Ch.377[Episode 377] Supply Base C

Sir Dominic and his party immediately entered the real battle after finishing the tutorial.

More precisely, it would be correct to say that the operation to rescue Lady Alice had begun.

[Departing for Supply Base C.]

[Sirens are sounding, terrorists are preparing…]

[You need to establish a plan to rescue the hostage and defuse the bomb during this brief window.]

[05:00]

Such system messages appeared before Sir Dominic and his party.

Afterward, holographic transparent views and aerial views appeared before their eyes.

It seemed to be detailed information about Supply Base C.

Sir Dominic glanced at the decreasing countdown and said to the people.

“Going through the entrance seems like a foolish act.”

Sir Dominic pointed to the main gate of the supply base.

“But there are no other entry points. Well, there are a few more, but those are even more dangerous.”

Unryu Hime pointed to several locations besides the main gate.

A hole in the wire fence, a path coming down from the mountain behind the base, a river flowing on the right side of the base…

There were such minor entry points besides the main gate, but Hime viewed them negatively.

“The terrorists have already built outposts at these alternate routes.”

Hime pointed again at several areas visible on the aerial view.

Each had cover made of sandbags and ugly concrete watchtowers.

“In the end, we have no choice but to make a frontal assault.”

“There’s still one place left.”

Doremi interrupted Hime’s words.

Doremi shouldered her rifle and pointed to the roof of the base.

“Here.”

“The roof? But—”

“Don’t worry.”

Doremi firmly cut off Hime’s words.

Time was a bit tight for the operation.

“The supply base right next door belongs to Lumière. We can borrow some things from there.”

Sir Dominic found Doremi’s words quite plausible.

“So, how do you plan to enter from above?”

“It’s simple, brother.”

Doremi glanced at the Lumière clan’s supply warehouse.

“Because there’s something really, really useful.”

The corner of Doremi’s mouth turned up slightly.

Dr. Banshee also turned his head, and though not clearly visible, he was also smiling.

It looked like… the face of a mad scientist before an experiment.

…

[00:00]

[Operation time has ended.]

[15:00 until bomb detonation]

[Game start. Good luck.]

“Ah, finally it begins.”

“I hope they don’t come our way.”

At the outskirts of Supply Base C, near the hole in the wire fence, Terrorist B and Terrorist F were chatting to ease their tension.

“Of all people, we’re up against Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica. Oh, my God. I never wanted to meet them as enemies.”

“I know. I wonder if I could get their autograph after this round ends?”

Terrorists B and F, apparently ardent fans of Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica, watched the front with excited expressions.

“Ugh, I want to meet Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica, but I don’t want to meet them.”

“Ah, I know that feeling.”

They wanted to meet Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica, but they didn’t want to meet them.

It seemed contradictory on the surface, but adding just a bit more context made it logical.

They wanted to meet Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica, but they didn’t want to meet them ‘now’.

The desire to see Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica up close as ardent fans.

And the regret that they happened to meet as enemies.

Terrorists B and F looked beyond the iron bars with bitter expressions.

“Having to kill my idol with my own hands, how bitter.”

“I know. I just hope they don’t come our way and die…”

Terrorists B and F were being overly optimistic.

However, their expectations had some basis in reality.

In FPS mode, there was a certain balance between players.

Not the overwhelming strength of Gachaland, but a delicate balance where no one could be said to be exceptionally strong.

In Gachaland, everyone would acknowledge Sir Dominic’s strength.

But in FPS, Sir Dominic was…

A footsoldier without mobility skills. He had damage reduction techniques but no means to fight except in close combat.

He was truly a weak character in FPS.

Sir Dominica at least had a pistol to respond with, but Sir Dominic had no means of response at all.

Of course, conversely, if even one of these weaknesses were compensated for, Sir Dominic and Sir Dominica could instantly become overpowered characters that would dominate FPS.

“Now, Sir Dominic. Please don’t come here. So I don’t have to kill you… Huh?”

“What’s wrong? See something?”

Terrorist B was in the middle of licking the blade of his dagger and saying something so cruel it actually looked pathetic when he saw a flash of light in the distance.

“No, I just saw a flash of light over there…?”

That’s when it happened.

Something grazed past Terrorist B’s head.

Terrorist B froze at the cool breeze felt above his head.

What just happened was too sudden.

“…What was that just now?”

“I-I don’t kno-“

BOOM!

Only now did they hear the sound of the object that had just flown by, breaking the sound barrier and tearing through the sky.

The two terrorists covered their ears and collapsed at the tremendous explosion.

“W-what the hell!”

“Artillery fire?”

Terrorists B and F fell into panic and started rambling nonsense.

If they had thought about it a little, they would have realized that firing shells at a place with bombs made no sense, but it was difficult to maintain composure when something had just broken the sound barrier right in front of them.

Fortunately, there was no follow-up attack, and the atmosphere around the outpost became quiet again.

“I-is it over?”

“What was that just now?”

Terrorist F, as soon as he escaped from panic, tried to coolly assess the current situation.

The reason was that they should report to superiors since an anomaly had definitely occurred.

Terrorist F held a radio in his hand and was lost in thought for a moment.

Then he adjusted the channel on the radio and pressed the transmit button to speak.

“Alpha Leader, Alpha Leader, this is Bravo. Reporting as Bravo.”

[“Bravo, Bravo, this is Alpha Leader. What’s your business?”]

“Anomaly detected from Sierra Sierra Whiskey direction. I repeat, Sierra Sierra Whiskey-“

Terrorist F calmly began to report the anomaly that had just occurred.

Of course, it was a futile act.

“Oh.”

Terrorist B, who was next to Terrorist F, saw another flash of light in the distance.

And that light bloomed in exactly the same place, with exactly the same color and shape as the flash seen before something passed by them earlier.

“Danger-“

Terrorist B turned his head to warn Terrorist F of the danger.

But Terrorist B couldn’t see Terrorist F.

In the place where Terrorist F had been, only F’s wrist and radio remained, with everything else completely gone.

“Huh?”

BOOM!

The sound of air being torn apart beyond the speed of sound thundered in Terrorist B’s ears, but he stood dazed as if he hadn’t heard it.

Terrorist B was entirely focused on Terrorist F’s hand and radio slowly falling from the air.

At first, Terrorist B couldn’t understand the situation.

But when the radio F had been holding fell to the ground, B finally understood what was happening.

“Ugh, uwaaa! Aaaaaaah!”

[“Bravo? Bravo! Report what’s happening!”]

Since F’s remaining hand was still pressing the radio’s transmit button, B’s screams were immediately relayed to headquarters.

The terrorist leadership demanded that B explain the current situation, but Terrorist B, who had fallen into panic, only screamed while rolling on the ground, showing no signs of returning to his senses.

In Gachaland, one could always be revived if they had value, but that didn’t mean such a horrific death wouldn’t cause trauma.

Rather, Sir Dominic, who had been acting as if death was nothing until now, was probably the abnormal one.

Thus, the outpost by the hole in the fence was neutralized by just two shots of the mysterious object.

Taking advantage of the neutralized outpost, three people began to enter through the hole.

“I’m not sure if this is right…”

Unryu Hime said with an uncomfortable expression.

“Well, we all agreed to it.”

Dr. Banshee said with a grin.

He seemed to be in a good mood because things were going well.

For example… like good experimental data had been collected.

“Above all, it was the fastest and most certain strategy. Look. They’ve been completely subdued.”

Doremi agreed with Dr. Banshee and tried to convince Hime, who was still uncomfortable.

The three passed through the outpost with the hole in the fence and entered inside.

And there they joined two people who had already flown ahead.

“This is something I’d like to try once more if possible.”

“Wow, my God. Did you see that just now? I didn’t mean to…”

They met Sir Dominic, who had an excited expression from the recent flight, and Sir Dominica, who had turned red like a tomato, covered in blood.