Chapter 189 - Group 13 (1) (1/2)
Auron went inside the forest between the second and the last checkpoint. He went deep inside the forest. Near him, several other soldiers went in the same direction as him. However, they didn't make any conversation with each other.
Before coming here, Auron looked at his device, and the number thirteen was shown on its screen, indicating he belonged to group thirteen. Then, he waited as the personnel division's staff began to mention the way to reach each of the group meeting point.
The staff gave the other group a specific place like the armory, the canteen, etc. However, when it comes to Auron's group, the staff didn't provide a particular area. Instead, she gave them a direction to reach somewhere.
Based on the direction given by the personnel division's staff, they need to went outside of the military's entrance. After that, they need to go to the right immediately and kept walking until they met a dead end. And, here they were walking through inside the forest.
Five minutes passed since the first time they entered the forest. They kept on going deep. Until a minute later, they arrived near a ravine. The ravine was bottomless, and it was so steep. From above, you could not look at the bottom of the abyss.
Beside the ravine, there already waiting Lieutenant Kajo and ten other people behind him. Looking at them, Auron was confused. So was the other. It was not because of the ten people behind Lieutenant Kajo, but it was because Lieutenant Kajo itself.
”I know you were shocked to see me here.” Lieutenant Kajo started.
”Unfortunately, your assigned sergeant felt sick and could not make it for this operation. So, I made my initiative to replace him and took his place. Yes, I will become your group's leader as well as this operation's leader.”
”Behind me were ten colonels who will be going to be your squad's leader. Based on the information I received from the personnel division's staff, there are 600 of you here.”
”I will divide you into several private squads consist of 10 people within each group. Then, each colonel will lead six private squads.”
”Before you know which group you belonged to, I will explain several things about his operation. First, as I mentioned before, there were 13 demonic sticks, and you will have the responsibility to destroy one of them.”
”Each of that demonic sticks already summoned a demonic monster whom we don't know how strong they are. And, based on the intelligence we gathered, if we don't destroy that stick within ten days, each of that demonic sticks will rerelease another demonic monster.”
”We cannot let that happen. So, now you know the importance of this operation. We cannot fail or else a catastrophe will loom over Gaia, and it will not only affect us but your family as well.”