A Space Marine Got a Status Window

Major Lee Hyena had been greatly surprised when Sergeant Kim Seojun provided her with long-range support and displayed results that bordered on the absurd.

However, she wasn’t stunned.

For starters, as a Psyker, she had fought on all kinds of battlefields alongside various superhumans, so she had inevitably developed a high tolerance for situations that seemed miraculous.

Naturally, she reached a conclusion.

‘He must be a Psyker.’

Sergeant Kim Seojun was a Psyker.

Although it was strange for someone who was a Psyker to have been assigned with the rank of sergeant, if he was carrying out a special mission, there was nothing unusual about hiding his identity that way.

‘Considering the seriousness of the matter.’

Furthermore, there wasn’t only one operation being carried out on planet Amotia.

Aside from the Queen extermination operation, there was another important operation underway.

It wouldn’t be strange if another Psyker had entered while concealing his true identity.

Above all, Major Lee Hyena didn’t have time to worry about Kim Seojun.

It was true that thanks to his support, she was hunting Mogdogs with enormous ease, but for starters, in that battle, the ordinary Mogdogs didn’t even amount to a side dish.

What mattered was the Fly-class Mogdog.

‘In any case, this is as far as his effective support goes.’

No matter how extraordinary the accuracy Sergeant Kim Seojun displayed was, with the weaponry he currently possessed, it was impossible for him to achieve effective results against a Fly-class Mogdog.

That meant that when the real battle began, Major Lee Hyena herself would have to achieve the result on her own.

For that purpose, Major Lee Hyena sharpened all her senses.

Finally, the moment arrived.

Krrrrrrrrrr!

The Fly-class Mogdog, which until then had remained motionless, began to move.

Dadadadada!

The charge it began was, in many ways, on a completely different level from those of the ordinary Mogdogs they had seen until then.

If an ordinary Mogdog was a conventional car, the movements of the Fly-class Mogdog were clearly those of a sports car.

It was extremely fast.

‘Here it comes.’

Naturally, when facing that Fly-class Mogdog, Major Lee Hyena focused all her senses on it.

She ignored everything else.

“I’m going to use a Stimpak.”

The same was true of those words from Sergeant Kim Seojun that she heard at that moment.

Major Lee Hyena barely paid any attention to them.

In truth, she didn’t even hear them.

Krrrrrrrrrr!

The roar of the Fly-class Mogdog, which was already practically right in front of her, rang much more clearly in her ears.

Finally, the two collided.

To be exact, they passed each other.

The Fly-class Mogdog tried to pounce on Major Lee Hyena in one go, but she was no idiot.

No matter how much monstrous strength she had obtained thanks to the power of the Prophet’s artifact she possessed, she had no intention of physically confronting a Fly-class Mogdog head-on while wearing an ordinary battle suit.

She dodged it as if she were bullfighting.

And the instant she saw the monster’s back, she gripped the axe with both hands and swung it.

Baaang!

A sound like striking an extremely sturdy car with an aluminum bat rang out.

That was how incredibly durable the Fly-class Mogdog’s body was.

Major Lee Hyena wasn’t surprised by that.

‘I never intended to smash it apart anyway.’

Thanks to her previous experiences, she knew perfectly well that splitting a Fly-class Mogdog in half and killing it like she did with ordinary Mogdogs was practically impossible.

And she didn’t need to do that either.

‘I’ll destroy its ability to move.’

With most things that moved, there was no need to cut off their limbs.

Simply breaking them already produced sufficiently effective results.

In the case of Mogdogs, they possessed bodies more similar to those of insects, covered by exoskeletons, but that didn’t matter.

Crushing their bodies would be effective enough.

Of course, it wasn’t a simple task.

She would have to repeat that hundreds of times.

That was why Major Lee Hyena calmed herself.

What she needed for that task was concentration and endurance, and the best way to preserve both was to remain calm and stop paying attention to everything else.

Thus, Major Lee Hyena composed herself.

The Fly-class Mogdog once again assumed a combat stance and prepared to attack Major Lee Hyena again.

It was at that instant.

Bang!

Tang!

Immediately after the gunshots, the Fly-class Mogdog’s head jerked slightly.

The Fly-class Mogdog immediately turned its head toward the place the bullets had come from.

And it didn’t take long to find it.

On the cargo bed of the military truck was a human aiming the barrel of his weapon at it.

In other words, the group of humans had gotten fairly close.

Krrrrr!

The Fly-class Mogdog let out a fierce roar in the direction of the truck.

That was all.

It looked back at Major Lee Hyena.

It wasn’t that the bullets caused it absolutely no damage.

Compared to a human, it was like being struck by a stone.

It hurt, but not enough to ignore the human in front of it swinging an axe and charge at the others.

So the Fly-class Mogdog moved again, intending to quickly finish off Major Lee Hyena and then deal with the other two humans.

The two passed each other again.

And the same situation from a moment earlier repeated itself.

After passing each other, both abruptly turned and once again faced each other.

Bang!

Tang!

Once again, gunshots rang out, and the Fly-class Mogdog’s head jerked.

What happened afterward was also the same as before.

The two passed each other.

And another gunshot rang out.

Thunk!

However, this time the sound was different from the previous ones.

It was deeper.

More sinister.

Krrrrrrrrrr!

Above all, the Fly-class Mogdog let out a roar toward Sergeant Kim Seojun that was incomparably fiercer than the previous ones.

It turned its body.

At that moment, the Fly-class Mogdog decided to change targets and attack Sergeant Kim Seojun.

However, the one who moved first was Major Lee Hyena.

She had seen it too.

All three shots had struck exactly the same spot, near the Fly-class Mogdog’s temple.

“Fuck!”

Naturally, that was completely absurd.

That was why the curse spontaneously escaped Major Lee Hyena’s mouth.

Regardless of that, her body was already moving.

Her combat instincts, forged through countless battlefields, knew perfectly well what she had to do at that moment.

She had to hold back the Fly-class Mogdog that was about to charge at Sergeant Kim Seojun.

She had to grapple with it.

Thud!

Thus, she was the first to launch a full-body blow, and faced with that surprise attack, the Fly-class Mogdog lost its balance and fell to the ground.

Krrr!

Immediately afterward, the monster hurriedly got back up, and at that instant, a sound was heard.

Bang!

And a fraction of a second later, another sound was heard.

Splat!

The sound of something fragile and important bursting.

The moment Kim Seojun came up with the plan, he gave Private First Class Park Boseop an instruction.

“When I use the Stimpak, get as close as possible to the Fly-class Mogdog.”

“Yes?”

Upon hearing that order, Park Boseop was surprised once again.

“U-Understood, sir.”

However, it didn’t take Park Boseop long to accept it.

‘Fuck it, I don’t even know anymore.’

He simply gave up on thinking.

At the same time, Sergeant Kim Seojun prepared himself.

‘Even with the effect of the Stimpak, if I’m too far away, it won’t do any good.’

Naturally, perceiving time as passing so slowly that it seemed to have stopped and having good vision were two completely different things.

He could hit it easily, but to strike precisely at exactly the same point, he would have to get closer.

Furthermore, even if he got closer, the chances of success wouldn’t be particularly high.

However, he wasn’t worried.

After all, the protagonist of that battle was Major Lee Hyena, while Kim Seojun was nothing more than a kind of wild card.

If it worked, perfect.

If it didn’t work, in the end, the situation wouldn’t change that much either.

Furthermore, deep down, Kim Seojun also thought.

‘Though it looks like it won’t work.’

That there was a high possibility of failure.

In truth, even Kim Seojun had never experienced anything like this before, and what he intended to do was completely absurd.

Thinking something like ‘I think this is going to work. It’s definitely going to work’ would have been more of a sign that he had some kind of mental problem.

“I’m going to use the Stimpak.”

However, the moment he spoke those words and used the Stimpak, the syringe installed in the left arm of his battle suit fired almost as if it had exploded, driving the needle directly into his left arm.

He felt a slight prick.

And then, the substance created by that great scientist began to demonstrate its powerful effect.

‘Ah.’

The instant the effect manifested, Kim Seojun could say it with certainty.

‘I’ll kill it without fail.’

He was certain that the hunt would succeed.

It was impossible not to be.

Because everything had stopped.

His world was no longer simply moving more slowly.

There was practically no difference between this and time having stopped completely.

And that wasn’t all.

Kim Seojun also possessed that red light, an ability that allowed him to make perfect shots.

It was impossible not to be certain of success.

And that certainty soon became a result.

He didn’t even need that many bullets.

He fired four.

And at that instant, Kim Seojun achieved exactly the result he wanted.

Splat!

The Fly-class Mogdog’s head was destroyed, and from inside it flew the remains that the bullets had turned into pulp.

Even that moved slowly before Kim Seojun’s eyes.

It was then.

‘What’s happening?’

Suddenly, Kim Seojun’s world began to regain its speed.

And from that moment on, Kim Seojun could feel it.

His endurance was decreasing at a terrifying rate.

It was extreme enough to surprise him.

When a person exerted themselves greatly, it was normal to feel their strength being exhausted, but this was on a completely different level.

Suddenly, even his legs began to tremble.

However, Kim Seojun wasn’t surprised.

‘……So it wasn’t free.’

Rather, he understood.

Considering what he had just experienced, that extraordinary instant he had been able to enjoy, this was actually a fairly cheap price.

It was then.

Thud!

Kim Seojun collapsed onto the cargo bed of the truck, ending up seated as if he had fallen.

Hearing the sound, Park Boseop flinched and asked.

“Sergeant Kim, sir? Sergeant Kim?”

“I’ve simply run out of strength. It’s nothing serious.”

Upon hearing that response, Park Boseop’s eyes trembled.

For him, hearing that Kim Seojun, the lifeline he was clinging to, had run out of strength couldn’t possibly sound like good news.

Kim Seojun, however, reacted differently.

At that moment, he finally relaxed his tension.

He didn’t worry unnecessarily.

They had already eliminated the troublesome Fly-class Mogdog, and only around thirty Mogdogs remained.

Furthermore, they now had a Psyker like Major Lee Hyena with them.

So Kim Seojun simply had to wait.

And what he was waiting for didn’t take long to arrive.

He heard the notifications.

[Combat has ended. Beginning calculation of results.]

[Due to the mission, all points obtained will be doubled.]

[You have eliminated 473 Mogdogs. You have obtained 976 points.]

[You have eliminated 383 Mogdogs with a single shot. You have obtained 1,532 points as a One Shot, One Kill bonus.]

[You have achieved more than 400 kills in this battle. You will be awarded 800 points as a kill streak bonus.]

[You have eliminated a Fly-class Mogdog. You have obtained 1,000 points.]

[You have hunted a special individual for the first time. You have received a Gold Ticket.]

[You have fulfilled the mission conditions. You have received a Gold Ticket.]

The notifications rang out one after another without giving him a break.

However, Kim Seojun couldn’t enjoy them.

To be exact, because of the sudden loss of endurance, even his mind was beginning to grow hazy.

Furthermore, another of the Stimpak’s side effects was rapidly appearing.

That was why he had a feeling.

‘I might lose consciousness soon.’

It was then.

Thud!

Something heavy climbed onto the cargo bed of the military truck.

Immediately afterward, he heard a voice.

“Sergeant Kim Seojun, thank you.”

It was Major Lee Hyena expressing her gratitude to him.

Upon hearing those words, several thoughts passed through Kim Seojun’s mind, but they didn’t last long.

He simply said.

“I’m not in good condition right now. It wouldn’t be strange if I lost consciousness at any moment.”

Major Lee Hyena didn’t question his words.

Rather, she understood.

After all, Psykers also had to pay a price to produce extraordinary results using the Prophet’s artifacts.

‘So he really was a Psyker.’

At that moment, Major Lee Hyena became convinced that Sergeant Kim Seojun was a Psyker hiding his true identity.

That was precisely why she told him.

“Don’t worry and rest.”

Kim Seojun nodded at those words.

And as he did, he thought.

‘At least we avoided the worst.’

The situation had been resolved.

Of course, it was still bad.

Headquarters had been destroyed, there was currently a Queen on planet Amotia, and the various countries were carrying out their own operations to eliminate her.

For an ordinary person, that would have been enough to lose their mind.

Even so, Kim Seojun could say that they had been lucky and avoided the worst because, one way or another, they had managed to join up with a Psyker.

And that Psyker had fully acknowledged his combat ability.

The value of a Psyker was on a completely different level.

Therefore, the Korean Space Forces would undoubtedly do whatever was necessary to rescue her.

That meant that, from now on, Kim Seojun only had to stick close to her.

That way, he could escape planet Amotia, pass through the Gate, and return to Earth.

With the reward included.

‘Of all the things that could happen to me on my first day as an NCO.’

Kim Seojun let out a sigh of relief accompanied by an incredulous smile and looked toward the upper part of the helmet of the battle suit he was wearing.

He checked the time.

At that instant, his vision suddenly went dark.

And when Kim Seojun opened his eyes again, he was inside a bunker at a supply base.

While taking off his battle suit, Private First Class Park Boseop spoke to him with a completely pale face.

“S-Sergeant Kim, sir! W-We have a serious problem!”

At that instant, Kim Seojun sensed it.

He had thought they had avoided the worst.

But that wasn’t the case.

Park Boseop’s expression was proof enough.

The fact that, upon seeing him wake up, instead of saying ‘Are you awake, sir?’, the first thing he did was tell him they had a serious problem meant that something truly serious had happened.

So Kim Seojun mentally prepared himself.

He prepared himself not to be surprised no matter what kind of absurdity he was about to hear.

He tried to calm himself as much as possible, and to do so, Kim Seojun looked at his left wrist.

There, he could see the time displayed on the film watch attached to his wrist like a thin sheet.

‘Two hours have passed.’

Kim Seojun confirmed that he had remained unconscious for approximately two hours.

And once he had sufficiently prepared himself to hear anything, Park Boseop said.

“T-The, the, the, the Gate has b-b-been destroyed!”

The apocalypse had begun on his first day as an NCO.