83 – 30,000 lab rats in cages
“I… are you serious about that?”
“Of course, what can you not do if you can win the war? I’ll delegate that authority, so roll as much as you want until you collapse from exhaustion.”
Not even the slightest hesitation…
At the same time, her words are filled with trust so firm that you can feel it with your skin.
Regarding this, I was able to figure out what kind of personality this Song Dana in front of me was.
‘Is this the type of person who once trusts you until the end? On top of that, the distribution is large, and there is no obstruction to work. From that point of view, I think he would be a really good person to have as a supervisor.’
No matter how senior or junior or superior in rank, even taking that fact into account, there was a reason why the other lieutenants treated her with respect.
‘Seriously… if Lee Se-na and that dog-like bitch resembled only half-half of Lieutenant Song-dana, things wouldn’t have gone this far…’
Like that, after automatically swearing at the lump of baggage named my former superior, I looked at Song Dana, an adjutant with an expectant expression on her face, and said in a voice filled with determination.
“Thank you very much. We will do our best.”
“Yeah, then I’ll ask you well, if you need anything else, tell me.”
“Yes, adjutant.”
*
-Shuuuuuuu!!
A squadron of fighters across the sky.
Flying at the speed of Mach, they arrived at their destination in less than a minute.
And right after that… the image of the Abyss starting to come in through the cameras and satellites mounted on the fighter jets.
The hunters who were watching the endless black waves began to swallow their saliva automatically.
And the next moment, they began to hear the voice of Adjutant Lee Jin-hyun, who had been temporarily in command for a while ago.
-“Then please do as I requested.”-
“Yes, adjutant.”
“All right.”
Honestly, they were quite dissatisfied with the fact that Dreamers’ adjutant, an external mercenary, not an adjutant from another guild, had the authority to command them, but the fact that the person who allowed it nonetheless was Songdana’s aide, not anyone else. In , they had no choice but to obey the order.
In addition, as this person found out a way to neutralize the Abyss’ infernal anti-aircraft attacks, the Hunters decided to listen to him without any complaints, even if there were complaints about this.
So, according to Jin-hyeon’s instructions, the hunters immediately piloted the fighters and started moving according to the pattern he requested.
“launch!”
Hunters who drop bombs on the ground at the same time as the command of the S-class hunter.
Although they were met with familiar anti-aircraft fire upon sighting them, they no longer pose a danger to fighters, now that their clear weakness has been identified.
– Kwa-gwa-gwa-gwang!!!
The fighters quickly chewed up the anti-aircraft fire and turned 200 Abyss located in the outskirts to ashes in an instant.
However, immediately after that, they began to withdraw fighters from the battlefield without regret.
It was a slightly disappointing result with the bombing, but their mission in the first place was not to kill the Abyss, but to collect information related to them.
There was no need to cling to a criminal record at the level of scooping a bowl of water out of the sea, as the next pattern had to be followed immediately.
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Just like that, after getting out of the enemy camp without any damage from the cold, the fighters started turning wide again.
Seeing these movements, Jinhyeon started to meticulously write down the record with a serious expression on his face.
It’s not like an army of 30,000 marching this way,
While maintaining a gaze as if looking at a lab rat imprisoned in an iron cage.
*
‘As expected.. I’m not at all shaken by this level of provocation, and I don’t send anything like a tracking force, and my movement speed hasn’t changed at all.
So far, as a result of trying to provoke the Abyss in various ways or examining their reactions at the start of battle, I have come to realize some important facts.
Some of them were of a nature that could not be used right away, and it would be possible to consider the situation when something similar but slightly different happened later.
However, even excluding these parts, I was able to come up with a framework for an operation to overcome this impasse little by little, based on the continuous sortie of fighter jets that continued without a break every day and the information accumulated day by day in the process.
But… apart from the fact that the frame was being set and the chances of winning the battle were increasing, unresolved concerns were still taking root in my mind.
‘Yes, but… the more I think about it, the more the risk is too great. Especially about the last part…’
The way to win is starting to catch my eye to some extent.
However.. in this regard, something decisive was needed to reduce the damage to the allies to a minimum, and the concern about that point was still making my head throb.
‘We have to make it so that no one dies as much as possible… To do this, we need something to stop that guy’s movements somehow…’
*
The Air Force Hunters are becoming more and more tired as they sortie every day, several times a day.
Seeing them go through such hardships unwillingly, the male adjutant of the Air Force asked Adjutant Dana with a voice full of concern.
“Honestly, I don’t know if I’m okay. No matter how much it is, I never thought you would hand over command of the air force to Adjutant Lee Jin-hyeon..”
“What a big deal that is, honestly, in the current situation, I feel like giving up all of the military control if possible.”
“Even so, I am still a little concerned. Of course, I acknowledge Adjutant Lee Jin-hyun’s skills, but entrusting almost everything to him like this is…”
If later it was learned from the upper level that the Black Hunter’s lieutenant was given the right to actually command the soldiers here, there was a high possibility that these words would come out.
However, in spite of this, Deputy Dana was willing to allow this, and even other small parts were continuously being considerate.
Anyway, the male adjutant thought that this was a bit excessive.
And… toward him, Adjutant Song Dana spoke in a calm voice.
“I’m sorry, but… our situation right now doesn’t allow us to afford to argue about that.”
“yes?”
At the unexpected answer, he showed embarrassment on his face, and while looking at such a junior, she continued talking.
“This is just my guess… but it seems like the higher ups are trying to stop that humanoid Abyss here no matter what.”
“What is that…”
A male adjutant who asks in a voice filled with doubt and anxiety at her bone-like words,
Regarding this, Adjutant Dana spoke in a calm voice while watching the fighters quietly sortie again.
“I don’t have any grounds for certainty…but my feelings and the overall situation seem that way. The fact that if we are defeated here, this place will definitely become our grave, rather than just taking damage and running away.”
“yes?..”
Dana tells a story with an eerie meaning.
Regarding this, the male adjutant’s face hardened, and watching him, Adjutant Song Dana said with a cold smile on his lips.
“why? You know it because you often see it on the news. The ROK Army, which was about to be defeated, met its end with a heroic end after holding back the enemy until the end.
“… ”
As the war with the Abyss continued, the power of the military was excessively strong, and accordingly, the control of the media was being carried out quite thoroughly.
This is a fact that can be known even if the atrocities committed by Isena this time were completely covered externally, apart from the fact that it created the embers of political strife internally.
Under these circumstances, it would not be so difficult to drop bombs on the heads of our allies facing defeat and spread the news that they were willing to fight for their country to the end and die.
“The retreat order will never be given. If we lose here, there’s a very good chance we’ll be the next people on the news. In that respect, I want you to help Adjutant Lee Jin-hyeon as much as possible, because he, unlike us, clearly knows what the formula for victory is.”
Although the body was already prepared for death, nonetheless…
Watching the senior speak in a light tone of a story that can never be heard lightly, the male adjutant began to swallow dry saliva without realizing it.
‘Well… but sooner or later this dog-like situation will change. They say they started using their hands in earnest…’