Mission: Queen, Part One

Chapter 717: Mission 8 - The Queen, Part 1

Foreword:

By their third encounter, the fox finally had the courage to confront the lion.

[Part 1: The Survival Rules of the Weak]

"Dachun, catch."

The pike-hybrid of the Dragon Cavalry's first scout team was named Hong Fan. He had an ugly face, a vicious heart, and was an over-aged "baby" in the scout group, responsible for mentoring the newer recruits despite being over 130 years old.

The scout leader of the first team was much younger. He took the cigarette Hong Fan tossed him and pulled out a kerosene lighter from his combat gear, lighting it himself.

This was the leader of scout team one, Sun Dachun, who was only twenty-three. He was a graduate of the Adulis branch of the Galahad Magic Academy's 2031 class. His last two years in the military had barely qualified him for the Tier 2 combat readiness team, making him a substitute for the assault team.

This "mentoring the new" dynamic was due to the eccentric temper of the elder Hong Fan. This pike-hybrid lived up to his reputation as a vicious dog of the water. Like his ancestors, his temper was foul and his character corrupt. Apart from the successive centurions of the Dragon Cavalry, he wouldn't even heed the commander's orders – after all, a superior officer is to be respected, but several superior officers? He simply didn't care.

The old pike-hybrid of scout team one had always been the least disciplined soldier in the corps. This led the 26th graduating instructor (Hasben Madison) to create a set of teaching regulations tailored to the individual, based on the [Propriety] mental cultivation technique of the Knight's combat skills.

In this group, the newcomers were the leaders.

Hong Fan, the living fossil of the