Chapter 14: Angel and Gun

"A soldier's duty is to fulfill orders, and a medic's duty..."

"is to bring them home alive."

Aetil mounted his warhorse, and Hawkins hurriedly held the reins on the horse's head!

"What would you do!?"

Aetil smiled sincerely at Lieutenant Colonel Hawkins, raising a hand to stroke Hawkins' red hair.

"Take care of everyone for me, I have the Red Cross, it's okay."

"Did you forget? I am not like the others."

Hawkins was still gripping the horse's reins.

"At least bring a gun!"

Athill chuckled.

"Carrying a gun would make me unfit to be a doctor."

The war horses galloping towards the battlefield, artillery fire soaring, corpses strewn everywhere, broken weapons, shell casings, abandoned artillery tower trenches, all of it mapped the cruelty and cruelty of war.

"The ground is already stained red..."

Aetil's warhorse galloped across the battlefield, heading straight for the beacon!

At this moment, on top of the tower, Violet was using her only remaining arm to grab the Major's collar, when suddenly a gunshot rang out, and even that remaining arm was destroyed! But! It's still barely usable!!!

"Of course, won't let Major die!"

Opening its mouth and biting Kilbert's clothes, the two Violets were gradually cornered by the enemy. Countless gun muzzles slowly approached the two, as if the God of Death was holding a huge scythe, ready to take their lives!

"Shoot!"

Shots went off! Gilbert was shot three times, and Violet was shot in the shoulder! Blood flowed from their wounds like a waterfall! A shell hit the tower's main load-bearing beam! The huge stone tower collapsed due to the shaking!

Rumble !!!!!!!!!!

With a deafening sound of collapse, the tower split open in an instant! Countless soldiers were buried beneath it, Violet were lucky not to be crushed by the collapsing boulder because she were hiding in a corner, but Major Gilbert was shot three times and his right arm was broken, blood was flowing into his eye socket, and now there was no way for him to move one even an inch!

With the sound of cracking rocks, the second collapse was about to occur, Gilbert looked around him desperately and gave Violet a final order.

"Run... Violet."

"Of course... won't let Major..."

"Enough !!!!!!!"

Gilbert looked at Violet tenderly, and shakily raised what was left of his left arm and stroked Violet's face.

"Violet...I always...always...care for you."

Boom!!!!!!

The tower collapses a second time, crushing both of them under falling boulders, burying Gilbert in a boulder and nearly passing out when Violet's head is crushed by a falling boulder.

Just when Violet was in despair, in her vision, vaguely, she saw a white figure... running towards her!

Just looking at someone riding a white horse, hair as white as snow flying in the wind! The big red cross armband on her arm was as conspicuous as blood.

The enemy soldiers also reacted, watching the white figure running towards them. Everyone noticed the symbol of the holy cross. Aetil's body did not have any weapons on it this was her arrogance as a military doctor. 

"Listen, the war is over." 

With a leap from her horse, countless enemies swarmed around her, and hundreds of weapons were aimed at Aetil! Everyone's index finger hovered over the trigger, ready to pull and fire! 

Aetil raised her hand in front of Violet, standing alone against the black and heavily armed enemy army, like snow surrounded by fire—white and dirty, facing the blazing snow! "You guys have a chance to surrender, the war is over! The general situation has been decided! There's nothing more you can do! Surrender now, and you all have a chance to return home safely!"

Aetil opened her arms and carried Violet behind.

"If the Negative Soldier are stubborn! Even heaven! Will not accept your souls either! The cleanest spring! Will not wash away your sins!"

"Even God! Will also leave you !!!!"

Aetil walked slowly towards the enemy troops, spear with bayonet, retreating back and forth under Aetil's closeness, the soldiers looked at the pure girl in front of them, and subconsciously weakened their arms.

"Come on !!!"

Aetil faced countless gun muzzles.

"Shoot ah!!!!!!"

The leading soldier, the soldier closest to Aetil, only heard a click, the weapon immediately fell to the ground, the soldier knelt down helplessly, his eyes filled with tears.

"I want to go home ..."

Circumstances had changed, resisting would only bring death, everyone knew that. The muzzle of the gun lowered silently, like the receding sea water, falling waves.

There is no need to resist, everyone, even if they have to lay down their lives, must understand the significance of this most sublime sacrifice. How many people, even if they die, don't know why they died. They have no faith, but only offer themselves as sacrifices. This should have been Violet's fate too, but...

Violet looked at the back blocking her path, that certainty, that incomparable certainty, Violet finally collapsed to the ground, completely unconscious.

"Fast! Get ready for surgery!"

When Aetil returned with Violet on her back, the mannequin that had lost its arm was already dying.

"I'm sorry, Lieutenant Colonel Hawkins, I can't bring them all back."

Aetil only said a moment before putting on her sterile mask and gloves.

"Losing so much blood, it won't save my arm."

"Quick, four shrapnel wounds, two gunshot wounds, scalpel."

The doctors were very busy, Aetil personally operated the knife, little by little helping Violet with her wounds. At that time, a medical officer who was an intern on the sidelines of the activity said.

"The patient's blood type has been checked, he lost too much blood, we need type A blood."

Aetil said indifferently.

"Take mine."

"But, Mrs Aetil, you have clearly donated blood to group B patients before, I remember that very well! You are group B and cannot donate blood to her!"

"I remember well, I will not harm my patients, do as I say."

"Officer Aetil, we have to be responsible for the lives of our soldiers, that's what you taught me..."

Before he could finish his words, another experienced medic who had been following Aetil stopped the newcomer's words.

"Do what the Aetil medic says."

After a day and two nights of resuscitation, when Violet's vital signs started to stabilize, the crowd finally felt relieved and high-fived in celebration, Aetil's tense nerves at that moment loosened like a ball of deflated leather.

"After the second anesthesia, we can carry out the amputation operation, Dr Aetil, you can rest first."

"Okay..."

Hawkins found her in the corner, Aetil sat alone in the corner, holding a bottle of glucose that she had not finished drinking, buried her head in the crook of her arm, Hawkins only realized at this time that the military doctor who had saved the lives of hundreds of soldiers was as fragile as a fragile stamen at this moment.

"Lieutenant Colonel...I only saved one person, I'm sorry."

No one could blame her, and moreover, no one deserved to blame her, Hawkins looked at the fragile little person in front of him, and for a moment his heart was filled with sadness.

"Why is your blood compatible with everyone..."

Hawkins stared at the snow-white mannequin in front of him.

"Why can you... instantly heal my gunshot wound."

Aetil said slowly, her head bowed.

"Lieutenant Colonel Hawkins I'm is...."

Before the words left his mouth, there was a sudden commotion in the operating room! Violet takes a scalpel and takes a military doctor hostage! Obviously the anesthesia time had not yet expired, but the war's effect on nerve sensitivity caused Violet to wake up early!

"Major!!! Major!!!!!"

The scalpel was under the doctor's neck, with threads of blood flowing from it. At the time! In the distance there was a roar!

"Violet Warrior! Attention !!!!!!"

Aetil's familiar voice reached Violet's ears, and she subconsciously let go of the medic and stood at attention! Apart from the Major, Aetil's words were like military orders for Violet, and this was the only person Violet obeyed besides the Major.

Aetil slowly stepped forward and raised his arms to embrace Violet, the vulnerability a moment ago seemed like a blink of an eye, and now Aetil, like a strong officer, held up the sky for them, as always.

"It's over Violet..."

"It's over, there's nothing to be afraid of."