Silence and Simon looked to one another and nodded. They prepared their guns before commencing battle. The military operation would end successfully when Han makes it over the rainbow colored lights from the dimensional crack to defeat the Elu mage.

Click.

Simon loaded his R-2. He aimed for the Elu mage's head, but the bullet was blocked by the psychic shield that they had put up.

"So DoMeRa!" (t/n: unknown jargon in Elu language)

The Elu mage shouted as if it anticipated this attack. The Elu warriors that were in hiding jumped out one after another. The patrolling Elus were gathered and numbed near ten.

Bang! Bang!

Silence and Simon calmly bought time while shooting their guns. The guns were effective against the Elu warriors who were unable to use psychic powers. Simon reloaded the magazine of his gun while earnestly waiting for Han's appearance.

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'I don't want to fail my first mission. Han.'

Han stood upon the dimensional crack spilling out rainbow colored lights. The poisonous lights were especially concentrated in this area. Gunshot noises sounded intermittently from across the dimensional crack. They were in the middle of combat with enemies. It seems they were trying to buy as much time as they could, as they had originally planned.

GGguuuooo!

The dimensional crack choked Han's neck. Han peered to the bottom of the dimensional crack. This crack was about one kilometer long. The shortest route across the crack was at least a few dozen meters. The depth of it was impossible to estimate, and the only definite thing was that he would die if he fell.

'I just need to cross fifty meters.'

Han took a rough estimate of the distance across. It wasn't too difficult to fly fifty meters while using two airbeats, except that this was on top of the dimensional crack.

Keeeeee.

Han unloaded the two airbeats that he had hung on his hips. The airbeat floated in the air.

'All I need is focus.'

Han mumbed and his eyes flashed. Blue light glowed from his eyes.

Falter.

Han set foot onto the airbeat. He thought he properly used his telekinetic powers to stabilize the airbeat, but the center of gravity had been set incorrectly. Telekinetic powers in this place seemed to follow a different set of laws. If he used fifty percent telekinetic strength, only thirty percent would manifest, but the next moment it would suddenly manifest with seventy percent of the strength. The energy of this place caused total chaos.

'Thankfully, my psychic energy levels are low.. so the deviation in energy levels isn't too significant. If Kuro or another person were here, they would have already flew off their airbeats.'

Han moved his next airbeat a step forward. He moved step by step like he was crossing a stone bridge. If it had been the usual circumstances, he would have crossed in no time, but he was full of nerves like he was walking across on a tightrope.

'Walking a tightrope would be easier than this. This is like trying to walk on a tightrope while strong winds blow sporadically.'

Han threw off his helmet. His head felt heavy and it was difficult to perfectly balance his center of gravity. The helmet which dropped down into the cliffs did not make the sound of hitting the ground floor.

"Huu, huu."

Han tried to catch his breath after he made it half way across. He felt dizzy and wanted to throw up. The blinding rainbow colored lights made it hard to see at all in this place. The lights flashed in rotation, attacking his eyes at every moment.

Guuuooo!

Han slightly lowered himself by bending his hips. A violent wind blew from the bottom of the dimensional crack.

"This is...."

Han threw up. His legs trembled. He wasn't afraid because of the wind. Something was glaring up at him from the dimensional crack below. The fierce gaze numbed his legs.

'Dreadful.'

An unknown, horrifying energy captured Han. His teeth clattered while a dragon-like being seemed to creep into his mind.

The existence he had only seen through photos and recordings. Human beings will reflexively stiffen in fear as if meeting their natural enemy.

'It's dangerous. This force coming up from below.. is probably from a dragon.'

Psykers who are about to face off against dragons would get shot with adrenaline and endorphins before battle. Because of the nature of psykers, they would be completely overtaken by dragon fear in close combat without the borrowed strength of drugs. Han thought of the various facts he learned during his stay in Ark.

'My mind is beginning to numb.'

Han swiftly moved across before the fear would strangle him again. He increased his speed, though this would increase his chance of falling.

'The Elu mage is trying to turn this dimensional crack into a gate. I could feel the dragon's energy seeping out from within. This is a real dragon. If we don't stop the Elu mage here...'

Han's eyes grew wide. This was Sinuiju. The chance the dragon would march forward toward Korea was very high.

Ba-du-duk.

Han firmly bit down onto his thumb. Blood flowed out of his skin. He attempted to distract his mind from the terror which enwrapped this place.

Han only had a few steps remaining now. He had used most of his strength crossing a mere fifty meters. Now he was moving forward on sheer will power. He took out a numbing ampule from his waist pocket. He just had to shoot this into the Elu mage's body.

Han blearily blinked his eyes. Han could see an afterimage of the Elu mage through the pillars of lights streaming out from the crack. The Elu mage didn't even imagine that someone would appear from behind them. It only focused on the enemies attacking from the front.

Weeeng!

Han used his airbeat to take another step and took a huge leap. The airbeat lost balance and fell to the floor. Han jumped out from a stream of light beaming out of the dimensional crack.

He held onto an ampule with his mouth, and pounced onto the defenceless Elu mage's back. The surprise attack shocked the Elu mage, as it erratically moved its body trying to fend itself away from Han. The psychic shield which surrounded the area dissipated.

"SI-LENCE!!"

Han shouted.

Weng! Weng!

Silence used all his powers to blink in succession. He shot his gun while blinking closer.

He instantly appeared in the gap between the Elu mage and warriors. Instead of reloading his magazine, he unsheathed his twin sword. He mercilessly slayed the warriors who tried to get in his way.

Squeeze!

Han stuck the ampule into the Elu mage's neck and injected its contents. The mage sensed danger, and attempted to teleport. Han was stuck on its body, increasing the difficulty of using this skill. The Elu warriors attempted to pull Han off the Elu mage's body, but Silence continued to obstruct their path.

Plap!

The Elu mage's body shook and slumped down onto the floor. An Elu warrior slumped onto the floor. Without the Elu mage's support, the warriors couldn't hold a candle against Squad Whiskey. Simon and Silence took care of the remaining warriors with their guns.

'Did we stop it?'

Han crawled on the floor and looked down into the dimensional crack. The dragon fear had disappeared. Han threw up everything he had been suppressing.

The remaining squad members could see Han's terrible state of pain. Han didn't easily show weaknesses to others.

This kind of person, looked to be in a state of pure pain. It was definite that he had faced against something rough inside the dimensional crack.

"It's not over yet. We must hurry to rejoin with Sergeant Red and withdraw from here. Until we return to Ark..."

Silence stopped Han from speaking further, raising his index finger to his mouth. He nodded.

-You did well. Let's return. Rookie.

Silence lent Han his shoulder.

Squad Whisky quietly returned. It was to remain top secret that they had captured the enemy forces alive. Sergeant Red wrote a report based on Han's statement.

This was mainly because Han had been in charge of commanding the latter half of their military operation. Sergeant Red was sitting down typing the report with his usual expression. The only thing that changed was that the leg connected to his right knee was gone.

"Don't stare at me like a dog that wants to pee. All I need is to attach prosthetics to my leg. It's a miracle my four limbs had remained until now. Thanks to you I've become disabled. This is a perfect excuse to retire."

Sergeant Red spoke with a light heart. He stuck a cigar in his mouth and lit it up. A passing medical staff shook his head in disapproval.

"Thank you. Sergeant."

Han no longer brought up the topic of his leg nor did he apologize. Sergeant Red didn't wish for an apology neither.

Sergeant Red reviewed the report he had finished drafting. He paid extra careful attention with regards to his report when Han took command of the squad.

"You made a good decision, Han. It was the right decision to continue forward with the military operation. If you had hesitated or decided to pull out, I would have cried that I sacrificed my left leg for you. Anyhow, are you certain that you felt dragon fear from within the dimensional crack?

"It was a different kind of fear I had never experienced before. The only logical reason I would experience such fear in that situation is dragon fear. After the Elu mage was incapacitated, the fearful energy coming from the dimensional crack disappeared."

"We'll know the exact details after thoroughly interrogating the mage."

Sergeant Red deeply inhaled his cigar and blew it out his mouth. The Elu mage was taken down into Ark's basement.

"Is it possible to interrogate a being from another world?"

"There is a telepathic psyker in Ark. He is the only person with such skill in this world."

There are 52 unique psyker skills. Half of them were unique skills that belonged to only a single person. One person would often manifest a skill that matched their character. Some had unique skills such as fire, body strengthening, or other common skills. There were also very rare unique skills such as distant future foresight and telepathy. The blink skill belonged to the same rareness category as immediate foresight users.

Click.

Silence entered the hospital room. Silence saw Han and Sergeant Red talking and was going to leave, but Sergeant Red waved his hand for Silence to come in.

"We're done here. Come in, Silence."

Silence came in wearing his skull mask instead of his battle helmet. He exchanged words with his usual electronic note.

-Are you feeling better?

Silence looked to Han with this note.

"I was going to go on a diet, but thanks to somebody here my body has gotten significantly lighter so there is no more need for it."

Sergeant Red roared laughing. Silence carefully wrote out his next message.

Sergeant Red was patient and waited for Silence's next message.

'It could be that Sergeant Red is one of the few people Silence converses with.'

If one were to disregard Sergeant Red's outward appearance, he was quite a considerate person. Han thought it could be because Sergeant Red was very similar to himself.

"You can leave now. You precocious child, and fake ninja. Now I will meditate upon my lost leg while remembering past memories of my leg."

Sergeant Red said chasing the two out. Han and Silence left the hospital room and walked together. Silence was the first the break the silence with his electronic note.

-I'm sorry I hit you. I thought the matter over carefully. If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't have been able to stop myself either.

Silence only found out later on that the people skewered and offered as sacrifices were past members of the Squad 13.

"No, your words were correct. I had caused a dangerous situation."

-You overcame it. I understand why Sergeant Red expects great things from you.

"Sergeant Red can't differentiate between the things he likes and hates. He treats everyone the same. He bullies the people he hates, and he bullies the people he likes as well."

Silence's shoulder shook. It seems he was laughing. Lots of time was required to converse with Silence. They only exchanged a few words and they already reached the fork in the road which directed them to the third year and second year dorms.

-It seems we won't meet for awhile longer. Do your best to transfer up into third year.

Han lightly waved his hand and returned to the 13th squad's dorm rooms.