＜ Chapter 118 – Corps (18) ＞
Chapter 118 – Legion (18)
“You don’t look good. Are you worried about that too?”
“Ah, yes. Yes.”
The time when I was looking at my phone with a hard face. Someone came up to me and pretended to know. Maurice Carter, this black man, does something similar to me, and I’ve been getting close to him lately. Because he was the manager of Awakened, who teamed up with Lee Ji-yeon.
“It’s a place where we’ve already failed to capture several times, but don’t worry. That’s because I prepared well for this one as well.”
“That is correct.”
He seemed to mistake me for my hardened face worrying about the Awoken who had entered the dungeon. Of course, worrying about them is also the same, but in fact, my mind was sold elsewhere just before.
“There were many twists and turns, but I think it was inevitable.”
He smiled bitterly and stared blankly at the direction the Awoken had left. Unlike before, the first operation was to gather strong people and forcibly form a team to execute.
There can be no resistance in terms of coercion. However, in the end, Awakeners are also members of this society, so no matter how strong they are, they cannot ignore the society as a whole.
“It will be better once the system is fully in place. I don’t know what the fighting people will think, but I am someone who agrees with the saying that with power comes responsibility.”
“Mr. Carter, you are concerned about the system.”
From his hesitating words, I found out what he was really worried about. He wasn’t worried about the Awoken that he had to care for. It seemed that he was worried that the system would be shaken now.
“Then how are you? Forced mobilization certainly makes a lot of sense, but isn’t it necessary?”
He heard my reaction and widened his eyes. It seemed that I misunderstood this compulsory mobilization system as undesirable.
“It’s natural that you’re worried about your lover who went to the battlefield, but…”
“It’s not like that. I don’t doubt or question the system itself.”
The contents he took out with a glance were misunderstandings that other people often do. I clicked my tongue, shook my head, corrected the misunderstanding, and brought up another story.
“You worry about whether this is ‘enough’.”
“That, what kind of small grain is that?”
“If we fight with all our might and lose, if we break through, is there any other hope for us?”
Like Maurice Carter in front of me right now, I think people are a little mistaken. It’s as if he implicitly thinks that this is enough.
However, I am still realizing that there is no end to fighting and evolution.
“emergency! emergency!”
“More advanced species found! Come on, air support!”
And as soon as I finished my words, the atmosphere in the base where we were suddenly changed. As expected to some extent, it means that things are not going to be easy. Surprised to see me, Maurice’s face was stained with bewilderment.
***
“Apart from the superior species observed on site, one more new species has emerged from the west. You cannot retreat. Their tails will be caught and they will all die.”
“Well, then what are you going to do!?”
“Right now, I made an arbitrary judgment on the spot and divided the group into two. While the special team takes time, we finish the existing operation, and then deal with the second enemy.”
The military commander who received the communication from the site wiped away a cold sweat and explained the situation to high-ranking officials as well as to people like us. After hearing their explanation, we contacted each company and informed them of the local situation.
I, as well as Maurice Carter, who was sitting next to me, were hurriedly writing down the contents of the briefing.
“It sounds very dangerous just by listening, but who volunteered for the special group?”
At that time, someone mentioned a special group that would act as a death squad. And as if it were natural, Lee Ji-yeon’s name was also mentioned there.
“It must be difficult.”
“I knew. You are always the first to run when something like this happens.”
Maurice Carter turned to me with a puzzled look. It wasn’t that my heart was shaking that much, but it wasn’t that I wasn’t anxious.
The strength of the allies is insufficient. Not just here, but everywhere else. It seems to be true that the invasive species are hiding their powers and sending troops little by little, whether voluntarily or unintentionally.
So, if we are stuck with just this much, we cannot escape this crisis on our own.
“Those people, no way.”
They appeared in such a situation. A group of black suits appeared with various equipment.
“Lucy, I want to hear their story.”
[Expand your senses, let’s hear their stories.]
I couldn’t even get close to them, but with Lucy I could overhear what they were talking about.
[They are agents of the U.S. intelligence department, and dispatched troops immediately after receiving a report that the raid on this dungeon was in jeopardy.]
“I don’t think this is an ordinary military unit.”
[That’s right. Their powers are special. In my judgment, they seem to be items used in the church.]
I already knew that they were working hand in hand with the Church on the other side of the world. Just as they support the church with weapons and other resources, the church also provides them with strength. All of these facts were already discovered from the paladins of the Church who were held captive.
[Wait, I don’t think the church provided me with simple equipment or weapons.]
But this time it was a little different. Lucy, who removed a part of the Nano Omega camouflaged in my body, operated a separate scout and showed her view on my cell phone.
[Look at the sentence on the neck. The way he grips his sword and the way he walks all have the characteristics of a paladin. It seems like a paladin of the church.]
“You called someone from there? Is that possible?”
It was a result that both Lucy and I couldn’t help but be surprised. I have no idea how they did it, but it means they summoned someone from another world to this place anyway.
Me and Lucy are finally trying to find a clue and solve it, but they are already one step ahead.
***
“Is it really going to be put in like this? Uh, I remember people like this…”
“This matter has already been decided by the Allied Command, so please cooperate. There is no need to worry as the skills are certain.”
The field commander looked at the Awoken who came with the agents with anxious eyes. Although they are dressed similarly to the agents, the three people with different atmospheres are just standing there with hard faces.
‘A trial given by the goddess. It must be completed.’
In their minds now, being in another world and having to fight monsters are secondary issues. He was only filled with the thought of completing the trials of the goddess.
“Is it really right that I don’t show myself?”
“Actually, I’m not sure. But think about it. Wouldn’t the mystery disappear a bit if the goddess you trusted and followed appeared in front of you in a more normal appearance than you thought?”
And there were people who watched it from a far away vehicle. At the words of Marisa, who looked at them with worried eyes, Director Nelson shook his head.
It was Marisa’s power that summoned some of the paladins from the game into reality with a newly acquired game feature, but Nelson did not show her to them who were going back to the other world.
I just let them know that this was an ordeal given by the Goddess, and that it was their mission to save other humans who were suffering here, just as they were supported with explosives and firearms.
“Sometimes not knowing each other or not seeing each other can be a way to keep our bond stronger. It is more so when the relationship is one-sided. My partner blindly follows me, do I really need to add variables to that relationship?”
“It’s not wrong, but I think sometimes it can be better to know and care for each other better.”
“That is also true. When it comes to dating teenage boys and girls, that is. But Marissa, this is not a mere love business. It’s about the group and its survival. Please think about it.”
Director Nelson rebuked her in a soft voice. He believed that her power was hope and a miracle itself, and he cared about her more than anything else. After all, it’s her that the people in that game world believe in and follow.
It was intended to tame and persuade her to their own will, as her ideas and thoughts would influence them.
“By the way, how is your world? It doesn’t look too good as the war continues to drag on.”
“It is not easy. A lot of people die too. There is no sign of backing down anywhere.”
Marissa let out a deep sigh at his question about the war. For the first time, I was able to enjoy fighting by investing resources and growing characters as if I was simply enjoying the game, but my heart was shaken by the ever-increasing battles and growing sacrifices.
“If you stop playing now, more people will die. Compare your lives, which choice will save more lives there and the people here.”
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Naturally, Nelson also had to coax her into not giving up the game.
“Should I finish talking about what I couldn’t finish because I was rushed to the dispatch? This time permission has been dropped. We can support more weapons and more equipment.”
“A nuclear bomb doesn’t seem very meaningful.”
“Yeah, I know that. Because that place is different from here.”
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Nelson flinched at Marissa’s words about the nuclear bomb. It wasn’t once or twice that I was in trouble because of those who wanted to end things with one nuclear bomb.
But over there is a completely different world. A world full of magic and sorcery that can render nuclear warheads useless before they explode.
In addition, there are still restrictions on the weight and volume of objects that can come and go, and it is inefficient to hand over only warheads without missiles or fighters, so the idea of using nuclear bombs was completely abandoned.
“I had to worry a bit because of those demons. I think simple firepower is not enough.”
“So the weapon will be used on others, and the priests and paladins of the church will deal with them.”
“great. That kind of tactic is also necessary.”
The tactics of using the existing power and the weapons provided were all devised and proposed by the elites of this side. Nelson nodded in satisfaction.
“What happened to the monsters called black iron bugs?”
It was then that the story about them was mentioned by Nelson, who spoke indifferently. Unidentified monsters that appeared several times and attacked them as well as the allied forces, interfering with the planned war.
Marisa frowned at the mention of those monsters.