Chapter 315 – Chapter 315. Counterterrorism Assistance (2)
The plane passed through the suburbs of Paris and entered the city.
– All buildings are destroyed.
“… I know.”
I quietly whispered at Liliana’s words and looked down through the window of the plane.
Remnants of collapsed buildings and smoke billowing everywhere.
Cars without owners and cracked concrete piled up on the road.
Although the horse was quite far from the suburban city, the condition was serious even though the city was close enough to be seen with the naked eye.
I didn’t know that the damage from terrorism would be so severe.
“Is the terror really this serious?”
“Of course. The academy is very good at preventing terrorism.”
“… I see.”
Alice, who was sitting next to me, answered.
Ellis was sitting upright with her fists on her lap, eagerly donning her protective gear.
Anyone who sees it will know that they are being forced into conscription.
By the way, if the academy is good at preventing terrorism, isn’t it almost hell outside?
Even at the academy, there are chaos a few times a month.
“This side is not where people live. It’s been neglected since the big terror that happened in the past.”
“Aha.”
I don’t understand why people don’t live close to the city, but there must be some circumstances.
Is your mindset different from mine because you are in a foreign country?
If it was Korea, I think I would have pioneered the area around the metropolitan area somehow.
“I’ll get off here.”
“Yes. Be careful and put it down.”
Sitting in the cockpit, Sebastian focused on driving while listening to our conversation.
Scarlett was sitting in the assistant seat next to her, but she was also quiet.
Because she didn’t even pretend to know her on the outside.
Alice was staring out the window in her straight posture, as if she was nervous.
– Wow. Look at that. Everyone seems to get off here.
Eventually, I quietly closed my eyes, listening to Liliana speak to herself.
*
The tracking team soon reached the landing pad in Paris.
We got off the plane and waited for instructions, while Isaac, the guild leader, chatted with the counterterrorism team in Paris.
Gying-
“…”
And I could still feel the gaze behind me.
Perhaps it was Irene’s gaze.
The back of my head hurts from how much I stare at it.
“Now, it’s time to work. Everyone get ready!”
As if the discussion of the strategy had ended, Isaac began to take command.
The tracking team seems to have a group they used to share. We were accustomed to splitting into groups of two or three.
Then, Scarlett and Sebastian approached Elise and I, who had been standing still.
“Lady. We act together in the group of the guild leader and Lady Irene.”
“I know.”
“…So our group is 6 people?”
“That’s it.”
“Wow.”
All other groups move in groups of 2 or 3, but our group is a whopping 6 people.
This is an advertisement to protect children.
Alice didn’t seem to mind, but I noticed the bad looks around me.
Well, they came to work, but they would feel bad if the guild leader, team 1 leader, and Scarlett and Sebastian, also called Ace, were left out because they were protecting two kids.
Of course, I wouldn’t even care about the feelings of a single guild member.
It’s good for me if it’s safe.
If you twist it, you will build a network.
“All to the location. Let’s communicate for the specifics, and the rest are candidates for preliminary action. Our area is the south and east. We’ll deal with the remnants of the hidden demons.”
Your job was to deal with the leftovers.
Well, it’s already been reported on the news, so it won’t be to prevent a terrorist scene.
“The evacuation has already been completed… But if there are any survivors, prioritize the rescue of the survivors, and make sure no demons escape from the place we are in charge of. More than that.”
As soon as Isaac’s command was over, the tracking teams quickly dispersed.
‘They’re definitely good at it.’
Just looking at the speed at which he moved, it was evident that his skills were good.
After confirming that the guild members were scattering, Isaac and Irene approached us.
“We decided to support the rescue operation from inside the city.”
“All right.”
“Yep. I see.”
– Are we safe?
It was as Liliana said.
Terrorism has already been disintegrated, and helping the rescue operation in the mission of catching the runaway mine is as if there is no danger.
No, it is absurd to do rescue work with this lineup in the first place.
We slowly patrolled the inner city.
The city center, lined with high-rise buildings and buildings, seemed free of danger, and the expressions of the people were good.
This isn’t even a neighborhood drink.
– Wow, that’s the restaurant we went to last time. It was delicious. Write.
Liliana’s self-talk at least soothed my boredom.
Around the time I was walking around the city with a bit of disappointment and approached an uninhabited outskirts, something happened.
Support position-
[- This is team leader 3. Currently, two executive-level mines are on the run from the city center. The location is close to the 1st team leader.]
Sudden audible communication.
It was a pretty tense voice.
“… Executive level?”
“It’s a pandemic executive level mine. Maybe he came to rescue an executive who couldn’t escape.”
It was Scarlett who answered my self-talk.
Isaac and Irene, who were walking in front, frowned as soon as they received the communication, then turned their heads to look at us.
“Sebastian. Scarlett. Irene and I are leaving for a while. Do not move and wait here.”
“All right.”
“Yes. Guild leader.”
Have you ever decided to apply for support?
Actually, that is the right decision.
It doesn’t make sense to give up two executives for the safety of Alice in the middle of the city.
Irene and Isaac disappeared as soon as we checked the coordinates, and we stood blankly, watching their backs.
I was ordered to wait, so I have to wait.
Ellis started asking Sebastian something.
I spoke to Scarlett who was standing next to me.
“I’m tired without doing anything. There are too many people.”
“To be honest, I also think it would be a waste to have 4 people stick together for Hoyeon-sama and Miss Ellis.”
“…Then talk a little.”
“Because it’s an adult’s situation. Besides, I have less work to do.”
“You are wonderful too.”
Seeing that such a Scarlett still remains in the guild, it seems that the criteria itself for selection based on ability, not personality, is clear.
“Anyway, are we still waiting?”
“Yes. I think there’s probably a resurgence of terrorism in the city center. I don’t know exactly what scale, but it seems to be quite large.”
“… Pretty big?”
“Yes. Because the guild leader went there himself.”
I remembered what Rebecca had said.
They say that terrorism will happen soon.
Could that terror be now?
For some reason, I felt uneasy.
Usually, this feeling is not wrong.
Squeak-
At the same time as I felt uneasy, I felt new magical powers from the magic I had spread.
Dirty and turbid, but strong magic.
It was a characteristic of the magical power emitted by demons.
“Haa… Scarlett. Get ready.”
“Yes?”
“Ellis!”
I called aloud to Sebastian and Elise talking to her.
Neither Sebastian nor Scarlett seemed to have noticed it yet.
“It’s Mine! Prepare for battle!”
“Mine…?”
Upon hearing my words, Sebastian and Scarlett immediately dispersed their mana. Soon they noticed too.
“Mine… All this magical power is Mine?”
Ellis must have felt the demon’s magic as well, so her eyes widened.
There are definitely a lot.
I could feel at least a few dozen magical powers.
The appearance of so many demons means that the proper terror has begun again.
‘I came to the city center to be the safest, but it’s actually dangerous.’
When I see incidents happening everywhere I go, I wonder if I am the culprit.
I feel like a detective kid wearing glasses.
– Humans….
– Strong human… A delicious human
– Process quickly and go next!
Soon, demons emitting hideous light from their eyes appeared between the buildings.
Few of them had proper limbs.
Every time I saw that grotesque body, I got annoyed.
Due to the nature of demons, the stronger they are, the more they retain human intelligence, and those who speak properly are more likely to be strong.
Probably S-class too.
The demons probably didn’t intend to surround us from the start.
Demons appeared all over the city, and among them, the demons around us gathered. It would be reasonable to see that
[- This is Team 6 Team! Demons appeared around the outskirts!]
[- This is team leader 3. An executive-level demon appears in the south.]
[- Terror broke out all over Paris. All teams must make decisions and move on the spot. The first priority is rescue and safety. More than.]
The sound from the communicator was also quite brutal.
It means that this is not the only problem.
“… There are too many of them, Sebastian.”
“I think we have to clear the way. Each individual is A-class or higher, and it is unknown how many more will be recruited. Besides, there seems to be an S-class in the back.”
Sebastian and Scarlett were thinking about breaking through and escaping, and Elise was listening to the strategy by the side.
However…
– What ran away! Kill them all! Go Lee Ho-yeon!
Liliana screamed at her loudly enough that her necklace twitched.
Normally I would be angry, but today I agree.
‘Is it enough to run away?’
There are a lot of demons, but I think it’s worth trying.
To be honest, because I’ve been hanging out with people who are too strong lately, my confidence has dropped a bit.
When I was in the middle of the academy, I was able to educate the bullies who quarreled, but it was a problem because the person who recently competed was filthy strong.
Rebecca
Isaac
Imsol
He had only dealt with human weapons capable of destroying a large guild by himself.
So you lose your confidence.
‘Compared to Professor Im Sol, whom I dealt with recently, the level of Mine….’
You have to do it
Eventually, I approached the three people who were plotting an escape route.
“Wouldn’t it be better to just fight?”
“… So many of them?”
“These demons didn’t target us. Even if we break through the road, we’ll meet other demons again.”
“However….”
“Hmm. That’s not wrong.”
Elise looked unsure, and Sebastian seemed troubled by my words.
But the demons were getting closer.
There was no time to think.
Then, Scarlett approached me.
“Cadet Hoenn. Can you do it?”
A light tone, as if asking if you had breakfast.
I replied with a slight smile.
“Absolutely.”
“Then do it.”
Questions and answers were quick.
As soon as Scarlett heard my words, she raised her mana and prepared for battle, and Sebastian asked in surprise.
“Scarlett. Are you really going to fight?”
“Because if you can win, that’s the best way.”
“Hoyeonah. Are you okay?”
Receiving Alice’s worried eyes, I looked around her.
It’s worth a thousand words, but it’s better to just show it.
What caught my eye was a red fire hydrant.
I’ve never seen it in action, but I do know that in the movies, when a car hits a fire hydrant, a water fountain rises.
‘It’s just right.’
You should save your mana just in case you face a centaur.
I created magic in my hand and gave a strong impact to the side of the fire hydrant.
Kwazijik-!
A column of water rose from the broken hydrant with a terrible noise.
The approaching demons hesitated for a moment, and I applied magic to the water column spouting like a fountain.
All I could think of was simple magic.
After freezing the water soaring into the sky like an awl, use the descending power to pierce the demons’ bodies.
Of course, it’s easy to say, but it takes a lot of magic and effort.
Aaaaah
– Aaaaagh!
– Harm! Die if hit!
– How can you do this kind of magic in an instant… !
Each ice pick was wrapped in magic and fired at the demons.
I hit a lot more awl at the guy who looked strong, because the strong guys were in charge of the operation.
Due to the characteristics of the demons, proper joint operations could not be carried out, and if the strong guys with intellect did not give orders, the demons under them would become confused.
That would make it easier to deal with.
– Moo, unite! Ignore and approach! Heck.
After piercing the head of the guy who tried to unite the demons until the end, the demons screamed and scattered.
Without an order from someone stronger than himself, a demon without intelligence is just a beast.
After a few minutes.
The road was filled with the corpses of demons.
“… Crazy person.”
I turned my head while listening to Scarlett’s praise.
Scarlett had an expression of boredom, and Sebastian and Elise were looking at me with their mouths open.
Come to think of it, I said let’s fight and then I took care of everything.
Looking at the corpses of demons covering the road, I said shyly.
“Um. Shall we wait for now?”
