Old Man Gwang had spent his entire mortal life surviving the blood-soaked trenches of brutal border conflicts, watching countless idealistic youths die for the vain ambitions of royal generals. Possessing no magical affinity or superhuman blessing, he survived on nothing more than battle-tested instinct, cynical pragmatism, and a scarred halberd. When a fatal arrow finally claimed his aged body on a forgotten battlefield, he welcomed the cold release of eternal rest. Instead of entering the underworld, Gwang awakens inside the healthy young body of a junior conscript in a completely foreign fantasy empire that is teetering on the edge of a monstrous demonic invasion. Surrounded by naive rookie soldiers who view warfare as a heroic adventure, the grizzled veteran immediately draws upon his decades of unglamorous battlefield experience to keep his platoon alive. Shunning grand heroics in favor of brutal, efficient survival, the old soldier begins his march through an otherworldly war....more