Jed never imagined that his hunt for a chocolate ice cream would lead him through the throng of people dancing in waste in a nightclub called Goddess’ Virtue. But here he was, spending his first off-day from the Force to cross one of his bucket lists.He heard a rumour in the dining hall about Smokey, the night club’s owner who trades on the black market. It was the only place he could think of concerning the rare chocolate ice cream that stopped being produced when the last factory was destroyed about three decades ago. Even though he knew the method to make it himself, to get cocoa as the main ingredient would be impossible.Alien monsters attacking one place after another in random outbursts caused the supply chain around the world to be restricted. Besides, the government and leading figures often disregard anything else besides eradicating the remaining alien monsters on Earth and strengthening the military force in preparation for another invasion in

A fucking flying heavy-duty tank was above them.Jed reflected on his misserable life. He would be dead in less than seven months peacefully, hopefully. But, the freaking tank probbaly would kill him any seconds now.Fuck.There was a way to escape this instant death, but Jed wasn’t sure it was a great idea. It’d cost him to reveal something he’d like to keep in secret. Although, it was way better than being a crushed potato.Shit. Shit. Shit.Using the Threxian Exosuit was the only way to keep his body intact, but he wasn’t alone. The strongest Captain in the Earth Allied Defense Force was here. If Jed’s strange power was found out, he could end up locked in a secret facility with chains and straightjacket, enduring many inhumane experiments day and night until his last breath.Of course, unless they found a way to revive him and keep on experimenting. Or they’d just use his dead body for it.Jed c

Jed was fully horrified by the cut off limb dripping blood, rather than from Max’s malicious killing intent. He didn’t know why the captain pursued him instead of getting his mutilated arm fixed. Was he okay with losing a limb?The warhammer suddenly swung on his face. Jed’s quick reflex from his passive skill, Aerial Grace, played a big part in his survival. He leaped backwards, getting some distance between them. But, Max didn’t stand still. He dashed forward, a warhammer lifted high above his head.Jed knew what would happen if that heavy duty weapon hit his head, it’d be game over for him. Eyes widened behind his white and jagged exosuit, he swiftly backed away from the powerful attack. Bam!A crater formed on the ground from the heavy impact. And Max wasn’t done. He followed Jed with eagle-sharp eyes, muscles bulging in preparation of another mighty strike. Jed had to get away quickly. For someone as tall and big as Ma

He lost the game. No surprise.Jed knew fair well that he wasn’t meant to be a leader, nor a winner.Having a shooting fight against Ellie wasn’t as bad as he initially thought. He was more agile and had a great perception of where the obstacles were to use as his advantage. Furthermore, with Aerial Grace’s never ending effect, he could easily dodge her shots even in zero gravity area.Not only that, but the status points that only he could see from the floating white and blue panel told of his dexterity. It was pretty high, in his opinion. Apparently, it affected his ability to handle weapons, and in this case, the Lightlock. His final shot count almost caught up to Ellie’s stellar points, but he lacked the experience in fighting so he still lost.In the end, all of Ellie’s soldiers crossed the diving pool and into Team Crow’s cavern, while they shot at Ricky and Ryan who foolishly fell into their trap.At least

True to what Max said, they did meet again the next day.Jed didn’t expect it to be so soon. He tried to shy away from meeting the strongest captain of the EADF’s eyes and walked past him without notice. That made him bumped into Captain Reed.“Watch with your eyes, soldier.”“S-sorry, Captain!”Henry Reed glared at him, but didn’t chastise him more than that. Instead, he asked, “Did your personal training with Captain Petrovich go well?”“What?”In his confusion, Jed turned to said captain and met his glare. He whipped his head around, refusing to meet Max’s eyes. So, that damn arrogant prick said he was having a personal training instead of torturing, huh?“Ah, that..” Jed chuckled, trying to play it off like nothing. “It went well. Though, I wonder why I receive that special treatment alone?”Captain Reed didn’t suspect anything. “You did a good job helping him during the last alien attack in his jurisdiction. It’s his way o