“You remember the terms that I proposed, so please don’t give me any bullshit. Tell me your country of allegiance, how you came here, and all the knowledge that you have about this region”.
Clark spoke out as he faintly tapped repeatedly on the armrest of his mechanical chair while staring directly at his counterpart.
“Major, you know that revealing information about one’s country is sensitive, please be considerate”.
“Dickson…, don’t try my patience. Even if I had ulterior motives about this temporary alliance before, seeing that this group of soldiers is led by you changed most of my thoughts”.
“I will not exploit you; I will also reveal information about my squad once I have yours. Just don’t lie, you know more than I do that an alliance would do us both some real good in this region”.
“In fact, why am I even explaining to you. Your squad is the one under our mercy here, don’t try my hand”.
“Ok, Major”. Dickson took a deep breath. T
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“You’re saying you saw Molly still trapped inside the mysterious egg, and he is already decaying?” Dickson asked again with more weariness now on his tone, as Clark led him out of his tent. “Yeah, the sudden sight of him was what actually led to the casualty that my squad suffered there”. “Oh…” “I know that it’s painful, but I think you should get over it. You’re the leader of your squad, you already heard my plans, if you remain like this, our chances of survival will go down even more”. Clark finally spoke out on this, as he already noticed the disadvantages they would face if his ally remained like this. A drop in morale was the least of concerns. “Hahaha, I know, but I don’t think I can for now”. Dickson spoke while laughing in a self-mocking manner, as he raised his head to secretly wipe the tear that was threatening to fall down his eye. “You can’t understand my condition, Clark. Do you know how many wives became widows, how many
The 5 soldiers were perceptive enough to see that engaging now was practically a sure-death move, so they all obeyed Clark’s order without any objections. As they hid in the snow, their already activated armor kept on expending energy to keep them warm from the infectious cold. The animals walked randomly in various directions, doing different things without any idea that a group of intruders just infiltrated their territory. As the soldiers observed through their drones, one thing that came out glaringly to them was the weird manner in which some of the animals behaved and treated others. “They have a hierarchy? Are they that intelligent?” Clark was surprised. “Did you think that we got trashed for nothing?” Dickson’s cold voice quickly rose in reply. They could see that some of the animals were relegated to slave roles, as the other higher ones in the hierarchy seemed to be giving them orders aggressively. It seemed that this
Clark stood in one place, a conflicted expression on his face as he weighed the pros and cons of the idea that just came to him. He knew that climbing the mountain cliff to the alpha Wild Yak’s palace was dangerous, but the advantage that he stood to get from it persuaded him that this was a nice decision. Perhaps he would not get any useful information or discovery, but it was still good as this would give them more peace of mind that a new variable would not suddenly emerge to disrupt their plans. His gaze suddenly hardened, “I’ll do it”. After making his decision, he did not rush to start climbing immediately, he was sensible enough to deduce that planting contingency plans for his escape were paramount, in the case that he was discovered. He leaned against the mountain wall, pressed a button on his activated armor as a holographic screen quickly appeared before him. Shaking his gloved hands to remove the snow that already attached
Clark did not move an inch for the next minute, under such pressure, his military instincts quickly kicked in as the necessary basic reactions of such a situation poured into his brain smoothly. He made sure to remain motionless like a sturdy unwavering tree, he held his breath, reduced his heartbeat to the barest minimum, secretly activated a device that wiped his human smell away, before praying for luck. The atmosphere became strangely tense and oppressive to him after doing all these. He tightly shut his eyes to not freak out again, his implant was the one now updating him on what was happening. [Ding!! From the exobeast lion’s angle of sight and its expression, it has been deduced that it is not sure of Master’s presence here. It woke up due to the noise, but it still can’t pinpoint what caused it.] [Its innate intuition was what caused it to look directly at your position. After a lot of analysis, I suggest that Master should use this opportunit
“Clark, I still can’t believe that you actually went inside the alpha’s palace. That was too daring of you”. Diana spoke out with a deep sigh as she idly caressed her sword. “I know it seemed reckless, but the information that I brought back is priceless. Without knowing that there is the 2nd alpha, our chances of escaping would be practically zero if we made and followed conventional plans”. Clark calmly replied, as he casually swiped at the open air with the dagger that was on his hand. “Clark is right, this information is priceless. Even with knowing it now, there is no guarantee that our escape will be full-proof and successful”. Benny also commented at this point with a serious expression on his face. “You’re right but…, it just doesn’t feel right”. Diana added again. “You guys keep on talking about how Clark placed himself in danger while forgetting how you all heartlessly left me in danger”. Dickson finally spoke out at this point in a
As soon as Dickson and the others left the strategy discussion hall, just like beasts that were injected with adrenaline vaccines, they moved energetically like excited bulls to their various squad camps. To them, the time was already ticking along for their escape as they quickly arrived and started instructing their subordinates. For the first time in his life, under Clark’s suggestion and subsequent encouragement, Dickson was about to give his first morale-raising speech to his soldiers. Standing before the dozens of soldiers who followed unwaveringly behind with him as the survivors from the dangers of the past few weeks, he felt dazed. These men and women passed through all the storms and survived with him. Remembering Clark’s words, he did not allow himself to continue looking dazed as he quickly snapped out of it. When he started speaking, it originally seemed a little stiff but he gradually got more in tune with it. From just a casual
The morning was still bright and early, but unknown to the inhabitants of the enormous animal kingdom, undercurrents were ongoing currently under their noses. Due to Clark’s meticulous planning, the most vulnerable and important group that needed to be protected in this escape, the 2 squads led by Anna and Diana had specific directions to move towards. Both leaders of the Spartan and Daland squads had the greatest number of soldiers, so letting them escape first was the priority in their overall plan’s scale of preference. Both squads did not take the same route to infiltrate into the enemy territory, they took different pathways to enter inside, but both paths led to the same ultimate direction. This was to avo
Every beast in the territory’s attention was drawn to the general location of Diana’s squad, the Spartan squad was the one that was discovered by the perceptive Dipers. The animals suddenly had drooling excited looks on their fearsome faces. Even if they could not see the soldiers yet, they believed the Dipers nose more than they believed their eyes. Clark reacted the next moment even before the drool could fall off the beasts’ mouths. The worst-case scenario happened despite their precautions; he felt a little depressed but this did not make him hesitate. “Diana, execute plan B immediately”. He no longer took the longer route of his implant; he gave the order directly through his comm. “Anna, try your best to avoid drawing attention to yourself. Do everything in your power to make sure that you are not discovered by the raging beasts, I’m relying on you this time”. “Benny, stay still and hold your peace. Your time is not now”. Before
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