Kill the Dragon

“I got one. ”

The farmer's tone was thick with murder.

Tattoos?

Lee found a familiar tattoo on the farmer's forearm. It was a typical old school tattoo used by soldiers. This tattoo is not suitable for a secluded village farmer.

Are you from the military? ’

In Lee's head, he quickly returned. A hand taunt that gently suppresses like a grunt hunt. A relaxing gesture you seem to have done a lot. I saw that he was a soldier in every way.

“Silence, point the gun at me. I'm in contact.”

Lee got up from cover.

The farmer, who was wiping the blood off the pitchforks, raises his head. The farmer looked up and down at Lee Han's clothing. He was not surprised by the sudden appearance of this.

“Arc?”

The farmer spoke English. Lee opened his eyes sharply.

“State your affiliation and identity. ”

“Me? I'm a farmer here. Don't you see?”

The farmer's innocence did not impress him at all.

“Farmers don't usually use psychic abilities. A skeleton with a tattoo on his forearm wears diving gear. It's often tattooed by Marines and Marines. From the look of killing Grunts with confidence, you will experience war or minion subjugation. You can only tell by looking at a critical attack that doesn't have hard skin. ”

Lee observed this farmer for less than a minute. In the meantime, Lee found out all the information he could about the farmer. The farmer's eyes tremble for the first time.

“I hear you're smart all the time. ”

“Quite so. ”

The farmer raises his deep-pressed straw hat. Lee sent Silence a call to lower the gun.

Bloop.

Silence drops his gun down. Lee opened his mouth while keeping a distance from the farmer.

“If you don't speak for yourself, there's a way to find out. ”

Arc's database contains all the information on the deranged psychic soldiers. If it is a sicker and soldier, the chances are Arc has it.

Lee came close to scan the farmer's face. The farmer turns his head as he frowns.

“Zach, call me Zach. ”

“Full name?”

“That's rude.”

The farmer stared at Lee Han. Lee Han had a bold expression.

“It's better to be rude than leave a risk factor. ”

Lee came to his senses with experience. Not all humans are allies because they are the same. Uncertain allies are sometimes enemies.

“Zach de Gaulle. ”

“Spell it out. ”

“J.A.C.Q.U.E.S D.E G.A.U.L.E.”

Lee Han entered the name on the handset. The data came up. Only a partial access to Lee Han's access card.

“You got out six years ago. Until then, I'm a member of the arc psychic force. ”

“Damn it. I've been hiding. Here we meet again. ”

Zach utters his cursing words.

“We are here to destroy Grunt. It has nothing to do with you.”

“It's unfortunate for me to have access to my information. Now it's time to let the world know I'm here. ”

“You're not a deserter, so what are you worried about? ”

Lee shut down Zach's information. I put the necessary information into my head. Zach is a first-generation psychic soldier. I'm not a reinforcement soldier, but I was a veteran with quite a record as an infantry soldier.

“Do you think a sicker like me would have lived a life without surveillance? It's the same for returning. We have 24-hour surveillance. I barely got out of there... Tsk.”

Zach kicks his tongue. Psyckers with dangerous abilities are under surveillance by the state and the arc. It is because I am afraid that its power will be used for crime or terrorism. Zach lived a life without freedom even after his retirement. Someone was watching him everywhere. In order to get away from the watchful eye, he has to stay overnight. I settled in a rural village near the border, away from surveillance and the city.

“You're a survivor of Usou. ”

Zach's eyes furious. Though he did not live long, he liked this countryside. I thought it was enough to live out the rest of my life.

“I survived cowardly thanks to my qualities. ”

Zach grins bitterly. The villagers cry out for help, but he does nothing. It's suicide to jump into a bunch of grunts. Instead, he chases after a group of grunts and catches and kills the remaining grunts one by one.

“Even from the Psychic Force (P.F.), it's hard to deal with a group of grunts without equipment. ”

“It may take a long time, but I can do it. ”

Zach raises his right hand. My body and clothes became transparent as if they were disappearing.

‘Active enough as it is. Why did he retire? ’

Lee had doubts. Arc's data only revealed personal reasons.

“I'll listen to what happened. Follow me.”

Silence remains in attack range. Zach knows that the soldier in front of him is not a worthy opponent.

‘The squad leader looks young, but the situation is not unusual. ’

Zach could not have imagined that Lee was a second generation younger. He looked like he was in his 20s. He looked older because he was wearing a battle helmet that covered half his face. By the time he got out of the arc, there was no large-scale cultivation curriculum like this.

“Who's there?”

Knut looks at Zach and asks. Lee said briefly.

“Survivors of Wustow and former P.F." Jacques de Gaulle. ”

Lee sat down to interrogate Zach.

“I don't feel so good. This atmosphere.”

Zach looks around. At least I wanted to be treated as a P.F. However, Izzie's squad members' eyes widen.

‘It's been six years since I got out there. Things have changed a lot in the past. ’

Zach was one of those people who felt displeased by Arc's behavior. The Arc Project didn't raise humanity's savior, it just raised a monster.

“Tell me what happened in Usou. ”

Lee Han turned on the recording function of the handset. Zach opens his mouth quietly. There is no reason to hide. Different positions, but the same goal is to kill Grunt.

‘It's not that different from what we thought. ’

Grunts attack Usou. It seems that instead of just attacking with a purpose, it unleashed an instinct of destruction that suppressed it. Zach, a psychic soldier, survived the experience by himself and went into the mountains in pursuit of a group of grunts for revenge.

“Hey, mister. That's cool. I'm impressed. ”

Knut claps his hands. Lee silenced Knut. We're not done yet.

“There must have been someone leading the Grunts. Did you see it?”

“No. I looked into the breach to assassinate the Herald, too, but I didn't see them leave town until they did. But the pattern of behavior in the herd is definitely a leader. ”

Lee Han nodded. I folded my arms and thought. He pulls out his pistol and knife and hands it to Zach.

“If you'll excuse me, I'll take a temporary leave of absence. Jacques de Gaulle. I'm Yihan.”

“If you ask my permission, it's not a conscription. ”

Zach takes up arms. I skillfully wedged the pistol and knife between the belt.

“Is this guy fighting with you? Fantastic.”

Knute smiles. Kuro is a little wary. Zach looks at Knut and Kuro alternately. He questioned.

‘Something's wrong. I didn't know it when I saw only Squad Leader and that guy... That rascal and the black man feel more like a boy than they do a soldier. Are these really Arc soldiers? ’

There is no doubt that he belongs to the Arc. But Arc's soldiers, as he knew them, were not so young.

“Are you the second generation? You're already in the field? ”

Silence stares at Zach quietly. Silence has a long memory.

‘I think I've seen him before. That guy.’

There is Jacques' face in the blurred old memories.

‘If it was six years ago, it would have been the right time. The reason he retired must have been because of the incident. ’

Silence didn't tell Ihan. This is the Arc's secret. This is a third-graders case. Silence has also lost his voice since the incident.

“Second generation hand-to-hand combat was a long time ago. ”

Lee said briefly.

“So you've moved on with your project. Then your real age is... 13, 14 at the most. ”

Lee Han nodded. Zach grins bitterly.

“I can't believe I'm fighting my son side-by-side. What a relief.”

“We are power cyclists. That's pretty powerful, too. ”

Lee said as if warning. Nonsense was meant to be dry.

“I've already had experience subjugating dragons. ”

Knut adds a hint. Zach looks over Izzie's squad slowly.

‘You're so young to hear that. There are still spots on your eyes or face. Especially that black guy's eyes aren't soldiers. ’

Zach also wonders if Izzie's squad can fight properly. I was worried that things were getting bigger after I waged all-out war with him for no reason.

‘Theoretically, Generation 2 will be stronger than Generation 1 like me... but still too young. ’

Zach looks at the letters on the boys' equipment. Ark-Arc. It means the Ark of the Bible. The ultimate institution to stop humanity from being destroyed in the face of a catastrophe called the Dragon. The letter looked too heavy for the boys.

Jubbuck, Jubbuck.

Zach notices the boys' backs drifting away as he thinks differently. The boys wore heavy equipment, including protective clothing. But you climbed the mountain much faster than Jacques, barefoot. Zach is overwhelmed by even following them.

‘No matter how empty I am, I'm so naked I can't keep up with a soldier with a lone soldier...' ’

Zach bites his lip tightly. He chases evil to the next rest stop. The arc boys' stamina was imagined. Zach wasn't weak.

“Rest. Take turns being vigilant, except for Zach. ”

Lee noticed Zach's stamina a while ago. Zach's pride is broken, but he doesn't speak.

‘Maybe we should turn to non-combatants when the battle breaks out. I'm poorly armed and out of stamina. ’

Lee was going to use Zach as a scout. Once Jacques, with his translucency abilities, scouts the Grunts, and the Izzie Squad members go on to wipe them out. Tactics become easier if you know the enemy's progress and numbers. That alone was enough tactical value for Zach.

Lee sent Knut and Silence to the border first. Silence looks at Zach once before he sets his guard.

Bloop.

Lee Han pulled out the combat rations. Liquid food in a tube. It looked like a toothpaste tube at first glance. Lee Han bit the tube into his mouth and sucked the contents.

“This still sucks. ”

Zach also said while siphoning combat food.

“Why did you come out of the arc? ”

Lee asked first. Zach stared at Lee Han. After a brief silence, he opens his mouth.

“I don't know what the arc looks like now. I just didn't like the arc. Minions and dragons really hated it, but I hated the arcs. I hate it, to be exact.... At first, I volunteered to join the arc. I pledged my life to kill the minions. ”

Lee takes his mouth off the tube.

“Hated... is it because you train children like us? ”

Zach dodged Yihan's eyes.

“More is not my area to answer. ”

Zach's eyes met Silence earlier. Silence was able to convey the word to the helmet shield.

[Watch your mouth.]

Silence relayed the message only to Zach. Zach knows what that means.

‘That guy with the black helmet... looks a little different from the others. I know the case. ’