56 Team Whiskey 5 (2/2)

Silence used all his powers to blink in succession. He shot his gun while blinking closer.

He instantly appeared in the gap between the Elu mage and warriors. Instead of reloading his magazine, he unsheathed his twin sword. He mercilessly slayed the warriors who tried to get in his way.

Squeeze!

Han stuck the ampule into the Elu mage's neck and injected its contents. The mage sensed danger, and attempted to teleport. Han was stuck on its body, increasing the difficulty of using this skill. The Elu warriors attempted to pull Han off the Elu mage's body, but Silence continued to obstruct their path.

Plap!

The Elu mage's body shook and slumped down onto the floor. An Elu warrior slumped onto the floor. Without the Elu mage's support, the warriors couldn't hold a candle against Squad Whiskey. Simon and Silence took care of the remaining warriors with their guns.

'Did we stop it?'

Han crawled on the floor and looked down into the dimensional crack. The dragon fear had disappeared. Han threw up everything he had been suppressing.

The remaining squad members could see Han's terrible state of pain. Han didn't easily show weaknesses to others.

This kind of person, looked to be in a state of pure pain. It was definite that he had faced against something rough inside the dimensional crack.

”It's not over yet. We must hurry to rejoin with Sergeant Red and withdraw from here. Until we return to Ark….”

Silence stopped Han from speaking further, raising his index finger to his mouth. He nodded.

-You did well. Let's return. Rookie.

Silence lent Han his shoulder.

Squad Whisky quietly returned. It was to remain top secret that they had captured the enemy forces alive. Sergeant Red wrote a report based on Han's statement.

This was mainly because Han had been in charge of commanding the latter half of their military operation. Sergeant Red was sitting down typing the report with his usual expression. The only thing that changed was that the leg connected to his right knee was gone.

”Don't stare at me like a dog that wants to pee. All I need is to attach prosthetics to my leg. It's a miracle my four limbs had remained until now. Thanks to you I've become disabled. This is a perfect excuse to retire.”

Sergeant Red spoke with a light heart. He stuck a cigar in his mouth and lit it up. A passing medical staff shook his head in disapproval.

”Thank you. Sergeant.”

Han no longer brought up the topic of his leg nor did he apologize. Sergeant Red didn't wish for an apology neither.

Sergeant Red reviewed the report he had finished drafting. He paid extra careful attention with regards to his report when Han took command of the squad.

”You made a good decision, Han. It was the right decision to continue forward with the military operation. If you had hesitated or decided to pull out, I would have cried that I sacrificed my left leg for you. Anyhow, are you certain that you felt dragon fear from within the dimensional crack?

”It was a different kind of fear I had never experienced before. The only logical reason I would experience such fear in that situation is dragon fear. After the Elu mage was incapacitated, the fearful energy coming from the dimensional crack disappeared.”

”We'll know the exact details after thoroughly interrogating the mage.”

Sergeant Red deeply inhaled his cigar and blew it out his mouth. The Elu mage was taken down into Ark's basement.

”Is it possible to interrogate a being from another world?”

”There is a telepathic psyker in Ark. He is the only person with such skill in this world.”

There are 52 unique psyker skills. Half of them were unique skills that belonged to only a single person. One person would often manifest a skill that matched their character. Some had unique skills such as fire, body strengthening, or other common skills. There were also very rare unique skills such as distant future foresight and telepathy. The blink skill belonged to the same rareness category as immediate foresight users.

Click.

Silence entered the hospital room. Silence saw Han and Sergeant Red talking and was going to leave, but Sergeant Red waved his hand for Silence to come in.

”We're done here. Come in, Silence.”

Silence came in wearing his skull mask instead of his battle helmet. He exchanged words with his usual electronic note.

-Are you feeling better?

Silence looked to Han with this note.

”I was going to go on a diet, but thanks to somebody here my body has gotten significantly lighter so there is no more need for it.”

Sergeant Red roared laughing. Silence carefully wrote out his next message.

Sergeant Red was patient and waited for Silence's next message.

'It could be that Sergeant Red is one of the few people Silence converses with.'

If one were to disregard Sergeant Red's outward appearance, he was quite a considerate person. Han thought it could be because Sergeant Red was very similar to himself.

”You can leave now. You precocious child, and fake ninja. Now I will meditate upon my lost leg while remembering past memories of my leg.”

Sergeant Red said chasing the two out. Han and Silence left the hospital room and walked together. Silence was the first the break the silence with his electronic note.

-I'm sorry I hit you. I thought the matter over carefully. If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't have been able to stop myself either.

Silence only found out later on that the people skewered and offered as sacrifices were past members of the Squad 13.

”No, your words were correct. I had caused a dangerous situation.”

-You overcame it. I understand why Sergeant Red expects great things from you.

”Sergeant Red can't differentiate between the things he likes and hates. He treats everyone the same. He bullies the people he hates, and he bullies the people he likes as well.”

Silence's shoulder shook. It seems he was laughing. Lots of time was required to converse with Silence. They only exchanged a few words and they already reached the fork in the road which directed them to the third year and second year dorms.

-It seems we won't meet for awhile longer. Do your best to transfer up into third year.

Han lightly waved his hand and returned to the 13th squad's dorm rooms.