“Got it.”
They had a great leader. His last few words were quite meaningful since they really had to ensure the platoon’s survival and none could give up the mission except the arbitrary judge. They would have to spend 15 months in the Alousu together and Jaehwang felt lucky that he got to meet such amazing people.
The platoon then introduced new 10 members to their team. There were three tankers, seven damage dealers and one healer. They went through every detail; the army troops, the four assigned hunters and the group of three Gagseogs that Jaehwang belonged into. They were the hunters reserved there to provide their service.
“Our platoon is base 716 with everyone on our team we should do well…”
“…15 people isn’t the limit, right?”
Joonghwi mentioned that the army of Gagseogs would interfere with the political situation. However, he cleared his throat and spoke rather than to ignore it.
“I think that we are the best compared to other platoons even though were individually different and everyone, please be kind to the newcomers and keep yourself awake during the night watch. Are you guys excited to start the raids?”
“When that happens, everyone will put on the repeater and come.”
“Sounds good. Everyone can rest for today and I’ll explain the details tomorrow.”
“Yes, sir.”
….
It was night and they could hear the loud crickets from outside. He was in an unfamiliar place that had an unfamiliar air and unfamiliar people. He couldn’t sleep. He lied in his sleeping bag and then he heard the spirit speak.
-There’s something I’ve been wondering about.
-What is it?
-Why did that guy refuse that offer?
-GwanJae?
-He just suddenly appeared to you. If that was his choice then maybe he wanted something from you, why else would he show up all of a sudden?
-I know. Haven’t his abilities decreased?
-Yeah. But why would he refuse the offer? He originally had a second level license in the national mobilization order. If that’s what he wanted then he would get stronger faster and he should should have been doing better because that would be placed under his authority. Does he hate getting help from others?
Jaehwang took a deep breath after the spirit had finished talking.
That was another thing that he was worried about. He was able to get really close to GwanJae during his year at the academy. He had a hard time seeing him despite him being big as a person but when they do get to meet, they would spend a lot of time together.
He would have become his student at the start and until the very end but Jaehwang refused all of it.
He only promised one thing at the beginning and that would be to restore his level four license. It was easy for GwanJae’s abilities but that alone wasn’t enough. He received his level four license so his attention was called by the mobilization order. It took him a year of studying before he was able to learn everything and because of that, he was able to take the offer to come here.
-He’s very fond of you.
-Huh?
-His experience gradually increased to the point that he could no longer break out of his limits. It was obvious that he quickly got stronger, however with the world in pain, he wanted to finish this mission and go. He’s strong and so is the person next to him. My goal is to be as strong as him but I think that it would eventually be unattainable for me.
-There aren’t any right answers in the world but if would go into the same path that he took, you would only end up going in circles. That’s a lot of time that you would spend walking.
-He actually hate being restricted so that’s why. So is that everything? Now go to sleep…
Jaehwang tried to end the conversation but the spirit continued to nag and it never stopped.
-Does he have any inherited ancestor abilities? Hm… What does he know. But it should be kept in mind. Your destiny is like a wheel but it won’t roll that easy.
-I know. He’s stronger. No one could pass him…
Jeahwang woke up at dawn the next day and followed the instructor named Choi Hyeon to learn their lifestyle step by step. Although her learned a lot from the academy, it was still difficult for him because all that he knew was still on paper.
“The military bus is the base, the leader has no blind spots and the place is equipped on a hill.”
“Yes, sir.”
ChoiHyeon took Jaehwang and set out towards the torn down base. There was a box that contained something inside at the end of a long stick. It was a motion detector that protects them when they are out on a raid. It could detect motion within a 100 diameter radius.
“We’ll finish the setup in three months and Jaehwang, I could see that you’re very experienced and now you’re learning pretty well. I see an individual base for every good person that I would see but for those that aren’t doing that much, their benefits would be the same so I hope that everyone would do their best. The coverage for our detectors were wide and could be overlapped but if we had more than two enemies, then it could be a huge problem.”
“Got it.”
He explained everything so Jaehwang shook his head before he left.
He even spoke to him with honorifics so he thought that maybe if the his instructor got over with this then he would have something to determine his skills. But even so, he would have to have an actual fight and this area seemed to be the perfect place for it.
-Let’s get ready when the morning comes.
“Okay.”
He could use the radio with the platoon’s specialized channels and he could hear ChoiHeyon’s answer through the headset that he wore. The only thing was that he was too nervous to even be honest with him.
“Uh… There’s a dissemination…”
Jaehwang smiled in hopes that he wouldn’t get angry. There was nothing normal during his stay at the academy. There was something everyone used dangerously and it could no longer be stopped. The army’s chronic evil was even the same here.
“Did you get last night’s snack?”
“Yes.”
Rattle… Rattle…
They arrived at the base where the smell of rice filled the place. He washed up and walked inside to prepare himself a seat. He got a tray and filled it with rice. There was a big pan in the middle with other foods in them and he carried them in his hand one by one.
“Just some of each.”
Jaehwang sat with some packs of food on his knees.
“Eat the the survival soup with the side dishes. It’s going to be the best thing for you from now on.”
Someone said as they were eating.
“If the food is bad then say so.”
Someone said as they used a giant metal ladle to scoop the JeongJae Mu soup.
“The taste is really great from the first taste.”
He took Jaehwang’s tray and put a spoonful of soup on it.
There were various kinds of ingredients he could see. It had a strong smell that made Jaehwang’s face scowl, he had a hard time adjusting to its smell.
There wasn’t any mistake when they prepared the food. It made him remember his time again in the academy but compared to what he had, its taste were much more terrible. He felt lucky that he was able to endure eating it.
“How was it?”
“It’s okay.”
The food wasn’t so good but he just shook his head and looked as if he was enjoying it.
“We don’t have anyone here with cooking skills.”
“We should just find a restaurant to order from…”
Someone complained. Jahwang looked at the canned food and stopped talking. He remembered that he could cook and felt like that he could help them for the next 15 months but he refused at that thought. He didn’t hate cooking but he didn’t enjoy it either.
-…It would be great if you cooked.
-I don’t want to.
The spirit spoke with a self-conceited tone.
“But what kind of skills does our second level ranked hybrid newcomer have? We all know that he’s appointed as a damage dealer but we still don’t know exactly what he does.”
His voice sounded curious. He was a high ranked hunter affiliated with the army and Joonghwi was the strongest person next to him but he had a third level short ranged dealer license. Everyone looked at Jaehwang after he said that. He didn’t directly ask but it was obvious that he was very interested on what he could do.
“Archery.”
“Ooh archery… that’s fit for a healer.”
Everyone seemed satisfied and just shook their heads. His voice sounded like he wanted to look down on him but then he seemed to not care. The platoon leader then responded.
“What about its properties? Does it include air transportation? If it’s an aim association skill then that’s amazing but… then the weapon system is in use and…”
He continued to eat his soup but he’s clearly interested about his skills. Someone named HyunJoon then walked to Jaehwang and asked him a question.
“HyunJoon. Don’t ask that type of question.”
“Oh… sorry.”
Someone said that while eating and HyunJoon apologized to Jaehwang before he left like nothing happened.. No one asked about his abilities and that sort of thing is the hunter common law. Of course he didn’t want to tell him even though he would eventually find out but he wanted to show it to his teammates in a polite way.
“Okay everyone, eat up. Isn’t it MinGyong’s turn for the dishes today?”
“Yes.”
Answered a platoon member with a shy voice. Her voice lacked confidence but she was very pretty.
“I can’t hear you!”
Said one of the instructors.
“Yes…”
The instructor wanted to drag her confidence out of the surface but she spoke in a quiet voice once again. The instructor just sighed before he went away and remainder of the time got quiet. Jaehwang then glanced over MinGyeong as he continued to get used to the taste of his soup.
Their allotted time for breakfast was then finished and they all started their platoon training.
Jaehwang got himself a 30mm machine gun from the top of the military bus as Joonghwi told him to. It had an effective range of 3000 meters and had a 60 wmp launch speed. The bullets were big so one shot was just enough and it could even take out a third tier monster. It would usually be used if they detected a movement from a fourth tier monster but for now, that was not the reason why they took it out.
“We’ve made a little progress so here’s the platoon’s mission briefing. You all know we only have two shots for the mission, right?”
“Yes. we know the total and the unlimited mission.”
Their base was filled with strong troops so the platoon knew that their power would be enough for them to succeed. The gist of their mission was to patron around the neighborhood that could possibly have monsters. They had a few gadgets in hand and with the help from the army system, they had the right mix in hand.
“Good. we’ll be destroying the next of a second tier monster and hunt 100 more for our unlimited mission. I’ll give more details as we go.”
“What kind of monsters would they be?”
Jaehwang asked and Joonghwi pointed his finger towards the horizon.
“Like the ones from over there.”
Jaehwang looked in the direction his hand was pointing. He pointed to where the military bus as well as the meadow in the distance where shadows of heads appeared and disappeared.
Human Cannon, The end.
