Chapter 11 (2/2)

He somehow killed one, but the remaining Mad Dog’s actions became careful. Could it be because its companion met its death? . He did not approach it without thought.

Pewpew

The Mad Dog followed the movement of his red fire.

The bullets’ speed surpassed the speed of sound. With the Level 2 mutant’s eyesight, they might not have been able to see the bullets coming, but they could anticipate their direction.

Papat!

The Mad Dog hid behind a wall he had knocked over while jumping to avoid the bullets. The bullets could not penetrate the wall and bounced off.

Snap!

“Ow!”

He swore automatically. He was out of bullets. He had brought 1000, but he had used half on the two Mad Dogs. And he had not even been able to kill both.

Seurung!

Cha Jun Sung took his sword. He was in a dangerous situation, but he did not feel threatened.

It was his 30th Level E mission. Though he had never suffered any fatal wounds, he had sustained comparable injuries. Even if his arms and legs got cut off, all he had to do was complete the mission.

Keurung!

The Mad Dog crept out when Cha Jun Sung held his sword. It knew. It was fully aware of what was and was not a threat to it.

“Come on! I’ll slice you up!”

Tatat!

Cha Jun Sung provoked the Mad Dog and made the first attack. Instead of swinging the sword, he jabbed with it as in fencing because it was easier to recover.

Shwish shwish!

Kwatuk!

The Mad Dog had dodged off to the side to find an opportunity to attack, and took the sword with its teeth. It shook the sword vigorously to try and get rid of Cha Jun Sung.

“I knew you would bite it.”

He had anticipated that it would try to incapacitate his sword, the only weapon he had after the red fire. He had not let it bite his sword on purpose, but he had waited for this moment.

Swish.

The last grenade fell near the Mad Dog’s rear.

“Blow up.”

Kwang!

The Mad Dog could not avoid it and received the grenade’s blast on his rear.

Right before it exploded, Cha Jun Sung threw the sword and jumped. There was only a small timing window and the distance was too short to avoid the blast, so he was hit.

Kwajijijik!

Fragments of the grenade penetrated his plastic armor and ripped his impact tights. His protective helmet and glasses shattered as well.

“Ugh….. I won’t be able to save even a fourth of this.”

Cha Jun Sung laid down and complained. If he combined this mission’s reward with the mutants he had caught, he had earned around 6000 points.

If he thought about the equipment he would have to dispose of and the expendables he used, he had not earned as much as he had suffered.

“I can’t lower my expectations….. I’ll have to start party play soon.”

500 points was enough for manual labor. But missions under Level 2 were not fun because they were just an average massacre.

Even while he was playing the tutorial, he had directed himself to the safe play. Once he made up his mind however, he could not hold back.

He needed to hurry up and gather points to pay for body modification procedures and Level D equipment. If he worked in a party, he might gain fewer points than if he were acting alone, but there was also less waste.

In addition, his exhaustion would be distributed to different members of the party.

“I’ll go back, receive treatment, and prepare for a 3000 point mission.”

There was really no reason for him to go back to the briefing room unless it was to use the healing capsule. Body modification. Once synthesis becomes possible, he would visit it often.

He returned home once the mission was complete. This was when he needed to start being on guard the most. Mutants were mutants, but the party needed to be composed of people he could fully trust.

Life Mission was a place where one could gain anything but it was also a space free from others and from conventional rules. He would need to watch his back at every moment.