My Desertion Would Be Faster Than Heros' Obsession-Chapter 60Vol 2.

What Should I Do...?

The next morning, I woke up in my tent, rubbing my eyes, lost in thought.

Aquila was genuinely worried about me. He had trauma from losing all his fellow recruits, and because of that, he tended to cling to me even more.

If I died in this war, Aquila would truly lose the will to live.

But it wasn’t like I could avoid death just because I didn’t want to die. Death was fair to everyone, regardless of their will. And besides, this insane apocalypse world wasn’t about to let me survive just because I was the female protagonist.

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Is there a strategy that could work?

I racked my brain for knowledge from my previous life, but unfortunately, I had nothing useful.

Of course I didn’t. I wasn’t a military officer—how was I supposed to know war tactics? The only strategy I was familiar with was Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s Crane Wing Formation, and that was completely useless here.

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Is there a way to use our physical abilities to shoot guns more effectively?

As I pondered how to maximize an Arkon’s advantages in battle, a term suddenly flashed through my mind—Magic Bullets.

They were a common fictional weapon in my past life—bullets infused with mana, capable of immense destructive power.

What if I infused aura into bullets instead?

But I remembered—Winter had once told me that such aura bullet theories had been explored in the past, but all attempts had failed.

...Still, I have no other choice right now.

If there was even a slight chance, I had to try.

With my mind made up, I grabbed my rifle and stepped outside the tent.

By now, newly developed guns had been distributed, so instead of the shotgun I previously used, I now carried a fairly well-made rifle. This model would be better suited for infusing aura into bullets.

I took advantage of the fact that most people hadn’t woken up yet and slipped into the nearby forest.

Raising my rifle, I aimed at a tree.

Alright, let’s give it a try.

I pulled the trigger.

Bang—!

"Ah...."

The instant the bullet was fired, I realized—there wasn’t enough time to infuse it with aura.

There was a reason why guns weren’t widely used in the Border Defense Army.

Is there really no way to make this work?

But I refused to give up.

I had spent eight years using firearms, making me far more experienced with guns than most Border Defense Army soldiers, who primarily used swords.

Maybe they had failed simply because they hadn’t studied firearms enough.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

I fired repeatedly...

"Hah..."

...until I ran out of bullets.

But all my attempts failed.

Bullets were fired in an instant. It was nearly impossible to infuse aura into such a small object in that brief moment.

Yet, I refused to surrender.

I swapped magazines, gritting my teeth.

Am I really failing at something? Maybe I’ve grown too soft.

Get it together, Salvia.

I raised my rifle once more, aiming at the battered tree trunk, now riddled with bullet marks.

I need a new approach.

Even if I managed to master this technique, it wouldn’t matter if no one else could do the same.

Tactics only worked if they were applicable to many soldiers.

If only a select few could use it, then it wasn’t a viable strategy.

What if I didn’t infuse aura into the bullet as it fired, but instead... pre-applied it?

But that wouldn’t work—bullets remained hidden inside the chamber before being fired, making it impossible to apply aura in advance.

I kept pondering and searching for alternatives until, suddenly, a new idea struck me.

What if I preemptively surrounded the muzzle with aura... and compressed it the moment the bullet was fired?

Instead of applying aura directly to the bullet as it shot out, I could think of it as compressing an existing aura field at the exact moment of firing.

This is worth a try.

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Visualizing the ideal aura structure, I pulled the trigger.

Bang—!

"Ah!"

The result was the same as before—I failed to infuse the bullet.

However—

I felt a sharp tingling in my fingertips.

"I was close this time...."

I had missed the bullet itself, but I had successfully compressed aura into a limited area.

I couldn’t back down now.

The moment I confirmed even the smallest possibility of success, I refused to give up.

And then—

Bang—!

This time, since I hadn’t used aura to suppress the gunfire, the sound echoed even louder than usual.

But the instant the bullet left the muzzle, I felt it.

A thrill surged through my entire body.

This time, without a doubt—

"It worked."

BOOOOM—!

At that moment, the tree exploded.

Splintered wood burst in all directions, the trunk nearly torn in half.

As shards of wood scattered through the air, I curled my lips into a smirk.

By compressing aura at the muzzle and releasing it on impact, the bullet had turned into something far beyond a normal projectile.

More like... an explosive shell.

This could change the entire course of our disadvantaged battle.

***

"What Was That Sound?"

Ishina bolted upright at the distant sound of gunfire. The loud, ringing noise had already chased away any lingering sleep.

"Sounds like it’s coming from the forest..."

Suspicious, Ishina narrowed his eyes and peered toward the treeline. Since his tent was set up near the woods, the sound reached him even more clearly.

It could be an enemy attack.

He quickly grabbed his rifle. It was possible that the Butein Kingdom’s army had already advanced this far south. Worse, it could be the Imperial Army hunting them down.

Other soldiers who had heard the gunfire had also gathered at the forest’s edge, their weapons raised and ready for a fight.

And then, someone emerged from the trees—

"Ishina! I made an incredible discovery—wait, why are you pointing your guns at me?"

"Salvia?"

Ishina hurriedly lowered his rifle, his heart sinking at the realization that, even for a second, he had aimed his weapon at her.

"Salvia, what the hell were you doing, firing shots in the middle of the forest?! That was dangerous!"

The gathered soldiers looked at Salvia with suspicion, but Ishina stepped forward protectively, making it clear that she wasn’t a threat.

And then, amidst their wary stares, Salvia dropped an absolute bombshell.

"Ishina, I figured out how to infuse bullets with aura!"

"...What? How did you—?!"

"We can use Aura Bullets now!"

Grinning radiantly, she practically shouted the declaration.

Ishina let out a long, exhausted sigh.

He had no idea what she’d been up to this whole time, but once again, she had discovered something groundbreaking.

But looking at her beaming face, Ishina couldn’t help but smile back.

That was just so... Salvia.

***

"They're Here."

One of the soldiers whispered as they spotted the approaching Butein Kingdom forces in the distance.

Below the narrow canyon, the enemy troops were marching in single file. Thanks to reconnaissance, we had anticipated their route and hidden ourselves atop the canyon cliffs, waiting for the perfect moment.

It would be {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} ideal if they didn’t notice us, but—

"Adolph Imperial Army!"

Well, it was only a matter of time before someone spotted us.

It wasn’t exactly easy to fully conceal ourselves in such a suspiciously strategic location.

Since we had been spotted, we stepped forward, raising our voices in defiance.

"The Adolph Empire may have fallen, but it won’t be at your hands! We’ll make sure you crawl back to your kingdom!"

"So it’s the heteros, huh? You’re outnumbered—you think you can do anything against us?!"

...Hmm.

Listening to this back-and-forth trash talk was getting boring.

So, I stepped forward and shouted at the top of my lungs.

"You bastards lost to swords, and now you think you’ll win with guns?! Let me show you—you’ll lose with firearms just the same, you XXs!"

"Salvia, please, shut up..."

"Ishina, let me taunt them just a little longer— mmph!"

Ishina clamped his hand over my mouth.

Seriously—wasn’t my real specialty taunting, not shooting? This was my moment!

But, before I could keep running my mouth, Ishina dragged me back, and by now, both sides were fully fired up.

"Commence battle!"

At last, our commander’s order rang out, and we raised our rifles.

And before they could even fire back—

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The moment our bullets left the barrels, a series of violent explosions erupted within the Butein Kingdom’s ranks.

"W-What the hell?!"

"Are they firing bombs?!"

Every time we fired, the enemy screamed in panic.

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The Border Defense Army soldiers, all launching aura-infused bullets at once, created a devastating effect.

"No, it’s not bombs! They’re infusing their bullets with aura!"

One of the enemy soldiers—a sharp-eyed one—realized the truth and shouted.

But it was already too late.

"Keep firing!"

Gripping my rifle tightly, I pulled the trigger again and again.

In the narrow canyon, they had nowhere to escape.

Aura-infused bullets exploding in confined spaces made the destruction even more devastating.

Those in the rear ranks tried to flee, but I quickly aimed for them.

BANG—!

"ARGH!"

The rear troops crumbled, and the Butein soldiers who had tried to run were now trapped between their collapsing comrades and our unrelenting attack.

They’ll never outgun us now.

Smirking confidently, I watched as the battle continued to unfold.

At this rate, the outcome of the war was obvious.