The Path to Sainthood from Fairy Tail

After the debugging was almost done, Li Xuan could clearly feel the gaze from Hawkeye.

Finally, Li Xuan couldn't help but remind him, "Senior Eagle Eye, is our mission to admire each other's sniper rifles? If so, I actually have no interest in your gun at all."

Hawkeye immediately retorted, "What are you talking about?! How can our mission be so frivolous? To tell you the truth, our job is to protect the captain and the others. Do you understand?"

Li Xuan smiled awkwardly, "I understand, I understand. Speaking of which, Senior Eagle Eye's accent is a bit strange. He's not a local, right?"

As if he had been opened up, Hawkeye began to talk about his experiences incessantly, even revealing the time when he was a child when he peeped at the widow next door taking a bath, without any shyness at all.

Li Xuan: “…”

If Li Xuan knew that Hawkeye was a chatterbox, he would never give him this opportunity.

Just as Li Xuan was patiently listening to Hawkeye recount his childhood stories, he suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Can I touch your assassin?"

Li Xuan immediately became alert. He didn't expect that Hawkeye, the man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would be this kind of person.

He refused directly and coldly, "Impossible. I think you should know how valuable assassins are. And to be honest, I'm not going to tell you this: your sniping skills aren't necessarily better than mine!"

This sentence seemed to hit Hawkeye's sore spot. He immediately grasped his sniper rifle and said to Li Xuan, "Okay, there will be a mission that requires us to provide cover, so let's have a competition. Since you are so confident, how about using your assassin as a bet?"

Li Xuan said confidently, "No problem, but what about your bet? My assassin is worth a lot of money!"

Facing Li Xuan's provocation, Hawkeye responded directly, "Okay! You said it. I'll take this as a bet. I don't ask for much, just the assassin's right to use it for a month! Anyway, this gun..."

"No need! I have the autonomy to use this gun. If I lose, I'll give it to you."

Hawkeye took out a book of forbidden knowledge, which recorded how to create a mechanic's primary AI.

Originally, such books were everywhere on the streets, but since the emergence of the artificial intelligence disaster, all books about intelligent AI have been confiscated by the three major forces and are not allowed to circulate among the people.

If we really compare the value of the book, it must be far more precious than the assassin's. After all, that kind of book is not allowed to circulate on the market. Once discovered, the buyer and seller will be arrested directly and the book will be destroyed.

Hawkeye complained in surprise, "I didn't expect Wang Yi to be so generous, even giving away assassins. Humph! Since you say so, I won't let you off!"

"bring it on!"

Soon, Hawkeye received a message from the captain.

"Captain, they'll be building a defensive fortification at 1 o'clock. What we need to do is snipe any that slip through while preventing the fortification from being destroyed. This will last until the main force arrives, which will take about six hours. What do you think? Are you confident?"

"Six hours? With such a short time, it's okay even if I don't keep it, right?"

Hawkeye immediately explained Li Xuan's naive question, "The Zerg's expansion rate isn't constant. The longer the time, the faster they reproduce! In six hours, their numbers will reach a terrifying level."

After Hawkeye's explanation, Li Xuan immediately understood the significance of doing so.

"I understand. Thank you very much this time!"

"I just don't want this bet to be unfair, don't get me wrong!"

Li Xuan smiled slightly. He found that it was not difficult to communicate with the members of these teams.

Following the direction Hawkeye mentioned, Li Xuan saw a stronghold that looked like an endless fortress.

If someone told Li Xuan that this base did not utilize the mechanic's abilities, Li Xuan would give him a slap in the face without saying a word.

"Your army...seems like they are a bit unwilling to accept the restrictions of the empire." Li Xuan complained while looking at the fortress.

It’s not that Li Xuan despises them, but the behavior of this team is completely like that of lawless criminals.

First, they used the forbidden book as a gamble, and then they used the mechanic technology that was banned by the Empire. No matter how you look at it, you can tell that some of their inner strength comes from the mechanic heritage.

"Shh~ Zerg, here they come."

Hawkeye's low voice immediately made Li Xuan's muscles contract and enter combat state.

From the assassin's scope, Li Xuan discovered the Zerg that were approaching the stronghold.

Ahead of the Zerg, there was a group of forest animals. They were the Zerg's prey and also the nutrients they needed.

After seeing the animals, the captain in the stronghold began to assign tasks: "Don't attack these animals. Wait until they pass before attacking the Zerg behind! Snipers, you can snipe and kill the Zerg behind!"

Hawkeye and other team members: "Roger that!"

Just as the team members in the stronghold held their weapons tightly, waiting for the animals to leave.

Hawkeye and Li Xuan have begun sniping the Zerg pursuers behind the animals.

boom! boom! boom!

Biu! Biu! Biu!

Flames continued to emerge from the muzzles of their guns.

Because of the gun, Li Xuan's sound is far less powerful than Hawkeye's heavy sniper rifle.

In terms of voice and meaning, it seemed that Li Xuan had fallen into a disadvantage.

"Senior Eagle Eye, will the sound of your gun give away our position?"

"Hmph! Kid, you have to understand one thing. The captain and his men are guarding our front. Even if we have a party in the back, there's no way the Zerg will come to us! And those animals are even less likely to choose the hills as their escape route."

"Oh!"

Biu! Biu! Biu!

While Hawkeye was answering the question, Li Xuan took the opportunity to fire several more shots.

And every shot hit the Zerg accurately.

"You little brat, you're cheating!"

"Haha, Senior Eagle Eye, we are in a battle period now, and what we need to do is kill more enemies!"

With the cooperation of Hawkeye and Li Xuan, the speed of the Zerg pursuers behind was greatly restricted.

The captain inside the stronghold said in amazement, "When did Hawkeye become so powerful? He can actually operate two sniper rifles at the same time?"

A team member stepped forward and said, "Could it be that student? After all, given Hawkeye's personality, if his strength improves, he will definitely not hide it..."

Seeing that the animals had left, the captain interrupted the team member's guess.

"Everyone, fire!"

The machine guns in the stronghold rained down upon the Zerg in front.

The trees blocking the front of the stronghold were broken one after another.

Just a simple wave of firepower coverage was enough to make the Zerg unable to take care of themselves.