Omniscient First-Person’s Viewpoint - Chapter 26
EP.26 Resistance – 1
About a week ago.
The military suddenly summoned troops.
It was a daily routine that the military authorities hired soldiers to maintain public order, but this time, the scale was different. All available forces were gathered in the city, leaving only the bare minimum necessary for the defense of borders and strategic points. It was as if they were fighting a war against the city. While people hid in their houses and trembled at the sight of soldiers filling the streets, the military began a massive arrest operation using the gathered troops.
The Resistance, who was hiding with the cooperation of the citizens who only listed their names on wanted flyers, petty criminals who were neglected because their crimes were ambiguous.
And quite a lot of just unlucky and unhappy citizens.
All of them were detained and trampled under military boots running through the streets.
Kanisen, too, could not escape the inspection.
Kanisen was a servant of a prestigious knight order in the past when the military state was still a kingdom. After the military government came to power, he was hiding, but the military intelligence department still considered him as a dangerous person and kept an eye on him.
Naturally, his small house was also visited by soldiers as a result of this incident.
Up to this point, it was commonplace in the military. A sudden visit from a soldier by key figures from the time of the kingdom. And being caught by the pod of a word and being dragged away and going through hardships.
However, if there is one thing that is different from usual, it is that Kanisen was really a rebel and was preparing a terrorist attack against the military in the near future.
As soon as Carnissen sensed it, he took only the bare minimum equipment and fled. The comrades who were with him also fled.
After confirming that what they touched once was a mineral vein, the military suddenly chased after them.
However, Kanisen is also said to be in the kingdom, but he was once involved in the military. Sensing something unclear in this bustling movement, instead of running away, he hid himself in the military supply system. And there he discovered something surprising.
The fact that countless vicious criminals have escaped from the Great Prison of Tantalus, where the worst criminals in history are gathered, and that the military has gathered troops to prevent the chaos they will cause.
He got some amazing information, but he didn’t have much time left. The chase was endless and the enemies were too many. There would be no point in resisting here. They are swept away by the overwhelming force of troops.
Then, like a miracle, a way out appeared in front of him.
A supply box that should have gone to Tantalus, where prisoners escaped and lost their place to go.
Thoughts pass by like a kaleidoscope. Memories that sparkled like flashes were hammered into my brain in order to obtain information in a brief moment.
To have a headache. I grabbed my pounding head and got up in the stream of my thoughts.
Sudden mass inspection. And the resistance that fled there. Mind reading, I skimmed through the outlines of how they got here, and lamented in bewilderment.
military bastards. Normally, he pretends to be meticulous, but he doesn’t open the box there.
I feel like shaking the golem that boasted that supplies are coming right away. Couldn’t you check it again before sending it? Don’t you even check the goods?
Thanks to the military’s negligence in management, the five resistance members forgot food inside and endured far and wide. Moaning in pain in a space so small that it was difficult to even lift a hand, as soon as they landed, they jumped out as if they had waited.
I was the first thing they faced, and it was only natural for them to pour out their hostility toward me, who were dissatisfied with everything in the world.
ha. It’s resistance.
Even in the resistance, most of them are young people who are dissatisfied with society. No matter how low I am here, I have no intention of losing to immature children. Where can we give children true education? I am what you all grew up with, guys.
As I untied my hands, a stout young man pointed a gun at me and shouted sharply.
“Stay still! Raise your hand!”
I hastily raised my hand. The gun can’t help it.
phew. thank god. If Aji hadn’t licked my shoulder, I would have died because my hand wouldn’t go up. I should thank Aji.
…no wait.
The reason why my arm hurt in the first place and why I was out in the yard at the right time is because I knew everything. If I hadn’t played ball with you, I wouldn’t have faced the Resistance naked!
“bruise?”
Aji, who was wagging his tail fiercely to see the new humans, tilted his head when he saw my fiery gaze. I glared at Aji with my arms raised up.
It’s because of you that I’m going to get caught, so you take care of it!
I sent a message with this meaning with all kinds of impressions. Aji, who was staring at me, nodded as if he understood, his eyes twinkling. yes dog king Finally, pay for your meal.
“Dog woman, raise your hand too!”
“bruise!”
Aji barked cheerfully and raised his hand after me.
okay. what do i want from you He is a light-tailed guy who welcomes people whenever he comes.
The young man looked at Aji’s very bright face and put on a slightly suspicious face. I was hoping for an attack on Aji by any chance.
‘…For a filthy dog, you’ve got a good attitude. It looks a little lacking, but it doesn’t look dangerous, so stay still…’
It seems that the appearance influenced the judgment. it’s a shame. If I had just fired a gun and fought with Aji, I would have been hit by a doggy punch and broken somewhere.
The young man brandished his gun menacingly and shouted.
“ruler! If everyone raises their hands, kneel down and land on the ground…!”
“Alpha. stop.”
A middle-aged man appeared silently from behind the box. He naturally stepped forward and put his hand on the shoulder of the man called Alpha. As Alpha gasped for breath, the middle-aged man took his hand to the muzzle and lowered it slowly.
Alpha asked breathlessly.
“Leader?”
Whether you look at it by age, ability, experience, or appearance or presence.
Kanisen, a man who could only be seen as a captain to anyone, stepped out in front of me.
His strength is felt in his solid gait. Even if the world collapses, he seems to collapse a little later than that. Even though he has been crouching in a box for several days, his body and mind are as strong as if not even scratched.
The leader of this resistance group, Kanisen, told Alpha.
“We don’t know about this place yet. I know you are cramped and anxious, but what you need to use now is your tongue, not your gun.”
“…sorry. I was impatient.”
“This can be happen. I understand. I’ve been locked up for too long.”
Kanisen stroked his gritty beard and glanced at Aji with cold eyes. Then, after glancing at Tantalus, who was shining a searchlight in the distance, he approached me with a calculated smile.
“Excuse me. Were you very surprised?”
I was really surprised. Nodding my head, I shouted with sincerity.
“No, of course! Who are you all? He suddenly points a gun at me!”
“Do not be on your guard. We are enemies of the military and we are on your side. I apologize for pointing the gun at you. you are…?”
Carnissen asked me to introduce myself and dragged on his horse.
While being polite, he appropriately radiates energy and demands an answer. It would be no problem to call the way he naturally digs up about me as exemplary. He didn’t stop thinking about it though.
‘young. taking off the shirt Seeing that he wasn’t even wearing an instructor’s uniform, let alone a military uniform, he didn’t seem to belong to the military. It’s thin and sleek, but it doesn’t look strong. I’ve heard that most of the prisoners escaped, so if you’re the first to get supplies during this time, it’s likely that he’s a laborer. If so, we’ll be able to get information about this place… which is the most lacking for us.’
The resistance also has a reasonable mind and quick judgment, probably because they didn’t make Jjakjeongi their leader. Although it was the first time he came out after falling into the legendary prison of Tantalus and enduring in a small box for three days, he did not lose his composure.
that’s my favorite type It’s clear what attitude to take.
An image drawn in the other person’s mind. that shapes me If he thinks of me as a slave, then I become the most perfect slave he can think of.
His posture is a little crooked, he doesn’t hide his tiredness, and his voice mixes fear and bewilderment. I’m glad I don’t have an instructor’s uniform. Because you don’t have to make excuses. I deliberately waved a helpless gaze, mimicking the reaction of a laborer when he meets an intruder.
“I am the one who was brought here about a week ago. Soldiers came in unexpectedly, arrested me, and without saying a word, threw me here and ordered me to work. I don’t know anything. I have no money.”
“What are you in charge of?”
“Chores like cooking and cleaning!”
“You must have been brought in by the wicked military.”
“is it so. I feel unfair.”
Carnissen nodded in satisfaction and held out his hand to me.
“As expected, we are comrades. We also have a grudge against the military.”
“yes?”
When I held out my hand awkwardly, Kanisen grabbed my hand and shook it vigorously. The power was so strong that my whole body staggered.
“We are the People’s Friend Resistance. They are the ones who want to defeat the brutal army and find freedom and peace.”
Now is the time to be surprised. I exclaimed in an exaggerated manner.
“Les Resistance?!”
After the military drove out the monarchy and came to power, harsh labor, low wages, thorough control and ruthless punishment, and rapid urbanization led to the collapse of the existing order. Those who lost property or family members to the military government hid in the shadows and formed an organization against the military government.
However, the unified band of rebels could not stand up to the elite soldiers of the military. Several times it appeared sporadically and was suppressed at once. The rebels also felt the need for systematic leadership and united under an outstanding leader.
That’s the biggest rebel group Resistance. Those who cry for liberation from military rule.
Of course, the perception of resistance among the general public is not so good now, long after the military government came to power. Let’s mix a little bit of caution here. That would be more natural.
“If it’s Les Resistance, then that terroris… Huh!”
He deliberately stopped saying the word terrorist and pretended to cover his mouth. And he looks at me with terrified eyes.
A little rude, but a normal reaction to a normal person.
As expected, Carnissen had no doubts about my attitude.
“I understand. You’ve only heard bad rumors about us. The military would have incited us to be ruthless terrorists.”
“Oh well. yes.”
“But be aware. Most of the brutality of the resistance transmitted by the military is actually… the military authorities did it and put it on us. We are essentially the same as you who were framed by the military.”
Perhaps because he was once a knight, his serious words carry weight. If I were an ordinary person, I think I would have trusted that word without even realizing it.
In addition, he was good at forming a consensus that you and I are no different after reassuring him that he was on the same side. It was quite evident that he had once ruled over people.
“Trust us. We are here to help you.”
this person.
He’s pretty good at cheating. If he hadn’t been a knight, he would have been a swindler in a back alley.
But the opponent was bad. Of course, most of my words have become useless because I am the number one swindler in the back alley.
I answered as if my fears were slowly dispelling.
“You came to help me?”
“Of course! Help those who are unjustly oppressed by the military. Because that’s the resistance! You, of course, will help all the unfortunate people trapped here!”
“iced coffee.”
As if in admiration, she speaks a little. Carnissen laughed heartily at my reaction, which did not betray expectations.
After taking his eyes off me for a moment, he turned to Aji, who was still standing with his hand raised.
“Now, what kind of person is this beautiful prisoner girl?”
At Kanisen’s question, Aji shouted brightly.
“bruise! I am a puppy!”
“puppy? What a strange name. How did the young lady come here?”
“nice to meet you! nice to meet you! nice to meet you!”
Aji suddenly ran and started spinning around Kanisen. It was so quick and unexpected that even Kanisen, a former knight, could not react. It was when Carnisen, startled, took his hand to his waist.
I could feel the hostility rising from inside the box. When I turned my head, there was a female resistance inside the box, who had been wary of this side, pointing a gun at Aji.
“Leader!”
The voice of a young woman with clear vigilance.
Hearing that voice, Kanisen’s face twisted.
“mum…!”
‘You can’t shoot!’
But before he even started talking, the trigger had already been pulled.
bang!
Bullets ejected from the muzzle. The armor-piercing bullets, slightly ahead of the gunshots, aimed precisely at Aji and were sucked in. It’s an instant. At this close range, it didn’t take a split second for the bullet to reach Aji.
In the meantime, Aji, who had been circling around Kanisen, suddenly stared at the armor-piercing bullets approaching him.
I grabbed it with my teeth right before it touched my body.
Kwadeuk.
A strange sound was heard. The sound of teeth digging into steel. The sound of metal grinding mercilessly. And that was it.
The bullet’s brief journey from the muzzle ended between Aji’s teeth.
Enemy.
No one really witnessed this spectacle. At least Kanisen quickly understood the situation.
‘You caught an armor-piercing bullet fired from close range? With teeth too?’
It’s not uncommon to survive being hit by bullets. If you learn a little qigong, wear sturdy clothes, or are born healthy, you can easily withstand a bullet or two. Guns are useful, but not very powerful weapons.
But what about snatching bullets? It’s not easy even for a master, and even if he could, he wouldn’t even try with his teeth. If you fail, your fragile inner skin will be torn by bullets.
But Aji did it.
Aji chewed the steel bullet once and spat it out with a crumpled face. Distorted bullets ricocheted across the ground. Aji shouted with a dissatisfied expression.
“It’s hot! hard! It tastes awful!”
Teeth marks on the dented bullets.
It was only then that the other resistances, who belatedly grasped the situation, raised their guns in unison.
“Stop shooting!”
All of them put down their guns in amazement like students scolded by their teacher at Kanissen’s remarks. Carnissen screamed, his face contorted.
“Who told you to shoot yourself? Didn’t Beta tell you never to shoot until I gave you an order?”
The young man called Beta hurriedly lowered his head.
“I’m sorry.”
“If you know, stay still!”
Kanisen, after threatening him, politely put his hands together and bowed his head toward Aji.
“Forgive me for the rudeness. We are short of learning, so we don’t know which famous person you are. Could you please tell me your name?”
‘That dog is not an ordinary bet. If there is a battle… everyone will die!’
Oh, he knows his subject and even apologizes first. It’s the first time since Tantalus came down from such an ordinary and normal person, so it’s fresh. Even I, a model citizen, felt like I was becoming abnormal in this basement.
Of course, since clapping your hands makes a sound, you won’t get a normal reaction just because you acted normally.
“bruise! I am a puppy!”
“puppy? It may be rude, but is it a special issue?”
“name! bruise! bruise! nice to meet you! nice to meet you!”
Kanisen stared blankly at Aji with a face as if he had gone mad. Losing his direction for a moment, he looked at me as if clinging.
“This nobleman over there.”
“ah. It’s the trainee who stayed here. My name is Puppy He’s strong, but I’ve heard that he’s a real dog, so we hang out together like this from time to time.”
“The dog king that comes down only in legends? No, even Tantalus could be such an existence.”
answer. even smart There seems to be a lot of knowledge that I have heard about this and that.
Being polite, being afraid of others, knowing the topic and knowing a lot of things. If there are trainees in this land, it would be nice to have only such people.
ha. So it’s even more sad.
I mean, I have to kill this guy.
Kanisen, who came to his senses, asked urgently.
“Are there any soldiers or other prisoners… no trainees left here?”
“Oh, there are no soldiers. Instead, there are two or more trainees. But I’m too busy sleeping or doing my own thing. If I don’t explode the bomb, it won’t come out?”
“is it. Thank you very much.”
‘Your spine is cold. There were at least two such beings… no, since there was a prison break, there must have been a lot more than that. How on earth did the military capture those monsters?’
Kanisen was lost in thought for a long time. Thoughts passing by. I calmly read his thoughts with an ignorant face.
‘It’s not a place to look at. If we don’t hurry up with the plan, we might be stopped by the other prisoners of Tantalus. I have to finish the job as quickly as possible.’
Resistance is the enemy of the military.
Prisoners are also enemies of the military.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Especially if my enemy is strong.
Usually, the resistance chooses a tactic that imposes a heavy burden on the military by capturing prisoners or releasing them altogether.
But for some reason Carnisen never thought of asking the prisoners of Tantalus for help. As if that wasn’t the purpose in the first place.
Why did Kanisen, a terrorist and resistance fighter, come to Tantalus? Why did he hide in a supply crate headed for Tantalus while fleeing?
Abyss Tantalus Cursed by the earth mother, to a land from which there is no escape?
‘I can’t get out of Tantalus. The only equipment we packed was a bomb for terrorism. The way to do meaningful damage to the military with this…’
It’s simple. I muttered cynically.
What else can a terrorist do but terrorize?
‘The only thing to do is to completely destroy Tantalus, the symbol of oppression, and sink it under the abyss.’
Those guys just came to blow up this place. It doesn’t matter if they die.
My eyes went cold.