The Wisteria Mercenary Corps was devastated by the trap of General Jeriah of the Kingdom of Rhodelia.
Thirty-three survivors, thirty-six mercenaries who did not take part in the operation, and forty-eight apprentices and non-combatants have been reduced to one hundred and twenty-seven.
The number is half of what it was a few days ago, and besides, it's a crooked configuration with more than a third of the non-combatants.
Considering the time it takes to rebuild and the hardships that await us in the future, there is nothing we can do to hold our heads.
But what the mercenaries had all over them was not a feeling of tragedy, but a pure rage that they could not hide.
A mercenary of a dead companion was a partner to someone, a benefactor to someone, a lover to someone, and a parent to someone.
If it were to force a dreadful end, it would be impossible to remain plain.
Jeriah said.
This is a pet laboratory.
The experiment was used as a tool, and many mercenaries scattered their lives.
Crushed, melted, eaten alive...
When I think of my companions who were not even allowed to die humanely, I can't help but be angry.
The Wisteria Mercenary Group now had a single butterfly named Jeria as their target.
The Wisteria Mercenaries begin to step off the road, rounding up their unfavorable black and distorted thoughts.
In the meantime, there were people who carried heavy air in a slightly different way from their peers around them.
"Hey, Aldis..."
Hershel sat beside Aldis, sitting at a distance from the other mercenaries, sitting down on the rocks, and opened his mouth after a long silence.
"That facility..."
Aldis turned his face to the side and exchanged gazes with Lucille.
After silently agreeing to Lucille, Aldis turned away and turned his face to face again.
I knew it, right?
I knew what Rouchell was going to say.
That building was being burned down hard inside Aldis' brains.
The place where I regained consciousness and was treated as an experimental animal.
The place where Aldis and Luchel were once captured and the place where the battle took place were too similar.
Colors and shapes of buildings, internal structures, strange props of unknown use in each room, and researchers dressed in white.
Not in the same place. But it was obviously the same building and its contents.
That means that the buildings of the Ardis and the battlegrounds of the battle were built for the same purpose.
Rouchell's hand extended to Aldis.
The hand holding the sleeve of the clothes was slightly trembling.
Unlike Aldis, Luchel had no memory of being treated as an experiment.
Aldis took them out before that.
However, after this battle, it seems that I finally understood what kind of facility I was captured in.
I was shown how it would have been if I hadn't escaped with Aldis.
It would be natural to feel terrified.
"Lou..."
Aldis greeted Rouchell in his arms.
The trembling body was wrapped in two hands and slowly hugged.
At that time, Aldis also had the option of abandoning Rouchell.
Without knowing everything, for Aldis, Rouchell was more likely to be united.
But now Aldis is relieved to have saved this warmth from that place.
It is an abominable number of memories that are reminiscent at the same time, while giving thanks to oneself from the past.
He was murdered many times in his thin memories.
He was tormented and administered an unfamiliar drug, and a surgery was performed that did not understand the meaning.
The source of the culprit who transformed himself into something other than a human being.
The dimpling that I had forgotten so far came to my mind.
Most of the monsters we fought this time had a human-like shape.
It is even possible that the monster was the end of ourselves captured in that building.
"If I hadn't chosen to escape that building soon after I regained consciousness..."
Thinking of it, Aldis's back was covered in cold sweat.
To shake that idea off, Aldis hugged the warmth in his arms.
"Hey, Aldis."
What?
After a while, Lou Shell, who had shown calmness, looked up at Aldis from within her arms and asked.
"That research facility... I wonder if there are still any children in captivity?"
The question clouded Aldis' complexion.
I was able to rescue the two children during this escape.
In the end, however, the Aldis fled by losing, rather than taking control of the facility.
In other words, there are still places in the facility that we haven't been able to confirm.
It was no surprise that there were other children trapped just like those two.
"If that's the case......, we have to go to the rescue soon.If you don't..... "
Aldis accurately read Luchel's suspended words.
"I'm going to sneak in that facility and take the captive child out..."
Yeah.
On Aldis's side, it's the same as Rouchell's, but on the other hand, as a mercenary, he complains that the sober part is no good now.
"I know, but I can't do it right now.They should be on the alert, too. "
The research facility that has just been raided will certainly be heavily guarded.
Security will be tight until the destroyed facility is repaired and normalcy is restored.
No matter how much you try to sneak in, it's just too dangerous to get into such a place.
Some people think it's a good opportunity now that the opponent is confused, but we don't even know how many children are in captivity.
It's fine if you're alone or with two people. But the more people there are, the harder it will be for them to escape secretly.
We need to investigate closely beforehand, and it would be preferable if the situation were to calm down a little.
"Let's talk to Grace and the others."Worst case scenario, the two of us sneak in and rescue the kids.That's why now..... "
"Yeah... I'm sorry"
I couldn't afford the Wisteria Mercenaries anyway.
It was highly unlikely that Grace and the others would be able to help us.
But even so, Aldis can't cut off the children he's holding in the research facility as other personnel.
A hand of salvation that could not be offered to the self on the Day of Judgment.
Ardis was beginning to think that if he could offer it to someone he didn't know, and if he could save it, he would find some meaning in his life.
Then the time of the two moons passed.
Hatred and anger towards Jerry must be earned in order to survive.
The Wisteria Mercenary Corps is trying to regroup as a mercenary group while taking the opportunity to retaliate.
Although the number of people had decreased significantly, elites such as Grace, Viktor, Joan, Derwat, and Lexie were still alive.
I can't put in a large amount of force, but I can maintain a certain presence by sending a small number of elites to the battlefield.
On the other hand, the lack of head counts was difficult, and the burden on each person was very large.
Aldis was no exception.
It's only natural to fight on the battlefield. Now that many ancient participants have died, they have been pushed to the core of the Mercenary Corps, and the role of teaching apprenticeship children has also been pressed.
In addition, time was taken to gather information and prepare in advance to rescue the children from the research facility, and they were kept busy every day.
"Brother Al! Look, look, look!"
I hear Aldis cheerfully.
At first glance, a girl with the same coloured eyes as Aldis was showing off a small fireball in her palm.
Can you use the fireball now?
Aldis rolls up his eyes with interest and surprise.
The girl's name was Reina.
One of the children that Aldis and Rouchell rescued from that research facility in the last battle.
"Onee-chan, you're so sloppy! Look, I can now do fireballs, too, brother Al."
This time, the shorter boy showed Aldis a small fireball as he lost.
It was my brother Kyou who was rescued at the same time as Reina.
Initially, they were just crying, but as a result of being protected by the Wisteria Mercenary Group, their expressions gradually brightened up, and now, two months later, they are looking full of energy.
I especially miss Aldis and Rouchell.
Aldis was called Aldi's brother, and Luchel was called Lou's sister. She felt that her actions at that time were not wrong.
Isn't Sister Lu here today?
Um, I'm just going out to check something out.
Aldis replied ambiguously to Kyou's inquiry.
Two months after that defeat.
Aldis and Luchel were gathering intel on the research facility and preparing to sneak into it and rescue the children.
I got a lot of information by turning my hand through a merchant, and after acquiring one of the researchers, I was finally ready to infiltrate.
Rouchell went to the facility alone to scout for the final confirmation.
"Are you going back at night? I promise you'll teach me how to cook."
"Hey, is Reina studying cooking?"You're a hard worker, aren't you? "
"Huh? Really?... ehehe"
Reina laughed as she stroked her head with her sword-filled hands.
Ah, me too! Me too!
With a childish plea, Aldis loosens his cheeks and strokes Kyou's head with his other hand.
Their foreheads are shaken and their foreheads are revealed.
There was a little red jewel embedded in the forehead.
Aldis remembered that the forehead of the monster he was fighting in the research facility had the same stone, and his chest was burned in the end.