Chapter 1110 – 1110. The Dark Moon
It was also hardened for a while.
They stood back to back with their guns and stood guard in all directions.
“Who are you!”
“Come out now!!”
“Fuck….”
Lieutenant Orlock let the noise of his men pass through one ear and looked around quietly. I didn’t feel the slightest hint of popularity. The regular sound of bugs hiding in the plants calmed my mind.
“Don’t move recklessly. This is an air trap.”
“Platoon commander. That’s the first time I’ve heard of such a thing. What trap is it?”
“It is a magic trap. Known as military arcane magic. I don’t have much experience either. Damn it That woman, they say she’s a battle mage and she’s learned to be a nuisance.”
He remembered the air trap and explained it to his men.
Air traps are invisible traps. Once activated, a shockwave or wind cutter is generated. Corporal Gralton died instantly when a windcutter split the top of his head.
‘I heard that air traps have a hard trigger… Damn, well installed.’
The important thing is how to deal with air traps.
The first is mana sensing. It is convenient if you use mana or have an object that has a mana detection effect.
‘… Neither is possible for us.’
To sense mana, you have to feel it.
In other words, mana affinity means you have to have talent.
‘If I had mana affinity, I wouldn’t be here right now.’
Most people don’t feel mana. That’s common
‘Other ways… Waiting for the air trap to disappear. I’ve heard that air traps don’t last long without a medium.’
However, if you stop chasing here for an hour, you will miss your opponent. This is Rumel Forest. If you go deep, even if you are familiar with this place, you will have to worry about survival.
Money and women flickered before his eyes. He was too hungry to give up on both.
‘… The air trap’s trigger is contact. It activates the moment it touches your body. Unless you have infinite magic power, there will be limits to installing air traps…. I think I can avoid the air trap if I change direction little by little instead of chasing in the right direction.’
Lieutenant Orlock led his men back in pursuit. The smile drawn on their lips has long since disappeared.
One of Orlock’s subordinates felt a strange sensation. He stepped on the ground and felt the crunch of something soft through his feet.
Perong!
The ground exploded. There was no spark. The air exploded and a shock wave was created.
“Aaaaagh!”
The man whose legs were blown off screamed and rolled on the floor. Orlock watched his men with cold eyes before pulling the trigger of his rifle. Bang. His subordinates died as they were.
“He was already a bad guy. I just eased his pain.”
“… But the platoon commander.”
“Think of the Major. Do you think you will send us to the hospital if we get hurt?”
“…….”
There was no one who did not know who Major Bagh was. Everyone shut up.
“There is no time to wander. You guys just follow me well The air trap only needs to be out of contact with the body. Carefully watch the ground I step on and the movement of my body and follow it. Got it?”
“Yes. Platoon commander.”
Lieutenant Orlock felt his nerves stand on edge. Air traps could be placed in the air as well as on the ground. In other words, if you’re not lucky, your head could fly off.
‘I’m avoiding places where I might set traps, but it’s not perfect. Shit. I want to put my subordinates in front of me…. They have no loyalty or anything….’
If he did, there was a possibility that three of his subordinates would point guns at him. Kill yourself, turn around and run away.
Peeing.
The air trap activated with an eerie sound. This time it’s on the wind cutter side. Orlock turned his head back as he realized he was unharmed.
The bodies of two of his subordinates were cut and fell to the ground. Blood and viscera pour out through that clean cut.
“Heeheeeee!”
One of Lieutenant Orlock’s last remaining men collapsed from his seat with a shrill scream. He is the most timid among his subordinates.
“… What happened?”
“Well, that’s what the sergeant staggered a little, but I heard the wind….”
“Indeed. There was no luck.”
Lieutenant Orlock pulled up his lips in a cold sweat. He felt rather good. He pointed his rifle at his men.
“From now on, you take the lead.”
“Cow, Lieutenant?”
“If you don’t want to die, follow my orders. Don’t think bad Until now, I’ve taken the risk. It’s only your turn this time.”
“Sah, save me.”
“Don’t be stupid. In action.”
The subordinate headed forward with a face about to cry. Lieutenant Orlock looked at his subordinate’s back and drew a big picture in his head.
‘When I find them, I immediately fire magic bullets to subdue them. Kill the man, and the woman just needs to keep her torso intact. And kill this guy too. Let’s choose expensive equipment and jump out. Military life is boring now. It wouldn’t be bad to defect to the Republic at this point.’
•••
Instructor Lexi and I leaned against a large tree and took a break. Our gaze turned backwards. Someone is walking this way.
Haha. I finally found it.”
It was a man with a rank insignia attached to his neck. His uniform was bloody. His right arm was amputated, and fragments of organs were attached to his chest and lower body. Perhaps the intestines belonged to someone else.
‘The taste is gone.’
His eyes are round, his mouth is dripping with saliva, and his head is covered in cold sweat.
Unable to overcome the fear of death presented by the invisible air trap, he eventually went mad.
‘Not all soldiers are weak in spirit. There must be cases like me where I was forced to become a soldier….’
I do not sympathize.
The bastard tried to kill me and take his gear. He must have tried to violate Instructor Lexi there.
The man held his rifle in one hand. His gun was pointed straight at me.
He didn’t even have to spend a moment.
He has already cast his magic.
Kwaaang!
The air trap I had installed responded to my will and created a shockwave. The man’s upper body exploded and the remains were scattered on the floor. I got up and checked the man’s equipment.
Most were caught in the shockwave, but my aim was the bullet.
“… Uh. I have this bastard mantan. That’s 40 feet.”
“Yes. It’s cheap. It will help though. Let’s take care of what we need.”
The backpack became heavy.
•••
I desperately wanted a variable to happen on this mission, and heaven granted my wish.
“… It’s ruined. Incorrect information.”
12 hours after entering Rumel Forest.
Seeing the empty enemy camp, Instructor Lexi’s shoulders drooped.
As soon as I saw her situation, I understood what had happened, but she deliberately pretended not to know anything about her and asked her.
“Has information been leaked?”
“That’s not right. Look around. Traces of people’s stay are blurry. It must have been left unattended for at least a month. The information was manipulated from the beginning.”
“Manipulation of information… This is Major Bagh of Unit 105.”
“You probably didn’t want to appear incompetent to the upper management. One of the reasons they tried to kill us was to hide this fact. It’s frustrating. If I could use a walkie-talkie, it would have been easier….”
A special wavelength flows through Rumel Forest, causing the radio to work. You can’t communicate with the outside world by ordinary means. It wasn’t particularly mysterious. There are many areas where radio waves do not work other than Rumel Forest.
“Are you giving up on your mission and going back?”
“Usually it is. In the case of this mission, it could be said that it was a mistake on the part of the superior. You will not be reprimanded if you give up your mission.”
“… Major Bagg is the problem.”
It’s enough to know by now that his men have been killed in reverse.
Will Major Bagh step down like this? Otherwise he wouldn’t have even started in the first place.
“With our strength, wouldn’t we be able to deal with the 105 units?”
“Major Bagh isn’t an idiot, and he can’t just mobilize the 105th. There must be a partner who has been smuggling together. Maybe it’s the size of the organization. Their strength is unknown. I don’t know, but it’s hard for us to deal with each other.”
“Secretly going back… That would be impossible. I’ll turn on the light in my eyes and be vigilant.”
Major Bagh was demoted and assigned to the 105th Unit. Whatever accident he committed, he was relegated to Unit 105. He said this is his last chance. The moment we leave the forest alive, his life as a soldier is over. He will be taken directly to a military court and sentenced to death.
“… What are you going to do now?”
“What should I do? What is your opinion?”
Instructor Lexi often asked for my opinion. I think this is also a kind of education. I deliberately give incorrect or 20% less answers to hide my abilities.
“I think you can hold on. Strategic Command values us above Unit 105. If we go missing, they will come looking for us.”
I am one of the most successful cases in the ‘Battle Mage Project’. My existence is the result of the project. The Strategic Command cannot easily give up on its achievements.
First of all, I have a slave seal on my right forearm. You know I’m still alive, so Strategic Command will track me down somehow.
“It is an accurate judgment. From the standpoint of the Strategic Command, you and I are too good to throw away.”
“How many days do you expect until the Strategic Command and Unit 667 leave?”
“About ten days?”
“It’s later than expected.”
“Because there are things I have accumulated while carrying out my mission. The Strategic Command will trust us for now. Then he will feel strange and start investigating. By then, Major Vag will be over. In the meantime, we can do our duty leisurely. Maybe the resistance is hiding somewhere else.”
“To think I had to stay in this forest for ten days… It’s the worst.”
Match!
I slapped my neck with the palm of my hand. When I lowered my palm, the body of a mosquito was buried. I used first-class magic, water. I wiped my face and washed my hands with magic water.
I pretended to be in a bad mood, but inside I was delighted.
‘I was thinking about how to stay longer in Rumel Forest, but things happen on their own. I’m lucky.’
Instructor Lexi pulled out a map. She marked on her map with her ballpoint pen.
“There are a total of six locations that are presumed to be the bases of the Resistance. Let’s slowly check it from close.”
“You mean right now?”
The surroundings were already dark. I don’t know what Instructor Lexi is like, but I was tired. My legs are sore and my eyelids are heavy. Due to the influence of handling mana, the body is superior to that of ordinary people, but compared to warriors of the same class, the body was still inferior.
“Let’s take it easy. Sleep at night and move during the day.”
Fortunately, Instructor Lexi was flexible in many ways.
She got ready for bed. I found a place with relatively few plants, flattened the ground with wind magic and spread magic blankets. It was not a supply, but a blanket prepared by Instructor Lexi. There is a magic that drives away small insects without getting wet. A wooden pole was placed over it and a cloth was covered. A simple tarp was made. Even if it rains, your body won’t get wet.
While I was getting ready for bed, Instructor Lexi set up an alarm magic around me. It was a type of magic that alerted you by sounding an alarm when a person or monster approached.
She and I laid down on the blanket at the same time. It was comfortable because it was a magic blanket.
