clack!"
The sound of the pod doors popping open was mixed with the noise caused by the God Bodies.
The Paratroopers took out their respective pulse weapons and jumped out of the drop pods to organize a battle line.
Due to their size, the Heavy Troopers' drop pods popped open as a whole, and they stepped forward with heavy strides.
The two branches coordinated with each other, launching a crushing offensive against the ghost soldiers who hadn't yet reacted.
While killing the enemies, the Soldiers didn't forget to evacuate and protect the civilians.
Everything happened too fast.
In less than dozens of seconds, the people waiting to be weighed experienced a roller-coaster-like shift in emotions.
First, there was the desperate waiting, where they would either be turned into skeletons by the wolf-headed men or thrown down that bottomless 'Entrance to Hell'.
Suddenly, a group of Soldiers with extremely advanced equipment and weapons descended from the sky, shooting down those terrifying skeleton soldiers and mummies.
Most people wept with joy and ran toward the rear of the Soldiers' formation.
Meanwhile, the smaller Anubises were subjected to focused strikes from the Paratroopers and Heavy Troopers.
The Paratrooper snipers equipped with gauss sniper rifles didn't say a word, unleashing a volley of fire at the'small' Anubises.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Several blue lights, like small electromagnetic cannons, struck the'small' Anubises head-on.
"Boom! Boom!"
Instantly, the'small' Anubises were sent flying by the massive energy charge.
Although it didn't kill them, it successfully sent them falling into the bottomless abyss.
Who told them to set up the scales on the edge of the cliff? They were just waiting to be shot.
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...Inside William's entry plug.
Through the panoramic screen, the God Body's legs could be seen stomping on the abdomen of a slightly smaller Anubis.
The Anubis's wolf-like maw was wide open, spitting out green blood, its facial expression as hideous as a rabid dog.
.
"Boss," Serana reported calmly from the console.
"The four companies have dealt with the smaller Anubises according to the original plan."
"Good!" William roared in an excited state, controlling the God Body to grip two short-barreled Gauss rapid-fire cannons.
The muzzles were pressed tight against the Anubis's head.
"Bang! Bang!"
"Bang! Bang! Thud! Thud!"
With the close-range rapid fire of the Gauss Cannons, the spike rounds initially couldn't penetrate the Anubis's head, but it only held out for a moment before the dull sound of shells entering flesh rang out.
The delayed-burst spike rounds fired into the Anubis's head only exploded under Serana's control, avoiding accidental injury from ricocheting spikes.
"Crack!"
With a crisp explosion, this giant Anubis was turned into a headless corpse by William.
But William didn't let down his guard. He holstered the two Gauss Cannons on either side of his waist and raised his right hand to draw a ship-slaying blade.
"Hum!"
He gripped the ship-slaying blade, allowing it to charge rapidly, and then... "Squelch! Squelch!"
William brandished the ship-slaying blade, carving up the giant headless corpse.
Finishing off enemies—he was a professional.
"Boss, it no longer shows any signs of life."
"Ah..."
Hearing Serana's reminder, William 'reluctantly' put away the ship-slaying blade.
He looked up and around, seeing the Spartans also using various weapons to finish off their targets.
The most violent and direct one was likely Myron, who was wielding a rotary Gauss Cannon.
The Anubis under Myron's feet had long since been blasted by a dense barrage of large-caliber fire until it no longer looked... 'god-like'.
Myron's teasing voice came over the comms: "Boss, these Anubises are easier to deal with than the Titans."
"Heh heh." William just chuckled softly and then looked up at the sky.
He noticed that the giant barrier enveloping all of Egypt hadn't disappeared despite the deaths of the Anubises.
It seemed those twelve Anubises were indeed 'avatars'.
"Boss," Athena, who was assisting the ground forces in clearing out the fodder, said over the comms.
"I believe we need to jump into that rift to possibly deal with the mastermind behind this outbreak."
"Hmm..." William murmured, pondering for a moment.
Then he nodded. "Alright, but before that, confirm the safety of the humans nearby."
As he spoke, William carefully maneuvered the God Body to walk, avoiding stepping on the panicked crowds scurrying on the ground.
And he ordered: "Spartans, assist the Helljumpers in clearing those fodder!
And! Don't you dare use Gauss Cannons or ship-slaying blades!"
"Yes." (x4)
With the responses from the four Captains, William and the Spartans controlled their God Bodies to crouch, using the God Bodies' fingers to press, pinch, and crush those fodder.
No matter how tenacious their life force was, before absolute power and size suppression, they could only turn into dregs.
Under the coordination of the four companies and the God Bodies, the fodder near the outskirts of Cairo City were all eliminated.
A large number of survivors began to follow the companies' directions, moving away from the 'Entrance to Hell' that had made Cairo City disappear.
Having handled this, Athena then expanded herself to seventy-five times her size, manifesting her golden armor.
Next, she came to William's side holding a round shield and a spear, standing at the edge of the cliff with the Spartans.
William maneuvered the God Body to the very edge and looked down; besides a patch of crimson, it was completely bottomless.
Seeing this, Serana analyzed: "Boss, there seems to be a spatial distortion below, consistent with the otherworld entrance Cortana predicted."
Athena also stepped forward and said, "Below is not some other World. I believe it is the Underworld of the Egyptian World, and the true Anubis is down there."
"Boss," John suggested at this moment, "let me go down and scout."
William had no reason to refuse this suggestion. After all, John had the 'Good Luck' trait, so he could escape unscathed regardless of the situation.
After a few seconds of silence, William agreed. "Alright, then I'll leave it to you, John."
"Yes."
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