Chapter 279: Mountain Collapse (Two updates of 8000 characters!)

Ruo Kai Mountains.

The incessant drizzle resolutely fell, making the freshly constructed dirt road along the Sidan River as soft as a cake from several days of rainfall.

Pop!

Kudou Yuuki exerted all his strength to pull his left foot out of the thick mud.

But he applied too much force, lost his balance, pitched forward, and fell face-first into the mud, covering himself with it.

"Haha! Kudou, you idiot."

"If only I had my phone, I'd have captured this ridiculous look of yours."

"You must be really hungry, Kudou, wanting to even eat the mud."

His comrades couldn't help but laugh at the sight.

"Ptui ptui ptui, this cursed road, cursed forest, cursed country."

Kudou Yuuki spat out the mud from his mouth with a crestfallen look and helplessly watched the team slowly trudging through the mud.

They were the last unit to march out, belonging to the 7th Division of the Japan Self Defense Force, numbering eight thousand.

They embarked during an unfortunate torrential downpour.