Adopted Soldier

Rachel had no time to stop moving as she went to attack the nearest agent. The next person in her line of sight was Lisa, who was continuously firing rubber bullets at her. This wasn't really a problem, since not only was Rachel's strength enhanced when she was at her full RELEASE state, but all her senses get enhanced as well.

Rachel seeing the incoming rubber bullets dodged some of them and caught the others. Upon catching the rubber bullets she flicked them back at Lisa. Rachel's firing rate by flicking the rubber bullets was actually comparable to Lisa's full auto firing rate. Seeing this inhuman act made Lisa scream in her mind, as she evaded the incoming rubber bullets.

'The f*ck is that! This isn't S rank, this is f*cking SS rank! That girl isn't human anymore!' Lisa started screaming this in her mind. It was at that moment that she just blinked, and Rachel was no longer in front of her. Lisa then heard a loud boom from above, Hektor was there and she saw that he had kicked Rachel away.

Rachel was about to hit Lisa from above with a kick, but then Hektor intervened. Rachel who was kicked away was able to balance herself quickly and once again charge forward. Rachel then felt someone was behind her which made her do a spinning back kick, blowing away Amica who tried to stealthily attack.

Amica who blocked the attack with her two arms, coupled with the armor provided by the Shadow Mercenaries uniform, still had her right arm broken. Samuel who was watching from afar suddenly signaled the others to disperse. When he saw the others move aside Samuel threw all the grenades he had, and the others followed suit.

Rachel who saw the incoming grenades stomped on the ground, lifting a large portion of earth upward, making a makeshift shield. After doing this, Rachel quickly stepped back as far as she could. The grenades hit the wall of earth and exploded. The explosion was so strong Rachel's eardrums couldn't stop ringing. The surrounding trees were no longer present, as the area they were fighting had the trees blown into tiny bits.

While smoke filled the area, the shadow mercenaries who saw the destruction couldn't help but facepalm. Some of them especially Samuel were regretting their decision at the moment. They needed to capture Rachel alive, but they actually attacked with the intent to kill.

The reason they did this was because that got a bit confused by Rachel's strength and aggressiveness. They weren't expecting her to be so powerful, it was like they were fighting Richter himself.

"Sh*t did we actually kill her?!" Daryl suddenly shouted, and at the same time he screamed something bursted out of the smoke. It was rocks, Rachel was now throwing rocks at them, and with that speed and power of hers, the rocks look like speeding bullets. Hektor was able to take all the damage as he blocked most of the rocks coming his way.

Daryl who was caught by surprise was unable to dodge on time and was hit on his right leg. When Rachel saw that she got Daryl, making him unable to move properly now, Rachel dashed towards him. Seeing Rachel heading his way, Daryl had no choice but to take her head on.

Lisa and Samuel provided support fire, but that did nothing, not even slowing Rachel down. Amica on the other hand, was now hiding from a distance waiting for a chance to strike, while Hektor stood in front of Daryl blocking Rachel's way.

Seeing Hektor in front of her Rachel was about to punch him with all her strength, but then she saw a throwing knife nearing her. Daryl was able to throw that throwing knife, without Rachel noticing since Hektor was blocking her view. Rachel now needed to choose, if she would evade or continue her attack.

Hektor was so sure that Rachel would dodge, that he wasn't planning to defend, instead the moment Rachel evades he would start attacking her. That was when the opposite happened, Rachel got hit by the throwing knife. It pierced onto her left shoulder, Rachel who was full of adrenaline couldn't feel the pain as she initiated her attack.

Hektor who wasn't expecting Rachel to continue her attack couldn't defend on time, as Rachel punched him in his solar plexus. Hektor had no other option except to tighten his abdominal muscles, as Rachel's punch finally hit him. That one punch from Rachel literally took his breath away. Rachel's punch felt like he was being hit by a something large, like an elephant or maybe something even bigger. Hektor who was blown away coughed up blood, and lay unconscious a few feet away.

When Rachel saw this she couldn't help but smile, as she finally had a chance to finish one of them. Without any hesitation Rachel charged forward towards Hektor's position. When the other Shadow Mercenaries saw what Rachel was planning, they started to attack her from behind. Lisa and Samuel continued to shoot Rachel with rubber bullets, while Daryl kept on throwing daggers at the non-vital parts of Rachel's body.

Amica on the other hand used a blowgun that was loaded with a tranquilizer dart that could even make an elephant faint. Yet even though she was able to hit Rachel from behind, this didn't seem to stop Rachel from charging forward.

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Right now Rachel was full of bruises, and she had some daggers sticking out from her body. Still she continued onward towards Hektor, with only the thought of finishing off at least one enemy. As she neared Hektor and was about to unleash the final blow, she felt extreme pain all throughout her body.

'No! Not now, please not now!' Rachel screamed in her mind, as the backlash of using full RELEASE finally came. While feeling intense pain, her body suddenly stopped functioning and she fell onto the ground with a thud. The pain made her cry even though she didn't want to. As the pain increased her conscious was gradually fading, until finally she fainted.

The members of the Shadow Mercenaries who saw what happened to Rachel, didn't feel any joy. They looked at each other ashamed by the outcome. They were actually pushed back this much by one girl. Once Richter sees them in such a sorry state, he might actually kill them.

They couldn't blame him, since they too wanted to kill themselves. They already said that they would take this seriously, but what happened?! They ambushed Rachel and outnumbered her but they were still the ones who were almost defeated. If not for the limitations of the technique RELEASE Hektor would be dead now.

If they actually set up traps before hand, this battle would've been much easier. Heck when they saw Rachel use full RELEASE they shouldn't have engaged. They should've tried wasting time, while stopping her from escaping until the backlash of full RELEASE took her down.

In the end they still acted arrogantly, thinking that even if a little girl like Rachel uses such a technique it wouldn't amount to much. This time the members present truly discarded their arrogance. When they head out to capture Evangeline, they would do it as cautiously as possible.. They would treat Evangeline with the same threat level as an SS rank merc.