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A few of the Jupiter mercs had time to dive out of the way as the speeding car came stampeding toward them like a crazed mechanical beast. One of them, a guy named Markus, was not so lucky. He was practically bent backwards, his knees snapping from the backs of his legs, and his body being positioned in such a way that the front right tire drove over his head, snapping his neck in several places and ripping his jaw open. It was a rather gory death, but it was to be expected.

The arrival of the Invictus didn't bode well for Thalgan, and he took the opportunity to crash their plans with one of his own. Taking one of his own customized thermal detonators in hand, he shouted for the mercs outside to get clear as he lobbed it towards the attacking Invictus security from the second floor window of the building he was in.

The explosive was designed to eradicate everything and everyone caught in the eight-meter blast radius. The instability of the explosive made it particularly devastating, causing a highly destructive fusion reaction that was enough to punch through most armors with ease.

Thalgan almost hoped the Invictus had a plan for that as the grenade ticked its life away, right before detonating.