Chapter 3

‘Huh? Damn, what’s going on? Well, at least it’ll be easier to clear these…’

San went on to put all his force on the tree and felled it easily. The felled tree covered up the smaller trees as it came down. He took out his bayonet and thought it may be just as simple to hack the tree into pieces.

‘Let’s see if it’s just as simple to hack this into pieces.’

“What a joke. How does such a large tree slice open like tofu? There’s no way to use this type of wood for building materials.”

San kept talking beneath his breath while hacking at various trees. He cut the drier trees into firewood and stripped the fibrous trees to make rope for the tent. For the slightly harder woods, he shaped the tips into sharp points to make long spears. After some thought, San took his field shovel and started digging behind the larger trees. After creating a hole behind a few trees, he placed some chopped wood into the holes.

Biyeon couldn’t help but keep her mouth open as she saw San diligently preparing the camp site. Amidst the little light that the fire was providing, she observed large trees easily being felled. She could only look at this unrealistic scene wordlessly. Thick tree trunks snapped like chopsticks and branches as thick as San’s forearms were being broken as if he was stepping on twigs!

‘He must possess superhuman strength!’

She recalled being hit in the back of the head and felt a chill run down her spine.

Dutifully, just as San told her, Biyeon looked over and organized her supply bag. She joined this training mission because she was part of the special forces, but her position as a communications officer meant that she would spend most of her time in the backlines. Thus, she didn’t have much in the way of supplies. Her supplies were made up of a basic tent, raincoat, sleeping bag, toiletry items, feminine products, some basic medicine, and two field ration meals. The rest of her supplies had to do with her job: pens, an electronic dictionary, map, compass, calculator, and other stationary items.

This was how they spent the night. The expected search and rescue party never came.

Daybreak was quickly approaching. Once the light came out, both expected to break through and find their way out of this place.

As the early morning darkness gave way to light, the surrounding area became more visible.

However, both San and Biyeon could only look at their surroundings with increasingly dreary eyes.