Mission: The New Medic

Mission ①: The New Medic

Foreword:

When war comes, the first casualty is truth.

—Hiram Johnson

"Senior Sergeant Maquire! Take your things!"

A loud shout rang through the barracks. The deputy chief of staff had personally summoned Sergeant Maquire. As a source of support for the Quickblade assault battalion during this special period, Mr. Maquire had been spared part of his prison sentence.

He should have been convicted of manslaughter, or at the very least, in light of the killings in the Saladin region, been given the defense of necessity and placed under six months of supervised review.

But the situation was more urgent and dangerous than anyone had imagined. This medical worker, who had just awakened his soul might, was an elf-chosen of Berloberg. He understood the secrets of knightly combat techniques and was an exceptionally capable fighter who could be put to use immediately. The moment he joined the army, he could make a difference.

In fact, that was exactly what Staff Officer Luka had thought. Before Maquire had even been investigated, the old veteran had already written a letter of recommendation. That was what led to the search-and-rescue team formed by Handsome Jiang and Old Ma.

As an aside, even if the team hadn't found the two brothers, another search-and-rescue group would have taken over their task. More than four hundred soldiers had been deployed to search and rescue the area around Aizong Mausoleum. This kind of saturation operation had been launched specifically for the Quickblade scout squad. Finding Billy Horn and Fuyanni was inevitable.

For Maquire, the meeting table in the tent was covered with a great many items: his full set of equipment.

A load-bearing vest, lights, a survival knife, noise-canceling earmuffs, night-vision goggles, and thermal imaging equipment.

A handheld laser rangefinder, blast-detection paper, friend-or-foe