Kill the Dragon

# 13 Chronos

Even with the advancement of technology, the Earth is in ruins. Humanity, in desperate circumstances, gave up its ecological restoration. The worst aftermath was Africa. The earth withers violently. There are ways to prevent desertification with advanced technology, but no country has invested. Volunteering and relief activities have long been meaningful in the dictionary.

“Hmm.”

The poor Hidu girl in North Africa frowned. Today's sunshine was even tougher. You have to walk half a day to draw water. I felt frustrated already thinking about it.

“Honey, we've got to get going. We have to get back before dark. ”

The girl's grandmother insisted. The Hidu girl sighs.

“Okay, Grandma. ”

The girl carried the bucket and left the house. After leaving the house, I was already suffocated. I feel like the dust is blocking my airway.

"This sucks."

The Hidu girl goes around the village muttering. Other girls the same age gathered one by one. The girls who were breeding water left together. Many were better than alone. Not bored, less dangerous.

Each of them leaves town with a bucket of water. I walked long enough to get to the front of the bridge.

“Be careful, everyone. ”

The girl who arrived first in the canyon said, The other girls nodded. It's called the Valley of Dragons. It is a sign of war that was before the birth of the girl. It is said that the breath of the dragon split the earth deeply. The dry bottom has a dark end.

Queek.

The shoddy bridge in the canyon shakes.

“Ugh.”

The girl grips the rope tightly, moaning. Surrounding the canyon will take much longer. We need to cross the bridge of the canyon to get there in a day. Girls risk their lives to get a bucket of water. At one time, the girls' families lived in a village with water supplies before the war, but they were pushed out after the war.

‘It's hard.'

The girl didn't want to work more today. I wanted to relax for a day or so. I wonder if that's what he was thinking. The finger holding the rope loosened.

Whoo-hoo!

As you almost cross the bridge, the wind blows violently down the canyon. Your legs falter. Everyone is holding on to the rope tight. Only the grumbling girl misses the rope. You shake and fall down the cliff.

“Gaaaaaaah!”

I hear screams everywhere. The girl falls in horror.

Am I gonna die like this? ’

The girl waves her arms. You can see the canyon cliff in front of you. I saw a dry twig. There was also an irregular projectile.

Whirlyric!

It was a real fortune. The girl who was falling indefinitely, the stone pillar wrapped around the corners of her clothes. The corners of my clothes stretched like tears. The girl wakes up and grabs the corners of her clothes. I closed my eyes. I cried a little. On the bottom, a yellow liquid flowed down his thigh.

“Ha, ha. ”

The girl cried her tears out and trembled all over her body. I still can't see the bottom. You grip the protruding stone pillar with a grip to keep it from dying.

“Mom... ”

The girl wept. The other girls scream from the cliffs.

“I'm here!!" ”

The girl cried out loudly. The shout echoes up the cliff. The adults will do something soon. The girl believes that and hugs the stone pillar. Over time, I calmed down a little. How long has it been... since the sun went up in the middle of the sky, there was sunlight in the canyon. The dark surroundings became brighter.

“Ah…! ”

It wasn't a stone pillar that the girl thought was a stone pillar. The ribs are enormous. The girl looks over the cliff slowly.

“Dragon?”

The remains of the dragon were embedded in a cliff like an ornament. It was a dragon, not a dinosaur, and the tidal wave of time was darkened for its remains over a decade ago. At least... It took longer than human history...

There have been reports of dragon remains in Africa. Arc has dispatched soldiers and research teams. Among them was the Cyclist team, which included this limit.

“Knut, Silence, Simon. ”

Lee borrowed three members. Lee was in charge of the squad again. Most of the first-generation bikers were injured by pure war. It's hard to reinstate operations. With the exception of this, a three-grade squad was allowed. Since it's a mix of researchers and other soldiers, rather than a single squad dispatch, the third-graders only need to be purely guarded.

“Don't worry. There won't be much of a battle. We'll follow you just in case. ”

Lee told the squad members. Knute's face was relaxed, even though it was his first mission. Rather, it seemed to be enjoyable.

“Too bad. Hopefully the minions will show up soon enough. ”

Knute says, and Simon smiles cynically as he listens.

“Rinse, you're full. ”

- Quiet, everyone. I couldn't sleep last night watching a movie.

Silence's letters were irritating.

“Why should we care what you can't sleep with? ”

The squad huddles. You hear the transporter engines sound regularly. Lee knows the best results of this operation are non-combat. The Cyclist team is just joining you for a possible minion raid. If you don't have a minion raid, you can just come here for a tour. It was an easy assignment, so the team was formed in the third grade.

“Is this Africa? It's all sand.”

Knut looks out the window and says, I looked down at this limit. You see a desolate land. I also saw a lot of ground cracks everywhere. The cracked ground forms a canyon.

“The fourth dragon that appeared in Africa had a particularly strong ray of destruction. They were split at the time. ”

Lee said what he had practiced beforehand. In Africa, those traces are called the Valley of Dragons. There are so many artificial canyons, I can't restore them with my magnetism, I'm letting them go. Africa's situation is so bad that even citizens can't accept it all right now because of institutional authority. Korea is no different from here.

“You said it was Fossil Dragon this time? ”

Knut looked very excited. I was a little excited. It was an operation, but I felt like I was going out. There was no burden on my mind.

“Dragon material was always lacking. They're trying to get it back from the arc. ”

Simon looks down and says, The soldier's transport lands first. Then the researchers came down, and finally Lee's team came down. His squad code was also E, EZ. squad. Lee's squad for a while was fixed with an E.

“Let's get off.”

Lee Han pushed the back of the squad member in turn. They carry a gun and look around. The local African Union forces surrounded Ark's men.

“Stand by with the researchers. ”

Captain Ahim, in charge of general operations, said. A soldier from Libya, Africa. Arc joins or deploys from the same culture to connect with locals. Captain Ahim was talking to local soldiers.

“Oh, it's hot. Do you want some juice?”

Arc's researcher told Ihan. They pulled a cool drink out of the ice box. In Africa it was a luxury of luxury. Izzie's squad members took a glass of water and drank. Drinking a drink in hot dry weather made me feel much better.

- I feel like a picnic.

Silence put a straw in and drank a drink. His full-face battle helmet seems to be extremely hot. Silence was the most noteworthy among the local soldiers. I'm wearing my helmet in this hot weather, and they're all crazy.

“Isn't it hot? ”

Knute says Silence points to a new piece attached next to the helmet. The helmet makes a faint sound of motors spinning.

- It's a portable air conditioner. I asked the development department to run it.

“Is that the same thing with the air conditioning on in the helmet? ”

Knut's eyes are wide open.

- Yes, I am.

“Let me use it too! ”

Knut lunges at Silence, then gets hit and falls out. Lee looked at Knut and Silence's concrete and turned his gaze. Simon hasn't come out of the tent since he was weak in the heat.

‘Everyone can't stand the heat. ’

Knut is from the Scandinavian Peninsula. Simon is from the U.K., Silence is from the West. The person who was most familiar with the heat was Lee Yihan. South Korea is as hot as the chaotic equatorial countries in summer weather. Moreover, Korea's high temperature and humidity climate is much higher than high temperature drying. Moreover, Jihan was patient and did not blink an eye because of the dizzying heat.

‘As expected, we have very little to do. ’

Political issues and negotiations are the responsibility of executive officers. Local research is done by researchers. Izzie's squad is just a precaution. Lee Han enjoyed Africa's joyful atmosphere. The landscape was exotic from the start.

“They're watching us. Nasty bastards. ”

Simon looked at the local soldiers and said, Simon places a cold, damp towel on his face.

Aquatics.

The local soldiers took a good look at Izzie's squad. They seemed to know Izzie's squad was special. The only power to defeat dragons. Those who will become the elite soldiers of humanity. Those were the third graders, no wonder the local soldiers were so surprised.

‘Like a monkey in a zoo. ’

Lee had received this look before. During a Chinese laboratory operation, researchers there were interested in observing Lee Han. It was a bad look.

- We're special.

Silence's helmet shield blinks. Text passed on display.

“Hmph, I don't like it. Many African countries were just killed when the sicker was born. A few years ago, he didn't acknowledge the Cyclops as human. ”

Simon said as if annoyed. The more backward countries were, the worse was the treatment of the Cyclist. A long time ago, in Africa, a sicker was treated as a monster. There are still such biases. Humans instinctively fear and reject even the slightest difference from themselves. The more developed the country, the better the assessment and awareness of the biker. Rational education is needed to acknowledge that it is different.

“I think Simon's always getting angry. ”

Knut said.

“What can I do to make you mad at the world? You guys suck, too. ”

Simon grumbles. Everyone is familiar with Simon's dirty personality. Lee has been through this since freshman year, and Knut and Silence know Simon's rough side.

‘We don't do it because we have bad intentions. That's how everyone behaves. ’

Simon is as responsible as his ego is strong. I cannot accept that I am unable to do the task assigned to me. This type will complete the mission even if it is a herd. Lee Han believes in such a strong will. I broke the Dragon Pier even after the Tirana dimensional crack.

“I'm going downstairs from now on. Can one of you come with me? ”

The female researcher smiles kindly at Izzie's squad. Everyone didn't want to move to the heat. Lee took a look at the squad members and volunteered.

“I'll go. ”

Silence, who was watching the scene, came forward as well.

- I'm going too. Helmet coolant. And the principle is to move in pairs.

Silence misled the letters, omitting them sparsely. Lee Han nodded. Silence was right. Even if this is a safe zone, we have to move in groups of two.

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It's raining.

Suddenly, I want to feed on the epistaxis, so I go out and pick the epistaxis that I planted in my front yard. Gun.