His sharp gaze fell upon Maldragon through the sniper rifle's scope.
Without warning, their eyes locked and caused Maldragon who was about to fire to be stunned for half a second.
During the momentary lapse of concentration, Nathan sprang into action.
Regaining his senses, Maldragon fired without any hesitation.
Bang!
As the gunshot rang out, the bullet whizzed through the air and missed Nathan's face by a whisker.
Maldragon furrowed his eyebrows as he cursed
in his heart.
Nevertheless, he didn't stop as the barrel of his gun followed Nathan and took another shot. However, Nathan had grabbed hold of Penny and pulled her into cover. They managed to stay out of Maldragon's range as they were in his blind spot.
With no time to waste, Maldragon switched targets immediately by aiming at Garrett, hoping to bait Nathan out by attacking him.
However, the moment he trained his scope on Garrett, Lucas had lunged forward and tackled Garrett to the ground.
At the same time, Zach did a military flip and rolled himself to the side of the window. When he was near enough, he raised his hand to close it.
Without any hesitation, Maldragon fired at them repeatedly.
His bullets smashed the window into pieces and made multiple fist-sized holes in the wall. Other than firing indiscriminately to vent his frustration, he also wanted to try his luck.
However, no matter how many shots he fired, Nathan and the others didn't move.
Meanwhile, the farmhouse restaurant turned into a hornet's nest that was stirred. Colin, a few members of the Elite Eight, many of Zach and Lucas' National Guards, and a group of Cabinet bodyguards charged out of the restaurant with pistols in their hands.
All of them dashed toward the tall building opposite.
Colin commanded, “Spread out and head upstairs. We cannot let the sniper escape and must capture him dead or alive.”
“Yes, sir!”
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