Chapter 13, The First Mission

After half a day of shaking, Karin's team arrived at the front line in a transport vehicle. Li De has gradually adapted to this kind of torture, but Liona has experienced bumps along the way and looks a little pale. pursed his lips and took a sip of the ale wine that Li De secretly handed over, and finally recovered a trace of blood. Since the incident at the bar, Li De and Liona have had a pretty good relationship. The black man Maca looked at the two people in front of him, shook his head, and concentrated on checking the equipment with Philip.

After lunch, Karin immediately anxious the whole team and issued a mission order. This mission was the first mission for Li De and Lionna, and as newcomers, they were extremely nervous.

In the army, various tasks are assigned to designated teams every day. There are reconnaissance areas, there are intelligence deliveries, there are assassinations, etc., which are divided into four grades from D to A according to the difficulty of the program. It is said that there has only been one S-level mission in the history of the Alliance Army in a hundred years, and that is to assassinate the Zerg Empress, and only one person has completed that mission. That person is the legendary god of war, and the S-class mission has also become an admirable existence.

Given that there are two newcomers to Karin's group, the mission given to them by the military department this time is a C-class mission. In Li De's view, TM is a redundant waste task. In this era when interstellar travel is as convenient as eating, is it still necessary to use manual delivery of information?

However, Karin immediately retorted. Every operation has the intention of the military department, and now the situation is complicated, the front line has discovered the reconnaissance plane of the Purdo people, and the intelligence transmitted by the traditional army system makes the military department feel a little unsafe. On the contrary, it is information delivered by hand, because of the vast area of the continent, the chance of being blocked is very small. Taking a step back, important information still cannot be transmitted through simple electronic encryption, because you can't monitor whether it is stolen during transmission, and if it is transmitted in kind, it is encountering accidents, as long as the text is destroyed, the security of the information can be guaranteed, which is also the usual practice of the military department.

So, after spending a whole afternoon preparing the route, Karin asked Philip and Maca to go to the quartermaster department to collect supplies, Heinrich and Lied, and Liona to check the equipment, and go to bed herself. The planned departure time was midnight, and Karin used the phrase "The enemy of women when staying up late, you need to be prepared in advance." With such an excuse, she went back to the barracks, leaving Leona, who was also a girl, to check the status of the various equipment (including the status of each magazine) one by one to ensure that they were in the best performance.

Every time you go on a mission, you will have a variety of portable equipment in addition to your main weapon.

Maca was a heavy machine gunner, and he couldn't hold anything other than the huge Chakarin multi-barrel machine gun weighing more than 40 kilograms and thousands of rounds of ammunition, except for a small 9mm caliber pistol and a magazine that he carried with him.

Philip's main weapon was an assault rifle, and he carried a one-handed UZ submachine gun with him, which was high in terms of rate of fire and stability, that is, the effective range was shorter, but the advantage was that the ammunition was relatively light. At the same time, Philip was also responsible for the maca-like rations and water, and the other half was stuffed into Lide's bag.

Li De took his semi-automatic rifle, loaded a dozen magazines, and picked out a large-caliber 357 pistol and a box of ammunition. After thinking about it, he strapped a small dagger to his leg, a couple of howitzers, a couple of grenades. Coupled with the fact that his and Maca's rations and water were already in the field, he felt that his big bag was almost unable to fit these things.

Leona cleaned up relatively simply. Rations and water were minimal, and in her words, she didn't eat much herself, so she could have brought a little less. Li De thought to himself, you don't eat much, you can bring us more! But seeing Leona's cold face, she still didn't say anything. In terms of weapons, Leona focused on taking care of her two **s, which were placed on both sides of her left and right thighs, and brought a few grenades and a small pistol, without a long weapon.

Karin and Heinrich's equipment was prepared by Heinrich alone. He chose a light sniper rifle for Karin, which was more suitable for jungle combat, as he would pass through a jungle area along the way. At the same time, he brought an automatic rifle and a dozen magazines, and a long knife straddling his waist. Two 9mm caliber pistols, some necessary equipment for survival in the wild, etc., also packed two full bags.

After a whole night, everyone ate dinner in a hurry. Because the mission traveled more than 300 kilometers in total, everyone considered bringing more things with them to avoid unexpected situations. It wasn't until about ten o'clock in the evening that Karin appeared in front of the team again, roughly checked the equipment of all the team members, nodded, and said: This operation is a confidential operation, and we can't even let our own people find out. So we don't have access to vehicles, the only thing we can use is combat mechs. Assemble at zero o'clock, everyone rests, and in the evening there is a hasty march. ”

Li De tried to fall asleep, but he couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning. This time it was completely different from the last time he went to grab mines, the last time he knew where he was going and what he was going to do; Knowing that there will be someone, he will have the protection of the combatants by his side. But this time, he did feel an invisible pressure writhing in his heart.

Unable to sleep, Li De came out of the barracks. At this time, the barracks was no longer noisy during the day, and there were no various armored vehicles that came and went frequently. The barracks were as quiet as a sleeping giant, with the occasional patrol of soldiers passing by, and then returning to silence.

Li De climbed onto the roof of the barracks, felt the breeze blowing all around, and tried to relax his nervous heart. He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Looking up at the stars in the sky, he tried to find his way to Arkansas, but after trying for a while, he gave up.

"It's almost time, ready to go." A beautiful and cold voice came, and Li De realized that he was not the first person to come to the roof of this barracks.

Leona turned her head, her white and delicate face glowing coldly like a full moon in the starlight.

"Aren't you nervous?" Lide asked, surprised that Liona could still be so calm at this time.

"Nervous."

"You know, if something happens, you're likely to die."

"You're not going to die. I will protect you. ”

"Huh?" Li De felt nonsensical, is this little girl nervous and stupid?

"You're not afraid of death?"

"Even if I die, there's nothing." With this sentence, Leona jumped off the roof of the barracks.

Li De looked at the sky again, not understanding what Liona meant. But I feel like I've calmed down a lot. Also jumped off the roof and walked into the barracks.

Put on the combat mech once again and activate the assist mode. Li De felt that the package he packed at night seemed to be a little heavier, and now he felt that it only weighed a few kilograms in his hand. With weapons and bags on his back, Li De quietly sneaked out of the front line.

Behind a small dirt slope outside the base, Karin's team assembled. Without a sound, Karin made a gesture, and the six figures sped out towards the south.

To the south from the front line is a vast wilderness. There are hardly any plants in the wilderness, and the view is wide. So Karin's team chose to leave overnight, out of the sight of the scouts. After a night of rapid marching, with the help of their armor, they had covered a full distance of a hundred kilometers before Karin gave the order to rest. Now, Karin's team has come to a small river. The little river runs through the whole wilderness, where the water becomes wider and the current is not very rapid.

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In the sub-base northeast of Puldo, El, alone, came to a tent. This kind of tent was invented by the Poorpeople during years of warfare, and it was a simple structure that could be built quickly.

El had thought about it for a long time before he came here, he was now the best warrior among the Puldos, but he knew that if he didn't enter this tent, maybe he would always be a warrior from the day he died in battle. But if you step into this tent, it's another world. There are even more brutal trials there, and there is an ever-threatening threat of death, among which the mortality rate is even higher than that of soldiers in war. But in the end, he did not hesitate to enter the tent.

In the tent sat two old men of Purdo. One of them has gray skin and white hair on the top of its head. The other is green-skinned, and has many more folds on his face than the gray-skinned old man. Both of them were the high priests of the Puerdo Temple.

Seeing El walk in, the two old men nodded.

The gray-skinned old man said, "El, since you have chosen this path, you can't regret it. But the good thing is that even if you fail in the trial, your soul will live on forever. The true God will bless you and make you immortal. ”

"Thank God and the High Priest of Aragon! I will dedicate the rest of my life to the Shrine, to the Templar, and to become a Templar. ”

"Very well, then let's look at God's guidance and let Him guide you into the trial!"

After saying that, the green-robed old man stood up and took out a polished smooth sky blue crystal ball. There seems to be a faint green mist inside the crystal ball. El held out his right hand and placed four fingers (Puldos only had four fingers) on the crystal ball.

The two High Priests looked at each other in amazement as the blue crystal ball turned pitch black.

"God's instructions are unchangeable, and you will be tested by darkness." The green-skinned old man said. He stood up, his fingers swiping in the air, and a crack opened.

El looked blankly at the crack, and a black smoke suddenly floated out of the crack and enveloped his body.

Slowly, the black mist disappeared. El is no longer there.