As a special forces unit formed during the Vietnam War, the MACV-SOG is a key member of the ranks of other U.S. special forces as well as elite soldiers.

Prior to coming to SOG, Mason served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was part of the infamous "Marine."

In those days, the U.S. Marine Corps was known for its ultra-low pay and highest mortality rate. In the eyes of other branches of the military, joining the Marine Corps is tantamount to wandering on the edge of hell.

At that time, the battalion commander in charge of his infantry battalion was a guy surnamed Lecter, and since it was a long time ago, Mason could no longer remember the name of the battalion commander.

Lecter was not tall and looked a little thin compared to the soldiers under him. Unlike the other commanders, this gray-haired man always had a kind smile on his face, and he couldn't tell that he was a soldier if he wasn't wearing a military uniform.

As a recruit who joined later, Mason had never understood why a person like Lecter could get into the position of commander, and even wondered if Lecter had anything to do with the commander.

Strangely, the veterans all seemed to be in awe of Lecter, even to the point of nearing fear. And the new recruits, who were very contemptuous of the commander behind their backs, came to the same conclusion:

- Lecter is a sissy.

This view persisted for a long time, until Lecter led a Marine Force Search Team on a special mission to Alaska.

At that time, Soviet special forces infiltrated Alaska, and after getting the news, in order to stop the infiltration of the Soviets, the command sent an armed search team led by Lecter to search for traces of Soviet soldiers.

Ten minutes after arriving at its destination, communication between the Force Search Team and Command was interrupted.

Subsequently, the soldiers in the US military base 50 kilometers away took a helicopter to the location where the signal disappeared and began to search, and they did not search for too long before they saw an incredible scene:

A coniferous forest, originally covered with snow, has been transformed into the most brutal battlefield.

More than a dozen cedar trees, standing in the ice and snow, were blown off by bullets and their trunks fell, and the corpses of American and Soviet soldiers were crushed underneath. Stumps and severed arms littered the clearing, littered with the burns of gunpowder, the remains of soldiers' bodies, and twisted fragments of weapons.

- The armed search team and the Soviet special forces met in this forest, and then died together in a raging firefight!

The soldiers covered their noses and walked through the bloody clearing, their anti-freeze boots on the frozen blood, and among the broken corpses everywhere, they searched for the location of the leader of the squad, Lecter.

"Did you find him?" The voice of the commander of the command resounded from the bulky radio.

"Sir, not yet." The radio soldier immediately spoke: "But with the situation here, the chances of Chief Lector surviving are extremely low. ”

"Whether he's dead or alive, find him out." An order was sent from the command.

After receiving orders from their superiors, the soldiers continued to search for Lecter's traces in the killing fields. After digging through the pile of corpses on the ground, he finally found a relatively complete body.

"Is that him?" A soldier approaching from the side asked.

"I don't know, I can't see clearly......" The soldier crouching next to the corpse, grabbed his stiff shoulder, turned the corpse over, and looked at the other person's face.

The face had turned pale from prolonged exposure to temperatures of minus twenty degrees, a thin layer of hoarfrost had formed around the mouth, and a bullet hole hung from the cheek, but it did not bleed, as if it had been frozen under the hypothermia.

There was no doubt that the guy must have died, and the soldiers took Lecter's photograph and compared it with the face of the corpse, and immediately realized that it was Lecter himself.

After confirming the identity of the corpse, the soldier who was still crouching next to the corpse said loudly:

"Inform Command that Lecter has ......"

Before he could finish his words, there was a sudden bone-chilling coldness in his wrist. A large, unusually cold hand grabbed his right wrist.

"Ahh

The soldier, who had been through a lot of fighting, let out a scream, and his right hand twitched hard, trying to shake off the hand that was sticking out from below, but in vain.

Several soldiers who were standing beside him were so frightened that they retreated again and again, raising their guns and aiming at the positions of their comrades.

Under the stunned gaze of everyone, the "corpse", which had already stiffened and had been shot in the cheek, slowly sat up, opened its snowflake-stained eyes, and curled the corners of its mouth...... A smile on his face.

"Don't worry, I'm not dead yet."

A hoarse and kind voice burst out from the chest cavity of the "corpse", which made the soldiers present shiver, and felt the cold wind passing around them seem to become even colder.

"Sir...... You...... You okay? The soldier who was holding his wrist asked with concern, still trying to break free of Lecter's cold right hand.

"I'm fine, hahahaha!"

Lecter burst out laughing, stood up and patted the snowflakes on his body, moved his frozen fingers for a moment, then opened his mouth and shoved two fingers into his mouth, taking out the bullet stuck on the outside of his teeth.

"The weather is good, so there is no need to stop the bleeding, and it has its own analgesic effect." Lecter said with a smile, reaching out and touching the bullet hole in his face.

"Yes, yes......" The soldiers next to him stammered, and subconsciously took a few steps back.

Although the person they were looking for was still alive, there was no joy in the hearts of these soldiers, only complete fear creeping through their consciousness.

- All his comrades were torn to shreds, and they themselves were seriously wounded. The guy who can still laugh in this situation is really still human?

“……”

After listening to Mason's narration, Bowman, who had been silent beside him, suddenly spoke: "I seem to have heard of this person, the 'smiling Lecter' of the Marine Corps, his deeds were quite famous back then, and even spread to us. ”

"And this kind of demon?" Lin Chi raised his eyebrows.

If the enemy on the opposite side is really this Lecter, the next battle will probably be even more troublesome. According to Mason, Lecter has gone beyond the realm of humanity and has become a pure beast of war.

Compared with normal soldiers, it is more difficult to deal with this kind of mentally abnormal monster, and it is conceivable that if he is targeted by Lecter, he may experience another bloody storm on his side.

"Is there still such a madman in the Marine Corps? I haven't been there. Woods said in a hoarse voice, turning his head to look at the smoking wreckage of the car behind him.

In order to avoid another exchange of fire with the troops, they immediately withdrew from the suburbs and began to march towards the abandoned city of Kayaland.