The Little Prince in the Ossuary

End of April # 8

Fourth day of hunting. Winter and maneuvers expanded their active area about 70 kilometers north of the Node and the Santa Rosa suburb, eliminating 19 Trickster and Grumble subjects under loyal air and information support. The mutants' movements were widely confused. Thanks to you, survivors are hard to keep track of. I don't know if there are any living Tricksters in the area that have been pierced, but it must have been quiet, even if it wasn't a "Silent One."

The results were very encouraging.

However, the atmosphere of the mobile crew was not very bright. It wasn't just because it was hard and tired.

The problem is the nature of the enemy. Monsters that have appeared since they witnessed the birth of the infectious body have never been ordinary. Weak combat power while mentally exhausting enemies.

There is only one person with mild symptoms who is currently impotent. However, the preemptive measures were best given to combat fatigue, so winter did not allow the soldiers to request firepower support at any point.

‘From now on, you won't be able to use it for promotional purposes. ’

The helmet camera, which was replaced by airborne replenishment, had excellent performance. They put time and money out and made it by the best companies. I learned the story thanks to the letter contained in the box. Written in writing by the manufacturer's management.

He said, "I did not receive any value. It's enough for me, my people, and the rest of the world to see and hear your battlefield more clearly. We are always grateful for your commitment. Please kill all the bastards of the plague. .

A bastard of plague. It's a conventional expression, but now it's more like the truth. The Ministry of Defense's Publication will edit this record. Winter picked up a handset from a satellite station.

“Marigold, Marigold. David Actual at the moment. Request fire support. Over. ”

The Winter call sign became David as it once was. This is also the guidance from above. A lot of people associate David with defeating the Giant (Grumble).

[David Actual. Prisoner Marigold. I accept your request. Dispatch snipers. Over.]

Immediate response from Bel Air Force Base, near Yuba City. Where to relay all support requests for survivor rescue operations. Paging Code Marigold is said to have been picked from the Goldsmith Mine just north of the base.

Magnificent gauges interfere with similar rapid movement. Currently using a trigger (TRIGR). Telescopic-like measurements have informed us in real time where the enemy is changing in time. Despite the pitch and dark vision of the dusk membrane, advanced devices clearly sense the target.

Coordinates, Papa X-ray 5302, 4837. Repeat, Papa X-ray, 5302, 4837. Approximately 200 immature subjects with goals, ghouls. Moving dispersion northwest. Are you in? ”

[Solid Copy] Are you sure the majority are immature?]

“Yes.”

[Check to see if there are any allies near the bombing point. Over.]

“Not visible from current location. Enemy's movement speed and movement will delay and there will be no survivors within range. Over.”

Slow steps unique to varieties that save calories. There are few active moves. They'll be replacing the scouts. Marigold will also be watching this. As soon as we got the coordinates, we adjusted the satellite's focus. It was a yard full of satellites donated by governments.

[Copy that, dispatch. Wait a moment.]

In anticipation, the results of the request are returned after more than twenty seconds have passed.

[From Marigold FAC to David Actual. Call signs Reaper 1 and AC130 2 enter over operational area via IP hood. Brake. 105 milliliters, two 30-milliliter machine guns, four cluster guided rounds, and two laser firing systems. Operate beacons at home at present time. Everything that moves within a 1-click radius will be considered hostile.]

Beacon was an infrared identifier paid to all soldiers. Mobility personnel follow the call of winter. Switches don't change the surface. However, on the monitor of the winged artillery (AC130), it will look like a shining star, and even from over 10 kilometers away, precision cannons could be poured out like this.

‘By the way... A laser?' ’

An overwhelming weapon appears to be used against the monsters.

But now that I think about it, I think I might need it in my current situation. Because support shooting will be possible with beacons in close proximity to the enemy and even in mixed situations. It doesn't have to be high output to burn the human body's reinforcement plate.

Flash.

The first shot resembles lightning. The ripe night flashes, followed by the sound of cannonball blasting and the thundering of the earth. Boom! Boom! A pair of aerial explosions with fine parallax. A heavy rain of steel splinters hit the land. The vast spacing of the variants would have been just in case, but it was an overfiring force that ignored it. More than 40 confused numbers. Torn flesh, shattered bones, and scattered intestines are scattered like hail. It was daytime vision for the winter when he learned Environmental Adaptation.

Shhhhhhh!

Screams echo in the overlapping streets. Aiming for the austerity, a thinner death began to pour out. Smaller than before, but with more than grenades burning three or four feet per breath. It's like killing more than one at a time. Given that it was a very long shot, it was an excellent shot and a very high lethal efficiency. The gunship that carried flesh on each bullet drew a blazing trajectory with flaming fire against the night sky.

Soon, the ghoul was completely exterminated by this. It was because it was easy to distinguish between small and strong strengths.

The night vibrates again. A thunderous noise blows through your teeth, shaking the wind. Small shadows gallop to the surrounding plains. There is no consistency in any escape now that control has been lost. On the other side of the sky, I tried to hunt. We're taking heavy fire on every way out. The blunt ones flee from death, but eventually end up trapped in a winding spear.

You may be mistaken, but winter feels the wrath of the crew.

“You're determined. You're relentless. I've never had this much support before. ”

The faint glimpse that resonated with the choking sensation was that of Schultz. There is a shadow on his face that cannot be covered by darkness. Maybe there's a different reason he's depressed about the death of a baby variant. Winter did not see him long. There will be time later.

When the number of variants was aggravated, a faint ray of light was drawn on the perforations. Laser fire on the detached ones. It looks like an attack with an operational test. How powerful advanced optical weapons can be against monsters. If it were a movie, it would have been painted in dark colors, but it was actually a quiet and transparent light. The visible trajectory is just dust or moisture in the air that scatters light.

But the right target was a different story. It burns white and bright. Untied burns. No matter how hard you run, you can't escape with a precise automatic aim. None of the cries that were struck by the rays lasted long. 5 seconds or less at the most. The shivering corpse grows.

Some run towards the ambush point of the motorcade.

The corrected vision of winter surpassed the fishermen of Sicily. It meant that the young, blood-boiling deaths were clear without the telescope. The naked body, running screaming with distinct ribs, reminds everyone of a scene from the Vietnam War. A famous photograph of a girl who was burned in a full-body fire.

After the last corpse lies down, a radio comes in from Bell Air Force Base.

[From Marigold to David Actual. I need you to confirm target status.]

Winter watches the battlefield calmly and replies.

“David Actual at the moment. Shooting mission terminated. You have confirmed the elimination of the target group. Thank you for your support."

[Copy. Mission accomplished. We'll send a fire engine soon. Marigold out.]

“Major, this doesn't make any sense, does it? ”

Alejandro asks if you're afraid to finish communicating.

“Somehow, three days ago, the babies encountered each other. Praying without ammo is enough to go after survivors. I can understand that. But the more you look at it, the weirder it gets. I don't think they're normal infected children. ”

“Why do you think that is? ”

“I didn't see a single one of them dressed while he was killing thousands of them. ”

“ ……. ”

The private's words were like winter's expectations, and it was the anxiety the crew shared. When you called Marigold for the target information, it was probably the reason why you reconfirmed it with some doubts. Are there only kids this time? So many of these young people don't fit back and forth.

“Those who can't even untie their shoes haven't taken their clothes off. Especially when it comes to peeling off other people. Maybe we'll tear it apart. But no matter how naked they all are, it's unusual. Shouldn't there be rubber bands on your underwear or ankles on your socks? ”

“So, Ale, what do you think this means? ”

“I don't know that, so I'm asking you. I don't even... ”

“Even?”

“From before the West Coast infection to the idea that they were doing biological experiments on children. ”

It's only been over a year since Mogelons landed. It means that things that were born through interbreeding were not enough time for elementary school students or middle school students to grow up to be around the same age. Therefore, it was not only the concern of Private Hispanics that was unreasonable.

Even before the mainland infection, the United States suffered from refugees and illegal immigrants. Children in the Dark Ages are easily discarded. It was more urgent for the Hispanics.

“I don't know.”

Winter time is different.

“Now, if you look back, there were quite a few adults that were naked. It was only partial, but it always seemed to stand out at a certain rate. And it seems that the number has increased. Could there have been that many naked people? ”

“Then……. ”

“I don't think human experimentation explains it. Wouldn't it make sense to assume that these things are growing much faster or faster than humans? ”

Of course, this was a much worse family. Morales sighs deeply.

“Ha. That's very...... dark. Dammit. You're saying that no matter how many people we kill, there might be more numbers. ”

“No, not necessarily. This is probably the first time children have appeared at such a large scale. ”

Fetal variants alone. If it had been common, the soldiers wouldn't be shocked now. Atascadero and April Pacific were an anomaly.

“Ale said there are small enough to go after the Stragglers... Even if that's true, it's normal to be adult-oriented if you can afford it. I don't have enough time to hunt things that aren't all that big yet...... Can't I interpret that? ”

“Eh……. ”

“You know what the blockade line looks like now. More clearly, the liberation mission was a failure, but it was limited to California. ”

Speaking of which, the propeller engine noise approaches across the night sky. The planes that fix the course see the remaining fire seeds on the ground, sprinkle water at high altitudes. The firefighters Marigold promised to send. If hundreds of acres of wildfires were destroyed in a yard where survivors could not be scattered and bombed, the survivors would become charcoal.

The smell of burnt meat spreads with the beginner.

After a harsh breeze, the Winter Soldier speaks with encouragement.

“Cheer up, everyone. Because if I'm right, the situation isn't all that bad. ”

Artwork Reviews

# Paper books

I heard from my editor that the paper books are barely out yet, but they've still crossed the breakeven point. not with net production costs, but with labor costs and advertising costs.

And that's a success in the paper market.

I was worried that I might lose my tribe, but I'm glad.

Thank you for your support.

# Q&A

Q. Karen: @ I'm serious about your request. Do you want to turn the Little Prince into a premium? Nobble tickets nowadays are not really worth seeing in the expensive yard, so I'm sorry about the ticket.

A. Use Naver for one-way payments. You don't need to see reviews from writers!

Q. Non Crying Mammy: @ This has been the most impressive work since I last paid Noble at Joara. It took me 4 days to see all 220 movies! And now there's nothing left to be sad about. I'm throwing 27 coupons to help out 40,000 years old. I hope you eat candy without the crowd! I'm going to buy a book too!

A. This is not a small quantity, but you read it all in four days... The writers are crying...

Q. Whitefield: But I'm curious... you said in the late 1980s that the Humpback is between 10 and 20 currency, what is it? I wonder what the hell happened!

A. You haven't missed a thing. But I was wrong about the quantity.

In fact, something similar happened around 100. There's going to be a sympathetic event soon. with Yang Yong-bin's nuclear missile launched in mind, and I really thought it was going to be under 20. But reality comes after 79... (...)

It's hard to get a sense of how much the plot in your head would actually be if you moved it to actual writing.

Q. Guaaaaak: Cosine tangent signed in @ 's dream. Handling such high-level mathematical knowledge. That's enough nightmares of its own.

A. Yes. Even though my high school teacher was in charge of mathematics, it was even worse for the bully writer.

Q. Master Column: It's been a long time since I've driven. You must have been dreaming of being robbed of sympathy by the Triangle Devil. I'm going to share my sympathy with you as a coupon. The Beaten Evil!

A. Eliminating Tang Su Kyung itself, which is the cause of the problem, is a good solution for the Republic of Korea.

Q. KTH: Is Ghoul in control of the herd among @ special variants, like Trickster? Or do you sequence and communicate? And the ghouls seem to be evolving in general variants. Is there anything else that makes Grumbles or Trickster Malbilly or something like that?

A. Trickster's the only one using radio waves. I'm not going to say positive, I'm not going to say negative,