“..Wh..what..what is this?” I could feel pain raking my body as he coughed again. The explosion decimated everything within 30ft around him. The mortar artillery he had been setting up had already blown to bits, why wasn't he dead then? And what was that voice he heard in his head? He thought he was in the afterlife so why was he back here?. I raised my hand and I felt it was strange.
“I should be dead..blown to pieces..why I'm I still whole?” the flesh showed signs of peeling and nothing else, but instead of blood, he saw red lights around his palm reattaching the flesh and healing his palm.
*
«The Military System has been activated»
“Who said that?” Bryan became fearful. But the voice kept mute, he thought more and realize he didn't hear this voice with his ears, rather it was as if it communicated via telepathy.
«Host's body condition and physique is unsuitable for the system, bypassing host's authorization, reconstruction of body initialized»
Just as the voice said, he felt a cool sensation wash over him, he felt no pain but rather drowsy, he could not stop himself as his eyelids closed and darkness welcomed him.
*
«Welcome host. I am the Military System, and you have met the requirements for my activation. I shall assist you in your quests»
The voice woke Bryan up. As he tried to wrap his head around what was going on, although it seemed stupid but he had really set himself on a suicide mission when he chose to take on the entire Red Blood Opposition by himself, what was he thinking!? That this was a movie and he was superman!? And what did he get!? Being blasted by a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG). Thinking more on this, he realized again that he should be dead considering the kind of firepower that was used. He raised his hand again and saw a perfect palm with no blemish.
“THE FUCK!”
He jumped from the blackened floor in shock. He checked his body and he could find no injury apart from the partially burnt Alorea Nation army uniform, he was in perfect shape. He could also feel that his strength had tripled, and a smile formed on his lips.
“I guess things do work out!”
*
Bryan stood up, straightened his tattered uniform and searched around him for a weapon. He then spotted a pistol six feet from him. He chose to squat so as to avoid any stray bullet, it won't do him any good if he died a second time.. who knows? He might die for real this time.
Picking up the weapon. Bryan got the shock of his life as a digital computerized info appeared in front of him.
«Ding!
Weapon obtained.
Model: SiG 312.
Range: nine millimeters
Mag: Twelve rounds.
Does Host wish to modify the said gun?» a male robotic voice read out the info and then asked him the question.
Bryan almost threw away the gun, but on second thought, he held himself. He then began to put the puzzles together. He could not help but gasp at the discovery he made.
“Fuxk me twice over! This is one of those light novel system thingy I read when I was a kid!” Bryan said as a wide smile played on his lips.
«Ding!
Imbedding weapons mastery skill and combat master skill into Host's consciousness.» the same robotic voice came again.
Bryan almost fainted from the pain he received at that moment. A lot of information flashed through his mind and it felt so surreal. When the pain subsided, Bryan came to understand that he now knew how to properly handle a gun, in fact, any gun for that matter. Not just guns, he could literally turn anything into a weapon and he now felt confident that he could defeat anyone in a fight.
“I now know Jujitsu, Aikido, Ninjitsu, Bojitsu and even Mauy Thai! Damn! How overpowered I'm I!?”
Zip!
A bullet flew past his head. It was so close that he could feel the kinetic energy it emitted.
“Time to continue from where I left off.”
At that moment, three RBO soldiers came forth with their AKs pointed at Bryan.
“Surrender! Surrender or die!” They echoed in unison.
“Surrender?” Bryan smiled. He has never for once bend the knee, even when he was bullied in the military training camp. The only time he did so was when he went to beg his father for assistance so his mother's medical bills could be cleared. But never again.
«Ding!
New quest: Defeat the three insurgents without getting injured.
Reward: Thirty contribution points.
Penalty: Nil» the system issued it's first ever quest to Bryan.
“Sure enough, this is a system.” Bryan muttered to himself.
“Get down on your knees or we shoot!” one of the RBO soldiers spoke harshly.
“Alright, let's get this over with.” his replied stunned the RBO soldiers. How can an unarmed New American soldier fight against three enemy soldiers, each aiming an AK-47 at him. His reply angered them.
“Kill him!”
Bryan entered a trance like state as he saw all the lead plated bullets in slow motion. He passed through them and decided to advance towards the group of three.
“Let's see if you can handle the new me.” Bryan ran towards the one who had issued out the kill order, dodging another bullet, he bent down and gave him a punch on the belly, the RBO soldier's mouth opened in an O shape while his eyes went wide with shock and pain. Bryan gave him an extension kick, then rushed off towards the second one who didn't even have time to take a defensive stance, Bryan bent a bit and then gave him a powerful uppercut, sending him three feet away from the others, he passed out before he even hit the ground. Bryan then turned to the last one, holding the enemy's head with his right hand, he took out his dagger from his waist belt and stabbed it into the man's temple, the man fell without as much as letting out a pained cry. All these happened in a span of ten seconds.
*
Gobsmacked, Dumbfounded, Jaw dropped.
All the surviving Alorean soldiers who stood afar were stunned speechless as they stared at Bryan in fear as they watched him dodged all the bullets that were shot at him at close proximity without getting a scratch. Even 007 James Bond could never achieve such a feat.
“Wow, the fuck just happened!? Holy shit!” no one was more shocked than Major Cutthroat and it showed in his voice. He turned towards his adjutant.
“Ronald, you saw it too right? he just danced through all the attacks, and took those guys out like they were paper-pigs.” the Major said with a shaky voice, but his adjutant; Ronald, didn't reply as he was too stunned to even utter a word. Major Cutthroat didn't mind.
“We have a hidden dragon in our midst all this time.”
“Alright boys! Let's go out there and help him clean up those fuckers! We shouldn't let him have all the fun!” Major Cutthroat roared to raise up the morale of the soldiers. He still could not believe what he was seeing. The young boy whom he thought to be a weakling was taking out the RBO soldiers faster than a super soldier. His pride was pricked and he could not wait to get into the action. The same could be said for the other soldiers as they could feel their blood boiling in excitement.“Let's go!” *Meanwhile Bryan had just been surrounded by a group of three men. These men did not look like the ordinary RBO soldiers at all. They were dressed in black spandex and skull masks. They seemed like ninjas, except they had no swords.“Who are you?" He questioned as he was a bit wary of them. The aura they were giving out was like that of a tiger. Before Bryan could ask another question, they attacked him. It was a fast and clean kick aiming for Bryan's solar plexu
Click!Bryan walked into the Major General's office and saluted.“Sir! You sent for me Sir!”Major General Bourne seemed to be in his late-forties, with a bald hair and a Caesar's moustache. The man gestured to the chair in front of him for Bryan to sit.“I was told by Command Sergeant Major Cutthroat of your achievement. I must say I am impressed.” the man spoke with a smile on his face. His voice was a bit identical to that of Command Sergeant Major Cutthroat, except for the ferocity part.“Thank you Sir, I was merely doing my duty.” Bryan replied with a humble expression on his face.“Oh no son, what you did is what no one else was willing to do. You chose to face more than two hundred RBO soldiers alone, just so you could make sure your teammates survived. Now that's commendable, but what got my attention is this report here made by your commanding officer.” he said while tapping on the file on his desk.“You took out a kill count of more than a hundred RBO soldiers alone. Now if
The soldiers formed a wide circle so as to create a stage of some sort. Bryan walked to the middle of the makeshift stage and waited for his opponent while he scanned the faces of the Delta Squad.“Private Grayson! You have been selected by your superior to duel the members of the Delta Squad! Failure to win in the duel will earn you a court-martial for insubordination! If you are not confident in fighting, I suggest you get your sorry ass out from there now! Do you wish to proceed!?” Lieutenant Colonel Durke said with contempt and authority. In his mind, he could already see Bryan cowering away from the fighting stage. Unfortunately Bryan was not only confident he will win, but also he didn't just plan on fighting one at a time.Bryan glance at Lieutenant Colonel Durke and smiled“Affirmative!” Bryan said, then he turned to Major Cutthroat and saluted.“Private Grayson reporting for duty! Sir! I pledge to uphold not only the honor of the Alorea Nation, but also crush the enemies alon
Bryan came over to Major Cutthroat's office. The Major General had received an order from the Secretary of Defense to send someone capable to guard his daughter while he goes on a campaign trip with the Alorean President. He instantly thought of the new rising star; Private Grayson. After briefing Major Cutthroat of this vital matter, it was now up to Major Cutthroat to brief Bryan of the upcoming mission and how important it was.“Sir! You sent for me Sir!” Bryan saluted as soon as he stepped into the office.“Have a seat Private.” Major Cutthroat said in a gentle tone.“Thank you Sir.” Bryan responded in a respectful way and sat down.“Private Grayson. I will get straight to the point. We have just received a mission from the Secretary of Defense himself! He requested that we send someone to guard his daughter; Maryanne. Are you up for the job!?”“Affirmative! Sir!”When Bryan heard the word 'Mission' from his commanding officer, he started to shift gears into his mission mode.“G
The girl stood up and glared at Bryan. She was a beautiful girl with long black hair that was tied into two messy low pigtails. She had a fringe just above her blue eyes, her body was fair and slim. She seemed to be exuding an almost haughty aura.“Hey! Why the hell did you throw me!?” the girl asked Bryan in an irritated tone.Bryan who had once stood on the battlefield and defeated level 3 metahumans, fought six strong soldiers without a tinge of worry on his face, was now very much worried. He didn't know what to say in a situation such as this, he didn't even know how to have a dialogue with people as he's always been excommunicated from almost everyone who came across him. Now he has to talk this girl whom he already wronged? Besides, this was not just an ordinary girl, she's the only daughter of the Secretary of Defense! This is a great headache.'I can't believe I'm going to fail my very first covert mission. I have to do something.'“Sorry Ma'am, for throwing you. It was an ac
Bryan saw the targer shout at him, and call him a weirdo. Everyone looked at the girl with a surprise expression on their faces, even the teacher was stunned as he heard what the girl just said.“Do you know each other Ms Maryanne?” David asked a bit confused at the sudden outburst. Maryanne regained her composure and noticed everyone's attention was directed at her, bluehed and shook hrr head.“Sorry, I guess I got the wrong person." Maryanne glared at Bryan as she once again sat on her chair, blaming Bryan for the embarrassment sbe was currently facing.“Okay, why don't you introduce yourself then.” David gestured at Bryan to make his introduction.Bryan stood in an upright position and was about to salute but stopped himself from doing so. After getting pushed away from the Houstons years ago, he had always fantasized himself of being a soldier, besides, soldiers fear no one and are respected everywhere. He graduated with good grades just to fulfil his Mom's wish and also help out
Maryanne looked at Bryan who looked back at her.“Hey, why do you keep staring at me? You do know it's creeping me out.”Bryan who heard Maryanne's question started to think as fast as he could for an answer. He could not say anything about the mission, he needed to explain why he was staring as something else.“I'm sorry I could not stop staring because of your beauty.” Bryan tried to say one of the lines he had heard from a movie once, he said this without showing anything on his face. Seeing Bryan's earnest gaze as he said she was a beauty, Maryanne couldn't help but blush.“I already know I'm a beauty but still, staring too much is not good.” Maryanne said with pride. Bryan only sighed inwardly for successfully fooling Maryanne. Just then he received an urgent message from the system.«Ding!Host will receive virtual scenes of System's origin. Host is advised to find a quiet place as Host will be in a comatose state during the procedure.»Before Maryanne could say anymore, Bryan t
Bryan returned to his seat and continued to observe Maryanne. The classmates especially the girls had changed their opinion of Bryan. At first they labelled him as a weirdo but now he was labelled as someone passionate.Maryanne couldn't be bothered by Bryan's staring at her anymore, as she was preoccupied by her own thoughts in regards to the recent events. Class started again and the same as what happened in the first three classes; the teacher comes in and notices Bryan's blatant disregard for the lesson, the teacher tries to embarrass him asking him a question above the standard of a college student, but Bryan was able to answer all questions flawlessly. This was due to the fact that he had already passed through these sect when he was still in University. In the end the teachers leave the classroom embarrassed.School ended and before people could approach Maryanne and Bryan, the two left swiftly. Maryanne was absentminded while she was walking home. Bryan on the other hand was
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A fool's errandOmega sat down in front of Kahn and bowed his head without looking Kahn in the eyes. It felt as if Omega was submitting himself and acknowledging Kahn as it's master. The next moment, Kahn felt a connection towards Omega as of the wolf was an extension of his own body and consciousness.“Do you understand what I'm saying?” Kahn asked Omega to check whether his guess was right.Omega nodded in response and stood back up.“Good. Now go and hunt something I could eat. Not too big and meat shouldn't be too hard to chew.” Kahn commanded Omega. Since je was under the weakened state, he barely had strength to walk and could not go to find something to eat.He thought about having something to eat first because he had no energy left in him and meat was the best source to regain strength.After Omega ran off towards the bushes and completely disappeared out of his sight, Kahn called to the system again.“System, can you help me create fire?” Kahn asked curiously.«What am I, y
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