On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 275
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The Organization Collapsed on My First Day of Infiltration Episode 275
A Chance to Get a Good Score
Shivering!
Jenesis’s Group 3 was trembling, barely able to move.
Fourth day of practical training.
The snowstorm was too strong to move.
Since they couldn’t move, maintaining body temperature wasn’t easy either.
They were barely holding on by keeping a fire going, but at this rate, their food supplies would run out in two days.
“Didn’t we get assigned the wrong area…?”
“I-I-It’s really cold. Wow.”
“Keep your hands by the campfire. Otherwise you’ll get frostbite.”
“Are the kids on watch duty okay?”
Jenesis took several measures as the group leader.
First.
Reducing the distance between sentry points and base camp to lessen the burden.
“It’s time for the next shift.”
“Already?”
“Yeah. In this weather, you can’t stay outside for even 30 minutes. Let’s switch quickly.”
Second.
Shortening the shift intervals.
‘Going far out right now would be suicide.’
No matter how much the professors were watching and Teacher Ziel was there, if they trusted that and did something reckless, it would harm the entire group.
At this point, the most effective strategy was to hold out until the weather stabilized somewhat.
But Jenesis didn’t know.
That even the intelligence department members watching this situation were seriously considering withdrawal.
“This doesn’t look easy.”
Even the personnel in charge of supervising the training were seriously considering it.
If they withdrew here, not only the training but even the exchange competition couldn’t be held.
Who were those children?
Weren’t they the heirs of prestigious families?
The situation even included the heirs of Kundel and Rihart.
The extreme heat was just the same.
“Delev, Celia! Come back! You can’t hold out any longer!”
“But it ran away right in front of us!”
“You’ll both die if you go after it! Come back!”
The daily temperature difference had become even more severe.
Plus the sandstorm raging right now.
And their dwindling food supplies on top of that.
The situation was so serious that even the magical beasts that had attacked were swept away by the sandstorm and fled.
Delev and Celia had been chasing after them but eventually returned to base camp at Kus’s words.
“We almost had it!”
“No. If we had gone, we would have been caught up in it too.”
Kus spoke firmly, befitting a group leader.
Delev was disappointed but acknowledged it.
It had been an insane sandstorm.
Celia sighed as she brushed the sand off her entire body.
“At this rate, our base camp will get swept away by the storm too.”
“We’re lucky to be between the rocks… but at this rate, we won’t be able to carry out the training at all.”
The situation was getting increasingly serious.
Group 1 hadn’t obtained any food today. They had secured food during the first two days so they were still okay, but if the same situation continued, it wouldn’t be good.
“Do we have to hold out like this until the training ends?”
“The sandstorm continues at night too. Probably.”
“Sigh. I thought it would be somewhat exciting. What’s with this weather? It’s more serious than I thought.”
The students, not knowing what was happening outside, could only sigh and complain.
An environment different from the training they had imagined.
They thought moderate yet sometimes manageable hardships would come, and they’d enjoy overcoming them…
They never dreamed that a crisis with no way to handle it would arrive.
“Let’s hold out for today. We’ll get through the night and see the situation tomorrow. Maybe today is just an event.”
“Oh. That kind of hardship event prepared by the Academy?”
However, the students who didn’t know the outside situation were generally positive.
“Right. Try to endure for about a day like this! Something like that, don’t you think?”
“Oh, that’s convincing. After all, it’s not like we’re going to die right away, right?”
“If it were life-threatening, Teacher Ziel would have come.”
What made this thinking possible was absolute trust in Ziel!
There must be a reason for everything – that kind of absolute faith.
Plus, if it were really dangerous, professors and intelligence department members would be deployed, and even the Imperial Knights had been dispatched.
“Right. Should we just talk here today then? Just keep some watch.”
“Let’s do that! Should we play a truth game or something? For example, Delev likes Celia…”
“Shut up, Kus. If you say more, I’ll kill you.”
Anyway, while there was a group flowing positively like this-
“Rain, come more! Hahahahahaha!”
There was Group 6 roaming the jungle like crazy people even in a massive squall that seemed like it would flood the entire jungle.
“Is this right? Really right?”
“Quantus is telling us to follow him! Let’s go! Tonight we’re having magical beast meat!”
“Hey! Not Quantus, but Group Leader!”
If Group 1 trusted Ziel, Group 6 trusted Quantus.
Because he had proven himself.
“I’m going to be a Quantus fan from now on. Really, how does he always smash everything and get food?”
“We’re definitely going to be first place, right? The group leader’s leadership is insane!”
Quantus had originally been someone to avoid, or rather, not avoid. They thought he’d be hard to work with except for physical tasks because he was too aggressive and simple!
But now it was different.
Bang!
“Got it!”
“The group leader punched it!”
“Yahoo! Block it from behind!”
Whether the squall fell or not, Quantus’s aggressiveness actually used that environment to catch even magical beasts!
This was possible because it wasn’t extreme heat or extreme cold.
“We’ll eat well today too. How should we cook?”
“If the roof didn’t collapse, we can do it underneath. Wow, it’s abundant today too. I think we’re eating better than when we were at the Academy?”
“I didn’t know magical beast meat was this delicious!”
Quantus’s hunting team, returning to base camp so confidently, received an enthusiastic welcome.
“Oh! You caught something again!”
“Amazing. What did you catch this time?”
“What are you doing! Get the seasoning ready!”
Thanks to Quantus’s presence, Group 6’s energy was higher than any other group.
If it had been any other group leader, they would have naturally moved cautiously, and this situation wouldn’t have occurred.
Something only Quantus could do!
“That guy is exceptional.”
The intelligence department member watching also nodded in admiration.
He was too simple and straightforward to excel in all areas, but at least for this training, he was truly an optimized talent!
And the environment worked in their favor too.
“In a different environment, it would have been total annihilation instead.”
Indeed, in the current environment with sandstorms and snowstorms raging, Quantus’s recklessness would have brought disaster instead.
“Well, luck is also a skill.”
Swoosh, swish.
A small bird flew to him as he was conducting the evaluation.
It was a command document.
-As of now, each member can decide to withdraw at their own judgment. The abnormal weather is getting progressively worse.
“Oh no.”
The squall cycles in this jungle had already been getting shorter and their range was expanding too.
He had been wondering what was going on, but reading this, it seemed the situation in each area wasn’t looking good.
“What’s happening here.”
Osu Island had the characteristic of different climates divided by area, but the variability within each area itself wasn’t usually large.
The sandstorms, snowstorms, and temperatures had all moved only within previously measured ranges until now.
But it seemed that wasn’t the case anymore.
“Should I order a withdrawal.”
From his perspective, Group 6 didn’t have any major problems right now. The continuous squalls made it humid but not hot.
Water supply was naturally no issue, and even the food supply problem, which had been the biggest challenge, was solved by the group leader.
“Well, this side should be fine.”
For now, this side seemed worth monitoring.
However, serious concerns were arising on one side.
Specifically Group 4, led by Yon and including Yurio.
“Group Leader, at this rate one or two people are really going to freeze to death.”
“Food supplies are almost running out too.”
Group 4 was assigned to the extreme cold zone.
An environment truly like the Arctic.
It was almost the same situation as Group 1.
Snowstorms blocked their vision, making it impossible to go hunting.
Moreover, in situations where such snowstorms keep blowing, magic beasts and animals also stop their activities.
“Let’s distribute the remaining food supplies first.”
Yon calmly assessed the situation. And made a decision befitting a group leader.
“Group Leader, aren’t you eating? Isn’t that too little?”
“Teacher Ziel said so. If you eat little by little, slowly dividing it, it’ll be fine. I usually don’t eat much anyway, so I’m okay.”
“Even so…”
“Take it quickly before I change my mind.”
Even in extreme situations, Yon didn’t forget Ziel’s teachings.
There was also an underlying sense of debt.
He had tried to cause trouble against Delev, but as a result of those actions, he lost his friends’ trust for a while.
Time had passed, and since they were all young, they now treated each other casually, but Yon himself couldn’t just act like nothing happened.
It was a kind of atonement, you could say.
‘I have to somehow lead them to get good scores.’
But given the situation, doing what they could do right now was important.
“I think we need to set some traps. Since we can’t hunt directly, we’ll place traps nearby and come back.”
Yurio immediately agreed to that suggestion.
“Good idea. I’ll go too.”
“Me too! I need to do something. I’m going crazy just sitting here.”
So four people gathered, including Yon, on a first-come basis.
Of course, it remained a dangerous task.
“Let’s tie ourselves together with rope. We can’t afford to get separated.”
While Yon came up with a good idea, he pointed to several locations on the map he had drawn over the first two days.
“We’ll install them here. Since the snowstorm will keep piling up snow, camouflage won’t be a problem.”
Even with full preparation, going out into that snowstorm wasn’t easy.
“Yon, you don’t have to push yourself too hard.”
Yurio said cautiously, but Yon shook his head.
“No, I have to do it. The snowstorm might get worse starting tomorrow. I have to do it now.”
“Alright, let’s move.”
Yurio supported Yon’s decision.
Even Teacher Ziel would have had similar thoughts.
Rather than sitting still and waiting, it would be better to move and find some possibility.
“Let’s go.”
The four who ventured into the snowstorm with firm resolve soon regretted it.
Whiiiiing…
It wasn’t simply wind blowing, but felt like it would tear their ears apart.
Even though they had bundled up tightly with winter clothing and equipment, the cold seeped through.
“Let’s move quickly. We can’t be late.”
Install the traps and return swiftly.
Then tomorrow they could investigate the area again to check if any prey was caught in the traps.
But at that moment, the snowstorm became even more fierce.
They were about halfway to their target location.
Whiiiiiiii!
Just when it became difficult to even open their eyes, Yurio detected something.
In the snowstorm.
Something dimly visible was moving.
“This is bad.”
Yon confirmed it too.
Certain.
Snowstorm.
Or the worst kind of magic beast that hides in blizzards to move and launch surprise attacks!
‘Why is it appearing here?’
Yon was flustered.
The magic beast’s name was Nivalis.
A considerably dangerous magic beast.
However, they had learned it didn’t appear in areas where second years would be deployed.
“Yon, it’s a Nivalis. That magic beast Teacher Ziel mentioned.”
Yurio seemed to think the same.
Shing.
Yon drew his sword without hesitation.
His hands felt very numb from the cold, but he had no choice.
Swish, swoosh.
He then tightly bound his hands and sword with bandages and cord.
No matter how numb his hands were, he couldn’t drop his sword.
“Everyone prepare for combat.”
The reason Nivalis was dangerous was precisely because you never knew when or how it would attack.
Teacher Ziel had said so.
If it’s a frontal confrontation rather than a surprise attack, you can handle it sufficiently, but attacks that strike together with blizzards would be threatening to you all.
‘I have to block it somehow.’
If Nivalis lingered around the camp, the entire rest of the group would be in danger.
“Yurio, what do you see?”
“Just one for now. It’s moving quickly, but I don’t see any others.”
Thanks to that fortunate fact, Yon made his decision.
“Let’s block it.”
“Just the four of us?”
“If we don’t block it, everyone else might get hurt.”
“Alright.”
Everyone agreed.
There was only one way.
With their sense of crisis soaring, they couldn’t even remember what the teacher had said before entering the practical training.
They probably wouldn’t actually die.
But the students had only one thought.
‘If we retreat here, we die.’
Nivalis has the alias of tracker in the snow.
That meant if they ran away, it would only create a better situation for Nivalis!
“Yurio, I’ll lure it. Attack from behind with the others.”
“Yon. Going that far…”
“Someone has to be the bait, right?”
Yon decided to use that situation right away.
“I’m going.”
Yon quickly broke away.
Then the shadow in the snowstorm headed in that direction.
At that moment the snowstorm grew fiercer, and Yurio and the other two followed behind.
‘We have to end it in one strike.’
Yon moved at a distance where he was barely visible, with the shadow chasing behind him.
Yurio’s hand holding the sword trembled.
Rising tension.
“Kwaaaaak!”
And finally, the moment Nivalis’s pure white body revealed itself from within the snowstorm.
“Now!”
The three rushed in and attacked Nivalis from behind.
Swish, swoosh!
Two swords missed their mark.
‘Did it graze?’
Slash!
Yurio’s sword grazed Nivalis’s skin and blood scattered across the snow.
“Kwaaaaak!”
A scream erupted and the target turned around.
It was toward the three.
‘Got it.’
Teacher Ziel had said so.
The best way to deal with Nivalis is to lure it out of the snowstorm.
‘Damn, I almost died.’
It was thanks to Yon who used himself as bait right until he was about to be attacked by Nivalis.
“Well done, Yon.”
Now it was time for a surrounding attack.
They had a chance of winning.
‘Was Nivalis meat edible?’
It was when he was having such thoughts.
“Yu, Yurio.”
Yurio looked around in an eerie sensation.
Shadows were appearing again from within the snowstorm.
One, two, three…
There were five in total.
“Ha.”
A sigh escaped.
It seemed like this practical training was ruined.
“We’re screwed, aren’t we, Yurio?”
“Yeah.”
When situations become too extreme, hollow laughter comes out.
“Grrrrrr…”
The surrounded Nivalis also noticed its companions had arrived and let out a low growl.
Was this the end?
Only then did he remember what the teacher had said.
‘Didn’t he say there wouldn’t be death or life-threatening serious injuries?’
Right at that moment.
The shadows in the snowstorm all collapsed with a thud.
And the voice they had been waiting for was heard.
“Are you just surrounding it and watching? Defeat the Nivalis. As you were taught.”
Tears almost burst from Yurio’s eyes.
“The storm is subsiding. Deal with it before the snowstorm clears. This is your chance for a good score.”
It was Teacher Ziel.
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