episode_0043

While Lina was trying to tell us something.

A confidential contact network of an association located in the northern part of the city was operating.

“What is the situation of the two tribes that participated in this work?”

“We will move as scheduled. The Twelfth Tribe will block him, and the Sixth Tribe will secure the target.”

“One tribe per person. …If it’s an enemy of that caliber, there’s nothing we can do.”

“Discussions with the company on site have also been completed smoothly. We will make sure that we succeed this time.”

The superior did not say anything about the subordinate’s contact.

In Magusfall’s vampire society, anyone could talk about success.

As a result, it is of no use if you do not prove your skills.

Although the tribe that recently joined was dealing with a man who was like the Death God to vampires.

It was literally like being pushed into a limb.

Of course, if the twelfth tribe breaks everyone’s expectations and captures the vampire hunter… the order of the tribes may change.

As the elders of the Lidocaine Association watched the situation, excited by the various possibilities.

***

Youngmin, I, and David followed Lina to a quiet place in the command center.

Silas, who was in my arms, looked around.

“Chris, there’s no one here.”

“That’s why I came. Baby cat.”

As Lina answered with shining eyes, the white snakes that made up her hair began to make ominous sounds.

“So what do you want to talk about? I don’t have time, so it would be better if you do it quickly.”

Although he tried his best to set the mood, it seemed to be of no use in front of David.

“Anyone is fine. Could you please show me the terminal for a moment?”

“….”

The three of us momentarily exchanged glances at her words.

First of all, since mine is a shared terminal, I decided to show mine.

-widely.

She suddenly slammed her terminal against mine.

“Could you check?”

“Check what?”

She just smiled at my question.

I quickly checked the screen of the terminal and there was a newly transferred file.

“Huh?”

The geography of Miller Town, the place we were planning to head to, was marked.

No, this is not just a leader. like….

“Is it a layout?”

“This is the power distribution of the other two factions.”

Regardless of whether what she said was true, there was one question.

these guys. Just by looking at it, it looks like they are planning to surround us.”

“….”

David didn’t respond to what I said, but nodded without realizing it.

The forces of the two factions are mixed up and they are targeting one faction.

I felt like I was prey caught in the mouth of a crocodile.

“But why are you giving me this?”

“If one side clearly wins, I’m in trouble.”

Despite her answer, there was a good chance this was a trap.

Confirmation was needed that the power deployment of the other two factions would really be like this.

In other words, it was necessary to inform Maximilian anyway, and it seemed like he was trying to take advantage of the opportunity for Maximilian to confirm it.

If not that too….

As she said, it could have been an attempt to prevent any faction from taking the lead.

‘I don’t really know what you’re aiming for.’

“Can I really trust you?”

“If you don’t believe it, it would be better to watch what other factions are doing.”

I asked again, but the answer I received wasn’t very helpful.

After Lina said that, she started walking away as if her work was done.

“…Should we just handle it here?”

“Whoa, whoa. Wait a minute.”

When David took out the gun, I quickly lowered the gun.

No matter how good my regenerative ability is, if Medusa is my opponent… I was actually more worried about my other colleagues than myself.

“First, let’s go towards Sylvia. You can think about it on the way.”

“…Tsk.”

David clicked his tongue regretfully.

First, I held Silas in my arms and headed to the command center while holding Youngmin with my right hand.

The feeling of advancing past the gaze of private unit members armed with uniform uniform equipment was truly mysterious.

“Silvia! We’re here!”

“That one was the latest. Last place guys, hurry up and get in the car.”

As soon as we appeared, we boarded the vehicle pointed out by Sylvia.

It was not an ordinary vehicle, but was heavy and had many wheels, so it felt similar to the troop transport armored vehicle used by Raco’s private forces.

However, the people inside were members of our office group except the driver.

“Sister, why are you so late?”

“David, isn’t that guy blind again?”

“Me?”

In response to Johnny and Astoby’s question, David made an aggrieved expression while pointing at himself with both hands.

***

“Ah, something happened that had no choice but to happen.”

“What is that?”

“I’ll tell you once Silvia gets on board.”

Datihi seemed to smell something suspicious.

But I decided not to speak already and take a little pause.

Finally, Sylvia boarded the vehicle.

“Let’s go.”

“Yes.”

The driver immediately started driving the armored vehicle after hearing Silvia’s words.

“Wow, this looks really sturdy.”

“It doesn’t look sturdy, but it’s really sturdy.”

As I was looking around the inside of the armored vehicle, I inadvertently forgot what I had to do.

Meanwhile, Johnny complained about my words.

“Chris.”

“Ah, okay.”

Fortunately, Youngmin and David had serious expressions on their faces, so I was able to remember it only then.

“Silvia, wait a minute.”

I called everyone in the group, including Sylvia, near me.

I showed the force layout of the other two factions that Lina had delivered to me.

“….”

“….”

Sylvia and Johnny, Adem and Datihi.

The four people carefully checked the layout for a while.

“It’s hard to judge.”

“?”

Even though I thought about it for a while, the answer was a little different from what I expected.

“In the first place, the forces of the faction to which Maximilian belongs are not placed in this layout map. It may exist separately, but this alone is ambiguous.”

“But wouldn’t it be better to tell that guy first?”

In response to my question, Adem said he thought it would cause unnecessary confusion.

However, Johnny and Datich said that they would first tell Maximilian and see his reaction.

“I understand. I’ll contact you right away.”

Silvia immediately called Maximilian on the terminal.

In the meantime, the driver personally checked the layout shown by Silvia and even answered.

-widely.

“What did that guy say?”

“They say they will maintain their force deployment as is.”

“…Huh?”

What is that? Are you saying they gave me the information and then said they wouldn’t use it?

“Still, I think it would be better to do something about it.”

“No, they say that even if we change the deployment of forces to match that layout, the enemy will likely look for the next opportunity accordingly… so we will use this opportunity to defeat them.”

“So, if you want to defeat him, don’t you have to be prepared to respond?”

“No. Although it is not a visible form of preparation, if you know where the enemy will be, you can respond immediately.”

Adem answered my continued questions.

“They may think it’s a surprise attack, but if they know everything, it’s not a surprise attack.”

I wasn’t that stupid that I couldn’t even understand those words.

However, unlike private units, masters, and mages, our deployment will be a little different.

“I don’t think the enemies would care much about us. David, this way for a moment.”

“Me?”

After saying that, Sylvia called David over and started talking about something.

It seemed like they were informing each office solver about their role.

Even before it was my turn, I asked David, who had returned to our side, to tell me what Sylvia had said.

“I won’t tell anyone.”

“…Really?”

“Of course.”

I didn’t make a loud noise for no reason.

David then said that he was planning to occupy new high ground near Miller Town, where we would arrive.

“David is in charge of all enemy sniping?”

“I guess so.”

If Badek had been there, David’s burden would have been lessened.

Of course, David said that his burden would not be that great since there were private units of the Maximilian faction and others.

“Chris.”

“Yes!”

Before I knew it, it was my turn.

Of course, I took Scylla with me and headed to Sylvia.

“Chris is so strong that I feel safe wherever I put it.”

“Hehe… Even if you praise me like that, there is nothing wrong with it.”

When I responded by scratching my head, Sylvia just looked at me in silence.

“I don’t think there will be much difference from my last role. I think you can take charge of the front line with Johnny and Youngmin and Astoby.”

“Instead, this time our enemy is a private unit from another faction, right?”

“Yes, that will happen. If the hacker was the opponent, the opponent would have been the trap set up by the hacker or the hacker’s helpers.”

How did the request suddenly change like this?

The conversation between me and Sylvia did not last long. A few words were enough.

Has it been about an hour?

***

We passed the border of Silverside and reached Millertown.

The door on the back of the armored vehicle we were in opened, and we stomped out of the armored vehicle through the open door, as if we were special forces.

It felt that way even for us, who only had a small number of people, but the sight of a private unit getting out of another armored vehicle full of people was quite spectacular.

“…It’s just the beginning.”

Youngmin suddenly came next to me and said.

As soon as Youngmin spoke, part of the private unit began moving quickly.

There were also people who did not get off the armored vehicle at all and just moved into the interior of Miller Town.

It would be nice if Maximilian could control this situation better now.

“Then we will move to the command center. Everyone, don’t forget your role.”

“Yes!”

Silvia, accompanied by Adem and Datich, headed to Maximilian at the command post.

“David, be careful!”

“You be careful, kid!”

“Tsk tsk.”

When David reacted to me, Johnny clicked his tongue in a cocky manner.

That’s because Johnny thinks of me more as his sister than he does.

“What should we do now?”

“Well, let’s wait and see.”

It was a little scary to see armored vehicles lined up and private troops moving around in the ruins of Miller Town.

Apparently, from the old video, there were so many rats that they covered the entire exterior walls of those buildings.

It was a situation where no life could be found in Miller Town, to the point where it was barely visible anymore.

Of course, it wasn’t done yet where we were, but the restoration work seemed to be going smoothly.

“Nice to meet you.”

“Ah?”

As we gathered together and rested for a while, several members of a private unit approached us and greeted us first.

“Ah, thank you for your hard work.”

Here, as expected, Johnny came first.

Because it felt the most profound among us.

There was also Astoby if it was just for the purpose of intimidating, but that was not the case now.

After chatting with the private unit, Johnny approached us again and said,

“Those guys say we just have to join them and move together.”

“Really? Youngmin, let’s go.”

“Yes.”

Silas was already in my arms.

Astoby also raised his heavy body and followed us.

So we followed the private unit and formed a circle around the ruined area in front where hackers were thought to be present, as if encircling it.

It was difficult to understand how the situation was going from our position as we were mixed in among the private troops.

“…Youngmin. Is that really possible?”

“….”

I could feel the presence of people between the ruins.

In addition, I could see a little reflected light that seemed to be bouncing off the scope.

It seemed that private troops from other factions had begun to deploy.

***

That moment.

Gunshots cut through the air and echoed past the ruined buildings.

It didn’t happen where we are now.

However, gunfire continued to be heard not far from here.

“Sila, you are right next to me for now. Got it?”

“Yes!”

Silas answered energetically.

I seemed to be nervous without realizing it because I kept hearing gunshots around me.

Of course, it seems that other private unit members are also nervous.

They were ready to dry their dry mouths or respond to enemy attacks at any time.

Meanwhile, after several gunshots, Maximilian’s command received a call from the command of another faction.

“What is this all of a sudden? In the first place, Miller Town was an area allocated to us.”

“Monopoly over a specific area may not have been determined.”

Maximilian responded to the call immediately.

He did not mention anything about the preemptive attack carried out on other factions under his orders.

“This is a clear violation of the agreement. Are you going to break the decision made through discussions between factions so easily?!”

“Agreement? What agreement? How long has it been since we came to Miller Town that we have already deployed our full force?”

The leadership of other factions responded to Maximilian’s answer by telling them not to dilute the point.

But while the command centers of different factions maintain communication with each other…

Suddenly the battle began.

Immediately, communication between Maximilian’s faction and other factions was cut off.

Communication began between the two factions who joined forces to overthrow their common enemy.

“What are you doing?! No matter how well our numbers are read, if this happens, the damage to both sides will be enormous.”

“….”

“Hey, are you listening?! If they accuse them of violating the agreement first…”

“….”

Unilateral termination of communication.

The faction’s leadership was dumbfounded to be treated like this.

At the same time, the faction that had just terminated communication began an offensive against the private units of the two factions.

With unidentified solvers at the forefront.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend? At least in this city, it was a story that did not apply.