Seeing the destructive force that just wreaked havoc in his territory, General Cable felt an urge to laugh like a maniac but his vocal cords could not send the sound waves out.
He glared at the strange heavy machine. “Whoever is controlling this, you and your whole family will be dead before the new year”.
The mech did answer but not in words, it answered with action. Hidden ports were revealed all over the mech, from the leg all the way to the neck, heavy and light weapons came out from these opened ports.
The mech jerked, then all the weapons started releasing their loads at the General who didn’t cower but rather sprinted directly to meet the mech.
Inside the mech, Clark felt his connection to the mech transit into a deeper level than ever before. As he expected, in a real battle, the feeling was entirely different.
The mech raised its right leg and took a step forward, it raised the sword high before striking it down at the rapidly advanci
Finally over.
All over the Radan republic, absolute silence suddenly descended.No one knew who pressed the fuse to stop, but just like a movie, the riots stopped as abruptly as they started. The soldiers stopped shooting; the rioters also stopped shooting.As one, they all looked in the direction of Arial City where the greatest battle of all today was fought.For the mercenaries of the Pendragon mercenary organization and the Secret order organization, their superiors sent them the results of the battle and they silently retreated.For the soldiers of the Radan army, there was no explanation for them, they just received an order from one of their Captains that they should stop shooting.Even if they were dumb and could not deduce much, they could still read the atmosphere. They knew that something significant just happened.For the civilians that couldn’t participate in the battle, their hearts skipped beats after the raging battle stopped.
2 days later after the great battle. After so long, the real situation of the battle was already more or less disseminated to the whole Radan republic. The captains hid nothing, they revealed everything that happened. Of course, they left the sensitive parts behind. In the end, the summary was that General Cable was the antagonist of the republic. He killed President Kai, created an identical robot to impersonate him, while he manipulated from the dark. After the truth was revealed, the President’s wife and children were all plunged into depression. Everything happened before them. Realizing that the husband she’s been spending nights with was a robot dealt a huge blow to the first lady, even more so for the children. They were now kept in a special hospital where they were being attended to by a group of well-trained psychologists. The republic couldn't recover from the damage dealt in a day, a month or even a year, but they w
Neon City, South Ville District, Orion Street, Oliver mansion.It was already a day since the hero of the Radan republic addressed every citizen of the republic, and optimism could be felt in the atmosphere for the first time in years.Currently, the country was now in a period of recovery on every facet imaginable. It felt like a previously malnourished tree that could not grow properly, but who now had access to good nutrients to grow.At this moment, a car suddenly drove into the street. Driving through the familiar road of Orion Street, Clark suddenly felt funny. He felt like this would be part of his story in the future when and if they discussed his legend.It was a shameless thought, but a man got to dream. Every high-grade soldier wanted to be seen as a legend in the future, and he was one of them.Throughout the ride, Albert who sat beside him was quiet as he silently observed the street. It was clear that he was also missing this country
Clark already finished every matter that he had in the Radan republic, so he immediately left by plane with his student after leaving the Oliver mansion. For his mech and his other valuables, he already moved them before now.For the secret underground base that he built, he originally wanted to take everything from it, abandon it, and leave it bare. But when he thought deeper into it, he decided to keep it.This was his first underground base, and it may be the first of many to come.He couldn’t predict the future, there may be a situation that needed him to take refuge here in the future, so keeping it was justified.As he looked down at the Radan republic from the window of the airplane, he thought about the snowballing effects caused by the feat that they achieved.The effect on other low-grade countries as described by Captain Drake was the most exaggerated, but there was also an effect in the Mercenary world.Though the Pendragon
In one of the countries bordering the Spartan republic, Mako Kingdom. In the Mako central airport at the country’s capital city, an airplane quickly descended from the air before going through the runway. A few minutes later, it finally came to a stop. The travelers verified their identity before being allowed passage by the security officials that were on the ground. In a blue polo shirt and blue jean trousers paired with a green face cap, King smiled at the traveler who came down at the same time as he did before he sauntered off into the distance with his big bag automatically rolling behind him. These days, he was a luxuriously rich man. Back when he was staying on the Everest like a barbarian, he didn’t have access to so many luxuries though he had the money, now he could finally enjoy the blessing of life. To him, what remained now was to get a proper wife who was a good cook from the numerous fearsome female mercenaries in the P
In a certain underground military shelter.A group of soldiers under the lead of 2 burly soldiers that radiated fearsome auras entered the underground base as they quickly got their identity scanned before going deeper into the shelter.From the layout, setting, and construction of the underground shelter, it could easily be deduced that the materials used to build it were state of the art.Specially trained soldiers in black uniforms guarded the underground shelter. They practically filled everywhere like locusts, and they had devices that could detect immediately if a problem happened to any one of them.Hidden from plain sight were state-of-the-art weapons. Heavy weapons that could obliterate any high-grade soldier if the power is concentrated enough.Hidden even more deeply were the computer experts operating these machines of war. They were the best in the country, and getting to work in this underground shelter was the highlight of their carr
Bzzz!Clark felt his brain vibrating for a long time as everything suddenly turned static to him. The air seemed to have become thick and muddy, making his thoughts turn slow, even the surroundings.In the virtual market headquarters, a blue glow surrounded the enormous building as it protected it from the aftereffects of the bomb.But this was not enough to block every damage as Clark only got to activate the shield at the last moment.All over the virtual market, individuals already sustained various degrees of injuries. Only the shield prevented them from dying immediately, and over 80% of them became unconscious.Some randomly flew in the air of the building due to the enormous kinetic power exerted by the bomb. Others collided with each other in mid-air, while the unluckier ones collided with hard metallic objects.The scenery was pure chaos in the headquarters, and this random gravitative movement in the air severely aggravated t
Almost at the same time that the Sergeant answered him, Clark got messages of confirmation from the Dragon military division and his head commissioner. As soon as he connected what he just saw, the given information, and the implication that they could cause together, he felt like a bolt of lightning just descended from the heavens and smote him. In seconds, he stiffened like he just fell under the gaze of the Gorgon Medusa, suffering petrification in the process. Then, his brain started working on its own, driven by his instincts. The first scene that came to his head was that of the black shadow covering the virtual market headquarters, then the bomb dropping down, then the numerous injured in the building despite his intervention. The next scene was after he came out of the building. The chaos in the streets, the screaming civilians as they were injured or shot to death by the advancing Mocan soldiers. The helicopters and war jets t
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