Right at that moment—

One of the soldiers holding onto the howitzer suddenly reached out and snatched the falling spade up with consummate ease.

Jang Jae-Hwan gasped in stupefaction. “...Huh?”

“Get up,” said Kang Jin-Ho.

“I, I'm sorry?”

“I said, get up.”

“...Ah, yes, sir!” Jang Jae-Hwan sobered up instantly and shot up to his feet.

'Holy sh*t!'

He couldn't help but get shocked by what he was seeing. Kang Jin-Ho was holding up one of the howitzer's trails with one hand while the other was lifting the howitzer's spade up. One of those spades weighed nearly 100kg, and at least two strapping young men were required to pick it up, yet Kang Jin-Ho had easily lifted it up. Not only that, but the spade in question had quickly been falling to the ground!

'How can a human do that?!'

Something like this should be completely and utterly impossible for a normal human being to do. Even the mere attempt would result in every single arm muscle tearing apart. And even if that didn't happen, your balance would have crumbled, leaving you with no choice but to let go of the howitzer.

However, Kang Jin-Ho was expressionlessly holding the howitzer and the spade simultaneously! What an incredible and nonsensical feat of physical strength this was!

Kang Jin-Ho spoke in his usual unperturbed voice, “Stand up, soldier, and carry the spade properly.”

“Y-yes, sir! Ju-Yeong, stand up, man!”

Private Choi Ju-Yeong, who was still on the ground and was looking up in stupefaction, quickly stood back up at Jang Jae-Hwan's yell. “Y-yes, sir!”

Kang Jin-Ho glanced at the two. “Don't rush...