Chapter 1099 – 1099. The Dark Moon
Rumbling.
The armored vehicle headed for the mission.
It is said to be the latest armored car, but the ride comfort except for the noise was quite good.
A total of six people, including me, were sitting on chairs in the armored vehicle’s passenger seat. Except for Belhagar, the martial arts instructor, they were stiff with tension.
In the next few hours, we will have a real battle with the thieves. A battle of death and death awaits.
I was nervous but not afraid. It was the first time for a hunter to deal with a human, not a monster, but it was something he had been prepared for before becoming a hunter.
“Don’t be nervous, kids. You are first class On the other hand, the Neros bandits are unpaid except for their leader, Neros. I am an ordinary person with some practical experience. You have an overwhelming advantage.”
Unpaid.
Ordinary people who do not know how to use or feel mana. However, it cannot be completely ignored. The guns they will be carrying are equal weapons for all.
“You know how to use barrier magic, right? Even a level 1 barrier will easily block dozens of ordinary bullets. However, don’t blindly trust the barrier. Occasionally, there are those who use magic bullets instead of ordinary bullets.”
Belharga’s words did not change the atmosphere.
Barrier.
It is non-attribute magic.
The magic formula itself is not complicated, so any magician can easily learn and use it. Barrier is one of the first magics to learn after entering magic.
Ironically, however, it is one of the magics affected by the spell. The more complex and detailed the spell, the higher the strength of the barrier. Also, since it is non-attribute, it is greatly affected by Astral.
Simply put, when the mind is unstable, the strength of the barrier goes down.
“… After. Seeing you guys, I’m not trustworthy. Let me brief you again.”
Belharga pulled out something resembling a camera from her bosom, pointed at the floor, and pressed the power button. A mission area hologram appeared.
“Razman City. It is a city ruined by a war 70 years ago. 95% of the city was destroyed by bombing, and now only 5% of the city remains. It’s like a small town.”
The buildings shown by the hologram were two to three story buildings. There were also buildings that looked like buildings, but the top was either destroyed or missing.
“Your mission is to annihilate. Don’t let a single person live. In particular, be sure to kill Neros.”
Velharga spoke like a beast growling. At the sound of his bloody voice, the children swallowed dry saliva.
He then briefed on Neros.
“This guy robbed the dragon factor that was being transported to the capital. There is no evidence that it was sold on the black market, so he probably used it himself. To be careful Well, even if it was, I wouldn’t have finished adapting, so at best it’s about level 2.”
Belhagar said it casually, but we, the first-class, could never ignore the second-class. If, indeed, Neros is second-rate, he should at least have three of them to pounce on him. The best is to have all 5 of us together.
Belharga finished the sixth iteration of the briefing and spoke to us.
“Check your equipment. If they whine about equipment problems during missions, I will kill them myself.”
The children, including me, checked the equipment. Unlike the kids, my equipment was a little different. They wear the same uniform, but their weapons are different. Their guns are assault rifles and I am a sniper rifle.
As the best marksman among us, I was assigned a sniper job. I abandoned the idea that it would be safe just by providing sniper support from the rear. I know very well how dangerous this world is. Let go of carelessness.
‘And I have to prove my worth here.’
That way, you will be treated well when you return.
After checking all the equipment, I caught my breath and looked at the children who were put into the mission together. Similar age to me. All appear to be between the ages of 15 and 17. All five are male. Everyone had a one-sided meal.
“Arrived. Mission begins I do not intervene in the mission until you are annihilated. Be mindful of that and do your duty.”
Kiyiying.
The door of the armored car opens slowly.
“I say just in case, but don’t be foolish just because you came out. You never escape from us.”
I reflexively looked at my right forearm. The slave seal beneath the uniform comes to mind.
‘Just because you came out doesn’t mean you have a chance to escape. If I want to escape this damn place, I have to do something with the slave seal first.’
For now, escape is a distant future. I put aside my lingering desire for freedom and went out of the armored vehicle with the other children.
It was a place where traces of war remained even after 70 years. The tawny ground was hardened, and sand dust rose with every wind.
“Let’s do it the way it is. No. 211. Please shoot well.”
No. 14 said.
“I will do my best.”
I answered formally. After that we broke up. No. 72, No. 54. No. 105 and No. 14 went straight toward the ruined city, and I moved breathlessly to the sniping point.
The sniping point was at the top of the pillar. It’s a place where it’s easy to get sniped because it’s open on all sides, but there are no snipers in the Neros bandits.
I crouched down on a pole and raised my sniper rifle. The area on top of the pillar was too narrow to lie down.
I brought my right eye to the scope. A scope enchanted with a telescopic view clearly shows a ruined city about 1KM away. The first thing I did was find four colleagues. It was not difficult because they already knew their route.
I knocked on the walkie-talkie.
“This is Room 211. The sniping point has been reached.”
“This is Room 14. Enemies?”
“I will find out.”
It was also my role to use the scope to observe the enemy’s movements.
“… No. 14. At least 3 people are waiting in the building around 1:00 by your standards. They’re flirting and playing card games. They don’t seem to notice anything about us yet.”
“At least three people. Is it possible to snip?”
“Except for one person, the angles don’t come out.”
“I get it. We don’t handle Locate the other enemies.”
Group 14 secretly infiltrated the building.
“Silence.”
14’s voice is heard over the walkie-talkie.
Silence. It is a first-class non-attribute magic that eliminates the sound of the surrounding space. Along with Barrier, it is one of the most effective spells among the 1st class magic.
The downside is that no sound comes through the connected walkie-talkie. I moved the scope to get a sense of the situation. Enemies were pierced by bullets and died. The battle didn’t take long. About 6 seconds.
“Clear. Next?”
“Based on that, it’s 7 o’clock. There are two people on guard at the entrance of the building.”
“Confirmed. It’s a bad location for us to deal with. No. 211. Can you handle it?”
“I will handle it.”
I stopped breathing and raised my concentration. The slight shaking of the gun was gone. As soon as I was ready, I pulled the trigger, aimed the muzzle slightly to the side, and then pulled the trigger in quick succession. Two bullet casings fell to the ground. Flowers of blood and brains bloomed from the heads of the two enemies who stood guard.
“…….”
It was the first murder in my life on Earth and in Room 211.
Her fingertips trembled slightly. I let out a small sigh and brushed off the tremors. That was it. I was surprised that it felt more grave than I thought.
I got rid of my thoughts and focused on the operation.
14 and his party ran into the building, trampling over the corpses of their fallen enemies.
The operation was almost perfect until 10 people were killed.
“… Got caught From now on, let’s go to battle. No. 211. I ask for cover.”
“I get it.”
This situation was fully assumed. Lots of bullets. I pulled the trigger to save an ally rather than kill an enemy. In order to kill Neros, the leader of the thieves, everyone, including No. 14, must be alive.
While moving the scope around to cover my allies, I felt a strange presence and raised the scope. A man was standing on top of a building, looking down at his allies.
He was a man of 2m tall and slim build. His clothes were black, almost as thick as he was, and his jade-colored twig-like horns protruded from between his wild white hair.
Belhar is as the instructor said. Neros absorbed the factor of the dragon and became a dragon man.
“… Check out Neros. I will start sniping from now on.”
“We also confirmed. Maybe it’s because he’s Yongin, but his presence is different. Can you shoot me?”
“I have to try.”
In this world, there was something called a factor. The dragon factor, the monster factor, the hero factor, the animal factor, and so on. If there is a special human among the ancestors, there are cases where it is born under the influence of that person, and there are cases where the ability is awakened later by injecting factors into the body.
Neros was on the latter side. And the dragon factor is the factor that belongs to the highest class among factors.
The fortunate thing is that there was not much time between injecting the factor into the body and adapting to it. If he had arrived just a week later, the chance of success of the operation would have reached 0%.
‘It has to be finished in one shot.’
Stop breathing.
Lack. For a more perfect sniping, the heart was restrained with mana. My heart stopped beating and the shaking completely disappeared.
Then, suddenly, Neros raised his head. His eyes are looking straight at me. I suppressed my agitation with concentration and aimed at his forehead. He pulled the trigger with his rather stiff index finger.
Taang!
His bullets extend. The feeling of that moment was perfect. I was certain that the bullet would pierce right through the man’s forehead.
But the conviction was shattered like a fallen glass bottle.
A blue current seemed to flash on the jade-colored horns of Neros, and then the bullet stopped in front of his forehead and flew back toward me. Bullets carrying electricity crackled.
I threw away my sniper rifle and rolled to the side. The response was quick without any fuss. However, the bullet it bounced off was faster than expected. The bullet shattered the sniper rifle and grazed my shoulder. I fell down the pole.
‘If I was 0.1 second late, my shoulder would have been smashed.’
I woke up in a cold sweat.
“Room 211! What happened?!”
“… The bullet was reflected. He was the one who perfectly recognized me from 1km away and reflected the sniping. Do not be on your guard. The sniper rifle is broken. Sniping is impossible. I will join you there.”
I took a pistol and ran to the battlefield.
Rather than running away because of fear, it is better to fight together with group 14.
The sounds of battle could be heard over the radio. Bang. Explosions continued to be heard as if a grenade had been used.
“Aaaaagh!”
“They say it’s second grade! This guy is completely level 3 or higher!”
“Sah, save me. My arm, my arm was cut off!”
“Turn off….”
A desperate scream was heard.
Still, Unit 14 and the others are fighting. I was out of breath after sprinting 500M at full speed. This damn body was too low compared to what he had been training for.
Jijik. Chijik.
Noise was heard on the walkie-talkie. It was very likely that No. 14’s or the others’ radios had been smashed. Either that or Neros was playing tricks.
Kwak Kwa Kwak!
A blue bolt of lightning fell down from the dry, cloudless sky.
“…….”
The bridge stopped.
I felt strongly that it would be foolish to head to that battlefield now. A mission failure disgrace is better than death. After all, Neros is not something a rookie like me would deal with.
“Damn it. Is it already level 3? Even if the fit rate was not good, he was a guy with a 70%. No. 211, No. 14. Prepare to retreat with living allies. I will deal with him.”
Instructor Belhagar’s order has been dropped. The plan to sit back and watch the situation quickly turned to dust.
‘Disobedience to orders is serious… I can’t help it.’
Started running again.
