The Little Prince in the Ossuary

# Valley of Death (5)

The winter-driven mission force captured the idle geothermal power plant on June 1. The only five common varieties found in the abandoned facility were those that were in a state of metabolic inhibition. The squadron that was responsible for entering the staff quarters consumed exactly five rounds of ammunition by the time it was secured.

It took eleven days to reactivate the power plant that had been abandoned for over a year. While civilian engineers were doing their best, the mission team built a defensive site with the help of the engineers. Working alone would have taken much longer, but full heavy equipment could have been deployed to reduce air.

The broad-spectrum decoy beacon will be up and running soon. A large antenna looked like a monster made of iron bones.

Captain Sing, who walked along the winding pathway with the winter, wiped his sweat.

“I was worried because of the large platoon spacing, but I wouldn't worry too much about slopes like this. ”

Due to the nature of the geothermal power plant, which needs to be re-injected with ground water, the defense line has to be longer.

However, the fact that the path is not straight meant that the slope is that urgent. Variants have to climb a 40-degree slope up to a kilometer to attack the power station. It's almost 30 degrees Celsius in mid-June, and if they did that during the operation, they would ripen it alive, whether they were human or mutant.

The command doesn't just deploy the COMPANY TEAM without thinking.

Winter envisioned a gesture of war. Shadeless trails in the scorching sun. The heat of the barren wilderness is constantly rising up and down, and there are many mutants that will roam around.

‘It's almost like shooting practice against common variants. ’

I don't think Grumble will last much longer. The antithermal properties attributed to large body and thick skin are the strengths of the cold season and the weaknesses of the hot season. In order to survive in the heat close to the disaster, metabolic inhibition must be greater than typical variants. It will degrade your physical function and reduce the range of throwing attacks.

Be careful at night.

Winter refers to a coffin that descends from the power plant toward the valley.

“The Southern Renewal Facility defenses must be the problem. It's the lowest height and the farthest distance from the street, so I'm going to try to get some more firepower on it. ”

“I agree. How about two vehicles with high-speed oil launchers? The north and west are the other platoons' jurisdictions anyway, so we'll just have to reinforce the fireworks in the lower ground. ”

“Let's do it first. We can send reinforcements later, just in case. ”

Winter was the plan to place the 1st platoon, Yura's platoon, in the most dangerous place.

Lt. Murray, the intelligence officer, has expressed his regret.

“It's already been decided, but I still think it's better to focus on the power station. They won't know why that coffin exists anyway. ”

“It's possible to break it and use it as an entry point. It's just corrosion resistant. It doesn't improve its durability. Grumble or something like that, it's over. ”

“ ……. ”

Possible situation where groundwater is to be introduced.

“Imagine if babies were pouring out of the coffin. I don't think it's a problem that the turbine from the power plant broke anymore. Even if you don't, you can't use neutralizers in the direction of the tube, so it's easy to use as an attack path for the variants. ”

If you have a beta ghoul, you will definitely notice a blank area of fire. A large caliber (7.62mm) rifle could not be used lightly. Damaged tubing dramatically reduces power efficiency.

‘Placing mines is unsettling. ’

It is difficult to create a blind spot when you cover a tube that is the height of human shoulders with soil. It was like building Saturn on a labyrinth.

Above all, operational noise in facilities that draw or inject groundwater will certainly attract the attention of the variants. These can't even be covered with soil, and the variants used to be urban environments wouldn't just pass through a tube into the soil. It's a story of a clever mix of individuals.

Boom, boom!

The forest flashes without notice. The shock wave swept through the parched land and caused a windswell. The trunks of the broken trees collapse. The engineers were using explosives on the logging.

“This place will definitely be a landslide later. ”

Lieutenant Poster's words. Removing the forest is to remove the cover. Thanks to you, the slopes south of the valley turn yellow. Pocrane was mobilized to dig for stumps.

The comms have found winter.

“Commander, this is 2nd platoon. Estimated forest fires have been observed near Oscar base. Oh, I just went from two cows. It's a request to permit evolutionary work. ”

A base point refers to coordinates that have been set in advance for similar fire support.

That is, it is not a place.

It's not strange to have a natural fire.... If it's near a fire, it may be better to suppress it before calling the fire department. The water sprinkled from the sky is not very efficient, but the fire may increase in the time it takes for it to fly and we may have to give up our defenses for a while.

But what are the chances of a fire occurring in two cows at the same time? Winter feared ambush. There was an intentional fire at the end of the Christmas Eve raid. Even then.

‘Any chance of hitting from the other side...?' If there's a circumvention group, they'll be caught on air patrol. ’

Winter with sensory correction can almost certainly detect an ambush within a certain distance. Unless it's an exception, like Melville under the water.

“I'll be right there. Tell them to wait. It could be a mutant plot. And contact Misty. Ask Marigold for a security detail just in case. ”

“Misty's already up. Arrival time is less than 2 minutes. ”

The communicator reports hard. Misty was a call sign for an attack scout helicopter (OH58). It is stationed right here to support sixteen major missions.

Base point Oscar is just beyond the north valley and a short distance to the Personalizer. The forest has not yet been cleared there. Captain Jin, who is a 2nd platoon commander, was cautious as Captain Xing pointed out, was prone to excessive aggression.

“We're coming too! ”

A war reporter shouts for winter on the Humvee. Gilbert Martino and his staff followed you here from Olema Node. Of course, it was with the permission of the boss.

“It's new now, but you could die. ”

There are only two reinforcements. Despite winter's warning of the door, Martino does not break his will.

“You're all set! ”

“Then get in quickly. ”

Journalists hurriedly boarded a special vehicle. A bulletproof vehicle with a crane. Even when isolated, it has been specially reinforced to wait for rescue inside. That's a tough toy for Grumble. Tricksters that use an electromagnetic field will come in with a padlock.

There were six humvees that were moving because of the large number of vehicles compared to the large one. Basically owns a fire extinguisher A water supply vehicle followed by Winter's instructions. A helicopter flew ahead of the fleet into thin smoke. There was a large, rounded observation unit on the rotating wing.

“Misty, can you see anything? ”

[Misty in prison. Estimated heat sources of variants are unknown.]

However, activated sensory correction is stimulating the neck as the distance is approaching. A subtle robbery. You almost missed it if you weren't careful.

‘Isn't it big? ’

It is unlikely that it will be a full attack since it is not yet operational.

Half the 2nd Platoon joined the movement route. Half are left to defend the Node.

We couldn't directly observe the point of fire even if we were close to the valley. The terrain seemed to be in a depression. Once bombed, the forest was pierced like the head of a dermatologist.

The procession stops. There's no way in. A faint bullet wraps around the nose of the winter when you get out of the car. Winter ordered me to gaze away at the quiet, seedy forest.

“Armed with grenade launchers, 20 overwhelming shots from 10: 00 to 11: 00. ”

Copy. After the answer returns from half the Humvee, a tremendous amount of firepower erupts. Boom, boom, boom! A rain of high-speed grenades, with more than one foot of grenade, tears through the forest silence. The spread of debris was a landscape filled with brittle branches, early summer foliage, and muddy blotches.

After the shooting ends, the silence will awkwardly fill the void of the storm.

‘... is it gone? ’

Winter unconsciously stuttered its neck. I no longer feel a proactive sensory correction.

Was it too much to worry about? How could it just disappear like this...? Winter, even though you may not know it. There may be a low probability but a variant that specializes in ambush. The kind that expertly disables sensory correction.

“We're going on foot. Lieutenant Jin, assign a squad to the rear. ”

“I understand.”

Jinsuk immediately waved his hand. I couldn't get into the vehicle because it was full of obstacles.

There were two of them, but they were close to each other. The troops led by winter soon reached the point of thinning smoke. Strangely, I smelled grilled meat somewhere.

“What is that smell.... ”

A soldier carrying a fire extinguisher is confused. There's no animal carcasses.

Wide fires easily extinguished. Across the two places, winter searched for traces of black soil with Chase. The enhanced senses clearly distinguished the burnt texture of grass and shrubs from the burnt texture of proteins. After chasing a faint odor, winter kneels down and draws the Great Sword.

“Did you find something? ”

I'm serious about it. It doesn't feel right.

It was a small piece of bone that came from the tip of the great sword that pierced the ashes. The picture of ripe flesh hanging here. The thin skin that was dragged out for a long time did not appear to be subcutaneous tissue either. Oil flows down the middle of the medium-ripe. It was even more annoying because it smelled so spicy.

“Are you part of a variant? ”

“Maybe.”

I could find more similar ones nearby. Some appear to be part of a small skull. Seems to have exploded in a widespread range. For example, a strong thrown infant variant.... Did a flammable baby appear instead of acidic?

Winter, when the trail was scraped, put it in a plastic bag containing the corpse. It was just a handful, but there was nothing else to pack.

He couldn't keep up, but Martino wanted a close-up.

“Is this a new strain? Could it be a wild animal? ”

“I'll make my decision in Marigold...... but are there any animals like this? ”

“Well, if I force it, maybe the squirrel will be close.... ”

“ ……. ”

The journalist would have said something, but winter frowned slightly. The little biobombs are kind of unfamiliar to winter. I don't even know how reinforced species turn out.

“Don't you regret coming all this way? ”

The way back, winter burns Martino to the rest of the Humvee. The reporter asked as if it was funny.

“This is an opportunity to monopolize your story. It can't be. ”

“That's a great profession. Even with that experience. ”

The reporter laughs again.

“It's embarrassing to talk in front of the soldiers, but some of the war reporters find it hard to fit into their normal lives. After experiencing a frightening madness, after a while, they somehow return to a dangerous place. ”

“ ……. ”

“And I don't feel like I'm going to die with you. So it was even more competitive. ”

“Competition? You didn't set up your post up there? ”

“I don't make that choice for you. It's our own poker game. ”

“…… Poker? ”

“It's a once-in-a-lifetime specialty. It was literally a gamble. ”

You should have seen the look on those losers' faces. There was no strange shade on Martino's face when he laughed.

Artwork Reviews

# Biobomb

The statement that tiny biobombs are a strange kind means we've never seen a reinforcement species before.

# Q&A

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I'm embarrassed and ashamed that he said he was going to study. All right, boys.