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Electricity flashed around the overturned hall in a disorderly manner, intertwining through the few scattered wires like snakes burrowing through a narrow tunnel.
Consecutive rumbling sounds followed this development, which was evidence of things collapsing without any support to weather their fall.
Recurring vibrations of different frequencies also added their input to the destruction, making it seem like the first sign of a large earthquake.
The whole hall was now dark, and parts of the ceiling directly collapsed to submerge a significant part of the room. The few parts that survived the impact were the more reinforced parts of the underground base.
Amid this destruction, a metallic arm suddenly emerged out of the debris, pushing a few walls apart with simple movements of its enormous arms.
Thudding sounds reverberated as if a giant just stumped the ground. The debris around stirred like they were being influenced by something,
“Hello, is this the Crook Mercenary?” “Yes”. Clark’s deep masculine voice reverberated through the air and into the communication device. This was the name that he gave to the leader of the old warriors club helming the 2nd deep. “I’ve contacted my higherups. They showed an interest in your proposal, and they want to meet up with you”. “Ok, time and location”. “I’ll send it directly to your device; I hope we can become allies in the future”. “Me too”. As soon as the call ended, a wide grin spread across Clark’s face. Due to the information that he got from his girlfriend’s parents, he wanted to start preparation now to leave for the desert. For his proposal to the old warriors club, if they didn’t respond fast enough, he would have abandoned them. But now that they responded, he was confident that he could finish his mission here before his preparations for his rescue journey were finalized. As he thought, his communica
Bam!As soon as Clark stepped inside the living room, the guards that escorted him abandoned him and slammed the door shut immediately. This rude gesture did not make him panic; a smile crossed his face as he turned to look back at the door.Turning his head back, he saw 2 soldiers seated on the sofa.“Is this to intimidate me?” Clark shook his head in an amused manner before taking another step forward in a completely unperturbed manner.Without even waiting for an invitation first, he sat down on the sofa opposite that of the 2 soldiers sitting before him. He smiled and looked at them straight in the eyes, the first round of observation began immediately.The 2 soldiers before Clark were middle-aged. The man already had a bunch of gray hair invading his original black, which was telling enough of his age.The woman sitting beside him was much more composed. Though the signs of age were also on her face, it was relatively milder
Zoom! Getting inside his exotic car, Clark cruised out of the luxurious street filled with high-rise buildings while dialing his student’s number through his car’s communication system mechanism. “The new location?” “Ragen District…” As soon as he got the new coordinates of their new underground base from his student, he did not waste time before steering his car in that direction. In the Radan republic, there were hardly any amazing attractions that could distract him while on the road, so he didn’t even look sideways on the road as he sped directly to his new base. Following the coordinates that Albert sent, Clark could not help but compliment in his mind that his student did a good job. Compared to the previous underground base that he bought, this one was in a more deserted region. It was just behind a huge mechanical junkyard and rarely do people visit the junkyard because of the country’s situation. Not only was t
Clark’s head was left buzzing like a thousand bees were hovering around his head, his brain clicked into overdrive, filling him with lots of thoughts and speculations of what exactly happened as soon as he saw the message.His mind went numb immediately as horrifying scenarios filled his head. In just a moment, he made his decision.He turned to his student. “Follow me”.He didn’t dare waste time and think about what was happening in detail, lest this result in him being met with the worst-case scenario. Right now, fear really engulfed his heart.Why didn’t the messenger elaborate? This lingered in his mind but he did not dare think further into it.“Leo is in danger!” Right now, this was the only sentence ringing in his mind repeatedly like metal music filled with offbeat guitar plays.“Yes, master”.Albert did not dare hesitate also; he gave his consent immediately. Being a stude
In a certain location in Antarctica, up in the skies where the clouds demarcated their territory, an extremely large warship hovered. Despite the staggering size of the war vessel, it was in stealth mode and invisible. Though it was hidden from sight, its enormous weapon armaments still locked onto all the strategic locations alertly in the case of being discovered. Its powerful scanners and other high-tech detection devices kept on operating at their full capacity, blasting the surroundings with penetrating electromagnetic waves to detect and expose any hidden existence. Despite the powerful stealth systems of the warship, a special jamming device was currently activated to complement the stealth systems which erected and maintained a disruption forcefield constantly around the warship. From the design and powerful frame of the war vessel, qualified engineers could easily deduce that it was already a warship equivalent to the standards of the big 5,
“I’ve thought over your proposal. Though I can’t promise anything yet, I’ll discuss it with my subordinates and if everything goes well, I think we can support your cause”.Emily gently pushed her beautiful long hair backward as she explained, an indescribable aura of maturity emanating from her.“Then thank you in advance”. Clark smiled in reply.At the side, King finally commented. “Clark, you’re really an ambitious fellow. I think I’m slowly beginning to know more of you”.Clark laughed. “Everybody is ambitious, it just depends on how ambitious, and what the ambition is all about”.“You’re right”. Josh gave a thump up from the other side before inclining his head to devour the remaining wine left on his glass cup.Taking his cue, everyone in the room took their wine and started indulging themselves again. Yes, they were all currently in Clark&r
As soon as he got the message, Clark immediately went into pondering mode as he tried to guess why the Professor messaged him at this exact moment and why the message was about mechs. After the first time that he casually asked about it, he no longer mentioned anything about mechs. “Wait, is Monkey Hands spying on me?” His expression became strange, before darkening. An imagination suddenly flashed in his head; he saw himself taking his bath in the bathroom but a pair of old lewd eyes were secretly watching him from the shadows without him knowing. He wanted to feel anger, but he only shuddered at the thought. “Turn immediately”. He blurted out. “Huh?” Albert turned to face his master. Clark calmed down on seeing Albert’s strange gaze. “I mean you should slow down, look left and right, cross the road, and turn back. We’re going to the Spartan army headquarters”. “Huh?” Smack! “…Ok”. Albert felt secret te
Zoom!Leaving the Spartan army headquarters left Clark feeling good, he constantly felt like he was being tickled by his future wife. As Albert drove, once again, he started humming a random lullaby.Getting to meet his friends again and celebrating his birthday with them refreshed his brain in ways that he found mysterious, he suddenly felt calmer and more collected.This was a boon on its own already, now getting to solicit the help of his friends to get them to help fulfill his ambition was another. That not being enough, Professor Monkey Hands now surprised him with a mech.As he rejoiced while humming, he could not help but think again about what prompted the Professor to proactively look for a mech designer for him.He was still serious in his decision to keep his ability to pilot mechs a secret, letting the world know about such a secret was too irresponsible and rash of him. He had to continue keeping it a secret if he loved his life.<
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