At the border of Vatican City that was closest to the shallow waters of the Mediterranean Sea, a large battalion of soldiers gathered together with various degrees of stern expression on their faces.
They formed a perfect unit whose uniform’s color revealed their identities as soldiers of the Dragon military division.
Despite the current raging battle between the other Vatican soldiers and the terrorists, they stayed behind, as the military wanted to use them as the ace of the battle.
The Persian tigers' organization made such a big move this time, 4 towns of the City were directly attacked simultaneously.
The death count of innocent civilians alone was already in the thousands after the last count, and it was still progressively counting.
The terrorists swarmed across the 3 interconnected towns, spreading their soldiers across like the tentacles of an old hermit octopus. Their attack was well organized and extremely aggressive.
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After dispatching the terrorist soldiers, Clark did not tarry as this was just one among many of the big halls in the large logistics ship. He led the soldiers from the Dragon military division, before storming deeper into the ship.As they moved forward, the ship started shaking and vibrating as the aftermath of the battle outside started impacting it, rocking it left and right with the help of the sea waves.Outside the ship was now even more chaotic as gunshots flew about, forming a loud cacophony of incomprehensible noise. Melee soldiers rushed at their opponents, after being transported closer through the military speed boats.In less than 5 minutes since the Vatican Major arrived, to the terrorist’s dismay, the center point of the battlefield already shifted directly to the position of their logistics ships.Death and chaos reigned over their battlefield, as a terrorist and soldier died every second. Though the death rate of the terrorists was
Even if the terrorist Commander did not know what was in the 5 bags that gave his opponent so much confidence, he was experienced enough to know that he needed to stop it before satisfying his curiosity.Despite his decisive movement and reaction to curb whatever plans his opponent had, Clark was still faster than him by a second. And this was all it took for him to unleash his ace, which was, well…, money.Clang!! Clang!! The five bags opened up by themselves like something being remotely controlled as with loud mechanical sounds, different machines started falling out of the bag.A magnetic field hovered above the 5 bags, controlling all the machines and gadgets to be perfectly placed at strategic positions around Clark to enable him to utilize them more efficiently.As a millionaire Major and high-grade soldier, Clark did not spend his millions on luxury like normal millionaires, he spends his millions on this- war machines and gadgets.T
A few minutes later, the reinforcement of the Vatican soldiers finally arrived at the 3 interconnected towns, shocking the ignorant terrorists that were still focused on wreaking havoc. “How did their reinforcement come so quickly? Where is our Commander?” Though they were surprised and confused, they still organized themselves under the leadership of the few executioners who took the helm, with the motive of repelling the reinforcement back. This was what spelled their doom, as the Vatican soldiers dove into the battlefield in a recklessly organized manner. They were aggressive but organized, which spelled disaster for the still confident terrorists. The terrorists did not care about all these reverse p
An hour after the soldiers who followed Clark to destroy the terrorist base came back from their aggressive pursuit, the aftermath of the destruction wrath by the terrorists gradually started being curbed.Medical practitioners around the city were mobilized, as help finally started being rendered to the injured.Every hospital that was close by became overwhelmed with patients, as they strained their resources to treat so many injured and traumatized people.The families who went through and survived the trauma of the attack were quickly isolated after quick treatments, to undergo elaborate psychological examination by the hospitals’ psychiatrists and psychologists.As the medical officials did their jobs, cleaning bots also arrived to remove all the blood that dyed the roads. Vatican City suddenly felt like a city that was recovering from a pandemic, as recovery activities went on in full swing.The news media was banned from broadcasting t
Seeing that the second call was from his best friend, Clark was at first surprised as Leo was supposed to still be in his military checkpoint at this time of the day. Despite his surprise, he did not waste any time contemplating before dumping his personal assistant’s call and answering the incoming call of his best friend. “Hello, Clark…”. “Yes, I’m here”. Though Clark really wanted to strike a joke at his friend the way he normally did, he could not bring himself to do it after everything that happened today. He just kept quiet after replying, waiting for his best friend to initiate the conversation. “Umm, I don’t know if this is the perfect moment to call. If you are busy, you can just indicate, I’ll call later”. “It's ok, Leo. Tell me why you called, every other thing can wait”. “Ok. I’m sorry bro, I just saw the news about what happened to your home city, that’s why I called. I didn’t know that the Persian tiger’s or
After Clark finished the press conference, on getting back inside the hospital, the 5 commissioners gathered their willpower and confronted him. They felt that their Major was going towards a dead end if they did not intervene.Despite all their talks and how excessively they emphasized how dangerous his decision was, he still stood his ground and refuted all their persuasive points.In the end, they could only give up with dismay still apparent on their faces. Clark spent no further time with them, as he quickly left the hospital the next moment.Though it was always good to get a record of your losses after every battle, he didn’t want to do it now as the day’s happenings still bugged him. The commissioners’ words even disturbed him more.Despite his reluctance to do it, he knew that his losses today probably crossed the 10,000,000 credits range. He could not help but sigh on thinking of how money is hard to get, but can easily drain a
After Clark finished explaining the information, he got from the call that transpired between him and the communication official of the Spartan army, both Leo and Rose were shocked as they kept quiet in contemplation. Clark was also surprised, as he did not expect an official of the Spartan army to act so rudely to him despite his current status. According to the male voice from the other end of the call, he was nominated and selected for an extremely important mission, and that he should immediately report to the Spartan army headquarters the next day. When he queried why his opinion was not asked before being selected for a mission, the man from the other end refused to answer. The man rudely told him to inquire when he reported to the army ground, before cutting the call connection the next second. Though he felt a little irritated and angered, he suppressed his emotions before thinking of what he was just told. Normally, on every occasion,
Early in the morning the next day, Clark woke up with the early birds. Though he had a good night's sleep, he could not stop the phobia of what he was about to face from affecting him.When he got up, due to the little disturbance that he caused, his friend also quickly woke up.They both exchanged buddy greetings, went to the brushing machine to go brush their teeth before going to the bathroom together. It took them less than 5 minutes before they emerged clean and fresh like live vegetables.They took a few more minutes to get dressed, then eat and settle every other morning necessity before finally getting ready to go. From the time that they woke up till now, they only spent about 30 minutes, which was average for boys.They didn’t care about this trivial matter though, as Leo finally turned to face his friend with a conflicted expression on his face.“Today is the day you originally proposed for us to go to the Spartan army exobea
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