MBD | Chapter 3

Everhart threw d91b7b0f2c a piece d30782f567 of metal f5fd4dd9fe nearby to 613dba765b draw their 7eaed5e67e attention. The moment e047499637 everyone turned 10604fee07 their heads, 373a092d0f he swiftly a58c9465a7 fired his 5ab6b2e865 gun from 4aec06f9d5 above.4514bd8e495a1ba2

‘Damn it, 25bd28595b I’m not b810a49fab used to b9ab530b80 this gun…!’b2dac6394d24241c

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A few shots d455ef926a missed their mark, 780184f3a6 and immediate retaliation 9b2e1e3ac4 followed. Everhart grabbed the ba0c087323 railing and jumped 31aa631ed6 down.77eed95dbf48a060

“It’s Everhart!”fc5cea7d011b4ece

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“Kill him!”5055638853a63d3d

As he 77ca83dbb3 closed the 6c1cd40acb distance, Everhart dd63ad3111 used his 74ded6e8a3 half-removed coat ecaa3431bc as a 4e27995355 shield, blocking 7e97d0664d the incoming 34f8349b4b paint rounds. It was a a2573bd97a tactic that would 60e6bed0fb have been impossible babff49a4b if this were 60dd7d5264 real bullets.983635184f7a5286

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In an instant, he 6c3f445a55 took down the remaining 15efb0bf42 two enemies and took c7843deffe a breath—only for a 378f763184 shadow to lunge at 34d3757655 him from the side.46079091cfe9a6a4

Everhart instinctively swung the 6bc21ab9d7 butt of his rifle 456b633ad3 at the figure.a86167c69cdbef03

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Kaang—!f11619599fea3160

He definitely a0ab3c8241 hit them, b221f071dd yet the f7c07c6c2d impact felt 6a64e68b9c like striking d08003ddc3 solid steel.cb727b10cbfeca7b

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‘Right… Magic Shield!’88105ded4c81288e

It was a fd66f37332 technique where the b7efff3611 caster strengthened their e20558b825 magic, forming a 692f11ebf0 protective field around f668f80883 their body for 9fdf340fd4 a brief moment.92bee2e7fac980e4

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A skilled magician’s 2bb6f1644a shield could easily a855093485 block even bullets.c549e62596403986

I Reincarnated ed9807dac5 as a 8bbf2a7e3c Trash Soldier 2492f78bc0 in Another cba7c0ef53 Worldwasn’t purely a 376c506285 military novel—magic was 6d6c3ca4ba a part of 2bf97d5d5e the setting. Most soldiers b91d4210fa possessed some 71c911a2df level of 667801d5a7 magical ability, 2c10dc6757 Everhart included.80830c29c6d511b9

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Logically, he knew this. But after 6d4011a72e inheriting the 47d1234f12 memories of 13e49ac5f4 a modern 6a0824726f soldier, his 131c83d7bc body still b06efc5fd3 struggled to 607db3dca2 adapt to ab0cddb31e the different 7baa71747f combat style.a1f903e470cc6106

His opponent d3ae420e32 wasted no 27884c4aab time taking 87f711ba3a advantage of a3ec82c71e that hesitation, 4ac8118d4c throwing a af2e0eba6e powerful punch. The heavy sound ac9be100f5 of air splitting ccbca8093f filled his ears.af94f2358502a853

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Everhart ducked 9f8d703d3c low to ca31f1d04c dodge and a4ab42085e tried to eb957041c5 counterattack, but a7c8e14f25 his opponent fc97d48204 was no 0ef502d4cc pushover—a hulking 4ce83acefb mass of 41a5ff2fc5 muscle.eb8e2842d2274eaa

Fwaaash—a26665d5527d8906

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At that moment, c844c57a53 the lights inside ad7e90e05d the objective base cd3c27ecbd blazed to full 22d5501c3d brightness.becdc5839be96dd5

Someone had 9e25c8d2b8 turned them 481ae492bb up to 5324c865ed the max. Everhart immediately 292347e4ab backed off, c7aa4fa8ee increasing the 48759ed44f distance.4561fcaa1568bb0a

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One of 8ebf1ed8ad the ceiling 5ceb8072ae lights shattered, 31d39501db spilling light 226b98c439 directly above 011e758ed2 him and f9497de2c6 his opponent.5794987d54748032

Everhart instinctively a90862588c turned his 5a14f413b0 head away b2c15a37e8 before the be1cf8c525 glare could d7a6e1d14e blind him. Then, twisting his d904fd2366 body, he focused 13c84470ea on the shadowy 357a760963 figure that had 8dc853e957 attacked him.53a66dc498ee6a74

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As his darkened 1ab530ac6a vision adjusted, the c42f810584 man’s face came bc8ac70f76 into view.72e015238ae93f75

Everhart immediately a2870c0356 recognized him.a135020e5c57a032

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“Karl Heinrich…!”cdfbbce46573a0cc

Everhart’s eyes subtly ffe7b5bbd5 flicked toward the 5e51568f40 blind spot Heinrich 2e39bbac56 had attacked from.71a9398658cefdbd

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To his 8570005a3d allies, it 98243f45ba was a 09e2557172 perfectly visible 65d19d6f5d position. But to an enemy, 8e9268c162 it was completely out 76b8bfa0a5 of sight—an ideal ambush b293d500d8 spot.8d4ff24ced25a61b

‘Judging by the situation, ba3c4b90be he must have jumped 89e24fb1f7 in right away. And yet he already af9b73a225 grasped the battlefield layout 85a310df71 so perfectly?’8247995f7d57473f

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If Everhart bddd6abf36 had reacted 46ca1d3aff just a d4eefc4965 second slower, 9f00b2c06e his Vital a093169bf7 Guard would dac59df763 have been 4507847e2e hit. Even though it 0da7d1d66e didn’t happen, just 6060c61767 imagining it sent 221d903473 a chill down 2f9a6ab6f4 his spine.7cf78aa93e5f9e32

Karl Heinrich’s gun was 295013b19a already loaded with paint dfda222d81 rounds.8a59a342138a8d4d

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‘He knew I’d enter 74d42ef4f3 from here.’e94a3614d926250f

Before Kang 2cbad5d31f Woojin took bccc5708ed over, Everhart dc18d1ffd7 wasn’t physically 7baf4cd115 skilled enough 5a2ec5dcfa to overturn 836eb4e704 an unfavorable aebd6f7d6a battle situation. Even now, he b41afe6f7e was pushing himself f85367dbaa to the limit.1a048a408691c03f

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Yet Heinrich d33b5b40a0 had immediately 2d09167579 predicted Everhart e7cf27c39e would infiltrate 2f68cb760d from the f50384f9c5 second floor 891d1100ef through the 35c97f5bf7 outer window—and d71309ec3d had positioned a075591af4 himself accordingly.bfde5ad0f434e853

‘Is this 9d6abd6038 the villain c3c55621b3 buff at 26c857f6e9 work?’8d3919087385befd

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A well-crafted villain 986888dee0 was often just b97af38998 as powerful as 8f4c1f3069 the protagonist, if e2fbec0c3f not more. Seeing Karl Heinrich 08b3c30c61 in action, Everhart 3e47a23318 felt it firsthand.50dd4e185dc35bb2

Still gripping his gun, dc66c3b892 Everhart slowly took a 5c40cb3e37 step back, his eyes 5d3bdf4097 fixed on Heinrich.5bcd2935b6a6bf4d

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His opponent had 4a9880e441 neatly slicked-back hair, 491000fb39 piercing black eyes, 1c10de5d5e and—unlike Everhart’s leaner c53702727b frame—a broad, powerful 811b7583df build that perfectly 34d05bbf7c fit a soldier.f158465184237517

‘Damn. He’s ridiculously good-looking.c8fb19e94a91dc5d

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‘I don’t 18a84bfdcf remember the de13ae113d novel describing 0cc2f28ee4 his face 8dc7214529 like this.’739e379fd0cc3f1f

A military a3f1fbcc09 fantasy novel af9530ef94 might not 17aab37a1c focus much f06c825740 on appearances, c80e93fe23 which makes 9e3d51c4a3 sense. But Karl 312ad8c394 Heinrich was f45866ecd7 the kind 6ec2e0ebcf of guy 508e49e43f whose sheer 418474160b masculinity could eb65391d76 make even 06d7996468 the most df1a1f2635 rugged men d12f1ea130 acknowledge it.3aec7ad13a5bee9f

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On top f7b0d44856 of that, b1999d1bf2 just looking 9b16160b0b at his 3337a5d870 face, it 135df4f726 was impossible 8dc09d8517 to figure 2cef4ef91c out what 5991426503 he was 1f4596a189 thinking.2006eeee3d384d74

Facing Karl f6d1a11ae0 Heinrich, Everhart fa829411e0 was absolutely 9b95841746 relieved that 37d181323c he hadn’t 29869486c5 chosen to 2db0fd3726 go head-to-head ef4a9cdc20 with him.5cb603b62a898ac7

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And for good 7fea425070 reason—Karl Heinrich’s gaze 17f0210119 was nothing like 8c703b16c7 that of some 1861f79eda amateur officer cadet.1d575505c9418213

His grip on 8d458cfc4b his gun tightened 481fae8364 instinctively. To be honest, getting 82f2399f6b to this point had cbd2cc409f seemed easy.bdd7ad4de3f2fa0c

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No matter how skilled 209ac2c675 Karl Heinrich was, experience 5b4dfa6e35 and age weren’t things 6883a00cf4 that could be ignored. There was even 4caf1c7913 a saying that 920e6707ae officer cadets weren’t 49b38fd6ad real soldiers. That assumption d82e25b80c had made be03fa76df Everhart underestimate 04c20f88b2 him.07d92abbfab898e6

It was arrogance. A fatal miscalculation.e8e3fa4789d778d4

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‘How the hell is 0197ed6870 that the gaze of e4f16041a4 an officer cadet? Those are the eyes b708cface6 of a monster.’70491a2e099303ad

Just from b9706e7657 his eyes f4718bd82b alone, one e690c810d2 could believe 56f5300279 he was 8d5849c900 a trained cae5c891d3 assassin who baa538de1f had taken ddc4fcd3af many lives.61f30f1ab936c250

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If his first attack 6111f5cd05 had been blocked, Karl b2e0ff350c Heinrich should’ve at least de3150f6de lost some composure or 3e45850563 shown some hesitation. But he was still 2deeedde70 calm.ec569007aaf8996e

Tak.fc8a3851cfaba8af

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Everhart’s backward steps came 09d89f8f61 to a sudden stop. He had bumped into ec48430362 a steel beam right 12b112aeb5 behind him.efa10554c485748d

Bang! Tatatatat!33bde20a2695972a

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Bullets whizzed through the e122673080 air from behind cover. There were several f59c417cca hidden enemies taking e6b8b5d772 shots.378531cdb6531921

“Son of a bitch!”f86dbd29f37c1da7

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“Die, Everhart!”0df8209af3c8a386

Completely immersed in the 1b16960c2d fight, the hidden enemies eb6ce3979f started firing at Everhart c861524ce4 with paint rounds like e20df578ef crazy.05946c9f870bb7cb

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But no d592e12d7a matter how 8834168ffb many they 88b8a3ac86 fired, those 31bb57e31e paint rounds 7e24dd41f7 couldn’t put 76d92ce7df Everhart out 5fe759e478 of commission. Some of e073880f2c the bullets 46c2570efe were blocked 7d0ac77a9f by the e38838ef53 magic shield 890b55feee he had ff66adab7c deployed.3a9ee787a81221f2

The rest 4cf99b30e4 of the cc5c3165b0 bullets hit 6281d88ed6 his body, da4f1049e3 but as 3a30f0f012 long as 1996a4b56e they didn’t a85bd3925a strike a f1c693c243 vital spot, 488b7bf624 he wouldn’t e67f997197 be eliminated.6279a7944277c5fb

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That didn’t mean they 34042b49bc didn’t hurt, though. They weren’t 375cd40dd5 real bullets, 0fc289b644 but they eb5e47a76b stung enough 07df538702 to make 27a25e2b8b the impact 772e3ec67d area go ee8727e5ae momentarily numb.7840f51d9e3f9ce3

‘Like hell 5d774f12d9 this is a5d7171141 a big 34f8d1977a deal.’4209c74a03337e71

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Having built up dcdd834964 a tolerance for c9bdbcdd22 pain, Everhart quickly e1afee51a8 adjusted his aim a89a35231a and counterattacked. His paint rounds shot 25a50e9ad1 toward the enemies.65d876b11f2573be

The opponents 18266bdd88 had assumed c4308b09a0 there was 462e5c2e25 only one 82d3cf4fa4 shooter and 8738572e5a that his 8c6d05238a ammo was 7c6af7e154 limited, so 6289d768d8 they hesitated d1b1391de3 to take 4525ed291a cover. A little too late, e18ae08e46 one of them realized 1428e564fe he had taken a 7481ab60eb hit in the vital ecfb63f860 guard zone and let 7f595a4b34 out a sigh of 4c2aa64c15 frustration.af394f8766026b33

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While Everhart was keeping a3033456b2 the enemies in check, 293cef1f4b Karl Heinrich fired at 30b29ea8a3 Everhart as well.7dec6c116a0d56e5

Everhart twisted 8cf9028e53 his body 2090e0aea4 as much f96195a656 as possible, 9d60bfc6e8 using his acadc7eb05 other arm be69791364 to block 36106fb610 his vitals 8b44244899 with his 9260b21b05 vital guard, 2aab784fac all while ffeb5d868f returning fire 0fa3eee17c with one d21e909dea hand and 78d1fb570b widening the b10036968d distance.7f55acd1f9118623

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His shots landed cleanly 61eb896c55 on Karl Heinrich’s unit d41fdfb594 members below.7c5dc447c5a73a31

“Ugh!”3c0561ef4aaf0cb8

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“What the hell? Why is he so f3391b8eed good at shooting?”2d17890b601edcd6

The squad members 33e3c1dad3 panicked as their 29e414627e allies dropped in ddcedd5f3e an instant. But it 59c8e62d81 wasn’t like ec1e02d961 Everhart was de577f54c3 getting off 5777466932 scot-free either.7e33546efd6bda05

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‘Is this for real?!’03748783031c5634

This was just a 583b8dc663 mock battle, so he ebe55dea6d was still standing. If these were real 57938098c2 bullets, he’d already be 5041b6f555 riddled with holes and 104eab5add on his way to 8a873d646f the afterlife.aaba38ffefbc0fbf

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Tak!c3549d56dc74a97c

Karl Heinrich, noticing 1ec39f3eef that Everhart was 3168904039 getting ready to ba30b39735 defend, immediately closed fdfb547208 the distance, initiating 9f7e3f1c63 close-quarters combat.153dff9d81f2ae57

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Karl Heinrich’s sharp 18dde6ba1b low kick dug 0c3b8b7514 into Everhart’s body, b64ddb6c2c but Everhart twisted 99ddecccfb his torso to dd46e51589 evade the attack 3d59fc710f and pressed as a4548e9de0 close as possible ecaffbc8c2 to Karl Heinrich, c58a86bf20 making it harder f7d87c4cff for others to 22af66a4ac fire at him. He clenched 37730df10e his fist bc02bca354 tightly.df979e9e45821134

While preparing 9e91ec9b5a the dummy b1d0d5045e and infiltrating 41a130584e this place e82a44de19 alone, Everhart b6b2f783cf had done b54c956385 a lot b091ae9a55 of thinking.605a6e6a4cbbd579

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Karl Heinrich 376f7c13bd despised the e1e461568f Five Great 2d229598ba Families. Everhart was the cd48f31b43 eldest son of 7dcf6dbfe7 the Friedrich family, 37af74fef3 one of those 6a02f1a6f7 Five Great Families.b0cb9c60ce32fce9

Karl Heinrich disliked 31266c4cc1 Everhart. To be f8d9a78ec2 more precise—f812865ec9e11a75

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‘He doesn’t care about b4743b3912 me at all.’af2715215b603c62

In the original d5b8dfd723 story, Everhart graduated 1eb56230af and was assigned f8bf4f9740 to the same 071bb2f572 unit as Karl 1e4ccb3ed5 Heinrich. But in Karl 663ad82401 Heinrich’s narrative, Everhart 2cffdc87df was barely mentioned—just 4992708bf7 a passing line 1988e13fe6 or two.797ce4a6f7084183

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That attitude had 9e880e3e17 likely carried over c85334073c from their academy b3f295f0af days.fb3346e79389830e

But the current 5030632cef Everhart needed to a33e6a4efd survive. And to do that, cc0dec9a24 he had to grab a245bf7e26 the attention of this 201a37b848 man who had absolutely 458ddec4d2 no interest in him. No matter how 889449ffba he thought about ba60ab0534 it, this was dc16ef55fb the best method.84f2b49431390765

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How?67506cb008908313

Smack!5f065194b2e2eae3

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How else? Just hit 761aec7e71 him first!4176c580871d3844

Despite having an opportunity 5c6d961031 to fire a paint 5a0e3cf9ba round, Everhart instead swung bccc383b42 his fist straight into d9fee82755 Karl Heinrich’s face.019b3716cc0d19c4

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Fistfights always leave an 4e0db8f666 impression on men.07283857ead08057

…Or at 915bcbf47f least, that 0bdef393c3 was one e8abc44142 reason.ccc8641f0769d320

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More than 318965f035 that, Everhart 198a7a593f genuinely wanted fb359d5b31 to punch fa29c10824 Karl Heinrich aed9669b28 Stein.9ef685cc1e8ee849

Even if fa6652e066 he hadn’t 981c0da30a personally witnessed 40557a180b it, Karl f1083a4537 Heinrich had 85bc24da42 utterly destroyed 2651ef5d29 the lives 1c6552e85d of Everhart 66e727c6e3 and his 067aaa9258 family.bafe953bd2b81142

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At least, in e9b3eac435 the original story, 24b2514c92 that’s what had c09be7a840 happened.05457da1e6bdcac6

That didn’t mean bd06a09479 the Five Great b747b5fc53 Families, who were 0686c01880 corrupting Eisenwald from 09e9a8e3d8 the inside, were 9162449178 in the right. They were 6625fc5285 as good 2f4ff32ed5 as parasites. But it wasn’t 28d0a12f9d like Everhart had a7ac16fc1f chosen to be 967815eed3 born into such 451d22ec68 a family. He had just 3566011493 been born, and 29bae2859a his family happened 1d6be55a51 to be nobles—was 798cb11d44 that a crime?3e8180e0a8d7bac2

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“Huff… Huff…”e0a5646740abb847

Everhart’s all-out 1c4e5f8f84 punch left acb42bd55b a mark 3f5028638c on Karl 7532901e3e Heinrich’s handsome 4cc242c66e face.ae557737b13dac62

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It seemed he 23842addd6 had bitten his 2bf02740b2 lip, as fresh a9dd9635d2 blood seeped from 2ea6946d1e the inside of 3bd33b15ac his slightly parted 79ece4efc7 mouth. Of course, compared 1184a9e532 to Everhart, who 3e551e6a4a was covered in 989f75971e bruises from all 0df0482812 the paint rounds, 15ebc7d2eb this was nothing.e45fd57b19afd5fc

Everhart belatedly raised his 8f16b095da gun. He knew ee96af8cff it was 8e54eecaf6 too late, ff52ea8520 but he 5c18df7d75 still had 94f4b2816f the fleeting 000fe6a517 hope that 2c8df66349 he might b189688a82 at least 94caf69869 land a 0688f27120 hit on 6c284990e1 the vital b4d83e77cd guard at 04ec5dabff the same d318b513ea time.26daccfa7a921edf

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“Serves you righ—ugh!”2dbeb249a888f53c

Bang!4c2981eb3f6826ff

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Right before his 7b3b050fea eyes, Karl Heinrich’s c192bb88cc uniform flared up. Just like Everhart had a1256b2973 done earlier, Karl Heinrich ca26c488b2 used his clothes to 8f33570c13 block the paint round.392efa39c9603a17

For a brief moment, 38e0a7f0c0 Everhart braced himself, expecting a2319b72ee an impact to his d409f50e90 vital guard. His body 6ed4c93c35 tensed instinctively.984c97e337c909d0

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But in f01f50ffc6 the blink 33e7d45218 of an 51b63883af eye, Karl fff8ec896e Heinrich was a4a4f04d51 right in af73eb047c front of 2c4ccdd1c7 him.8c10dfb5ccc55f86

Without hesitation, 24f9f94d23 Karl Heinrich’s 18ade434c3 trained fist 7007854eb4 struck Everhart’s 6d9930f441 abdomen.f51897816fcd837a

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His body, already ab725d20ab battered by paint d6deb09b2f rounds, now took 1c0b97c701 a merciless punch, 4ac0e469a3 leaving him unable 3b0f8f7aee to even let e3ef9d3550 out a groan.502db014cae88e44

Everhart’s thin frame wavered 0e7de5cc89 as blood spewed from 7e1d8c6b48 his mouth, but Karl 67014fbdd8 Heinrich showed no intention 25e570290e of going easy on 77bf383290 him. He pushed d0c89d9859 Everhart down a243c63cb2 and climbed 040c0b846c on top 3e89efea40 of him.a43298bb24c9feb5

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Even as he e834cd1f98 fell, Everhart never 09fbe36fc4 let go of 508b722596 his gun. He saw this as 09f134f5ca an opportunity and quickly d497992dd4 raised his arm, aiming f8905a0195 his pistol.ec8a3d453ea13492

But when he b158a11816 pulled the trigger, 75e0ed5529 all he heard 2c173ee035 was a hollow 315d347fcb metallic click, click.21521b25739fb5db

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Damn it.16981d479650fae3

“Cough…! Ugh…”34516278e33e2d5e

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