A Frontline Soldier Awakened as a Gamer In The War! - FSAGW Chapter 44 (Part 1)

“Specifically, the 7th Special Unit won’t be able to rest comfortably…”

“What do you mean? The Panielun Alliance will handle the recovery operations, so we shouldn’t be concerned, right?”

Trying to dismiss the ominous feeling, Kaiyan countered the old knight’s words, but the knight simply pointed behind him without saying anything.

“Behind us…?”

What he was pointing at was an empty space. Well, more precisely, it was filled with the corpses of harpies and soldiers.

“Tarien was there.”

“Oh? Now that you mention it…”

It was only then that Kaiyan realized Tarien was not there.

Where on earth did that crazy noble go? And he left all his knights here as well.

“He was kidnapped by those damn harpies.”

“…”

“Fortunately… Huh… I don’t know if I should call this fortunate. He’s still alive thanks to the artifact.”

The identity of that foreboding feeling.

It was none other than Tarien.

“The knights and soldiers of the 7th Special Unit will take an hour of rest and then venture into the ravine to rescue Tarien. The lieutenant should inquire if the Panielun Alliance can provide support immediately.”

“Yes…”

“And if there are any individuals making ridiculous excuses due to minor injuries, I won’t forgive them.”

Leaving those words behind, the old knight turned away.

Given the firm expression on his face, going into the ravine was definitely not a joke.

“This is insane… It’s frustrating.”

Even Uncle Jeff, who usually warned Kaiyan to be careful in front of the knights, was staring blankly into the air, lost in thought.

“Uncle Jeff.”

“Huh…”

“Uncle Jeff!”

“Huh, what’s wrong?”

Perhaps the news of entering the ravine was quite shocking. This was the first time he saw Uncle Jeff like this.

“Is the ravine the one I’m thinking of, the same ravine?”

“…Yes. If he was kidnapped by the harpies, it’s a hundred percent that place.”

“If we go in, won’t we all die?”

‘Was I being too straightforward with my question?’

“Oh, no! We might survive! Why are you so negative?”

Although Uncle Jeff hurriedly denied it, Kaiyan could tell from his trembling lips that it was a lie.

That his words were a lie.

“Never mind. Just by looking at Uncle Max’s expression, I can already understand. What is there to say?”

“Well…”

Uncle Max’s expression was so pale that one could believe he was already dead.

If both the experienced mercenary and the former soldier showed such reactions, one could imagine how dangerous the ravine was.

“The ravine… it’s a place in Panielun that refers to the aerial monsters’ dwelling place.”

It was the very place where countless kingdoms had attempted to conquer but suffered tremendous losses and failed.

The old knight’s words meant that they would enter the monsters’ dwelling place with a small number of people to rescue Tarien.

“Even if the entire alliance goes in, it’s a dangerous place. It’s practically suicide with just a few knights and soldiers.”

No matter how hard Kaiyan tried to think positively, positive thoughts didn’t come to mind.

“For now, let’s rest. Even if we go later, we need to replenish our strength.”

“Phew, let’s do that.”

Together with Uncle Jeff and an unsettled Uncle Max, Kaiyan headed towards an area with fewer corpses.

Most of the bodies on the battlefield were harpy corpses.

If it were not for Kaiyan’s toys, it was highly likely that half of them would have been human corpses.

“I saved people before, but now it looks like I’m the one who’s going to die.”

As they walked a little towards the outskirts, a rather secluded area appeared, contrasting the central area where a small hill of corpses had formed.

“This should be good. Let’s sit here.”

“Yes.”

The three of us sat down and stared blankly at the sky, not saying a word for a while.

“Uncle Jeff.”

“Yeah? What is it?”

“When you were a mercenary, did you ever venture into the monsters’ dwelling place?”

“…Hmm. If you’re talking about the entrance near Gam-an, I’ve wandered around there a few times. There are many valuable herbs and dungeons there.”

“How was it?”

To increase the chance of survival even a little, they needed to have information about the monsters’ dwelling place.

Isn’t it ironic that he is guaranteed growth as a player but now he most likely will die due to a noble before realizing his potential?

“Ha… I’ll be honest. You’ll see it soon anyway.”

“Yes. Please tell me.”

“The monsters’ dwelling place is a truly dreadful place. The monsters that attack during the monster wave? They’re nothing more than a joke.”

“What?”

There are hundreds of thousands in Gami-an and tens of thousands in Panielun, and he calls that a joke.

“Just at the entrance, there are monsters of that number. They’re not large-scale monsters, of course. The larger monsters are probably deeper inside.”

Gulp.

Dry saliva went down Kaiyan’s throat at the horrifying fact.

“In that case, can you even imagine how many more monsters there are in the center? Moreover, when I went to the entrance, I was part of an A-rank mercenary group, and every time I went, one-third of the mercenaries died.”

To be in an A-rank mercenary group, you need to have a considerable number of skilled mercenaries. But for only one-third to survive each time…

“It’s a dreadful place.”

“Yeah, to be honest, I don’t see any possibility of rescuing Tarien… And I don’t see any possibility of us coming back alive either.”

“…”

“Uncle Jeff is right. So far, very few people who ventured into the heart of the monster dwelling place have returned alive. What can we do…”

The only thing Kaiyan can rely on right now is the shop.

From a quiet check, he had over 1000G, which is more than enough, even for a dangerous monster-dwelling place.

But there’s a catch.

“I can’t use it for everyone, like before.”

There are about 100 remaining knights and soldiers of the 7th Special Unit.

It’s a little insufficient to use it for everyone.

“Even if I’m selfish, if I can’t save everyone, at least those close to me.”

After an hour, the surviving soldiers and knights gathered again in the same place.

“We have a significant decrease in personnel. Were there many casualties?”

“Well… Some soldiers ran away.”

The old knight asked with an unpleasant expression, and the lieutenant replied in a fluster.

“Then we have barely 80 left.”

Kaiyan understood the sentiment of the deserting soldiers.

They must have been scared.

“By disobeying the alliance’s discipline, those men’s families will be executed, not just them.”

That’s why the remaining soldiers didn’t run away.

The alliance’s discipline was applied very strictly to the commoners, and among them, desertion was considered a significant crime that would lead to the execution of their families.

The remaining soldiers stayed not because they weren’t afraid but because they didn’t want to harm their families. Even if they didn’t have families, they couldn’t avoid being captured by the pursuing forces and getting killed.

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