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.
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‘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
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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?”
#
“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.
He took off his formal suit and started putting on his military camo attire, it was much more comfortable and cleaner than the suit that he had now.“I can't just leave this here.” He whispered to himself as he stared at the armor which he left on the ground. No one would ignore a shiny piece of heavy armor here. And if left there, it would definitely go missing. He looked around and found a rotten log with the middle of it empty, so he broke it in half and started using it as a shovel, digging the ground till the sky darkened, leaving his armor and most of his heavy weaponry in the ground before covering it with dirt. Seeing that the sky was dark he took out a lighter and started a fire near the fireplace that he just constructed. #Meanwhile, at the village near South Dundee, many of the armed men were out guarding on top of the walls of the village, keeping out for the creatures that loomed in the forest nearby. Inside of the village square, the other half of the armed men sta
His heart rate spiked up, causing him to look around, this was what he normally does when he needs problems fixed, it helped him a lot in the past and enabled him to think of a solution.But the weapon that the enemy had used against him was like nothing that he had ever seen before. “They were able to teleport me and everything under the beam…” He whispered, trying to remember any memory that might give him a clue of who created this weapon and how he could reverse the effects and go back. “Do they even know that I am still alive?” But as he tried thinking of a solution, his stomach growled, disturbing his concentration. Despite eating the biscuit that has fulfilled his nutritional needs, it has failed to fill his hunger, which caused him to look around.His eyes stopped as he looked at the bear, he didn't even have to think about it, his instinct took out his knife and started cutting open the bear, removing the meat from the skin before placing it above the fire for it to cook.
“I don’t know about you, but it has been a long day for me, so I will go to sleep first. We will talk tomorrow.” He said before handing Gabriel a soft cloth for him to sleep on. Gabriel just realized this, but the fight that took place in the General’s mansion had his body aching a lot. As he looked at the soft white cloth, his eyes started blinking slowly. He dropped the cloth on the floor, before taking out his suit and using it as a pillow. Although it was not soft as one, as he placed his head on it, he immediately fell asleep. # Gabriel continued eating his military ration biscuits and drinking his clean bottled water as the monk started cooking up stew in one of the rooms in the temple. “Want some?” The monk asked as he mixed in some vegetables into the stew.Seeing that the water that the monk used for the stew was not filtered properly, he declined, “I’ll pass.” “Your loss.” the monk shrugged before pouring himself some to eat, “So which country are you from anyways?”
“Move!” Norvin screamed, knowing that the bear was more than capable of crushing him. But Gabriel, confident in his strength, kept his knife in his scabbard, and stopped the attack with his two hands, clasping the bear's paws. For a second, he matched the strength of the grizzly bear, but let go of one of his hands to draw the knife out of the sheath before stabbing the bear in the throat, pulling it out, and manoeuvering to the back of the bear, stabbing the skull of the bear, crushing its brain in the process. Gabriel’s face was splattered with blood, but none of it was his; the other eight bears looked his way before running out of the wall. The village was safe again. The guards could hardly believe their eyes; a man with just a knife killed two bears while matching it in strength. Norvin turn to look at the other guards, “That's the man that killed the red bear.” “That explains it…” One of the guards huffed before dropping down to the ground to rest. The other villager
Just beside the Village Temple of Rha, was a small house, its size more closely resembles a hut, ordained with religious symbols around it, similar to the ones at the temple. Moel opened the door and entered while Gabriel followed closely behind. “Mom?”Moel called out as he entered the house, searching in the living room. But he froze as he saw chunks of cut-up meat covered in large leaves on the ground. “What…” Gabriel recognized it, “It's the red bear meat, seems your mother made things more easier for me…” Moel sighed before walking towards his mother’s room, and as he opened it, he could see his mother holding the skin of the bear, now made into a garment. “Mom! Thats not mine…” He covered his face before facing Gabriel, “I’m sorry, I didn't know my mother would do this, I hope you weren't planning on using the bear’s skin.” “It's fine. I only brought it with me for the meat.” He said before turning to the pile of cut bear meat. The monk wiped off his forehead sweat before
Knock! Knock! Knock! “Who’s that!?” The village chief shouted. “It's me, Chief. You called?” Moel explained. The village chief quickly opened the door to his office. The eye bags under his eyes were deep, as the monk took a peek into the office, he could see that the village chief had been spending time working. “Come in!” he escorted the monk to sit. “Anything from the Empire or the Kingdom?” Moel asked, wondering if the Empire or the Kingdom had received their message of plea. They have been waiting for a response for a very long time, but to no avail. “Nothing, just as usual.” The Chief replied in disgust as he continued cutting open the letters. “They will only respond if we have anything that can help them. The only ‘help’ we are getting is some good wishes from the cities.” “Typical… Typical…” Moel shook his head before his eyes were caught on one of the letters on the Chief’s table. “What’s this?” The monk pointed at the letter. “That’s the letter from the Village of
“Shagrat na lugburz!” The skinny creature commanded the newly grown red bears. The bears struggled to move around, only a few seconds ago they were newborn cubs, but now they were forced to grow up, and since they hadn't learned to walk, the balance of their body was weak. However, the almost humanoid short red bear raised his hand, his gesture almost looked like a puppeteer trying to control its puppets. And as soon as it did that, the emotion that was present in the cub's eyes were all gone and they started moving towards Gabriel with their mouth ready to chew on him. Gabriel raised both his hands to defend against them, but as one of the bears swung his hand at him, he could feel that the bears had nothing but bones. And the bones weren't hard at all. They were as soft as babies. “Guess we all make mistakes, huh,” Gabriel said before ripping the bear in half, almost like paper. The body was stretched too thin. And its weight was just slightly above the weight of a cub. The oth
“Sutherland!” Talnuc, the Captain of the Village Guards approached Sutherland, whose face had been dirty by the hours-long work of rebuilding the torn-down village wall alongside the other villagers. “Tomorrow…” Sutherland shook his head, wiping his face as he walked towards his house, “I’m tired, can’t you see?” “No, you have to do something about this, you can't imagine what the Chief did!” Talnuc stopped the Advisor. “Tomorrow,” Sutherland repeated. However there was nothing Sutherland could do when the Captain used his hands to stop him, Sutherland was just an advisor after all. “The Chief has declared a state of emergency!”Sutherland rolled his eyes, “Captain, look around you, does it not look like a state of emergency to you?”“Well let me finish, he declared the Guardian’s decree and gave the power of guardian to the new visitor.” Sutherland was immediately awake after hearing this, “Are you sure?”“I got the news from the Chief himself, I am not going to leave the fat
The clouds started covering the light shining from the sun, and the village darkened. Bjorl looked up and shook his head, “I can't help with you that.” He said before walking towards the store. Gabriel was taken aback by this, “Hold on, this is a blacksmith, anyone would expect you to be able to craft a bow.” “As I said, if you want that, you came to the wrong place, you can get help with the spears and swords, but not that.” He kept walking towards the store. Gabriel held onto the Blacksmith’s shoulder before pointing at the store’s logo, which included a bow, “Next time, dont put anything you won't be able to craft on your store’s insignia.” The Blacksmith, stared at the insignia while his lips quivered. He didn't reply to the village’s new defender and entered his store. “Can you believe this guy?” Gabriel turned to Moel and the Captain. “Tell me there is another blacksmith here?” The Captain looked equally as confused, “No there isn't.” “Thats great…” He replied sarca
“Aren’t spears better than the sword in this situation?” The Captain questioned. “I did. But it doesn’t mean that there is no space for a swordsman, especially someone as skilled as you. While everybody does the spearing you will be doing the slashing, putting extra damage on those bears as fast as you can. And when you need to, hide behind those who have spears to regain your energy.” The Captain nodded, “I see wisdom in that… Well, will you start training the guards?” Gabriel shook his head as he pointed at the other guards, “They will be training, as for you and me, we will be looking for some archers. Do you know any?” “I do, most of them are dead from the recent fight against that red bear. They were very skilled.” Talnuc commented. “I know how to use the weapon, but I am not skilled in any way.” “That’s good enough, I have an idea. We have the villagers who will not be doing anything. They can stay at a safe distance and shoot arrows towards the creature while we do the
“Well, they might be a bit rusted sure. But in this case, and against the enemy that we are about to face, these weapons will suit all of you better.” Gabriel replied. “You know that’s bull-” “It's not if I can prove it to you,” Gabriel interjected sternly and turned toward the small crowd of guards. “I need one man to pick up this weapon for demonstration.” “I’ll do it,” Norvin said, still confused about how a bunch of rusty old spears would be able to help him in this situation. He held his breath as he lifted the weapon, expecting it to be heavy, but the weapon came off the ground easily. “It's lighter than I expected.” He whispered. It was lighter than the longsword that he was used to but not by much The Captain got closer to Gabriel, his head shaking, “I don’t know what you're trying to do, but unless you prove to these men, that spears are capable of killing those red bears. They won't follow your orders.” Gabriel smiled, “Don’t worry, they’ll trust me.” He said before
“Sutherland!” Talnuc, the Captain of the Village Guards approached Sutherland, whose face had been dirty by the hours-long work of rebuilding the torn-down village wall alongside the other villagers. “Tomorrow…” Sutherland shook his head, wiping his face as he walked towards his house, “I’m tired, can’t you see?” “No, you have to do something about this, you can't imagine what the Chief did!” Talnuc stopped the Advisor. “Tomorrow,” Sutherland repeated. However there was nothing Sutherland could do when the Captain used his hands to stop him, Sutherland was just an advisor after all. “The Chief has declared a state of emergency!”Sutherland rolled his eyes, “Captain, look around you, does it not look like a state of emergency to you?”“Well let me finish, he declared the Guardian’s decree and gave the power of guardian to the new visitor.” Sutherland was immediately awake after hearing this, “Are you sure?”“I got the news from the Chief himself, I am not going to leave the fat
“Shagrat na lugburz!” The skinny creature commanded the newly grown red bears. The bears struggled to move around, only a few seconds ago they were newborn cubs, but now they were forced to grow up, and since they hadn't learned to walk, the balance of their body was weak. However, the almost humanoid short red bear raised his hand, his gesture almost looked like a puppeteer trying to control its puppets. And as soon as it did that, the emotion that was present in the cub's eyes were all gone and they started moving towards Gabriel with their mouth ready to chew on him. Gabriel raised both his hands to defend against them, but as one of the bears swung his hand at him, he could feel that the bears had nothing but bones. And the bones weren't hard at all. They were as soft as babies. “Guess we all make mistakes, huh,” Gabriel said before ripping the bear in half, almost like paper. The body was stretched too thin. And its weight was just slightly above the weight of a cub. The oth
Knock! Knock! Knock! “Who’s that!?” The village chief shouted. “It's me, Chief. You called?” Moel explained. The village chief quickly opened the door to his office. The eye bags under his eyes were deep, as the monk took a peek into the office, he could see that the village chief had been spending time working. “Come in!” he escorted the monk to sit. “Anything from the Empire or the Kingdom?” Moel asked, wondering if the Empire or the Kingdom had received their message of plea. They have been waiting for a response for a very long time, but to no avail. “Nothing, just as usual.” The Chief replied in disgust as he continued cutting open the letters. “They will only respond if we have anything that can help them. The only ‘help’ we are getting is some good wishes from the cities.” “Typical… Typical…” Moel shook his head before his eyes were caught on one of the letters on the Chief’s table. “What’s this?” The monk pointed at the letter. “That’s the letter from the Village of
Just beside the Village Temple of Rha, was a small house, its size more closely resembles a hut, ordained with religious symbols around it, similar to the ones at the temple. Moel opened the door and entered while Gabriel followed closely behind. “Mom?”Moel called out as he entered the house, searching in the living room. But he froze as he saw chunks of cut-up meat covered in large leaves on the ground. “What…” Gabriel recognized it, “It's the red bear meat, seems your mother made things more easier for me…” Moel sighed before walking towards his mother’s room, and as he opened it, he could see his mother holding the skin of the bear, now made into a garment. “Mom! Thats not mine…” He covered his face before facing Gabriel, “I’m sorry, I didn't know my mother would do this, I hope you weren't planning on using the bear’s skin.” “It's fine. I only brought it with me for the meat.” He said before turning to the pile of cut bear meat. The monk wiped off his forehead sweat before
“Move!” Norvin screamed, knowing that the bear was more than capable of crushing him. But Gabriel, confident in his strength, kept his knife in his scabbard, and stopped the attack with his two hands, clasping the bear's paws. For a second, he matched the strength of the grizzly bear, but let go of one of his hands to draw the knife out of the sheath before stabbing the bear in the throat, pulling it out, and manoeuvering to the back of the bear, stabbing the skull of the bear, crushing its brain in the process. Gabriel’s face was splattered with blood, but none of it was his; the other eight bears looked his way before running out of the wall. The village was safe again. The guards could hardly believe their eyes; a man with just a knife killed two bears while matching it in strength. Norvin turn to look at the other guards, “That's the man that killed the red bear.” “That explains it…” One of the guards huffed before dropping down to the ground to rest. The other villager
“I don’t know about you, but it has been a long day for me, so I will go to sleep first. We will talk tomorrow.” He said before handing Gabriel a soft cloth for him to sleep on. Gabriel just realized this, but the fight that took place in the General’s mansion had his body aching a lot. As he looked at the soft white cloth, his eyes started blinking slowly. He dropped the cloth on the floor, before taking out his suit and using it as a pillow. Although it was not soft as one, as he placed his head on it, he immediately fell asleep. # Gabriel continued eating his military ration biscuits and drinking his clean bottled water as the monk started cooking up stew in one of the rooms in the temple. “Want some?” The monk asked as he mixed in some vegetables into the stew.Seeing that the water that the monk used for the stew was not filtered properly, he declined, “I’ll pass.” “Your loss.” the monk shrugged before pouring himself some to eat, “So which country are you from anyways?”