Chapter 4 (Part 1): Red Bear

Sergei Nikolai rushed him with a punch, but now, with the armor, Gabriel held onto the fist easily, before punching him back. 

Xiong Lei then blasted him with a barrage of grenade attacks before coming in and trying to attack him with a kick, but the only damage that was done was a scratch on the armor. 

Before Gabriel could deliver a punch back, Xiong Lei jumped back. “You can keep the USB! You think we would risk this much for some Nukes, we have many too!” He laughed. 

Gabriel tried guessing, “You’re trying to reclaim Florida?!” 

Xiong Lei shook his head before pointing up. 

The colonel shouted as he tried running towards him, “Move out of the way!!!” But as Gabriel looked up, he could see light from the sky as a blue beam forcibly pushed him to the ground. 

‘Gravity field. Shoot!’ He thought as he struggled to get up from the floor. 

“Why would we try to steal anything from this country, when you are here to ruin anything anyways? Might as well get rid of the problem.” 

Gabriel tried standing up, but as he did, he could see his armor, almost disintegrating.

“That is not a gravity field, Gabriel get out of there!” The colonel shouted, not being able to do anything to help but calling for help.

However, no matter how hard Gabriel tried before he could even reach out of the beam that had been shooting at him, his body disintegrated faster. 

There was no pain, and even though he saw his legs disappear he was still somehow standing while being able to feel his legs. He tried turning towards the Colonel, but before he could, his vision turned bright. “Damn it, God, I haven't been a good man, I haven't been a good son, I haven't been a good friend, please don't let me die a bad soldier…” He begged as he closed his eyes, shutting off his bright vision. 

But now, a rich flow of oxygen filled his nostrils, different from the gunpowder that he just smelled a few seconds ago.

He opened his eyes, and there was no building that he could see, only trees. His ears were still ringing from the beam made earlier. 

“Ahhh! Red bear!!!” A man in a brown cloak and a strange haircut from the woods shouted before passing by him, tripping and falling onto the ground. 

But as the man stared at Gabriel, his eyes widened as if he was more terrified. 

Gabriel quickly turned to where the man was running from and could see a bear with an almost unnatural color of red running towards him. 

“You gotta run! That bear will kill you!”

But Gabriel calmly raised his hands, “No.” He replied before punching through the bear’s stomach. 

The bear whimpered and shivered as it looked into the eyes of the helmet before its pupil completely dilated

The creature fell to the ground, its guts and blood gushing out of its stomach

“What the hell is this thing…” He whispered to himself as he looked at the bear closely. It was bigger than a grizzly, and as mentioned before, the color couldn't have been real. 

He stood up and looked around wondering, “Where am I?” 

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“You… you killed it!” The man said as he stood up and walked closer to the dead beast. “How?”

Gabriel turned to the man, “You speak English? Good. Where do you live, citizen?”

“Citizen?” The monk questioned not knowing why Gabriel called him that, “I live in the village nearby.” He pointed toward where the sun was setting. 

“The east then… Wait, village?” It's been a long time since he heard that word, most of the villages turned to small counties as they were able to fend off enemies better. ‘There is no village in the US anymore…’ he thought to himself. 

He then turned to the man again, “Where are we exactly?”

Seemingly confused, the man paused for a second, but considering that Gabriel had killed the bear with a punch, he answered nevertheless, “We are near South Dundee where the village is at, and we are in the borders of the Kingdom of Thurith…”

Gabriel stopped and opened his mask, his eyes wide open, ‘Kingdom of Thurith? There is no such thing.’ he thought before asking the man, “I want you to stop cosplaying and be serious with me. Where are we?” He gritted his teeth. 

The man shook his head as he fell down on his back, “I swear! I'm telling the truth!” 

Seeing that the man was telling the truth, he took a step back, closing his eyes for a few seconds before opening them back, “I will tell you these few words, tell me if you know any this, America, Iron Empire, Hong Party.” 

The man shook his head not knowing the three most powerful forces on earth. 

Gabriel shook his head in disbelief as he started walking away, “Damn it…”

“Sir!” The man called, “If you don't mind, can I take one of the nails to prove that the bear is dead to the other villages?” 

Gabriel, not in a good mood, replied, “Do what you want.” He dropped his helmet on the floor before sitting on a log. 

The man fixed his brown robe before plucking out one of the nails from the red bear’s claw and ran out of the forest while Gabriel remained sitting down, picking up the helmet and putting it back. 

“System’s energy is low, please add uranium.” the hologram within his helmet’s sights said as it showed only 10% of the energy was left. 

Gabriel removed the helmet again, his teeth gritting together, “Great, just great…”

He stood up, removing his armor one by one, dropping on the floor. 

Each and every one of them sunk inside the soil of the ground as they fell. He was still in his formal navy blue suit, which was now covered in dust. 

So he searched the back compartment of the armor, which had many weapons inside, a few handguns, an assault rifle, a fighting knife, a sniper rifle, and ammunition. It also had a few clothes, emergency food and water, and a military bag.

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