Chapter 242 Volume IV - Chapter 87: Operation
When I heard that we were chosen for a 'special mission', I couldn't help but be surprised. Well, I wasn't expecting this.
"We already knew there was an enemy base not far from us, and now we got an opportunity to smash it to bits. Ye will sneak into this here base, blow it sky high, and come on back."
My eyes widened. I processed Dorhud's words over and over in my mind, and then I tried to hide the sudden wave of joy that came over me.
Finally!
I had been waiting for something like this for a long time, I was getting scared as my time was getting shorter and shorter, but finally!
With this, I can not only bring the end of this war even sooner, but I can finally take action to get what I most want to get on the Holar continent, or even in this world!
Of course... I hope that woman doesn't beat me to it or hasn't already.
I don't know exactly when she got what I wanted in the original game. That's why I'm a bit scared.
"Ye ain't headin' to the battlefield tomorrow, rest up a bit. In two days, we'll kick off this operation. I'll send ya all the info ya need, now head on back to yer room."
"Understood!"
All four of us turned around at the same time, walked out of the room with slow steps, and headed to our room as we were told.
None of us made a sound on the way, but when we entered our room and closed the door, the silence was broken.
The device on everyone's wrist, which was also given to me a few days ago, received a notification.
"Let's look together."
The three dwarves nodded simultaneously. We crouched down, ignoring the board game we had been playing, and then I opened a large holographic screen in front of us and clicked on the notification.
There was a more detailed version of what Dorhud had told us.
The enemy base was underground. It was not known what kind of rooms it consisted of or exactly how big it was, but close estimates were made.
We were to infiltrate the dwarves, who would go into battle at night and return to the base.
I was a problem for this operation because I was human, but it was also a perfect opportunity for me to infiltrate.
Most soldiers traveled through an artificial gate inside the base to reach the battlefield. However, this gate had been troublesome lately and the arrival of enemy reinforcements had actually slowed down.
On top of that, a dwarf on the base had died trying to repair it, and his replacement was a human. And this human was coming on foot because the gate was problematic.
Gurdas and Durvan were to pose as enemy soldiers returning to the base from battle. Rulhan and I were to secretly kill the human who was about to come to this base and disguise ourselves as him.
While I was pretending to repair the gate, I would plant a bomb there, and the three dwarves who infiltrated with me would do the same at different points. Then we would leave the base with a device that allowed us to create a short-term gate.
That was the simplest summary of the operation. There were a lot of little details, but that was it in a nutshell.
"This be a tough one, it will."
I looked at Rulhan's frowning expression, then back at the screen.
"All the details seem to have been worked out, we don't even need to think extra as long as we do what we're told."
This time Durvan interjected after I had spoken confidently.
Aye, 'tis true, but still dangerous. Things don't always go as planned, Aiden. Even with a good plan, there be plenty of troubles that can come up."
I opened my mouth to speak, but this time I just stood there.
I closed my mouth again, I waited in silence, because Durvan was right.
Wasn't the reason I became a wiera in the first place because of a 'problem' that wasn't included in the plan I had in my head...?
I let my excitement override my thoughts, even for a moment. I'm not supposed to do that.
"We've got 'bout thirty hours ahead of us. Let's read through the plan from start to finish. Likewise, let's ponder and chat 'bout what we can do if problems crop up. We gotta make the best use of our time."
As I was getting ready to leave, I realized again that we were about to go on a really important operation.
I have to take this as seriously as they do...
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For almost the first time since I entered the war between the North and the South, I slept for more than eight hours, and until the time came for the operation, I was constantly, without a minute's pause, committing the details to memory.
Thirty hours passed before I realized what had happened.
Even as I left the headquarters and drove to the mission site in an off-road vehicle, I was thinking in my head about what was going to happen.
When I finally set foot on the ground again, not far from the road line that the enemy thought was hidden, I was finally able to take my mind off it.
I shouldn't have been distracted, after all. Even though my thoughts were always about the mission, the details were already seared into my mind. If I kept myself preoccupied with it all the time, I wouldn't be able to focus on the present.
After dropping Rulhan and me off in the field, the off-road vehicle started to turn back the way it had come, and I stared after it.
As it slowly moved away, it was emphasizing that we would be alone in this area from now on.
"Come on, Aiden, let's take our places. We need to be quick."
I sighed deeply as the vehicle disappeared from sight, turned to Rulhan standing next to me, dressed like an enemy soldier, and nodded.
In the darkness of the night, we drove through the tree-covered forest, without much difficulty, quickly making our way to the point where the convoy would pass in a few minutes and waiting for the right moment.
I felt myself getting more and more nervous with every second, but I quickly released this tension with Absolute Mind. I should not hesitate. Nor was I supposed to do anything unnecessary.
So, just as we had predicted, after about five minutes had passed, a light appeared through the trees.
As the light grew stronger and stronger, we began to hear a sound, the sound of a vehicle moving very slowly.
There were only three vehicles moving toward the enemy base. Surrounding these vehicles were a small number of soldiers on other motorcycle-like vehicles.
They were moving slowly because of the difficult terrain here. And because they were almost certain that this road was secret, there were few soldiers and they were extremely careless.
"Get ready."
Rulhan's whispered voice echoed in my ears. I knew we were going to move, so I took a deep breath.
I removed the silver charm from my ring that would give me invisibility and placed it over the gray outfit I was wearing.
This was the artifact I used to escape from Caleuche. It was of a quite high level and quality as it even concealed my mana.
I wasn't sure how much I could use it because it was damaged, but it was almost a necessity for this mission.
"I will release the creatures."
I focused on the vehicle in the center, waiting patiently as they slowly passed us.
Rulhan reached for the device on his wrist, pressed it with a slight sigh without saying anything extra, and only a few seconds later something happened that the convoy would never have expected.
A howl, a very distinct and loud howl, echoed through the area. With it, all the vehicles had to stop.
This was the first stage. We were to release the restrained creatures that had been placed in the area before us and unleash them on the convoy. Rulhan and I would take advantage of the confusion and move in.
"Formation!"
I saw one of the guards shout, quickly get off his motorcycle, and grab a gun.
Everyone else did the same and tried to surround the vehicle in the center, which they did.
With the formation in place, everyone ready and waiting for orders, another howl came from almost next to them.
Three wild wolves, almost a meter and a half tall, slowly emerged from the trees and looked at their prey.
The soldiers were relieved to see the three wolves in front of them, they would not have to deal with this matter too much.
It was at this moment, when the dwarf, who seemed to be the leader of the guards, raised his hand and was about to give the order to fire, that their worst fears came true.
A total of six wolves appeared from different directions, surrounding them in a circle and snarling at the soldiers.
And so, the operation began in earnest.
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