159 – will die
What’s next for me…
Adjutant Jung Gong-heo asks about their future, and Guild Master Kwak Je-hyeon silently seeks an answer with a desperate expression on his face.
As I watched them, I spoke with a serious voice.
I conveyed my honest thoughts.
“Very… difficult. To the point where even I can’t see the answer next time.”
“..ha… ”
“Also..”
Two people who are reacting to my words saying that they knew it
Even so, the current situation here is…
No, to be precise, it’s because it could be said that the situation in this country, the Republic of Korea, and not just here, ran into an impasse to the point where you couldn’t be sure of the future.
You don’t have to look far, this is something you can understand just by looking at the situation in the Kaesong Defense Battle that we went through right now.
The largest Abyss of all time was approaching right in front of my eyes, and the danger had already been reported to the top countless times.
In the worst case, Gaeseong could be penetrated and it could be dangerous to pass through Gyeonggi-do and reach Seoul.
But..
Even in this situation, they…
The so-called high-ranking people did not move at all.
They didn’t even want to do something grandiose.. For example, go to the battlefield or bring in reinforcements from a foreign country.
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Just moving troops from other regions here and supporting various strategic resources including supplies.
Even if there was only that much support, there would not have been a need to sacrifice the entire Kaesong defense line, and the enemy could have been leisurely stopped with much less damage.
But they didn’t do anything.
Even though the enemy is right in front of your eyes.
Even though everything was put in jeopardy because of this.
Nevertheless, they did nothing to help on this battlefield, simply because they risked getting in the way of their rivals’ power struggles.
The movement of troops was forbidden, and even supplies did not arrive in time, so if a long battle was fought, there was a high possibility that they would be annihilated due to lack of ammunition and food.
If the enemy’s wave of attacks had gone on for more than a week, there really would have been no answer, and in that respect, if Seo Ji-yoon had fought the battle a little more carefully, with the intention of stopping us and killing us, there was a high possibility that victory would have been hard to guarantee.
This is the reason why I ended this battle as quickly as possible, even blowing up the entire defense line with a quick attack.
and..
Despite the fact that our allies on the front line were in such a dangerous situation, they did not take any action until the end.
In the end, Adjutant Jeong Gong-heo risked virtually everything an individual could do to bring a clean guy, and we could barely end this war neatly.
By giving away one of Korea’s main lines of defense, the Kaesong Front, in its entirety.
However..
Even after they managed to end the war like this, their unanswered appearance was still continuing.
This was the same at this moment, when he had to annihilate the enemies with difficulty and start working to restore the Gaeseong front again.
No, even if it wasn’t just restoring the defense line, it was now possible enough to advance with this impetus that the enemy’s forces had had a vacancy.
If only reinforcements and, above all, enough food and supplies to continue the battle, it would not be impossible to push the front line up to the Yalu River.
It will not be easy to create an opportunity like this in the future as we are not sure how strong the Abyss will come next.
But… in spite of this opportunity, they were not moving at all.
The latest news was that they were fighting each other over who was credited with the victory in this war.
‘This disgusting power struggle… I don’t know how long this will continue. If it stays like this, it’s really all over. Even though a good opportunity has come, let alone seizing it, they are not even supporting the restoration of the power line..’
It was literally impossible to maintain the status quo, let alone make a bold decision.
It was the current political situation of the Republic of Korea that was directing such an absurdly incompetent and unanswered situation.
And.. if this continued for a long time, it was obvious even without looking at what would happen.
‘I’d rather be a nobleman when the Lee family held military power… This has become a plant government that can’t really do anything.’
A situation where you can’t do anything because you’re only frantic about biting your opponent.
At a time like this… if the Abyss came down with a large army again, the future that followed would truly be only defeat.
“Even though we won this war, it is not without damage. Either recover it as soon as possible, or gain momentum and make a sure profit, but being unable to do anything in a situation where you have to do either way can be said to be a situation where there is really no answer in many ways.”
So, I honestly expressed my opinion as they requested, and with concerns about the frustrating current situation.
Even though my current status was just an adjutant to the Black Hunters, I had no cause or energy to get involved in politics.
Even if they could help in the battle in this way and give a sober assessment of the situation, in the end, those who could change this situation could be said to be people inside the military.
But..
In response to my answer, which could only be said to be mere words, a visibly bright color began to appear on their faces.
“In the end, it means that no matter what you do, you have to change this situation first.”
“Yes, it is. I don’t know anything else, but I can tell you that for sure. If it stays like this, we… and this country will all end.”
They look like they made a decision while listening to me
I could vaguely feel that the emotions contained in it, or the momentum, were quite unusual.
However, apart from this fact, I didn’t bother to point out that part, and I just said something positive about my thoughts once again.
‘It looks like they’re planning to do something… but there’s no need for me to be interested in them.’
I’ll say it again, but I was no longer a soldier who had to be loyal to my country.
He was the lieutenant of Dreamers, a Black Hunter company.
For me, there were colleagues who had to take care of more than the lives of other soldiers and hunters, and even more than the fate of this country… and lovers.
Under these circumstances, since I have no intention of getting deeply involved in a matter that is obviously dangerous in many ways, I did not want to know more about it.
And this is what the two people in front of me are also aware of.
However..
Nonetheless, I was able to grasp some of the reasons why they asked me this question.
‘You must have needed certainty?.. Really… the conviction that there is no other way…
I wasn’t bragging about it, but it was clear from what had happened that they had absolute trust in me.
This was a fact that could be known enough just by handing over command of the entire army to me in the Kaesong defense battle.
And in this situation, I told them the clear truth.
In the current situation, there is no future anymore.
If you don’t put your hands on it, everything will be over.
And my declaration…
For them, who would have needed a very clear basis for them to come forward, it would have been no different than providing a decisive opportunity to make a decision.
‘Looking at it from that perspective… sooner or later something will happen. Something like that would shake the whole country…’
To put it bluntly, it was like I was the one who started the fire, but I didn’t care too much about it.
I was just telling the truth coldly.
It was up to the parties who had responsibility for the country to proceed with the work.
And above all, this country had no future unless someone stepped in anyway.
I already knew all too well that it was the right thing to try to change, even if it was painful.
“Thank you for the clear answer, Adjutant Lee Jin-hyun.”
“No, I was just telling the truth. I’m sorry I’ve burdened you both unnecessarily because of this.”
“What are you doing with what you said right? Anyway, I got it right.”
After such heartfelt words, I left the place with Dreamers’ hunters.
With complicated feelings in many ways about the situation that will follow