Chapter 66: Invasion (5)
"M-Monster! He's a real monster!"
A soldier shouted fearfully while randomly shooting his gun at Canute. No matter how many bullets hit Canute's body, he could not be stopped. Psychic light beamed from his eyes.
"Haaa, this is great."
Canute said trying to shake off the pain from his body.
This wasn't the exact order of the battle plan, but at the same time it was. Canute opened fire with the enemy forces to distract them.
Han didn't let this chance escape and signaled to his team. Squad Zero ran forward through the passage while using their psychic skills and shooting their guns.
A squad member was hit and faltered. It was unknown whether he died or lived. The remaining squad members continued to engage the enemy and dashed forward.
"You trash b$#%$#!"
The enemy soldier holding the automatic shotgun aimed. Simon was now close enough to use his telekinetic powers against them.
He used his telekinetic powers to push their gun barrels into another direction to mess up their aim.
"Die!"
Simon shouted murderously. The anger Squad Zero had endured exploded out at once. They had seen the never ending corpses of the first years as they reached this place.
The enemies mercilessly killed the first years who could not even put up a proper defense. Squad Zero no longer viewed these soldiers as humans. The two forces saw one another as nothing but monsters.
"Humans will never submit to you…" The enemy commander mumbled.
"Shut up!"
The squad had forgotten that the enemy commanders were to be detained alive. The squad members checked to make sure that the enemy soldiers were all dead. Han could not stop his squad member's anger.
The priority at this moment, was to check Canute's condition. The squad members who managed to calm down helped to support the injured.
"Canute, wake up. How many fingers am I holding up?"
Han held three fingers up for Canute. Parts of Canute's body were hollow here and there, but most of his muscles and flesh had managed to regenerate.
"Three."
"What is my name?"
"Han Lee, why are you asking these stupid questions? I'm okay. Go check the other guys first."
Only one person died in Squad Zero, while three people were seriously injured. The first years peered through the door with fearful eyes.
Han helped to support Canute up onto his feet. All this while, Han couldn't help but feel a bit uncomfortable and repulsed.
'Fighting against minions is much easier- no matter what their number. Humans… on the other hand…'
This was Han's first time personally killing another human. It felt as though something inside of him had disappeared.
The act of killing others, also results in a sort of death. Murder is an act of killing oneself. Han is not a psychopath who could remain emotionally disconnected. Controlling his emotions, and disconnecting one's emotions were entirely different.
'Humans must not become used to the act of killing other humans.' Han abruptly reminded himself. He didn't need any reason to follow this way of thinking. Anyone with a bit of morality would believe so.
Once a human becomes undisturbed to killing, that is when one would truly becomes a monster.
At the fourth mock battle ground, Kuro fiddled with his gun nervously. Han made a temporary team to rescue the first years. This was the first time he's been left out of Han's battle plans.
'He must not trust my skills and left me here.'
Kuro understood Han's standard when he selected squad members for his team. Kuro felt pathetic.
'If only I could fight without hesitation like the others…'
Kuro's basic personality went against anything related to battle. This was especially the case against other humans.
Ark clearly knew the flaws of Kuro's personality for battle, but they didn't rush to force Kuro to change his personality.
Ark's researchers explained, the root of Kuro's excellent psychic strength is probably due to his personality.
"Kuro, the inspectors are watching us."
Jose said to Kuro. Jose helped to command along side with Dimitri. Jose didn't particularly stand out in any one subject, but at the same time had fairly good passing marks for all subjects and skills.
He especially had great leadership skills. It didn't matter what situation or what role, he could fulfill the role without much struggle.
He also had a flexible easy going personality, so he could be paired with any type of person in the squad.
"Do you think Han will be okay?"
Kuro mumbled. Dimitri, who finished his break, stood up.
"He would probably be worrying for us. I got a report that the enemy soldiers are heading our way. Get ready."
Dimitri signaled the youths. They each hid behind the cover shelters and waited for the enemy. They dragged all rocks and logs within the vicinity of the fourth, mock battle ground.
'We just need to endure through to the end to win.'
The artificial island, Ark, is a giant fortress. The higher-ups, soldiers, and drill instructors are the elite upon elite amongst the veteran military officers of the countries around the world.
Some of the soldiers of Ark that were fighting against enemies at the front lines were coming this way. The side who was racing against time was the enemy.
"They're here."
The battle began. The enemy soldiers who appeared in the fourth mock battle grounds ruthlessly shot their guns at the youths.
The youths who hid behind the covers were not easy targets. Dimitri calmly commanded for the youths to shoot in rotation.
It wasn't their goal to exterminate the enemy, but block them. So, this much should be more than enough for the time being. Stray bullets and heavy artillery were cleared with psychic skills.
KWAANG!
A grenade tangented off into a different direction and exploded up in the air. No amount of firepower was getting through to the other side at all. The enemy soldiers were growing more frustrated by the minute.
"It's not possible to oppress these guys with the current amount of fire power."
An adjutant said. The commander furrowed his brows.
"We're fully armed, and they only have a single gun at hand. What are you doing out there?"
"Even so, we're not able to get through to them."
The psychic youths were educated and trained on basic modern warfare. They were the soldiers dedicated to stop the extinction of the human race, a class of super soldiers.
The youths only focused on defending and it wasn't easy to get through their defense. The commander paced back and forth for awhile then shouted into his communication device.
"Damn! We need aerial backup. Bomb them!"
"What? It's not possible for the bombers to pass Ark's initial defense walls." the adjutant said.
The surprise attack had been long ago, and all the aerial defense system of Ark were on full alert. Even the slightest suspicious sign alerted the anti-aircraft guns. It was not possible to request for additional aid.
"This is an order!"
"…Yes sir."
The adjutant didn't think it was possible, but requested for additional back up. They got a surprising response.
-Understood. Take care of the laser homing gun.
A plane flew overhead of Ark and opened its hanger. An automated combat drone dropped down. The enemy pilot put his life on the line to lure the anti aircraft gun onto himself for the sake of sending off the automated combat drone.
-….GOD IS GREAT!
The plane immediately exploded and tipped over, nose diving into the ground. The enemy plane's altitude was too low for it to be stopped by additional attacks by the anti aircraft gun.
The True Group members consisted of many different nations. Each fighter's motive and goals drastically differed. His own life did not matter in the face of God's mission.
Weeeng!
The automated combat drone flew to the designated bombing point. The belly of the automated aircraft opened to reveal its true form of a guided missile.
"Something is coming."
Kuro felt a chill run down his spine. Kuro's immediate foresight was a useful tactical battle weapon. The reason Kuro remained next to the squad commander and leaders were to maintain the fastest response against any attacks.
"Kuro?" Jose looked to Kuro and spoke.
Kuro was looking sporadically in every which direction. There were no particular dangers right now. The two sides continued to prolong the deadlock.
However, Kuro had felt some kind of danger looming over them at this moment. Kuro had never been wrong.
UUOOOOO!
Kuro's eyes shined with blue light. His eyes shone so brightly that people could not properly see his eyes. If his eyes were not reflecting the present, it meant the visions belonged to the immediate future.
An empty plane without a pilot, a missile was attached below it. The missile was programmed to bomb the center of the fourth mock battle grounds.
'Everyone will die.'
Kuro's face paled. This would happen a few seconds from now. There was no way for them to escape outside of the missile's range. A few seconds from now, all the youths in front of his eyes would be burnt into a pile of ash.
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