chapter 19
19 – Post-review (3)
# Post-review (3)
“Who are you…… ?”
I asked back, and the young colonel with light purple hair replied with a grin.
“My name is Sonny Zeppelin. Strange~ If you had graduated from the military academy, would you have met at least once?”
“Oh?”
Sony Zeppelin?
The Great Mage of the Sky???
Why is he here?
My eyes went wide open. I also remembered the name Sonny Zeppelin clearly.
Objectively speaking, the Principality of Ukraine is overwhelmingly lagging compared to all other playable countries unless you play as the 3 Balthors in a similar situation.
However, despite being such the weakest country, before starting a world war, the Freedom Alliance or the Imperial Alliance must open the Ukrnian front.
And the Ukrnian front in question consumed more than one month of game time unconditionally even if I, a deceased person, opened the war after all preparations.
In other words, it means that no matter which force comes in, it has at least the ‘minimum force’ that can withstand it.
So, before being possessed, I decided that there was hope that I could win if I played the game from the Ukrnian point of view.
Wouldn’t it be worth rubbing once you have something?
No country can do crazy things like occupying the US with Somalia. There are things that work in the game and things that don’t.
If you set up a challenge like that, you’re really crossing the line.
So I thought of using Sonny Zeppelin as the most important hidden card in the Ukrnian victory.
One of only 12 great mages on the continent.
In the first place, they are a kind of strategic weapon in the Hearts of General system and are treated as a powerful force.
In short, like Manstein of Germany, MacArthur of the United States, and Zhukov of the Soviet Union, it is a weapon capable of controlling the entire battlefield.
In fact, if I had to choose the strongest and most troublesome enemy in all of Ukraine, I would choose Sonny Zeppelin’s unit without hesitation.
‘The question is, why is he here right now?’
The only chance to meet Sonny Zeppelin in-game was after the war broke out, so it was natural that I couldn’t remember for a while. Above all, the appearance was a little different from what we saw in the game.
‘She looks much younger than I thought.’
At the time, he looked at least in his 40s, but now he is in his 20s. Can you change that much in 5 years?
“Isn’t it? Just remember? I am the one who gives a speech at the military academy every year~”
She quickly caught on to the fact that I recognized her, and smiled.
“So let’s get back to the main topic! What were you two talking about? It was a secret or something.”
Her expression was wide open, but her gaze was never soft. On the contrary, the life being shot is stinging.
“Cow, Colonel Sonny Zeppelin…… Nothing happened.”
Bell Meyer hurriedly replied. Then the gaze that was glaring at me moved to Bell.
“Did you say Sergeant Bell Meyer?”
“Sergeant Bell Meyer!!”
“If you lie, you can’t use it. Is not it? I don’t have good ears.”
Sonny Zeppelin snapped her finger, and the mana that spread out in an instant engulfed her space. With a thump and the feeling of gravity increasing, her body was crushed.
‘Pressure Amplification’.
Advanced purple magic that amplifies air pressure and forcibly suppresses it.
At least one person could be laughed off, but right now, mana is being used only to the extent of simply putting pressure on it.
It was frighteningly precise, fast, stealthy control of mana.
“The other side was even injured, so I won’t touch it. Originally, even the lower end kids won’t be involved.”
“Keuuu00uuu00uuu could possible could possible be possible…” … !”
Bell Meyer, struggling to withstand the pressure of the compressed air, lifted his head with difficulty. Her lips tremble
“Your posture is wrong, let’s kneel first.”
“Kyaaak!!”
Thump!!
Bell Meyer fell helplessly to the ground. It collapsed, unable to withstand the pressure of the squeezing air.
The space in the medical ward’s ward was already completely taken over by Sonny Zeppelin.
“Even the colonel…… ! You can’t treat me like this…… !!”
“Sergeant Bell Meyer, please stop.”
I stopped Bell Mayer from deploying his magic as well.
You will never be able to fight against her with her own strength, and it is never a wise decision to be hostile to this woman in the current situation.
“Is it because you are an officer, you know how to see the situation?”
“Colonel Sonny Zeppelin, I promise to tell you everything. Could you please clear my doubts?”
“Doubt? I was almost certain.”
That moment.
I had a hunch that Sonny Zeppelin was seriously misunderstanding something.
It was clear that she thought we had something to do with the mysterious forces that Lumia and I were fighting.
‘From division commander to grand mage?’
It’s a division commander. Even though there were quite a few casualties in the units under his command.
If even the Archmage came to visit me, it means that the raid on the fortress this time wasn’t just a group of bandits raiding the fortress.
‘There must have been something in that fort.’
It was just a hypothesis, but now it’s gradually turning into a certainty.
“It is a dangerous thing to blindly trust judgments based on misunderstandings. Can you really take responsibility?”
I looked Sonny Zeppelin straight in the face and said, despite the increasing pressure.
Don’t be intimidated. In the end, it’s Gao and defeat.
Even if it was obvious to see Bell Mayer sinking to the ground, his attention would surely be drawn to him since he was fighting against the colonel.
“…… You look good.”
Perfect!
When Sonny Zeppelin snaps her fingers, the compressed air returns to its original state like a ghost. The mana in the air that stabilized in the blink of an eye as if she never did that.
I realized once again the power of the name Grand Mage. It’s just an existence outside the standard that can’t be seen as the same human being.
“So? Let’s talk about it sometime.”
“We were just talking about Sergeant Lumia’s desertion.”
“Departure?”
Sonny Zeppelin’s eyes narrow. Bell, who stood up from her seat, must have decided that there was no point in hiding it any longer, so she bit her lip in anger.
“Colonel Sonny Zeppelin, didn’t you know that Lumia and I were engaged in a battle with an unknown group of mages?”
“Yes. What am I going to do to find the second lieutenant?”
The colonel nodded in agreement. At this point, Sonny Zeppelin is already caught up in my pace.
“Did you guess we had some connection to that group? Do you suspect that we may have cooperated with them, rather than engaged them?”
Spy.
There is no way that Sonny Zeppelin is unaware of the fact that all the powers surrounding the border are looking after Ukraine.
And in order for those countries to devour Ukraine deliciously, they must thoroughly prepare in advance.
‘Dispatch of agents’ would be the first step.
Especially in the case of operatives sent to the army, it is much better to send them as officers rather than low-level soldiers.
Because the quantity and quality of information that can be collected will be different.
In other words, this woman thinks of me as a spy.
‘It’s f*cking extreme.’
There was nothing particularly surprising about it. Even in the game, all great mages had this feeling. They are extremely dangerous and scary beings, but they are all geeks with one screw missing.
Since Sonny Zeppelin was one of them, it could be said that he was a nobleman to this extent.
In the Reinhalt Empire in the south, there is a madman who throws away his thoughts and investigates with hypnosis when he feels suspicious.
At my surprise blow, the colonel’s expression slightly shakes. I planned to drive a wedge without missing that fleeting moment.
“I apologize to the Colonel, but the premise of that was wrong from the start. There are three errors.”
I spread three fingers.
“First, I am a new second lieutenant who graduated from the military academy less than a month ago.”
As I said earlier, there is no way that a nobleman who became a great mage would have meticulously looked at my records. I’m just suspicious, so I’m going to come in and investigate.
Fold one finger.
“Second, our platoon was almost neglected by the unit, and it was planned to be left as a reserve, not at the tip of the wing, even in this operation.”
I came running without knowing my personal record. Did you see the platoon record?
“And lastly, I chased after Sergeant Lumia, who left the front line in a panic, and engaged in a battle with an unknown group of mages.”
Now that all the prerequisites have been broken, all that remains is to come to a conclusion.
“I have never colluded with any hostile forces in Ukraine.”
“I have never leaked a tactical map.”
“There is no reason to specifically attack Belgordo Fortress among the numerous border fortresses.”
“Moreover, I participated in all battles. If the Colonel had been there, he would never have had these doubts.”
Sony Zeppelin’s expression changed every moment. At first, I was like, ‘Is that so…… ?’, And now he had the feeling that he was fully aware of the fact that he had been corrupt.
“What do you think of me?”
It was checkmate.