It took a little bit more time than the soldiers anticipated before they finally reached the snowy woods. Despite this little setback, they were not concerned, their attention was completely on their surroundings.
Unlike most conventional forests, this one was less compact and had less of a cover to hide from prying predator's eyes.
This was only natural as there was no way normal trees and grass could grow in a mountain like Everest, only mutated ones could survive the extreme regions of this place.
Bushes and shrubs were a rare sight here, only sparkly white snow filled everywhere, paired with the giant trees that rambled across like evolved pokemons going to war.
The only cover here was the trees, as some of them grew as wide as dozens of meters. Most of the trees were the tenacious cedar trees, but there were still other tenacious varieties.
Their shoots were already gracing the mist-filled Himalayan skies, as their leaves slowly swayed to
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It was another bright morning in the great Himalayan peaks, as the rare but faint sight of sunlight finally started peeking through the veils of the mist around to illuminate the mountain. This was the time that tourists love the most, as this would provide better background contrast for them to take beautiful group and individual photos. Life was sweet here if you avoid the dangerous places. 2 female tourists giggled as they made a video call with their high-quality cellphones, transmitting this rare beautiful sight to their blog followers. Other tourists did other things, as the middle-aged ones among them made video calls to their children to wow them with this stunning sight carefully crafted by nature. The tourists around here were plentiful. It was rare to see so many tourists clustered together, but a shelter was close by, which was what brought them all together here. “Hmmm…, what is that? Is that a human?” One of the tourists suddenly
Back in the Spartan republic, in Vatican City, the morning was bright as always as every citizen went at his/her endeavors for the day with boundless vigor and overflowing happiness.Today marked more than a week since the leader of the city went out for a confidential mission, but there was hardly any change in the demeanor of the city and the citizens.Despite this long, the whole city was still busy in the process of recovering from the terrorist attack.The destruction that was wrath by the terrorists was not something that can be recovered from in a week, it would take at least weeks if not months for everything to return to normal.The 5 leading commissioners of the city did everything in their power to curb any further outrage from the citizens, while also appeasing those that suffered from the attack.In this aspect, Clark’s press conference before he left did a good job as due to respect for him and his reassurance, most of the citiz
“Hey, do you even have a boyfriend?” “…” “Please, answer me, stop being such a cold beauty all the time. Let me tell you, I already met lots of beauties before now, you’re not the first, so act normally”. Clark’s weird voice sounded out in the cold forest as his 2 seconds in commands sat on a mechanically erected chair, eating leisurely without a care of the world. “Clark, don’t you think that’s insensitive?” Benny could not help but comment at this moment on hearing this, as he fidgeted a little on his seat before secretly directing his gaze at the one that the word was directed at. “I know, Benny, that’s not what I meant. Diana, I meant that you’re not the first beauty that I met, but you’re the most beautiful one among them all, that’s what I wanted to say”. “Major, this is not the time to be engaging in casual talks, we are in a dangerous region, you said so yourself”. Hearing the cold tone that this lady used in re
The next morning rolled in with a bang as the gloomy cold of the Everest dominated and dictated the weather again, firmly hindering the pitiful golden sun from rearing its head. It was a freaky Friday morning, and it was the day that the soldiers of Squad 06 decided to continue their mission journey. Due to the reminder from Clark yesterday, all the soldiers were already aware so they woke up earlier than normal with more vigor and vibrancy. After 2 agonizing days of being couped in a dark hole inside a cedar tree, they were finally going out to face the world again. Activities started in the enormous hole, as the soldiers went to work to organize their supplies again for the journey. Some minutes later, the supply bags were finally filled to the brim again. After doing this and arranging their equipment, they finally turned to face their Major with excited and expectant expressions on their faces. They could not wait to re-engage and
The soldiers of Squad 06 gathered together in a circle, as they used a massive makeshift gas-powered cooker to roast the 3 leopards. Though some of them hated this, as soldiers, it was inevitable that they had to bend to circumstances at times. After a month of staying in this region, their stash of supplies was already dwindling which was dangerous since they have not found any directions indicating that they were close to leaving this forest yet. Call it barbarism, they didn’t care as far as it brought them more chances of survival. That was the military way, take it or leave it. 2 male soldiers of the squad volunteered to be the chefs this time, directly relegating the few females to sit down and rest. They stood before the 3-roasting meat from opposite ends, as they expertly dropped seasonings on the heating leopard to spice things up. Though some were not used to this and felt a little strange, others among them felt anticip
The sight that greeted Clark was so shocking that he hid again behind the tree despite his stealth armor still active, as a storm of emotions went through his mind. He was surprised as the thing causing so much commotion was humans. Though seeing humans were supposed to be a good thing, he still felt weird about it as this was his first time seeing other humans in over a month. This group of humans was already in a desperate situation, as they were struggling to survive a siege from an intimidating wolf clan horde. Seeing his fellow humans suffering and at the brink of death, he felt compelled to move immediately, but he held himself back to think more about the situation. First, how did these humans cross through the tunnel to this forest where countless others already died, evident from the decayed skulls that they found when crossing it? And by the manner they were still holding their ground against such a large wolf family, it was clear th
After getting the verbal consent of the other side’s leader, Clark no longer hesitated as he ordered his soldiers to follow him. With this, he at least now had the moral high ground to act without restraint. He carefully kept the communication device, activated his armor, and grabbed his spear tightly before storming out directly to meet the wolves. His soldiers quickly followed behind him, as their movements stirred dust fiercely in their wake. Back in the fierce ongoing battle, after the leader of the soldiers under the siege of the beasts got the unexpected call from the mysterious black-clothed man who he suspected was a soldier also, he felt uneasy. He had strong nerves as a soldier, but he didn’t know why, hearing Clark’s deep voice made him feel like he just invited a dragon into his abode to help him fight a lion. Both were dangerous predators, if this one saved him, he would be sure to eat him the next moment. He was conflicted.
The soldier was sincerely shocked on seeing his helper’s face, as he staggered back unsteadily. It was like a bomb just went off in his head, as a storm of emotions was already rolling in his mind. “Damn, no wonder…, no wonder you were so strong. I felt it weird to see such a strong 2nd rank high-grade soldier appear from thin air, so it was you?” “What else did you think? Did you think I will not recognize you just because you changed your face with a mask, I also have such a mask so just don’t bring that nonsense in my front”. Clark replied savagely without mincing words, as he motioned his hands closer to his counterpart’s face. “Remove it before I do it for you”. Hearing Clark’s tone, the soldier laughed awkwardly before removing the mask that was on his face with a slight blush on his cheeks. Yes, he was the Great defender, the gladiator that fought in the Microsoft Empire team that eliminated Clark’s team in the team gladiator to
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