< Elite Executor (Part 2) >
Ramphil looked for the devil hunter to hunt a devil.
But he didn’t think about the reason he was hunting the devil. He left the fortress because he was following orders, but he was not able to easily answer if that was the only reason.
Clearly, Ramphil knew that he had some desire in him. It was something that he felt for the first time in his life.
After a long pause, Ramphil spoke, “I know there is another reason, but I’m not sure what it is.”
Ramphil knew that he had another reason to pursue the White Witch, but he was not able to explain the reason. Ramphil was slightly shaken up.
His answer was similar to Zin’s answer back when Baek-Goo asked a similar question. When Baek-Goo asked why Zin was looking for the devil, Zin answered that he didn’t think about it.
And Zin was confused when he was asked the question back then.
He’s an idiot.
Zin briefly classified Ramphil as an idiot. There were many types of idiots, and according to Zin, Ramphil was not a dangerous idiot.
Zin had seen many people through his life.
Ramphil looked like a person who lived meaninglessly and finally found the meaning of his life. People who found the meaning of their lives changed drastically. Ramphil was trying to find the meaning of his life by pursuing the White Witch. And although he did not know exactly why, it was clear that he was going to fully cooperate with Zin through the journey.
Zin nodded. “Good. I have nothing to lose if I can get support from the Wargrave.”
Zin hated riding the junkwagons to death, but he always welcomed riding a safe and fast Wargrave track vehicle.
Zin didn’t know how long he would be accompanying Ramphil
Zin looked at Ramphil and introduced himself, “I am Zin.”
“Ramphil. I am a warrant officer. Not that it means much to you.”
They didn’t shake hands, but giving their names was more enough as an ice breaker.
“… I don’t know if you guys are doing it on purpose, but why are you guys ignoring me?”
Leona was grumbling in between the two, and Zin pointed at her. “This kid is Leona. You’ve been warned. She’s loud.”
“Is she also needed for the witch hunt?”
As Ramphil asked a weird question, Zin shook his head and answered, “No, she’s just a little annoyance.”
“Mister, that’s really not nice of you,”Leona smiled and shrugged.
“Who knows? I may be able to help you out big time.”
People never knew how someone could be a big help, but at the moment, Leona was just a little kid who had a crappy crude gun on her shoulder.
-----
As Zin and Ramphil shared the same goal, they did not have much conflict.
In this strange group of people, Zin was leading the way, and Ramphil agreed to follow Zin in return for helping hunt the devil.
Ramphil was very flexible in a strange way. He didn’t care how badly Zin treated him, or how Zin ordered him as long as Ramphil was able to accomplish his goal.
Ramphil acted like a machine, and although Zin was wary of his behavior, he didn’t hate his attitude.
Zin thought that it wouldn’t be too bad to have Ramphil along, he wasn’t as headstrong as Leona.
After finishing up the clean-up work, Ramphil destroyed the three extra reactors and carried the last one on his back. Ramphil didn’t even sweat while carrying a huge piece of metal.
While walking, Zin started to explain to Ramphil, “At the moment, I am preparing to hunt the devil.”
“I’d like to know what kind of preparations you are making.”
Zin explained to Ramphil about the destination they were heading to. He explained how he was planning to extract the sealing power from the immortal’s seal, and use its power against the devil to seal its power.
Zin couldn’t fully trust Ramphil, and didn’t tell him about Phantomvein’s power yet.
“I can’t imagine.”
Ramphil was not familiar with the word ‘seal’, and thought that Zin was talking nonsense. But Ramphil had witnessed the power of Phantomvein, which was more effective than a photon disruptor sword. And he believed that the devil hunter was right.
Even if he didn’t believe in Zin, he didn’t have any other choice. Ramphil knew that the photon disruptor sword was ineffective against the witch, and the devil hunter Zin was his only help.
Even though it was unbelievable, he had to believe in Zin.
Leona might not have been the friendliest person, but she certainly did not avoid people. She was asking Ramphil many questions.
“Hey, oppa (brother), are you a good fighter?”
Ramphil never heard other people ask that question. After thinking for a bit, he answered, “Yes, I am a pretty good fighter.”
“… Wow, you are so confident.”
Leona was surprised that Ramphil talked only truth in a robotic manner. Leona was used to Zin who always joked around when he was showing off.
Zin wasn’t too surprised, as he determined that Ramphil was an idiot like Leona. And Leona would not have been too happy to hear that...
“Isn’t it heavy?”
“My body was enhanced with a strengthening procedure, and I can lift objects up to 1.56 tons. And I can pull things that weigh up to 3 tons.”
“… Are you showing off?”
“I am telling the facts.”
“It sounds like you are showing off.”
“I am not sh…”
“Stop it, you two, shut up! I don’t have time to deal with two fools.” As Zin looked at both of them, Ramphil shut his mouth, and Leona shrugged. But Zin was still furious, and kept on looking at Leona. It was more like he was staring at Leona.
“Why do you call me mister and call him oppa?”
“… I refer to people based on how old they look. Do you have a problem?”
And in fact, Ramphil looked pretty young. He had a scary facial expression, but his facial skin looked clean.
Leona was out of words and started to laugh.
“You look at yourself. You are over two hundred years old, and you should be thankful that I’m calling you a ‘mister’.”
“…”
“Do you want me to start calling you gramps?”
Zin started to get pissed off after hearing the word ‘gramps’, but he did not say anything as Leona was right about his age.
“…”
“But, I think ‘mister’ sounds better.”
“Damn.” Zin started to walk faster, and Leona quickly following him with a smile. Ramphil wasn’t sure what was going on, and trailed after them.
And for whatever reason, since then, Leona started to call Ramphil oppa.
There was a reason Ramphil was carrying around a reactor without destroying it.
Zin suggested testing the reactor on a destroyed armored vehicle to see if it was still operating. Ramphil had destroyed many armored vehicles, and it took a while for them to find an operational vehicle. But Ramphil was not fully satisfied and kept on searching for other vehicles.
“How come you destroyed all the vehicles completely?”
“Of course, I did not think that I would be riding in one.”
“Ha…”
There was no point in complaining. They walked along the riverbed, and searched for an armored vehicle. After walking for two days, they were able to find a vehicle that was working.
“This one looks like it’s starting fine.”
—Vrrrroooom! —
After plugging in the reactor to the engine, and turning the engine key, the armored vehicle started and made some noise. Zin who was always cautious looked at the armored vehicle suspiciously.
“Make sure you double check if it has any chance of exploding or breaking down.”
At Zin’s order, Ramphil checked around the vehicle, and came to a conclusion. “The track is fine. All circuit boards are looking good, and there is no oil leak. The armor and the door are partially damaged, but I don’t think it’s too bad.”
“Hmm…”
The door on the trunk was completely torn off, and there was a possibility that someone could fall off because of it. But the vehicle was in pretty good condition with the track intact.
However, Zin was still wondering if he should ride in the vehicle. Similar to how the Slaughters were suffering in the tanks, the inside of the armored vehicle was very hot.
—Click, Click… —
“Hmm.”
Ramphil continued to touch the controls in the driver’s seat, and started something.
—Vwoooom! —
“The A/C is working fine…”
Zin tapped the back of Leona, who was watching Ramphil.
—Tap—
“Hmm? Why are you pushing me?”
Zin answered with a short reply, “Get on.”
Leona hopped into the armored vehicle, and Zin also climbed aboard.
“Huh? What the? It’s cold!”
Leona was surprised that there was cold air blowing inside the hot vehicle. Ramphil looked at the two who just got into the vehicle, and Zin ordered.
“Put the A/C to the max.”
—Vwwwwoom! —
With a loud noise, a gush of cold wind swirled inside the tank, and although Leona did not know what was going on, she was very pleased. It was a very hot and humid day.
“I will take that an order to get going?”
“Of course.”
As Zin answered, Ramphil started to operate the vehicle
As the vehicle started to move, Zin closed his eyes, and enjoyed a cool breeze.
Though Zin was an extremely cautious person, he was fully enjoying the cold blast of the A/C.
“This is so cool!”
Leona was also enjoying the awesomeness of the Wargrave armored vehicle.
------
The vehicle was not an old model, but Zin asked to move at a slower speed because it was damaged from the battle. Zin guessed that Charlotte had destroyed the defense line, and Ramphil went around the defense line to completely destroy the weapons. The group was travelling on a vehicle that was destroyed twice, and Zin asked Ramphil to slow down when he drove the vehicle fast.
—Bump bump bump bump! —
The road was not in the best condition, and Leona and Zin would get ejected out of the open side of the vehicle it they were not careful. They all had the safety belts on, and were bracing themselves.
“I am getting motion sickness…”
Leona’s face turned pale as they continued to travel, and she was not enjoying the cool breeze of the vehicle anymore. As Ramphil listened to Leona, he talked while driving.
“I think we have a problem with the suspension system.”
“What do we do?”
“I only know how to do basic repairs.”
“What… does that mean?”
Zin explained in detail as Ramphil answered.
“We can’t fix it. We just have to move on.”
“Uhhhhh… Mister, can you repair?”
“It’s not impossible for me, but I can’t do it because I don’t have the tools.”
Zin who was skilled in many areas knew how to repair the armor vehicle, but he couldn’t do much without the proper tools. It was fortunate that the damage to the vehicle did not affect the driving.
“We can get to our destination much quicker. We’ll need to endure.”
“Uh, uh… I am… but…”
—Bumpbump! —
Leona had ridden on a junkwagon without any suspension system before, but it was not easy for her to endure a bumpy ride on the armored vehicle. The vehicle went up and down the hills, and turned several corners. It was a pretty rough ride.
“My butt is going to get bruised…”
Leona did not have much strength to complain as she was barely hanging in there. She was lucky that the vehicle at least had A/C to keep the temperature inside the vehicle low.
“As soon as we get to Harbin, we will be able to switch out the vehicle for a new one. You just need to tolerate it for a bit more,” Zin told her.
The city of Harbin was located on the way to Yichun city. There was an MCP at Harbin, and there was a fortress wherever an MCP was. Once they got to the fortress, they would be able to switch to a better driving vehicle.
“Really? When are we getting there?” Leona asked.
“Hmm… We are about 300 miles away. We’ll get there tomorrow, or the day after at the latest.”
“That’s good to hear…”
They were moving at a speed of about 25 miles per hour. If they drove for ten hours, they would be able to get to the destination by tomorrow.
Leona was suffering from the bumpy ride, but she knew that walking through the hot weather was worse. The ride was bumpy, but it was comfortable, cool, and fast. Leona thought that it was unfair that the Wargrave possessed so many vehicles like this.
< Elite Executor (Part 2) >
Ramphil looked for the devil hunter to hunt a devil.
But he didn’t think about the reason he was hunting the devil. He left the fortress because he was following orders, but he was not able to easily answer if that was the only reason.
Clearly, Ramphil knew that he had some desire in him. It was something that he felt for the first time in his life.
After a long pause, Ramphil spoke, “I know there is another reason, but I’m not sure what it is.”
Ramphil knew that he had another reason to pursue the White Witch, but he was not able to explain the reason. Ramphil was slightly shaken up.
His answer was similar to Zin’s answer back when Baek-Goo asked a similar question. When Baek-Goo asked why Zin was looking for the devil, Zin answered that he didn’t think about it.
And Zin was confused when he was asked the question back then.
He’s an idiot.
Zin briefly classified Ramphil as an idiot. There were many types of idiots, and according to Zin, Ramphil was not a dangerous idiot.
Zin had seen many people through his life.
Ramphil looked like a person who lived meaninglessly and finally found the meaning of his life. People who found the meaning of their lives changed drastically. Ramphil was trying to find the meaning of his life by pursuing the White Witch. And although he did not know exactly why, it was clear that he was going to fully cooperate with Zin through the journey.
Zin nodded. “Good. I have nothing to lose if I can get support from the Wargrave.”
Zin hated riding the junkwagons to death, but he always welcomed riding a safe and fast Wargrave track vehicle.
Zin didn’t know how long he would be accompanying Ramphil
Zin looked at Ramphil and introduced himself, “I am Zin.”
“Ramphil. I am a warrant officer. Not that it means much to you.”
They didn’t shake hands, but giving their names was more enough as an ice breaker.
“… I don’t know if you guys are doing it on purpose, but why are you guys ignoring me?”
Leona was grumbling in between the two, and Zin pointed at her. “This kid is Leona. You’ve been warned. She’s loud.”
“Is she also needed for the witch hunt?”
As Ramphil asked a weird question, Zin shook his head and answered, “No, she’s just a little annoyance.”
“Mister, that’s really not nice of you,”Leona smiled and shrugged.
“Who knows? I may be able to help you out big time.”
People never knew how someone could be a big help, but at the moment, Leona was just a little kid who had a crappy crude gun on her shoulder.
-----
As Zin and Ramphil shared the same goal, they did not have much conflict.
In this strange group of people, Zin was leading the way, and Ramphil agreed to follow Zin in return for helping hunt the devil.
Ramphil was very flexible in a strange way. He didn’t care how badly Zin treated him, or how Zin ordered him as long as Ramphil was able to accomplish his goal.
Ramphil acted like a machine, and although Zin was wary of his behavior, he didn’t hate his attitude.
Zin thought that it wouldn’t be too bad to have Ramphil along, he wasn’t as headstrong as Leona.
After finishing up the clean-up work, Ramphil destroyed the three extra reactors and carried the last one on his back. Ramphil didn’t even sweat while carrying a huge piece of metal.
While walking, Zin started to explain to Ramphil, “At the moment, I am preparing to hunt the devil.”
“I’d like to know what kind of preparations you are making.”
Zin explained to Ramphil about the destination they were heading to. He explained how he was planning to extract the sealing power from the immortal’s seal, and use its power against the devil to seal its power.
Zin couldn’t fully trust Ramphil, and didn’t tell him about Phantomvein’s power yet.
“I can’t imagine.”
Ramphil was not familiar with the word ‘seal’, and thought that Zin was talking nonsense. But Ramphil had witnessed the power of Phantomvein, which was more effective than a photon disruptor sword. And he believed that the devil hunter was right.
Even if he didn’t believe in Zin, he didn’t have any other choice. Ramphil knew that the photon disruptor sword was ineffective against the witch, and the devil hunter Zin was his only help.
Even though it was unbelievable, he had to believe in Zin.
Leona might not have been the friendliest person, but she certainly did not avoid people. She was asking Ramphil many questions.
“Hey, oppa (brother), are you a good fighter?”
Ramphil never heard other people ask that question. After thinking for a bit, he answered, “Yes, I am a pretty good fighter.”
“… Wow, you are so confident.”
Leona was surprised that Ramphil talked only truth in a robotic manner. Leona was used to Zin who always joked around when he was showing off.
Zin wasn’t too surprised, as he determined that Ramphil was an idiot like Leona. And Leona would not have been too happy to hear that...
“Isn’t it heavy?”
“My body was enhanced with a strengthening procedure, and I can lift objects up to 1.56 tons. And I can pull things that weigh up to 3 tons.”
“… Are you showing off?”
“I am telling the facts.”
“It sounds like you are showing off.”
“I am not sh…”
“Stop it, you two, shut up! I don’t have time to deal with two fools.” As Zin looked at both of them, Ramphil shut his mouth, and Leona shrugged. But Zin was still furious, and kept on looking at Leona. It was more like he was staring at Leona.
“Why do you call me mister and call him oppa?”
“… I refer to people based on how old they look. Do you have a problem?”
And in fact, Ramphil looked pretty young. He had a scary facial expression, but his facial skin looked clean.
Leona was out of words and started to laugh.
“You look at yourself. You are over two hundred years old, and you should be thankful that I’m calling you a ‘mister’.”
“…”
“Do you want me to start calling you gramps?”
Zin started to get pissed off after hearing the word ‘gramps’, but he did not say anything as Leona was right about his age.
“…”
“But, I think ‘mister’ sounds better.”
“Damn.” Zin started to walk faster, and Leona quickly following him with a smile. Ramphil wasn’t sure what was going on, and trailed after them.
And for whatever reason, since then, Leona started to call Ramphil oppa.
There was a reason Ramphil was carrying around a reactor without destroying it.
Zin suggested testing the reactor on a destroyed armored vehicle to see if it was still operating. Ramphil had destroyed many armored vehicles, and it took a while for them to find an operational vehicle. But Ramphil was not fully satisfied and kept on searching for other vehicles.
“How come you destroyed all the vehicles completely?”
“Of course, I did not think that I would be riding in one.”
“Ha…”
There was no point in complaining. They walked along the riverbed, and searched for an armored vehicle. After walking for two days, they were able to find a vehicle that was working.
“This one looks like it’s starting fine.”
—Vrrrroooom! —
After plugging in the reactor to the engine, and turning the engine key, the armored vehicle started and made some noise. Zin who was always cautious looked at the armored vehicle suspiciously.
“Make sure you double check if it has any chance of exploding or breaking down.”
At Zin’s order, Ramphil checked around the vehicle, and came to a conclusion. “The track is fine. All circuit boards are looking good, and there is no oil leak. The armor and the door are partially damaged, but I don’t think it’s too bad.”
“Hmm…”
The door on the trunk was completely torn off, and there was a possibility that someone could fall off because of it. But the vehicle was in pretty good condition with the track intact.
However, Zin was still wondering if he should ride in the vehicle. Similar to how the Slaughters were suffering in the tanks, the inside of the armored vehicle was very hot.
—Click, Click… —
“Hmm.”
Ramphil continued to touch the controls in the driver’s seat, and started something.
—Vwoooom! —
“The A/C is working fine…”
Zin tapped the back of Leona, who was watching Ramphil.
—Tap—
“Hmm? Why are you pushing me?”
Zin answered with a short reply, “Get on.”
Leona hopped into the armored vehicle, and Zin also climbed aboard.
“Huh? What the? It’s cold!”
Leona was surprised that there was cold air blowing inside the hot vehicle. Ramphil looked at the two who just got into the vehicle, and Zin ordered.
“Put the A/C to the max.”
—Vwwwwoom! —
With a loud noise, a gush of cold wind swirled inside the tank, and although Leona did not know what was going on, she was very pleased. It was a very hot and humid day.
“I will take that an order to get going?”
“Of course.”
As Zin answered, Ramphil started to operate the vehicle
As the vehicle started to move, Zin closed his eyes, and enjoyed a cool breeze.
Though Zin was an extremely cautious person, he was fully enjoying the cold blast of the A/C.
“This is so cool!”
Leona was also enjoying the awesomeness of the Wargrave armored vehicle.
------
The vehicle was not an old model, but Zin asked to move at a slower speed because it was damaged from the battle. Zin guessed that Charlotte had destroyed the defense line, and Ramphil went around the defense line to completely destroy the weapons. The group was travelling on a vehicle that was destroyed twice, and Zin asked Ramphil to slow down when he drove the vehicle fast.
—Bump bump bump bump! —
The road was not in the best condition, and Leona and Zin would get ejected out of the open side of the vehicle it they were not careful. They all had the safety belts on, and were bracing themselves.
“I am getting motion sickness…”
Leona’s face turned pale as they continued to travel, and she was not enjoying the cool breeze of the vehicle anymore. As Ramphil listened to Leona, he talked while driving.
“I think we have a problem with the suspension system.”
“What do we do?”
“I only know how to do basic repairs.”
“What… does that mean?”
Zin explained in detail as Ramphil answered.
“We can’t fix it. We just have to move on.”
“Uhhhhh… Mister, can you repair?”
“It’s not impossible for me, but I can’t do it because I don’t have the tools.”
Zin who was skilled in many areas knew how to repair the armor vehicle, but he couldn’t do much without the proper tools. It was fortunate that the damage to the vehicle did not affect the driving.
“We can get to our destination much quicker. We’ll need to endure.”
“Uh, uh… I am… but…”
—Bumpbump! —
Leona had ridden on a junkwagon without any suspension system before, but it was not easy for her to endure a bumpy ride on the armored vehicle. The vehicle went up and down the hills, and turned several corners. It was a pretty rough ride.
“My butt is going to get bruised…”
Leona did not have much strength to complain as she was barely hanging in there. She was lucky that the vehicle at least had A/C to keep the temperature inside the vehicle low.
“As soon as we get to Harbin, we will be able to switch out the vehicle for a new one. You just need to tolerate it for a bit more,” Zin told her.
The city of Harbin was located on the way to Yichun city. There was an MCP at Harbin, and there was a fortress wherever an MCP was. Once they got to the fortress, they would be able to switch to a better driving vehicle.
“Really? When are we getting there?” Leona asked.
“Hmm… We are about 300 miles away. We’ll get there tomorrow, or the day after at the latest.”
“That’s good to hear…”
They were moving at a speed of about 25 miles per hour. If they drove for ten hours, they would be able to get to the destination by tomorrow.
Leona was suffering from the bumpy ride, but she knew that walking through the hot weather was worse. The ride was bumpy, but it was comfortable, cool, and fast. Leona thought that it was unfair that the Wargrave possessed so many vehicles like this.
