45 Dimensional Crack 2 (1/2)

The Northern Korean peninsula was in ruins. The northern territories of Korea were now beyond repair.  At the moment, the major cities of South Korea have yet to be fully repaired. North Korea had been cast aside and thrown away.

”Wake up your sleeping peers. We will arrive in Sinuiju soon.”

The drill instructor said. Han stood up and commanded his squad. Everyone woke the person sitting next to them.

”The sky… is purple.”

The squad members looking toward Sinuiju said. The dimensional crack had painted the sky of the area into a violet hue. A bleak, dreary feeling arose.

”The colour of the sky will change depending on the colour the dimensional crack changes into. The light the dimensional crack leaks will shine all  colours of the rainbow in an irregular pattern. At the moment, it seems the violet hues are the strongest.”

The drill instructor explained. He ordered the pilot to fly a bit closer to the dimensional crack.

”So it really does shine the colours of the rainbow.”

Han mumbled. He had only seen the dimensional crack from photos and video clips. It leaked vibrant colours of the rainbow. The light leaked into the deep canyon crevasses of the land.

This naturally occurring phenomenon of the territory could not be explained through science. The thing itself was incomprehensible. How had the dimensional gate connected to this place, why do the dragons attack, nobody knew even a sliver of the truth. Humanity fought simply for the sake of survival.

Thump, thump.

His heart thumped. The squad members each experienced strange sensations from the crack. Han felt a quiet agitation. It was as if he was submerged in water and he could only hear the sound of his heart beating. Han shut his eyes tight.

Kuuuuooo!

He seemed to hear something, but he guessed that these were only hallucinations. He could see a sort of figure inside the darkness. A dragon was tearing through the crack trying to get its jaw through it.

Once the dragon tore through the gate, the gate fully reformed to its original state. This was only a hallucination, but his legs shook with terror.

He felt an icy chill cover his whole body. Han strongly wished to pull himself out from this dread and opened his eyes. It seems Han was not the only one to have seen this hallucination. The other youths all opened their eyes one by one. Everyone was drenched in cold sweat.

”Did you guys see that as well?”

Everyone nodded. Kuro struggled to breathe like he was in incredible pain.

”Danger. Something big…..”

Psychic energy flowed from Kuro's eyes. Han's eyes grew wide the moment he saw psychic energy flow from Kuro's eyes. The tips of Han's fingers shook violently in terror. He screamed at the drill instructor.

”We must immediately turn the airplane around! We have to return to the Ark…..”

BOOOOM!

A transfer plane just ahead of them blew up. The fourth plane that carried Squad 10 was bulleting down the ground while burning.

PEEW!

A blue stream of light shot out from the ground. The stream of light beamed through the wings of Squad 13's plane.

The pilot shouted something. The drill instructor immediately understood the gravity of the situation and threw the parachutes toward the youths.

”This is not a drill. Squad leader Han, you understand?”

Han's eyes looked empty. He had just witnessed all of squad 10 fall to their death. Squad 10 had not enough time to even let out a scream.

Static, something that had broken in his mind suddenly connected once again. Han barely managed to take hold of himself.

He was capable of fast mental recovery during urgent situations. This was Han's greatest strength that the drill instructors had unanimously agreed upon.

”Understood, drill instructor sir.”

Han said once his eyes became alert.

”This airplane will soon crash. We will jump out of the plane. I do not know what is awaiting us below. Join forces with a drill instructor you can find below, until then follow the manual to survive until backup forces arrive. The goal of today will be survival and returning to Ark. Move out.”

The squad members equipped their parachutes as they were trained. The students who could not snap themselves from the hallucinations received aid from their fellow students.

”This is Airplane 7, we have received an attack from an unknown source. Requesting for help, I repeat….”

The pilots said something among the chaos. The drill instructor opened the back hatch of the airplane.