Chapter 10 - Forward Assist

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"Recording log..."

"Week 1"
"Tuesday"
"1721 hrs."
"Gargan Forest"

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With the sun beginning to set, deeper in the forest, screams of bandits echo with gunshots coming from the HOTEL Operators. The area is stained by the blood of the bandits and some of their summoned creatures. A bandit puts his hand on the ground as he shouts a summoning spell, and a magic circle appears in front of him, summoning five three-eyed wolves. The wolves emanate a malicious purple aura on them, while acidic saliva drools in their mouths, gnarling at the operators.

"TSK! GET THEM ALL!" the bandit screamed, pointing at the operators hiding behind covers by the trees and bushes. The wolves hastily run toward the woods to attack, but they meet bursts of lead with the "Null-Cast" spell. Due to the combined magical spell and the physical damage the bullet can do, the wolves are very helpless and they fall to the ground whimpering as they lose consciousness. The bandit that summoned them can't believe what just happened and tried to run. But running can only do him less, as another burst of gunfire got him and he too falls to the ground with gun wounds all over his back. The roaring thumps of the AH-1 Cobra cause the surrounding trees to sway as the helicopter makes a holding pattern, checking the surroundings for more targets.

"All clear." one HOTEL Operator whispered to his radio, signaling to his other fellow operators. The area is now full of bandit corpses, with some otherworldy creature summons like ant cyclops, blue ogres, and the currently three-eyed wolves. The operators scatter and one by one dead-check each corpse and creature on the ground. As the operators do their deed, the trio - Isabella, Glenn, and Herman, watch the operators with shock and surprise at how the operators conduct their strategies. They have never seen this kind of ruthless act of securing positions and areas before. Even Isabella and Herman are feeling quite frightened as they look at the faces of the operators shooting the corpses mercilessly.

"I-I can't believe it. They are still shooting at them..." Herman said while staring at the operators.

"It might be to ensure that no one was still alive. Still, I also can't believe how they were able to completely annihilate those luscus lupus! Even me and the other hunters are still having trouble hunting them." Isabella remarked while looking at the dead wolves. The three then see Harvey hiding behind a rock near a narrow pathway leading to a small lake, together with two HOTEL Operators. They approach him to ask about their next objective. Harvey meanwhile, was now checking his hud system while the two operators with him is checking a series of hills at a distance with their binoculars. Harvey sees that his Souls amount is now at 42 Souls. His Soul Energy Level meanwhile is slightly increased and is now nearing halfway. Because of the Souls he collected, he now plans to summon more SFs for their operation.

"What do we do now, Sir Harvey?" Glenn asked as he and the other two crouches behind Harvey for cover. Harvey looks behind them for a while and goes back to his hud to scroll for his Summon Function.

"Hm. It is going dark now and I'm now feeling quite tired. But I can't let this opportunity to initiate another night-time operation to their main base pass by." Harvey replied while casually scrolling through his blue hud.

"A-Are you sure, Sir?" Isabella worried. 

"Haha. Don't worry. I'm trained for this. You three can go home. Thanks for the assists back there." Harvey chuckled. The three look at Harvey with uneasiness and worry. Despite that, Harvey goes on to continue with the operation. He goes back to spawn sets of AN-PVS 5 NODs for him and for the spawns he will going to summon. The three are amazed at how the NODs materialize in front of them. Harvey then goes to an open space by the small lake with a pair of HOTEL Operators for security. There, he begins the spawning.

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