“Huh?” she snapped out of her daze. Al, do you want something?- Only one. How are you doing?No, I lost my subordinates. It's good that you are now the commander. With you, we will not be lost.- Thank you for the kind words."Alright, I'll go, see you tomorrow..."I looked after her and walked towards me. Having reached the room, I opened the door and saw before me Vanya, Eva and Aran, who were lying on my bed.- What are you doing? I asked, puzzled, as I closed the door."Waiting for you," said Eve. Why didn't you wait for us?“I don’t have a Gadget, I don’t know where you are, and I don’t feel when you want to come to me.- Have you thought about how you will fight Amedeo? Vanya asked."I'll improvise," I chuckled. “It would be better if you didn’t think about me, but about yourself. Vanya, Adam is against you. Well, to be honest, the elite were put up against us.“Agreed,” Aran said, and everyone got up and walked towards the exit. - When you fix the Gadget, unsubscribe so that w
Cold, but so dear, morning. The appointed day has arrived. The Colosseum was packed with people. They've come to see what the recruits are capable of.You have been waiting for this for three days! the arbiter shouted from the tower where the Commander-in-Chief and the punishers were sitting. “Today there will be a fight between a new strike force. You could say it's their dedication. Commander-in-Chief, can you say a word to our guys?Henry stepped up to the microphone.- Wish you luck. There will be a time limit of five minutes for the fight. During this time, you must defeat your opponent. The main rule: do not cut off the head and do not pierce the heart. The rest of the doctors will heal and grow again. Let the battle begin.The whole stadium screamed. Even civilians were allowed to attend. I met my sister and father. My sister mocked me again, but wished me luck, as did my father. Another reason not to fall into the mud face.My team and I are at the entrance to the arena, every
“You are incredible,” Ekaterina patted me on the shoulder.Vanya only approved me with a nod. Thank you friend.- I'll go up to the stands to my father and sister.The squads shouted my nickname as I climbed the stands, and I barely made my way to my family. Well, at least now they won't look at us as some kind of nonentities ... although there are most of them. Don't give a damn.Having made my way to the family, I sat down with them."Alester, are you okay?" - my sister hugged me and began to examine my head covered in blood."Octavia, I'm fine, don't worry. All covered in blood.“How can I sit still after such a fight? You are just incredible. Here the girls and Vovka will be envious. My younger brother is the youngest commander of the strike force. And he fought such a fight that it seemed to me that I was watching a movie.My sister smiled with happiness, hugging me. Until the father with tears in his eyes said:I'm proud of you son...- Thank you, father.~~~We sat nicely, my s
“I will tell you our story, Bely,” Rudolf answered for everyone. - She is very simple. Our father-god made us kill people with the help of subordinates. As I told you, he was very secretive. We couldn't do it. Only Eric followed his orders. Then God kicked us out. We wandered for a long time until we found the dome. Then we were taken to the General Staff and offered a condition. We fight on the side of the people - we live in a dome. We didn't have a choice. Here we were taught to master magic and control energy. Nothing to complain about. However, everything. Boring and boring story. Nothing interesting.“You know, you also have rights to the dome. Why do you even have to fight?! Why weren't you given a choice! Normal choice? Eva screamed.“Because we are weapons…” little Snezhana whispered, looking down.Eve wanted to pass judgment again. But she was silent. Everyone understood that the Commander-in-Chief would do everything to save and survive the dome. Demigods... powerful weapon
- Bastard!!! Hissing in pain, I covered my hands with ice.Space - and I'm almost at the troll. The creature began to run amok. Aran appeared and tried to throw a Fireball at him, but the troll was faster and kicked the guy far, far away, just like me recently. Space - and I caught my friend.— Aran! I called out to bring him to his senses, but my friend did not answer. - Get up!!! Looks like he gave you a good time!Putting it near one tree, I moved back. Vanya turned into a troll and fought the monster. Eve cut his legs with a sword of blood. Katya launched Fireballs at him. Will not work. Vanya started losing to him. After all, a transformation is just a transformation. Space, and I at the head of the troll - a lightning strike with the Hammer in his eye. He screamed in pain.“Eva, keep cutting his legs!” Katya, you are with me, Vanya, wait for the moment to strike.Space, and Katya and I at the troll. Moving like a snake, we began to strike him with a sword.Eat it, animal. I cut
Henry took a deep breath and shook his head.“Damn girl, I told her to wait. Move on. White.“Food has been collected,” I immediately jumped up. - There are losses. Four blues died.You will give me the report after the meeting. Now I'm giving out new assignments.New? I just came back and again? Yes, you have no control. But if they give me a normal task, complaining is a sin. Henry looks at his paper for a long time. He scratched his forehead. Somehow I don't like it.— Luke, you are going with your detachment to the seventh sector. According to our information, there are two Gods of the second generation. Destroy them.“That’s right,” one of the flames gave a voice, stood up and sat down again.- Chris, we need to conduct reconnaissance in the eighth city of the sixth sector.“That’s right,” one of the scouts stood up.“White, you and your team will kill the creatures around the dome.I opened my mouth. Again, a task for beginners. Decisive action is needed.“Well, no,” I replied.
“Mephisto, I need to go to the side, not up,” the flame stopped coming from my legs, I began to fall down.- What are you doing? I shouted.- Calm down, partner! Pick a direction.” I immediately regrouped in the direction of the setting sun.- Turn it on! The flame reappeared and I flew at incredible speed. I started to spit. “Mephisto… slow down… speed or I… at their pace… and… die.”The flame is gone. I started to fall. What is he doing? The flames reappeared at the feet and disappeared. This allowed me to descend without adding speed. Below the river. Quietly, just a little more ... Due to the fact that I raised my leg, I was spinning, and at high speed I crashed into the river. Space, jumped out of the river onto the shore.“I survived…” I breathed and lay down on the sand. - You will need to learn how to fly. Now we need to move to the city and rest there.My Gadget was broken. And what to do? Map in the Gadget, you have to remember the direction or repair the device. I don't kno
The night light clung to the floor with its tentacles, pulled its body down, thereby strung itself on a spike.- Hey, are you friends with the head? Nightlight pulled his body forward, cutting him in half from his navel to his head. - Looks like you're friends.Black water flowed from him instead of blood, and a black face formed from his severed limbs in the middle, which screamed. The tentacles held the body together, and the wound healed.What an incredible regeneration! Does it have glue instead of insides?“Wh-che…l…ov…ek,” Nightlight barely uttered.“Friend, let's not be nervous…” I slowly began to back away from him. - You're not a fool, are you? The nightlight attacked with tentacles at my head, but I successfully repelled the blow with the sword. So let's talk differently.Blades of black water appeared in his hands. Using Space, I cut off his right arm and jumped away.- Take a bite. You are not as strong as they wrote about you. The nightlight staggered, and a new arm grew
The Rancia empire prospered. Those terrible times when the Ransians fearfully expected the birth of their own children are far behind. With the accession to the throne of the new emperor Claude re Tigras the First and Empress Daisyre re Tigras, the people stopped living in fear and excitement. Now every Ransian, human or not, had the same right to life and happiness. The persecution of non-humans stopped, because the ruling family also did not belong to the human race, mixed marriages began to appear more often, and cities grew. Life became calmer, now the imperials were not afraid to travel between cities, risking being in the mouth of some monster. All creatures, of course, did not disappear, but as a result of a number of innovations introduced by Claude from the experience of his mercenary life, they greatly facilitate the fight against these creatures, forced them to go away from human habitation or hide deep in their holes. Man again became the dominant race on the planet, and e
- Oh, those boys. Alita purred as she slid off her man's lap and sat down on Claude's bed. “In general, sweetheart, when we burst into the hall, we only made it to the finale, when you, with completely wild eyes, rushed towards the door until you stretched out on the floor, not having reached us a few steps. And then Alexander quickly stepped forward, ordering that you be lifted and taken to the imperial chambers and called for a doctor, and then he explained to everyone present that according to some ancient law, I don’t know where he dug it up, you become the next emperor, taking the place of the deposed you ruler. We didn't even believe what we heard. You are Claude and the emperor. It sounded kind of unbelievable. And to be honest, they also managed to catch this cold, so they thought it was the result of a fever. But as it turned out, no, they heard right and you were really glorified as the future emperor. He cleverly organized everything here. So even the few dissatisfied witne
- Infections... It's people like me that you call an infection?- Yes. To be honest, I even liked you a little, not often non-humans managed to hide from my eye for so long, and your stupid principles ... naive, frankly childish, but noble, made me smile. However, the fact that you are a monster cannot be changed and you have no other destiny than to die.“It’s like seeing which one of us is a monster.— Ha! Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror?“Appearance says nothing about a person. Yes, my eyes and ears are different from human, but there is much less blood on my hands than on yours.- What are you talking about. Turn around. All these people could live if not for you.“My fault for their death is no less than the one who set them on me. At least I was only defending myself, not sending them to their deaths.They died because they were doing their duty.Or because they were left with no choice.This conversation did not lead them anywhere, without bringing clarity or sat
And now only three of them remained, the horses carried the tired mercenaries forward, whipping dust into the air and crumbling the age-old stone into the sand. Two hot streams of steam escaped the air from the wide, nervously quivering nostrils of the driven horses. No one believed that they would catch up with the warrior, only hoping that the emperor would not realize his terrifying plan immediately upon the arrival of his assistant. On the horizon in front of them rose the towers of San Pen, brightening up the dull landscape with each kilometer growing higher and higher, delighting and frightening at the same time. Claude did not know what awaited them in the capital, for the first time he did not have at least some slightly thought-out plan, only one desire to be in time, not to be late, to stop. Inside, everything was shrinking from a bad premonition, but the guy drove away uninvited thoughts. You should never take on a job with a gloomy attitude to its failure, otherwise, every
Leata's voice broke through her rage-clouded consciousness. "Finally!" the guy exhaled, looking at the best thing to do in order to retreat without consequences for his health and life. It was not far to go, the creatures had already almost pressed him to the failure, from which the mercenary was separated by several steps, he needed only a couple of three seconds to get the coveted vial and jump over to the other side. Taking a step back, he seized the sword more comfortably and threw the dagger at the creature closest to him, slashing the blade across the entire expanse available to him and forcing the creatures to retreat a couple of steps. Here are his seconds. Rushing back, he removed the blade with one hand, and with the other he felt for the coveted cork. Which is specially marked so as not to be confused with others. The previous experience of using this remedy in the battle with sectroses taught him decently, but there was no time to sip drop by drop. Let it be what will be.
Aiyana, hurry up. Something is not happening.- One more second. Here it is! - the girl purred enthusiastically, pressing the lever near the capsule, and completely not noticing what was happening around.- We have no time. It's time to go.- Not! Until I find it, I won't leave.- Crap! Is it worth your life?- Yes!Discouraged by the answer, the mercenary fell silent for a few seconds. That's devotion! She could be admired if he and his comrades of life did not depend on her.Tell me what to look for! - finally, unable to stand it, he grunted, finally entering the room and feeling the cold enveloping from all sides.- You don't know the language.But I can see. I'll find it by sight. Show me or we'll all stay here.She did not argue further, obediently showing what symbols she had to find. There were few of them, at most four, of which one was a letter, and the rest resembled modern numbers. It was not even a name, but rather a code. He moved along the nearest shelving unit, running
At Leata's remark, Claude only shook his head, as they approached the ruins, Leatrice became more and more irritable and angry. He did not know what was eating her, most likely she was also afraid. After a quick bite, they hit the road. The sounds that accompanied their breakfast didn't help their appetite, and neither did their conversation. In anticipation of a meeting with the owners of these voices, people unanimously grew gloomy, but walked, carefully looking around. It gradually began to get light around, mischievous rays gently ran across the grass, reflected in drops of dew, flashed on people's weapons, playfully looking into their eyes and blossomed with a gloomy rainbow, reflected from the surface of the lake. The one that Leata called the "Lake of the Dead". For what it received such a name, no one knew, but the assumptions were different. Maybe the ancients drowned their dead in it, or maybe this is due to some mysterious story, since the lake was no different from its cou
- What the hell! cried Claude with a loud splash as he went under the water. The turbulent river picked up its prey with the joy of a small child who discovered in his power a toy he had long desired. The big man was twisted and twisted, sometimes hitting the side of the shell. Water clogged in his mouth, nose, forcing him to spit, smearing haze before his eyes. You can't give up! Claude remembered that he was not alone in the water, but he did not have time to really see the creature that had so cleverly discounted him. However, this did not give a reason to underestimate her. Ripping up the water with powerful strokes, he forced himself to swim up. Thank the Gods, he did not have time to take aside. The shell, like a native, clung to him, dragging him along, trying in vain to pull him under him. The body already almost did not obey him, bound by a terrible cold. Pushing off from the surface of the water, Claude desperately jumped up in an unsuccessful attempt to grab the edge, feeli
— Falcon. Daisyra prompted, following his gaze. For her, this distance was not a problem. - Beautiful.- Yes. And lonely.- How are you!- What did you get?“This is how we met you in that tavern.- When it was. Seems like another life.- Yes. And I'm glad we met.- And I.They had a strange conversation, they seemed to be talking and at the same time not. Pictures of their meeting floated before his eyes, taken apart by the words of the girl, and seeing himself, he looked and did not recognize. Now he was no longer the same person. Claude has changed. Becoming somehow something ... more integral, but still in his chest did not want to melt a tight lump that appeared there in childhood, as if not allowing him to free himself from the cage created by himself.- For me, he is not alone, but strong. Rolk muttered thoughtfully.— Who are you talking about? Caer joined in, also following his eyes sparkling in the rays of the sun, following the bird circling above them.- About both.“We wi