Easy to break… … .
[I want to show my country and colleagues that I am not ashamed of myself.]
The third quest you have completed.
Yuseong, who opened the inventory just in case, nodded his head after confirming the name ‘Melee Armed Prototype from Research Institute No. 53 in the Republic of Brant’.
‘It was a real world. Do I have to remember the classification and level of civilization from now on?’
Yoosung laughed dejectedly and shook his head.
‘Is it possible that an agent of an unofficial secret organization accidentally got into an accident while on a cruise ship in a foreign country?’
The cell next door was empty, the leader of the circus with an agent of a secret organization, Shapiro and his colleagues arrested for collusion with the Republic, and explosions that occur at regular intervals.
If it’s one, I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but if it’s repeated several times, it’s no longer a coincidence.
‘… … I think I know roughly what happened. The leader of the circus troupe was caught by the Empire for being a spy or something similar, and the Republic dispatched the National Guard to rescue him?’
It’s ridiculous to sink an entire ship just to save a person, so there must be a hidden reason, but this is all I can guess with the information I have now.
And in fact, whatever the reason, it was good.
The important thing was that the guards were here, and that if we did well, we could use them.
‘Should I go first? Or should I let the other side find me and approach me?’
If I had time to spare, I would have chosen the latter method, but now I was in an urgent situation as long as I did not know when the ship would sink.
Having made up her mind, Yooseong grabbed onto a nearby railing and approached the agent’s location.
“Captain! Captain!”
“yes? Sha, Shapiro? How are you here?”
“He must be here because he escaped from prison. Rather, I would like to ask. How are you here, Captain? I was wondering if you weren’t in prison, but did you think you abandoned us and escaped alone?”
“That, that… … .”
Faced with an unexpected situation, the leader stuttered and began to look at the agent next to him.
However, the agent was also in trouble.
I couldn’t figure out how to wrap up the fact that I was trying to get out one person to escape while leaving others alone, whether or not they drowned in the seawater.
Yooseong, who confirmed that the agent’s gaze was directed at him, slowly put his hand behind his waist.
[Pay 30,000 karma points to bring out the Republic of Brandt Republic No. 53 Melee Weapon Prototype (C+).]
The agent, who had a very nervous expression, froze as soon as he confirmed the identity of the object that Yooseong had brought out.
Yuseong, who was thinking about the case that the agent did not recognize the identity of the plasma axe, said with a sigh of relief.
“I’d like to talk to you for a moment.”
“… … Mr. Harold, could you please wait here for a moment? It only takes a moment.”
“Ah, I see.”
Sensing the unusual atmosphere flowing between the two, the leader nodded with a puzzled look on his face.
There was no need to find a quiet place as it was a situation where even the voice of the person right next to you could not be heard properly due to swearing, screaming, and gunfire.
Yooseong, who moved to a place a little further away, whispered in a low voice into the ear of the agent who was obviously embarrassed.
“Are you sure it’s the National Security Guard?”
“How?”
“I knew it by looking at the shooting posture and movement. I am also a member of the National Guard, so there is no need to be nervous.”
“… … To be honest, I can’t believe it. Do you have any other items to prove your identity?”
“There’s no way an agent on a secret mission would carry something like that. Will you believe me if I show you the 16th eclipse of the dark moon?”
A man who has learned special equipment and martial arts that are only given to members of the National Guard.
But rather, that made the agent even more confused.
“As far as I know there are no other agents involved in this operation except me and my colleagues.”
“I didn’t even know there were other agents besides me. They seem to be carrying out different operations, but it seems that the information is restricted for security reasons.”
“You mean you restricted information to field agents while conducting other operations in the same area? You never know what might happen?”
The agent’s expression, half mixed with trust and suspicion, began to tilt to doubt in an instant.
Yooseong, instead of being scared, said with a confident expression on his face.
“I am also confused. But what if there is no other explanation than that?”
There is no way to immediately find out the truth, and there is no clear evidence that it is not the National Guard.
If he shamelessly came out with an iron plate on his face, doubt would have to end in doubt.
Finally, the agent let out a small sigh and said.
“good. So there’s no way you called the same agents to say hello, so why did you call me?”
“To get out of here, of course. If we continue like this, we will all be drowned.”
“Do you think people here don’t go out because they don’t know that? What do you mean when there is no way out?”
A sufficient number of lifeboats were prepared on this ship.
It would have been enough to just escape normally without having to fight, but the strategy went awry because the nobles acted unexpectedly.
Yooseong calmly spoke to the enraged agent.
“There is a way out.”
“… … Yes?”
“Instead, it is impossible with my own strength. You said you had colleagues earlier, but how many are there in all?”
“There are a total of 14 people including me.”
Less than I thought, but still better than nothing.
Yuseong, who was calculating something through the speed at which the ship was sinking, the number of people currently in the hall, and their movement speed, nodded and said after a while.
“It must be close. Do they all have weapons? I mean an ax, not a gun.”
“Of course I have them all.”
“Good. Then we’ll go drill a hole right away.”
“… … Where are you talking about?”
“That’s right, there’s only one place.”
Meteor’s finger pointed to the sky.
* * *
Tadadadang!
Dozens of gun barrels spew fire and spew bullets.
But none of them hit anyone.
It was partly because the ship was tilted so badly that it was difficult to shoot properly, but it was also because those who were shooting in the first place were deliberately shooting in the wrong place without trying to hit the opponent.
“Damn, how long do we have to do this?”
“Until the duke escapes.”
“ha… … .”
No matter how thoroughly he was a soldier, he couldn’t feel comfortable shooting at subjects of the same empire, not on a battlefield, but on a sinking ship.
But no one refused the order.
Because there was a good reason.
“There was an assassination attempt on Duke Dominique! Assassins may mix with the survivors and escape, so don’t let any of them go to the deck until the Duke is safe!”
Duke Dominic.
The head of a huge family within three fingers of the empire.
The value of that one person was far greater than the sum of all the subjects of the empire aboard this ship.
No one dared to stop this madness, for if Duke Dominic died or was seriously wounded, he would hold everyone present accountable for the failure of the escort.
After hearing the commander’s explanation, the subordinate pointed somewhere with a wry smile.
“Isn’t that duke not taking refuge?”
A lifeboat floating a short distance from the ship.
Above it, Duke Dominique was pointing and shouting something.
The commander looked at the lifeboat of the Duke, who was neither moving away from the ship nor approaching, and said in a heavy voice.
“It must be heartbreaking for someone who is tired of loving his family to leave alone.”
“Isn’t it true that a person who thinks his own family is precious doesn’t know that other people’s family is precious? What was in my head like that… … .”
“stop. I understand how you feel, but anything more is blasphemy. Shut up and shoot me.”
“I’m sorry.”
Realizing his mistake belatedly, the subordinate kept his mouth shut and began to pull the trigger in silence.
However, within a few minutes, the subordinate’s mouth opened again.
“Hey Captain, isn’t there something strange?”
“What else?”
“I don’t think they’re firing back from there?”
momentary silence.
The commander, who had been aiming the gun at the exit and casually pulling the trigger, realized something was strange after listening to his subordinate.
“Stop shooting! Stop shooting!”
As if waiting for the commanding officer’s words to fall, the gunfire stopped.
All of them were the same in not wanting to shoot at innocent civilians.
“What are you doing! shoot! Go ahead and shoot!”
The gunfire stopped and only the duke’s voice resounded in the middle of the silent sea.
The commander quietly stared at the exit, ignoring the Duke’s orders.
Since they had stopped shooting, they could have stuck their heads out of curiosity, but no one showed up.
At first, I thought it was because I was out of ammo or because I was afraid to come out, but even so, it was strange that no sound was heard.
Isn’t it normal to hear at least the sound of cursing or crying?
“Is there any other exit to the deck other than here?”
“Don’t you know? Everything except here is locked.”
“… … This makes no sense. Is there another way out that we don’t know about?”
“Eh, even if there is an exit like that, if it’s just one or two people, it’s ridiculous that so many people escape the surveillance of the people here and everyone escapes.”
What the subordinate said was the absolute truth.
But it was also clear that there were no more people left beyond.
‘Even if you came out of the bay, it would be ridiculous to jump into the sea with your bare body. I’m sure you’ll need a lifeboat… … .’
The commander involuntarily raised his head and looked up.
There wasn’t any particular reason.
I just followed my stream of consciousness and looked at the only remaining lifeboat on this ship.
“yes?”
What was once the ship’s port.
A person was standing on it.
A bizarre figure with one hand stretched out as if measuring distance and holding something glowing purple in the other.
The commanding officer noticed that the man’s fingertips were pointing in the direction of the lifeboat in which Duke Dominique was riding, and tried to warn them urgently, but before he could open his mouth, he threw what the man was holding first.
“for a moment… … .”
The plasma ax that crossed the air leaving a purple trail pierced the chest of the Dominique factory and even penetrated the lifeboat.
And as soon as the ultra-high temperature plasma conglomerate fell into the sea, a large amount of moisture rapidly evaporated, causing a massive water vapor explosion.
aaang!
“… … .”
“… … .”
The peacock and lifeboat disappeared leaving only messy wreckage behind.
Yooseong muttered in a carefree voice, as if he knew the people in shock.
“Why are you making a quest that can be easily completed difficult?”
this is not a game
