The Little Prince in the Ossuary

# Survivors (3)

Half an hour to abandon the helicopter and move out.

The march procession reaches the town entrance where there is a stream of practice. At dawn, between the wet mountains in the sky and the grasslands of the field, the buildings lying along a single stalk of road became lonely without people.

Looks like there was a blockade operation here, too. There was a wire fence hanging from the entrance. Beyond that, you see a machine gun barrel stacked with sandbags. But all I could find was nothing useful like weapons or ammunition. It didn't look like much of a troop at first.

The squadron pulls the fence out of the winter hand. The sound of the car ringing. It wasn't hard. Everyone was wearing fiber resistant gloves. This is a product that has been stuffed into the nostrils of a mutant and is considered safe. It has been a long time since the story of the provision of improved combat clothing, but it seems that there is still no news.

Even in America, now is not a good time.

After passing through the entrance, I put the wire back on. It would be useless for a large group of variants, but at least some individuals would keep it quiet.

Then I searched two civilians half buried in the forest. Winter comes in front of the sun, followed by a squad. It is hard to see as a typical platoon commander. But this was for the best.

Tatattan!

In the second house, a noisy gunfire erupts from the kitchen that has already been searched. No way. Winter on the second floor jumped in a hurry, but it wasn't a concern.

“Sorry, I was mistaken by the curtain. ”

The soldier drops his shoulder. A faded curtain that swings inside an open window. No matter how hard it was to fix it, it was difficult to misinterpret it as a person or as a variant... ….

“No, I'm fine. I'm tired. I could be wrong. ”

Hard fear distorts the senses. Winter did not blame the soldier.

It's just a bit of a waste of fire.

There were no soldiers with silencers throughout the platoon. It would have been difficult to get all the equipment out of Fort Baker in a hurry. Perhaps it would have been worse if the base hadn't been on high alert for the final solution.

Search resumed.

Income is just a little food. Both buildings were unsuitable for troops to stay in.

‘I need to find a place to rest quickly. ’

Among the soldiers who were physically and mentally expended, there were those who had already seen a mild lifestyle. I'm worried about Joanna, who was exhausted by the time she landed. If it got worse, my feet would be tied. It takes time and space to prepare for a long journey anyway, but it is not pleasant to have a patient. We don't know when the enemy will show up.

Even in a good winter, it's not as crazy as it used to be.

The reinforced body needed more calories to maintain its combat strength. It was because of its high basic ability and also because it had combat skills that entered the realm of superhumans. Grade 16 Personalized Weaponry Skills . This would require even less calories than before, where the calibration occurring would remain more than half as efficient even if moribund.

Even so, it is necessary to recharge. If time goes on like this, it is dangerous in many ways.

Soon after, a town centre appeared.

Surprisingly, most of the buildings were shops or inns. Rarely common housing and largely commercial in small residences. Winter soon convinced me. This is the path to the National Park. It must have been a natural town when the lodging businesses came in.

There were enough buildings to fit the whole squadron.

One of the deputy officers assigned to the Winter platoon, Sergeant Stefan Cornelius, said.

“Looks like this was the blockade headquarters. ”

The basis of the assumption was a double wrapped wire fence. An adjacent building exploded to see if it was part of a barren composition for shooting.

The barbed wire was shattered in several places. Black blood trail remains. There was evidence that a large group of mutants once swept through the town. They must have pushed in from a direction other than the road. Now it's probably moving east, in the direction of more humans.

The interior of the building was filled with traces of urgent evacuation. It doesn't look like there's been a struggle.

“Set up a perimeter around each element. We should ask them to use this building as a temporary node. ”

The squadrons were cheerful at the end of winter. I can finally get some rest. It's not a decision yet.

Of course, Captain Langford accepted the proposal. He was also having a hard time with his face.

I still have an officer's responsibility. After ordering the perimeter and authorizing a break, he gathered the squadron commanders and checked on the availability of food during the search of the town.

I sat at the table in front of the cabin, in the provisional command room, and smiled bitterly at the captain.

“At this rate, I'll sit down hungry. You want me to pour you some sugar? ”

I'm not kidding.There's not much food left to eat for more than a year. It was so small, it seemed to have more people than it had originally lived in.

‘It's not impossible to endure sugar alone for a short time...... ’

It was also a winter experience. Food that was as useful as sugar in disaster situations was also rare. Once, but I've endured it all my life. There will be many side effects if you use it as a long-term lifestyle, but you should say it's quite okay to secure calories in a short period of time.

But sugar is not enough. It was a yard that needed eight kilos for 100 grams per person. At least the robust soldiers are not as crazy as the calories they need.

Ensign Escamyla has spoken.

“We need to secure drinking water first. Many soldiers show signs of dehydration without even drinking water. There was a woodshed nearby. This must be where they used to keep the firewood, but there should be enough left to boil the water. If you permit me, my platoon will take out the staff. ”

It was the only way to get water now that the water supply was stopped. Drinking the water that flows through the stream is the last option to be delayed. Not to mention the threat of parasitic infections, but there's more to it than that. There's April Pacific.

After Lt. Escamyla, winter proposed.

“I'll go hunting. ”

“Hunting? Alone? ”

“You need a little help or two. ”

Captain Langford shakes his head.

“I mentioned the possibility with my mouth when I was heading inland, but hunting is not that easy. Unlike the vague imagination of ordinary people. We can't use so little food as bait, and the smell of our own flesh and blood. If you really have to hunt, it's better to send in a full manhunt after the break. ”

It was theoretical, but not for winter.

“I am confident. I have a lot of hunting experience. ”

“Huh……. ”

The captain's suspicious reaction was natural. It's hard to be a hunter at the age of winter. Even if that were true, it was a separate matter of ensuring success at the first hunting ground.

But there was also a flaw in Captain Langford's opinion. If I had to, the clues were not pointed out for nothing. We consider hunting our last resort. Winter pointed out that.

“You know the hunt is dangerous. because they distribute a lot of people in environments with limited vision, like mountains and forests. If you encounter an enemy, it will be difficult to control your troops, and your chances of misfire will increase. Even if it's inefficient, you have to export fewer people. ”

“ ……. ”

“The same is true of mutants that have shortened their vision in the forest. Even if there is a single variant, if there are fewer of us, we will be able to outrun them. bypass them in a big way so they don't have to go to the encampment. It's the safest... … No, I think it's actually the only way. ”

Captain Langford wouldn't have known either. I know, but I can't make decisions easily.

“Another habitat an hour from here. ”

The captain turned on a tactical PDA that provided geographic information. A small liquid crystal showed a map of this area linked to GPS coordinates.

“Point Reyes Station. This is a much larger town than Olema, where we live. There's a backyard colony across the swamp. I don't know, but if we search, we'll find plenty of food. I mean, I mean... ”

The captain sighs, covering his face.

Even his uncertain expectations were hard to convince.

Lieutenant Novak has gone through the winter.

“I'm all for it. We have to stay here for at least a few hours, unless we give them some stimulants, and the hunger will get deeper in between. Given the stamina it takes to go to the next residence and search the whole town.... If you fail to get food, you have to assume there's no next step. Soldiers' morale is nonsense. I'm already concerned about non-combat losses. ”

Mental fatigue and extreme tension absorb physical strength like leeches attached to blood vessels. The following places of residence were close and not important At the time of referring to fraud, Lt. Gen. Novak was even concerned with the frustration of successive failures.

‘There won't be a soldier who hasn't lost an ally when the base collapsed. ’

Hungry and exhausted soldiers are prone to depression. It's a dead end, actually. Winter saw nothing unusual about a suicide.

Captain asks.

“A lieutenant. You're tired, aren't you? You're a very important force. I'm afraid there's more thread than meets the eye. As you may know, tracking wildlife requires considerable health. ”

He had not had a half-day of winter, but the combat skills he had seen during his escape were enough to say this. Thanks to the protection provided until the last moment, many people lived.

As a commander, you wanted to save winter in case of a sudden attack.

“I'm fine. I want you to trust me. ”

“Hmm.”

Ranford looks away from the winter. He looks like someone who wants to find something.

“Well, okay. Try being so confident. It's better than a whole army left behind. ”

“Thank you."

“Good luck with that. It doesn't matter how many mutants we pass through here. ”

Another reason Captain was so negative at hunting. Infectious variants also hunt and eat animals. Even the top predators, the bears, were prey when they encountered multiple varieties.

I just didn't say it separately because everyone knows it.

But there was plenty of room in winter. You already have a high level of tracking.

There was enough room for skill enhancement.

Could it be that the immediate risk of life was eliminated by the time the helicopter landed? Compensation evaluation of the control personality for the escape from the bay was conducted. You have to look at it as an intermediate settlement.

Whether it was the multiple deaths or the size of the reward was that great.

“Ensign Escamyla. Secure the wooden workshop.I 'm sorry it seems like you're taking a break, but we can't leave the soldiers dehydrated. Tell the recruits to take an additional break. And you, of course. Not when the commander reaches out. ”

“Yes, I understand. ”

“Lieutenant Novak needs to reorder the perimeter, and Lieutenant Kruger needs first platoon while a lieutenant is out. I'm asking you to keep your platoon steady. Lieutenant Barker wants you to gather the soldiers with health problems separately. ”

The lieutenants are ordered in succession. None of these people desperately wanted to rest, but the executives' responsibilities were heavier than those of ordinary soldiers.

Artwork Reviews

# Black History

I looked at the posts I wrote in Motherland over a decade ago, and there was no such thing as black history.

I'm the cutest one here, pretending to be cute with all those rash remarks, bottles, and short tongues! You were saying the same horrible shit...

Was it really me... I was this childish in high school... I had this sense of self-esteem.

I don't know how many of those I've written.

# Q&A

Q. Karphis: I wonder what the combat strength of @ winter is! Can you win a frontal battle with a heavily armed infantry squadron alone? If not, how far can we win?

A. Subject to conditions. If you encounter them in an open space with nothing, you will be beaten. On the other hand, if you meet them from a distance from the city or the mountainous terrain, you'll have plenty of odds, not from the platoon, but from a large force.

Q. james: I'm going to predict the sudden emergence of the Humpback, but isn't it the subject or process of developing a new variant? (Approximately) Specialized variants like Trickster still occur when the variants are below intelligence. Even if you knew that the less intelligent people were communicating with each other, you knew it was radio silence? I find it difficult (approximate), but what if there are variants that are specialized in producing special variants? What if the mutant's ability to absorb human memories or have high intelligence? Can we understand the correlation between radio waves and communications and make special variants?

A. Trickster is a little different. He's detecting radio transmissions, which is sort of like a whale hearing the sub's sound waves. Humpbacks aren't that great either.

Q. John_Doe @ Don't have any quizzes lately? It was fun going through the Ministry of Defense public documents.

A quiz? Well, I don't know, 72 hours of unpaid operations, would you like to guess the total number of zippers and batteries that are basically paid to U.S. Army soldiers? (...)

Q. Naughty Devil F: It seems that there are no merchant ships (other than military vessels) that have passed through @ miners. There's enough chance of the Melville being climbed, so the fishing boats and the yachts aren't answerable, and the merchants are literally commercial, so if you take one of the mines, the wall of the wharf will collapse completely and collapse. The odds of landing on land are even shorter with two 30m (shorter) pilot ladders on both sides of the starboard side. Luck has many meanings for winter.

A. Hehe. What about the real thing? I don't know if it's going to be described in my work.

Q. chatterbox: Ah, the trickster who killed himself in the boat. I can't help but wonder if Trickster recognized him in the middle of winter. Before that, I had contact with her in disguise, but I don't think I remember... (approximate) The first time I came across her was in Ibuk, and I think it's also nice to be able to read reviews like this in Joara. I hope you get the eBook follow-up as soon as possible.

A. The same question came up before, because Trickster's main field of view is radio reflexes. Specialty makeup doesn't change the cost of necessities.

The e-book follow-up came out today. It's up to five. Check it out.:)