Relying on magic games to transcend reality
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What are you going there for?
The captain was very confused.
As far as he knew, it was outside the coalition border and not under the coalition’s jurisdiction.
Before the war between the two sides broke out, the coalition forces had sufficient manpower and would occasionally send out patrols. Now that the coalition forces are on the verge of defeat, why would they waste their energy on caring about things outside their territory?
Although he couldn’t think of an answer, an order is an order. The captain did not dare to delay and immediately led the team to set off.
After half a month’s trek, the commandos successfully and secretly entered the mountains near the river and lay in ambush.
Nothing happened for the next ten days. The captain and his team members hunted for food every day and sat on the top of the mountain looking into the distance. The leisurely daily life relaxed their tense nerves a lot.
One evening, the captain climbed to the open space on the top of the mountain alone as usual, overlooking the Sato River winding across the grassland.
The sunset glowed the clouds red and fell on the river surface. The yellow river water made the captain squint his eyes.
“Captain, how long are we going to stay here?” Two team members climbed up together.
“Wait for orders.”
One team member spread his hands and said, “I suspect this is a punishment from the command.”
“I’m sorry.” The captain turned around, “If I don’t decide Mao…”
“This can’t be blamed entirely on the captain. We all agreed to it.”
“That’s right, at that time… Hey, what was that?”
The team member pointed to the top of the next mountain, and the other two looked over there together.
Dusk had passed, and only a faint white light remained in the sky. The vision was dim, and the three of them tried hard to open their eyes wide to see clearly that there seemed to be… a door on the top of the distant mountain?
“Um, is it the door?”
If a door opened out of thin air on Blue Star, it would inevitably cause a stir among the people. However, this is the continent of Thor, a world where magic exists.
The captain and two team members were a little surprised, but they were surprised about who opened the door.
“You go back and call people, we will go investigate.” The captain made a quick decision and ordered a team member to go back and inform his subordinates, and the other one to go with him to investigate the situation.
The next hilltop was not very close, and as soon as the two of them reached the foot of the hill, night had already fallen. Although there were stars and a bright moon hanging high in the sky, unfortunately the dense forest blocked out all the starlight.
I was not sure if there was anyone at the light gate, and if there was, I would not know if they were enemies or not. The two of them did not dare to use flashlights, so they could only climb the mountain in the dark, which made their already slow pace even slower.
After about an hour of hard work, the two finally reached the mountainside. The trees on the mountainside were sparser, and the silvery moonlight was able to illuminate the road ahead. They could see the road clearly, and they unconsciously quickened their pace.
Half an hour later, they successfully reached the top of the mountain.
The captain held down the team member’s shoulders and signaled him to stay where he was. He then climbed up a little and came to a platform that was half a person’s height away from the open space on the top of the mountain. He quietly poked his eyes out to observe.
There was a light gate in the middle of the open space, and soldiers were constantly moving in and out carrying wooden boxes, which were neatly stacked on the ground next to it. A circle of soldiers stood outside the light gate, seemingly guarding the surroundings.
The captain relaxed when he saw what the soldiers were wearing.
It turned out to be Lake’s army. Their clothes were very similar to ours, and their weapons were also…
Huh?
Looking at the weapons in the soldiers’ hands, the captain became confused.
Those weapons should be guns, but their appearance is somewhat different from the ones he used.
Strange, I’ve seen the weapons of Lake’s elite army, they’re the same as ours, that’s not right. He remembered that he had never seen the soldiers of the First Army in person.
Curious about the First Army’s weapons, and knowing that even if they were friendly forces, he would be punished if he discovered them while they were carrying out a secret mission, the captain gave up the idea of showing up.
Just look for a while and then leave.
Muttering to himself, he focused on the gun in the guard soldier’s hand.
It would have been fine if he hadn’t looked carefully, but when he did, he discovered that they were making several gestures with their right hands in a very concealed manner, which were somewhat similar to the gestures taught by the instructor during his training.
This means “there is an enemy situation”, this means “direction, seven o’clock”, this means…
not good!
When the captain realized that he was at the seven o’clock position of the guard soldier, he was discovered!
After a few seconds of rapid thinking, the captain immediately responded by standing up and exposing his upper body, while raising his hands high: “Not an enemy!”
The soldiers who had already raised their guns and had their fingers on the triggers looked at each other, and one of them shouted to him, “Come up.”
The captain maintained the French military salute and said awkwardly: “Well, I have to use my hands to climb up.”
“use.”
After getting permission, the captain quickly climbed up the edge of the open space with his hands, then raised his hands again to avoid causing misunderstanding, and slowly walked towards the guarding soldiers.
“Huh?” As the distance got closer, the soldier saw the captain’s uniform and asked in surprise, “Friendly troops?”
“Yes!” The captain looked happy.
The soldier did not relax his vigilance and continued to interrogate: “Which army are you from?”
“Well, it was originally part of the Ninth Army, but was later reorganized into an independent commando unit.”
The soldier next to him seemed to remember something: “The Marshal reminded us that there is a commando team lurking in the mountains. Is it you?”
“Yes, that’s me!” said the captain, putting down his hands.
“We need to confirm it again.” One of the two guard soldiers held a gun, and the other put the gun behind his back. He took out a square box from his backpack, pointed it at the captain for a few seconds, and pressed the buttons on the square box a few times.
After taking back the box, he said to the headset beside his mouth: “The photos have been sent, check the information.”
The headset echoed: “The photo has been received, verify the name.”
“what’s your name?”
“Mandy Shaw.”
The soldier relayed into the headset: “Mandy Shaw.”
The staff on the other end seemed to be checking the database, and after a few minutes they replied: “Verification completed, the identity is correct.”
Hearing this, the soldier lowered his guard and walked towards him quickly: “I say, didn’t you memorize the recruit manual? How dare you peek at the First Army’s secret mission?
If I hadn’t reacted quickly and remembered that there was a friendly force nearby, I would have opened fire just now.”
Mandy said awkwardly, “I’m just… just curious…”
“Hahaha…” The soldier laughed a few times and raised his thumb over his shoulder to point to the light door behind him. “What’s there to be curious about moving wooden boxes?”
During the few minutes of confrontation between them, there was no interference at all on the other side of the light gate. The fellow soldiers seemed to ignore the three of them and continued to work efficiently.
Captain Mandy peered into the crates. “What’s in there? Sorry, I shouldn’t have asked.”
“It’s okay. Anyway, your commando team will follow the First Army in a few days, and we will see it then.
The box contains the latest ambush weapon, the butterfly mine.”
“Butterfly Thunder?
The name is quite… romantic.”
“Yeah.” A soldier patted Mandy’s shoulder in agreement. “I also thought it was romantic when I heard it for the first time.”
Another soldier curled his lips: “No matter how romantic it is, it is still a weapon.”
“What are you talking about?” A middle-aged man in camouflage clothes walked over.
The two soldiers quickly stood up straight: “Captain!”
“The enemy was captured? Is it him?” the company commander asked as he looked Mandy up and down.
“He is not an enemy. I have verified with the rear. He is a member of the commando team that the Marshal mentioned.”
Mandy stood in military posture: “Report!
I am the captain of the commando team, and I was ordered to hide in the mountains half a month ago. “
The company commander seemed to be a capable person, and asked without hesitation: “Where are your team members?”
“Report!
One team member came with me, and the others are resting in the camp.”
“Is that so?” The company commander pinched his chin and thought for a while, “Abandon your original camp and come to the First Army’s base.”
The First Army’s base? This mountaintop?
Even the long sword Mandy looked hesitant: “Is there a problem?”
“Although I don’t know the mission of the First Army, but… the top of the mountain is not conducive to hiding.”
The company commander waved his hand and said, “Who dares to say that about us… Stop talking nonsense and follow orders.”
“Yes!”
The captain turned around and found a team member who was hiding behind a tree and was worried about his safety. The two of them returned to the camp together and ran into a team that came to support them.
The two sides exchanged information and learned that the ones coming out of the light gate were not the enemy but the legendary First Army, and that the First Army also invited them to join them. They danced with excitement.
“What are you so happy about? Go back to the camp, pack up your equipment, and clear away all traces of your life! Quick!”
The group returned to the camp, put away their weapons, cleared the campfire and food residues, and then set out to the top of the mountain.
“Report!
The assault team has assembled. The expected number of people is 899, and the actual number of people is 899.”
The company commander raised his eyebrows: “I heard that you are responsible for exploring the area occupied by the coalition forces?”
“Yes!”
“No sacrifice at all?”
“Report! No!”
“I want to ask why, Marshal…” the company commander muttered, but his voice was too low for Mandy to hear clearly.
“Okay, follow me.”
Mandy glanced at the open space and found that the soldiers who had just carried the wooden boxes were gone, and the wooden boxes piled on the ground also disappeared without a trace, as if they had never been there.
The company commander obviously wouldn’t help him solve the problem, so he didn’t dare to ask. He followed the company commander and more than a dozen First Army soldiers into the light gate.
The moment she passed through the light gate, Mandy’s consciousness became blurred, her eyes fell into darkness, and the other sensory organs in her body also stopped functioning.