"We're eting for the first ti, aren't we?"
As the two Battle Group Leaders walked forward to engage in a deadly duel, Erso seed quite relaxed.
Matins, standing opposite him, did not appear so composed.
It was evident that he was trying hard to remain calm. But the fury in his eyes could not be concealed.
Hearing Erso's greeting, Matins slowly pulled a cold smile at the corner of his mouth: "Not exactly, on Leviathan 9, I fired a bomb at you."
"Hahaha!" Matins' words seed to amuse Erso, who, after a mont, reined in his smile and mocked, "I rember that battle, it was a great victory indeed. I personally slaughtered six Cercis Flowers and four Phoenixes. But I don't recall your bomb, it seems to have been entirely ineffective."
Matins vividly rembered that battle. His company and the Cercis Flower company were ordered to garrison on the planet nad Leviathan 9 and were fiercely attacked by the Fury Fla Battle Group, suffering heavy losses. Many of his close warrior brothers died in that battle.
"I truly regret not having killed you that day."
"Oh? Now you have your chance." Erso was still laughing, not taking Matins seriously, "How about we two fight the opening round, and see if that bomb you fired a hundred years ago can hit today."
He was trying to provoke Matins into making an irrational choice. The Battle Group Leaders leading the duel would certainly push the duel to a climax imdiately, but likewise, the risks would beco enormous.
Erso had absolute confidence in victory; he wanted to slash Matins with his sword in this first battle, gaining the upper hand.
Matins was nearly about to agree.
But at the last mont, he exhaled deeply.
"Let's compare our warriors first. Later you may beco so desperate that you'll want to join the fight yourself, and then I will take your life."
"Heh," Erso stared at Matins, "Then I'm afraid my warriors won't give that opportunity. They'll quickly kill off your hundred green recruits. But even if that happens, I will rcifully grant you the 101st chance, as long as you dare to join the fight, I'll play along."
"Wait and see."
...
Returning to his own formation, Matins still hadn't cald down.
He felt that he hadn't perford well in the argunt, indeed losing to Erso in terms of verbal sparring.
This made him very frustrated.
But the conversation was over, and he couldn't possibly drag Erso back for another round.
He could only bottle up his frustration.
However, he quickly ca around.
What was the point of tongue-lashing anyway?
In the end, everything still hinged on gunfire and blades.
He asked Rizzo, "Are our warriors ready?"
"They are always ready. The hundred n nad by the Governor are all eager for battle."
Matins was sowhat moved as he said, "How did the Governor know that these hundred n are our best warriors? Moreover, after so training following the announcent, their already powerful capabilities have further improved!"
Rizzo revealed a mysterious smile: "Perhaps this is the Governor's blessing."
Matins paused, without replying.
He always felt that old Rizzo was becoming more and more cryptic.
Ignoring him, Matins turned his gaze to another person standing beside him:
"Brother Kalduce, according to the plan, you'll be the first one to fight, any problem with that?"
Kalduce was the Company Commander of Phoenix First Company and one of the survivors of the hundred-year-long expedition who first ca to Rage Owl Star with Matins. He was almost the strongest in Phoenix, second only to Matins.
It was most appropriate for him to fight this battle.
"No problem." Kalduce replied absentmindedly, his gaze fixed on soone in the midst of the Fury Fla Battle Group's ranks.
"Are you looking at Cao Boyang?"
"Hmm." Kalduce ca back to his senses and nodded, "I heard he's now a Company Commander of the Furyfla. I wonder if we'll have a chance to et later."
Matins knew why Kalduce wanted to et this guy nad Cao Boyang.
Just as he loathed Erso, Kalduce also had close brothers who died at the hands of Cao Boyang.
These four centenarians who had survived a hundred years, who among them didn't hold a deep-seated grudge against Furyfla?
Matins thought for a mont and said, "You can call him out; maybe he will co down."
"Good idea."
Kalduce took off his helt, which he was just about to put on, and tucked it under his arm.
He stepped out of the formation and shouted towards the opposite side:
"Cao Boyang! Co out and face your death!"
...
"Old Cao, he's calling you out."
"Let other brothers wait a bit, I'll go first. It won't take long; I can slaughter him in a few minutes." Wrapped in the heavy Terminator Power Armor, Cao Boyang nonchalantly twisted his neck, "A hundred years ago, that guy slipped away, and a hundred years later, he still has to die by my hand."
With that, he too stepped into the arena.
The gap in equipnt between the two was significant.
Cao Boyang was fully ard, in addition to his 'Indomitable' Terminator Power Armor, he had two rocket launchers perched on his shoulders; under his left arm hung a Heavy Bomb Machine Gun. If this had been a war, his weapon of choice would usually be a Thunder God Hamr. But today, seeing Kalduce on the opposite side, he put down the Thunder God Hamr and took up a Powered Sword.
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