Chapter 86: Chapter 85 - Preparation To Shoot
Whether it was on Earth or in this eroge world, I came to the same conclusion about something before my eyes.
Hunting a human being might be easy with just a gun and sharp weapons, but hunting a pack of predators at the top of the food chain... that’s a challenge I’d rather avoid.
Far from the front lines of battle, I lay down on the roof of the Humvee and pulled the safety pin back up. Within seconds, I was back in action, prepare to launching long-range attacks and assisting the new General, who was being surrounded by a pack of predators.
The information given by Doctor Portia was just the names of wild animals that I had never encountered while playing the main character in this eroge world.
This pack of black wolves that I just encountered is a domino effect of the actions I have taken... recently.
By leaving the bandits’ corpses scattered in the wild and not managing them properly to hide their stench, it had invited packs of black wolves that were active at night to feast on their food.
This group of predators, which is active at night and becomes active during the day when it gets hot, definitely indicates a change in the timing of their prey hours, which is lying helpless on the ground.
I took a deep breath and fixed my gaze on the figure of the black wolf approaching with saliva, full of enthusiasm, to killing its prey.
"Oh my Goddess..." I couldn’t hold back the amazement that slipped out of my mouth.
Unlike wolves on Earth, which only grow large and tall in cold climates, the black wolves in this eroge world actually grow abnormally large.
Using the distance and measuring units mounted on the HK-416 scope, I tried to measure the actual height of the approaching black wolf.
"Ten meters?"
"No, thirteen meters..." While moving my hand to find other variables in measuring the distance and height of the shadow cast by the large wolf, I could only guess that it was around ten to thirteen meters tall.
That was enough to keep Doctor Portia busy providing long-distance healing support to the new General and Chitose.
Brraaakkk!!
Cttaaakkk!!
From a distance, I could hear the booming voices of the new General enjoying himself. The intense, exhausting battle seemed like child’s play in his eyes. The limited space and the change in the wolf pack’s attack tactics signaled that he was about to go on a more serious rampage in his poisoned state.
Doctor Portia stood beside me, preparing to throw the mysterious glass bottle filled with a pink liquid. I did not know the potion’s effects and could only trust Doctor Portia to her expertise as the future genius Mad Doctor.
Swuunnggg!!
Doctor Portia’s powerful hand swing rang out beside me, sending a glass bottle containing a mysterious pink liquid through the air, shattering beside the new General, who was holding back the black wolf with his bare hands.
The new General’s arsenal was quite full. He carried a large axe, a small throwing axe, a dagger tucked into his waistband, a normal sword still in its sheath, and a thin shield that lay scattered around him.
The weapons he carried were indeed a lot, but there was no opportunity to use all of them other than hitting the black wolf with his bare hands.
Well, it wasn’t just bare hands, either. He was wearing thick iron gloves, and every punch he delivered shattered the black wolf’s face.
From a tactical perspective of the modern warfare, this is quite poor tactical, relying too heavily on individual skill. It felt out of place and strange to me, who accustomed to efficient, structured combat in modern warfare.
My fingers still held back from interfering in the fight between the new General and Chitose. They had their pride and honor that I had to uphold in their fight.
On the other hand, I had to keep my distance from a dangerous young woman. Chitose, with her sharp katana in hand, was already a deadly combination when engaging her. Without worrying about her, I preferred to remain silent and allow Chitose to run amok to her heart’s content.
The black wolves’ attack tactics had indeed changed and become a relentless, all-around attack; they sacrificed other black wolves as meat shields and hoped to get a single scratch on Chitose’s skin.
But nothing of the sort happened. The battlefield was scorching hot from the blazing sun, and the surroundings were tense, with the smell of fresh wolf blood spilling across the ground.
Chitose swung her sharp katana in a precise direction and looked like a young girl dancing on the battlefield, not a graceful dance but a dance that wanted to release the frustration in her head.
Too much muscle shaking in her arms, which looked strong when holding the katana’s hilt and swinging the katana at the body of the wolf that jumped at her.
"Ugh, that looks bad and doesn’t match the fighting style of Chitose that I know from eroge games," I muttered while continuing to pay attention to the situation happening around me.
Brraaaakkk!!
Brrraaakkk!!
The glass bottles thrown by Doctor Portia, once more time, created a thick pink smoke reaction. The timing of the glass bottle throw was perfect, quickly closing off the heated battlefront.
I, who was no longer interested in helping the new General and Chitose, focused my gaze on the black wolf that had a large body, much larger than the black wolf that was attacking the new General and Chitose.
It eyes were fixed on the thick pink smoke and occasionally glanced at me, whether it was because of the reflection of the HK-416 scope lens or just a coincidence, we seemed to be looking at each other.
Glaarree...
Glaaarree...
The fine hairs on the nape of my neck stood up as the black wolf’s sharp gaze fixed on me.
We were far apart, but I could feel it wild killing instincts directed at me.
"Between the new General and Chitose... That strong and sharp killing instinct is directed at me, huh?"
"Who am I?"
"The leader of this pack?" I said in a low, joking tone to myself.
I don’t understand how animals think, but there’s one thing that’s certain and certain for all the wild, ferocious animals. That’s was their leader, the Alpha, who always be monitoring the situation from afar, just as I’m doing now.
Swiinngg!!
Swiiinngg!!
Even though beside me... there was a crazy doctor who was throwing glass bottles. Why am I the one suspected of being the leader of this small group?
What a ridiculous misunderstanding for an Alpha...
Well, this is a great opportunity and a step stone attack for me. Because I don’t have to bother taking them down one by one, and can focus on taking down the Alpha from it throne.
In a prone position and ignoring the thick smoke that obscured the battle before my eyes, my goal changed to overthrowing the Alpha from it control of power.
The distance between the black wolf, who was the Alpha, was quite far, as far as the effective range of the HK-416 bullets, which had difficulty reaching their target.
The calculations in my head continued to be active and obtained an accurate distance from my position with the black wolf.
"Six hundred and three meters?"
"Tch! It’s still too far for the HK-416 to hit the target accurately."
"Well, there’s a plus side... in that long range, I can zero the HK-416 scope now."
I could see this as both unlucky and fortunate at the same time. Unlucky because my visibility was limited by the thick pink smoke and fortunate because I can zeroing my scope.
My hand immediately pulled the trigger of the HK-416, and the recoil of the HK-416 bullet, hissing at the end of the HK-416 silencer, who was clearly audible.
Peessshhh...
Still quiet and effective to see the bullet’s point of impact.
I quickly adjusted the HK-416’s scope and adjusted the bullet drop point slightly higher than the HK-416’s current position. My target for zeroing was the black wolf walking beside the Alpha.
"Thank you for bringing a suitable attack target for zeroing."
With that sincere thanks, I entered focus mode to take down the target that had entered the HK-416 scope.
Peeesshh!!
The second bullet shot forward quickly, and my hand immediately adjusted the position of the HK-416 scope until it was more accurate with the HK-416 bullet’s point of impact.
Cttaakkk...
The distance is still too high, and the HK-416 scope setting has reached its maximum point.
"Ah, shit..." I tried to calm myself down with the limitations of the HK-416 scope that I brought; at least it was already useful enough to attack targets that were five hundred meters away.
"Hmm..." Suddenly, a small thought entered my head and forced me to zeroing at five hundred meters.
"Rather than attacking at an uncertain long distance... where it’s a matter for the sniper rifle and its bullets. I’d rather wait at a distance where I can shoot, huh?"
This sudden change of plans can trigger both good and bad results at the same time.
Five hundred meters was the betting point I set to face the Alpha, who led this black wolf pack.
If only I weren’t so stingy, there was one weapon I could use to take down the Alpha from a long distance.
A heavy weapon right next to me with a limited amount of ammo.
In times like these, I suddenly miss Amelia’s war proposal and place great hope in her gift of heaven big bullets.
