Became an Academy Spearman - Chapter 771
771. [Western Front] – Red and Silver Wings (47)
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A big blue light blows in the first fortress.
And it was different from the previous blues. There were always officers and soldiers who died in the line of duty, and although all of them were sad deaths, the situation at the front was not conducive to mourning them.
Monsters and apostles poured in endlessly, and other officers and soldiers were always in a situation where they had to carry out missions… … .
However, regarding the officer who died in the line of duty this time, the impact was significant.
-Lieutenant Ruel of Eunik.
He was a very outstanding officer, and his character was always upright, so he was highly regarded not only by the officers and soldiers of his Eunik platoon but also by other units.
He did not return from this mission.
Even his body could not be properly recovered, and only the Eunik symbol on his officer’s uniform could be recovered.
The death of a very outstanding officer coincided with the yellow alert. That was enough to further calm the already heavy atmosphere of the first fortress.
And at the same time, the danger of ‘mutant apostles’ emerged. An unprecedented uneasy wind was once again swirling around the first fortress.
… … .
Again. Again.
Her unique red hair sways along with her restrained steps.
The woman’s cold, frozen face beneath the black officer’s hat was extremely impressive. She has a beauty that catches anyone’s attention, but her eyes are more determined than ever.
Leria was in charge of the enemy wing. she was she
“… … .”
“… … .”
The other people walking with her were all in red wings, and each had a red wing symbol drawn on their shoulders.
Serene silence.
Even though so many people walked together, no one opened their mouth. And when they finally entered the same space, Leria took a quick deep breath and raised her hand.
ㅡMemorial hall.
It was the name of the space she was about to knock on.
dripping.
Soon after the cold knocking sound, the door to the memorial hall opened.
Soon, the space of the memorial hall with even heavier silence was revealed. There were numerous officers inside, and there were countless people there who were familiar with her gaze.
“welcome. “Lieutenant Leria.”
As the officer who opened the door spoke cautiously, Leria opened her mouth lightly and heavily.
“… … okay.”
As she entered, she took a look at the interior.
There were numerous officers, and among them, Leria cautiously walked toward the officer who stood out the most. And the eyes of the officers inside her memorial hall were drawn to the sight of her enemy platoon following her steps.
“Effective… … .”
“Hmm.”
Even though a strange conversation took place and a lot of attention was focused, Leria’s eyes did not waver even once.
And finally she reached it.
In front of an officer who was even more determined in the heavy memorial hall.
“… … “Is it Leria?”
“yes. “Captain Ben Gale.”
When Leria called him honorably, the silver-haired man called Ben Gale burst into empty laughter.
“It is done. Such a class… … From the memorial hall… … “Because I don’t want to be treated like that by you.”
Between his unique pure white silver hair, Ben Gale’s sharp eyes no longer shined brightly. Even though he knew that Leria was now by his side, he was endlessly looking at the silver pattern placed on one side of the memorial hall.
“… … .”
And the number symbolizing Ruel was engraved in the pattern of the silver wing.
Leria also knew that, so she didn’t say anything even though she didn’t see her. Instead she listened carefully as she stood next to him.
“I just find this unfortunate.”
“I see… … .”
As Ben Gale answered blankly, Leria nodded solemnly.
“No matter how bad the platoon’s relationship is, I don’t want to show my personal feelings when it comes to deaths in the line of duty.”
“That too. That’s right, Leria. “Because you’ve been like that for a long time.”
Leria no longer responded to Ben Gale’s weak voice.
Sreuk.
Just pick up a lily nearby… … Just adding one lily to the space where countless lilies are placed. Leria looked at the silver pattern on Ruel for a moment, then turned her gaze to the surroundings.
Since Ben Gale, who leads Eunik, looked like this, she naturally guessed what the other platoon members looked like.
“… … .”
And when Leria looked at them, her eyes became even colder.
The faces of several members of Eunik’s platoon guarding nearby were all filled with great emotion. Even if she was pretending to be Taeyeon on the outside or maintaining her composure, she couldn’t hide the emotions in those eyes.
Despair, sadness, anxiety, helplessness, loss, agony, frustration… … .
Leria let out a slight breath as they felt their emotions for a moment. She suddenly remembered her own enemy in their appearance.
‘It’s the same as back then.’
In the past, when Velenia committed a very big mistake and died. There was no emblem of Velenia in the memorial hall. The moment she fell for the apostle’s trick and pointed her sword at an ally, Velenia was deprived of even the right to be commemorated.
However, the appearance of the platoon members of the enemy wing that I saw then strangely overlapped with the officers of the enemy wing now.
It’s hard, and it’s extremely painful.
Even though it was not their fault, it would have been very difficult for any officer to suffer so much and have to bear the burden of someone who had left.
The death of a colleague was this heavy.
“… … .”
It has never been that light.
Leria, who was thinking, slowly turned around. Just being in this space made her heart too heavy to stay any longer.
Again.
As Leria turned around, the members of the red wing who followed her into the memorial hall placed lilies one by one in front of Ruel’s silver wing pattern and began to turn.
The officers of various units in the memorial hall, as well as the officers of Eun-ik, just looked at him like that.
Sreuk, sreuk.
In this way, one more lily was piled up to commemorate the car.
“… … .”
Ben Gale, who was leading the silver wing, his eyes were blankly focused on the members of the red wing, including Leria.
Leria, Roxanna, Rune, Sabrina, Cristina, Iris, Elfie, McPhill… … .
The car that blankly captured the images of the platoon members in the enemy wing one by one. Before he knew it, his eyes fell on the last person.
ㅡHan Cheon-seong.
A new officer who was assigned to the enemy wing as soon as he was appointed to the Western Front, and is known to be carrying out his duties as an enemy winger.
Sreuk.
As Cheonseong very carefully put down the lily and looked at the silver pattern for a moment, Ben Gale’s eyes fell on its profile.
It was extremely calm. And then, looking into those extremely heavy black eyes, Cheonseong carefully turned around.
Jerk.
When Cheonseong, the last of the enemy forces, put down the lily and turned around, Ben Gale let out a slight breath and looked at their backs.
The back of the enemy forces leaving the memorial hall… … .
***
Again.
Even as I absentmindedly matched my steps to the sound of footsteps, Cheonseong was still in a daze.
‘Eunik… … .’
Along with the enemy wing, it was the highest status platoon among the special platoons that existed in the 1st Fortress on the Western Front. The abilities of each platoon member were comparable to those of the enemy, and the number of strong players who reached level 8 in their characteristics was definitely not small.
But today.
I heard news of an unexpected disaster. That’s why she woke up early in the morning and walked to the memorial hall as a group, and now that she was heading back after finishing the memorial service, her mind seemed to have turned completely white.
The mission performed by Eun-ik is not much different from that of Jeok-ik.
We focus on responding to high-risk apostles, and by executing apostles early, we focus on preventing the seeds of disaster from coming any closer.
“… … .”
“… … .”
As I looked at the platoon members who had all lost their words, I also had nothing to say.
To be honest, I was very shocked.
Even though I had never seen an officer or had even a small connection with him, he was an officer who served on the same front line as me. And because I knew that the mission they were carrying out was the same as ours, I couldn’t lightly pass it off as someone else’s business.
‘Such a disaster… … ‘It wouldn’t be surprising at all if it happened to us.’
And I felt several things about Lieutenant Leria, who was currently in the lead.
‘Belenia.’
The pain that Eun-ik is experiencing now, Jeok-ik also experienced the same.
Immediately, I vaguely felt it in her eyes and cold attitude, as well as in the attitudes of the other platoon members. Everyone is projecting past pain onto Eunik.
So I had no choice but to be more careful.
Because I, who wasn’t there at that time, don’t know the same pain as them. When we returned to the enemy barracks in such a long silence, Lieutenant Leria turned to us and slowly opened her mouth.
“Everyone, please go back to your inner room and rest. “If a mission is assigned, you have to go ahead and do it.”
“yes.”
“Thank you for your effort.”
As we were dispersing with different voices going back and forth, I felt a little frustrated.
And I soon found out why that was.
‘I am… … .’
Perhaps I had forgotten this atmosphere of death at some point. From the first day I arrived at Jeokik, everyone treated me so well that I was focused on just adapting.
And even though I went on several missions, I never felt anything like crisis or death.
Because the interests of acting together are too strong. There was no sense of crisis. But that wasn’t the reality.
It was not strange if someone died due to an accident at any time.
Tuk.
“… … ah.”
Then, I was awakened from my thoughts by a hand tapping my shoulder. When he turned his head in a daze, he saw Ensign Sabrina.
“Should you rest now?”
“no. it’s okay.”
“Then that’s good. “Let’s talk in the hall for a while. I feel really uncomfortable, and I feel like if I go into the room alone, I’ll just feel distraught.”
I nodded absentmindedly at the voice of Ensign Sabrina, who smiled awkwardly.
“yes. “Of course.”
“Then I want to join the conversation.”
Then, when Lieutenant Rune spoke, I was a bit surprised.
“… … “Something like that.”
As I headed alone, I inadvertently looked at the two people’s faces again. They were pretty and beautiful, but more than that, they were very good people to me.
And that’s why the memorial service this morning didn’t really resonate with me.
‘I could die… … .’
Considering that Eunik’s power was comparable to ours, it wouldn’t have been surprising if the accident that happened today had happened to us.
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But I was still a little dazed.
‘Just in case.’
Even though it was just an assumption, it was terrible.
This was how I felt, even though I was just getting used to the front line and starting to feel close to them. The thought of them dying seemed so terrible.
Suddenly.
“Han Tiansheng. “Don’t think too deeply.”
“Ensign Sabrina… … .”
“I know what you’re thinking. “We all know this, so don’t think any deeper.”
I woke up to the power of her voice.
“Yes, youngest. Although we definitely need to commemorate it. however… … Don’t think too deeply about it though. Because we have a job to do.”