Then--
She heard Little Rabbit gasp.
"What!? An aerial attack!? How is that possible...? There are signs of Ursus military activity!"
"Doctor Kal'tsit... Hah, there were no casualties? I understand. I'll notify Doctor immediately and arrange a rescue..."
Little Rabbit suddenly raised her head, and her face lit up with delight when she saw someone standing in the doorway.
Good.
A familiar scene, a familiar situation.
It was happening again.
The recommendation... failed again _(:з"∠)_
Let's write a contract storyline next—save Doctor Kal'tsit, location: the ruined city outside Chernobog, Broken Path.
As for the reward... I haven't decided. Let's crowdfund it ().
Section Sixty-Eight · Contract · Broken Path
--This was a lesson. A painful lesson.
--The price had not been particularly high, but it should still be remembered.
Chernobog, ninety-seven point four kilometers southeast, amid the ruins of an unknown abandoned city. At 7:50, when sunlight poured into the temporary shelter alongside the sound of Arts bombardment, Kal'tsit successfully activated the data diversion device salvaged from the transport aircraft and established one-way communications with the others in her team.
Fifteen minutes earlier, they had encountered an unexpected magical snipe attack in low-altitude airspace six kilometers south of these ruins. A charged beam from the ground had dissolved half the transport aircraft's nose and a quarter of its left wing. The pilot had been seriously wounded, and the aircraft had fallen into an irrecoverable loss of control.
Thirteen minutes earlier, the damaged transport aircraft had made an emergency landing three hundred meters south of these ruins. Warfarin, who had been traveling with them, had successfully stopped the seriously wounded pilot's bleeding and performed basic first aid using some "very special methods." Meanwhile, Kal'tsit and the Operator Gavial had collected several important items and a certain amount of supplies from