147 – 20 minutes of hell
A group of hunters moving swiftly in the dark.
At this moment, the sounds of explosions and the screams of the Abyss still echoed in their ears.
However, they were just concentrating on moving without paying any attention to this fact.
The Hunters are moving as quickly as possible at a speed that the Abyss cannot catch up with.
After a long time, at the point when the loud noise in his ears subsided to some extent, Kwak Je-hyeon, who was running in the lead, began to break the silence that had been maintained all along.
“Chit.. If I had a few more seconds, I could have beaten five more high-level Abyss..”
“That’s right. To be honest, at our level, it was not without a little tantalizing taste.”
“Well, isn’t that something that can’t be helped? Because the progress of the operation is more important than our feelings.”
“Yeah, but…”
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Just like Kwak Je-hyeon, who speaks in a voice full of regret while holding a sword soaked in blood, his subordinate hunters answer with a blood and dust-stained appearance.
However, even though the horse was expressing such regret, those present at this moment were still moving quickly with the maximum speed they could achieve.
Although they knew that their combat power was not average, at the same time, they never overlooked an important fact.
that..
No matter how strong an individual’s strength is, there is a clear limit to the power that one person can produce on the battlefield.
Even if there was a Hunter who could defeat 100 Abyss by himself, he couldn’t win the war with that alone.
It is impossible to win the war with individual force as the size of the enemies in the war starts at least in the hundreds and goes over tens of thousands.
In that respect, no matter how powerful the armed forces were, it was absolutely forbidden to overconfident in one’s own strength and make sudden actions on the battlefield.
And, knowing this fact very well, the hunters, including Kwak Je-hyun, did their best to ensure the success of the operation, not their personal major.
This ‘quick flight’ at this moment can also be said to be part of that.
While faithfully carrying out the ‘mission assigned to them’, Kwak Je-hyeon suddenly asked his subordinates with some questions.
“By the way, how many people were injured?”
Kwak Je-hyeon asks a question amidst concern.
However.. about this, the subordinate Hunter who was moving with her answered with a slight smile on his lips.
“There are about 40 minor injuries and two serious ones.”
“Really?…the dead man…”
“There are no deaths, of course.”
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Just before,
Even though it was a short time, the result was unbelievable given the scale of the battle with the Abyss, where thousands of them died.
However, in fact, if you know the inside story, you can say that this miraculous exchange rate was a very natural result.
No, in some ways, the fact that a seriously injured person should be questioned.
Considering that fact, Kwak Je-hyeon said the same with a slight smile on his lips.
“Indeed… I guess so. Even so, they are all worthy of their names, but if they died there, that would be considered a problem.”
“Even if it looks like this, everyone has gathered only guild masters in S-class hunters. In the circumstance that dozens of high-level Abyss didn’t come in droves, wouldn’t it be a disgrace to S-class people to die among those people?”
Subordinates who speak confidently.
Regarding this, Kwak Je-hyeon expressed sympathy and nodded slowly.
Originally announced externally, about 40,000 troops were deployed for this operation.
However, the actual force was only at the level of thinly distributing about 600 people who were moving with her by relying on darkness,
In addition, it was nothing more than making it impossible to accurately gauge the strength of this side by pouring artillery fire in part.
And… these 600 hunters put in here are all S-class and guild masters.
The subordinates who were talking with Jeon Je-hyun right away were also S-class hunters, and those following them were also veterans among veterans who had a winning goal in battle.
In fact, the most elite unit among the elite, formed by collecting all the S-class hunters who are committed to the Gaeseong front.
Each and every one of these people succeeded in enduring more than 10 minutes comfortably even while surrounded by the Abyss, to be ashamed of their S-class name. Right after the one-sided slaughter against them for a while, he was on the verge of escaping from the battlefield like this to the promised point.
To use an analogy, the situation is like running away after having fun destroying a beehive with an adamantitanium rod.
At that time, while they were retreating while being satisfied with the fact that they had completed their mission perfectly, Kwak Je-hyeon suddenly spoke to his subordinate with a slightly dissatisfied look on his face.
“But… no matter how many enemies there were, I really didn’t know that seriously injured people would come out in such a short time? I haven’t heard of parachutes among the S ranks.”
“I… actually, that’s it…”
Kwak Je-hyeon’s words were followed by a little caution, and the words of his subordinates
Immediately after hearing those words, she began to open her eyes slightly, and at the same time, she felt a chilling sensation involuntarily.
“Is that… Really? Among them… is there really such a monster?”
“Yeah.. I’ll have to ask more about it later… First of all, it seems to be a clear fact that it has power that is incomparable to even the advanced Abyss. Not just one or two, but dozens.”
“Ummm..”
Kwak Je-hyeon automatically frowns at the unexpected story.
Then, her eyes turned to the front line where only small sounds were coming from.
‘Everyone should be safe… Although there is a high possibility that nothing big will happen due to the nature of the operation. Still, one thing at a time..’
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-Quaguaguagwang!!!
The fire of incendiary bombs soaring in front of my eyes and the shelling that followed.
Nevertheless, the Abyss were rushing towards the frontlines while sprinkling countless blood, and in the aftermath, the defense line was maintained precariously as if it would be breached at any moment.
-“Support fire at 6 o’clock!”-
“There are no batteries available!”
– “Damn it… at least blow a grenade! If you stay like this, you will be pierced!”-
The request of the adjutants shouting in an urgent voice
Accordingly, the Hunters continued their defense by mobilizing all possible means, but even that was slowly reaching its limits.
The condition of the barrel had already been overheated, and the aiming point was missing in a mess, and the barrel of the gun was often tasted.
And the reduction in firepower that naturally follows in this regard.
On the other hand, the attacks of the Abyss were getting stronger every minute, and now they succeeded in getting close to the point where they had to hit bullets right in front of them.
“shit! are you still Hasn’t it almost passed by this point!”
-“You have 3 minutes left!”-
– “The preparations for the third stage are almost complete. Hold on just a little longer!”-
Hunters screaming urgently.
Although no wires had been broken yet, it was now known to all present that they were almost at their limit.
at that time..
“Ahhhh!
“!”
“What… what is it?”
The next moment, a shrieking sound suddenly heard in the ears of the hunters.
At the sound that overwhelms the noise of the battlefield in an instant, the hunters’ eyes began to focus on that spot for an instant.
Immediately after that, the presence of a bizarre appearance begins to come into their eyes…
A monster whose entire body is covered with black bird feathers and has a human-like appearance.
As soon as it appeared, it chilled the atmosphere around it, and its aftermath began to affect not only the Hunters, but also other Abyss around them.
Unlike the time when they were running like mad just before, the Abyss suddenly began to step back as if to give way.
Among them, not only the lower class, but also the middle and upper class Abyss were included,
Through this, the hunters began to recognize that the monster that appeared in front of them was on a different level from the existing ones.
And the next moment…
“!”
-bang!
“Kuk!”
It approaches at a speed that even the eyes cannot follow and pulls out a fixed battery with its bare hands.
Although the hunter, who was riding in the battery at the critical moment, was able to avoid her body, the aftermath began to set her face in deep fear.
A terrible sensation that makes even her, an A-class hunter who has been through countless battlefields, tremble in fear.
Then the monster looked down at the Hunter who slowly fell at his feet.
and..