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The lance pierced the windshield with a shatter. The Pilot had not seen Rocket Lancer's prep work, so it took a little time to process what he'd done. But by that time, he was already going gray. The damage flashed red to indicate Rocket Lancer had gotten a critical. 100% increased critical damage, and 100% increased base damage; an obscene amount of damage, if he crit. The helicopter continued to spiral, but downwards now, cockpit first.

He threw his Lance aside, and struggled towards the door instead, scooping up the Pilot's EXP crystals on his way. The Lance could probably fit through the door, but in the rapidly turning cockpit there was a chance it would get stuck. He knew that the EXP dropped was roughly enough to level him to level 5 now, but level ups could come later. He wasn't about to try to level up in the middle of escaping a dropping helicopter. He wrenched the door open and started equipping a lance in his other hand.

He timed his jump as the rotors swung away from him, and entered freefall. The ground was quite close, but there was enough time for his Lance to finish materializing before he hit the ground. He flew above the attack helicopter as it crashed into a building and exploded. In the distance, a camera snapped.

Machidai peered through his camera, and then grunted at a job well done.

Today would show no loss for the Black guild.
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[@KoL]