Chapter 21: Rest for the Wicked


Chapter 21: Rest for the Wicked

After another quiet walk through a mausoleum, you end up at the start of the old ruins behind the church , where the fight begins once again. There are still some tombstones for cover, but you may notice that some of the cartel mercenaries retreat toward a series of small crypts .

The crypts flank a narrow brick path with a pair of stone statues standing at the center of the path. Each crypt has a window that lets you see if anyone is hiding inside, and they can be vaulted into from the front or entered through a back entrance. Depending on how quickly you manage the first set of hostiles, you’ll have fewer to deal with in this section. As a rule, always check your flanks as you pass by the crypts in order to avoid getting surprised by a cartel mercenary.

Making a right after the first set of crypts offers a very brief reprieve if you’ve managed to prevent anyone from falling back that far. At the next right, a new group of mercs, larger than the first, charges forward. They use the crypts for cover while trying to hold you off. Stick to the walls flanking the entrance of this section, and gun them down as they expose themselves. It is possible to try fighting from crypt to crypt, moving cover-to-cover, but you would just be making this chapter much harder on yourself.

After clearing out the two crypt alleys, you’ll make a left and see a set of stairs leading into a shrine, where another pair of mercs stand guard. Take them out, and then enter the shrine itself. You’ll have to vault through the window to enter the next section.

Leaping out of the shrine places you right in front of another cartel merc ambush. This time, the enemy is supported by an MMG placed inside one of the crypts . On the right side of this graveyard, cartel mercs will try to push forward in hopes of flanking if you attempt to use the tombstones for cover . Even when you do manage to flank the MMG, some of the mercs stay behind to defend it. Once you overtake the MMG position, clean up any stragglers to complete the chapter.