Seven Sins System Chapter 683. Break Through and Eliminate
Seven Sins System Chapter 683. Break Through and Eliminate
I didn’t say much after that. Just listened.
They were joking, yeah. But underneath it, I could feel it—the hum of nervous energy. The way Darren’s leg bounced just a little. The flicker in Evie’s eyes when she wasn’t laughing. The way Ion kept fiddling with his ring, like itching to draw his blades even though we weren’t allowed to materialize weapons inside the vehicle.
They weren’t fearless.
They were covering it.
Masking it.
Like real soldiers.
The intercom buzzed again.
“ETA: Forty minutes. Environmental mana levels increasing. Squad leaders, prep strategy finalization.”
Claire sat up straighter. “I’ll start the sync scan. Everyone else—focus.”
I nodded, then leaned back once more.
The vehicle rumbled under us like it knew something we didn’t. Outside, the trees had thickened. Vines sprawled across the edges of the narrow trail, pulsing softly with ambient mana, and the color of the light filtering through the canopy had shifted—more green-blue now, hazy with tension.
It was too quiet.
Even for the borderlands.
I narrowed my eyes at the exterior monitor.
Then—
BZZT.
The comms crackled.
“Attention, all units,” the mechanical voice rang through the cabin. “Approaching engagement zone. Estimated arrival: five minutes. Visual obstacles detected ahead. All squads standby for impact prep.”
I frowned and tapped the monitor, pulling up the tactical overlay. The map flashed. Mana pings had clustered along the path like a wall of heat signatures.
I zoomed in.
And that’s when I saw them.
They weren’t Windclaws.
Not Thornlings either.
No.
These were worse.
Heavier.
“...Oh hell,” I muttered.
The external camera feed loaded—blurry for half a second before sharpening just in time for one of the beasts to raise its head and scream.
It looked like an elephant that had fallen into a blender made of teeth and trauma.
Too many tusks.
Too many glowing eyes.
And a mouth that split sideways into a jagged grin like someone taught it how to be angry and smug.
Its skin pulsed with mana, like magma veins under leathery hide.
Huge. Easily fifteen feet at the shoulder.
“Level twenty-one,” I muttered, reading the overlay. “Of course.”
“Please tell me that’s not what I think it is,” Barry said, leaning over my shoulder.
“Oh it is,” I said. “Say hello to the Ravungars.”
Ion blinked. “Sounds like a digestive problem.”
“They will digest you if you’re not careful,” I muttered. “Ambush-types, highly territorial, and extremely pissed off.”
Darren narrowed his eyes. “I’ve read about them. Aren’t they supposed to be deeper in the western basin?”
“Yeah,” I said slowly. “They are. Which means something pushed them here.”
Evie looked pale. “Do we… avoid?”
I tapped the comms and brought it to my ear. “Squad 8 to Command. We’ve engaged a group of Ravungars on the front trail. Orders?”
There was a short delay.
Then—
“Copy that, Squad 8. Enemy presence confirmed. New assignment uploaded. You are to break through and eliminate the threat en route to north ridge. Additional squads are rerouted. Your mission is now critical.”
I stared at the comms unit for a beat.
“Thanks,” I muttered. “No pressure or anything.”
Then I turned to the squad. “You guys heard that?”
Barry’s eyes widened. “We’re breaking through those?!”
“Prepare for impact,” I said. “Evie, Darren—top hatch. Range support. Hit them as we burst out.”
“On it,” Darren said, already unclipping his harness.
Evie cracked her knuckles. “Been itching to burn something anyway.”
“Claire,” I said, locking eyes with her. “You lead melee engagement. Front formation. I want wide coverage.”
“Yes, sir,” she said immediately, standing with a calm that was borderline terrifying.
“Everyone else, follow formation Delta-4. Gear manifests on my mark.”
I inhaled deeply and activated my skills.
[Devil’s Blessing has been activated.]
Strength flooded their limbs. Focus sharpened.
The air in the cabin changed.
Just slightly.
Like the pressure dropped.
Ion blinked. “You always smell like brimstone when you do that, you know that?”
“Shut up and get ready,” I said.
The announcement crackled back in.
“Final warning: All units prepare for impact. Vehicle acceleration in 3… 2…”
I barely had time to finish locking my extra seatbelt.
“…1.”
VRRROOOOOOM.
The engine roared.
The vehicle launched.
All six of us were shoved back in our seats as the transport surged forward like a possessed bull. The runes along the walls glowed crimson, bracing spells locking into place with a snap of energy.
Outside, the forest blurred.
Trees rushed past.
The Ravungars appeared in the clearing like angry towers of meat and hate.
I could feel the energy surge from the vehicles.
“Don’t kill all of them before we even get out there,” Barry grinned, looking at both Darren and Evie.
“You can have the leftovers,” Evie shouted back.
“Guys!” Ion yelled, eyes wide. “Bracing spells! We’re going THROUGH!”
The first Ravungar charged.
The vehicle didn’t flinch.
We slammed into its side.
The whole cabin shook like a godsdamn earthquake had punched us.
Claire braced with one arm against the wall, the other already prepping her ring for materialization. “That’s our cue.”
Another impact.
Then light.
The doors hissed.
The moment they opened—
Magic exploded.
Darren and Evie jumped out and went on the top of the vehicle.
Darren’s arrow shot past, slicing through the air with a low hum before embedding itself into one of the beast’s eyes. The thing shrieked and staggered.
Evie launched a burst of cyclone heat that scattered the smaller mana-leeches flitting around its legs. Fire cracked and sizzled across the beast’s flank, smoke curling upward.
Claire jumped out. Her rapier materialized mid-air with a clean flash of silver light, landing in her hand like it had been waiting for her.
Ion was next. His twin daggers formed in reverse grip with a quick spin of his ring.
Barry followed, spear flickering into his grip like a hungry spark.
I stepped out last.
Dark mist curling off my shoulders.
My boots hit the forest floor with a soft crunch.
And I looked up.
At the beasts.
At my team.
And for the first time in hours—
I smiled.
“Let’s clean this road,” I said.
And charged.