Mercenary's War-Chapter 1994 - 1971: Imperfect Victory

Gao Yang walked over to Specter’s corpse and took off Specter’s glow night vision device, looking at Specter’s intact face.

Specter’s eyes were wide open, teeth clenched tightly. After losing the light in the eyes, the face appeared quite strange.

Gao Yang sniffed the night vision device in front of his nose, detecting a not too strong smell. He casually threw the night vision device aside, then moved Specter’s body to check other items.

Specter had no pistol. Besides a used grenade, there was another grenade with the safety pin intact, a small pouch full of bullets, and a walkie-talkie, but the walkie-talkie had no earphones.

All the items were fixed on a very thin belt. Specter slung the belt diagonally across the chest, minimizing and discarding everything that could be thrown away.

Gao Yang picked up the rifle Specter had dropped. It was an M24SWS sniper rifle, not too advanced, nor too good, but very accurate. However, this rifle was a bolt-action type and the maximum magazine capacity was only five rounds.

For some unknown reason, Gao Yang did not feel any joy from the victory. Instead, he felt a bit of disappointment, though the reason was unclear even to himself. Perhaps it was because discovering that the extremely difficult-to-defeat Specter was a woman made it hard for him to accept.

"War lets women stand aside," this saying is both right and wrong. However, in the mercenary world, women are indeed very rare.

The environment of mercenaries is not friendly to women, so any woman who becomes a mercenary is either a freak, incredibly talented, or both—a freakishly talented person.

Among the few female mercenaries Gao Yang knew, Eileen was undoubtedly formidable, Lucica was a goddess in the jungle. Apart from these two, Gao Yang had also faced two women from Iron Madonna—one slashed his face in the jungle, and the other, this Specter, put him under unprecedented pressure.

A woman who saved Iron Madonna, falling to being directionally challenged.

How ironic.

Finally, the panting Alexander and his men arrived.

After seeing Specter’s corpse, the three were silent for a long time. Then, Raven said in extreme shock, "A woman?"

"A woman!"

Alexander sighed and said in confusion, "How could this happen, she was not supposed to die."

"Lost her way, a woman lacking a sense of direction."

Koval said with great emotion, "A sniper who saved Iron Madonna, losing her way?"

Raven muttered, "My wife can get lost in the supermarket next to our house, so I understand this. Anyway, what do we do now?"

Gao Yang clapped his hands and shouted, "Let’s go. Specter is dead, Iron Madonna has escaped. Whatever we plan to do, at least we need to head back. I’m tired."

Alexander sighed, "I feel bad, especially thinking about the long way back."

At this moment, Albert said over the walkie-talkie, "Boss, please direct me to your location. I am approaching by helicopter."

Gao Yang instructed Albert to come as quickly as possible, so Albert used the helicopter. Although his arrival was now irrelevant, it was opportune for extracting Gao Yang and his team.

When Albert jumped down from the helicopter and saw the corpse beside Gao Yang and his team, he exclaimed in shock, "A woman? Specter was a woman? A beauty, no less!"

Gao Yang shouted, "Check your focus, Fat Cat. Alright, let’s get on the helicopter; this place isn’t safe."

As they left, Gao Yang took Specter’s rifle with him.

No one had any interest in talking on the helicopter. A journey that would have taken a long walk took only a few minutes by helicopter.

The command post had moved back at least a kilometer, and the aftermath of the great battle was far from over. Everyone was busy, the outer battles continued, and the treatment of the wounded was ongoing.

After landing, Albert immediately returned to first aid, while Gao Yang instinctively sniffed the air, catching a faint but present smell.

The command post was built among some bungalows and was very crowded. Most were busy, but Satan and Angel’s people were still gathered together, ready to jump back into action at any moment.

Arriving beside his comrades and habitually sniffing the air, taking a deep breath, Gao Yang finally said with relief, "Great, there’s no smell. Our protective measures worked well."

He sat down among the group and loudly asked, "Why don’t I see Angel’s people, where’s Nate?"

Glolov pointed to the house behind him and shouted, "They went to wash up; everyone in those houses is showering."

Shaking his head and smiling, Gao Yang then solemnly asked, "And the wounded, how’s the Prince?"

Eileen sighed, "Still saving him, but Panda says the hope is slim. One more of Angel’s wounded died, they’ve lost seven people now, and three critically injured are in grave danger."

Gao Yang frowned and said in a low voice, "Weren’t there four fatalities earlier?"

Eileen shook her head and replied softly, "Later, another critically injured one died, another fatality added, now Angel lost seven. Additionally, the three critically injured including the Prince are very serious."

Gao Yang lightly sighed, pounding the ground twice with his hand before turning to Alexander, "Hey, buddy, are your wounded alright?"

Alexander gestured a thanks and shouted, "Not bad, doing well, surely won’t die."

Angel’s people weren’t seen, which was expected as they were overwhelmed with tasks. Ivan came over, sat next to Gao Yang, patted his shoulder, and smiled, "You guys pulled through. Although many from Iron Madonna escaped, you did your best. I think even Angel’s people didn’t expect such a good outcome."

The mood was somewhat bleak because Iron Madonna’s escape lessened the victory’s shine, leaving the triumph less inspiring than it should have been. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Gao Yang sighed, shrugged, "Without you and Uriyangko, we wouldn’t have won. The key to victory was the King of Stink Bombs."

At this point, Li Jinfang asked with concern, "Brother Yang, are you carrying Specter’s gun?"

Gao Yang had brought back Specter’s gun; it was his trophy.

"That’s right, Specter’s gun. Folks, I’m really tired. I think I’ll just nap here. If there’s anything, wake me up."