episode_0419

‘What on earth was Chief Baek thinking when he ordered this operation?’

Reading emotions and understanding reason are two different things.

So I couldn’t understand Baek In-jang at all.

He formulated a strategy like roasting beans in a flash of lightning.

For me, it wasn’t a bad offer, so I didn’t step on it, but if I were an administrator or a soldier, I would have sworn at the white commander’s face.

“Isabel. Take a look at that.”

I handed the air rifle scope to Isabel.

He was a useless person and was left alone.

Isabel skillfully holds it up to her eyes as if looking at a single-lens telescope.

It was because I had used it a few times.

“I hid something on top of a rotten, fallen tree, and it looks like a crossbow.”

“Oh, that bush? ···Is that so? How did the grass grow there?”

“Based on your view, an elf is watching the Rhine River from the third tree to the left of the crossbow.”

Isabelle, who had been looking at the scope for a while, nods.

This wasn’t just reconnaissance.

This is a reconnaissance in the east to find traces of a missing soldier whose name is unknown.

In other words, we had to penetrate into enemy territory.

We were told that we had to leave as quickly as possible to prevent damage to the trail, and two squads of volunteers were selected.

The 2nd and 4th Reconnaissance Squads of the 3rd Reconnaissance White Regiment, which I belonged to.

Naturally, the newly commissioned Sheeborne House of Representatives, Corctus, also followed us.

The Coctooth side is this way.

Shivon is on Isabel’s side.

The moon seems to have narrowed its eyes.

‘4 a.m.’

This is the optimal time to travel at night when the world is at its quietest.

Assuming the worst, we brought all our air rifles and had to pump up to 7,000 times all day.

Wearing matte leather armor and keeping his eyes down, he swam silently through the pitch-black water.

The good news was that the river water was noisy.

After crossing the Rhine River, I searched for a tripwire.

‘Where is it?’

There must be a rope trap facing the direction the crossbow is aimed.

Fortunately, it was a blind spot.

I knelt down, stretched out my hand, fumbled for the crossbow trap, and eventually found the exact outline.

“A tripwire was laid from under the rock over there to this side. If you don’t want to go through a wind hole, take a detour behind that rock.”

Everyone takes a detour at my direction.

‘I’m glad the moon has set.’

Because it acts like a light, it gets darker inside the shade and brighter outside the shade.

I stuck my head out slightly above the rock.

I covered my eyebrows with my hand shade to prevent the eye light from reflecting on the other person, and figured out the exact outline of the patroller.

‘discovery.’

The sound of shooting a crossbow or a bow is too loud.

I took aim at the scout with an air gun loaded with subsonic bombs in advance.

Pick! Rustle!

It was right.

There was no screaming because his head exploded.

‘It’s a good thing I did some shooting training.’

“Where are you going…?!”

Coctus House let out a small scream and grabbed my shoulder.

“Removed.”

“···Yes? What did you remove?”

What did you remove?

Leaving behind the dumbfounded House of Coctus, he carried the corpse with its head pierced on his back and pushed it into the blind spot where the soldiers were hiding.

No one is surprised to see a corpse.

However, he was surprised at me dragging this along.

“I will take this body with me when I return.”

“···Is that necessary?”

“There is a risk of retaliation from the other party.”

They would probably notice it anyway because of the splattered blood, but leaving a corpse with a broken head behind is a provocation.

If that’s not possible, it’s polite to at least cover your face with a cloth and keep it tidy.

‘Wars are ordered by superiors, not because people like them.’

That was the right thing to do.

Humans are herd animals.

When someone dies, those left behind become angry.

I took off my gun sling and wrapped it around my air rifle.

There may be a hosot in front of here.

Air guns and such won’t work on them.

“Isabel.”

“Yes.”

“Let’s divide here.”

“Yes, yes?”

“Infiltrate with appropriate judgment. Considering retreat time, there are only 30 minutes left.”

I pulled the bolt and reloaded.

The air tank…

‘About nineteen feet or so.’

If you fire five or six more shots, the air pressure will drop, and you won’t even be able to pierce the skull at mid-range.

From then on, I will have to use my bow, which makes a loud sound of cutting the air.

“Okay.”

Isabel leaves and heads somewhere.

Through previous reconnaissance, the scouting party had figured out where the enemy’s positions and barracks were, and handed the map to Isabel.

I traveled with Jules and became familiar with Dokdo law.

Moreover, the geography of the South is clear.

If you go five minutes ahead, the enemy camp will appear.

‘It only takes five minutes.’

The scouting party is spread out like an inverted crane wing, watching above the trees, ahead, and to the sides.

How far did it go that way?

Absurdly, there was only one person who finished.

these guys. It’s completely gone.”

There aren’t even any traps.

Thanks to this, my slow steps were gradually getting faster.

why?

Jules’ sense of smell didn’t catch anything either.

but···.

“···Someone is humming.”

As if it wasn’t just my ears hearing it, Coctus House spoke quietly.

It was the same with the soldiers.

The sorrowful melody heard from the battlefield made the soldiers shudder.

My Eve with deer antlers.

Please take my soul home to us.

Guide my soul to you.

Because my eyes can no longer see.

Tearing my heart apart. eat my heart

Please take me home.

The voice I missed made my head burn and my heart ache.

My Eve with deer antlers.

Please guide me to you.

Please guide me to where my loved one is.

Tearing my heart apart. eat my heart

Please live.

Please do me a favor…

ah.

···Familiar voice.

It was so familiar that it gave me goosebumps, and my head went blank.

“Haa…!”

My heart is beating wildly.

Breathing becomes difficult and the body becomes weak.

Why?

Why do I hear this voice?

“Chief Vice President…?”

The enemy has already abandoned their camp, so no one is there.

Even any object. There is just a singing voice.

“Please come back…!”

Who is singing this song?

whoever?

“···Let me protect you, just as you did me.”

I see someone sitting by the well with his back turned.

My hands trembled at the familiar sight of my back.

Hair as white as snow. A very familiar voice…

“Jul…?”

Jules slowly turns his head and looks at me.

But it wasn’t Juul.

Her hair is as white as snow, but her skin is also white. The blue eyes were golden.

she smiles at me

With eyes full of joy and the joy of reunion.

“···It’s been a while. Poetry──” “It’s a white wolf!!! Shoot!!!”

ah?

Wow!!! Baba baba bak!!!

Something passes by me.

Burbubbuk!

All the vicious arrows got stuck in the woman’s body.

“Pour it all out!!!!”

“What are you doing?!!!!”

Just as they rushed in to stop the soldiers.

“Keuuk···!”

I was grabbed by the collar by Coctus and thrown around.

You bastard!!!

“If you stay here, you will die!!!”

“W-what are you doing?!!”

···The eyes that look at a crazy person.

My head went cold.

‘What on earth happened?’

“You crazy bastard! Take stock of the situation! That’s an immortal monster—!”

Coctus House shouted at me, turned his back on me and started firing his heavy crossbow.

Seeing that, I was able to realize the reality, albeit belatedly.

‘Jules is dead!’

That’s Shira.

Jules turned to dust in your arms!

Have you forgotten that I traveled the world for Jules for two years?!

“Thank you!”

You must not meet Shir now!

If that happens, half a year of hard work will be in vain!

“Reload!” “Reload!”

“Retreat! The opponent is immortal!”

The soldiers fire indiscriminately, and the crossbow holster with five bullets falls to the floor.

Shir was pierced by dozens of bolts and was looking at me.

Smiling with eyes that really don’t seem to matter.

Is it because there is a bolt stuck in my neck?

Only the shape of the mouth speaks.

See you later.

Called.

“What a monster!” “Why don’t you die?!”

“Retreat! Retreat—!”

Hehehe!

The whistle sounded high.

* * * * * *

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about?!!”

Coctus Hawon stuck out his teeth as if he was ready to kill me at any moment and glared at me with evil burning eyes.

‘Fuck! I’m ruined!’

If you do this wrong, you could be dishonorably discharged.

You have to find a suitable lie!

“···Sorry.”

“You’re not trying to hear me say sorry, are you?!”

“···I didn’t know until I fell.”

“What are you talking about?!”

“Until I fell, I didn’t know that what was in front of me was a white wolf.”

Coctus House’s face is blank, and he stares at me intently.

Soon, absurdity and anger filled both eyes.

“Yes?! What kind of dog is eating grass?! How can you not recognize the white wolf?!”

It doesn’t make sense, so it’s like a dog eating grass.

“I don’t understand either, but the white wolf looked like my mother.”

I looked at House Corctus, feigning confusion.

The faces of the soldiers and the Coctus House became strangely frowning due to the consistent bullshit.

“···Yes?”

“······He is clearly dead.”

Of course, both my mothers are still alive.

The soldiers’ faces became as hard as stone at my insinuating lies.

“···I’m going crazy. Do you have any mental illness?”

You have to speak well.

You should not add flowery phrases to your experiences.

Adjust the tone of your voice…!

“···It felt like I was dreaming. As I followed the singing voice, I couldn’t think about anything else. I was convinced that my mother was there.”

One of the new recruits groaned at my nonsense.

“Well, isn’t that it?! Because the white wolf is the agent of Venus, who controls emotions…”

“Ha… This is crazy! The power to captivate people!”

uh?

Are you fooled? Did you fool me?! This is thanks to that new recruit!

You bastard! When I get back, I’ll do all the hard work for you!

“I know that Venus controls emotions, but… can an agent of Venus also control people’s emotions?”

“···I don’t know.”

I pretended to be embarrassed and lost my focus.

Isabelle and her 4th squad, who had crossed the Rhine River at the sound of a whistle, were alert to their surroundings and headed towards us with a low posture.

“What’s going on…?”

“The white wolf has appeared.”

“Yes…?!”

Unlike her surprised voice, Isabel’s eyes were shiny enough for me to recognize.

Like a cat focusing on its prey.

“You must report it immediately.”

“Yes?! You have to go back to report, right? If we just defeat the white wolf…!”

“What are you talking about?! That monster didn’t shed a single drop of blood even though it ate 30 bolts like a target! That’s a crazy immortal!”

“That’s ridiculous!”

“It works! When that bitch sings, I’m mesmerized! Thanks to that, Deputy White Man Dwin almost followed in his late mother’s footsteps!”

Isabel looks confused and stares at me.

The sky is blue now. There’s no time to try anything anymore.

“···Let’s take the body and run away. This reconnaissance failed.”

It’s none other than my fault.