《Operation: Eelinum》 Episode 1 – Operation: Eelinum Operation: Eelinum Episode 1 ¨C Operation: Eelinum
On a planet. Where technologies and civilization are quite ahead from our world. ¡­ .. ¡°The area, everything in 150 len* radius is veiled with mysterious shadow. The people who made it out before the communications had been cut off claim that the shadow is not natural.¡± A man speaks with serious tone and attitude. In a small room there are brave gentlemen and ladies, 8 in total, having a confidential meeting. One of them is in a very formal-looking attire unlike the others which seems to be in military uniforms. The man in a formal attire is standing before a screen. The rest are on their chairs, watching the screen solemnly. As the man explaining details, the screen behind him is showing an aerial photography. The image represents a large city and a black sphere on a corner. He presses a device resembles a remote, and the screen zooms into the black sphere. Some soldiers already pinch their eye brows. The black sphere is not the darkness spawned by the planet facing away from the light source. It cannot be. Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. Absolutely cannot be. Because what they see on the screen right now is in daylight. After a brief and careful observation, the soldiers could tell that the sphere¡¯s horizon is crawling out. Slowly. ¡°What¡¯s that?! A smoke?¡± A female soldier speaks as her eyes are squinted. ¡°No.¡± The man in front the screen says with a serious face before pressing the button again. ¡°Hou Look at this! Haha! I can¡¯t even see my hand. It¡¯s really weird.¡± The screen now shows a middle-aged man. He stretches his arm into the slowly expanding black gas. He tries to wave, to swipe, and to fan as if playing with water. Every time his hand moves pass the black thing, it could not be seen as if it got eaten and deleted just like a cropped image. ¡°This is a footage from a civilian nearby the phenomenon area. He and some claimed that the black gas you sir are witnessing, is not a smoke, a fog, or any kind of gas.¡± The man adjusts his glasses before pressing the remote once again. ¡°Wo! I didn¡¯t feel anything touching my face¡­. I¡¯m not sure if it¡¯s even an air¡­.¡± The footage on the screen changes. This time it was recorded from a phone. The soldiers assume the recorder was a teenager boy. He walked pass the black smoke and the next thing they see is all black. ¡°Look! Do you see anything? ¡­.. So dark¡­. I can¡¯t see a thing ¡­¡­ Is anyone here¡­¡­¡± ¡°¡­..¡± ¡°Sh*t! Shit! ¡­ Shit!¡± The recorder turns his phone¡¯s flashlight on then sweeps around. The footage is somewhat gloom despite the phone¡¯s good quality. All of sudden, the teen boy stops his hand abruptly and shines the phone on a direction. His hand, his mouth, and even his body freezes as if being cursed. Not even 10 seconds has passed, the boy curses in shaky voice. All the soldiers shift their attitudes. .. ¡°Ha¡­.Ha¡­Ha..haha¡­.. Don¡¯t¡­. Don¡¯t go inside!¡± In the next second, the boy quickly turns around and quickly runs until they all see the light again. After distancing himself from the fog, he stops running and tries to get some air¡­. He glances back and forth to the fog in panic many times. He warns with trembling voice. And the video ends. ¡°It¡¯s like¡­.¡± Another female soldier speaks up before pausing reluctantly. ¡°It¡¯s like the black mass is the darkness.¡± Before she could continue the man in formal clothes speaks with sharp sight and a serious tone. ¡°Nonsense! The first one was good but the last one, a kid can tell it¡¯s troll!¡± Another soldier speaks aggressively. ¡°That¡¯s why¡­the higher ups sent me here, in front of you, in this room, right now.¡± The formal clothes man with glasses speaks solemnly once again before he continues. ¡°They want a team, a special one, to find the origin of the phenomenon of the black fog and to rescue the people inside as much as possible.¡± ¡°This operation is named, Operation ¡®Eelinum¡¯*¡±
***Notes*** Len = Kilometer Eelinum = Illuminate Episode 2 – Enter Operation: Eelinum Episode 2 ¨C Enter
¡°See, I told you. There¡¯s nothing. That kid is just hungry for the spotlight.¡± The arrogant male soldier said as everyone slowly advanced, scanning their surroundings. It had been more than ten minutes in our world¡¯s time system that they had passed through the black fog and entered into this soundless and lightless world. ¡°Yeah. Nothing. That¡¯s why it¡¯s very strange...¡± A short male soldier said as he looked around seriously and meticulously. ¡°Isli reporting. We¡¯ve been here for more than ten minutes, but we haven¡¯t seen any civilians or other life forms. Over.¡± Eelinum team leader raised his hand before pressing the button on his helmet and reporting in an emotionless tone. ¡°Arpog acknowledged. Continue searching for any survivors. They may have gathered in a shelter somewhere. Over.¡± The voice that replied was the voice of the man who had given them the mission. ¡°Isli acknowledged. Out.¡± The team leader lowered his hand and went back to using the flashlight to search for more information in the darkness. ¡°That¡¯s right. They must have taken refuge in a shopping mall or a church somewhere.¡± ¡°By the way, aren¡¯t you guys curious? Over a million civilians, but only 7 people came to help?¡± ¡°And they even put cameras on our chests¡­¡± The arrogant male soldier said with an expression of obvious annoyance and displeasure. ¡°Sergeant Dren. If you have something on your mind, just spill it out.¡± The team leader said with a serious tone and frowned slightly as he pointed the flashlight at the arrogant officer, Dren. ¡°Alright! I¡¯m thinking that they formed this damn team to send us to our deaths in the first place!¡± ¡°Just think about it! This phenomenon has been happening for a while, but no one has sent any army to deal with it until it has spread this wide!¡± If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ¡°And as it is this wide, and they still sent only 7 people. Fucking ridic-¡± As Dren spoke with a blunt and angry tone, he noticed his team leader slowly raising his gun and aiming, causing him to pause and his eyes slowly widen in surprise. The other teammates who initially did not pay much attention to Dren¡¯s words, but when he started to yell louder, everyone gave him a glance from time to time. Aside from the team leader who was pointing his flashlight and gun at Dren, all the other soldiers had expressions that were no different from their team leader. "Shit-" "Enemy contacted! Everyone, watch out!" When his team leader''s gun stopped moving, Dren found that the direction of the gun was not pointed at his face, but beside his ear. The moment he turned to his left to see what his team leader was aiming at, he saw a haze of black smoke that looked like a human¡¯s hand quickly drew back behind him so fast that he almost didn''t catch it. He cursed in shock and turned around to look for the owner of the hand, but there was nothing but darkness and the image of a building reflected by the flashlight. The team leader who saw this also shouted for everyone to be prepared. The seven soldiers swept their flashlights around to search for the enemy for several minutes. Amidst the quiet tension, no one dared to move from where they were standing. Everyone was breathing heavily, their eyes almost never stopped moving around as they had to be on alert for the danger that they couldn¡¯t seen just a moment ago. ... About 5 minutes had passed in terms of Earth¡¯s time. All the members were sweating profusely on their foreheads even though the air inside was quite cold. Dren turned to his leader with the flashlight in his hand. His leader turned to him because he noticed the light shining towards him on the ground. Dren held the flashlight and gun in one hand while raising his other index finger to point at his mouth as he looked at his leader. His leader frowned slightly and shook his head slowly. ¡°Guys! It seems that our voice didn¡¯t attract the enemy!¡± ¡°However, we should not be in the open like this. Let¡¯s go to that building!¡± The team leader said with some confidence before pointing at a building near the short soldier. Right now, they were all in an open area. On a street surrounded by many tall and low buildings. There was a small building near the short soldier. The reason the leader chose this building was because one of its doors was open and it was the closest building. Everyone looked at the building for a moment before slowly walking towards it while being careful of their surroundings. The short soldier who was closest to the building, took only four steps and found himself at the door that was opening. The small building seemed to be a shop. There were two doors, but one was wide open. The door was not yanked or damaged in any way. It was open as if someone had left the shop and left it wide like that. Next to the double doors was a small glass window. When he saw his short teammate enter the shop, Dren who was closest to him slowly walked in while shining his flashlight to look behind him from time to time. .. "Hey, Kurg. Is everything clear inside?" When Dren finally able to pressed his back against the wall of the shop, he felt a little relieved. He raised his flashlight and shined it through the small window and asked his teammate softly. .. "... Kurg-" "Ar-.....Argg....." The moment Dren turned his head and looked pass the glass, he was shocked and his eyes widened again. "Kurg!" Dren shouted at the top of his lungs before rushing into the shop to save his teammate. [Sergeant Kurg Livoyn died after entering the mysterious dark phenomenon for 37 yohm.] [Cause of death: Chest stabbed by a mysterious sharp object from behind in a single blow.]
***Note*** 37 yohm = 13 mins in Earth¡¯s time Episode 3 – Lurker Operation: Eelinum Episode 3 ¨C Lurker
¡°I fucking told you they sent us to die!¡± Inside the small shop, Sergeant Dren was sitting with his back against the wall in a corner with both hands on his head. He shouted loudly in anger. They had already finished packing Kurg¡¯s body into a bag. The team leader had reported their loss a moment ago. At this moment, everyone had turned off their flashlights to save the battery. Only one flashlight was shining to one corner of the shop. The team leader was staring into the darkness beside where the light was shining, silently, as if he was thinking about something. ¡°Our object is to find survivors. We all know that we may not be able to return with 206 bones.. or 7. If you¡¯re so scared, you can withdraw first.¡± A stout male soldier said sarcastically. He felt that Dren was acting too cowardly, so he felt annoyed. ¡°Hey.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll fucking withdraw. But I¡¯ll go back with your fucking body bag.¡± Sergeant Dren stood up and walked towards the stout soldier with a hasty attitude. A female soldier saw that things were going south, so she tried to stop Dren. The arrogant soldier spoke to the stout soldier with a hateful look and tone. "Stop acting like a child and think about how that thing got Kurg!¡± Another female soldier spoke with a fed-up attitude because how immature of her two friends. .. Did you know this story is from Royal Road? Read the official version for free and support the author. The two soldiers stared at each other for a moment before turning their faces away from each other. "... Shadow..." The team leader spoke up while still staring at the dark corner. "Come again, Captain?" The female soldier who had stopped Dren earlier asked with a puzzled and disbelieving expression. "That weird black thing... It might have emerged from shadow." He spoke up again with a louder tone. "A shadow..." Another male soldier repeated as he thought about it. "If it emerged from the shadow, why didn''t it just attack us right away as soon as we entered? I don''t get it. We shined the light in front of us. Anything other than the front would be considered a shadow. Right, Captain?" Dren said with a frown. He felt that the assumption was not very reasonable. "That''s right...." "Don''t walk into the light, Venz!" Another female soldier agreed with Dren before stepping forward to block the light from the flashlight. However, her leader immediately shouted causing her to pause half way in shock. .. "Hehehe..." "Fucker!" The male leader slowly extended his hand to block the light from the flashlight. In less than three seconds, a pair of mysterious eyes opened from the shadow cast by his hand. It laughed softly at them. When Dren heard its mocking laughter, he was furious. He rushed over and pulled out the dagger from his leg, hoping to stab it. He cursed in anger. But the team leader quickly turned off the flashlight. "We got it, why did you fucking turn it off?!" Dren shouted angrily. ¡°If that freak can stab through a muscular man and a thick bulletproof vest, your knife will definitely become its toothpick.¡± The team leader said calmly. ..... .. Dren sighed loudly and made a tsk sound with his mouth. He tried to calm himself down. ¡°I apologize for being thoughtless, Captain.¡± After calming down, he apologized in a sincere voice. ¡°Hoh? You can think?¡± The stout soldier sarcastically said again. ¡°I¡¯m a fucking man, not a big-legged imbecile who was born to run away only,¡± Dren sarcastically replied with a fierce tone. ¡°Our shadows are its door. Stop using the flashlight and use the infrared instead.¡± The team leader said in a tone that seemed to imply can¡¯t help it then press the button on his helmet to turn on the night vision. ¡°Understood, Capt-¡± ¡°Shh!¡± ¡°You¡¯re asking fo-¡± ¡°Shh!¡± Dren tried to confirm to his leader with a guilty tone. However, the stout soldier shushes at him abruptly. Dren felt that he was really asking for it and became slightly angry before shouting back. However, the stout soldier raised his voice again immediately and this time, his tone was very serious. Dren and everyone else felt the seriousness in his tone and were dumbstruck. Their hearts beat faster again. At that moment, everyone''s mind started to question. What now? Didn''t it come out of the shadows? What did he see? How should we deal with it this time? Have we been ambushed all this time? However, the stout soldier''s mind had only one question, which was "Fuck! How the fuck can it still be walking?!¡± He was closest to the entrance. The moment he turned on his night vision, he saw a familiar large animal outside. However..... Its head was gone! Episode 4 – Legger Operation: Eelinum Episode 4 ¨C Legger
There is a creature on this planet that is very similar to a large bird on our planet. Ostrich. They call it ¡°Ompu¡±. A bird that looks like an ostrich. Large legs that specialized for running. They have wings but cannot fly. A long neck to look out for dangers. However, the Ompu on this planet have two distinctive features that are different from our ostriches. One, their bodies are much larger than ostriches. They can grow to almost the size of our elephants! And the second distinctive feature is... ¡°What¡¯s wrong, Wehng?¡± The team leader asked the stout soldier next to the door with a slightly loud voice. ¡°Ompu!¡± The stout soldier named Wehng looked away from the giant Ompu that was hundreds of meters away, and quickly answered his leader while swiped his palm across his neck. However, his voice was rather quiet, coupled with the confusing hand signals, the five soldiers did not understand what he was trying to convey. "Damn it...!!!" Seeing that his teammates looked puzzled, Wehng cursed inwardly before glancing back outside the door again. And Wehng¡¯s heart almost stopped beating in that moment. The giant bird Ompu was standing in front of the building next to the shop where they were resting. Guk...guk...guk... The female soldier Venz could not stand the confusion and slowly walked towards Wehng near the door. The sound of her shoes was not very loud, but because the place was a small room, it echoed slightly. Hearing that sound, Wehng quickly turned and signaled her to stop walking immediately. And in that second, all the soldiers saw what was behind the small door and window. They saw two pairs of large, dark black legs covered with scales walking in front of the door. No one could hear anything! Even though Ompu was as big as an elephant in our world, its magical feet had a lump of flesh underneath, helping to suppress the sound of its footsteps as if they were cat paws! The Ompu lowered itself down. All of the soldiers could see its head had been cut off, leaving only red blood staining the fur around the base of its neck and a large, nasty wound. Some of the soldiers who saw the wound felt disgust. None of them dared to move even a little. They didn''t know why they acted so, but all they knew was that their instincts were telling them to stay still. Bang¡­bang¡­ Ompoo lifted its body back and took a big step forward, but its foot hit the closed door, making a loud bang noise. Everyone in the shop noticed the strange movement and slowly lowered their hands for the guns as quietly as possible, preparing to take on this monster. You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story. Bang¡­bang¡­bang..bang¡­bangbang BangBangBang BANG!!!! The large-legged monster used its feet to rub against the door again making the sound live on. Within the next seconds, it changed from rubbing its feet to striking it, and from striking it to curling its toes, knocking the door. Finally, it used that foot to kick the door violently, causing the door to fly inward. "Open Fire!" The moment the door flew in, the team leader shouted fiercely. The six soldiers opened fire on the monster simultaneously. The monster was shocked by the sudden sounds and the impact from the bullets, so it backed off away from the storefront. The soldiers immediately followed and kept the press. "VenZ, you okay?!" The female soldier who stopped Dren earlier ceased her firing and slowly walked back to check on her friend. The store door was kicked in the direction she was standing. Fortunately, she ducked down just in time to avoid a serious impact, so her injuries were not too serious. "I''m fine! Let''s go!" Venz quickly stood up with her gun and ran out to help. "The bullets are ineffective!" Dren said as his stress increased to the limit. "Keep shooting!" Wehng said with a slightly annoyed tone, but he still focused on the task. After firing for a while, they found that the monster showed no sign of staying down. It kept shaking and swaying its body as if it was in pain. "Reload!" In the next second, the four soldiers regretted their actions. Splatt! ¡°Nooooooo!¡± The female soldier shouted in a heart-breaking tone, as her eyes turned red. The four soldiers, aside from Venz and her friend, were keep on the firing, causing their ammo to run out first. The moment they stopped shooting and were reloading, only Venz and the other female soldier were still shooting, the big-legged monster jumped towards them and stomped on Venz¡¯ body. ¡°VennnnnnnnZ!¡± The only surviving female soldier shouted in a resentful tone. They were not that far from each other, but the unlucky one was Venz, her friend. The Ompu heard her shouting, so it turned to her and immediately charged. ¡°¡­ sound¡­¡­Sound!¡± Wehng muttered to himself before shouting at the top of his lungs, causing The Ompu to stop running and turn to his direction. ¡°Come here, you piece of shit!¡± Wehng shouted loudly again luring the monster away from his friend. ¡°Fire!¡± The team leader saw the Ompu¡¯s reaction and was certain that what Wehng said was correct. With his cleverness, he immediately shouted to order everyone to rain down the bullet after seeing everyone finished their reloading. ¡°It can¡¯t do anything if we make loud noises at the same time!¡± While everyone was shooting and closing in on the enemy, the team leader shouted again to explain his subordinates. He looked at everyone and they gave him nods. ¡°In three yoangs, I¡¯ll give you the signal to stop shooting!¡± He shouted again after estimating that within three seconds, the bullets would run out. Although everyone started shooting almost at the same time, there was no guarantee that their bullets would run out at the same time, so the team leader thought of a way to make everyone stop shooting altogether for everyone¡¯s safety. However, he didn¡¯t expect what¡¯s going to happen next. The Ompu leaned forward and spread one leg out as far as it would go before spinning around, sweeping everything. "Wehng!" The leader shouted after seeing Wehng, who was closest to the monster, getting kicked and flew away until he couldn¡¯t be seen. The other male soldier next to Wehng reacted quickly by backing away. "Aaaaahhhhhhh!" However, The Ompu''s claws grazed his hands, causing it to be torn apart along with the muzzle of his gun. He felt his shoulder dislocate due to the force from his hands. His body fell to the ground. He tried to get himself back up, but his torn hands and dislocated shoulder made him unable to support himself. He howled in pain. The three remaining soldiers were lucky that its feet did not touch them. However, their bodies were blown several meters away. After sweeping away everything around itself, the annoying sound finally disappeared. ¡°Huff, huff, huff... grrrrrr!¡± The male soldier with the malformed hands tried to hold back his groan as much as possible. His breath was rapid and loud, but he also tried to make it as quiet as possible. Unfortunately, the big-legged demon heard his breathing and felt curious and annoyed. It slowly walked towards him. ¡°Hey! Over there! You damn bastard!¡± The furious male soldier was the first to regain his senses and saw that the demon was walking towards his friend, so he immediately shouted to distract it. ¡°Hey! Over here! Come at me!¡± Crack! ¡°Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ARRRRRRGGGGHHH.¡± SPLAT! Dren quickly stood up and walked towards both his friend and the demon, while making loud noises to attract attention. But it was too late. The demon had already reached his friend. Its feet accidently crushed both of the man¡¯s legs to pulp. No matter how hard he tried to hold back the painful sound, his mouth had to howl as both his legs were crushed to mere lumps of flesh. His loud scream caused the Ompu fiend to respond by stomping on his face, killing him instantly. "Hey! Come over here, you Fucker!¡± Dren took out something in a round shape from the pocket on his waist and shouted at the Demon at the top of his lungs. The Big-legged Demon heard his voice, turned around, and ran towards him. Dren was now quite far away from his two friends. "Dren! Don''t!" "No, Dren!" Both the leader and the last female soldier saw what was in Dren''s hand and shouted at him. "This is for Gaolahn!" Dren saw the monster getting closer to him, hatred could be felt through the eyes staring at the Demon. BOOOOOOOOOOMMMM! Dren pressed the button on top of the round thing with his thumb. An explosion emerged, scattering Dren and the Big-legged Demon¡¯s remains all over the ground. Episode 5 – Looker Operation: Eelinum Episode 5 ¨C Looker
¡°Isli reporting¡­ Kurg, Venz, Gaolahn and¡­ Dren. died in the line of duty.¡± ¡°¡­ Damn it!¡± Eelinum team leader reported the situation through his helmet with a sorrowful voice and face. However, the only thing he heard back was a crackling sound. The communication device on his helmet was broken from the impact after being kicked away by the Ompu earlier. ¡°Mine doesn¡¯t work either¡­.¡± The female soldier said with a red nose and eyes. She tried to contact them but all she got was the same sound as her leader. ¡°He didn¡¯t have to do that!¡± The leader said in a sorrowful voice as he punched the wall of a building. ¡°The gun didn¡¯t work¡­ The only way was to use the suicide bomb¡­ He died for us¡­ We have to survive, captain.¡± The female soldier wiped her nose before standing up from the stairs of the building and said with hope. ¡°¡­ We won¡¯t be able to continue. Mission aborted¡­¡± The leader said as he shook his head slightly in despair. ......... ¡°Ugh¡­.¡± Inside a building. Wehng was kicked and flew through the window into a room that looked like a bedroom. Whether it was luck or the armor he was wearing or the soft mattress he fell into, his body was not badly injured. Only his neck was in excruciating pain. ¡°Ahh¡­¡± ¡­. ¡°Everyone¡­ where are you?¡­ I flew into¡­ uhm, it looks like a house.¡± He took out a long tube-like device and stabbed it into his neck. The pain from the impact gradually disappeared, but he was still lying on the soft mattress. He pressed the button on his helmet and sent a message to his teammates. The room he was kicked into was a small room. There was a large bed, several pillows, and a large blanket. In one corner of the room was a drawer that was as tall as his waist. Large curtains were separating the room at the foot of the bed. ¡°¡­ Angleh? Angleh? Can anyone hear me?¡­¡± He tried calling out to his teammates again before contacting the operator. ¡­. After a while, he heard no response, he got up from the bed and walked straight towards the curtains to find a way out of the house. "Cool doll¡­.?¡± On the way, he noticed a strange fat doll standing in the corner opposite the drawers. The doll had a large grin that showed only its teeth. Wehng felt that this doll was too weird to be in this bedroom. "What the?" When he swiped the curtains away and walked out into a big hall, he noticed the same doll again on his right. He felt that this house must really like this weird doll, that''s why there were so many of them. "Where''s the exit?" He thought to himself as he looked for the entrance of the house. "Wait, why do I need to find a way out? Just go back where I came from¡­¡± Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. "This medicine¡­. is it making me hallucinate or something? Hah." Wehng suddenly recalled that the window he was kicked through could also be an exit, so he scolded himself inwardly before turning back towards the curtain. "Oh? There''s another one? These guys really weird." He saw the weird doll again in the corner opposite to the right where he had looked at first. He didn''t care much about it. He stepped into the bedroom again and leaned his head out the shattered window. He found that this room was quite high from the ground, but he thought that even if he jumped down, it wouldn''t hurt much. "In case my leg got any internally injuries... better safe than sorry¡­¡± He grabbed the large blanket and tied it to the bed leg. He threw the blanket through the window and slowly used it as a rope to land softly on the ground. "... Huh?" When he successfully got out of the house, he turned around and saw that there was the strange-looking doll standing next to a tree not far from him. The sight in front of him was a large gate that could be opened and closed by sliding it left and right. On the right side, there were countless pots and plants, and then there was an old, dry fountain. On the left side, there were also many potted plants, piled up in a disorderly manner, no different from the right side. That strange doll was standing there, behind the pile. Wehng felt even more crept out when he saw that doll, so he quickly walked over and slid the door open and left the house. ..... ¡­ "What the fuck..." After Wehng walked out of the house to the right, he found a crossroads not far away. He turned left in the direction he had flown from. ... That fat gray doll again... As soon as Wehng turned left, he saw the same big doll standing a little farther away from the corner. It wasn''t staring at him, but staring at the wall on the opposite direction. "Or maybe it''s not a doll?" "I don''t know. Let''s try poking it first." Wehng thought to himself before slowly walking towards it, pulling out the knife from his leg and poking at the doll''s belly. "Shit, did I lose the gun when I got kicked? Or did it fall in the house and I forgot?" "Stupid fuck, you should have checked before getting out..." As he lightly poked the doll with the knife, he felt its belly was elastic and couldn''t be pierced. However, his mind was instead thinking about his missing gun. ... "Oh, the pistol is still here. I¡¯m fucking idiot..." "If you¡¯d realized it sooner, Kurg would still be alive..." Wehng suddenly remembered that he had a pistol tucked into his waist, so he cursed himself inwardly. He put the knife back into its sheath before walking straight back to his friend. ... After walking for a while, Wehng suddenly felt like the doll was staring at him from behind, so he slowly turned around. But what he found was that the doll was still standing there, unmoving. ... "How far did we fly..." "Should we try shouting to call them-" "That''s not good... assuming that big shit isn''t dead, we''ll definitely die instead. There''s only one pistol..." "There''s the bomb." "No, the important thing now is how long we''ve been unconscious." "The bomb..." "If we''ve been unconscious for a long time, they might have gone somewhere else already..." ¡°Kurg... die... Dren... stop yapping.¡± ¡°Chief... I agree with Dren....¡± ¡°What the hell is this...¡± As he walked forward, many thoughts came to his mind. However, the strange thing was that he felt like there was another person in his head.... Two thoughts came to him at the same time, like a panic attack. Wehng felt something was wrong and cursed softly to himself. ¡°....¡± Speaking out loud to himself made him regain his senses a little. He blinked once to adjust his vision. And what he saw far away to the right of the crossroads ahead... That doll again... He was a little shocked and couldn¡¯t speak or think anything, but a thought quickly popped into his mind. ¡°It¡¯s here again...¡± ¡°What is this?! haa... haa...¡± He said out loud to himself when he realized that something was wrong with his body. ¡°Hallucination from the injury?! Or is it a side effect of the medicine¡­¡± ¡°No, no, no. It¡¯s not. How could there be anything wrong, we¡¯re wearing the helmet?¡± ¡°Take off your helmet¡­¡± ¡°You¡¯re just imagining it¡­¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t you say you are so strong?¡± Many thoughts started to pop up in his head again. However, this time, they were faster and more frequent. His senses told him to take off his helmet and he did. He tried to feel his head for any wounds or pain. .. There were no wounds, fluids, or anything unusual¡­ ¡°What are you afraid of? It¡¯s just a weird doll.¡± ¡°Are you afraid that you¡¯re about to boo-hoo when your friends aren¡¯t here?¡± ¡°Are you afraid of the dark?¡± ¡°Or is it that doll?¡± As Wehng put his helmet back on, a voice in his head mocked him. He tried to ignore them and stared at the doll before increasing his paces towards it. ¡°Nightvision makes you brave.¡± ¡°What can you do without the helmet?¡± ¡°When will Dren grow up?¡± ¡°That bomb is a disgrace to us. That''s why all countries ban it." "If you''re going to blow someone up, you have to blow yourself up too." "You moron. Loser. Coward." Those voices kept ringing in his head as Wehng approached the doll. Bang! Bang! Bang! When Wehng got to a few meters away from the doll, he pulled out his pistol and fired at it. However, the bullets didn''t bounce off or damage the strange doll. All bullets were absorbed into its body¡­. When he realized that his pistol couldn''t do anything to the doll, Wehng acted on his instincts and ran back to the previous intersection without looking back. "Scary as fuck." "Run." "Run quick." "Don''t..." "Fuck¡­." Wehng had completely forgotten about keeping his voice down... ... The doll was still at the previous intersection... However, this time it was in the middle of the intersection and facing toward him. Wehng''s breathing became faster and faster. His heart almost exploded. He looked at the smile on the doll''s face. It gave him goosebumps. "Run." "Is it smiling at us?" "It''s definitely not a doll." He turned around and ran away towards the second intersection again... ¡°Nicel..." "It''s gone..." "We''re saved." "We have to run away quickly now." When he returned to the road before the second intersection again, Wehng didn''t see the doll anymore. He felt relieved and ran through the intersection... "Shit." "Shit." "Shit." "It''s fooling us." "Don''t fuck with me!" However, when he ran through the intersection, he saw the same doll on the left, facing him and smiling at him as before. He ignored it and ran straight ahead without looking at anything. Everything he passed, intersections, light poles on the corner, shop''s windows, glass doors in front of the building, or even bushes, Wehng felt that he was being watched by the doll. He felt so scared that he didn''t dare to scream out loud. He could only groan softly throughout the run.... Episode 6 – Over Operation: Eelinum Episode 6 ¨C Over
It has been more than an hour since Wehng disappeared. The two remaining soldiers began to lose hope. At first, they followed the direction Wehng flew, but after searching for him for about 40-50 minutes in Earth¡¯s time, they found nothing. They¡¯re in despair. Even if they wanted to lie to themselves that Wehng was still alive, they could not. ¡°I am Sub-Lieutenant Latvak Robgram. The leader of the Eelinum operation team. Our team had 7 people.... Now... only 2 left...¡± Latvak, the team leader, said with a sigh of despair. ¡°Sergeant Kurg Livoyn died from being stabbed in the chest by a mysterious creature.¡± ¡°That creature attacked us through our shadow. It is strange that it emerged from our shadow, not the darkness or the shadow of buildings.¡± Latvak said as he took out a small camera from his chest to record his face. He panned the camera to the female soldier once and then turned it back to his face. ¡°Sergeant Venz Chumna... died from being trampled by... a mysterious Ompu¡­.¡± Latvak said with difficulty. The female soldier behind him tried to hold back her tears, only sobs were heard. ¡°Sergeant Major Second Class, Wehng Mutch was kicked away by that Oompu... We have walked for 102 yohm to find him but to no avail... He¡¯s gone missing....¡± Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. ¡°Sergeant Major Third Class, Pluum Gaolahn... was severely injured by Ompu''s claws during the fight... both of his hands were torn off.... He died after it stomped on his head....¡± ¡°Sergeant Major Second Class, GungNa Dren... died honorably by detonating the suicide bomb to kill that Ompu demon...¡± ¡°The Ompu demon we fought had no head... I don''t know how could it walk... All I¡­all we know is that the headless demon responded to sound....¡± ¡°It seems like it doesn''t like loud noises-¡± ¡°No wonder they spoke so highly of you, Lieutenant Latvak, the wise.¡± A man¡¯s voice interrupted before Latvak could finish. ¡°Are you¡­ a ci..vi..li..an¡­ sir?¡± The video footage from Lieutenant Latvak¡¯s cracked camera started to distort and the pov displayed next was the ground instead. Lattvuk panned the camera down while talking to the mysterious man. Bang! ¡°¡­.u¡­ve¡­l.e¡­¡± ¡°¡­c..k..e¡­o..u¡­i.ng..?¡± ¡­ .. Bang! ..... ¡°It was fine moment ago, why is this only part¡­.?¡± A man in a glasses and formal attire spoke to his staff. He was reviewing the retrieved video of the missing Operation:Eelinum¡¯s member from many weeks ago. ¡°The camera must glitched out, sir.¡± A lady staff spoke to him with respects. ¡°No¡­ someone intentionally sabotaged this footage¡­¡± The former person in charge of the Eelinum operation said despite his tone sounded uncertain. ¡°Sir¡­ We need to evacuate now¡­¡± Another female staff approached him and warned him with a hurried expression. ¡­ ¡°Let us go then¡­¡± The man was silent for a moment, then let out a deep sigh and said to the staff. Before leaving, he turned back to look at the video footage with only a ground to be seen with a determined gaze. ¡­ A mysterious dark phenomenon It originated from Vilco City, Zem. Now, the darkness has spread and covered almost the entire planet. The inhabitants of that planet had to evacuate underground. They did not know if they had been invaded by aliens or if their motherplanet had unleashed a method to restore itself, causing them to lose their rule and homeland. All they knew was that their lives from now on would return to the difficulty¡­just like old age¡­.. And they would have to live in fear forever¡­ Operation: Eelinum The End.