Chapter 174 – 27. White Night (12)
Two weeks have passed.
Mid-November has already arrived.
And the unending white night phenomenon.
As much as there are things that do not change, so many things have changed.
Representatively, the sphere of influence of the demons.
Our special operations force, numbering nearly 30, was able to negotiate successfully with the government forces that had infiltrated the city a week ago, and as a result, nearly half of the territory was reclaimed.
Now, the remaining area of demons is only 1/5 of the city.
It’s been a few days since I conducted a pressure operation under the judgment that if I surrounded the demons and pressured them, they would break through soon… The territory was not easily captured due to stronger resistance than I thought.
It’s probably because of the power of Pantagruel, starting with Cormpunture.
At this point, as a commander, you have to make a decision.
Even if you waste your power, will you instigate a war of attrition to safely attack the remaining forces, or will you take the risk and quickly enter the territory of the demons to quell the situation.
In fact, the government wants the former.
It’s because they think it’s nothing more than a ‘deviant act’ on the part of the demons, and they don’t think much about this situation.
Of course, they didn’t know about the existence of Pira Prefecture, and even though they talked about hostages being held inside, I didn’t like the attitude of repeating questions as if they had forgotten during the strategy meeting.
They always have been As if dealing with worthless garbage.
“You’d think the conclusion had already been made over there…”
How could a resistance group made up of mere academy students refuse the orders of the government forces?
With such trivial thoughts, he didn’t worry about the hostages at all.
The advantage of forcing a war of attrition is that you can safely take over the enemy camp without any sacrifice on your side. On the other hand, there is a high possibility that the demons will kill the hostages accordingly.
Of course, I understand the government’s position, but I couldn’t agree in the end.
People related to me, my women are still suffering because they are caught inside, how can they just watch it?
After much deliberation, I finally came to a conclusion.
‘This time, too, I have to walk the evil path.’
Because I didn’t care about the rules from the beginning.
The day Sanya disappeared, I made a promise while reading her letter.
That’s why, no matter what, we must save them.
Okay. Now there is no room for delay.
Having made up my mind after a long thought, I immediately dialed the emergency phone number and called Ha Yul.
“Jihoo! Hehe, what happened, hehe, what happened?”
As soon as I got the call, Ha-yul ran right away.
Seeing as it took less than 10 seconds, it seems like I was already waiting in front of my room.
She focused on what I was saying as she caught her rough breath.
“…I think we’ll have to do plan C.”
“Really…? Are you serious?”
“Yeah, call up combatable personnel right now. Go on standby right away.”
“…Okay.”
Hayul, who was staring at my stiff expression, nodded her head and hurriedly ran outside.
Plan C.
A strategy that is selected when neither the most common strategy, Plan A nor the next best strategy, Plan B, does not work.
And the most extreme and, above all, high-risk operation.
That’s why it was a plan that I didn’t want to implement even if it was, but there is no other way as long as the government’s attitude is so stubborn.
The outline of the operation is as follows.
First, destroy all contacts related to the government.
I don’t think about the rear end. Because only the success of the operation is the key.
In order to block the possibility that the government will notice first, the plan must be started late at night.
Second, they secretly withdraw a small amount of troops holding the front line.
The ‘combatable personnel call’ that Ha Yul had previously instructed was for this purpose.
If you have a lot of stamina due to consecutive battles, or if you are unable to participate in the operation for various reasons, the person concerned will be excluded from the operation.
The other personnel look moderately and gather here in Arbadelin to carry out the operation.
And third, stab the enemy’s brain through a massive drop.
The only building in their territory that can secure a safety zone in case of descent, the Belotish Center. There was a high possibility that hostages were being held since there was not a large amount of demonic reactions confirmed here.
Therefore, after infiltrating the Belotish Center first to secure the hostages, they press the enemy by pushing from the outside and inside the frontline at the same time.
If you can find and attack a weakly defended area through communication with the outside of the frontline, the process from rescuing the hostages to escaping will be easier.
In theory, it was a flawless operation.
“Of course, the government would be furious if they found out, but…”
People are more important, but what is more important?
People’s lives are far more precious to me than the fragments of medals I receive for dragging on street fights like this.
So, from now on, let’s start the operation immediately.
I was also planning to join this assault operation.
Its power is rather weak, but it has several skills that are advantageous for point defense, and above all, it has a secret weapon.
One ‘totally hypnotic ticket’ yet to be spent. If the strategy goes wrong, you can feed this to Cormpuntur.
In fact, the condition of the cell phone is not very good.
It was half broken when it fell into the forest last time, and it got a lot of scars from rolling around while carrying out the operation.
However, the non-stop crackling screen returned to normal when the hypnosis application was activated, so it seemed to be able to do its job well enough for at least one critical hit.
“The other thing we need to prepare is… Alice’s role is also important… Establishing a network of contacts with the outside world is not cut off due to being caught up in demonic energy…”
As it was an urgent operation, there were not one or two things to prepare.
The target time until the end is exactly midnight.
There was still too much work to do before I could take a break.
* * *
– The operation is ready.
“Are you sure you cut off contact?”
– Yes, the movement magic for assault is also ready. I proceeded with the demonic energy completely blocked so as not to get caught up in it.
“Good work, let’s go now.”
The members use respectful words as much as they are public contacts.
It is a natural respect because the authority of the commander must exist to have a justification to follow the command.
After making contact, I got up from my seat.
Finally ready. In order to avoid any possible confirmation of the government’s contact network, all actions prior to the assault had to be carried out swiftly.
“Then… Let’s go.”
It was decided that Ryu Xin-yi would be the one to receive calls from outside the front lines.
Ryu Xin is also able to use the wave ability obtained from Xian to remove demonic energy that interferes with communication, and it is rare to find a person with such combat ability.
As an ally, Ryu Shin’s abilities were so versatile that it was said that there is no one more reliable than this.
Members in charge of the infiltration line up one by one.
Behind me in the front line, all four members of the unit were using night vision goggles, magic amplification devices, and demonic interference suppressors supplied by the government.
Of course, in order to remove any risk factors, all of them have been disconnected from the network.
‘Ellis, as soon as you move, please check the location to see if there are demons nearby.’
[Yes, I will detect it right away.]
Eventually, Alice’s large-scale movement magic is cast.
This time, she made thorough preparations so that Magi would not interfere.
A shielding field has been securely installed so that the mana leaks out and is not discovered by the government forces.
Three, two, one.
As you count the numbers in your mind, your surroundings light up.
The dazzling blue light emitted by activated magical energy enveloped us.
In the blink of an eye we were on the roof of the Velocity Center.
[Confirmed two demons on the floor below. That is the only demon detected within the radius.]
“When moving, demons can notice the magic generated and approach. Upon encounter, they will be killed immediately.”
– Copy.
Immediately, four members of the squad are deployed to the side of the only passage leading to the rooftop.
These are all the things I learned while rolling without a break for two weeks.
Empty, empty.
As expected, footsteps can be heard coming up along the roof.
That demon might be just the lowest point without any guilt, but in the battle over the survival of both sides, it would only become annoying to pay attention to such circumstances.
The important thing is to stop breathing quickly in the end.
It was a strategy to block the possibility itself before sending contact to other demons.
“Come.”
I profit—
The door on the roof opens with the sound of an old hinge.
The two demons, who put their heads out to see what happened, were immediately grabbed by the necks by the troops.
Only then did a demon who learned how the situation was going, and before he could scream, an unpleasant destructive sound resonated from the rooftop.
“S, raid—”
Squeak.
– Processing done. I’ll go downstairs.
[There seems to be nothing wrong with the bottom.]
“Check.”
We quickly took over one floor after another from the upper floors of the Velocity Center.
In the middle, people held hostage found the room where they were confined and had hopes that Juha might be there, but as expected, she was nowhere to be found.
‘Professor Siana and Juha are safe. We have them.’
Perhaps they are not here.
The base of the enemy, the stronghold of Pantagruel.
Eventually we had to head there.
