Planet Hero- Civilian by M A Carlson

Author:M A Carlson [Carlson, M A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781734802108
Published: 2020-03-31T22:00:00+00:00

18

“Pick your shots,” Light repeated for the fiftieth time. “Let Hammer get their attention. As a marksman, our job is to pick them off from a distance without drawing their attention.”

I nodded absentmindedly as I targeted another Dungeness Spider, a cross between a crab and a spider and, as usual, bigger than both. It was more spider than crab except for the extra pair of appendages connected to its thorax in the form of pincers.

“We are going to eat so good tonight,” Hammer crowed excitedly as he smashed another. And did I mention that these things are apparently a delicacy?

I collapsed a void next to one of the spiders that was trying to attack Hammer from behind, rupturing the carapace and killing the little beast. But more importantly, I didn’t draw the attention of any of the other spiders.

Almost a week ago, we started moving through the wilds in an almost straight-line, northwest of the outpost, returning to the safety of the walled fort each night. Sometimes, we needed to clear out whatever moved in overnight. It was hard work and we were clearly moving toward a destination, but they hadn’t told me much about it yet. Anyway, when we were out in the wilds, I was pushed harder every day.

Light focused on teaching me how to fight from a distance without my Time Compression. He taught me how to lead my targets and pick my shots. I was encouraged to increase the number of shots I could take with my Void Burst regardless of the number of enhancements I put into my Space ability. As a result, I was able to get my Void Burst down to a quarter of an inch in size, just large enough to knock out a human so long as it wasn’t too close to the head. For something like these spiders that were the size of a small dog, they were the perfect weapon.

I killed two more spiders in rapid succession with each one receiving a Void Burst as they rushed at Hammer. I checked my Spatial Awareness, briefly enhancing it to check our surroundings. It was a habit by now. I found that a quick burst of enhanced Spatial Awareness was generally enough to let me know if there was anything I needed to worry about. “Second swarm incoming,” I reported after sensing a few dozen of the things swarming toward us from deeper within the wilds.

“I’m aware,” Hammer replied, punching a jackhammer into the ground and creating a fissure in front of him for about twenty yards, spreading the swarm to either side of him and slowing their progress. Through my passive Spatial Awareness, I faintly felt the new swarm’s progress and how much Hammer was able to hamper it. They either fell into the fissure where they were crushed at the bottom by the rocks that fell in after them or they simply piled up on the far side. Hammer’s solution did exactly what he intended, he slowed them down and gave us time to safely deal with them and not get overwhelmed.

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