Number One Dungeon Supplier



Breathe.

That was all Tellie could think of as she held onto the new experimental rifle that Denise had loaned her for this mission. Iron nails from her left knee and right leg plunge onto the Helicarrier's floor as she knelt partially to get into position. 

Yinn's plan might seem like a luxury for Tellie but in reality, she is going to be in deep trouble if she does not time her shot right. Surely the plane can ascend upwards and with the cargo doors open, the explosive barrels can drop and descend vertically providing the Helicarrier some breathing space so that the Metal ogres who threw javalins and spears will have trouble hitting it. 

However, that also means Tellie only had a clear vision for a moment and if she had not taken the chance correctly to fire, the experimental beam rifle might not have been able to destroy everything in its path. Too small and precise, Yinn might lose the accuracy if the Helicarrier jerks from the retaliating attack. Too large and big, which is not a problem for Tellie now that she has an experimental rifle can potentially cause trouble for her too since the scale might accidentally damage the dungeon entrance and it will create untold problems for the entirety of this particular battle.

But even if she thought about all of these, this was still comparatively easier than the time when she had to calculate her shot on a moving vehicle just so that she could hit the firing missile tube when the projectile was about to pop out. At this moment, her target is a stationary item and she had more stability and cooling facilities on her fingertips than ever before.

All she could say was that Jin had never failed to put her in circumstances that consistently pushed her into weird and difficult situations and this one was undoubtedly one of them as well despite the slightly easier difficulty. 

Or so she thinks. When the Cargo Bay doors opened, spears were already starting to fly in and Diaz was already on guard duty trying to shoot down every single spear. Eventually, arrows, axes, and even rocks were being flung towards the helicarrier as the pilot continued to descend as low as possible while not getting the helicarrier into too much trouble. 

"Anytime now." The Pilot said through the loudspeakers and everyone braced for impact while Click readied the trigger button to drop the explosive barrels. And within a few seconds, everyone could feel the change in altitude which meant the plan that Yinn had proposed was now in motion. Click hung onto the sidebar tightly and started to release the explosive barrels so that it could do its job.

When the Metal Ogres saw the large ascending metal bird dropping its poo at them, they tried to break it down by hitting it however they had forgotten that there were also Mechanoids shooting back at them. Diaz was dishing out grenades from her launcher while Page and Yinn took control of the Helicarrier's defensive machine gun turrets at the sides of the bird to distract, defeat and maybe intercept some of the Metal Ogres. 

All of this was happening to let the explosive barrels do the job to further distract the Metal Ogres while Tellie prepped her experimental rifle. Most of the locks had been released on the rifle and all that was left was to target. A sufficient amount of energy had already been stored in the weapon's barrel and all Tellie needed to do was push the trigger at the correct time while also manoeuvring it to score the best shot she could do.

There was nothing but the destruction of the monster lure was in her mind. Her eyes were continuously searching for that monolith that they had encountered through out the Northern and Eastern areas. The moment she had it in her sights, a quick pulse of data was sent through the system console and on board the helicarrier's internal AI. This allowed the AI to immediately adjust the ascend so that they won't be flying up too high that quickly (but still fast) and maintaining that particular position in its vertical flight upwards before the Helicarrier's maximum resistant load had been reached.

Thankfully, Tellie was not the kind to waste her time and other people's effort as she instantly threw down the fire onto the monolith that she saw. The laser shot through its target and it was like a beam of salvation to the eyes of the military council who saw that the operation was a success. 

And when that happens the Helicarrier instantly stop its rotors so that it could descend from the ascension they had made. The free fall caused a few things to drop rapidly but the pilot was not going to risk any other mistakes so it closed the hatch when it was done. 

"WE ARE GOING BACK!" The copilot shouted as the rotors came back on when they were of a suitable height to fly normally.  The Grey Bears took a quick sigh of relief but Yinn and Page were not stopping their retaliation shots. As long as they saw the spears flying through the skies, they will try to shoot them down no matter how small the chance of intercepting it will be. But given that the both of them had the better processing speeds, the Grey Bears left it to them to do what it was needed to ensure that the helicarrier was not harm in anywhere even though the effect they did was minimal.

"Great job, Tellie!" Click said as she went to Tellie and started waving a towel at her. The amount of steam being emitted from her was endlessly warm and there was nothing that could help unless she were to throw the Sniper Mechanoids into a tub of ice. 

"At this rate, I probably can get the hottest Mechanoid of the year award." Tellie joked and the rest were able to laugh. That was a good sign since laughter after the moments of crisis meant that the situation was not downright awful enough for morale to be low. Things were looking up even though it was just for a while.