Chapter 54: Ch 52. A long walk in the darkness

I ignored screams and rattling from the darkness of the passage, and hurried forward. This is just one side of the fork, and the enemy will no doubt come from the other side as well.

When I reached the fork, I sat behind the wall and listened to the sounds. Soon I heard rattling of metal, and fast steps.

This chemlight was already fading but it can still be of use.

I threw it into the other passage, right behind the wall.

“What’s this?”

“No idea. Maybe a glowing mushroom?”

“Idiot! Where did you ever see a glowing mushroom?”

‘Click’

“But a priest read it in a book!”

“Just how old were you? It must’ve been a fairy tale book!”

“Stop it. Let’s take a look. Maybe it’s an abandoned weapon, or a magic vial.”

‘Ping’

“And what’s this…?”

BANG

I was deafened by a grenade explosion but I immediately peeked out of the cover and fired a couple of blind shots.

BANG BANG

As the echo of gunshots settled, I heard no more sounds.

‘Step’

I lied down and aimed the barrel towards the footsteps.

“It’s me!” (S)

“Stella? What are you doing here?”

“I am done.” (S)

As it approached, I lit another chemlight.

It walked out of the darkness. It was covered in blood, and had a few chunks of metal armor stuck on its body.

“You… y-you have some m-metal stuck…” It looked at its body.

“Oh, sorry.” (S)

‘Rattle’

I noticed that in a moment a bunch of scale-like black things moved, and the armor pieces fell down.

“D-do you want to the dark room…?” It happily nodded.

“Good job.” I patted its head and it disappeared.

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After I stayed for a couple minutes and listened for any sounds, I decided that our rear is secure and ran after the squad.

“Old man, come in, over.”

“Reading you surprisingly well. Over.” (O)

“What is your state?”

“Catching breath. Should we expect a company?” (O)

“Only the company of mine. The rear is secure. At least pretend to wait for me.”

“No promises but we will try. Over and out.” (O)

By the time I was crawling with my tongue on a side, I saw a dim light in front.

“Aim hia!!!” My speech was slurred but I received an answer.

“Good to know!” (J)

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“Ail lie dou hia!!!”

The flashlight started dancing around, and then approached.

“Kak tebya tak ugorazdilo... Nu chto, spyashaya krasavica, poydem?” [Just how did you manage to end up like this... Alright, let's go, sleeping beauty?] (J)

“Poletim, s*.” [Let's fly, damn it.]

Jester picked me up and carried in arms.

“At least give me the flashlight.”

“Take it yourself, my hands are a bit busy.” (J)

I reached for the flashlight and started pulling it out of his hand. With some effort I pulled it out and directed to his path.

“Thanks.” (J)

“You’re welcome.”

In a minute we arrived to the squad.

“S*, you took a lot of beating…” The size of the squad was but a portion of what we entered with.

“Relax. We only lost 5. The others were wounded and were sent ahead.” (J)

“Good to know. What about the leaders?”

“I have no idea but they were alive when we sent them back.” (O)

“5 more minutes of rest!”

“YAAAY!!!” Everybody cheered.

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I checked the situation in the war room. I had a somewhat accurate map of the passage. Just in case, I put a strike mark on the passage ahead.

“Sugar, this is Beril-Main. Do you see the mark?”

“S-somewhat…?” (S)

“Good. Are your bombs capable of crushing the passage there?”

For a minute I heard no response.

“This is Sugar. Yes, if the bombs fall nearby the shockwave should do it.” (S)

“Good to know. How long will it take you to arrive?”

“24 minutes.” (S)

“Understood. Be on stand-by. I will call for you when we are out of the passage.”

“Roger that. I will call for 500kg bombs. Over and out.” (S)

I exited the war room and stood up.

“The rest is over. Pick up you’re a*s!”

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By the time we approached the entrance it was evening.

“Sugar, this is Beril-Main. Airstrike authorized. You are free to go.”

“Roger, starting the engine.” (S)

“What are you going to do?” (O)

“I will make a little surprise for the enemy. They will clear the rubble at the stone building, and then…” There will be even more rubble. This passage will not work until we are done taking the city.

“Ha-ha-ha! You’re cruel~!” (J)

“It’s not me, it’s the life~!”

Soon we walked out of the passage.

We were met by the allied forces.

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