The hivemind is conquering for me?

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After a few moments of silence did everyone inside have the urge to untense. Skaja looked around, of her thirty that were standing a moment ago, twenty were seriously wounded before the shields went up. She looked over to the culprit and screamed. ”Are you fucking insane? This is a test, not war!”

I simply smirked and shouted back. ”You said to show you everything I have! And I still have more! Now, you might want to lower your shields so the medics nearby can heal your wounded! I don’t actually want them dead despite sending a thousand bullets your way!”

I then began to create more fire bullets for the moment they do lower their defences. A taunt. Either stay safe behind those shields, or help their fallen kin and be prone to more attacks.

Skaja pondered for a moment. Those bullets were deadly. The only reason she wasn’t lying on the ground cold was because one of the bullets malfunctioned and fizzled out before it hit her head.

All present brandished their weapons also there were five melee left including her and five ranged. A five to one advantage against the opponent should be in their favour, key word should. But the insane man had managed to wound twenty and who knew what other tricks he had up his sleeve?

Ultimately though, Skaja cared about her troops and wouldn’t listen to them moan in agony for long. ”We fan out, avoid those bullets and provide suppressing fire while the melee closes in. On my mark.”

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The barrier fell down and Tamara sprinted ahead of me, to keep the melee as occupied as possible. Already the range was firing at both of us, I began responding in kind. Bullets whizzed across the battlefield from both directions.

Deeming the biggest threats to me by how their weapons bounced off my armour, I focused fire on the ones that were slightly denting the armour, conventional fire just wasn’t eno-

I dodged to the side as a massive spear just embedded itself into the ground where I just was. The hunt leader managed to get a pot shot towards me while Tamara was busy kiting the guy with the massive warhammer.

Now on my feet and with one of the melee slipping past Tamara, who was going absolutely feral with Zircon and doing her job perfectly I might add, I ignored the man as he approached and focused fire fully on one of the range, managing to get a stomach shot, these ones were much more slippery now that they knew to avoid the bullets, though they were having trouble with the heat seeking I was providing the bullet.

The melee individual was getting close to me and let out a warcry as he attempted to close the distance. I continued to ignore him, which angered the man as he started running with his blade held high, no stance at all. I tutted and the next moment.

”AAhhhhh Ahhhhh! My fucking leg! Again! It bit off my leg again! Aahhhhhhh!”

Skaja looked over at frosts screaming and internally raged. ’Buffoon!’ She then yelled to her ally. ”It’s time! Use the distraction! We need to take him and that overgrown cat out!”

The man with the Warhammer nodded with a big of regret before making some space from Tamara and yelled.

”Sigfried Pallasus is a subhuman ugly wretch and is still too good for you!” The man then turned to run away, not risking to see if it worked. A good instinct.

Tamara dropped the sword in her hand and ignored the blade that just embedded itself in her shoulder as she looked towards the man who just said those words, her eyes turned pure red as she screamed. ”WHAT DID YOU SAY!!!!!!!!”

”Oh shit.” The man dropped his warhammer, he had to book it, berserk rage was no joke no matter the strength of the individual, and this first year was already seriously strong.

”YOU KEEP HIS NAME OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MOUTH YOU FUCKER! DIEEEEEE!!!!”

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Looking at my front line run away, I hastily recalled Zircon to my side. With her in hand and Sapphire taking a combat stance, ready for the remaining six I rolled my shoulder and entered a wrath stance. ”Lets show ’em what we got chonk!”

Sapphire let out an ear piercing roar towards the enemy before charging forward. I held my ground as I allowed Sapphire to perform another trick that they hadn’t seen yet. As one with a glaive braced to prepare for Sapphire’s charge, Sapphire suddenly disappeared and then a ranged target that got within our circumference suddenly cried out as her back was rent open. Sapphire then teleported back to my side just in time to deflect a blow from my right as I parried a blow from the spear of the hunt leader with Zircon and deflected a hit with my vambrace.

Against a spear and outnumbered, I couldn’t stay on the defensive. I pushed in to have range advantage, but the hunt leader knew what I was doing and with coordination from the man with the glaive and the mace wielder previously attempted to dodge away...

The hunt leader had to turn and deflect a blow from a set of sword sized claws followed by blocking a swipe from a sword with her wings, forcing her to cry out in agony as Zircon bit into them like a hot knife through butter.

As a result though, the other two opponents landed blows on me biting into my armour, but causing no damage.

Sapphire then teleported again, bodychecking another individual sending them flying allowing me to retreat into the gap as she teleported once more out of the way to finish off the down target while I dodged and deflected more strikes before.

White!

Using one of the much easier to cast mini flashbangs I threw zircon into the shoulder of the closest one as I back peddled further and attempted to take the spear from the stunned hunt leader, but I had miscalculated.

”Aahhhh!” I let out a cry of agony as I felt an attack pierce through my Mindspace and attack my Psionic existence. I felt an urge overcome me as I got back to my feet, an urge that caused my last Psionic decay to exasperate. I knew I wasn’t supposed to use whatever that power was and with that knowledge and knowing I was not in threat of death, I suppressed the urge, which took a lot of effort, plus I received a kick to the chest and a stab to the gut while accomplishing the task.

Holding back the Power that was about to wash over me was heavily taxing and as I got to my feet, the hunt leader laughed. ”You must be a cesspool of masculinity if my spear had that effect on you, Apollo. I don’t know if I should be impressed or concerned for my loins.”

I removed my helmet and spat out some blood to the side. ”Please, the soul attack was a tickle, I’ve had worse. It was the after effect that comes with damaging my soul and what I had to suppress that has me like this.” I then called Zircon back one again and took a plow position. ”Now come.”

Sapphire at that point had just taken out the last ranged attackers and returned to my side. three vs two, but the spear wielder was the strongest opponent I have had so far, spars not included despite her taking a few injuries from me already, I knew she was at full strength still.

The two flanking her charged ahead first while she lingered back slightly. I went to attack the one on the left while Sapphire distracted the one on the right. Sapphire swiped at the sword wielder in a distraction before teleporting to attack the one I was attacking, but as she materialised a spear pierced through her body, sending her massive frame flying backwards.

I Stopped dead in my tracks. I didn’t even look over to see what happened, Sapphire was already back inside my head. But coldness overtook me. Even now I had been holding back bloodlust.

”You destroyed my pet...” I spoke without emotion. Ignoring the attack that cleaved into my shoulder. I grabbed the glaive wielder as they got too close. I held their torso with one arm and began pulling at their arm with another. With triviality, the arm pulled clean off.

The worm began screaming in agony. ”Annoying.” So I swung out with her own arm and hit her in the head, knocking her unconscious. The other two didn’t just allow me to do this and began to attack me mercilessly.

My defence became less defensive as I moved to perform double hits where I could, as long as I could hurt them, I would, regardless of my own well being, but the duo’s coordination was difficult to get past on my own. That was until the one with the sword overextending his attack, I allowed it to impale my armour and deep into my flesh. She was in range now as I drove Zircon deep into her belly. In the same spot she got me.

She fell back as I remained standing. I didn’t pull the sword out of my stomach and grabbed the spear that flew towards my chest at the very last second. I then slowly turned to the hunt leader as I let the spear rest in my hand, she looked at me utterly baffled. ”How are you holding that?”

I scoffed and replied as I felt the constant attack on my Psionic existence.

”Like I said, it tickles.”