It took a little bit more time than the soldiers anticipated before they finally reached the snowy woods. Despite this little setback, they were not concerned, their attention was completely on their surroundings. Unlike most conventional forests, this one was less compact and had less of a cover to hide from prying predator's eyes. This was only natural as there was no way normal trees and grass could grow in a mountain like Everest, only mutated ones could survive the extreme regions of this place. Bushes and shrubs were a rare sight here, only sparkly white snow filled everywhere, paired with the giant trees that rambled across like evolved pokemons going to war. The only cover here was the trees, as some of them grew as wide as dozens of meters. Most of the trees were the tenacious cedar trees, but there were still other tenacious varieties. Their shoots were already gracing the mist-filled Himalayan skies, as their leaves slowly swayed to

Back in the Spartan republic, in Vatican City, the morning was bright as always as every citizen went at his/her endeavors for the day with boundless vigor and overflowing happiness.Today marked more than a week since the leader of the city went out for a confidential mission, but there was hardly any change in the demeanor of the city and the citizens.Despite this long, the whole city was still busy in the process of recovering from the terrorist attack.The destruction that was wrath by the terrorists was not something that can be recovered from in a week, it would take at least weeks if not months for everything to return to normal.The 5 leading commissioners of the city did everything in their power to curb any further outrage from the citizens, while also appeasing those that suffered from the attack.In this aspect, Clark’s press conference before he left did a good job as due to respect for him and his reassurance, most of the citiz

The next morning rolled in with a bang as the gloomy cold of the Everest dominated and dictated the weather again, firmly hindering the pitiful golden sun from rearing its head. It was a freaky Friday morning, and it was the day that the soldiers of Squad 06 decided to continue their mission journey. Due to the reminder from Clark yesterday, all the soldiers were already aware so they woke up earlier than normal with more vigor and vibrancy. After 2 agonizing days of being couped in a dark hole inside a cedar tree, they were finally going out to face the world again. Activities started in the enormous hole, as the soldiers went to work to organize their supplies again for the journey. Some minutes later, the supply bags were finally filled to the brim again. After doing this and arranging their equipment, they finally turned to face their Major with excited and expectant expressions on their faces. They could not wait to re-engage and

The sight that greeted Clark was so shocking that he hid again behind the tree despite his stealth armor still active, as a storm of emotions went through his mind. He was surprised as the thing causing so much commotion was humans. Though seeing humans were supposed to be a good thing, he still felt weird about it as this was his first time seeing other humans in over a month. This group of humans was already in a desperate situation, as they were struggling to survive a siege from an intimidating wolf clan horde. Seeing his fellow humans suffering and at the brink of death, he felt compelled to move immediately, but he held himself back to think more about the situation. First, how did these humans cross through the tunnel to this forest where countless others already died, evident from the decayed skulls that they found when crossing it? And by the manner they were still holding their ground against such a large wolf family, it was clear th

The soldier was sincerely shocked on seeing his helper’s face, as he staggered back unsteadily. It was like a bomb just went off in his head, as a storm of emotions was already rolling in his mind. “Damn, no wonder…, no wonder you were so strong. I felt it weird to see such a strong 2nd rank high-grade soldier appear from thin air, so it was you?” “What else did you think? Did you think I will not recognize you just because you changed your face with a mask, I also have such a mask so just don’t bring that nonsense in my front”. Clark replied savagely without mincing words, as he motioned his hands closer to his counterpart’s face. “Remove it before I do it for you”. Hearing Clark’s tone, the soldier laughed awkwardly before removing the mask that was on his face with a slight blush on his cheeks. Yes, he was the Great defender, the gladiator that fought in the Microsoft Empire team that eliminated Clark’s team in the team gladiator to