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[color=4b86b4]"I'll leave him in your hands, then,"[/color] was the Captain's reply to Althea as the combat medic trainee approached the downed Wagnil. Following that she attacked the duo of Shock Troopers left behind when Neno dealt with their Rifleman.

Lunging at them with a precision and resolve sharpened by a life on the battlefield, the Captain trusted her blade at one of the men's neck, twisting it in a gory display as she pulled back to attack the other's shield arm and groin with an upward slash.

The chaotic fight was taxing for one's attention, even so, the Captain turned out to see how the other Cadets were doing. [color=4b86b4]"Don't attack from behind the enemy again, Degraff! You were exposing yourself unnecessarily. You were lucky they didn't—"[/color] the seasoned warrior's shout was interrupted by an explosion that hit their camp very close to the group led by Gerhardt. [color=4b86b4]"They brought artillery too? What in the world is happening here?"[/color] The Captain gasped in disbelief at the sheer intensity of the enemy's attack as she resumed fending off the target nearest to her.

Meanwhile, Althea would find that Wagnil's state wasn't the best. A quick glance would reveal that he had one of his lungs as well as his lower back (and likely part of his intestine) perforated by the gunshots. The bleeding was intense and the chances of he walking on his own in the near future were inexistent. Chances of survival were below twenty percent, at best.

Even though he was knocking on death's door, Wagnill raised a bloodied hand, thrusting an object at Althea's hands. "Don't let them— take it..." he said with great difficulty as blood welled from his throat. The item, which was covered in Wagnil's blood, turned out to be a bloodied and battered journal.

At the sight of it, the enemy soldiers gestured toward Althea, one of them shouting "We found it, don't let them take that away! Kill everyone if you have to!" Another explosion rang way closer to the medic this time as one of the Riflemen gestured, seemingly relaying information to a Grenadier further back in the woods.

The fire and severe resistance were unexpected factors. "Just our luck to find a bunch of wannabe soldiers right in the middle of nowhere," the Rifleman who seemed to be the commander of the enemy forces complained. "We have no choice, use everything we have against them. If we can't have it, at least we must be sure to burn everything," he said before ordering a tactical regroup.

At such a command, the remaining Shocktroopers who could disengage from their fighting did so. Five of them formed a line between the group of gathered cadets and Althea, while two more went after the masked girl. The single surviving Rifleman aside from their leader focused on keeping the Captain at bay while the Grenadier lined a shot the grouped students. "Like fish in a barrel," he said as he was about to pull the trigger.

No matter what happened, it seemed like this mostly unwanted skirmish was going to end pretty soon.

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