Chapter 49 Streets Swept

Chapter 49 Streets Swept

A sharply dressed officer in his formal uniform stepped from the sedan car with a grimace on his face for the smell of dead Goblin that his driver had just run over.

"Greetings, it is a pleasure to meet you both on your debut mission. I am Base Commander Colonel Ryan, in charge of the purge of the town today." He greeted them, sounding much more enthusiastic and less professional than either Karl or Dana had expected.

"Greetings, Colonel Ryan, but this isn't our debut mission, this was a training mission from the Academy, we're not up for graduation this year." Dana replied with a sweet smile that seemed to relax the officer even more.

"Not a debut mission? Well then, I guess there is no need to plead for tickets to your inaugural event. But to have sent just the two of you for an incident of this magnitude is incredible. To think that a pair of Elites in training could be this powerful." He gushed.

Karl didn't miss how the Special Forces team all rolled their eyes at his flattery, but with the enhanced peripheral vision, he didn't have to turn his head to see them clearly, so the man didn't notice that Karl's attention wasn't on him.

"I have two hundred men scanning the town now in pairs. They shouldn't take long to do a door-to-door sweep and search every home, then we can return to the base to wait for one of the older Elites to come pick you up." The Base Commander informed them.

"Sorry, Colonel. There are already arrangements in place to bring them back with our team. We will be extracting them to the Academy as soon as we have verified that the mission is complete, and the town is safe for residents to return to.

Unfortunately, there will be no time for photo shoots or any publicity events this time, but I'm sure you understand. Security is paramount for the Academy, after all."

The team leader opened the bag in question, sniffed, and then nodded. "I have the recipe for this. It's a pretty common pest deterrent, but the herbs for it only grow in a few areas of the country, this being one of them. I didn't know that it would work for Goblins, but it works very well on insect type monsters, as well as regular bugs."

The local mosquito repellant deterred Goblins? Perhaps it just masked the scent of humans so that they didn't realize the area was inhabited. But if it worked, it worked, and Karl gave the team leader a thumbs up to signal that he would want that recipe later.

"Excellent. Then we are off to the Academy. Base Commander, we will return this evening with a full report for you." The team leader announced.

"Thank you, Major. I will look forward to the detailed exploits of these two outstanding trainees."

The helicopter returned as they were speaking, and landed on the roof of the building, which was accessible through an internal stairwell that was marked "Smoking Area".

"You look more excited now than you did when we arrived." One of the team members noted.

"I've never been in a helicopter before." Dana and Karl replied in unison, then burst into laughter at their synchronized thoughts.

"Well, we can change that. Hop in and fasten your harness. The Academy won't forgive us if you get injured on the ride home." The team leader informed them with amusement clear in his expression.

"Yes, sir!"