The sun peaked through the veils of the curtains, illuminating the room as Clark yawned before waking up to a new day.
After staying 2 days in the Sand Dune expedition company, the number of tourists in this batch finally reached 20 and they were ready to go.
For the past 2 days, Clark didn’t just stay in the company as that would have aroused suspicion and he was also not so boring. He went out and used this time to check out the different sights in the country.
He visited some interesting places at this time but none of them really registered an unforgettable memory in his head.
After being to countries like the Dakran republic and the outer headquarters of the Seafarers alliance, any other thing that he saw in countries like this only seemed like already used substandard goods.
As soon as the quota for an expedition team was completed, the lady who attended to him sent a message to inform him about it.
As he stayed in the same compa
[Main Tourist Destination: The Tip of Supremacy.] After the great battle of supremacy, among the numerous battle ruins left behind after everything settled down, the tip of supremacy was the most popular and was the location most tourists yearned to visit the most. Like all other tourists, Clark’s group of 20’s destination was also this summit. After the supremacy battle where some locations on earth started mutating, turning them into earth special locations, some of the ruins left after the great war were also affected by this mutation. According to the information that Clark got before coming, the location of the tip of supremacy was a main battlefield in the great war. During one of these battles, 5 pyramidal war fortresses sturdier than most warships of this era duked it out in a battle to the death. In the battle, 3 of the pyramidal war fortresses were destroyed completely but 2 survived and became ruins after all their inhabitan
Crii…!!!A loud sound that seemed like the croaking of a frog and the creaking of a cricket at the same time reverberated from the distance, spreading shock through the fragile hearts of the tourists.The galloping sound in the distance intensified as soon as Mr. Sandstorm identified the enemy. Clark already researched a bit and knew this creature, so a lot of thoughts rapidly went through his mind.In this part of the Sahara Desert, Scavenger rats were part of the set of monsters that could be more frequently seen or were more or less the locals of this part of the desert.Individually, they were not as strong as the weakest exobeasts but their strength was in their number. They never moved alone, they lived and moved in large hordes.The largest ever recorded horde of Scavenger rats recorded that more than 200,000 of the mutated rats swept across the desert like a plague.For the largest recorded disaster of Scavenger rats, the muta
In the middle of the loosening sand and the rapidly expanding sand hole, a huge snake as wide as 3 humans combined rapidly slithered up the hole, its pitch-black eyes trained on the humans.Just from a glance, Mr. Sandstorm’s heart went cold in horror. He knew what this monster was, a desert snake that mutated due to the changes in the desert.Locals in the city of the desert referred to it as the maneater. Legends say that it descended from the legendary Basilisk, making it a terrifying monster in the world of gold.Most of them had the power of 2nd rank high-grade soldiers, but Mr. Sandstorm was sure that one as big as this definitely had stronger power, which directly translated to 3rd rank power.“Turn back!” He roared in horror.Without even confirming if the tourists heard his order, Mr. Sandstorm rapidly turned and started sprinting away as he muttered some words to his 7 companions in their native language.Hearing
Hearing the scream, the other tourists felt their hearts tense up as horrifying scenarios were cooked up by their mischievous brain but they did not break their formation. Mustering all the courage that they could, the other tourists finally turned to look when Clark and some others already looked since. At this was a tense atmosphere, they were obviously not about to stay in one place for long so all of them acted fast while still fending the relentless attacks from the Scavenger rats. The almost invisible eye lenses on Clark’s eyes silently flickered, then a deep scan was performed, outlining the object that was below the sand. Clark’s implant worked rapidly and quickly arrived at the answer. [Ding! Object Identified: Impure Exotic Metal.] [Type: Daniphite Metal.] [Size: 2 meters.] [Value: Approximately 500 million Spartan credits.] Seeing this, Clark’s eyes rapidly flickered as he felt a bout of greed strike at his h
Seeing an entrance open up inside the huge metal pipe, the tourists audibly heaved sighs of relief as they rushed inside with Mr. Sandstorm who deactivated the exotic shield in the process.The lady mercenary stayed outside to fend off the attacks of the Scavenger rats until everyone entered the pipe before she also jumped in.Clang!With a pull of a lever by Mr. Sandstorm, the opened parts of the metal pipe closed shut again with a loud sound. With the metal pipe closing up, the huge noise made by the ravaging Scavenger rats became muffled and suppressed.Bam! Bam!The Scavenger rats immediately started bashing hard at the metal pipe from outside but they couldn’t breach it, it stood as solid and heavy as a wall of metal.Seeing that everything was fine, no complications happened and they were safe now, a tense-hearted Mr. Sandstorm staggered as he leaned against the walls of the metal pipe to rest from the exertion of the past few mi
A few hours later, Clark’s eyes gently blinked open. Though there was still lights in the mechanical pipe illuminating the surroundings, his perception told him that it was already night.He did not stand up lest the other sleeping tourists were startled.At this moment, despite with the screening of the mechanical hijab, he still felt nauseous as the strong odor of sweat filled his nose, making them twitch.Just 30 minutes, but the stress from that encounter did the tourists no good as they were now sleeping like bull dogs in a pen. Their loud snoring left Clark feeling light headed.Despite this, he focused on what he intended to do.[Virtual lenses have connected to the web!]As soon as he received this notification, the invisible lenses covered his eyes again. He didn’t need to raise his head, he could see the whole interior of the huge metal pipe through it.Silently, he zoomed out, granting him a magnified vision of
“Are we safe yet?” Hearing the quivering voice of the tourist who came with his 3 sons for this dangerous expedition, Mr. Sandstorm nodded gently while motioning for him to reduce the volume of his voice so as not to disturb the other tourists. After a whole night of getting to sleep normally, the tourists finally recovered most of their spent energy but most of them were still asleep. The series of encounters that they experienced the previous day not only left them with physical damages, some of them also suffered psychological damages of different degrees. The only thing keeping them sane was their innate tendency to seek thrills. At this moment, only a few of the tourists were awake, who was Mr. Sandstorm, the tourist who came with his 3 sons, the 2 mercenaries who participated in the treasure hunt, and all the other locals who were their guides. The others were all still asleep, including the lady mercenary. Though Mr. San
[Sand Warrior Recognized!][Rank: Expedition Team Captain.][Authority: 2G Authority.][Order Received: Desert mechanical pipe opening…]As soon as the last word appeared on the glass wall, the wall jerked loudly then it slowly opened with creaking sounds accompanying it.Cautiously, Mr. Sandstorm took a step outside. After confirming that nothing happened to him, the lady mercenary finally came out, taking back her position as the strongest tourist on the expedition team.As soon as these 2 people came out, the other 7 local guides followed before the remaining tourists finally came out.As soon as they came out, the glass wall of the mechanical pipe shut close softly. The next moment, the gray metallic color of the pipe slowly faded, making it seem like it was erased from the void.It became camouflaged in brown golden color to look exactly like the surrounding golden sand that formed ring shapes through the tunnel.
6 months ago, the sky turned red which according to world leaders signified the start of the war that would decide the fate of humanity.2 months prior, the news was finally publicized, spreading worldwide panic but with all the most powerful world leaders working together, the panic was easily curbed and order was restored.According to the government, humanity was not hopeless, they had heroes in the form of their soldiers and elite soldiers.Not only that, humanity had a superhero, the great Elite Commander Clark Pendragon. After the special training started, a fuse seemed to have been switched on as the Spartan soldier experienced a period of rapid growth.With veteran Elite Commanders around to guide him and with every resource he needed available, he encountered no bottlenecks, he improved at a superhuman speed never recorded since the human race was born.In just 4 months, he broke through 2 times, going all the way to the Elite-grade rank.
A month later, in the Gen. Clark Pendragon Mansion.At the big balcony attached to the mansion, Clark stood, looking out into the distance as a lot of things went through his mind. The past one month has been the best in his life, and he was grateful for it.Despite it being the best in his life, as a 4th rank high-grade soldier now, his intuition told him that something was happening.As a high-grade soldier and mercenary, things happened everyday around him but he knew that this was not the normal happenings, his intuition told him that this was far higher than anything that he has encountered before.And after making connections from the recent happenings, from his famous marriage ceremony, to the big 5 jointly broadcasting it, a lot of other things and now the Spartan President personally calling for him, he confirmed his guess.Something big was happening, it was just that no one deemed it right to inform him about it yet. As a man
Vatican City Central Church, General Clark Street. This was the church where the big things were happening for today. Not only people from all over the Spartan republic, even esteemed guests from foreign high-grade countries came to grace this occasion. Today was the day of Vatican City hero’s marriage ceremony. After 22 years as a single, General Clark Pendragon was finally ready to tie the nut with his fiancée. The name of the street where the ceremony was commencing was given and commissioned a few days after Clark became a General. Some of the most esteemed guests attending the marriage ceremony were the legendary President of the Spartan republic, Leonidas, and the armor tycoon, the billionaire Mr. Calibri of the Dakran republic. These 2 people were such powerful and well-known personalities in their own rights that their attendance alone shot the attention being given to the marriage ceremony to the highest point. Not only that,
“Leonidas, you wish to attend?”Hearing that, the Spartan President sighed, exasperated. “If you were not my mentor, I would have probably fired you already. Cough…, sorry for that but I’m really going, what’s the big deal?”“You’re really asking me that right now? Of course, there’s a big deal. Apart from military burials, do you know the last time you have for social gatherings?”“I dunno, probably a decade or 2”.“No…, 4 decades! 4 whole decades! You get that?” The old man emphasized by waving his hands vigorously, showing 4 fingers at the powerful soldier.“Suddenly going to a social event after such a long time staying at home, what do you think will be people’s reaction. They may feel that something is happening, they may even panic”.“And just because he’s a 4th rank high-grade soldier does not change anythin
A day after the reunion with her family, Sonia took permission with her parents before going on the first official date with her boyfriend. It was a date, but they just wanted to spend more time together and close to each other. The few years apart was torment to them, now that they had the opportunity, they wanted to make up for it by all means. At first, staying together left them feeling awkward but they soon got over it and started reliving the feelings of a few years ago. For the destination for their first date, none of them planned for it as they were both individuals who have never interacted with the opposite sex in such fashions before now. As the only daughter of a famous billionaire, other billionaire sons already tried courting her in the past but she simply didn’t find them appealing enough, so she always ignored and avoided them. After just a day of staying with Clark, her brother, and her parents in her childhood home, she now
Among the 3 Pirate Gods in the Sahara, though none of them never publicly claimed the spot as the strongest, the Black Pirate God was the one most recognized by pirates as the strongest. After him was the powerful Red Goddess Pirate, then the Lilac Pirate God. Compared to the first 2, the Lilac Pirate God was on the more glaringly weaker side but he still had the strength to back his title. At this moment, in the Black God Pirate City, a surprising piece of news was being circulated. Pirate Queen Anamel was dead, and Pirate Queen Cobra was secretly a student of the Red Goddess. Not only that, the most shocking piece of news that took the city by storm was that of Pirate Queen Cobra’s intention to leave the Sahara and settle in normal human settlements outside. … “Is this news verified?” A deep voice asked with suppressed anger in an underground room with far better living conditions than most of the others out there in the desert. “Yes
Though they both wanted to just remain in each other’s embrace forever, Clark and Sonia knew that they were still in a pirate city and what it meant. With reluctance, they quickly left the city with Arthur.Even if they tried to cover it up, it was impossible so they didn’t bother. In minutes, the news of Pirate Queen Anamel’s death spread through the pirate city and beyond.For long, Clark has always been worried about his reaction when he finally saw Sonia again but he was surprised when he did. It was like they never separated; it was like they’ve lived through all these years together.15 minutes later, they got sufficiently far away into the desert from the pirate city so they finally had the time to speak things out.Sonia brought out the stolen pistol first, which Clark handed over to Arthur. After this, she finally started detailing her encounters after Clark asked.According to her, after the fierce battle on her fa
While Arthur asked the pirate, Clark already went to work as he closed his eyes to focus. As experienced soldiers, they already put a lot of contingencies in place during their tour around the pirate city.Even if they wanted to catch some fun, it was too unrealistic for them to just keep touring without setting anything in place.With his implant, Clark immediately accessed the hidden cameras that they placed around the city, most especially this bar. It didn’t take him long; he saw a hooded female going out through the bar’s back door.“Found our target”.While muttering to Arthur, Clark already turned to storm out of the bar. Arthur simply knocked the 2 pirates out before storming out also.In seconds, they were out of the bar’s main structure.…A few meters away from the bar, a hooded lady walked through the streets at a leisure pace as she kept a close but alert eye on her surroundings.<
The next day, Clark and Arthur woke up with the intention to remain patient while waiting for their informant to contact them. They didn’t even go into the pirate city, it was too disgusting for them to stay in it. The more Clark felt this way, the more he feared what his girlfriend may have become now. If just a day staying in it could make him this irritated, he just couldn’t imagine what staying here for 4 years could have done. Thinking of this, he felt guilty again. “Why didn’t I come earlier?” Souring his mood with such thoughts, the day moved extremely slowly to him. Perhaps, having noticed his current mood, Arthur didn’t disturb him and opted to go out hunting alone. When he came back, he had a desert antelope with him. Seeing the catch, Clark was left speechless. “Can we finish that?” Arthur wasn’t fazed by his question. “If we can’t finish it today, we’ll just finish it tomorrow or the next. Don’t worry, I have preservation gadgets with me, and besides, your girlfriend