“Sergeant Kim, no matter how I look at it, this seems insane to me.”
As soon as Kim Seojun explained the operation, Lee Hyena and Park Boseop stared at him in utter disbelief.
Kim Seojun understood perfectly well how they felt.
“Has anything I’ve done up until now been sensible?”
However, surprisingly, the moment Kim Seojun said that, both of them accepted it immediately.
“I delegated all command authority to Sergeant Kim Seojun. I’ll follow your orders no matter what they are.”
Above all, at that moment they were soldiers, and soldiers had to obey the orders of whoever held command authority, no matter what those orders were.
Lee Hyena had merely voiced her opinion.
“But I have a question.”
Kim Seojun looked at her.
“Even if you’re invisible, if you fire a weapon, sooner or later they’ll discover your position. At that point, the Mog will charge at you. What will you do then?”
“That’s right. They’ll head toward the place the shots came from. Without a doubt.”
Kim Seojun continued.
“Regardless of whether there are mines there or not.”
“There’s no enemy easier to deal with than one that simply runs toward a sound.”
As soon as they heard that answer, all their doubts vanished.
Instead, they became certain of something.
Perhaps this operation would produce results even more astonishing than they had imagined.
“Then we’ll begin the operation.”
The Mog army advancing toward the Polish headquarters was enormous.
Kieeeeeee!
For starters, there was a considerable number of Mogdogs.
There seemed to be more than five thousand of them.
The number of Thorn Snakes also reached approximately a thousand.
And among all of them, the ones that naturally possessed the most imposing presence were the gigantic Tank Bugs.
Kieeeeeee!
The sight of such an army was overwhelming, but precisely because of its enormous size, its advance wasn’t as fast as one might expect.
The faster Mogdogs were forced to repeatedly advance and stop in order to maintain formation with the rest of the army.
It was an extremely boring and irritating task, so the Mogdogs’ nerves were more frayed than ever.
Bang!
It was then.
A bullet buried itself in the head of one of the Mogdogs advancing at the front and blew it apart.
Kiii!
Kie!
The Mogdogs immediately assumed combat stances and began scanning their surroundings.
Bang! Bang!
Then the Mogdogs’ heads began exploding one after another.
Bang!
When the number of dead easily exceeded ten, the Mogdogs finally reacted.
Kieeeeeee!
A hundred Mogdogs began running at full speed toward the place the bullets were coming from.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As they ran, their heads continued exploding relentlessly under the impact of the bullets.
An enormous number of Mogdogs were dying.
And without exception, their heads were being blown apart.
Despite that, the Mogdogs didn’t slow down.
On the contrary, at that moment they focused solely on the fact that the bullets continued coming from the same place.
After all, that meant the human killing their companions had to be at the point where those bullets originated.
As the gunshots grew closer and closer, the Mogdogs let out shrieks filled with fury.
Kieeeeeee!
Finally, they reached it.
A completely empty wasteland.
Kie?
Kiii! Kiii!
The Mogdogs stopped and began inspecting their surroundings, completely bewildered.
There was no target.
It was then.
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
Gunshots began repeatedly ringing out from another location approximately two hundred meters away.
With those shots, more than ten Mogdogs once again dropped dead as their heads exploded.
Kieeeeeee!
However, this time their shrieks contained more confusion and surprise than fury.
Meanwhile, the remaining 33 Mogdogs once again ran toward the place the shots had come from.
It was inevitable.
The enemy they were facing was invisible.
No matter how much they ran, they couldn’t see anything.
Kieeee!
At that moment, another barrage of gunfire erupted.
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
When the burst ended, not a single Mogdog remained alive.
Silence returned.
[You have eliminated a Mogdog!]
In the midst of that silence, Kim Seojun heard the notification and, without leaving his invisible state, immediately aimed once again at the Mog army in the distance.
Bang, bang, bang!
Then he began firing exactly as before.
And the Mog army responded exactly the same way.
It sent out a group of Mogdogs.
However, this time their numbers were different.
No fewer than three hundred.
Even under the relentless gunfire, their numbers didn’t decrease easily.
Unlike the previous group, by the time they reached the place the shots were coming from, half of them still remained.
Around one hundred and fifty Mogdogs.
And by that point, even the Mogdogs had realized something.
The enemy they were facing was invisible.
Therefore, they had to rely on sound.
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
At that instant, gunshots rang out again.
The Mogdogs charged at full speed toward their source.
This time, however, they didn’t advance in a straight line.
They ran in an arc, as if trying to completely surround the area.
Finally, they all pounced at the same time on the point the shots had come from.
Kie!
Just as they let out shrieks filled with confidence—
Kaboom! Kaboom! Kaboom!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Claymores buried in the ground began exploding with deafening roars.
Because the Mogdogs had concentrated in one place, the damage caused by the explosions was greater than ever.
In a single instant, no fewer than 44 Mogdogs were practically killed on the spot.
Even those that survived had Claymore pellets embedded throughout their bodies or had been pierced so badly that they could no longer display their usual aggression.
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
In that state, a new barrage of gunfire began mercilessly blowing apart the heads of the remaining Mogdogs.
After suddenly losing more than four hundred Mogdogs, the Mog army could no longer continue advancing as though nothing had happened.
By that point, the Mog army stopped.
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
Kie!
Once again, the Mogdogs began running.
This time there were nine hundred of them.
Furthermore, they didn’t come from a single direction.
The moment the gunshots rang out, all nine hundred Mogdogs began charging from different directions toward the place the sound was coming from.
There were so many that even though Mogdogs were exploding second after second under the relentless gunfire, it was barely noticeable that their numbers were decreasing.
Crack!
The Thorn Snakes also drove their tails into the ground and began preparing to fire their spikes.
In that manner, all the Mog began frantically charging toward the place the gunshots were coming from.
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
And as they did, they were certain.
This time, they would catch the enemy no matter what.
It was then.
Vroooooom!
Suddenly, a hover bike appeared, racing forward at extraordinary speed. It left the Mogdogs behind as if they were ridiculously slow and arrived directly at the place the shots had come from.
“Sergeant!”
“Let’s go.”
Kie?
The moment Park Boseop appeared and heard the voice behind him, he immediately accelerated to maximum speed.
Vroooooooooom!
The Wulong hover bike left the area with a roar that made the tremendous power of its engine obvious from the sound alone.
Faced with that explosive speed, the Mog running toward them didn’t even try to chase them.
They simply stopped and stared dumbfounded at the place where the hover bike had disappeared.
“Wow!”
As they left the Mog behind in an instant, Park Boseop couldn’t contain his admiration.
“The Wulong is insane! How can it be this fast and still feel this stable?! It’s incredible! I’ve never driven a hover bike like this!”
Its power and performance completely exceeded all expectations.
For starters, Park Boseop couldn’t stop marveling at the Wulong.
Of course, there was something even more surprising.
In that single engagement, which hadn’t even lasted ten minutes, Kim Seojun had achieved extraordinary results.
“You’re incredible too, Sergeant Kim! I think you eliminated more than four hundred, right?”
“Exactly 477.”
Kim Seojun knew the exact number.
It was impossible for him not to.
After all, the Status Window provided Kim Seojun with surprisingly precise information along with his points.
[You have eliminated 477 Mogdogs. You have obtained 477 points.]
[You have achieved more than 400 kills in this battle. You have obtained 400 points as a kill streak bonus.]
[You have eliminated 332 Mogdogs with a single shot. You have obtained 664 points as a One Shot, One Kill bonus.]
Furthermore, that hadn’t been the only result.
“Their advance has stopped. They’ll need quite a bit of time before they can start moving again.”
He had considerably delayed the time it would take the army to reach the Polish headquarters.
It was then.
[The skill Stealth has been deactivated.]
Kim Seojun’s body, which had been invisible until then, gradually became visible.
In that state, he spoke.
“We’ll engage them again in six hours.”
Upon hearing that, Park Boseop was too stunned to answer.
And then he thought.
‘If we do this a few more times…… Won’t Sergeant Kim end up eliminating all of them by himself?’
Perhaps he wouldn’t merely delay and wear down their forces.
Perhaps he would finish the battle by himself.
Of course, that was far too absurd.
Kim Seojun thought the same thing.
‘At most, I’ll be able to engage them about three more times.’
Judging by the Mog army’s current speed, it would take approximately nineteen hours for them to reach the Polish headquarters.
Considering that Stealth had a six-hour cooldown, he could engage them approximately three more times.
That wasn’t bad at all.
Mathematically, if he managed to eliminate five hundred Mog in each engagement, with some luck he could take down close to two thousand Mogdogs in total, including the ones he had just eliminated.
‘It won’t be easy.’
Of course, viewed from the opposite side, that also meant they would still have to fight a defensive battle against around three thousand Mogdogs, one thousand Thorn Snakes, and two Tank Bugs.
And the truly troublesome ones were the Thorn Snakes and the Tank Bugs.
After all, the headquarters couldn’t move.
It was then.
One of the distinctive phenomena planet Amotia was known for appeared in front of them.
“Huh? Sergeant! A sandstorm is approaching!”
A sandstorm.
“It’s huge!”
“This is insane! Why did it have to appear right now?!”
A sandstorm that, once it engulfed them, would make it impossible for either Mog or human to see anything.
However, faced with that sandstorm, Kim Seojun said,
“Luck is on our side.”
“What?”
“It’s an opportunity.”
“An opportunity for what?”
“A perfect opportunity to eliminate the Thorn Snakes.”
After that, Kim Seojun immediately found a position at an appropriate distance.
As soon as the sandstorm arrived, he aimed his sniper rifle toward the Thorn Snakes.
He couldn’t see anything.
“X-Ray Vision.”
However, even in that world where nothing could be seen, Kim Seojun’s eyes managed to vaguely distinguish his targets.
And that was enough.
Boom!
[You have eliminated a Thorn Snake!]
Kim Seojun began taking down the Thorn Snakes through the sandstorm.
Because of the storm, he couldn’t achieve One Shot, One Kill or anything similar, but Kim Seojun didn’t care.
Even merely wounding them had enough value.
After all, that situation was practically a bonus round.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
When the sandstorm finally passed, Kim Seojun heard the notifications.
[You have eliminated 91 Thorn Snakes. You have obtained 455 points.]
[You have eliminated 91 Thorn Snakes from a distance greater than 500 meters. You have obtained 910 points as an Expert Marksman bonus.]
As soon as he heard those notifications, Kim Seojun climbed onto the Wulong without hesitation and quickly left the area.
They moved well in advance to the next location and began recharging there.
They didn’t need any bunker.
After all, Kim Seojun’s Inventory was packed with supplies, including auxiliary batteries capable of recharging the Wulong’s batteries.
“Here are the batteries and supplies.”
After resting and resupplying sufficiently, Kim Seojun repeated exactly what he had done before.
He used Stealth to harass the Mog army.
Park Boseop and Lee Hyena, who merely watched from afar, wore stunned expressions.
They were at a loss for words at Kim Seojun’s extraordinary performance.
“Major, it really looks like the Sergeant is going to eliminate all of them.”
“It does.”
“At this rate, he might even end up eliminating a Tank Bug.”
“That would be difficult.”
Of course, even for Kim Seojun, eliminating a Tank Bug seemed extremely difficult.
Last time, he had managed to take down three, but that had been more like an accident than a hunt.
It was difficult to expect such a coincidence to happen again.
“Yeah, even I think it sounds absurd after saying it……”
It was then.
Roooooooar!
Suddenly, a deafening sound rang out.
Park Boseop, who was watching the situation through binoculars, flinched.
“H-H-Huh!”
Then he shouted.
“What the hell?!”
“A Tank Bug just died! I think the Sergeant eliminated it!”
Just as Lee Hyena also reacted in surprise to that report, Park Boseop immediately began showering Kim Seojun with every compliment he could think of over the radio.
“Private First Class Park Boseop! Sergeant Kim! Confirmed! That’s incredible! You even eliminated a Tank Bug!”
— It wasn’t me.
However, Kim Seojun replied.
“What?”
— I didn’t eliminate it.
“T-Then who did?”
— From very far away, even farther than I can shoot, something extremely powerful came flying in and eliminated the Tank Bug.
Lee Hyena, who had been listening to the conversation, spoke.
“Is that even possible?”
It was then.
“Hawk Eye.”
Bzzzzzzzt!
At that instant, the speakers of Kim Seojun, Park Boseop, and Lee Hyena suddenly filled with heavy interference.
“What? Ah…… Ah!”
Click!
Finally, the interference disappeared, and they heard a voice.
A woman’s voice.
A rather sweet voice.
— Hey, guys. Sorry for suddenly interrupting your conversation. But given the circumstances, I had to.
The moment they heard it, all of them froze.
They understood instinctively.
The owner of that voice was Hawk Eye.
Hawk Eye was capable of shooting from even farther away than Kim Seojun.
And her shots possessed enough destructive power to take down even a Tank Bug.
— All right, guys. I’m only going to ask you one thing. Why do you have the supplies that were meant for me?
— You’d better answer carefully. In the United States, if someone steals your stuff, shooting them right then and there counts as self-defense. And I’m good at shooting. Very good.
That warning wasn’t an empty threat.
At that very moment, she had all of them within her range.
Furthermore, she had managed to infiltrate their communications channel at will.
They could practically assume that she already knew Kim Seojun’s group’s exact location.
That meant all she had to do was pull the trigger once to turn the story of Kim Seojun’s group into an epilogue.
It had never been more important to give the right answer.
And in that situation, Kim Seojun replied.
— Fucking Chinese bastards.
“What?”
“Huh?”
As soon as they heard that answer, every expression disappeared from Park Boseop’s and Lee Hyena’s faces.
Their minds stopped working.
Hawk Eye replied.
— Good answer. I liked it. I’ll send you some coordinates now, so come here. We need to talk.
Kim Seojun replied.
— First, we have to eliminate the Mog army currently advancing toward the Polish headquarters. We’ll go to the coordinates when the battle is over.
— Ah, that? No problem.
Hawk Eye replied.
— I’ll take care of everyone who’s left.
Thirty minutes later, Kim Seojun’s group saw it.
The Mog army had been completely devastated.
It looked as though a formation of bombers had swept through the entire area.
As Kim Seojun’s group stared at the scene in complete disbelief, they heard Hawk Eye’s voice again.
— All right, everything’s clear now, right? Come to the coordinates.