Chapter 178: Veteran from The Great War of Dwight City (1/2)
While they are getting escorted by the military to Lightless Mash, the place is barren with nothing more than rocks and cracked lands.
There are a couple of huge rocks that stand like mountains and also abandoned buildings amidst the nothingness of the barren land.
Rex looks to his surrounding before he sighs,
The barren land was once a metropolitan city that filled with people,
All of them are minding their own lives as they struggle in society, the mental health of these people is rock bottom but turns out they should be grateful for their condition.
The first time when the Supernatural emerges, this barren land was where the nightmare start.
Supernatural that measure from all sizes emerge from the ground, sea, and even some fall from the sky like a meteor.
At first, the Supernatural was shocked when they saw so many humans around them.
Some even started to run away from the places when they saw humans,
But then one Supernatural unconsciously smack a human and killed that human instantly, and right after that the Supernatural turns into fierce animals.
They instantly turns the city into a brutal brawl, chaos engulfed the city.
Citizens from young to old can be seen running around the places, they are running for their lives as the Supernatural went berserk.
The Supernatural pent-up anger that is held within them burst upon seeing humans.
Nothing was left, not even a single soul was left after the military takes back the city after a grand fight against these Supernatural.
And from there, all went downhill.
'I can't believe the war still hangs around for years', Rex thought with a sigh.
Although he's not from this particular city, it is the first news that got broadcasted on live television that sent the world into chaos.
Until finally, half of the world got taken from humanity.
The journey to the Lightless Mash is a long one, and it will take another day time to arrive at the place if there are no mishaps.
They already went past the border and embark inside the Supernatural Territory.
Rex and Liliya become alert right after they enter the territory.
This place is not a safe zone anymore but rather an enemy zone, so they need to keep their guards up because anything can attack them now.
The military vehicle went past the right side of a scouting post slowly,
Some Supernatural can be seen from afar, but the vehicle thankfully is designed to make as little noise as possible.
Two military men are inside the vehicle with Rex and Liliya.
It is another day in the war for them, and the invisible scar they got from the fighting against Supernatural can be seen through their eyes.
”Thank you”, Rex said shocking the military man beside him.
The military man looks at Rex before he asks, ”I'm sorry?”
”Thank you for fighting against Supernatural for us”, Rex replied clearly.
From the look of the military man in front of Rex, he's probably around 28 or early 30s.
But even though he looks hardened from the outside because of the war, Rex can feel the overwhelming frustration inside him that wanting to burst.
Just after hearing what Rex said, the military man unconsciously shed a tear.
It comes out as a surprise because it's not under his control, but rather his body unable to hold onto the tear that he save for so long.
Realizing that he's crying, he turns his head away and wipes his tear.
Liliya from the side also shows a sympathetic look because she knows that the military man in front of Rex doesn't have a choice, he might even be forced to join the military during the desperate times.
The drive went silent again as the driver look at Rex from the rearview mirror.
He knit his eyes before he asks, ”Are you also from the military?”
”Yes, my name is Rex Silverstar from the Ghoul Den mission in Dwight City”, Rex answered calmly, his past is not something that he would keep a secret.
Hearing this, the driver widened his eyes in surprise.
”I'm...I'm from the 6th Infantry Battalion under General Shin that was sent to reinforce the Great War of Dwight City”, he said with a shocked look.
He then suddenly shouted, ”THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE SIR!!”, he slightly bows his head.
”No need to thank me, I'm just doing my duty”, Rex said with a smile.
The driver turns out to be one of the infantry in Dwight City,
Rex's last mission during his time in the military is to destroy a Ghoul Den that contributes greatly to the Dwight City war, and he manages to blow them to pieces.
This was the Medal of Honor he got came from,
His and his comrade's deeds greatly reduce the casualties in the war where normal humans dominate humanity's forces, and the driver is one of the people Rex saved.
”No sir! On behalf of the 6th Infantry Battalion, I want to say thank you. My comrades will definitely do the same upon meeting you”, he said with a determined expression.
The reason he's still breathing today and escorting Scavengers is because of Rex.
In his heart, Rex will forever be someone he would look up to.
Rex smiles genuinely and accepts the thanks from the driver, there's no reason for him to decline such a genuine thanks from someone he saved.
But then,
”WATCH OUT!!”, Rex shouted.
SCREECH!
The military vehicle's tire makes a screeching sound before it flipped to the side.
BOOM!!
Rex suddenly saw a big hulking figure charging at them from the side, he can't see the creature clearly but it is certainly big.
The creature hit the vehicle directly and flip it to the side.
”Arghh! Are you okay?”, Rex asks the driver and the military man in front of him.
Although the hit was hard, an Awakened like him and a gifted like Liliya will certainly survive the crash but not the two normal military men.
*COUGH* *COUGH*
The driver coughed out blood as his ribs are broken,
He got hit by the metallic door that caved in after getting hit by the creature, his stomach is stabbed by a sharp metal created from the collision.
The military man on the other hand is okay, he only hit his head because of the impact.