Hunter of the Perished World

“ ……. ”

Seeing the collapse of the Commander's Keep, Charlotte was unable to keep her mouth shut.

Even if it wasn't a systematically constructed fortress, it was literally a steel fortress made of alloy materials, not stone and cement.

It was a fortress, not an exaggerated fortress, even if it was built next to a chariot, and only when it reached the underground bunker could it reach the commander.

It was this command fortress that was safe, even if there was a massive air raid, not as good as Fortress.

However, the commander is now completely blown away, his flesh is rotten, and the iron walls grope as if he had been beaten by something.

The keep is surrounded by black fog, and you attack the people inside as if the fog were alive.

The people inside the fortress heard a blatant report that not one of them had survived, and Charlotte could not fathom the need to be angry or surprised.

A living black mist.

I've never seen anything like it.

‘No... No.'

Charlotte opens her eyes to the thought of passing through her head like lightning.

“Do you have the footage from the raid? ”

“Yes, I just got it. ”

Fortunately, all the living things inside the keep are dead, but there's still footage of the internal closed-circuit, and Charlotte soon sees the black mist swallowing something up.

“This must be... ”

The Battle of New Delhi, Charlotte saw a lot while restoring that battle data. The king of BH, how the hedgehog has an unworthy power. And the sheer destruction of the Black Dragon and the White Witch.

And two nightmares.

Obviously, this belonged to one of them, the man who sprayed the black mist.

‘I knew he was alive.... Why? "

Is BH now seeking revenge against Wargrave? If that's really the case, I came to the wrong place, but I came to the wrong place.

However, Charlotte, who was staring at the videos deathly, quickly sank into the mystery.

It was because I saw a man in a black coat walking through the halls of a bunker slaughtering people.

We haven't been together long, but now that Charlotte met him, it's no exaggeration.

Demon hunter Jean.

Why are you here? ’

Evil hunter Gene talks to Ivan, and Ivan is soon killed. And Gene left.

Charlotte was stunned and kept watching the video. She knows there are no permanent allies. In the beginning, Gene was a fuzzy creature, not to be called an ally. I just gave you a quest and asked you to hunt the White Witch through it.

But in this situation, it was enough to shock Charlotte.

Demon hunter Gene assassinates Ivan de Calz, Wargrave's enemy.

The rest of the BH and the Demon Hunters are working with the Central Asians? ’

However, there was insufficient evidence. Central Asian forces have been chasing demon-hunters, according to mission data from New Delhi in the first place.

A group of demon-hunters deliberately confronted an expanding group of BH and Central Asian troop pursuits, which led to the Battle of New Delhi.

Even if the alliance was made by necessity, this case was hard to accept. The reason the Central Asian military is now in absolute heat is due to losses in the battle of New Delhi, despite the lack of air power.

Rather than speculating that it is a third party....

‘3rd generation…? ’

Then Charlotte realized what she was missing.

3rd Party.

And that force that we've been talking about at the Command Strategic Conference.

“Group…. ”

They are currently occupying the wasteland of Asia, a group expected to be behind Central Asian forces during an all-out war. The primary goal of the operation was to draw out their buckets, crush and kill retreating Central Asian troops with air power or agricultural enemies.

But what if we gave up the group and joined forces with the Central Asians?

Operations will need to be fully reconsidered and the command will need to deal with the group and two Central Asian armies.

But there are still things that you don't understand.

If the Third Party and the Demon Hunter held hands, why did they hold hands? The connection between the two was insufficient.

Charlotte captured one of the repairing technicians in the ruined fortress.

“Page the communications officer right now. ”

“Yes, old! ”

Commander is nearly chaos now that his men have been killed. The fear they felt was unimaginable because the commander was killed in the middle of the garrison, though not too low.

Enemies who use unknown power are shamelessly defeated.

The only thing that can break the Wargrave is the Wargrave.

The absolute faith was shattering.

The dispatcher sees Charlotte's frozen expression and freezes on her face.

Now she's just like Wargrave's enemies. From the moment he took his seat as chairman, Charlotte was practically Wargrave's enemy.

Of course, I had to be afraid because I was in front of a real enemy.

“Connect the hotline to Moscow. ”

“Yes, old times. ”

Calling Moscow out of the blue in this emergency, the communications officer doesn't know what the enemy is thinking, but he only works hard to get his crash stopped.

Only Charlotte knew why she needed long-range communications for emergency communications.

“Connected.”

After wrestling with the communications facilities for a while, he reported to Charlotte, and she signalled to go out with a glance.

Charlotte waits for a connection in the communication room where the blood trail hasn't cleared yet. Moscow is connected, but Charlotte dialed a different line number than Moscow Fortress.

A number no one knows.

It was a password for Wargrave enemies only.

I heard a few loud beeps.

“ ……. ”

I did not accept it.

It wasn't unexpected, but Charlotte waited for a response, feeling the tendon on on her forehead.

A total of thirty minutes were followed by no response before the recipient responded.

[I told you not to use the radio if you get dizzy. Ivan.]

As soon as he picks up the phone, he responds with a annoying voice.

“I'm sorry I'm not Marshal Ivan. ”

[… successor.]

You don't even remember my name. Charlotte was in such a state of nonsense.

[I hope you're not allowed to use this line.]

Charlotte mutters in a low voice.

“Ivan de Calz is dead. ”

[Hmm... Why?]

He asked again, not surprised, but bold.

“Demon hunter Gene broke into the encampment, killed Ivan de Calz, and escaped. ”

[It must have been a force majeure.]

If it's Gene, I can't help it.

It was the only answer that gave me that feeling. Even though the joke was bad, Charlotte knew that Calz's reaction was literally genuine.

I don't know him, but the more I know him, the scarier Charlotte thinks he is.

So, what's the deal? I'd be disappointed if you called me to ask me if I could sit down as your enemy.]

Even though the enemy was dead, he was not interested in anything other than his own work.

Charlotte didn't call me to take trivial comforts or take orders. Charlotte was worried.

Will this person, who doesn't seem to care about the world, be able to answer his questions?

“Are you aware of the group? ”

[Somewhat.]

Charlotte was most surprised. I thought I was doing my job in a deep rock cave with my eyes and ears closed, but I thought everyone knew as much as I did.

Then, how do we know the world in the deep underground city? Charlotte raises another question.

“Any chance the group and the Demon Hunter can hold hands? ”

[Though the leader of the group is a demon-hunter.]

“Well, well! ”

Charlotte came out of Calz's mouth with an unimaginable fact.

[But, you know, demon-hunters aren't like old times. These demon-hunters may be intertwined, but they have no alliance.]

“I see.”

Ashfile, the head of BH, died in the battle with Jin. Khaltz has gone underground. Being a demon-hunter is no more than a title.

Charlotte creeps me out.

Carltz didn't seem interested in anything other than his work, and he wasn't really interested.

But it's not that I don't care.

I know that the leader of the group is a demon-hunter.

Thinking about it, he couldn't have known about the world. Knows the power of information and the power of knowledge.

He shows how useful it is to control it, even in this Wargrave war. The addition of air force alone has proved to be more than enough to win this war.

Even if he doesn't care, he won't hesitate to learn about the world.

A loose absolute.

Maybe he already knows he met Ramfil. I know, but he's not even mentioning it because he's not interested.

Charlotte grows anxious.

Kaltz adds, annoying.

[Gene and the group must have allied.]

“May I ask why? ”

There is no sugar level, but there is a sufficient probability.]

Charlotte can't even catch a glimpse because Carltz jumped a few steps.

“I ask that you explain yourself enough to the younger successor. ”

Charlotte grips her teeth and says,

[Gene seems to be dreaming.]

“… What do you mean? ”

[What's the last dream of a resigned demon-hunter?]

Carltz decided to give Charlotte a good explanation. It's easier to tell him everything at once than to get bothered by him several times.

[You want to be happy.]

I'm not a resigned person.

Do demon-hunters dream of such things?

[The other bastards that Gene was with would have been his own target by now. What happened to them?]

Spread out.

Since the Battle of New Delhi, their horns have been scattered. Charlotte also knew that Ramfil was looking for Gin and Leona. Leona and Gindo said so, Charlotte had a good guess.

Because the Ramfil he saw seemed to be the purpose of life.

“What does that have to do with the alliance of the group? ”

[By this time, I doubt I'll be able to choose Ivan's successor.]

Carls was a little annoyed.

[Asura, the head of the group, is the progeny of the statue, and of course, is a shaman who has enlightened the tomb of the heavens. Once we have the right tools, the right environment, the right consciousness, we'll know exactly where we are.]

“Spell...? ”

Charlotte also knew that Asura performed a strange magic and that it was magic. But most of Wargrave's ignorance of magic makes no difference.

A savage, cruel, and countercivilized act.

Less often than not, it is rare to assess the value of a spell. Spells are real, but for those living in Wargrave, a world of science and technology, most spells have never been practiced in their lifetime.

So it was natural to ignore it while ignorant.

[Gene would have told Azura to find his scattered group, and Azura would have harnessed the power of the Demon Hunter in return. We don't know if the alliance is unilateral or long-term.]

Alliance with the group, not the Central Asian army, the price for Ramfil and Leona's location. Charlotte doesn't know if one of the demon-hunters she met is worthy of killing Marshal Wargrave.

I didn't even know why I was helping the Central Asian Army.

But as Carls said, without a party, it made sense.

Charlotte is now confused in a completely different sense.

“But…. Well, how does magic work? It's unscientific and impossible. ”

[Do you think it's natural for a monster to suddenly burst out of the ground?]

“ ……. ”

[Of course you do. It's been in the world since before you were born.]

But that was the biggest flaw.

Charlotte senses a disturbance in her values. I thought that a lot of the words floating around saying, "What is magic? What is rubbish?" were merely lies and illusions created by fear.

Carltz seemed angry.

[What does gunpowder mean when it fires out warheads and knows if it has the physical strength to penetrate enemies? How does a laser rifle make plasma so you can burn your enemies?]

No, it's not.

[The same is true of magic. There must be a certain principle there. But I don't care how it works. No shaman can explain how his magic works. Like most Wargrave soldiers, there is no one who can explain exactly how their weapons work.]

Weapons are grabbed and used. A lot of soldiers running around with weapons don't know what they're like either. But use it.

“ ……. ”

[Magic is no different from rifle. It actually exists, and it actually does happen. That's enough. It's the technician's job to question it, not yours.]

That's why shamans use their power. And it exists in the world. So suspicion is meaningless. Charlotte holds her handset with a firm expression.

Charlotte bites back with a frozen voice.

“Then the group is our enemy. I don't know what magic is, and I don't know how to deal with it. ”

Answer,

I think I need an answer. Charlotte is terrified of the indiscretion of magic. I don't know what the risks are, and I don't know.

Such groups exist as enemies.

What should I do?

[I'm annoyed. Are you going to learn magic now? What do you have in your hand?]

What am I holding? Now you'll be able to learn spells and figure out how to destroy them. But I think there's a little bit more to it.

But there is always an easy and easy solution nearby.

What does Charlotte have in her? And what's always an easy solution?

[Shoot.]

Violence.

Overwhelming violence.

Chit

As if there were no more answers, Khaltz hung up.

Charlotte is speechless with her broken handset.

“Ha…. ”

After telling that long story, in the end, there was only one solution.

But it was always the only answer in the world.

It was a world of violence, and always survived by someone with greater violence.

We can only know if magic has more violence or if science has more violence.

You don't need to know the opponent.

We have no choice but to expect Wargrave to be more aggressive. Charlotte gets up from her seat after putting down her handset.

After finding the deputy minister who had been restless for a long time, Charlotte gives the order.

“Assemble everyone above the warden. ”

Construct a squadron captain, and Charlotte will be the enemy of Wargrave.

“What about tracking down the assassin? ”

The deputy salutes me and asks.

“He killed an enemy in the middle of the garrison. ”

Charlotte glances at the deputy secretly.

“What if we track him down? ”

The deputy failed to answer. More sacrifices will be made. You had to send at least a hundred enforcers to track down the Demon Hunter.

And I wondered if even a hundred of those enforcers could kill a demon-hunter.

“Bring everyone back. ”

You have to give up what you're giving up.

Charlotte had no choice but to hope that Jean would never come back. After all, it is a world dominated by violence, and even Wargrave has no way of dealing with the overwhelming violence known as the Demon Hunter Gene right now.

‘That's intense.’

But for Charlotte, who has already lost all affection, this mission is just a burden.

All Charlotte wanted was for you to create a passion that didn't have a place in it.

I don't want to be sincere, but I have to be sincere.