A Space Marine Got a Status Window

Among those who enlisted as Space Marines, most did so for money.

However, that didn’t mean they all desperately needed money.

In fact, quite a few enlisted as Space Marines for absurd reasons.

Park Boseop was one of them.

The reason he had become a Space Marine was to pursue racing, and most people who heard that story reacted with disbelief.

Park Boseop himself thought the same thing.

During his time as a recruit, he had still retained some determination, but on the day he was deployed to the battlefield and saw the Mog for the first time, the same day he pissed and shit himself out of fear, Park Boseop deeply regretted his decision.

Even so, there was a simple reason why he hadn’t begged for his life to be spared, to be transferred somewhere else, or to be sent back to Earth even if he had to serve twice as long.

He was a driver.

In fact, drivers had a higher survival rate than Space Marines who ran across the battlefield with a weapon in their hands.

Furthermore, if they requested to be assigned to another planet, the process usually went through without too many problems.

Experienced drivers were valuable personnel on any planet.

However, things never went exactly the way one wanted.

‘Wow, live long enough and you end up experiencing all kinds of things.’

Being on the verge of death, seeing his headquarters annihilated, the Gate ceasing to function, China declaring war.

Park Boseop was experiencing almost daily situations that, individually, would already be enough to terrify anyone.

‘And on top of that, it turns out I’m a Psyker.’

Even Park Boseop had become a Psyker.

And naturally, he didn’t feel excited or moved by it.

‘I wonder what the hell is waiting for me from now on……’

Rather, he felt an indescribable fear at how unpredictable his life had become and at the days he would have to face in the future.

Frankly, under normal circumstances, he would have lost his mind long ago.

Or perhaps, like other Space Marines who were unable to endure it, he would have started injecting himself with Stimpaks like a madman until he eventually died from drug addiction.

‘Ugh, enough complaining about stupid things. What suffering have I really gone through?’

Even so, there was a reason he was still holding on.

‘Sergeant Kim has suffered much more.’

His own worries couldn’t even be called worries compared to what Kim Seojun was enduring at that moment.

And now was no different.

Park Boseop looked at Kim Seojun, who remained seated in silence, and could clearly sense it.

‘He hasn’t made the slightest sound for more than ten minutes……’

Kim Seojun hadn’t made absolutely any sound during all that time.

Not even the slightest one.

He remained motionless like a statue, like Rodin’s The Thinker.

‘He must be thinking about something incredibly important. Something I couldn’t even imagine.’

Park Boseop’s assumption wasn’t entirely wrong.

Kim Seojun had received such a great shock that his thoughts had temporarily stopped.

And it was inevitable.

[Kim Seojun]

— Strength: 62
— Endurance: 45
— Mana: 72
— Skills: X-Ray Vision (D), Inventory (A), Stealth (D), Teleport (A), Telekinesis (C)
— Talents: Dynamic Vision (B), Hawk Eye (C)
— Points: 1,323 pt
— Tickets: None

His newly updated Status Window was now on a level incomparable to anything before.

For starters, his stats had increased enormously.

In particular, the considerable increase in Mana, the stat whose shortage he had felt most keenly, represented an extraordinary gain in many ways.

And that wasn’t all.

His two talents, Dynamic Vision and Hawk Eye, had also increased in rank.

Thanks to that, Kim Seojun could now behold a world on an even more extraordinary level.

However, what was truly surprising wasn’t anything that appeared in that Status Window.

What had left Kim Seojun completely stunned was the holographic map the size of an A4 sheet of paper floating before his eyes.

‘A Minimap……’

Its true identity was precisely the Minimap, the new effect he had obtained through Apollo’s Blessing.

Its function was simple.

That holographic map the size of an A4 sheet of paper displayed the terrain and geographical features located within a three-kilometer radius.

That was absurd.

For starters, the simple fact that he could know the terrain and geographical features within a three-kilometer radius no matter where he went was already incredible.

On Earth, which was filled with artificial satellites, it was something even an ordinary citizen could enjoy.

But space was different.

In the case of planet Amotia, the number of satellites launched by the Korean headquarters was extremely limited, and now that headquarters had disappeared, they couldn’t even use them.

The same was true for the Polish headquarters.

Even the few available satellites could only be used to a limited extent depending on the planet’s rotational speed, and when electromagnetic interference became too intense, it wasn’t unusual for the satellites themselves to become completely useless.

However, Kim Seojun could now know all the terrain information within a three-kilometer radius in real time.

Then Kim Seojun thought.

‘Normally, a Minimap also shows enemies……’

Perhaps the Minimap displayed not only the terrain and geographical features, but also the presence of enemies.

‘……What a stupid thought.’

Of course, Kim Seojun immediately rejected that idea.

Until then, the Status Window had granted him absurd capabilities, but that would be on a completely different level.

‘There’s no way it can do something like that.’

It was an idea so absurd that it couldn’t even be considered a fantasy.

It was then.

‘Hm?’

Suddenly, red dots appeared on the Minimap Kim Seojun was looking at.

There were about twenty of them, and they were moving quickly.

Kim Seojun instinctively turned his head.

Since night was beginning to fall, the world he could see was much darker than usual.

Furthermore, the place where Kim Seojun’s group was located was filled with large rocks.

There were numerous places that could be used as cover, which was why they had deliberately chosen that location.

In other words, it was a place where it was difficult to detect anything simply by using sight.

That was why.

“Uh, Sergeant Kim.”

Park Boseop, who had the sharpest hearing of them all, was the first to notice and alert him.

“Something’s moving nearby. I think they’re Mogdogs, but there don’t seem to be many of them. I’m not completely sure, but they don’t seem to be coming toward us either.”

Park Boseop had used his Psyker ability to detect the movements of the Mogdogs.

Kim Seojun asked.

“Are they to the east?”

“What? Ah, yes. That’s right. Over there.”

Park Boseop pointed east with a finger.

At that moment, Park Boseop realized that something didn’t add up.

“Huh? How did you know?”

It was a direction that was impossible to determine from where they were.

Kim Seojun didn’t respond to Park Boseop’s surprise.

To be exact, he couldn’t.

‘My God.’

Because he was far more surprised than Park Boseop himself.

Then Major Lee Hyena came out of the air tent and spoke.

“I’ve finished setting up the medical suit. The treatment will take 28 hours and 33 minutes.”

Upon hearing that, Kim Seojun raised his head.

His mind was filled with thoughts, but there were two things he understood with absolute clarity.

‘I have no reason to reject it.’

The Minimap would be an enormous help to his survival.

‘When there are still so many things left to do.’

And they still had many obstacles, far too many, to overcome in order to survive.

That was why Kim Seojun spoke.

“Load Hawk Eye into the cargo bed. After that, we’ll head immediately to the Polish headquarters.”

As soon as Kim Seojun’s group returned, the Polish headquarters welcomed them enthusiastically.

“How did the rescue go?”

Major Jan Zabłocki asked immediately.

Kim Seojun responded.

“The rescue failed. We couldn’t confirm anywhere that Hawk Eye was still alive.”

Major Jan Zabłocki’s expression hardened.

Naturally, it was something he had already expected.

Anyone could see that the chances of failure were much greater than those of successfully rescuing Hawk Eye.

However, precisely because it was Kim Seojun’s group, he had held on to a small amount of hope.

And that was why he couldn’t help feeling despair when he heard the news.

Then Kim Seojun continued.

“Regardless of that, we rescued a survivor.”

“A survivor?”

“Yes. She’s an American survivor. Non-combat personnel. She’s currently receiving treatment inside a medical suit.”

As soon as he heard that explanation, Major Jan Zabłocki and Kim Seojun’s eyes met.

Major Jan Zabłocki immediately understood.

‘I see!’

Kim Seojun was trying to hide the fact that Hawk Eye was still alive.

And it wasn’t a bad decision.

For starters, the message Hawk Eye had left had spread everywhere.

It was encrypted, but encryption was never infallible.

What if China discovered that Hawk Eye was still alive?

Even setting that aside, it also wasn’t unlikely that there were Chinese spies or people bought by China inside the Polish headquarters.

There was no reason to go around announcing that they had rescued Hawk Eye.

“That you managed to rescue her in a situation like this……”

That was why Major Jan Zabłocki willingly went along with the story.

“She was lucky.”

“Yes, she was lucky.”

“If she needs anything, tell me.”

After that, Major Jan Zabłocki asked no further questions about the survivor.

Kim Seojun didn’t mention the matter again either.

“More importantly, did you see the Queen?”

Because there were still many far more important matters to discuss.

“I couldn’t see the Queen. But I confirmed the location of her nest.”

“What was it like?”

“The number of Mog gathered there alone exceeds several hundred thousand. And above all, they’ve established themselves on a rocky mountain.”

“A rocky mountain?”

Major Jan Zabłocki’s expression became extremely serious.

Although he had asked, he himself understood what that meant.

“They have cover. They’ve undoubtedly dug tunnels inside the rocky mountain like ants. It won’t be easy to reduce their numbers through bombardment.”

For humanity, which had to hunt the Queen, the fact that her nest was located on a rocky mountain only added more despair to an already desperate situation.

“Furthermore, it’s been confirmed that the Queen is a special individual.”

And Kim Seojun added another form of despair to all of that, one even harder to imagine.

At that point, Major Jan Zabłocki stopped trying to find an answer on his own.

This had already gone completely beyond what he could handle.

“I’m sorry to say this, but I have no idea what we should do from now on. So, Sergeant Kim Seojun, you give me the answer.”

He delegated everything to Kim Seojun.

“What should we do?”

Kim Seojun responded without hesitation.

“We have to eliminate the Queen.”

In a situation where they couldn’t be rescued by spacecraft, anything they did on planet Amotia would be useless as long as they didn’t eliminate the Queen.

“Is there any way?”

Naturally, not even Kim Seojun had a specific method in mind to immediately eliminate the Queen.

“There’s only one way.”

To be exact, the answer had already been decided.

“Reduce the number of Mog as much as possible, break through their ranks, and eliminate the Queen. That’s the only way.”

The problem was that such a method was absurd.

Major Jan Zabłocki knew that too, so he couldn’t refute it.

“I’ll gather as much firepower as I can.”

“I’d appreciate that.”

“For now, rest as much as possible. If you fall, Sergeant Kim, no method will mean anything.”

“Thank you.”

After finishing that conversation with Major Jan Zabłocki, Kim Seojun immediately gathered his group.

He called Park Boseop and Major Lee Hyena.

He also called Jo Yihyeon.

“H-How did it go?”

Jo Yihyeon still hadn’t received any report about the situation.

Kim Seojun briefly explained what had happened.

Upon hearing it, Jo Yihyeon was stunned.

Had they really managed to rescue Hawk Eye?

“For now, don’t mention that name.”

“What? Ah, yes!”

Jo Yihyeon immediately nodded at Kim Seojun’s request.

Her face was brighter than ever.

Seeing that, Kim Seojun’s thoughts also became a little more optimistic.

‘We rescued Hawk Eye, and there’s no problem with her combat capability.’

The situation was incomparably better than before they had gone to rescue Hawk Eye.

In particular, Hawk Eye’s penetration ability was something not even Kim Seojun could imitate.

‘Tank Bug killer.’

Especially against the troublesome Tank Bugs, Hawk Eye’s ability was even superior to Kim Seojun’s.

‘Battle tank killer……’

It was then.

Just as Kim Seojun remembered something, a soldier from the Polish headquarters came running over.

“It’s an emergency!”

“What happened?”

“The Chinese headquarters has issued a new warning!”

“A warning?”

Upon hearing that, everyone present had the same premonition.

Something unimaginable was about to happen.

Kim Seojun was no different.

‘Did I pressure them too much?’

Kim Seojun knew very well how painful it was to endure psychological pressure on a battlefield.

Furthermore, psychological damage had nothing to do with the size or power of a force.

In fact, the larger a force was, the more common it was for its mental fortitude to be weak.

China was precisely like that.

‘You only had to look at the Chinese Space Marines. They were full of drug addicts.’

In any case, Kim Seojun had witnessed countless occasions when the Chinese reacted disproportionately after being provoked a little.

And what Kim Seojun had done against the Chinese headquarters couldn’t simply be described as provoking them a little.

It wouldn’t be strange for China to do something crazy.

Above all, China was already doing absurd things on planet Amotia.

For a China that had already crossed the line, crossing it once again would be nothing extraordinary.

Then Kim Seojun wondered.

What would crossing the line mean this time?

“C-China says that if w-we don’t declare our surrender……”

The answer to that question came immediately.

“They’ll launch a nuclear attack!”