The Black Market Chapter 47 - Ambush

Two days later, inside a large villa in Comoros, a chubby blonde man in his forties was sitting lazily in his sofa. "Do you think they will arrive? I mean, it is at least 15 hours away by plane from Comoros to the Philippines. And im not..." Before Shannon can finish what he was saying, a loud honking of cars sounded outside his villa. He glanced at at Tyler and nodded at him.

"It must be them, speak of the devil."

When Shannon and Tyler got out of the villa, they saw several cars parked outside. More than ten man in standard military clothing were standing stoically.

"Hello sirs, what brings you here in my humble abode?" Shannon nervously asked as he glanced at the 'soldiers' in front of him. They were fully equipped from head to foot and each of them were holding an FN-Scar assault rifle.

One of the 'soldiers' stepped forward and spoke in calm voice. "Mr. Williams, we were sent by Wolf King to deliver your package." He then turned around and ordered in a loud voice. "Men, deliver the package!"

The 'soldiers' saluted before moving towards the huge carrier trucks. Shannon saw them bring out multiple wooden boxes and he can already imagine what was inside. "Men, help these brothers to carry the boxes! Be careful on handling them!"

"Yes boss!"

"Alright boss!"

After bringing out all the wooden boxes, Shannon walked towards one of it and opened it slowly. His eyes were greeted by a beautiful black rifle, causing his mouth to water in excitement.

"Where is our package Mr. Williams?" A cold voice interrupted Shannon's train of thoughts.

"Oh, right! Men, bring out the box!" Shannon smiled confidently and shouted towards his men.

Santharus inspected the box from Shannon and saw glittering pieces of gold. He then told his men to carry the box of gold inside their truck. "Mr. Williams, it's time for us to go."

Santharus went back inside one of the cars moments after, their group then left, leaving small clouds of dust.

"Boss! What's inside these boxes? And why are there so much of them?"

"Open it and you'll know." Shannon smiled mysteriously.

His men then eagerly opened the boxes and their eyes went wide like saucers.

"Holy shit! Guns! Armors! And even missiles!"

The rest of Shannon's men hurriedly swarmed around the boxes to take a look, and all of them had stunned looks after opening them.

More than ten kilometers away from Shannon's villa, the fleet of cars led by Santharus suddenly stopped. 

"How many of them are there?" Santharus asked in calm voice as he glanced at the red dots shown on their screen. 

"More than twenty armed individuals, their background is unknown just based on their clothings, but their weapons are not just some random toys, sir!" One 'soldier' replied after glancing at the data shown by one of their flying drones. 

"The five of you follow me! As for the rest, remain here and protect the package!" Santharus pointed at five men to come with him and ordered the rest to remain.

Santharus led the five men towards the hidden enemies. He then glanced at his men and mouthed two words without a sound. 'Locate them.'

All of his men took out a round object and studied it carefully. They saw red dots scattered all over the forested terrain.

Santharus then signalled them with his hands to move on five directions and slowly kill their hidden enemies. 

He then moved towards another direction while looking at the round object in his hands from time to time. He pulled out a suppressed Texan .45 Caliber rifle and put his eyes on the scope. The rifle may be suppressed, but it will still make a bit of noise. But the muzzle flash will be masked perfectly with its longer and improved suppressor. 

"Select lone targets. Report in team."

"Target locked."

"Ready."

"Ready."

"Ready."

"Waiting for the signal to fire, sir."

Santharus adjusted his scope and said over the radio. "Fire!"

Suppressed gunshots resounded inside the forest, greatly startling the men hiding in there. 

Six men died in an instant without them even knowing where the enemies are. The leader of the hidden group decisively ordered the rest of his men to retreat. 

'Shit! They killed a fifth of my men in a blink of an eye. Are they the elites from that tower? Impossible!' The leader's thoughts was in disarray as he ran in retreat.

"Poof! Poof! Poof!"

Three more of his men were killed and their enemies were nowhere to be found. His mind was working very fast, thinking for possible ways to counter. He then ordered his men to hide.

"Sir, they have hidden from our sights."

"Use the data provided by the drones in the scanner. Just leave one of them alive." Santharus coldly stated as he pressed the trigger on his rifle.

"Poof!"

Another man died.

"F.u.c.k! Throw the grenades!" Ordered the enemies leader in desperation.

More than ten grenades were thrown at different locations...

"Shit! One grenade is moving my way!" One of Santharus' men said over the radio.

"Escape fast, we will cover you. The rest of you cover fire!!"

Multiple suppressed gunshots resounded inside the forest and their enemies heard whistling sounds from time to time. 

"They are providing cover! Look for them!" The enemy leader ordered loudly.

"Sir! Four hundred meters 1 o'clock!"

The enemies aimed their weapons on the said location, but their leader look elsewhere as if searching for something. He then heard a whistling sound of bullet as it grazed his left cheek, leaving a line of blood. But his expression was strangely calm as he aimed his gun towards the trajectory of the bullet. 

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Aargh!" 

'Shit these guys are elites and not just some random soldiers.' Santharus said after hearing one of his men groan in pain. He pulled his trigger, but the enemies were already hidden and his soldier who was thrown a grenade at earlier was shot as he retreated. 

"Two men down sir! What are your orders?" Santharus heard the report and he hurriedly ordered his men to extract their downed companions.

Chapter end