Reincarnated into a world of modern magic

Attack (final)

"Operation SAS begins now!"

And with that, the entire company split into 3 groups. One that was responsible for the explosion, one that would be responsible for the dispersion and the last one that will be responsible for looting. Vinay himself was part of no group, and was responsible for overseeing everything.

The first group consisted of the ancient mages who were responsible for setting off a few explosions around the base camp of the rebels. Or what they called the base camp. In reality, it was just a cave system that the rebels found and had turned it into their resting area. They didn't make any buildings of any sort because well, they didn't want to expose themselves. What they didn't realise was that they were already exposed and that all it took to find their trails were a few satellite scans around Base Smaio. Now, the first group then spread around the entrance of the cave, making sure not to come out of the treeline and expose themselves. Then, once everyone was in their places, Vinay signalled the start of the attack. As soon as he did,

*BOOM* *BAM* *SLNKBAM*

A series of small but very loud explosions hit the rebel hideout from all sides, causing it to slowly start caving in. Seeing this, Vinay showed a slight smile and then said,

"Vishal, get ready. It's your turn now. Remember, don't blind us, blind them."

"I know, I know. I won't make that mistake again," came Vishal's voice, who was standing in line with the entrance of the cave, waiting for the rebels to come out so that he could blind them using his light magic, making it easier for the others to separate them and capture them.

And yet.. Even after waiting for an entire ten minutes, nobody came out of the cave. Seeing this, Vishal asked,

"Um Vinay, are you sure there are rebels inside? Cause it doesn't seem like there are any here."

"Shh. They might just be biding their time and waiting for us to leave."

"But you do realise that the cave is nearly fully collapsed now? How would they even survive tha-"

And before he could finish, the entrance of the cave came crashing down, completely closing the entrance to the rebel hideout. Seeing this, the various other soldiers also started muttering, confused as to why the rebels did not come out. Suddenly, a swishing sound came from behind Vinay, who immediately turned around and pointed his gun towards the sound.

"Woah woah Captain, don't point the only gun in our company at me please. I'm not the enemy here."

"Major Alaukik! Why.. Why are you here? Didn't you say you wouldn't interfere? Also.. why are you hanging upside down in the air.. No actually, how are you doing it??"

"I know I said that, but like, I couldn't stop myself from wanting to help you guys solve this dilemma you're having you know. To be honest, I am trying really hard to not.. not laugh right now," Alaukik replied, with a smile threatening to break his poker face. Continuing, he said

"You see, the reason the rebels are not coming out from this entrance.. is that, umm, how do I say this.. There are other exits also. You know, like, emergency exits," and saying this, Alaukik burst out laughing, so much so that he became unbalanced and nearly fell to the ground.

"Major.." looking at the Alaukik who was laughing his balance off, Vishal said,

"MAJOR! Shouldn't you have informed us of this earlier?!! What if the rebels manage to escape? We'll have failed our very first mission! Stop acting like a ch-"

"Now now soldier, do mind your words. I did say that this was all you didn't I? If I covered up for everything you did, then that wouldn't really help the company grow as a team would it? And there's no need to worry about them escaping, instead, you should worry about how you're gonna catch them, and if you don't.. You know what's coming for you," said Alaukik, with a cold smile on his face. Then, Alaukik looked around the company and announced,