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”.
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The first alpha of this animal kingdom emerged with frightening grandeur. The loud mawing sound that reverberated across the territory announced its arrival, as the soldiers looked up uneasily. Instead of jumping down like a fictional villain animal or a comic character, the enormous Wild Yak scaled down the mountain in a very unique manner. Various sized fragments of snow and ice started falling down the mountain wall, as it ran across the wall horizontally with its huge body slanted to enable it to get a weird center of gravity. Its astonishingly huge body zoomed down the mountain wall, seeming just like a heavy truck lumbering across. Its zig-zagged fearsome horns stood erected, as they carved the air apart to reduce the wind resistance against its speed. The bushy hairs at its sides waved fiercely at the wind, looking just like the flipping pages of the arcane book of a legendary warlock. Its descent speed was mind-blowing, as it seemed li
Despite the impending doom, the soldiers were completely focused after hearing Diana’s orders. The allied force formed another defense perimeter as 3 soldiers who were being tightly protected typed rapidly and controlled a holographic screen that was before them. All the soldiers prepared for the worst-case scenario, as they grasped their weapons tighter. They could already see the enlarging form of their fearsome enemy, but their faces still showed determination. One of the technical soldiers that were controlling the screen finally spoke out, while rushing to Diana’s side. “Staff Sergeant, the switch is ready!” “Activate your shields immediately!”. A tense Diana quickly ordered as she grabbed the mechanical switch from the soldier’s hand immediately. Every soldier obeyed her command, they were already prepared for
Crack!! Dozens of minutes after the impact of the underground explosion wrath by the exotic bombs subsided a bit, a dull sound of impact resounded as a crack came from underground, before quickly widening to form a hole. Following the appearance of the hole, a battered head slowly emerged out of the earth. The Wild Yak finally saw the light of day again after the horrifying encounter that left it hovering between life and death. Sizzling sounds echoed out, making it whimper and growl in pain as, after some minutes of struggling, it finally wriggled its enormous body from the ground. Compared to before, its previous grandeur was nowhere to be seen. Its main weapon, its horns were bent out of shape, while some parts even broke out from the impact of all the rocks on it. All its hairs that usually floated luxuriously at its sides were gone; the fire spared none as only a blackened thick skin remained at their previous location. It now seemed like
Blink!! After what seemed like an eternity of sleep, Dickson finally woke up groggily. His eyes were fuzzy and unclear, he thought he just had a long dream where he fought against dragons and aliens. “Where am I?” He asked while motioning to stand up. “Ouch!” He was shocked, as he felt like he just dipped himself into burning hot larva. All his body felt hot, pains suddenly erupted all over his body as sweat quickly covered him. It took him a while to get used to the pain, as it finally started subsiding a bit. He was horrified by the pain. “What happened?” He felt shocked. After barely stabilizing himself, he did not dare move, instead, he slowly inclined his aching neck down to look at where the pain originated from. He sucked in a breath of cold air immediately on seeing what greeted his eyes. Both his legs were completely bandaged. From what he was seeing, he easily deciphered that his left leg was cut off while the other w
“God! How long is this passage really? We’ve been passing it for over 5 hours already, my whole body feels sore”. Dickson grumbled as he angrily kicked a stone lying at the side with his new prosthetic leg. “I’ve not even had my bath, gosh, I can literally see the odor oozing out of me materializing physically. And I’m damn hungry already”. “You’re not grateful that we didn’t encounter any exobeast. Sometimes, I feel that your brain is filled with mud”. Clark quickly shot at him with words. “With those clumsy legs of yours, you really think that you can fight. I already told you before, if we encounter an exobeast and the going gets too tough, I’m abandoning you without hesitation”. “Yeah, I know, how many times will you repeat that? Who needs your help?” Dickson replied sarcastically. “Haha, what a joke. I can’t believe I’m hearing that from the one who cried on realizing that he survived after being saved by me”. Dickson was shocked.
“How long till we get there? I’m already tired of the constant walking”. Dickson complained again as he inclined his head to glance at the leader of the mercenaries, Jason. “Invisible sir, we’ll get there in about an hour from now”. Jason smoothly answered. After so long, he already got used to Dickson’s antics. As a hustler who came to the great Himalayan ranges to look for opportunities, knowing your situation was a must-learn skill that he must have. After knowing his situation, adapting to his situation was the next, and from the way that he smoothly transited from a bully to a master bootlicker, it showed that he was an expert. “Ok, use the remaining time to tell me about your mercenary group. According to you, we are already in the middle height of the Himalayan peaks, what brought you here?” “From my knowledge, weaklings like you have no place here”. Ignoring the savageness in Dickson’s tone, Jason patted his chest before answer
When Clark and Dickson entered the shelter, they were quickly submerged in a barrage of passionate hugs. Despite being soldiers, these Spartans and Dalands could not help themselves on seeing their 2 leaders who sacrificed a lot for them to escape. Dickson was almost tripped over due to his prosthetic leg, but his subordinates quickly stabilized him after they noticed it. Both leaders stood rooted on the spot as the front of the shelter suddenly became the stage of an emotional reunion. Though they never spoke about it, Clark and Dickson were always worried about the safety of their subordinates. After they finally got confirmation of their safety, they indulged themselves in this sweet feeling. They didn’t want this moment to end at all. The others in the shelter sat, looking rigidly at this public display of affection. Jason and his mercenary subordinates felt it more, as they stood awkwardly at the side. After the group reunion ende
The next day, the Spartan/Daland allied squad was set for departure as the soldiers energetically prepared to leave the shelter after over 2 days of staying there. While waiting for their 2 leaders, they already had some memories with the mercenaries here. If they survived the mission, perhaps these were potential stories that they could filter and tell their grandchildren. It was every soldier's dream to get old, retire as a fulfilled Commander in chief, have a large mansion and a special place to tell his/her legendary stories to their grandchildren. Well, this was if they survived this mission. Life is in phases and men are in sizes, they had to learn to crawl first before learning to run. After Benny, Diana, and Anna announced their leader’s decision to them yesterday, they no longer wasted time as they gathered their remaining resources to leave. After their escape battle between the 2 cliffs, their material and survival supply losses wer
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