High School Soldier
Intrusion and reconnaissance missions

The heroes of ‘bless’ with the ability to survive in extreme climates, and most likely they can swim in puddles of lava as long as they have the ability to survive temperatures of over a thousand degrees Celsius. That is why they can move normally just by wearing thin shirts and shorts for men. But, the strength of each hero is not the same, they all have their own advantages and disadvantages. However, the current heroes according to the Alliance's higher-ups were not as strong as the previous heroes. They read records of past heroes who had prevented major events in the past, and made the world have two months.

They believe in the words of the heroes who say if in the world they only have one month. Similarly, this world, when the time before the previous hero was summoned to this world to help overcome the greatest and deadliest disaster of the time. At that time, nine heroes were summoned to seal a creature that was much stronger than a hero, so they decided to work together to defeat the figure.

“Are they really stronger than us?” gurion said after an officer from the Empire of the Sirds talked about the whereabouts of the heroes before them.

All the heroes gathered in the usual place they used to meet with the Alliance's top brass in their castle. Today they are the arrival of a middle officer who was ordered to bring the heroes to practice at ‘Labirin’. However, the officer was very upset with the heroes of – the majority of whom were still in the early adult phase of – behaved casually while the war was still going on.

All wars are the decisions of the higher-ups and officers, so the heroes assume they only serve to help them. That was indeed the true purpose of being called the nine heroes now. However, the attitude of those who consider it too easy to fight makes some people angry. So they decided to send the heroes to train so that their abilities would increase to the Labyrinth that was on one of the islands belonging to the Duiwel Empire.

Sakuya is from Japan, where cultures such as ‘isekai’ or ‘fantasi’ or ‘dungeon’ are a reference for many comics they refer to as ‘manga’ and light novels referred to as ‘light novel’, of course the girl was very familiar with the Labyrinth the officer was referring to. However, even though the science of his fantasy world was on par with scholars, Sakuya was still warned not to underestimate the monsters of this world who had human-equal sense. The warning Sakuya received was well received, yet she was only wary of the powerful monsters of this world.

Then, the officer has a way to awaken the fighting spirit of the heroes of – who rely too much on their great strength to fight – so they become lazy to practice in doing the fight without their magical power. This fact was reinforced by the condition of the Hero of Anger who could not leave his bed for three days after returning home from the attack on the capital of the Kingdom of Arevelk.

“I will use this story to excite you guys.”

“Are we going to attack again? If so, why are we sent to train in the Labyrinth?” ask the Hero of Happiness, Kalle.

“Nona Kalle, please listen to what I will tell you now.”

“What book it is, it seems like it is not much different from the storybook.”

“Mr Theodore, this book is the ninth record of heroes before you. They had fought for this world, so that the figure of the greatest disaster for mankind could be sealed. That is why this world has two months.”

Then, the heroes of – who have watched or read famous comics feel no stranger to creatures sealed on the moon. Especially Sakuya, she felt that the legend was quite similar to the manga story about the ninja world fighting the strongest figure in the world in a great war.

However, the officer said that the comic story Sakuya spoke was different from the legend about the existence of the second moon of this world.

Yes, after all, the strongest character that the officer will tell is much different from the strongest character in the ninja comic. If the strongest character in the story is a woman who descended into the world that became the background of the comic, then rose again to defeat the main character, the main character, while the characters in the story are truly powerful figures, even all the previous heroes had to lose their lives when sealing the creature.

Before it was sealed by the previous hero, Creatures referred to as ‘The Worst Catastrophe’ has existed in this world since the gods created this world with the permission of ‘Sang Creator’ as a dwelling place for living things that will fill the world. A much higher existence than the gods ordered to fill this world that still contained total darkness and a terrible void. Thus, the gods created the first makhuk called the Worst Disaster, because the figure was created during times of darkness and emptiness told on various accounts as the most terrible and dark times.

Living things like humans, Demihumans, and monsters were created thousands of years after they ruled this world. At that time, all beings considered if the Worst Disaster was a powerful figure, and could destroy this world so they worship the existence like a god. By being promised protection using his power, the Worst Disaster allows all beings to become gods.

The gods who knew that the sentient beings worshipped the Worst Disaster while their existence was almost forgotten, they all then decided to call a human from ‘The Otherworld’ beyond their authority to finish off the creature. This is done so that humans and other intelligent beings re-worship them, by getting rid of the strongest creatures in their world.

The gods directly summoned the heroes, but their number should have been ten instead of nine. However, as the people who worshipped the Worst Disaster grew more and more, the gods were forced to take down the nine heroes in the absence of the tenth hero. When he sent down the heroes, the gods sent down the prophecy with the permission of the Creator at that very moment.

The prophecy contains there will come a time that causes the world to split into two groups, and they will fight each other for the land that became the birthplace of the first man, the Holy Land. The war would be a long one and cause severe damage on both sides. However, in the years of the next war, the number of countries fighting will be more and more so that the damage to the world is getting worse. It was then that the gods allowed the Worst Disaster to help one of the factions, so that the war would soon be over and the world spared destruction. Simultaneously, down ‘people foretold’ who came from one of the groups.

“Proposed person? Will that figure appear between us?” asked Baron while polishing his SP-1 which was gold-plated and equipped with a bayonet of the best and sharpest knives.

“No one knows whether the person foretold will emerge from the Alliance or any other faction. But, all the higher-ups hope that if the predicted person emerges from our ranks,” replied the officer.

All the heroes then silent for a moment, then the Hero Angry came with a bandage condition still wrapped around part of his face. Fortunately, none of his teeth were torn off during the brutal fight Nio had fought against him.

“Hah, surely that person is much weaker than us, the heroes,” he said in a reassuring tone.

Then the officer refuted Rio's remark, “No. He is the strongest man, even much stronger than heroes and war gods though.”

“Yah... if the foretold person will appear on the enemy's side, we can attack them to prevent the predicted person from appearing, right? So, we can order the foretold to side with us because our country is already controlled.”

It seemed that the officer's efforts were successful, and the entire hero seemed eager to return to fight after he told him about the foretold. In addition, he felt that the training in the Labyrinth could take place faster, so that a counterattack could be carried out immediately. If the words of the Enraged Hero Rio were true, then there would be no harm in attacking the Guild first to prevent siding with the person foretold to the Guild.

The exercise to increase the fighting power of the heroes will initially last for two weeks, he said, but the plan to attack and retake the fortress near the border with enemy territory led to the training of the heroes into one week. By the time the attack begins, they are expected to have an increase in several things.

The entire hero prepares everything they need to carry, including their respective weapons. Weapons that have been polished to look like new make their confidence appear to increase, including the confidence to increase strength so that the event of their escape from the battlefield will not occur?

The nine heroes gathered at the castle gate after preparing everything, including someone from the Duiwel Empire who would be their companion during their stay in the country until the end of the training.

The Labyrinth in the Duiwel Empire is one of the five Maze in the world, and belongs to the dangerous Labyrinth. There are dozens of types of monsters, from being resourceful to having the strength of a company of troops. Sometimes the Luan Empire sent their elite warrior candidates training there, thus creating superior knights in combat against human and monster warriors.

In addition to monsters, it is said that in the Labyrinth there are treasures or mining goods that are expensive if sold. Given the existence of a sufficiently powerful monster in the Labyrinth made the treasures and mine items quite valuable.

Beautiful is the last hero to arrive at the castle gate, and she stands with the other heroes to wait for the next direction. Rio seemed to be walking closer towards her while putting on a grinning smile. Ever since he had gotten such a severe wound after fighting with Nio, the Angry Hero had more often trained alone, instead, and if any elite warrior or kstaria challenged him Rio would fight to the point of making his opponents severely injured. In addition, he was seen often smiling and then suddenly became like someone who saw a thug who wanted to turn his money – alias frightened by something.

When hearing Rio's confession if what made her face hurt so badly was Nio, of course it made Indah very surprised and could hardly believe it. Similarly, with the other Alliance higher-ups knowing that the Guild had a warrior capable of exposing their Furious Hero to mental attacks, they immediately dispatched an intruder unit to search for the figure. After getting information about the soldier, they will know the weakness of the soldier.

“Beautiful, don't you have a task to make to Taone City?” rio said, still with a grinning smile that made Indah restless.

“So, if I go there, I don't need to come with you guys to train to the Labyrinth?” tanya Indah, but the other heroes look at each other which proves if they are also confused to answer. They wanted to train together in the Labyrinth, yet their strength felt would not diminish without the Exquisite.

Then someone who came from the Duiwel Empire earlier approached Indah and said,” Do what was assigned to you, Miss Indah. You are strong enough just to defeat hundreds of warriors alone. Alliance sends you there to monitor Kalea Fortress which is in enemy power.”

The praise was enough to make Indah restless and feel something that made her feel bad. Then, he forcedly rode on the horse and left the other heroes who had departed for the Duiwel Empire using teleportation magic that could send them directly to the destination without using the Gate. By riding on a horse, the journey only takes half a day, and Indah will arrive in Tanoe City later in the day.

When passing by the warrior who saluted him along the way, Indah always remembered the face of Nio – who now either consider it as what. He felt that Nio had assumed the status between the two of them back like the beginning, or lower than an ordinary friend. Despite feeling sad, regretful, and other feelings, Indah could not imagine if her relationship with Nio could continue, even if she declared that she would side with the Guild.

The sense of regret that had hurt Nio continued to exist since he did so, even the feeling of sadness and regret deepened every day. Indah is determined to continue fighting to survive, and meets Nio in a fit state.

**

As far as the eye can see, the entire Indonesian Special Region in the New World and its surroundings is colored white by the winter snow that begins to be friendly with the Indonesian contingent soldiers. Two weeks after an agonizing winter, they no longer wear multi-layered jackets that complicate activities, heating occasionally functioned but not very often. Although today it is still two degrees Celsius, but all the soldiers have been on the move as usual. Most of them train together or carry out missions that have been scheduled.

Nio walked towards where the 12th Team's operational vehicle was receiving treatment from the staff of the Vehicle and Weapons Care Division. There all his members had been waiting for him to carry out a reconnaissance mission. By drinking the ‘imukal’ variant of bananas left in the canteen, at least he gets the nutritional intake for free even though he prefers the imukal chocolate variant that is not too sweet. When carrying out the mission, 70 grams of imukal that he consumes can make him not feel hungry all day – even though he will still eat something if he finds food.

Some points of the fortress were still covered by a layer of snow fifty centimeters thick, but it had not disturbed the activities of the personnel. Snow was removed from all roads linking the New World Special Region of Indonesia with nearby areas of Yekirnovo and Arevelk. Although the day has changed from morning to noon, but everyone opens their mouths will come out white steam that indicates winter is really not over. The new snow camouflage uniform that the entire soldier wears has small warming features in some parts like the shoulders and underarms, he said, and it was the best reward for the Indonesian contingent who still suffered even though the temperature began to rise little by little. As for the personnel of the Russian contingent, they used to wear a head covering named ‘ushanka’ when serving in the winter as it is now.

After throwing away the cute wrap at the place that had been provided, Nio continued on his way while shaking his head to get rid of the snow that had piled up on his head.

Weapons and vehicle maintenance places are right next to the arsenal, so security in both places is tight. There were two new types of weapons that Nio had only seen since he was assigned to this world when the Expeditionary Force had not been disbanded. When the troops were still assigned to fight in this world, he only saw old weapons that became reinforcement troops. Although in the end these older weapons were destroyed during the Alliance's first major assault on the Expeditionary Force, and left the museum short of items to display.

He had seen tank-type drones or other long-range control weapons that were two and four wheeled. In addition to aerial and ground drones, similar long-range control weapons such as unmanned armored surface ships are precisely the type of drones that many TNI have. They are often used to transport missiles and sweep anti-surface and submarine mines, or for evacuation and pursuit missions. Unmanned armored surface ships can move much faster than ordinary fast warships, so they can catch up to a target in a short time and then disable it.

It was indeed an old weapon that came into use three hundred years ago, and continued to be developed until now. Some powerful nations like America, China, and Japan have large numbers of drone weapons, so their human forces are rarely involved in direct combat.

A six-legged and four-legged tank with a 90mm railgun gun and a 105mm howitzer regular cannon walked out of the armory. The joints on the legs of the weapon can move flexibly like a spider in general, so it can climb the cliff with a slope of forty-five degrees if the operator is practicing desperately. Although the spider tank weighed between eighteen and twenty-five tons, it was capable of traveling up to forty kilometers per hour, it can operate for two days if the fueling battery and railgun gun operation are in full condition.

Nio chose a detour so as not to disturb the operator of the spider tank with a total of 10 units towards the training field. However, as he passed through the armory, he saw some people operating robots as high as five meters.

He saw some of his members around one of those combat robots. Not many countries have such combat robots, it took nearly three hundred years for Indonesia to design and build its own combat robots. The creation of combat robots is based on the needs of close combat fighters who have the equivalent strength of a battle tank with the addition of one company of troops. It is impossible for Russia and North Korea to let their allies have trouble upgrading these weapons, resulting in a technology exchange between the three countries. Thus, the TNI along with allied countries have close combatants with the equivalent strength of dozens of regular soldiers.

Because combat robots are still controlled by soldiers from the cockpit, this weapon cannot be categorized as a drone. TNI's 20th generation combat robot is able to move as the operator wants, so it is very flexible. With a 12.7mm heavy machine gun main gun and two anti-tank rocket launchers on the back, the combat robot's destructive power is even greater. However, when not involved in combat, the entire weapon on the combat robot can be removed. Because combat robots are able to move as the operator wishes, their martial skills can become additional destroyed if the ammunition in the main weapon is exhausted.

Over the past hundred years, the combat robot named AT-Gandiwa has continued to develop into the latest generation as it is used today. The development of several types of weapons has been going on for so long, but people applaud the rise of the defense industry that seems to have developed rapidly over the past twenty years, with evidence that it can independently build two Ir-class aircraft carriers. Sukarno, and the weapon system were innovative, sophisticated, and minimized casualties on the part of human soldiers. Even so, TNI human soldiers cannot be allowed to rely on robots or remote-controlled weapons like most advanced countries have. They remain as hard-trained as the TNI in the past, when weaponry was limited and not as sophisticated as it is today.

One of the twenty AT-Gandiwa G-207s belonging to the Indonesian contingent walked out of the armory, and the operator of the weapon was visible from the transparent cockpit glass and could withstand anti-material shell attacks. Almost all components of the combat robot weapon inspired by the name of one of the weapons belonging to this puppet character are resistant to anti-material bullets, so that the safety of the operator is guaranteed. After observing a few seconds of the combat robot operator, Nio saw Zefanya happily operating the weapon.

The robot hand moved simultaneously as Zefanya waved her hand to Nio. Today's mission may be so dangerous, that Nio lets its members relax or do activities that make the mind calm before setting out on a mission.

A moment later, Hassan walked up to Nio. But before that he scolded some of the team members who were playing around with the latest production weapon, and had the entire members prepare themselves.

“What is our vehicle done checked?”

“Three of our vehicles are already fixed, with some parts getting an upgrade. The control system on the automatic rifle has been improved, and the glass and armor layers on the entire vehicle have been upgraded. So we don't have to worry if the enemy has anti-material bullets to fight us.”

“Crazy, are all those upgrades necessary? Though our mission is only to infiltrate.”

“I also feel that way, Let. But the staff said it was all on General Angga's orders after one of the officers said the enemy might have weapons other than SP-1.” rifles

Nio said in his heart, “The hero is me, right?”

The chill mixed with nervousness as the 12th Team was about to undertake an infiltration and reconnaissance mission into the territory of the Luan Empire, and search for at least one or two useful information. The mission is arguably quite dangerous, considering that all members of the – team except Nio – for the first time entered enemy territory in a combat preparation operation.

The infiltration mission might surprise all the Reconnaissance and Battle Corps teams, considering they would have to be in enemy territory for two weeks or even more until the goal was reached. But with ‘Life’ leading the small unit, they assume that the mission will be easily carried out.

The captain of the team is indeed worthy of praise from the president, promotion due to fighting and fighting to keep Indonesia from this world, and get many – awards even though it is all considered by him as an increase in the workload. According to Nio, the more important a person's position on a job, then the work will be more difficult and the hours of rest with a lover or family decreases. Many people acknowledged Nio had the rare talent, poise, and courage needed as a commander. Some high-ranking officers assume all of that was obtained by Nio after the young man returned from a long and very unbalanced fight against the Alliance.

“I don't need to do any more evaluations, right?” nio said while wearing safety gear on his body.

While inserting five magazines in the vest bag and three anti-tank grenades and two smoke grenades, Nio monitored all his subordinates who looked ready to leave as soon as they finished making all the preparations.

“Don't worry, Lieutenant. I am very happy to go to the enemy cage and defeat them,” replied Ratna with a face so confident.

“Our mission is not to attack, but if the enemy harms us, I allow you to shoot. But don't forget, just shoot the Alliance soldiers, not the civilians.”

“”””””Siap!””””

After finished doing all the preparations – including praying together, all members boarded the vehicle in an orderly manner. Then, two tactical vehicles and one panzer drove out from the western gate of the fort.

However, when the new group exited fifty meters away from the gate, the driver of the first vehicle, Sigit, stopped the speed of the vehicle abruptly.

“Let, they both..”.

Sigit pointed forward, towards Hevaz and Edera who were standing with relaxed faces in the middle of the road. Nio had already guessed what would happen next, and opened the door beside him – and the two girls excitedly got into the vehicle and sat down beside Nio. The front passenger seat has been modified, so it can be occupied by up to three people.

“Depart!” Nio ordered the three drivers to press the gas pedal again, when all the passengers in the vehicle were staring at him very sharply. In fact, Zefanya had already taken out her fighting knife even though no enemy was approaching.

Nio felt that all male members harbored a feeling that was far worse than the desire to kill him – because there were two girls in this world who were always nearby.

**

The best part of the mission is that the entire 12th Team members can witness a different winter scene, rather than continue to be confined to the turtle fortress and only perform trivial activities. This team will stop by first to Kalea Fortress which has now been replaced by the name Black Fort, because of its location in the black zone aka potential battlefield. The facility will be a replacement for the Frontline Defense Base that was destroyed after the Alliance's first attack on the Expeditionary Force.

Each battalion in the fort had seven hundred men, twenty tactical vehicles, five tanks and dozens of other artillery pieces, as well as dozens of light and heavy machine guns. That way, an army of that size is expected to be the first defense that exceeds the strength of the Black Fort.

Several times a day fighter jets would patrol the vicinity of enemy airspace, as well as dozens of wyverns and dragons belonging to the Arevelk and Yekirnovo contingents to aid in sending messages to the headquarters. The distance of this fortress with its central headquarters is three days by horse and half a day by motorized vehicle as well as one day by wyvern and dragon.

The commander of one of the battalions greeted Nio in front of the gate of the fort, then received a file that numbered hundreds of pieces of paper. All of Nio's subordinates including Edera and Hevaz got down from the vehicle to look at this ten-meter-tall fortress. The wall was six meters thick, which made it strong enough to withstand the cannon attacks of this world army. But, for the sake of the integrity of the Black Fort, the troops did not try to fire tungsten bullets from tanks or artillery shells to try the fort's durability.

“Lettan Nio, do you have an estimate of when the enemy will attack?”

“Pak, you do not need to worry because we will always be connected with this fortress. If we see the enemy start to move, of course we will contact this fortress immediately.”

“Your prediction of the enemy's plan to avenge us is enough to make me restless, Lieutenant. But, what kind of retreat path you made this will help us?”

“The retreat path will keep the troops within the orange zone, so help will be able to help these troops immediately if attacked by the enemy. Sir, again this is only a prediction from me that has not been proven yet.”

“But, this can all make us put together a plan and make preparations faster. Well.. this army needs more soldiers like you, Lieutenant.”

“Letkol, thanks for the compliment. But, I remain the same as the other teenage soldiers, so don't expect too much from me.”

Nio and the commander of one of the infantry battalions chuckled at the same time, and made the cold atmosphere warm up a little.

“Oh, Sir, do you know the name of the city to which we are going?”

The Lieutenant Colonel then took out a small notebook from the pocket of his daily uniform, and opened several pages after finding the answer to Nio's question.

“Your destination city is Tanoe City, ninety kilometers away from this fort.”

“Thanks, Lieutenant. Then we are authorized to continue the journey.”

Nio's subordinates were disappointed in their captain who decided to continue the journey faster while they were admiring the fortress of this world. Then they were forced to board a vehicle, even though in their hearts they wanted to take a picture together with the background of the fort.

“Oh, do you want to take a picture together with the background of the fortress?” asked Nio in her innocent tone.

“Say from earlier cake!”

**

(fighter robot illustration, image source pinterest. Drones and other weapons will be shown in future episodes)