“I thought that all 3rd rank high-grade soldiers are always aloof. I can’t imagine how you were patient enough to tail us for over a month, that’s awesome really”. Clark muttered thoughtfully.
“Ha, those guys are just using that to elevate their sorry egos. There’s no difference between you and them, only that they are stronger. Don’t let anyone deceive you, even 5th rank high-grade soldiers are still humans”.
“For me, I think the reason why they act like that is that they are not as handsome as I am”. Josh answered smugly.
Well, Clark had no basis to refute that. Even if he wanted to shamelessly oppose it, the evidence before him was too glaring to slip by it. He would only leave his face burning that way.
Josh was probably the most handsome soldier that he had ever met. Though he never wanted to acknowledge it, this was the indisputable truth.
According to him, he was already 30 this year, which made him middle-aged. Despite this, no signs o
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After getting out of their settlement, the Spartan/Daland soldiers walked for 5 minutes before they reached the location of the main hall. It was a building isolated at a corner of the shelter. As soon as they got close to the main hall of the shelter for the first time, the first thing that became apparent to them was the dressing code here. Unlike them that were still dressed in thick climbing uniforms, all of the people that they met dressed more casually. The warmth of the shelter brought a lot of conveniences which some people eagerly took advantage of. Some of the mercenaries here shamelessly opened stalls where they sold light and stylish clothes, the female guide already showed them this when she led them on the short tour. As they were drawing too much attention with such clothes on, Diana finally decided that they should also get the trending clothes here for themselves. After getting the light clothes on, they finally blended with t
“You don’t need money? Then what do you need?” Clark asked exasperatedly. He felt a little frustrated and irritated, the king of demolition that he envisioned and the one in reality deferred so much that he felt like life was playing tricks with him. According to the king of demolition, his real name did not matter, that he should be called either Thunder or King, anyone that they found convenient. Clark didn’t know how he did it, but when he heard King ask for him when Diana tried to start negotiations, he knew that they were already exposed. Trying to beat around the bush would not solve the problem, it would only waste useful time, so he decided to bite the bullet and go there himself to meet him. What he didn’t expect was that as soon as he got there, King would suddenly get up in shock. He thought that this was another trick, but the shock on the fellow’s face could not be faked, which left him perplexed. King suddenly didn’t want
The next day, the allied squad of soldiers finally got ready to leave the Comfort shelter. In all the shelters that they’ve visited since they came for their mission, this one was undoubtedly the cushiest and largest. Seeing his soldiers work orderly, preparing their newly bought equipment, Clark involuntarily fell into a daze. He still felt that it was unreal as just like this, their mission target was already in sight. He felt excited, relieved, fortunate, and most especially he still felt worried. After becoming allies yesterday, the king of demolition finally sent them the basic location and layout of the discovered ruin. According to him, he already reached there before but he didn’t know that it was there then. From the information that was sent to them; Clark confirmed that the ruin was not something that they could easily enter like eating beans. They will have to sweat for it as it was located behind a big animal kingdom. Though it wa
In the Spartan republic, precisely in Delhi city, though most of the people in the city could not feel it, the aura of celebration was already circulating everywhere for a certain group of people. In the Python military division headquarters, Leo drove his car through the gates, steering it directly to the location of his Captain’s apartment. Unlike usual when he reported for duty, he was dressed in a formal sky-blue suit instead of his military uniform. And beside him on the passenger seat sat someone else, his wife. Kate was unusually gorgeous today. She was dressed in a long pink gown that was embedded with decorative diamonds, she looked just like a princess to the man sitting beside her. Although he was driving, Benny could not help himself from stealing glances at her before smiling contentedly. He was living his dream already. After so long of waiting and persevering tenaciously, he finally completed the deed. He was now married t
“I think this is another animal kingdom’s territory. How troublesome, how can they be so numerous?” Josh’s grumbling voice reverberated again but no one reacted to it, they were all used to it. After spending some more time with this man, the allied squad finally grasped his personality completely. Unlike what was expected of typical 3rd rank high-grade soldiers, he was the complete opposite. Not only did he not put on any airs, but he also grumbled more than the weakest soldiers in the squad. Though it always left the soldiers awkward, his grumblings were not without basis. As the king of demolition said, this region was countless times more dangerous than all the areas they’ve passed before. As soon as they crossed from the safe territories marked out by humans after years of exploration, it felt like they just jumped out of a cushy king-sized bed directly into a lake of fire. Starting from the first day of their journey, they started encoun
As soon as the soldiers heard the king of demolition say stop, silence descended immediately. Every one of them stood as rigid as a rock, their hairs stood on end like antennas. They could already feel their hearts in their throats but they still made no sound. What could make the king of demolition so tense was definitely not good, they had no intentions of pushing their luck. Though they still didn’t know why he was so tense, none of the soldiers dared to disturb him, not even Clark and Dickson. They could already see the roughly made settlements of the animals before them, which was the trademark of the animal kingdoms, but they still could not understand what made the usually casual king of demolition so tense. The king of demolition finally made a gesture with his hand. The soldiers understood what he meant on seeing his gestures. They slowly bent down to make themselves closer to the snow, thereby making them blend with the white backgro
Deafening silence descended on the soldiers after this, all of them felt like they were hallucinating. “Did an ape just speak?” The impact of this could only be imagined. It felt just like you went to the back of your house to catch some bugs, and a bug suddenly tells you to surrender. The goosebumps that come from that alone can be imagined; it is a completely horrifying scenario. Perspiration escaped their sweat glands subconsciously, pouring down like waterfalls to drench their climbing clothes despite the cold weather. They were all too shocked to react. “Diana, lead everyone away!” “Clark, let’s dine in hell with this bastard, at least to let our subordinates escape”. Dickson growled as his shield quickly materialized in his hand. As he prepared to rush out to meet the ape, he suddenly felt a hand holding and dragging him back. He turned his head only to see Clark’s lifeless eyes that were muddled in confusion. Noticing hi
3 hours later, the Spartan and Daland soldiers were still being led across the snow-filled region. None of them made any sound, they just kept following silently. Though dozens of thoughts were in Diana’s mind, she also kept her mouth tightly shut. From the corner of her eyes, she could see Major Clark also restrained by the chains. She felt funny all of a sudden. “Before, it was humans who did this to animals. Is this retribution?” Among all the soldiers present, Clark was the one under the most pressure. Thinking of the fact that he made a decision that may possibly doom his soldiers made him feel stressed out. Though none of the soldiers openly lashed out at him, he knew that they had doubts. This only made him feel more guilty, he just kept praying for the best. He inclined his head to glance at Dickson but quickly regretted his decision. Dickson had a nonchalant expression on his face like none of this happening concerned him, he really a
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