141 – Shut up and take my command
Following a sudden call, the four of them head to somewhere.
Right after that… the place they arrived at was a place they had become relatively familiar with after becoming A-rank hunters.
It was the private room of Adjutant Lee Jin-hyun.
A place I visited in connection with several personal training sessions for A-class hunters.
There, the three looked slightly surprised as they listened to the words that came out of the mouth of Adjutant Lee Jin-hyun in front of them.
“Is that…is that real?”
“Yes, it is. Isn’t that why the four of you were called separately like this?”
Adjutant Lee Jin-hyun speaks with a smile on his face while looking at them.
In response to this, various expressions began to appear on their faces in an instant.
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Joy, anticipation, and burden and tension.
While displaying such complex and diverse emotions, Iro, one of them, asked in a cautious voice.
“But… are you really okay? Other than us, there are existing A-rank hunters…”
“Um… then you don’t like it? If it’s a burden, I have no intention of forcing you…”
“Ummm.. that’s.. kkeok!”
“no! good! I will do my best!”
At that moment, Roha kicks Iro’s ankle and responds with a lively voice.
Regarding this, Adjutant Lee Jin-hyun nodded slowly and spoke to them.
“All right. So, please know that and be prepared. Again, this is a very important and dangerous mission. I will direct the command myself, but never be careless, please be thoroughly prepared.”
“yes! Adjutant!”
“..hahahaha..”
Roha, who answered without hesitation, and the other two, who smiled slightly at this.
and at the same time. The other one crawling among them,
Talos looked at Adjutant Jinhyeon Lee with a serious expression, feeling a slight doubt about the current situation.
*
Watching the four men leave, I calmly once again began examining the material in my hand.
What is contained in it is the result of combining the training the girls have shown so far and the data from the A-class hunter promotion test that took place the other day.
It’s not just the training results of the four of them, it’s the girls and other A-class hunters.
It contained the results of testing various combinations with Are, Kwon Soon, Glass, and other newly A-class hunters besides them.
And as a result, I’ve also come to the conclusion that going with this four-man combination is optimal in terms of operation.
‘It’s a fact I felt during the A-rank hunter exam… but surprisingly, that combination is the best match. The most efficient way to utilize the power called Talos.’
In fact, Talos, who can be seen as possessing the power to be seen as something beyond S-class.
Although it wasn’t until the overwhelming majesty that she showed on the hamheung front line between the guild masters without hesitation, through a series of tests, I was able to grasp the fact that she had at least the same level as Are, or even more.
In fact, along with Are, an existence that can be said to be Dreamus’ decisive battle weapon.
And… the three who formed a team with her, who are a bit ambiguous to say S-class, and quite outstanding to call simple A-class.
It must have been a mere coincidence that they met during the promotion test, but apart from that, Talos had the best synergy when he acted with the three of them rather than when he moved with other A-class.
In terms of pure power in the combination, he is one step ahead of Are, Kwon Soon, and Glass.
However, the existing combination of three A-class members was the strongest when it came to operating as the core force of a unit of about 30 people. In the case of these four people, their merits were prominently displayed in the so-called single operation part, not the size of the unit.
In other words, it means that the utilization is different from each other, like a fighter and a tank.
And, with this in mind, I was in a situation where I gave these four people a special mission this time.
‘I don’t know if I’ll be able to delegate authority like before in this operation.
It was foolish to expect a streak of good luck.
The most important thing is to do the best I can at every moment.
Keeping that fact in mind once again, I began to prepare for the soon-to-be-scheduled sortie to the Kaesong front.
Without thinking at all that all those preparations would be virtually pointless…
*
“… yes?”
“I beg you. The only person who can overcome this situation is Adjutant Lee Jin-hyun.”
The Kaesong Front arrived with concerns and tensions.
A story I never thought of…
As I heard that he would delegate full authority to me again, I began to feel awkward in many ways.
“Hey… I’m just an adjutant belonging to a mercenary. If you take on a job like this and fail, then there is no responsibility at all..”
“Even if it fails, it doesn’t matter. If Adjutant Lee Jin-hyun had failed, it would have been an impossible war to win in the first place.”
“… .”
The adjutants and guild masters who declared that they would hand over the command to me as a soldier without any semblance of dignity as a soldier.
Looking at it, I came to realize again that the impact of the Hamheung frontline was greater than I thought.
‘Certainly, the battle at that time really went well as I thought. anyway it is I never thought I would say that I would hand over command as soon as I arrived like this..’
Starting with Adjutant Song Dana, who unexpectedly started giving me full support, and somehow, as a former mercenary, I was even given full powers, so I was able to draw the picture I wanted, and eventually I was able to reach victory.
However, my performance there was only indirectly mentioned in the news or media, and there was never a case where my name was posted on the media.
In that respect, I naturally thought that the performance I achieved there was also naturally buried in the flow of time, and that few people in the military would remember it.
In fact, in that respect, I too, right before participating in this battle, had been contemplating a strategy at the level of using only Dreamers’ forces. We have even studied various countermeasures in case the permission to carry out the operation alone is not granted.
Even though I came here after receiving a semi-forced request, I couldn’t make my colleagues see blood while carrying out an order like an asshole.
In addition, as the difficulty of the battlefield is so high, I was even prepared to sacrifice myself while hearing the worst case of disobeying orders.
However.. What was put in front of me was not a clumsy order, but a declaration from the ‘field manager’ to do whatever I wanted.
At the same time, even at this moment, in front of my eyes, I saw a lot of people who were expressing unexpected expectations while talking about what happened at that time.
And about this…
I couldn’t help but feel quite bewildered while feeling grateful for the fact that there were people who remembered the facts I had suffered.
“please. Right now, the upper echelons of the military are completely spoiled, and even munitions, let alone reinforcements, are not arriving on time.”
“Please lead us. I will follow whatever Adjutant Lee Jin-hyun says!”
Those who are asking for favors almost like bowing, not at the level of solicitation from the previous Hamheung front line.
Regarding this, I accepted it with a sense of relief that at the same time, thinking that at least this would not cause any damage to Dreamers’ hunters, at the same time, I did not face the end of a direct defeat because of a last-minute order.
“All right. If you say that, I will do my best.”
“Oh oh..”
“A..Thank you! Thank you very much, Adjutant Jinhyun Lee!”
Adjutants express sincere delight at my declaration.
Seeing them like this, I smiled a little bitterly inside as I recognized the fact that instead of being able to take control of the situation, I had to redo all the plans from scratch.