A hot day in the middle of Sahara desert in Niger, West Africa. At there, a Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the European Multinational Task Force have stationed 5 months ago. The mission of European Multinational Task Force is to minimize the activities of insurgents in the region and also increase their presence in here. Inside the base have 5 young European Special Operators are also stationed there. That's "Räphael" - Belgian SF JTAC and also team leader, "Carl" - Danish SF Communication Operator, "Faolan" - Irish SOF Assaulter, "Lukas" - Dutch SF Intelligence Operator and "Otto" - German SF Combat Medic. The team just got deployed to Africa two weeks ago. They are now preparing for their routine desert patrol.

Räphael: So, how's you guys going since we got deployed to here?

Lukas: ...Pretty good, except the Africa hot weather.

Carl: *Chuckles* Yeah, I can sympathise with that. So Räph, what's our patrol route today?

Räphael: We will patrol at a small village, eastbound, 8 miles away.

Otto: That is a long way. I haven't ate anything this morning. Maybe I will bring some energy bars.

Faolan: Yeah, and also don't forget to bring enough medicines for everyone.

Otto: Understood.

When they are talking, the FOB Lieutenant step in and give them a quick briefing about the patrol.

FOB Lieutenant: Alright boys, I think you guys know the patrol route but I'm here to give you guys a little update. A few minutes ago, one of our team just encountered with the insurgents near the village that you guys are ready to patrol. Fortunately, no one was injured. I gave this update just to keep you guys being updated about the situation, make sure that you guys are prepared for the worst. Good luck.

The lieutenant salutes then he leaves the place. As he left, the team also finished preparing their gears and ready for the patrol.

Räphael: You hear him, keep your eyes open.

The team nodded as they finished preparing then get onto a Land Cruiser SUV and start driving out to the village. Faolan responsible for driving the vehicle.

On the way, they saw many cars were abandoned, look like it just got through a intense gunfight but mostly damaged heavily and unable to use, along with some destroyed motorcycles. When they have only 2 miles away from the village, a piece of wood blocked their way. When their SUV approached slowly to that piece, suddenly...

*BOOM*

A IED exploded inside that piece of wood, following dozen of insurgents showing out of the bush with AK-47s and start firing at the team.

Räphael: S---! Ambush! Faolan, drive out of here!

Faolan: I'm doing it!

Being pinned heavily, Faolan quickly tries to drive the team away. But when he's ready to do that...

*RPG fires*

Faolan: RPG!

A RPG round fired from one of the insurgents, hit the SUV then everything goes black. But... a few moment later.

Räphael: Uhh... where am I- Hold on, how am I still alive?

Räphael woke up and found himself in a middle of a unknown city, everything look like dilapidated. He looks around and notice that his teammates are still unconscious. He quickly shake them to wake them up.

Räphael: Guys! Wake up!

The team slowly wake up and also have same confusion like Räphael.

Faolan: Hold up, I remember that we got hit by RPG. I thought that we were all dead.

Lukas: This... remind me of some isekai story books that my cousin keep reading everyday.

Carl: Isekai?

Lukas: Yeah, it's a Japanese word like someone being transferred to another world after they are dead. That's all my cousin said.

Otto: *sighs* Whatever it is, we need to know where are we now.

Everyone then got out of the SUV and start overwatching the area that they are standing. Räphael saw a sign board from afar. He quickly take out his rangefinder and use it as temporary binocular. He looks at the sign board and it say "Chernobog City".

Lukas: TL, you saw anything?

Räphael: Well, there is a city named "Chernobog" up ahead. I think that... we are in some kind of weird place right now.

Lukas: "Chernobog"... sound familiar.

Räphael: You heard it through?

Lukas: I have no idea... Anyways, let me check the equipment.

Lukas then return to the SUV and check for the equipment while Räphael is checking for any supports around here and surprisingly, a Reaper drone is on standby mode. He quickly radio to the drone.

Räphael: Raph to Reaper, how copy?

Reaper Drone: Reaper reporting, ready to be combat anytime.

He quickly notices that the Reaper drone is pre-set, which mean that the Reaper drone are operating automatically, no human controllers. If according to his guess, maybe all supports are like that, not just Reaper drone.

Carl: TL, do we got anything?

Räphael: Well... a pre-set Reaper drone above.

Carl: A pre-set Reaper drone?

Räphael: Yeah, it might be good for us.

Lukas: TL, all equipment are good.

Räphael: Alright- Wait, why do we wear flannel shirt and long black pant? I remember that we are wearing Multicam right?

Otto: Yeah... That's weird. Anyways, let's go, shall we?

All: Yeah.

Then everyone got into the SUV and start driving toward the city of "Chernobog". On the way, they can see many buildings are collapsed, some of them are nearly collapse. Not only that, they saw many members of the riot control force in here. Look like that they just tried to stop a riot but got overran and got killed. When the team got into the city and driving slowly, they heard screaming from somewhere.

Räphael: Someone is in trouble. Faolan, follow the source of screaming. We need to save them.

Faolan: Roger that, TL!

Faolan quickly drives to the source of screaming and when they arrived...

Räphael: ...What the-?

Carl: S---...

Faolan: Holy crap...

Otto: Oh god...

Lukas: Someone tell me this is just a nightmare...

(To be continued)

(Hey guys. It's me, Fireteam_Leader. I'm now back with a new Arknights fanfiction story book. First of all, my apologies for my absence for over 2 months because of my schoolwork and some issues. Thank you guys for support. Hopefull you guys enjoy this book. Please leave a comment if there is any problems. Have a good day. Peace!)