The Void Pathfinder from the Demon Hunter World

Fort Defiance was a mental hospital before the war, the Allegheny Asylum.

Because of its special functional needs, this mental hospital was built large and strong.

After the war, it was selected by the Brotherhood of Steel to become the southern base because it was strong enough and had a large number of beds.

And because it is close to the cranberry swamp, it faces the attack of the radiant corpse beasts, and it has become a frontline headquarters.

After the Brotherhood repaired the power line from Thunder Mountain Power Plant to Defiance Fortress, there was ample power here.

As a result, the Brotherhood built automatic defense missiles, using technology from the Brotherhood of Steel headquarters on the West Coast.

Since then, the Resistance Fortress has become a solid barrier to prevent the westward expansion of the Scorched Corpse Beasts.

The Resistance Fortress is currently led by veteran knight Webb.

Upon arrival, the Vault Boys need to report to the Weber Knights to begin a week of garrisoning and assisting in defense tasks.

They will face 2 to 3 attacks from the Scorch Beasts in a week.

Thunder Mountain Power Plant, when Marvin heard the name of this place, he had an idea.

He calmly asked about the location of the power plant, thinking about when to go there and take action.

It is still supplying energy to the resistance fortress, and we can make a decision after making sure that it will not affect subsequent plans.

The power plant is right there anyway, so we can’t escape.

Although they already knew something about the Defiance Fortress, everyone was still shocked by its scale when they actually saw it.

Marvin couldn't connect the building in front of him with a mental hospital.

The entire fortress is a 4-story masonry concrete building about 250 meters wide. Facing east and back to the west, there is a 2-story steeple bell tower in the middle, with the fraternity flag flying on the bell tower.

Some cannon and machine gun positions were also installed on the roof. In the courtyard in front of the building, there is a 4-unit automatic defense missile rack rotating slowly. The entire fortress and courtyard are surrounded by an iron fence with a cement base.

Large numbers of Brotherhood soldiers and knights in power armor were stationed throughout the courtyard and rooftops.

Marvin couldn't enter because he didn't have permission, but he would wait outside. When the Scorch Beast attacked, he would also join the battle outside the courtyard.

The Vault Boys entered the fortress with a warrant, and Marvin turned away to familiarize himself with the surrounding environment.

This is a wasteland, not the United States, and the Resistance Fortress is not a pre-war military restricted area. No matter how overbearing the Brotherhood is, it can't stop others from wandering around, right?

Therefore, it doesn't make much difference if Ma Wenjia doesn't join the Brotherhood, and his purpose is not to help the Brotherhood resist the Scorched Corpse Beast.

His mission is to find out where the Scorch Beast's lair is.

…

The shelter boys took the warrant and successfully entered the gate and building door of the Resistance Fortress, followed a clerk in the elevator to the door of an office on the fourth floor.

The clerk stood at attention at the door and saluted: "Commander, Vaughn's team has arrived, 12 people."

Behind the desk, a man wearing sunglasses and long combat boots was tilted up on the table, looking at documents.

He threw the papers in his hand on the table and said, "Well, let them in."

The clerk saluted again: "Yes, Commander." He shook his head at Robert and others.

Robert Vaughn nodded and led the team into the office.

The 12 people lined up in two horizontal lines. Robert stood at attention, raised his right fist to his chest, and said loudly: "Good afternoon, sir! All 12 members of Vaughn's independent team are here to report."

The Commander put his feet down from the table, stood up and returned the military salute.

"Relax, recruits. Tagati told me about your situation. You join the fortress defense as an independent team, which is a way I prefer. After all, I don't want to disrupt the personnel configuration of each formation because of a few recruits. Who knows? What trouble can you cause?"

Although this commander, who always wore sunglasses, sounded a little lazy, his actions still showed a strong sense of military style.

"I am Knight Weber, and I am in charge here."

He pointed to the paperwork beside him.

"Eria will arrange barracks and guard tasks for you. Daily training is the same as everyone else. You don't need to introduce yourself. Who knows how many will survive a week later. Elijah, take them to the barracks. The rules of what to say say Just a moment."

After saying that, he continued to cross his legs on the table and read the documents.

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Defiance Fortress, Level 1, Vaughan Independent Squad Barracks.

"This is your barracks. The washroom and bathroom are at the northernmost end. Follow the radio prompts to participate in daily training. Your sentry post is here in the north of the courtyard. It is responsible for the safety of the missile rack. It is on duty for 6 hours a day. Here is the shift schedule and the canteen is open. Time and other rules. No late arrival or early leave, no absence from work, no casual wear, no contact with missile racks and missiles. "Do you have any questions?" Clerk Elijah spoke quickly. quick.

"No, sir!"

"Okay. You will officially start on duty tomorrow. Quickly clean up and make it in time for dinner." The clerk left after saying this.

A male team member muttered: "Isn't it different from what you imagined?"

"It's okay if men and women live together. Do we even have to take a bath together?" The girls also complained together.

"No wonder Marvin doesn't want to come." Denis said in a strange tone.

"Shut up. Andy, go and close the door. We won't go to the cafeteria for dinner today." Robert said, "Anita, Sumar, Denis, come over and let's renegotiate the duty and combat formation. We only have to deal with the Radiant Corpse and the Radiant Corpse Beast here, and we also have to consider cooperating with the Brotherhood’s soldiers, so the previous formation may not be suitable.”

…

Marvin circled the resistance fortress from a distance. The terrain on the east, south and west sides was relatively flat, and there were steep mountains on the north side.

There were many scorched people nearby, vaguely surrounding the entire fortress. Marvin fought and dodged before he circled around, but did not see the scorched beasts or the scorched beast corpses.

To the east of the fortress was a cement road that meandered down the mountain and led to a more purple-red wasteland, where was the cranberry swamp.

The skyscrapers standing in the center of the wasteland were the long-famous city of Watauga, a "future city" that was highly touted before the war.

There was a faint sense of danger in the endless cranberry swamp...

This week, the boys in the shelter lived in the barracks, and he could only live in the wild and could not go back to the underground base to sleep peacefully.

After all, no one stipulated that the scorched beasts could only attack during the day.

And when the scorched beasts attacked, he had to be there to assist in the defense from the side.

Otherwise, his favorability would definitely drop, affecting subsequent plans.

He would not join the Brotherhood, but he was envious of the weapons, equipment and technology in the Brotherhood.

After all, it was a well-known armed force, so there must be some good stuff in its hands, right?

On the cliff halfway up the mountain, north of the Resistance Fortress, Marvin found a crack in the rock that could barely accommodate one person.

It was neither up nor down here, so there was no need to worry about monster attacks, and he could clearly overlook the fortress.

Marvin tried it once, and under the premise of not affecting the battle, it only took him less than 5 minutes to run to the fence on the north side of the fortress, and 7 minutes to get back from the fortress to the crack in the rock halfway up the mountain.

He didn't need to make a fire or heat food, he just needed a slightly safer place to rest for a few hours every day.

This was a relatively ideal camping site.

…

For two consecutive days, Vaughn's team experienced a pure military camp life that they had never experienced before.

Getting up on time, doing exercises, eating, training, standing guard, and being trained by superiors, some people were very adaptable, and some people were very uncomfortable.

Most soldiers turned a blind eye to Vaughn's team, no one made things difficult for them, and no one got close to them.

Their shifts were actually outside the normal shifts of the fortress, and there was always another formal formation on duty with them.

Every day, Marvin would communicate briefly for a few minutes through the Pip-Boy during the Vaughn team's shift, across the fence and a few hundred meters away, to determine the division of labor during the battle and the emergency plan for dealing with emergencies.

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(Recommended background music for this paragraph: "Dominant Species" singer: Inon Zur.)

On the third day, in the afternoon, during the Vaughn team's shift, Marvin was walking down the hillside when a huge alarm suddenly sounded in the fortress.

Marvin ran towards the fortress and adjusted the Pip-Boy communication channel to the same frequency as the fortress.

A pre-war report sounded in the communicator: "Scorchbeasts found, 2:45 in the east, 2, threat level 2. Combatants get ready, non-combatants withdraw to the fortress. Repeat, 2:45 in the east, 2, threat level 2."

Marvin looked at the eastern sky and saw two small black dots flying towards the fortress.

Everyone in the courtyard started to move. Everyone knew what they should do and was not panicking.

Robert waved to Marvin outside the fence, turned around and said to the team members: "Put on your helmets and get ready for battle."

After that, he was the first to put on his helmet, picked up the mini laser machine gun, and stood at the front of the team.

Marvin also released his black-painted T51B and got in.

It was the first time to defend against the scorched beasts with the Brotherhood, so it was better to be safe and output in the back row.

When everyone was ready, Marvin could see the enemy in the air clearly. It was indeed two scorched beasts.

A man's voice came from the communicator of the power armor helmet: "Everyone, especially the recruits, stay calm, don't shoot, and wait for my order."

The soldiers were very familiar with this voice, it was the commander Knight Weber.

Vaughn's team was a recruit, and Marvin was a freeloader. They had no right to speak, so they could only listen, and they couldn't even talk within the team.

When everyone could see the giant beasts in the sky clearly, they began to climb and dive down.

The 4-barreled missile rack in the center of the courtyard pointed at the scorched beast in the air. Two missiles flew towards the giant beast with a whistling sound and a flame tail.

Boom! Boom!

The order came from the communicator: "Fire!"

Countless rays shot at the fireball exploding in the air. The green ones were tracer bullets and the red ones were laser beams.

Marvin also used a laser machine gun. While he was firing, he paid attention to the movements of the soldiers and the missile rack in the courtyard.

The missile rack was not large. The missiles that flew out were only about 4 meters long and less than 1 meter in diameter.

The missiles could track the flying scorched beasts. I don't know what the principle is. Is it tracking the heat source or the radiation source?

After the explosion smoke in the air dissipated, the dive of the two scorched beasts was interrupted. Their abdomens and wing membranes were slightly damaged, but they could still fly.

They climbed to a higher altitude with the barrage of bullets and flew south. Judging from their flying posture, they seemed to be planning to do it again.

Weber's voice came from the communicator: "Cease fire! Boys, take a break. Silva, missiles."

Another woman's hoarse voice: "Weber, I've told you a thousand times, that thing is automatic. It will be ready in 20 seconds."

The Scorchbeast in the air turned around, approached the fortress again, and dived.

Two missiles were fired.

Boom! Boom!

"Fire!"

As the explosion died down, a smaller Scorchbeast's wing membrane broke and fell from the air.

Countless bullet lines chased the falling behemoth and continued to shoot.

Knight Weber ordered again: "Teams 12, 16, and 17, hit the ground. The others hit the sky. Team 87, free artillery fire."

The falling behemoth smashed down a section of the courtyard fence on the southeast side, turned over and stood up, opened its mouth and roared.

The sound waves visible to the naked eye spread, and smoke and dust rose on the ground.

Three teams of 6 people composed of full power armors went up and half surrounded the fallen behemoth and continued to shoot. Only 3 people shook slightly and caught up with their teammates.

Behind the 18 power armors, many soldiers were overturned by the air waves and stunned by the sound waves. Some soldiers who were close to them even spurted blood and fell to the ground on the spot.

The sound of artillery sounded on the roof, and the scorched beast that wanted to rush forward was repelled by a shot.

Marvin, the boys in the shelter, and the soldiers who were not named continued to shoot the scorched beast in the air.

Swish...

Another missile flew out and hit the behemoth in the air.

The seriously injured Scorchbeast turned and flew eastward and escaped.

"12, 16, 17, 87, continue. Everyone else, cease fire."

Another cannon shot, and the black flesh and blood splattered on the back of the Scorchbeast that landed.

The fire lines of the three full-power armor teams immediately converged on the wound.

The Scorchbeast flapped its wings vigorously, but it couldn't fly, and only knocked down more fences.

The arc defense line composed of 18 power armors followed the movement, always protecting the other soldiers behind them.

At this time, logistics personnel began to push carts out to help the knights replace the huge drums and fusion cores.

2 minutes later, the Scorchbeast was killed.

"Guys, the game is over. Clean up the battlefield and then return to your teams. That's it."

The soldiers, including all the power armors, raised their weapons and shouted: "Invincible!"

The entire battle process was well-balanced, and everyone performed their duties. The overall strength of the Brotherhood of Steel was indeed good.

Marvin was amazed.

If he was surrounded by such troops, he would not be able to escape even by teleporting, and the result would be that he would be killed instantly by concentrated fire.

He shed his power armor, said hello to his teammates from a distance, and returned to the hillside. The resistance fortress should not be so unlucky as to be attacked twice in a row.

As he walked, Marvin recalled the battle just now...

The automatic defense missile rack is the most important part of it.

Artillery cannot hit the scorched beasts flying flexibly in the air. Machine guns and laser machine guns have limited ranges and can only expand the results of the battle, but cannot make a final decision.

If facing only scorched beasts, the upper limit that the resistance fortress can deal with should be 4.

The attack of more than 4 scorched beasts will definitely cause combat casualties.

Without missiles, the large-scale sonic attack of the scorched beasts after diving can disintegrate the formation of soldiers.

The giant beasts rushing into the crowd will bring one-sided killing.

What if the scorched beasts are accompanied by other enemies when they attack?

Are the scorched people and scorched beasts around the fortress connected?

Both are irrational monsters, which should be unlikely, right?

Having just participated in one battle, Marvin could only come up with these conjectures and inferences.

He also came to another conclusion that it was indeed impossible to attack the Thunder Mountain Power Plant in a short period of time.

It would affect the missiles, and would also affect the subsequent plans.

It doesn't matter, the power plant will not run away.

It was also a pity that he came down late today and could not see clearly where the two scorched beasts flew from.

I will definitely do it next time.

...

The next day, when Marvin went down the mountain in the morning, he encountered more scorched people than in the previous few days.

He walked around the fortress and found that a large number of scorched people were gathering around the resistance fortress.

When his teammates were on duty at noon, Marvin reported this situation to Robert through the Pip Boy.

Robert reported it layer by layer and finally walked into the commander's office.

Knight Weber, who was still wearing sunglasses indoors, slapped his forehead after listening to his report.

"Damn it, here they come again."

Seeing that the recruit with a question mark on his face was still there, he shook his chin at the clerk behind the desk next to him.

"Eria, tell him about the situation."

"Yes, sir." The clerk stood up, pushed his glasses and said to Robert: "Every large-scale attack by the Scorched Beasts is accompanied by a large number of Scorched Men. So, if the reconnaissance results of your non-staff member are true, then this time should be the same."

Robert remembered the issue they had just discussed and asked: "How many Scorched Beasts are there in this kind of attack?"

The clerk said: "3, 4, the fortress has faced a siege of 5 Scorched Beasts and hundreds of Scorched Men at most once."

Commander Weber replied: "We lost more than 60 people that time."

He took a deep breath and ordered: "Eria, notify Team 22 to scout the surrounding area and report the reconnaissance results to me today."

"Yes, sir."

"Vaughn, I understand the situation. You go down first."

"Yes, sir. Goodbye, sir."

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