Chapter 107
Han Xiao bent down to dig out the bullet shell from the ground . It was an armor-piercing round .
The people in River Valley Manor were probably all friendlies, so this was just a warning shot . Otherwise, the sniper would have aimed for his vitals . As Han Xiao finished this thought, he took out an old brown coin, raised it, and waved it in the air . The sniper in the manor could definitely see it through their scope .
The coin had been passed to him by Antonio before he departed . He had said that it could be used to vouch for his identity .
After waiting for a minute or so, Han Xiao stepped forward again . Indeed, no one was firing at him this time around . He then successfully arrived at the gate of the manor and realized that the manor's outer defense had been greatly reinforced . The outer wall had many metal plates, which tightly shielded the inside of the manor . There were marks of previous explosions on those metal plates .
Han Xiao walked in after the gate opened . The layout of the manor was presented before his eyes—it occupied a very large space and was divided into inner and outer layers . The outer layer consisted of all sorts of defense structures, and armed mercenaries were busy patrolling around the area . They talked and gossiped loudly and fervently, unlike regular soldiers who were mostly silent . They were clearly lacking in discipline .
The inner layer was just the center of the manor—a mansion with a garden and a fountain . Black railings surrounded the mansion, clearly demarcating the areas between the inner and outer layers . One could see, through the railings, that no one was in the mansion or garden; it was as if no one lived there .
"Newcomer? You are an assassin, right?"
A buff black man yelled over to Han Xiao from the side . It was the person who had opened the door for him .
Without waiting for Han Xiao to reply, the black man shouted into his walkie talkie, "Chen Li, there is a new assassin here . Quickly come and pick him up . "
"Wait for me . I'll be there in a minute . " A person was swearing on the other side of the walkie talkie .
The mercenary named Chen Li soon arrived before the gate . He gave the black man a finger before he looked at Han Xiao to size him up . "Come, follow me . "
Han Xiao followed Chen Li to the south-east side of the manor . He got a brief explanation of the manor's defense structure from Chen Li during this walk . The manor had three sides facing land, and the west side faced the river . Assailants could potentially attack using speedboats, but they would become easy targets if they appeared on the river . So, the river front was the easiest side to defend .
The other two sides of defense were at the South-east and North-east sides . The whole defense structure was triangular . Chen Li oversaw all the mercenaries stationed in the south-east side .
"What kind of assassin are you?" Chen Li asked .
"Sniper . "
"That's good . We need a long-range attacker . Previously, an assassin who only knew how to sneak attack from close-range was sent here . He could not be more useless . "
Han Xiao turned around and glanced at the mansion in the center before he asked three key questions in his mind . "Who exactly are we protecting? How long will we defend here? Who are our enemies?"
Perhaps every newcomer asked the same questions; Chen Li answered quickly and smoothly . "Our boss did not say how long more we have to defend . In any case, if we cannot defend anymore, I will be the first to evacuate . I don't care how much they pay me, I will not be cannon-fodder . I am not sure who the enemies are . Sometimes, we will get attacked in the day, other times, at night; we get attacked every few days . There will always be new enemies attacking us .
"And as for who we are protecting, heheheh…"
Chen Li suddenly laughed coldly before he continued .
"I heard that the target hides in the mansion, but they have never appeared before . The assignment forbids us from entering the mansion . It could very well be that the mansion is just an empty shell, and we are protecting no one . Humph! Whatever the motives of the employer, as long as he pays me, I'm fine . "
An empty mansion, protecting someone who had never appeared before, an ambiguous group call-up, enemies from unknown sources . All these factors, linked together, gave Han Xiao a strange feeling that could not be expressed in words . He felt a dense fog covering this whole situation .
"By the way, which level of assassin are you? Dark or Ghost?" Chen Li asked thoughtlessly .
"Mr . Black . Scorpion-level . "
Chen Li jolted his head around and looked rather surprised . "Scorpion? Why would you be here? Only Dark-level assassins and above would receive the call-up . You are not qualified, right?"
"I'm already here . My level is not important anymore . " Han Xiao had no interest in explaining himself to some mercenary . I can do whatever I want and need not explain myself to you . Basically, act like you own it .
"Although you are only scorpion-level, you are a sniper that we can make do with . As long as you can hit enemies with your sniper rifle, we are fine . "
Chen Li then frowned as he pointed to an area in the distance and said, "Can you see three fortresses there? You will go to the middle one . The Hornet Brothers will make arrangements for you . "
Han Xiao looked at the area . The three fortresses were at the intersection point of the south-east and north-east defense lines, and they were at the top point of the triangle defense structure . This position helped snipers maximize their field of vision and, therefore, sniping range . But the disadvantage was that the position was too conspicuous . When the enemy attacked, they would try to take down the sniper first . Fortunately, the walls of the fortresses were armed with numerous machine guns and rocket launchers; they were the most well-defended place .
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