Volume One, Chapter 15: Accumulating a KDA Over 4000! Dragon, Aren't You Going Too Far?
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the promotion mission (Official Rank Stage Two: Platoon Leader). You have obtained a limited-time one-hour triple KDA acquisition efficiency card and an 80% discount card for advanced replication!”
“Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the promotion mission (Military Rank Stage Four: Second Lieutenant). You have obtained a limited-time one-hour triple KDA acquisition efficiency card and an 85% discount card for advanced replication!”
Honestly, the rewards for the promotion missions were incredibly generous.
When Han Cheng became a sergeant squad leader, the KDA acquisition efficiency was only around double, and the advanced replication discount card offered about a 10% discount.
But now, as a second lieutenant platoon leader, the KDA acquisition efficiency card started at triple, and the advanced replication discount card had improved to 20% off.
Han Cheng could hardly imagine what the multipliers and discounts would be like if he were to rise to first lieutenant, captain, major, company commander, battalion commander, or even regiment commander.
This was truly promising!
Soon, under the orders of Rodson, the commander of the Seventh Mercenary Regiment, Sankel reorganized the various platoons and squads that had lost their higher command, making personnel adjustments.
In the end, Han Cheng’s unit received an infusion of 35 fresh soldiers.
Together with the original 15 members of Squad C, Han Cheng’s platoon now had a total of 50 soldiers, meeting the standard size for an enhanced platoon.
Unlike other platoons, Han Cheng’s unit was clearly a mixed-composition platoon.
Among them were 15 special forces operatives, an 11-person armored squad, a 12-person artillery squad, a 7-person heavy machine gun squad, and a 5-person engineering squad.
Compared to other platoons or squads specializing in a single field, Han Cheng’s mixed platoon had the most reasonable and diverse personnel configuration.
This alone showed just how highly Rodson valued Han Cheng—deliberately enriching his unit’s composition to cultivate his ability to coordinate complex combat operations.
But how did Han Cheng repay Rodson’s trust?
His first step was to select 28 soldiers to join his combat team based on system panel data and the individual stats of his soldiers.
After expanding his combat team to 40 members, Han Cheng immediately activated a one-hour double KDA acquisition efficiency card.
Then…
“GO, GO, GO! Charge! Follow me, charge!”
“Take them down! GO, GO, GO!”
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat—
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Boom—boom—boom—
Watching his mixed platoon mercenaries charge headlong across the hills and valleys, Sankel was stunned. He was left wondering: “They gave you so many soldiers and so many unit types, and you’re going to fight like this?”
It was one thing to lead the special forces squad in a charge.
But to bring the armored squad, artillery squad, heavy machine gun squad, and engineers all rushing in together, completely ignoring the unique characteristics of each unit type?
Wasn’t this utter madness?
“Long, get back! Stop charging recklessly!”
Han Cheng ignored Sankel’s calls and protests over the comms.
This wasn’t intentional; Sankel’s voice was so loud it distorted the comm channel, making it hard for Han Cheng to hear clearly.
Of course, even if he had heard, Han Cheng wouldn’t have cared.
At that moment, he was immersed in the thrill of slaughter and the system’s reward chimes.
“Ding! KDA +2!”
“Ding! KDA +2!”
“Ding! KDA +2!”
“Ding! KDA +2!”
“Ding! KDA +2!”
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With the one-hour double KDA acquisition efficiency card active, each enemy kill granted him 2 KDA points—an exhilarating feeling.
“Ding! KDA +0.1!”
“Ding! KDA +0.1!”
“Ding! KDA +0.1!”
“Ding! KDA +0.1!”
“Ding! KDA +0.1!”
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Even the KDA points earned by his subordinates increased significantly.
As his combat team members were newcomers, they possessed 5% of Han Cheng’s innate talent.
With support from his S-rank talent as a master of agility, SS-rank precognitive senses, and SSS-rank king of guns, they were no match for him but could easily overpower ordinary mercenaries.
For the next hour, Han Cheng focused on harvesting as many KDA points as possible, paying no mind to whether his reckless charges made tactical sense.
Because to him, as long as he gained KDA points, it was all justified!
Despite Han Cheng’s “reckless” tactics, his mixed platoon, along with the Firestorm Company’s Third Armored Platoon and other units, repeatedly rescued mercenary groups trapped in deadly enemy encirclements.
As those rescued units regrouped and joined the fight to support and save others, the tide of battle turned within hours.
The Night Wolf Mercenary Corps—the entirety of the Seventh Mercenary Regiment—broke free from the encirclement they faced on the outskirts of Beibatesha in the nation of Mustan.
“Good. Now we can resume our previous support mission.”
“Currently, the LS rebel forces and hostile mercenary factions have seized key strategic points within Beibatesha, and their main forces are conducting a large-scale siege.”
“Our brother units in the 39th Brigade—the Sixth Mercenary Regiment, Ninth Mercenary Regiment, and the Mustan regular army—are largely trapped inside Beibatesha city and its suburbs.”
“Our Seventh Mercenary Regiment should have arrived to support immediately, but the enemy’s encirclement delayed us too long.”
“Now, we must reinforce them as quickly as possible.”
Through the satellite comm vehicle, Rodson convened a brief operational meeting with commanders from various battalions, companies, platoons, and squads.
During the meeting, battalion commanders, company commanders, platoon leaders, and squad leaders all listened attentively to Rodson’s instructions.
Except for one—Han Cheng.
As the mixed platoon leader, he was supposed to listen carefully and relay orders.
But Rodson spoke so fast and rambled on that Han Cheng couldn’t understand a word.
So instead, Han Cheng spent the meeting idly calculating his KDA points.
After the battle at Mount Ryder, Han Cheng’s KDA stood at 1,428.5.
Since then, he had fought in a dozen or so skirmishes, facing enemies numbering from a hundred to several hundred.
At times, he even used a limited one-hour double KDA acquisition efficiency card.
After wiping them all out, Han Cheng and his combat team accumulated a total of 3,056.5 KDA points.
Adding that to his previous total, Han Cheng’s KDA reached 4,485.
At this level, he could even replicate some F-rank talents without using the advanced replication discount card.
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