Local Time: 15:20.
Vehicles: Six V-22 Osprey transport aircraft.
Combat Personnel:
120 Omegas.
5 Alphas.
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Inside the cabin of a certain V-22;
Twenty Omegas wearing AAES were silently calibrating their equipment.
Near the rear hatch, five Alphas in bio-armor sat in identical, motionless postures.
"Everyone, three minutes until we reach the target airspace."
Upon hearing the pilot's reminder, the twenty-five combatants stood up and braced themselves facing the hatch.
An Omega standing at the innermost part of the cabin said over the comms, "This is Omega Company Commander Andrew Mack, confirm communications."
"First Platoon, copy."
"Second Platoon..."
...
"Alpha, copy."
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Hearing Hank's voice, Captain Mack paused before saying:
"Good, communications are normal."
Everyone, I will now clarify the mission objectives once again.
The first anomaly has extremely strong bulletproof skin. Remember, killing is secondary; capture and control are primary.
Machine Gunners of each squad, please be sure to conserve the capture nets.
It has been confirmed that there are two more anomalies waiting to be contained. You must not be careless.
Did you all hear that?"
"Yes, Captain," a group of Omegas replied.
"Mm." Mack nodded slightly and added:
"Omegas, remember, our company title was personally bestowed by the Boss.
The Boss and the Colonel are watching us from the Command Center.
So no matter what kind of enemy we encounter in this operation, we must achieve perfect containment!"
"Hooah!"
Just as Mack was boosting morale, the pilot reminded them again: "Arriving over the target location, prepare to descend."
Hearing that they had arrived over the target, Hank opened the rear hatch.
"Whoosh—" A breeze surged in.
Mack walked behind the Alphas and asked doubtfully, "Lieutenant, what are you doing?"
Hank turned slightly, the eye-slits of his bio-armor helmet glowing with a faint green light, staring silently at Mack.
Then Hank leaned back and fell, free-falling directly out of the V-22 cabin.
The other four Alphas did the same.
Seeing this, an Omega standing next to Mack joked:
"Captain, having good gear really lets you do whatever you want. The Osprey's current altitude is at least a hundred meters.
Aren't they afraid of falling to their deaths?"
"That's enough." Mack raised his hand to stop him. "Don't forget, the Boss and the Colonel are watching."
Just as Mack finished speaking, Andre's voice came over the comms: "Corporal, your salary for this month is gone."
"Ah! Colonel, don't be like that."
"Say another word, and it's half a year."
The Omega had no choice but to cover his helmet with both hands and stop talking, fearing Andre would really dock six months of his pay.
Ten-odd seconds later.
Pilot: "Captain, we've reached the designated altitude."
Mack: "Good, Omegas, move out!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Following the responses over the comms, the 120 men of Omega Company jumped from the Osprey's cabin to the ground one after another.
"Vroom— Vroom—" (x5)
Having completed the transport mission, the five V-22s rose together, leaving the ground and heading back toward Athens.
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On the field before the entrance to the tomb, besides the Omegas in AAES, there was also the Greek Military cordoning off the area.
As for the Alphas who had landed earlier, they were nowhere to be seen.
They likely activated the bio-armor's Optical Camouflage, hiding around the Omega Company and remaining untraceable.
Mack didn't waste time, ordering the company to advance into the cave squad by squad at intervals.
Since every Omega had watched the video, the company advanced very quickly, taking only a minute and a half to reach the site where the Agents had perished.
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"Tap, tap!" The sound of rhythmic footsteps echoed through the hall.
Sixty men from the first and second platoons of Omega Company formed a fan-shaped formation, pointing their muzzles at the group of ancient Soldiers statues.
Sixty men from the third and fourth platoons crouched on the left and right flanks of the formation, blocking the two tunnel entrances.
"Roar—!"
Such a large commotion naturally disturbed the Nemean Lion.
It let out an extremely angry roar, lunged from within the statues, and jumped directly in front of all the Omegas' guns.
A Beast is still a Beast.
Despite having mutated for some unknown reason, possessing a massive body and tough skin...
...its intelligence remained at the Beast stage.
If it thought the UBCS was equally easy to bully...
...then it was mistaken.
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Standing at the center of the front formation, Mack cracked his neck and said in a low voice:
"Omega, fire."
"Yes, Captain."
"Bang bang!" Thousands of 7.62mm armor-piercing rounds instantly blanketed the giant lion's body.
"Rat-tat-tat!" The Machine Gunners'.50 cal heavy machine guns flashed with blinding Firelight in the hall, focusing on the giant lion's limbs.
"Awoo... Awoo..."
Struck by the dense barrage of armor-piercing rounds, the giant lion couldn't help but howl in pain.
Trapped here for thousands of years, how could it have known that humans would evolve from using 'little toothpicks' to 'Fire-spitting sticks'?
Although the bullet storm couldn't truly kill the giant lion, it successfully pinned it down.
Seeing this, Mack shouted an order:
"Third and fourth platoons, toss anesthetic gas! All Machine Gunners from the first platoon, capture this Beast for me!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Omega Company acted according to Mack's instructions.
The grenadiers of the third and fourth platoons loaded anesthetic gas and aimed near the giant lion.
"Thump~ Thump~"
With the crisp sound of grenade launchers, ten anesthetic gas canisters traced beautiful arcs in the air, all landing around the giant lion.
"Boom! Boom!"
The gas canisters exploded in sequence, and a thick red mist enveloped the giant lion.
"Roar!"
The Beast's instinct told it that it had to escape the red mist.
"Swish~ Swish~"
But before it could act, five capture nets were launched from the shoulder-mounted launchers of five Machine Gunners.
"Hum—!" The capture nets began to contract rapidly the moment they wrapped around the giant lion.
The giant lion tried to break free from the restraints.
Only to find the contracting nets exceptionally strong, while its strength failed it and its vision gradually blurred.
Finally, it collapsed to the ground and stopped moving.
But the Omegas did not lower their guard.
The sixty men in front quickly closed the distance to the giant lion and fired another volley.
After confirming the giant lion had completely lost its ability to move, Mack then said calmly over the comms:
"Command Center, this is Omega Company. The Nemean Lion has been subdued."
"Command Center copies. We will dispatch a recovery unit for containment."
"Understood."
Ending the communication, Mack continued to order: "Everyone check your equipment, we're moving forward."
"Yes, Captain," the Omegas replied.
At this time, the soldier who liked to talk trash earlier came to Mack's side and mocked: "Officer, mythological monsters are nothing more than this."
However...
"Roar—!"
Just as he finished speaking, several deafening roars echoed from the corridor ahead.
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