Kill the Dragon

Lee was treated by soldiers.

“You deserve to eat! ”

One of the soldiers pulled out the cheese and jerky he had saved for his meal.

The group moves their luggage and equipment from the half-collapsed basement to another safe house as a temporary place.

‘But they won't give me a weapon. ’

Lee looked at the soldiers. This equipment is still tightly tied up.

Captain Capus was a cautious man. As soon as the battle was over, I retrieved Lee's equipment again. Naturally. We'd all be dead if we hadn't fought together before. Evidence of trust is insufficient.

Captain Cap 'n Capus has touched the dead men's colonial tag. It was bitter every time I went through it. They live in a time when the death of their subordinates and colleagues is natural.

‘What will happen next? ’

Captain Capus is just a field commander. It's the end of the tissue. We don't know the big picture of the world. I only fought to the best of my ability, as instructed above.

‘But the world is tilting, as I see it. In a bad way. ’

Captain Cap 'n Capus closes his eyes with a grim look. I turn my head back and loosen my throat.

Captain Capus reached out to Arc the next day. Repeated radio transmissions have made contact with the arc. I repeated the same sentence several times because of the noise.

Communication took a long time. Lee takes a deep breath and waits for Arc's reaction. The Ark knows that Lee Han is dead.

- Copy that. The rendezvous point...

The arc has set a rendezvous point. It was just off the coast.

Lee Han followed Captain Capus. They rode a speedboat into the middle of the sea. The speedboat sways along the calm waves of the sea. Under the hood, Captain Capus checked the clock.

“He'll be here soon. ”

Captain Cap 'n Cap 'n said as if to reassure him.

“You use the ocean mostly. ”

“Minions are mostly land-based. The safest place is under the sea. ”

The relays are all on the coast. The realm of man is now the underworld and the deep sea, not the ground. The ground is the domain of the minions.

“Thank you, though brief. ”

Lee Han greeted me. Captain Cap 'n Capus requests a handshake.

“Nice to meet you. ”

Lee Hwan felt a chill in Captain Capus's words. He sits quietly, waiting for the arc to arrive. The arc is sailing on a constant course. Coastal relays will contact you as ships pass by.

While he was waiting, I heard some explanations. Arc is currently stationed on a submarine.

‘Multipurpose assault amphibious nuclear submarine.... It's long.’

A trap ship that serves as Arc's stronghold. There are only two MACSSN terranodes in the United States, a multi-purpose assault amphibious submarine. One of them belongs to Arc. The MACSSN-1 terranode is the mother ship of the arc, and the other terranode class MACSSN-3 Max is the government itself and the mother ship of the United States.

‘Arc would need a carrier to live on after the artificial island was destroyed. Due to the nature of the arc, a fixed stronghold like the Citadel is not necessary. Rather dangerous. According to you, the Citadel is in a tight spot. ’

The United States earned an arc in exchange for the terranode. Both the U.S. and the Arc probably had no choice. We have to work together, but we don't compromise without benefits. The midway line is in its current form.

“Looks like it's coming. ”

Captain Capus spoke to himself. The calm sea came. Lee got up holding onto the pillar.

Kuaaaa!

A large water column rises. The currents sweep past the speedboat.

“What the hell! Shit. ”

Everyone closed their eyes to the rough currents. The saltiness lingered on my tongue and lips. The column sinks. The Death Worm sits there. Soldiers' eyes widen.

“Caaaaaa!”

The tearing screams spread. Lee Han and the soldiers moved swiftly, covering their ears. The speedboat accelerated at once.

“This is insane! Are you still alive? ”

The Death Worm was completely different. The landforms were completely discarded. There were countless tentacles that looked like watering forks on the sides. It evolved into marine life.

"Has it evolved to Stage Three with adaptation to water? ’

Yihan frowned. The Death Worm vomits in fury as if it remembers Ethan and the soldiers. The user leaps high and smashes into the rear of the high-speed chase.

Kuaaaa!

The water column rises behind the speedboat. You barely managed to avoid the attack, but the wave-water speedboat moves on its own. I felt like I was going to flip over. Soldiers move to the left and to the right of the speedboat, keeping the balance steady.

“Hold on! ”

The speedboat swerves violently into the currents. Lee took hold of the column tightly. My body rises briefly in the air and sinks. I almost fell off the boat.

‘This is not something you can do with your bare body. ’

The Death Worm is bigger than a whale. You are far beyond the size of a spear to kill.

“This is it. One. ”

Captain Cap 'n Capers said in a cold sweat. Captain Capus looks at his men. We don't need to figure out how to win battles, we need to think about how to escape.

“We make our way to the speedboat and jump as soon as it hits us." Get to shore. ”

It was the best thing that came out of Cap 'n Capus' head. A few casualties are a considerate operation. We must leave our lives to chance.

Whoo-hoo!

The fierce pursuit of the Death Worm stops. The tide is big. Finally, there was a vibration.

“Terra Node!”

A soldier shouts. A giant submarine appears about a third behind the Death Worm's back. It was enormous, even though only part of it was revealed. The surface was over 200 meters long. Terranodes are few modern weapons more expensive than psychoframes.

Kieing.

The Terra Node vaporizer has opened. Inside, a psychoframe shimmered.

Three, two, one. Injection!

An injection agent in a thick wetsuit sends a signal waving the flag in the direction of the fighter.

Caaaaang!

The rails that propelled the psychoframe were advanced at speeds of up to 300 kilometers per hour. The back of the psychoframe that stretched out like a missile had an assistive flight device. The rudders on my back moved organically as if they were alive.

The injected psychoframe is MK-3, the only third generation psychoframe.

Kuoooo!

The driven psychoframe flew in the air. The speed did not slow down. The thing on the back was a jetpack, not a jumppack. Unlike the second generation, the third generation had its own ability to fly. I used the miniature reactor as a flying force.

Kwa-ang!

A missile-like psychoframe crashes into the Death Worm. The deathworm's body tilts as the noise sounds.

“Die.”

The reinforcements mutter briefly. I pulled out the spear and swinged it for a long time. You stiffen the Death Worm in two. The Death Worm regenerates as if it had a strong life force. I ran as if I'd swallowed a psychoframe.

Shoot!

The psychoframe accelerated using the jetpack. You're out of range of the Death Worm. The little roughnecks assist in the flight move fiercely like a piano.

“Caaaaaa!”

The Death Worm bows as if to sneak into the sea. The psychoframe did not miss that gap. A vertical descent pierces the Death Worm into the water. Even underwater, the psychoframe's maneuverability remained. You chase the fleeing Death Worm to the end and carve it into pieces. The slaughter is repeated until the Death Worm is no longer able to regenerate. The sleep was bloody.

The psychoframe that spotted the Death Worm looked closely at the speedboat, but did not approach it.

- Vertigo, this is Terra Node. I'm sending agents now.

A speedboat emerges from the terranode. There were armed arcs.

“I am Captain Ihan of the Alpha Squad. He was alive.”

Arc's soldier says to the radio: They've been handed over to Captain Cap 'n. Captain Capus said his farewells with a light salute. They should wait here until their own ambush comes.

Knuckles.

Lee Han bowed his head to the soldiers. Soon the distance became distant. Ihan went inside the terranode with Arc's soldiers.

The first place Lee Han entered was the interrogation room. A room with only a desk and chair. A soldier with a helmet covers his face. He sat in front of Lee Han.

“I'm sorry it's been so long since I've been back. ”

The Inquisitor said that his speech was quite thorough. He knows what he is. One of the reinforcements who killed Bahamut. Lee deserves to be treated at the arc.

“I understand.”

Lee Han nodded. His face was calm.

‘That's enough. No wonder you're so careful. ’

The atmosphere is heavy. The Inquisitor brings one piece of equipment at a time.

“Are you from the Citadel? ”

“I stopped by, but I'm not part of it. ”

“But you have the support of the Citadel. ”

The Inquisitor knew that this equipment belonged to the Citadel. Many reinforcements and sickers have gone to the Citadel. From the arc's point of view, we must be hostile.

“I met the Citadel, not the Arc first. If you had met the arc first, you would have held the arc's gear. ”

“... you've been missing for three years. The other reinforcements must have reported you dead. What's going on? ”

“I won't say it here. At least the Chief of Staff will be here to talk. ”

“Chief of Staff Alexander is dead. ”

“I know that. That's why I said Chief of Staff. ”

Lee's voice became colder and colder. A cool rage envelops your throat.

“We can't trust you with so many secrets. What have you been doing for the last three years? ”

“It's not a secret, it's something that's hard to say publicly here. ”

Lee did not take a step back. He was beaten himself up. The interrogator continued to ask Lee for answers. Only meaningless arguments.

“I'm tired.”

The interrogator said irritably.

“So am I. ”

The interrogation was not the target from the beginning. The interrogator scratches his head and waits for instructions from his superiors.

“Yes, I understand. I'll take you now.”

The interrogator said something to the communicator. He handcuffs Yihan.

Huff.

Lee Han flinched at the feel of the metal. A little anger builds up in his eyes.

‘… Is this how you treat it? ’

Lee wanted to show her inside out. However, there is no way to prove it through words, no matter how sincere I am.