hunting light

As night fell, there were mourners in the barracks.

Most of the seriously injured were prisoners of war and civilians.There are not so many beds in the military medical team.The wounded were lying all over the ground.Moaning, crying, cursing...

"Get out! You murderers—" An old man angrily pushed away the soldier who was trying to help him, and slapped the soldier's face loudly with his palm.

The young soldier stood helplessly, half of his face was red and swollen, and his eyes were sad and angry.

Ian walked over, sent the soldier away, and helped the old man.

"Ah, priest, why didn't the Holy Lord bless us..." The old man grabbed Ian's hand, couldn't help it anymore, and burst into tears.He cried about his son and wife who died in the bombing, and about the destroyed homeland, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Why? Why are you doing this to us? We never go to war. We support whoever gives us peace. But Kruvia incites our young men to die at the front, yours Soldiers bombed our homes. What is this war over?"

The old man asked repeatedly: "Where is the Holy Lord? We need his protection, and ask him to give us holy light..."

Ian accompanied the old man to pray.

More and more people came over and sat around them, following the voice of the priest chanting, praying for the dead together.

The voice of the young priest reciting scriptures was not high.He speaks softly, and his voice is clear and magnetic.The scriptures came out of his mouth, with a strange soothing power, like a cool spring, slowly flowing through everyone's heart.

Moisturize the scorched earth, take away the chaos and pain, leaving only the purest peace.

In such tragic and helpless times, religion can always play its powerful role in giving people a place to stay for their wandering souls.

Due to the poor medical conditions in the field and the shortage of medicines, seriously injured patients who could not receive effective treatment continued to die.Soldiers carried the white body bags out of the camp and temporarily piled them on a high ground downstream of the river, ready to be burned in batches.

"The warship from Magdeburg will not arrive until two days later." Leon was irritated, "There are meteorites to pass through, and all the warships in the military port have suspended landing and landing."

"But many wounded may not wait for two days." Ian frowned.

"But all we have to do is wait. And pray..." Leon sat on the front steps and grabbed a handful of short hair, "Damn it! Pat the son of a bitch... I let him rush like this It's..."

"It's not your fault." Ian put his hand on Leon's dusty shoulder.

Heavy remorse and pain surged over, mixed with anger.Anger at Pat, and anger at himself.

Ian accepted these negative emotions and began to channel and resolve them little by little.

"None of us thought Pat would go to this extreme. We saw the signs, but we didn't expect the consequences to come so suddenly."

"I indulged Pat." Leon held Ian's hand in his palm, his eyes flushed, "I could have continued to stop him..."

"It's the army who indulged him." Ian said firmly, "You have reported Pat's status to the army several times, but they ignored it. Your rank is lower than Pat's. Indeed, no coercive measures can be taken against him.”

"But I let him go and wipe out the last rebels."

"Did you ever consider that he would do this?"

Leon was silent for a long time before he said: "If I said that no similar thought flashed through my mind, then I would be lying to you, Ian. But I am taking chances. I don't think there will be such a thing in this world." Coincidentally. So I let him go. It was really my fault. I shouldn't have risked the lives of those civilians."

"Then I'm as guilty as you are." Ian said softly, leaning on Leon's shoulder.

"I indulged Collins, too. I knew better how serious his case was, but he would not heed my advice, and I left him alone. I indulged my distaste for Collins, and did not save his soul in time. I Not taking on the responsibilities of a man of God and letting things get worse..."

"Don't say that." Leon let go of Ian's hand, raised his arm and hugged him into his arms, "It's not your fault at all! Collins did it on his own and didn't listen to your advice. What can you do? What? The whole church is corrupt and depraved, what can you change with you? Maybe you are really the light guide they say. But you are only one person after all. No matter how powerful we are, it is difficult for us to change the world by ourselves."

"Yeah..." Ian sighed, "We are not standing tall enough."

Because he had to take care of the wounded, Ian took off his robes, and only wore a white shirt and a pair of khaki trousers, without even a French knot.Those who don't know the identity of this handsome black-haired young man can't guess at all.

Even Ian himself felt that he was no longer a person with a priesthood, but just an ordinary man.He just wanted to snuggle with the most important person in his life for a while, to clear the darkness in his mind, and to digest guilt and pain together.

"I care about you, Leon." This is the largest confession that the priest can say, "I know I am falling, and my guilt has been tormenting me. But I can't leave you. They It is said that when the Dark Sentinel and the Light Guide are together, the most powerful force will erupt. This makes me think that only when we are together can we be truly powerful and peaceful."

Following Ian's words, the gloomy things clogged up in Leon's mental network quickly dissipated, the haze faded, and the sea of ​​consciousness gradually returned to clarity.

The feeling of being enlightened was extremely refreshing, and the sense of joy even reflected from the spirit to the body, making Leon feel his shoulders lighten, and a tremor swept through his whole body, and he couldn't help shivering.

Then the spirit was suddenly lifted up, and the vigorous vitality and self-confidence surged in my heart again.

Feeling this unknown excitement, Leon felt his love pouring out, and couldn't help hugging Ian tightly.

"I love you, Ian." He closed his eyes, "I love you..."

Empathy allows Leon to also feel the hesitation from Ian, and the deep guilt towards God.

"We will not be the same as Pat and the others." Leon reassured, "If one day, the two of us are finally bound, I will dedicate myself to you without reservation. I will hold on for you, Never fall into that kind of madness. Even if you fall into the abyss, I will drag you back!"

Ian closed his eyes, his eyes were sore and hot.

That night, Ian didn't sleep well.

He kept waking up from his dream, thinking he heard screaming and crying.But the barracks in the second half of the night was very quiet, and even the wounded fell asleep under the effect of painkillers.

Only the wind in the countryside was left, like a group of resentful wild ghosts, shuttling through the barracks, weeping.

Leon personally led the troops to patrol the camp, and visited Ian twice on the way.Ian felt his breath, but he was dizzy and couldn't open his eyes.

He felt Leon gently caress the broken hair on his temples, and kissed his lips.

This kiss soothed Ian and made him finally fall into a deep sleep.

At dawn the next day, Ian was woken up by the biological clock, got up to inspect the ward, and presided over the morning prayer meeting.

The wounded civilians were full of hatred for the imperial army, and their reverence for religion made the priest the only bridge between the two parties.

The weather on this day was very gloomy. It seemed that God really felt the killing and death yesterday. His wrath descended on the world amidst the cold air, and the gloomy wind made the tents of the military medical team buzz.

When Ian was changing the dressing of a wounded civilian girl, Guang Ji's voice sounded in the sea of ​​consciousness.

"Ian, I have detected a powerful Kruvia military force approaching the surface where you are from outer space at an extremely fast speed!"

Ian paused.

The little girl's mother was puzzled: "Is there something wrong, Father?"

"The other party has a flagship and four cruise ships. It is conservatively estimated that there are about 2 officers and soldiers in total." Guang Ji said, "All the ships are fully equipped with ammunition and weapons. They are less than three years away from reaching the planet. 10 minutes--"

The portable therapeutic device fell to the ground, and an edge collapsed, flying far away.

Planet K-17 is the closest base camp to the Cruvia Army, and the voyage time needs more than ten space hours.As far as interstellar warfare goes, the distance isn't too far.

This Cruvia army obviously received information from the friendly army when the massacre happened yesterday, immediately assembled and set sail, activated the cloaking device, and prepared to kill the imperial army by surprise and avenge yesterday's massacre!

If the warship of Magdeburg can take off smoothly.Then this Cruvia army will not pose too much threat to K-17's imperial army camp.The shuttle fleet of the Imperial Army can reach K-17 within two hours, just in time to outflank the Greek army with the ground forces.

However, today, Magdeburg's reinforcements were blocked at the other end of the galaxy by a sudden swarm of meteorites.

The only luck is that this Cruvia army escaped the space scan of the Imperial Army's reconnaissance system, but it did not escape Guang Ji, who has been trying hard to hack into the enemy's system recently.

When they got close enough, they touched Guangji's alarm, and their whereabouts were exposed in advance!

Twenty-seven minutes before the Cruvia army arrived in near space, the sound of assembly horns rang through the barracks.The 27 officers and soldiers of the entire barracks immediately went into action and stood by.

Leon contacted Magdeburg immediately and reported the situation to the headquarters.After obtaining the approval of General Hoffman himself, Leon issued the withdrawal order.

Five thousand army soldiers fighting against the [-] well-equipped Kruvia army with blazing vengeance will be another undoubted massacre.

"Abandoning K-17, my pain and regret are a hundred times greater than yours." The major's deep and dignified voice spread throughout the barracks through the communicator, "This is indeed a failure that could have been avoided. But since it has It is a foregone conclusion and we will do our utmost to avoid further casualties."

Once the order was issued, everyone acted immediately.

Order after order came from Leon, conveyed from the military situation room.

"The captives and local civilians stayed. The military medical team left the necessary medical supplies for the seriously injured patients."

"The military medical team will be the first to evacuate with the wounded. I need a special commando to escort them!"

"Heavy weapons of more than one ton are left behind! We must set out lightly and shoulder the burden on the warship so that it can sail at the fastest speed! Only in this way can we hope to break out of Kruvia's shooting range."

"Remember, we are retreating, not resisting. Everything is based on safe evacuation, and we will try our best to retain combatable forces!"

"However, Major," some officers worried, "giving up heavy weapons will also greatly weaken our strength. If we are intercepted by the Kruvia army, we will not even have the power to resist."

"I know." Leon stood behind the desk, looking around at all the officers in the room with ice-skate eyes, "So, I need to form a fully armed mecha team to cover the retreat of the large troops at the rear."

The air in the room froze with Leon's words.

Leon's handsome and thin face was full of solemnity.He said slowly: "This will be a team that directly bears the artillery fire from the Cruvia army. It needs to use its body to cover the evacuation of its teammates, but it is very likely that it will never go back. I will personally lead the team. Now, who wants to join in?"

The members of the military medical team were almost driven by soldiers to board a warship that had been put on standby.

Collins' body received special care, and was not left on the mine star, but was brought onto the warship.Also Pat.

Pat's condition improved significantly without receiving any treatment.His eyes were much clearer, listless, and he didn't say a word.When Ian approached him, he rolled his eyes and looked over.

Ian could feel that his mental network hadn't improved, but the manic mood subsided temporarily.In any case, it's much better for him to cry like ghosts and howl like wolves.

Pat stinks.Apparently, he had pissed on himself.But no one dared to untie the net and change his clothes.The soldiers transported him to the warship just like that, and even placed him and Collins' body together very maliciously.

Lieutenant Adler will lead a team to escort the medical ship.

"Father, aren't you coming?" Mo Lin saw that Ian had finished counting the number of people, and was walking outside.

"I'm with Major Coleman." Ian jumped off the gangway of the warship and waved to Molin, "I wish you good luck. Second Lieutenant Adler, please take care of Maureen. See you in Magdeburg!" "

Mo Lin was stunned for a moment, and hurried to the door: "But isn't the major going to cut off the queen..."

The cabin door was closed, separating the priest's thin and stubborn figure at the other end.

Less than 10 minutes before the Kruvia army arrived in the near space, the warship carrying the military medical team and the wounded and sick set sail smoothly, and under the escort of four cruise ships, it flew towards the atmosphere.

After it, small warships set sail one after another.Like frightened birds, they flew in flocks into the cloud-covered sky.

Ian ran to the tarmac against the wind that was already mixed with raindrops.

Five hundred special forces soldiers selected from volunteers have already put on their mechs and are boarding the flagship in an orderly manner.

Leon has changed into a mech pilot suit.The new uniform made of polymer materials is different from the loose ones in the past, but closely fits the driver's body curve, setting off the tall and straight figure of the blond young man like a god.

"Father Mitchell, why didn't you retreat with the military doctor?" Someone exclaimed.

"He followed me." Leon said coldly, striding towards the flagship.Ian followed closely behind.

The Imperial Army's reconnaissance system has discovered the traces of the Kruvia Army fleet, and the system-wide alarms have been sounded in unison.

The huge flagship is like a whale, shaking its tail and accelerating its ascension.

When a warship sails at full speed and passes through the atmosphere, it will vibrate violently.All the crew members on the ship were silent, only listening to the captain's orders.

During the turbulence, Ian silently held Leon's hand who was sitting beside him.

"Thank you," he whispered, "this time, let me be by your side."

The soldier in light armor turned his palms and clasped his fingers tightly.

"I figured it out." Leon said, "Perhaps in this world, there is no place safe enough for me to entrust you with peace of mind. Rather than being separated from you and worrying day and night, it's better to bring you by my side to get peace of mind."

"I don't want to die with you." Ian chuckled, "Leon, believe me, we still have many 'future days'."

The warship escaped the atmosphere and hovered in space.

It is in the opposite direction to the large number of evacuated warships, facing the direction from which the Cruvia army attacked.

The author has something to say: "Days to Come" is a song that Leon's two fathers used to sing, and it appears in Chapter 32.Do any friends remember?