Eclipse - Special Operations in Another World

Episode 4

Nothing changed after I pulled the main parachute strap. The main parachute failed to function.

Relax Hajime, don't be afraid, don't panic, there's still a spare parachute. All you need to do is pull a spare parachute and...

Nothing happened, the backup parachute also failed. God fucking.

"Wand, what's wrong?"

Blade asked. But I can't answer. My body is spinning uncontrollably. Uggh! My brain started to get dizzy and tried to process what was happening...

Une belle princesse, tombee en discrete...

Someone's voice humming?

Un brave chevalier de l'est, rendu fou par l'effusion de sang...

Wh-what's that? I saw something...

Comme deux mondes se rencontrent,

She is not my sister, nor is she my mother...

Comme deux - mes se sont rencontres,

The girl had long pink hair that was beautiful like a sakura and wore armor like a medieval knight. He stood on the edge of the slope behind me so I could not see his face clearly. His skin was pure white, as white as snow.

Les chansons d'amour et de paix commencent....

Wait a minute..why do I imagine such an obscure thing?! Be aware! Your life is on the edge, your chances of goodbye are few!

Last chance, I plucked the combat horn from the sheath on my left thigh. Then, I grabbed the parachute on my back, tore off the wrapper and managed to grab the thread. With the extremely high wind speed and gravity, I had no idea where my comrade was. Even I myself do not know which is up and down because it spins without control.

Taking a deep breath, I pulled the thread of the parachute and prayed.

A few seconds later, I felt a jolt all over my body and a pull on my groin and armpit.

Mercifully...

My parachute was working and I started to descend slowly. After breathing a sigh of relief, I heard Muse shouting my name on the radio.

"Hajim! You're all right, aren't you? Answer!"

"Yeah...Next time don't mention the name on the radio, Muse."

"God-fucking-dammit, man.bikin' people freaking out!"

Suddenly a strong wind blew. I lost my balance and unfortunately again, the backpack and gun bag slipped off my thigh and fell into the forest below.

"Damn it!"

I don't know if now the goddess Fortuna isn't on my side. But, let it be, I don't really care about luck either. Ability is paramount, the rest is just an uncertain factor. Important itupoints taught Sidewinder.

Taking a deep breath, I waited until landing. Within minutes I landed on a tree, unsmoothly. The branches and leaves cover the whole body. It feels like a dysentile dozens of times. If I hadn't worn combat clothes, my body would have been covered in wounds.

After that, I stopped, exactly a few meters from the ground. I pulled out my horn once more and cut the parachute thread, then fell to the ground with my buttocks first.

"Ughhhhh!"

I slowly got up and cleaned the dirt that was stuck in the clothes. I took out a gadget to detect toxins and viruses in this area. I don't know what the name is, but most importantly I was taught how to wear it. After the device rang, indicating that there was a negative virus in this area, I removed the oxygen mask and took a deep breath. The air here is completely different from the earth.

It was very cold without any pollution. It's like being in a different world.

However, there was no time for me to enjoy the air here. I have to find my main backpack and weapon at all costs. I began to remember the fall and began to walk through this forest.

Not to forget I clasped and cocked my gun which is also my 'sleeping buddy', SIG Sauer P220, a semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Minebea under the SIG Sauer license under the name Minebea P9.

"Wand, this is Blade! Coming in!" I stopped moving when Blade contacted me.

"Here Wand, Five Charlie[Five Charlie* = Loud & Clear, sounds very clear.]!"

"Look, we're completely separated. We'll regroup at checkpoint Alpha!"

I quickly grabbed a map of this area from the pouch and opened it. I'm looking for checkpoint Alpha. After a few seconds of reading the map, I found the place that Blade meant, a settlement to the west, roughly 2 kilometers from where we were parachuted.

"You hear?"

"understandable. But before I had to find my stuff, it just fell somewhere."

"All right! Good luck, mate!" After Blade switched off the transmission, I reentered the map and restarted the search.

I saw the tree next to me in a very strange shape. The trunk is very strange shaped, there are circular others that resemble the shape of animals and even humans. Most trees are very large, banyan in size or may be larger while others have blue stems. I stared at the trees for a while before carefully stepping.

Finally after a few minutes, or hours of searching I found the stuff.

However, an unusually large wolf blocked the path. He gritted his teeth, showing his sharp fangs full of saliva, ready to pounce on me. I walked a few steps back, pointed the gun at him and strengthened the foot massage. I have to finish off the wolf if I want to take my gear. Currently there is only a gun with 2 spare magazines, each magazine contains 9 bullets which means I only have 27 bullets. My battlecruiser is also ready for action when necessary. Damn, the grenade in my bulletproof vest disappeared somewhere.

I also wear a vest with IV protection level used by special forces that can even withstand high-caliber bullets and also the best quality helmet. But I don't think that's enough. The animal's fangs look scarier than .50cal.

With lightning fast the wolf lunged towards me while roaring.

I rolled to the side avoiding the lunge of the animal. I crouched down and shot the animal in the head three times right at the head. But the wolf got back up and glared at me with one eye closed and his face hurt. I wonder, how hard is that head to hold a shot?

"From you!"

The wolf attacked again. He jumped up and tried to put his foot on top of me. I managed to avoid it, but the shock caused by the shock had made me lose my balance and almost fall. I shot again the next eye and jumped on the animal's back. I don't know why my body feels lighter in this world.

I lifted my horn and stabbed him in the back. The animal roared in pain as I pierced deeper.

My horn let out a green light, which surprised me. This wolf was jumping around like a rodeo cow smashing into several trees around. I want to end this fight as soon as possible. After pulling the horn from his back, I slit his throat. Blood gushed from his neck before the animal fell lifelessly.

After that fierce struggle, my battle shirt was soaked in sweat. There were also some blood spots on my uniform. At least my body is still intact and can reclaim my equipment. I stared at my trumpet, wondering how my trumpet let out such light when I had absolutely nothing to modify this trumpet.

After sheathing back my trumpet and gun, I slowly began to approach and observe around. After all I felt safe, I opened the first bag of weapons. It contained the 'my friend', the main assault rifle of the Martial Force, the Type 89 Howa light brown. Operating with a NATO standard caliber bullet of 5.56x45mm, this rifle is made and developed from the famous M16 Attack Gun. The design is also heavily derived from the H&K G3 rifle. My Type 89 is an F variant with a folding stock that I have replaced with a foldable stock of a SCAR rifle, and also rails at the top and bottom of the barrel, respectively, pre-installed Holographic binoculars and front handles.

Then I took out my second flagship weapon, a Remington M24A3 sniper rifle. Of course, as a sniper I need a sniper rifle. This rifle has been fitted with a bipod and binoculars with a magnification of 10 times. I put this rifle in the gunbag and carried it on my back.

I took out some spare magazines from the backpack and stuffed them into the armor bag. I also took 2 hand grenades and put them in a vest, if it were surrounded by the wolves. The rest I left in the backpack. I also took off my helmet and tied it to the belt. The weight of a helmet that reached 5 kilograms sometimes made my neck almost broken. In addition, also so that my hair and head are not wet and moist by sweat.

With all this gear, I gained about 100 pounds, which is why the physical exercise before I got here was heavier than usual. I will be here for a long time, so I should be ready for everything if suddenly it all ends SNAFU[SNAFU* = Situation Normal, All F**ked Up, etc, sarcastic mention of the chaos of a mission.]. It may sound Paranoid but I don't know what danger will threaten me in this world.

Honestly, I'm a little paranoid. I don't even remember the last time I ate at a restaurant without taking my back to the wall and close to the exit.

When I finished, I dug up the ground to bury the used parachute and the bag of weapons. I can't bring everything and Mabes doesn't want our technology to be owned by anyone else.

Colonel Suzuki called me. "GREEN 2'S….Command Headquarters. Report the situation, over?"

"Command Headquarters, this is GREEN 2. Landing succeeded. Repeat, landing successful. Ready for Catalyst surgery, over?"

"Roger….We'll shut down the communion. Good luck, son!"

After that, there is only static on the radio. Now I'm completely isolated in this forest. I checked the compass on my military watch and started moving west.

*****

This forest is quite thick. There were many bushes and trees blocking my way. Sometimes I even walk back to the same place. A perfect place for King Kong and T-Rex to appear.

Fortunately, all that can be done because it is used to surviving in the wild. I need to stay alert because there could be predators threatening me. Whether it's animals, humans, or even aliens.

The sun began to set in the eastern horizon. I decided to take a break for a while. I sit under a tree and open a military ration or in cool terms an MRE(Meals, Ready to Eat), which contains Chicken Yakiniku.

The cooking method is quite easy. Just fill a plastic bag with hot water, put the ration packaging into the bag, wait a while and Voila! Chicken sure I'm warm ready to eat.

Although it sounds like super delicious Japanese food, it does not taste so good. Sometimes it's bland, sometimes it's too sweet, sometimes it's too salty. That was why many warriors called it 'Meals, Rejected by Everyone'. Since I was starving, I could spend it all in an instant. Better to eat this than hunt, spend ammo.

When I finished, I drank water from the camel pack. If you don't know, a camel pack is a bag-shaped place of water that sits on your back with a hose that sticks out to your shoulders. All you need to do is turn your head, bite the hose, and suck.

After eating, I decided to sleep under the tree for a while. I was in the wild so I had to stay alert. Every 5-10 minutes I would open my eyes and look around before going to bed again. My ears are trained to be sensitive enough, even a broken twig can wake me up.

My sleep is not very comfortable. Maybe it's because of this in the woods and a lot of bugs that make me pat myself on the face. Besides, sometimes nightmares come to me when I'm fast asleep…

Suddenly, there were footsteps.

I quickly grabbed the rifle and turned the safety lever. I peeked out from behind the tree and saw about 8 people armed with swords and crossbows. They wore thick armor that protected their bodies.

With this it was clear who inhabited this world. However, their technology is still far below ours, more or less like medieval technology. I don't know why I think this world is similar to the RPG or LN games I read.

I took digital cameras and photographed them secretly, if they saw me and even thought I was an enemy it would be very troublesome. This could be evidence of an important discovery. From their behavior, they looked more like mercenaries or perhaps bandits because they looked barbaric with disheveled faces, movements and ways of holding undisciplined weapons, and violently slash down bushes and twigs.

Slowly, they approached me. I clasped the assault rifle tightly. Had they known and attacked me I would have had to react quickly. Indeed with this outfit I can camouflage and hard to see, but there is no harm in being vigilant. The moment it felt turned into minutes and hours as the bandits walked past me. Every now and then, one of them looked around, unaware that someone was aiming at the head of every one of them who was closest to me.

Finally, I was able to breathe a sigh of relief as the bandits passed by and walked away. Out of curiosity, I crept up following them carefully. Lucky I wore knee protection so I could crawl without getting my knees chafed.

After a while, they all stopped. I heard the sound of horse footsteps and the wheels of the carriage.

To my right, there is a road from the ground. Then, the sound of a horse carriage approached. The sound of the wheel being on the ground violently kept approaching until I saw the carriage. A medieval wooden carriage that someone was riding in a brown robe. There was a lot of stuff behind him. The train was getting closer and closer until my distance with the train was only a few meters away. I saw the rider of the carriage was a young girl with..pink hair?

I don't know why the girl looks....

"Alright boys, that's our prey. Let's get her!"

Whisper the bandits to his friends. Damnit damnit! I gotta....

Holdin' a.... What was I thinking? That's not my job. Focus on the mission, focus! Don't mind him, Hajime. All you need to do is creep away and....

"No!!!"

What's....

"Someone, help me!"

That shout…

The screams I heard while on duty in Luminia....

A scream I can't forget....

The screams of a helpless girl who was tortured and treated horribly by a gang of looters.

There's nothing I can do to save her. If I save her, it will jeopardize my mission. It's the same thing…

Goddammit! What am I supposed to do…