《Stormspike》 Operation:- Burning Tower [Planet- Necrox] [City- Ozick] [Operation Burning Tower] ¡°Stormspike on point. Waiting Status.¡± ¡°Acknowledged. Status:- On Fire.¡± ¡°Stormspike Hot.¡± After getting our Status set, I slowly crawled my way through the narrow storm drain pipe. Although narrow but the space inside was enough for me to crawl through without any obstruction. The section of the pipe I am crawling through is the only way to reach out target unseen. When we first cased the place, our target was surrounded by small stretch of plateau on all sides. The length of the land from our Drop Point was about 1000 ft or 305m to be exact. The land was devoid of trees, bushes or even big rocks. Thus, the terrain had no natural covers for us to use. What makes the target more formidable was that it had four light towers on all four sides. Their range was about 200m. Multiple bodies were guarding the outer perimeter. If we moved on the land, we surely would have been spotted. Our luck smiled on us or rather Goddess Irah smiled on me. With a little probing, we found a storm drain pipe running through the entire distance. It exits right inside the target. We did many test runs and got a good overview of the length of the pipe or the time taken to traverse it. And exactly after 15 mins, we exited the pipe and into the basement of our target. Now, onto the information we have on our target. It is a small fortified compound in a rogue place. It has only two stories and six rooms on each floor. The floors should have a large corridor running through its middle with all the six rooms lay opposite on both sides of the corridor... 3 rooms on each side to be exact. But, we don¡¯t know whether the information is accurate or not. Well, we will find it out now. Our orders are to kill everyone inside this compound thus this is our Primary Target. But, there is another one... just for me, if we had made it in time. But, I won¡¯t know if the criterion is met when I have found what I am supposed to find. Thus, it is imperative that we kill all occupants while being incognito. We lined up in front of the door which leads out from the basement and into the corridor. ¡°Hey, why did we get this shit?¡± The speaker is someone with a codename:- Shord. He is my partner in this Operation and my only backup. He is an upstanding man with only one problem... Shord: ¡°Fuck!! I got some rat shit on me... Fuck!! Fuck!! I hate this place.¡± He is an irritating person. Shord: ¡°You know what... after we have finished this fucking thing; I am going to pound that bitch I just got. I am going to fuck her until she screams my fucking name in pleasure.¡± Me: ¡°Bitch you just got?... Oh! You¡¯re talking about your wife, the girl you just married?¡± Shord: ¡°Yeah man... who else would I be referring to as a fucking bitch.¡± Me: ¡°I don¡¯t think she would be happy to hear you bad mouthing her.¡± Shord: ¡°Who¡¯s gonna fucking tell her? You?¡± Me: ¡°Nope... I have better things to do.¡± Shord: ¡°Yeah... like beating your meat in the name of your fucking Goddess.¡± Me: ¡°Hey! I don¡¯t beat my meat in the name of her... that¡¯s gross. But, I wouldn¡¯t mind using my meat into your wife though.¡± Shord: ¡°Yeah!! Well better fucking luck in the next life. In this one, I am the one who¡¯s going to be the only one to fill her up. And besides, she likes it when I fucking trash talk her.¡± Me: ¡°Sadly, I happen to know that dreading fact. Both of you deserve each other.¡± Shord: ¡°Shit yeah...¡± Me: ¡°Now, if you have calmed down shall we get on with it.¡± Shord: ¡°Alright... how shall we do this?¡± Me: ¡°Primary Knife, use Rays if and only if it is needed.¡± Shord: ¡°Roger that.¡± I put my right hand on the door knob and twist it to check it to see if it is open or not. Twisting the knob slowly, the door opened. Me: ¡°Good... we don¡¯t have to cut our way in.¡± Shord: ¡°I have got a good fucking feeling about this.¡± Me: ¡°Me too... Alright, let¡¯s move.¡± Shord: ¡°Wait!¡± Me: ¡°What?¡± Shord: ¡°Have said your prayers to fucking precious Goddess Irah yet, Storm?¡± Me: ¡°All the time Shord... all the time.¡± I slowly opened the door and on my left side I saw the corridor on the ground floor. The corridor was dark but no one was present outside in the corridor as far as I could make out. But, we need to be sure. Me: ¡°Activate NightEyes.¡± Within seconds, the dark corridor lightened up in my eyes. And I was wrong; two people were standing in front of the second room in the right-hand side of the corridor. Their backs were towards us. They were armed with Standard Ray Converger''s or SRC¡¯s. They were pretty shabbily dressed with no armour whatsoever. Moreover, seeing their body language, it seems they are drunk. I opened Squad Member Comms. ¡°Shord, take target on left.¡± ¡°Copy that Stormspike.¡± I took held my knife on my right arm and slowly made my way towards the person in the right. I crouched my way towards him. We covered the distance in a flash and were in position, ready to strike. They were tall but not taller than us or close to our height. I gave the Command. ¡°Strike!¡± Immediately, I got up from the crouching position and with my left, covered the man¡¯s mouth and with a fluid motion, I sliced his throat vertically. Blood sprayed out from his wound but I held onto him. After struggling for a few more seconds, dead came upon him. Shord did the same and now two men were down... many more to go. We dragged the bodies close to the door of the basement from which we came and put them inside and closed the door. Me: ¡°Shord, check the rooms on left side, I will check the one¡¯s in the right.¡± Shord: ¡°Roger that, Stormspike.¡± Me: ¡°Be careful.¡± He gave a slight nod and we positioned ourselves in front of the first door on our respective sides. With a slight turn, the door opened without any sort of noise. [Room 1]:- I went inside and saw two men sleeping on two separate beds. The beds were lined up opposite to each other and on separate sides. I checked further and concluded no one else were there. I crouched my way towards the man sleeping on the left side of the room. I came close to him... he was sleeping peacefully... with no worries at all. Well my friend, let¡¯s make your journey to the afterlife peaceful too. Quickly, I covered his mouth and sliced his throat with the knife, I held on my right hand. Some muffled sound did come out from his struggle but not enough to wake the other one. After making sure, this one was dead... I moved onto the next. He too was having a peaceful sleep but alas his end was nothing but peaceful. Blood spraying out from the gaping wound on the throat while he struggled to break free but died without any good result. This room was clear... onto the next room. [Room 2]:- The room setting were same but this room had 4 people in it... 2 on each side. This time too, I chose one who was sleeping on the left side. I quickly covered his mouth and jammed it in with one quick blow into the side of his neck, instantly killing him. I did the same thing with the rest of them too. All four men died with quick blows on their right side of their neck. [Room 3]:- Again the setting was same as the last two rooms but no one was sleeping on the beds. Instead, I saw a single woman standing while facing the open window. Her SRC was laying on one of the bed. She was wearing green pants and a green tank top. It was a common uniform for them. I couldn¡¯t see her face but none the less I walked close to her. When I got near her, I heard a sweet humming voice. She was singing some kind of song... the melody was beautiful. But, that was not enough to say to sway me from ending her life. These kinds of women wouldn¡¯t mind hacking innocent people for their amusement and she deserved no better. But, I did give her the chance to finish her song... not because she was a woman but because the song was beautiful. Soon, she finished the song and she found my left hand choking her from behind. She grabbed my left arm with both of her arms and made a back kick aiming at my penis. I jammed the knife into her incoming leg. It came to a sudden halt and she tried to scream... desperately. I moved her from the window, in case if someone might spot us. I removed my knife and put her down on a bed facing me. Now, I can clearly see her face... nothing out of the ordinary including the scar on her forehead and cheeks. She was average looking to... with a round face with almond shaped brown eyes. Her small lips trying to scream and her eyes showed fear in them. The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement. I had already placed myself in between her legs... my crotch touching her vagina. But a long time ago, I had surrendered by libido to only one woman. I trace her face with my knife slowly making my way towards her neck. ¡°Do you like this moment? I am sure you must have enjoyed many moments like this as you gave them to other innocent people. Now time has come for you to taste how it feels like.¡± Without delay, I jammed the knife at the side of her neck, her life left instantly... her eyes fixed and told how her last moments were filled with fear. I got out of the room thus finished with my side. I was the first one to finish. I waited for a few minutes before Shord came out. When he came out, he was shaking his head. Shord: ¡°Man... how do you always finish first?¡± Me: ¡°Well, I am better than you.¡± Shord: ¡°Or you must have had fewer targets to clear. I had to clear 5, how many did you clear?¡± Me: ¡°7.¡± Shord: ¡°Fuck you, Storm...¡± Me: ¡°Come on... this floor is done, onto the next one.¡± Shord: ¡°Copy that.¡± At the end of the corridor lay a staircase which leads to the next floor. The staircase had no one on them. We quietly made our way up the stairs and found two people standing in front of us with their backs towards us. That corridor was dimly lit with other figure except them. ¡°Deactivate NightEyes.¡± My eyes adjusted to the dimly lit area. It had enough light to make out everything. We placed ourselves behind the two guarding. Me: ¡°Shord, take the left.¡± Shord: ¡°Copy.¡± With a quick reflex, I put my right arm on his neck over his shoulder and put him in a choke hold while grabbing his rising hand with my left. I twisted his neck with a nice and cleanly. Shord was done too. We dragged the bodies and placed them just outside the rooms we were about to enter. Unlike before, I took the left while Shord took the right. I put my hand on the knob and was about to turn it when the door suddenly opened and a man stood there... stunned. I was not and I jammed the knife inside his throat while pushing him back with my left hand. He fell on the floor with the knife lodged inside his throat. Bloods came out of his mouth and within minutes he died. I looked up and saw no one else inside the room. I breathed a sigh of relief. ¡°Fuck... that was close.¡± Onto to the next room. Room 2:- It was locked from the inside and I could hear noise coming from it. I took out the Lock Breaker. It melts the pins inside the lock with the help of a high intensity laser. The method is quick and quiet. The door unlocked and I slightly opened to see what was making those noises. Inside the room only a few candles were burning and I found clothes on the floor. ¡°Activate Night Eyes.¡± The room lightened up and I saw two figures on the bed in the left. They were moving and it seems they were having sex. Great! I have kill people while they were having sex. Just great... They payed no attention to the door as I entered. The guy was pumping the girl from behind. I saw two SRC¡¯s lying on the floor too. Such careless people... The guy was in such a hurry that I admired the girl who kept the noise to a minimum rather than having a loud orgasm. Within moments, it seemed that the guy was about to finish. But, I don¡¯t want him to feel the final ecstasy. I grabbed his mouth from behind and placed the knife in the back of his neck. He died without cumming. I pushed him out of the bed and he fell on the floor. The girl turned to see what had happened as she could not feel any pounding on her ass. And she met my knife, lodged deeply inside her throat. It is a custom of the ladies of this gang. When fucking somebody to gain some form of information, they would kill the man just before they finished. The girls were good because before the men could finish, they would have spilled all the secrets or information. So... I wonder how it feels dying in the middle of having sex. I come out and found Shord standing outside. Me: ¡°How did you finish this fast?¡± Shord: ¡°Only had one person to kill... so fuck yeah!!! I won. Take that you fucker... Mr Always finishing first.¡± Me: ¡°Good for you Shord. Now, your wife would be proud of you.¡± Shord: ¡°Oh yeah... I would pound her ass so hard...¡± Me: ¡°Just like the couple I took out just now.¡± Shord: ¡°What! You took out a couple while they were fucking.¡± Me: ¡°Yes... and I believe the guy was pounding the girl from behind.¡± Shord: ¡°Way to give those bastards their medicine, Storm.¡± Me: ¡°Come on... this room must be the one.¡± Shord: ¡°How do you want it?¡± I put the knife inside and pick up my issued HighSpec Ray Converger or HSRC. Me: ¡°Shoot them on sight.¡± Shord: ¡°Copy thaat... he he he¡± I positioned my HSRC and signaled Shord to open the door. He quickly but slowly twisted the door knob and the door opened. I still had my NightEyes Activated. He quickly flung the door open. Inside, we saw two men standing looking towards us, stupefied. A boy was tied to a chair in between them. The boy looked tired and bruised too. Without delaying, I shoot multiple rounds of rays towards the one in the left. Compared to SRC¡¯s, the HSRC fired without much noise. But still produced enough sound to wake someone if they were present in the vicinity. The round pierced his body; two shoot towards his heart and one towards his throat. He fell on the bed while his partner fell on the floor with a thud. Me: ¡°It seems the criterion has been met. Moving for Secondary Mission. Shord, place the explosives and meet me in the basement.¡± Shord: ¡°Roger that.¡± I looked at the boy. He was just 10 years old... kidnapped because The Green Bangers, this gang... thought that his parents would give them lots of money in exchange for him. Poor fuckers... instead they got us. His name is Johnathan Bowden. I checked his pulse and it seemed okay. He was bleeding from the corner of his mouth indicating he was slapped multiple times. I nudged him but got no response. They might have dosed him with some sedative. I cut his bonds open and picked him up. I carried him down the stairs and into the basement. I took out an Adrenaline Shot and injected into his neck. Within seconds he woke up and was about to scream. I covered his mouth and whispered into his ears. Me: ¡°Johny... we have come to rescue you, you are alright. Do not shout.¡± I looked at him and he nodded. I removed my hand and he spoke. Johnathan: ¡°Really... you will take me to my daddy and mommy?¡± Me:¡±Yes... but first, I need you to follow me and my partner out of here exactly how I tell you to... Understood.¡± He nodded again with tears in his eyes. Poor kid... I can only imagine what he went through for 3 days. Shord came and we moved out of the complex. Johnathan quickly crawled out of the pipe like he wanted to run far from this place. When we reached our Drop Point, I signaled our boat to emerge from the water. I put him in and buckled him for safety. Me: ¡°Shord, finish it.¡± Shord: ¡°With pleasure.¡± He pushed the detonation button on his Index which is given to us. Its function is to control our every machines and input data or help in transferring our communication back to Base Zero. We got in our Boat and submerged into the water in the midst of a loud explosion that leveled the place and burned everything. ¡°Stormspike Connecting. Mission Status:- Well cooked.¡± ¡°Acknowledged. Target Objective Status?¡± ¡°Primary Complete. Secondary Complete.¡± ¡°Acknowledged. Return to Base.¡± ¡°Roger. Stormspike Out¡± This is how a Tier-3 mission feels like. I wish I could go back to my Teir-1¡¯s. Oh Goddess Irah, please bestow luck on your loving follower. Whenever there is unrest inside the Kaanvale United Alliance System, we... The Special Operations of Kaanvale United Alliance System or S.O.K.U.A.S will crush them with great prejudice.
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Operation:- Helping Hand [Galaxy- ZZB 12L (PROXIMA ASTERIA)] [Planet- Sluna] [Location- BASE ZERO] [HQ- Special Operations of Kaanvale United Alliance System (S.O.K.U.A.S)] [Dining Facility] Zoran: ¡°Heard you got a measly Tier-3 last time.¡± Shord: ¡°Oh yeah!! It was such a pain in the ass. Right Storm?¡± Me: ¡°The mission was okay, but if something that was a pain in my ass was you.¡± Vesna: ¡°I bet he chewed your ear off.¡± Shord: ¡°I did no such thing... Storm is a fucking liar.¡± Me: ¡°Really!!! Who was the one that talked consistently about banging his wife in the middle of a mission or started freaking out upon locating some rat shit?¡± Zoran: ¡°Rat shit? You are a trained personnel and you got freaked out by that?¡± Shord: ¡°Hey!!! Those rats were huge and their shits were even bigger one. My suit would have stinked if it had come in contact with it.¡± Vesna: ¡°You don¡¯t need rat shit to make you stink Shord.¡± Shord: ¡°What did you say woman? I clearly remember someone squeaking while stepping on dog shit... in the middle of a deep covert op.¡± Vesna: ¡°I... did no such thing.¡± Me: ¡°Yep you did. Actually, I was just right behind you when that happened. You practically jumped.¡± Vesna: ¡°Y-you are wrong... I did not jump.¡± Zoran: ¡°Yeah... I remember now... it was Shord who purposefully made you walk that lane.¡± Shord: ¡°Wh-what... I don¡¯t know what you are talking about.¡± Vesna: ¡°What??? You son of a bitch!!¡± Me: ¡°Remember, you might get him a hard on... he likes to be abused.¡± Shord: ¡°Oh... speaking of abusing... how many times did you abused your meat after coming back, thinking about your precious Goddess.¡± Me: ¡°Shut the fuck up Shord. I don¡¯t abuse anything and I fucking to do not fantasize about Goddess Irah.¡± Zoran: ¡°Yep... you do.¡± Shord: ¡°Right??¡± Zoran: ¡°I mean... who in their fucking mind would reject a Chancellor¡¯s daughter¡¯s proposal of marriage? Heck... Most of the guys would have killed far more for that opportunity.¡± Me: ¡°I will give you the answer that I gave her. I am a servant of Irah and have pledged myself in service of her.¡± Vesna: ¡°And in the process got in a bureaucratic dog fight which ultimately made you lose your Status as Tier-1 Operative and got knocked down to Shord¡¯s level.¡± Zoran: ¡°And no one wants to be at his level. Tha-that means the Operative is just full of shit.¡± Shord: ¡°You bastard!!¡± ¡°Stormspike report to deck immediately.¡± Me: ¡°Alright guys... I have to go.¡± Vesna: ¡°Mission?¡± Me: ¡°Looks like it...¡± Shord: ¡°I hope it¡¯s a shitty one.¡± Zoran: ¡°Just like you.¡± Shord: ¡°Fuck you Zoran.¡± I left the Dining Hall and made my way up to the Mission Deck. It was a short distance from the Hall to the Deck so it took just 5 minutes to reach the door of the Deck. The door opened and I stepped inside. I saw Commander Zivko sitting on his chair overlooking his desk.His desk was full of reports and what not. He was currently reading something. Me: ¡°Stormspike Reporting Sir!¡± He looked up from his reading material and saw me then again looked down. He signaled his right hand towards a chair in front of his desk. Commander Zivko: ¡°Take a seat Stormspike.¡± I sat in the chair and waited for his Orders. Commander Zivko: ¡°I have an Op for you. It is just a one man job. Tier-3.¡± He spoke while looking down and reading something. He continued on. Commander Zivko: ¡°It is just a Information Gathering Op. So the Threat Parameter is not that high. Before I inform you about the details of the Op, do you have any problem?¡± Me: ¡°No Sir.¡± He looked up towards me and a gave nod in acceptance. Commander Zivko: ¡°Good... Then I will transfer the Op specifics into your Index. You are to leave immediately.¡± Me: ¡°Yes Sir!¡± I stood up and exited the room. I started walking towards my room. All the rooms are located in the Barracks just 10 minutes walking distance from the Deck. I checked my Index to look over the details of the Op.
INFORMATION GATHERING OP:- Planet:- Uhiri. Galaxy:- UPI 45L (Hemitia). City:- Asale. Target:- Major Ardis Baltis. Location:- 9th Armoured Kaanvale Infantry Base. Operation Details:- You are to Observe the target for a whole week and then report back to Base Zero on everything you see. Use of Force:- Negative. COVER STORY Name:- Major Tony Osen. Department:- Will be assigned once Joined.
Well... that¡¯s plain. It¡¯s been years since I have had a Information Gathering Op and why is this guy under a Recon investigation anyways... Well, I¡¯ll learn it when I am on sight. I pack necessary items and head out for the Hanger. Once there, I was scheduled to board Type 2 Transport Class Aircraft which will take me directly to my sight. Once I went and sat on my seat, I was approached by a young Kaanvale soldier. Soldier: ¡°I am here to inform you that we will reach your destination within 2 hours. You are our only passenger so please take rest and have a good flight.¡± He saluted and left while I adjusted my seat and closed my eyes. Whenever I am traveling, I try to get some sleep... because these inter- dimensional jumps gets me all queasy.I felt the aircraft moving indicating we were taking off and with it I went into deep slumber. *ALERT* *ALERT* *ALERT* *ALERT* *ALERT* I suddenly woke up to loud noise. I saw the Red Alert sign flashing all over the flight deck. The aircraft was jerking violently, if I hadn¡¯t fastened the seat belt... I would have been thrown around like a rag doll. *ALERT* *ALERT* *ALERT* *ALERT* *ALERT* *ALERT* *HIGH GRAVITATIONAL PULL DETECTED* *ALERT* *ALERT* *ALERT* *ALERT* *ALERT* *ALERT* *STRUCTURAL DAMAGE -90%* *CLASH IMMINENT* I just held on tight while I saw piece by piece the hull of the aircraft was being ripped away. Sensing the oxygen level depleting, the Emergency Protocol Activated. My Index sent the signal and my High Spec Suit activated ad covered me while emergency mask also enclosed my head. The oxygen level inside the suit stabilized and finally with all the jerking, I could see the space outside. Most of the hull of the aircraft was ripped away and I saw a giant Black Hole sucking the aircraft into it. It had a bluish hue surrounding the border of the hole. How did a Black Hole get here? I have traveled many times within our constellations and there were no Black holes. The nearest charted Black hole was light years away. How could this have happened? If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Suddenly, the whole aircraft burst open and with a sudden jerk, I was pulled into a dark abyss and I lost my consciousness. ¡°I need you... I need your help. Will you help me?¡± A feminine voice called out to me. I could feel an immense pressure all around me, but all I saw was dark and nothing else. Me: ¡°Who is it? What happened? Why can¡¯t I see anything?¡± ¡°I will answer what only needs to be answered only if you agree to answer my call. Will you help me?¡± The feminine voice answered. Me: ¡°Okay...¡± ¡°I am the one who you worship. I am in need of your help.¡± Me: ¡°I worship... Go-Goddess Irah!¡± ¡°Yes mortal. Irah... That is my name.¡± Me: ¡°H-how c-can I-I help you, My Goddess?¡± I stuttered as it was a dream for every worshiper of hers to meet her... to see her. ¡°I need you to be my weapon.¡± Me(confused): ¡°Weapon! For what? And why me?¡± ¡°Yes... weapon. I have searched within all of my worshipers and have selected you. I have selected you because you posses something... a particular set of skills.¡± Me: ¡°Skills?? What do I have to do, My Goddess?¡± ¡°All of your questions will be answered when you open your eyes. But for now, I am bestowing upon you my Mark of Selection. There are certain rules. You will not have any memory of your life excluding the conversation we are having now and the set of skills for which you have been chosen. I will communicate with you whenever I need, but you cannot. Mortal... if you succeed in the task which I am about to send you in to do... I will bestow upon you blessings which you never even dreamed of. Now go mortal... The Realm awaits you...¡± Silence and fell and soon I felt my body burning up. I could not move nor could I see anything. All I felt was excruciating pain all over my body as if every fiber of my being was getting separated from each other. The most painful area was my chest. Panic gripped me, but I was swept away in the waves of pain that followed, each stronger the other. Very soon, I lost my consciousness again.
IRAH, GODDESS OF VITALITY, STRENGTH, FERTILITY, HEALTH AND PLEASURE. Has bestowed upon you, Her MARK OF SELECTION. Abilities Increased :- 1. VITALITY. 2. STRENGTH. 3. HEALTH. 4. PLEASURE (LOCKED) 5. FERTILITY (LOCKED) New Abilities Gained :- 1. UNIVERSAL TRANSLATOR.
¡°Stranger... wake up! Wake Up!! Wake Up Stranger!!!¡± When I opened my eyes I found everything to be foggy. But I felt loud noises all round me. If felt someone was trying to talk to me. The pain had stopped. What was that? ¡°Stranger... are you okay?¡± There was it again, someone was trying to talk to me. I rubbed my eyes with my hands and slowly my vision got cleared. The first thing I saw was a grey ceiling. ¡°Elder, is he really the Marked One?¡± ¡°It seems like it.¡± ¡°Then why isn¡¯t he responding?¡± ¡°Give him some time will you... All of you get back!¡± ¡°But elder...¡± ¡°I said get back!¡± ¡°Y-yes... elder.¡± I could hear this vague conversation happening all round me. I decided to get up. I slowly got my upper body up. ¡°He-he is awake!!¡± ¡°I told you, he is alright... right Elder?¡± The sounds were now clearly reaching me. I turned my head towards my left and found many people standing beside me with different array of emotions... joy, fear, surprise, anger and so on. They were all looking towards me. I decided to stand up... it seems I was lying on something solid. I was successful in standing up. But something was different. I-I felt... more relieved... more free as if a burden has been lifted over my body. ¡°Stranger... how are you feeling?¡± An elderly woman asked me. She was quite tall, almost reaching my shoulder. Her round face showed signs of aging while her Blue hair had streaks of white on them. She was wearing a grey coloured plain dress which reached up to her knees. The cloth covered most of her body except her arms. Everyone else was wearing the same type of clothes. They all had a black collar on their neck along with a sign. She asked again. ¡°Can you understand me, Stranger?¡± I replied her. Me: ¡°Yes...¡± She breathed a sign of relief. She spoke again. ¡°Thank the Goddess... Stranger do you have a name?¡± I replied while looking at me... inspecting myself. Me: ¡°Name... yes, I do have one.¡± Elderly lady: ¡°Then what is it? We certainly can¡¯t call you Stranger throughout the time you are here.¡± Me: ¡°Stormspike... call me Stormspike.¡± I didn¡¯t have to even think about it. It came to me naturally. While inspecting myself, I noticed many things. One, the sign that everyone has on their collar, I have the same sign on my chest. Mine was quite bigger than the others. Secondly...¡± Elderly lady: ¡°Stormspike...¡± I turned my attention towards her. With a small smile she said. Elderly lady: ¡°My name is Viva... I am the caretaker of the Goddess¡¯s Marked One.¡± Me: ¡°Marked One?¡± Viva: ¡°Yes, you... Stormspike... you are the Marked One of our Goddess Irah.¡± Me: ¡°Where am I?¡± Viva: ¡°I welcome you to The Universal God Wars.¡± Me: ¡°Tell me one thing before you start explaining everything.¡± Viva: ¡°What is it, Stormspike?¡± Me: ¡°Why am I naked?¡±
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Operation:- Marked One [Location:- Unknown] Me: ¡°Why am I naked?¡± Viva smiled a little after which she replied. Viva: ¡°Every Marked One is delivered like this the first time. But don¡¯t worry, your clothes were also sent separately. Wait a moment.¡± She turned towards the people that were watching us. Viva: ¡°Aeson! Bring his clothes at once.¡± She shouted at someone in the crowd. She then turned her attention towards me and said. Viva: ¡°Come... let us sit and I will start explaining everything until your clothes come.¡± Me: ¡°Alright.¡± I gave a slight node of my head. Viva: ¡°Good... follow me Stormspike.¡± Me: ¡°I would prefer to be called just Storm.¡± Viva: ¡°Then Storm it is.¡± She walked towards the other people that were either standing or sitting. Once she got close to them, they parted and gave way. I followed her to where she led me. While walking, I looked around the room. It was rather dark with only few spheres floating in the air, giving light to the room. The back side of the room was dark. Viva: ¡°Here we are, please take a seat here.¡± In front of me, there were series of tables with benches placed on both sides. There were numerous amounts of columns with four tables per row. But the lights showed only some of them. She had pointed towards one of them. I sat down and she sat opposite to me. ¡°Elder... here.¡± A woman came running towards Viva with something on her hand. The woman also wore the same clothes as everyone else. She had a round face with a closed set of eyes. She had brown eyes and a narrow forehead. Her cheekbones were prominent and had a wide nose. She had large lower lips with narrow upper lips and they were brown in colour which complemented her brown skin tone.Each of her small ears had a ring attached to the earlobes. The ring was round in nature. She had a rounded chin and cropped blue hairs on her head. She had a short neck and the way the light glazed over her indicated that she had a smooth skin. As I move my gaze from her neck down, I noticed she had narrow shoulders and a nicely rounded pair of breasts. Moving down to her waist, she had a flat stomach and a slightly defined waist with a soft curve to it. Moving onto the hip area, I found it wide and proportionate to her torso. She had a slight curvy ass, but I don¡¯t know how they felt. Continuing down to her legs, she had a small stature. Her things looked slim, but very alluring. If I stand in front of her, she would probably be a close to my chest. If I had to describe her body shape as a whole, I would say she had a triangle shaped body, meaning as her waist was wide compared to her breasts which were narrow compared to it. But there was something else... actually many things. For one, my eyesight improved. I don¡¯t know how much, but I got the feeling that this was not the eyesight I had previously. Secondly, I could smell a very alluring scent coming from her. The rest of the area had no other smell except the body odours of the people here, but her scent was different and I wanted more of it. Viva: ¡°Ehmm... Ehmm..¡± I turned my attention towards Viva. She smiled and said. Viva: ¡°If you are finished ogling her, then can we start our conversation?¡± I looked towards the girl, who was now standing beside the place where Viva was sitting. She was looking down while both her hands crossed together. I saw a faint blush on her cheeks while she at times adjusted a strand of hair near her ears, pushing them back over her ears. Viva turned towards the girl and said. Viva: ¡°Aeson, leave us for a moment, child.¡± She looked towards Viva and stuttered. Aeson: ¡°Y-yes, E-elder.¡± She hurried tried to leave, but I caught her right hand when she was passing me. She seemed shocked and her body stiffened. No noise came from her mouth. The reason why I grabbed her hand because of the scent I was getting from her. It was too pleasurable for me so I wanted to smell her more. I brought her closer to me and leaned close to her neck. I smelled her neck slightly, then slowly made my way down. The more I smelled her, the more aroused I started to get. It was like a drug that I could not stop taking. It was so intoxicating. While I was busy with my work, the only sound that came out of her were some slight moans. Viva: ¡°Please leave her... you are not allowed yet.¡± I stopped and released her hand. She quickly ran from there while I looked towards Viva. She was still smiling and said. Viva: ¡°First, here... take this.¡± She handed me something which was folded. It was my clothes. I got up and wore them. It fit perfectly. It had blue stripes running over my shoulder blade while the rest of the body was black. The same sign which was on my chest and on their collars was also etched in the center of the suit. The pants also had blue borders running on the side of the legs while the rest was black. It was comfortable and I felt I could move in them very easily. After dressing, I sat down. Viva: ¡°Now that you are fully clothed, I will explain everything to you. Are you ready?¡± Me: ¡°Yes.¡± Viva: ¡°This place is known as The Divinity Realm... the birthplace, residence and grave of all Gods and Goddesses. As you know, each and every Gods and Goddesses are immortal. But, with the influx of new Gods and Goddesses, their numbers were increasing exponentially and along with it, their power struggle. A solution was found and was supported by every one of Them. Thus, The Universal God Wars were created. All of Them decided that they would fight with each other in a tournament to weed out the weak Gods and Goddesses and to create an order of power for the strong ones. But they themselves would not fight each other physically. If that were to happen, the whole Universe might get destroyed. So, instead of them fighting physically, they would pit their own followers against each other." Me: ¡°I am to fight for Goddess Irah.¡± Viva: ¡°Yes...¡± Me: ¡°Then, what is your role in all of these?¡± Viva: ¡°Before each match, every God/Goddess has to bet one planet over which they either have complete control of the populace or over most of the populace. Most means exactly 1/3rd. If the Marked One looses, along with his life, the planet will be confiscated and given to the winner. He can do whatever he chooses with the planet. When a God/Goddess looses all the planets under their control, they will die. They need prayers and followers to live, without them they simply vanish. Thus, the weak God/Goddess are weeded out. But there is a condition for the Gods/Goddess. Those who are new can only participate when they have a minimum of 10 planets under their control." Me: ¡°Okay...¡± Viva: ¡°This time our planet Islade has been chosen by our Goddess Irah to be used as collateral in this tournament. You are currently residing in the Grand Temple Of Irah. All of us here are her servants and followers. We were informed about this event a few years before and were chosen to serve and look after her Marked One.¡± Me: ¡°What are those collars for?¡± Viva: ¡°Those who are chosen to serve the Marked One are required to wear this collar.¡± Me: ¡°Oh...¡± Viva: ¡°These collars also serve another purpose. When a Marked One looses, those who are chosen to serve him have to die as penalty too.¡± Me: ¡°What??? Lose one match and the fate of a planet gets altered and some of the populace also loose their lives!!¡± Viva: ¡°Yes.¡± Her face showed signs of sorrow. Me: ¡°This is fucking awful... playing with lives. Tell me, when will this tournament start?¡± Viva: ¡°We all will be informed when the time comes.¡± Me: ¡°You mentioned that we are currently inside a Temple of Goddess Irah.¡± Viva: ¡°That is right.¡± Me: ¡°Can we venture outside?¡± Viva: ¡°Yes... yes we can.¡± Me: ¡°Then what are we waiting for... I want to see the fucking planet I am tasked to fight for.¡± She smiled a little and replied. Viva: ¡°Certainly... please follow me.¡± We got up and I followed her. She led me out of that area and into a long corridor. It was fairly lightened with little spheres of light attached to the walls. The corridor had several rooms attached to it, but all of the doors were closed. The doors were made up of something grey... I couldn¡¯t recognize the material out of which they were made or rather I had no idea out of what material all things were made. Everything felt different to me... even the touch... whatever I touched gave an unknown feeling. This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. We took a right turn at the end of the corridor and came upon an enclosed place. She went and stood there and looked at me. She signaled me to come in. I tentatively step into the enclosed place. There was a single stand with a white sphere connected to the ground. It was on Viva¡¯s side. She put her hand right hand on the sphere. The sphere glowed the instant she put her hands on. Suddenly, with a slight jerk the space started to rise up. She turned towards me and spoke. Viva: ¡°Surprised?¡± Me: ¡°Not so with the moving. I feel that I am already used to it. But I do want to know how did it move? What happened when you put your hand on the sphere?¡± She turned forward and replied. Viva: ¡°You will know in due time.¡± The floor came to a stop. In front of us, there was another white sphere. She put her hand on it and like the floor, the wall parted from the middle instantly. Rays of light came out and temporarily blinded me. I put my hand in front of my eyes to guard it. Once my eyes had adjusted, I removed my hand and moved out of the space. When I came out, I saw a beautiful sight. Viva was standing in front of a railing and she turned back and signaled me to come. I moved closer to her and saw the scenery of the world I was in. We were standing on a balcony which overlooked a giant waterfall. We were surrounded by a large forest. To my left there was a big road leading into the temple which was at least six storied. The temple was in the form of four tall towers connected together. A large statue of a woman was kept in front of the main door. The statue was made up of something which I didn¡¯t recognize, but it was glowing due to the light of the sun. She had both her hands crossed together and was resting on her heart while smiling. Watching the statue instantly filled me with hope and peace. Viva: ¡°That is a statue of our Goddess Irah.¡± Me: ¡°She is so beautiful.¡± Viva: ¡°Our world only worships her. The material with which the statue is made of is known as Sciathil. It glows whenever any light falls on it. If you think that the present looks of the statue is beautiful then wait till you see the statue under the moonlight.¡± Me: ¡°Tell me about your world.¡± Viva: ¡°We have four continents and each one is ruled by a different ruler. They are peaceful and there hasn¡¯t been any war in the last thousand years. The continent in which we are here is known as Continent Ki, ruled by the Royal House of Rarocs. Our Kings name is Valter Rarocs. The names of the rest of the three continents are Zhai, ruled by the Royal House of Ebla. Sumer, ruled by the Royal House of Becub. And Pol, ruled by the Royal House of Agnai.¡± Me: ¡°Does your King Valter Rarocs know about the whole Universal God Wars?¡± Viva: ¡°Everyone was informed and that is why two days from now, you will meet all four Rulers and other Lords in the Royal Palace of Rarocs.¡± Me: ¡°Anything else?¡± Viva: ¡°Yes... while you are here, you should also learn about our timeline. 60 seconds make 1 minute. 60 minutes make 1 hour. 30 hours make 1 day. 40 days make 1 month. 20 months make 1 year. Out of 30 hours in a day, the mornings are shorter than nights. That means 12 hours of daylight and 18 hours of night.¡± Me: ¡°Why the nights are longer?¡± Viva: ¡°It is the choice of Goddess Irah.¡± Me: ¡°Anything else?¡± Viva: ¡°Average age of an Isladean is 125 years. Your current body has been reconstructed to match the environment of Islade and to contain and to help in proper usage for the power received from the Mark of Selection.¡± Me: ¡°How old are you?¡± She chuckled and replied. Viva: ¡°I am not even 100 years old.¡± Me: ¡°Do you have anything to eat?¡± Viva: ¡°Of course... everything has already been prepared in advance. Do you want to have your meal inside the Temple or outside?¡± Me: ¡°Outside please... something about this view is making me very soothing.¡± Viva: ¡°It is supposed to... Goddess Irah has blessed this place. It is the most peaceful place in all of continent Ki. Please wait here... while I make the arrangements.¡± She turned back and started to walk towards the enclosed place on which we came up. Suddenly she stopped and turned to face me. Viva: ¡°And remember... you are not allowed yet. Control yourself.¡± Me: ¡°Ah... Okay!¡± She turned and left. I honestly had no idea what she was talking ab... Oh... now I remember... the smell, the girl. Okay, this shouldn¡¯t be too hard. I leisurely took in the beauty of the scenery all around me. The longer I enjoyed the surrounding, the more alive I felt. Something then crossed my mind. She did say that my body was altered to suit the environment of this planet. Well, when I look at myself, I have no memory about how I looked before, but now I was about 6¡¯ 4¡±-6¡¯6¡± inches tall, my body structure was like an inverted triangle with my shoulder being broad and my waist narrow. I felt pure energy surging through me and my skin tone somewhat seems to be of light blue complexion. Viva came back shortly and guided me to a place which be described as a garden. It was full of different types of flowers... I think. I did not get a feel of familiarity upon seeing them. They gave off a very sweet and distinct smell. The garden itself overlooked a mountain cliff. The sky was clear and a cool breeze was blowing over. Different types of small birds or whatever they are called were flying in the sky. It was really a shame that this beautiful planet now hinges on my success in some tournament in which I don¡¯t know what I am going to do. A table and a couple of chairs were placed in the middle of the garden. Some men and women were also standing around the table; each holding some dishes. When I sat on one of the chairs, they placed the dishes on the table one by one. After placing the dishes, they stood beside me. Viva: ¡°These were made specially for you. Please start your meal. Once you¡¯re finished they will clean after you.¡± I only gave a slight nod and started consuming my meal. Once finished with my meal, Viva asked me. Viva: ¡°Would you like to see your house?¡± Me: ¡°Yes.¡± Viva: ¡°Then follow me.¡± I followed her where she led me. We walked further inside the compound to a more secluded place. There was a big house situated at the end of the path. It was a three storied building. Its doors were made of some metal which I had no knowledge of and that was the same case with its walls too. I had no idea of what it was made. Well kept gardens with fragrant flowers, gorgeous trees and many bushes decorates the outside of the house. Viva: ¡°This will be your residence whenever you are visiting here. It is staffed by Temple maids and are in readiness to cater your every wish. Behind the house, there is a training ground made for your usage. But tomorrow you will be escorted to the Royal Palace of Rarocs for the meeting.¡± Me: ¡°When will I have to leave?¡± Viva: ¡°In the dawn. The Royal Guards will be escorting you and your personal attendants.¡± Me: ¡°Personal attendants?¡± I asked out of curiosity. Viva: ¡°Yes... you are a Marked one and that makes you the second most important person of the Faith of Irah, the first one being our own Goddess Irah. Thus your care-taking is the responsibility of the Faith. We will chose the attendants carefully of course.¡± Me: ¡°Alright, I understand.¡± Viva: ¡°Then please take rest and process all the information you just just received. We will meet again tomorrow before you depart for the palace.¡± I entered the house with great curiosity. I still don¡¯t know what I am going to do, but what little I had seen, this world is worth protecting.
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Operation:- Information Dump ¡°Spectra... it is the name of our whole planet¡¯s currency. The origin of how it became is unknown, but up to now we have four kinds of Spectras stacked in a hierarchical order. They are:- 1.Red Spectra. 2.Orange Spectra. 3.Yellow Spectra. 4.Green Spectra. Where, Green Spectra being the lowest in the hierarchy of the currency system and therefore, the Red Spectra is the highest in the hierarchy of the currency system.¡± Me: ¡°Why are you telling me this, Castein?¡± I asked the boy who sat opposite to me in the carriage, escorted by the King¡¯s Guards. When standing upright, he stands up to my waist. He has a triangular shaped face with down turned brown eyes. He had a light blue skin tone and a frail body, which was like a square shape. He was not the only one that was part of my attendants group sent by Viva. Along with Castein, there were one mature female named Ayda. I suspect to be her of the same age group as Viva. One girl named Shilia, who would be closer to Castein¡¯s age. And the last one was Aeson, whose fragrance was too sweet and soothing for me. And for that reason, I insisted on sitting Aeson on my right side while Ayda on my left. Castein sat opposite to me with Shilia. I did not get the same intoxicating fragrance from any of the two females present. Ayda had a rectangular face with deep set of brown eyes. Her forehead was narrow, while she had prominent cheekbones. She had a pointed nose with thin brown lips, which complimented well with her brown skin tone. She has a small scar which was present on the forehead towards the left. It is a small and light one, but still visible to my eyes. She also had a small ring pierced on her nose. Her chin was rounded and her ears were small which hid perfectly within her blue cropped hair. She had a rectangular body shape as her shoulders and hips were about the same breadth... average. She did have full breasts, which her dress had gracefully covered up. If she wasn¡¯t standing nobody would even know she had them. She too was around Viva¡¯s height. At times when our eyes met, she would immediately turn her head. From what I was informed by Viva before leaving was that Ayda was in charge of overseeing my meals. Also, according to Viva, Ayda was a high ranking priestess in the Temple of Goddess Inah... just few ranks behind Viva herself. I also noticed that she kept fidgeting with her fingers of both of her hands. She would constantly interlock them, then unlock them then she would put a finger over the other and so on. From what little conversation we had, she was adamant on called me ¡®Sir Storm¡¯. Shilia had similar features as Castein except she had full blue lips and although she had cropped hairs, her hair colour similar to Castein was brown. It was expected of them having similar features as they were siblings. Castein was older than Shilia. Her chest seemed flat, but there were hints of a developing breasts not that I was searching for it. Her shoulders were narrow as well as her hips. According to Viva, she was in charge of cleaning and washing my clothes. She too was adamant about calling me ¡®Sir Storm¡¯. She was a nice girl who always had a soft smile on her face. What was different was that all four of them were not wearing the rag type clothes they used to wear back in the temple. They were now wearing a bluish white coloured dress which was similar to a type of dress I felt I was familiar with, but had no memory of where I saw it or even the name for it. Castein wore the male version of it. Both his shirt and pants were of bluish white. They also wore a deep red coloured belt around their waist. The symbol of the Goddess of Irah was etched on their dresses which were placed on the upper left of their dresses. They were still wearing the collars. Castein was to be my guide to whom I could ask about anything of this world and about its people and environment. Aeson was my personal assistant, according to Viva. She would always see to it that everything I needed were present beforehand and I needed anything, I just have to tell her. We had already traveled for about 5 hours without ever taking a rest. A Royal Guard had informed me earlier that within the next few hours we will make our first rest stop in the nearest city. The carriage was a large one and was being pulled by four animals I have no idea about. The carriage had no windows, had a roof window. Sunlight and a light breeze came inside of it. The atmosphere was slightly cold. Castein suddenly started talking about their currency used on this planet and when I asked him why was he informing me about it, he replied. Castein: ¡°Because it is relevant to the next topic about which I am going to discuss.¡± Me: ¡°Okay... then carry on little Castein.¡± I spoke while I pulled Aeson closer to me. I previously had my right arm around her waist while she was sitting and now she was much closer to me than before. There were two reasons for it. One, as informed earlier, her fragrance was intoxicating. Second, I was feeling a little cold so I pulled her closer to me for sharing her our body heat with each other. Although, Viva had warned me not to be so foolish while I was on this trip. There are still things I haven¡¯t learned or knew. So without going overboard, I tried to wiggle as much contact as I could. I had to find out why her fragrant was making me full of energy... I could almost feel it within my body. At first, she had a little problem with the way I was behaving, but as time passed on, she became comfortable. The more she got comfortable , the more intoxicating her fragrant got. My or our moment was immediately interrupted by Castein as continued to inform me. Castein: ¡°Our world although has many strong monsters roaming every part of it, we do not harm them as they are also the children of the Goddess Irah. They even do not harm us thus we live peacefully with each other. But, the real menace in our world is the Spectrals. They are neither living nor dead, only having a semi transparent body and without any soul. You would think, they were mindless ghosts, but you would be wrong. Without any soul or brain function, they are as very dangerous and frequent too. We do not know how they are formed and there are no easy ways to track them also. They can appear at any place at any given time. They are also very valuable and so our currency system was made up of it. These Spectrals cannot be killed. How can you kill which is already dead? In its place, they are absorbed.¡± Me: ¡°Absorbed? What do you mean by that?¡± Castein: ¡°First, tell me... do you feel like pure energy flowing throughout your body?¡± Me: ¡°Yes... all the time.¡± Castein: ¡°Then listen carefully, Marked one... it might help you in the tournament. We, the Isladens have found that when we are first born into this world, we posses two kinds of energy. 1.True Energy. 2.Real Energy. First, True Energy:- The Energy which is present inside an Isladen¡¯s body should be pure. It should be without any impurities. Secondly, Real Energy:- The Energy which is present inside an Isladen¡¯s body should be impure. It has impurities mixed with the True Energy.¡± Me: ¡°What exactly are these impurities you are talking about?¡± Castein: ¡°I was getting into that. Impurities:- The Energy inside us is made up of two kinds of state... Light and Dark. The Light and Dark State must have a 50-50 divide ratio between them to be considered as True Energy. When, the ratio between the Light and Dark state is other than a 50-50, they are known as Impurities which in term makes Real Energy.¡± Me: ¡°So, there has to be an exact balance between the two states... Light and Dark states to create True Energy and if the balance is disturbed even by negligible percent, then it is said to be impurity which in turn makes it a Real Energy.¡± Castein: ¡°Although, in case of Real energy, the ratio tends to be in a fixed range of 60-40% to 75-25%.¡± Me: ¡°How do you test it?¡± Castein: ¡°That... I will inform you after I have finished with some basic things. Now, only Isladens who have True Energy can absorb the Spectrals inside themselves. Upon absorbing the Spectrals, they can harness the Energy of the Spectral until that Spectral is completely drained. Or, he might sell the absorbed Spectral for a price. A True Energy Isladens can harness the Energy of the Spectrals in ways of converting into the Mana required to power their Mana Gun. A Real Energy Isladens can absorb the Spectrals, but with only the help of a crystal called Quaslium Crystal or Quastal. These Quasals can only come in two sizes. They are:- 1.Body Quastals:- These Quastals are fitted on an arm of an Isladen¡¯s choosing. 2.Large-Ground based Quastals:- These Quastals are about three feet in breadth, and two feet in length. It is mounted on a Quastal Stand which has a height of three feet from the ground. Three rods are extended from the Quastal Stand where the Quastal is placed. These devices have to be operated by two to three Isladens.¡± Me: ¡°Why there are two versions of the same crystal?¡± Castein: ¡°Again... I was going to inform you.¡± It was amusing to see his annoyed look on his face whenever I interrupted him. Me (smiling): ¡°Sorry... please continue.¡± Castein: ¡°Thank you. Now, the Spectrals always come in the night and take advantage of our longer ours of nightfall. Whenever they touch an Isladen, they absorb all the Energy within him. After all the Energy had been absorbed, they move on to absorb the body itself. At that point in time, the Isladen is already dead. When they fully absorb the body, a new Spectral is formed from it. So, it is strictly advised to maintain distance from them and if you do not own or posses a Quastal, you are to always run away from them. Only the Isladen equipped with a Quastal can stop them. This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. Large parts of the population do not own a Quastal. Only the soldiers and adventurers own a Quastal. Two of the main reasons being the cost or the availability of the material needed for making Quastal. Incidentally, the essence and Energy extracted from the Spectrals are the two main ingredient for making the Quasals. But the requirement depends upon the variety of the Spectrals. There are three main types of Spectrals that are found. They are:- 1.Orange Spectrals. 2.Yellow Spectrals. 3.Green Spectrals. Orange Spectrals being the most powerful Spectral and the Green Spectrals are the weak ones. Only the Large-Ground based Quastals could be used to absorb the Orange Spectrals. Body Quastals only used to absorb Green and Yellow Quastals. But sometimes the Quastals release a sudden burst of Energy overloading the Quastals, making them explode on contact and killing the Isladens controlling the Quastals. The Quatals also have a limitation. While the Body Quastals can absorb up to 20 Yellow Spectrals or 60 Green Spectrals at a point. The number can vary between two Spectrals and you can store both into one Quastal, but that is the limitation of each Body Quastals. The Large-Ground based Quastal can absorb upto 10 Orange Spectrals at a time. Sometimes, two new types of Spectrals are seen, namely Red and White Spectrals. Both cannot be absorbed by any Quastals. If these two are seen, people should flee for their lives. There is no way for absorbing them.¡± Me: ¡°What do you do when your umm... Quastals are full?¡± I saw a vein pop up on his head. He was now tending towards anger. It was still amusing to me. Castein: ¡°Again... I was... coming to that point. When a Quastal is full, you would have to take them to Decomposition Crystal, again this is also made from the essence and energy of Spectrals. After transferring the Spectrals, the Quastal is again free to be used. When you see one in action, you will get the whole idea. It is time consuming and it is a waste of man-powers, but it is the only way at this point in time. 600 Green Spectrals or 200 Yellow Spectrals are needed only just to make 1 Body Quastal. 1800 Green Spectrals or 800 Yellow Spectrals are needed only to make 1 Large-Ground based Quastal. A Decomposition Crystal needs around 500 Green Spectrals or around 170 Yellow Spectrals. An Orange Spectral has many Energy in it so it is most sought after, but it posses the highest amount of danger too. A simple ratio of their amount will give you a clear idea of how many of which type are needed. The Ratio between a Green and a Yellow Spectral is 3:1. The Ratio between a Yellow and an Orange Spectral is 6:1. The Ratio between a Green and an Orange Spectral is 18:1. As you can imagine, very large quantities of this Spectrals are needed. They have other uses as well. Almost 70% of our things used in daily life need either one or both of the Spectral products.¡± Me: ¡°I still don¡¯t get how it is relevant to the currency system!¡± That was a lie... I knew where this was heading, but I kind of wanted to screw with him. And from the looks of things, he was now angry, which I could see in its eyes. All three girls around us started giggling. This in turn made him angrier. Castein: ¡°I swear to our Goddess Irah... if you... if you... if you interrupt me one more time... I will... I will...¡± Towards the end of his sentence I could see a ball of tears forming at the corner of his eyes. He tried to hold on with all of his might. It was funny, but I had no intention of making him cry. Me: ¡°Alright... this was the last time. I am sorry... please continue.¡± He somewhat controlled himself and after clearing his throat, he started again. Castein: ¡°*ahem* *ahem* Well, where was I? Hmm... ah... yes. Relevance to our currency system. I previously mentioned the different slabs of our currency. Now, I will tell you there conversion values. 1 Yellow Spectra= 100 Green Spectra. 1 Orange Spectra= 1000 Yellow Spectra. 1 Red Spectra= 10,000 Orange Spectra. There is another slab, but it is generally not used by the general populace. It is only used in the exchange between Kingdom to Kingdom. 1 Black Spectra= 50,000 Red Spectra. It is an obscene amount of Spectras. An average Isladen¡¯s income irrespective of any kingdoms is 4000-5000 Orange Spectra; where as a Noble¡¯s average income is 9000-10,000 Red Spectra. All of it is in annual income. The Faith of Irah gets a generous amount of donation each month which takes care of all our necessities. Now, if you want to sell a Spectral, the conversation rates are:- 1 Green Spectral= 500 Yellow Spectra. 1 Yellow Spectral= 100 Orange Spectra. 1 Orange Spectral= 1000 Red Spectra. All the crystals in existence can only be worked if we apply sufficient Energy to it. Normally, the Energy level in people is calculated in units. A normal Isladen child holds 100 U (Units) of Real Energy. He is born with that amount. During the life of an Isladen, the amount of Energy stored in them can be increased. The more you spent Energy, the more amount of total Energy stored inside gets increased. A non-combatant Isladen over the course of his lifetime holds 1500-2000 U of Real Energy. A combatant which means soldiers, adventurers or those who frequently participate in tournaments or fight the Spectrals, over the course of their life time holds 5000-9000 U of Real Energy. A Noble born Isladen holds 9000-12,000 U of Real Energy. A King or royal born Isladen holds 13,000-15,000 U of Real Energy. A Body Quastal needs 3000-4000 U of Real Energy to work. A Large-Ground based Quastal needs 20,000-25,000 U of Real Energy. During usage, it generates back by resting, eating or by your Energy regeneration rate per minute, which could be anything. Now... do you have any questions?¡± I roll my eyes... it was a lot of information to digest and I have to remember all of this!? There were many things I wanted to know. Me: ¡°All the Energy limits you mentioned were of for the Isladens who have Real Energy. What about the limits of Isladens with True Energy?¡± Castein: ¡°We do not know.¡± He replied bluntly with a small smile of coarse. A bit surprised from hearing his answer, I asked again. Me: ¡°If you don¡¯t know then how do they measure their Energy Limit?¡± Castein: ¡°All the Isladens are born with Real Energy...¡± Me: ¡°What??¡± Surprised, I blurted out another question. But he signaled to me to hear him further. Castein: ¡°All Isladens have Real Energy until now.¡± Me: ¡°Until now! What do you mean by that?¡¯ Castein: ¡°You wield True Energy.¡± To tell the truth, I didn¡¯t know what to do? Whether I should be happy or be sad? Questions about the matter grew. I asked him again. Me: ¡°How did you know?¡± Castein arched back a little... adjusting his back on the comfortable sit he replied. Castein: ¡°Technically... I do not know anything. The Faith informed me about this matter and that is the only thing I can inform you. I have no information other than what I have told you.¡± I felt a little gloomy. Knowing I had Energy albeit True or Real... I wanted to know how to use it. I wanted to use it for my personal hunger as well as for preparing for the tournament. Me: ¡°How would I know about it? How do I use it? Does anybody know?¡± Castein: ¡°It is a matter that only the Royal Houses can answer. Hence, this meeting with them.¡± Me: ¡°Do they know anything about it?¡¯ Castein shrugs his shoulder and replies. Castein: ¡°Who knows?? If anybody did then they should definitely be a part of any of the four Royal Houses.¡± Me: ¡°Oh... you also mentioned that any being having True Energy can absorb the Spectrals. How is it done? Do you know?¡± He nods his head vertically... meaning no. Castein: ¡°This is also another matter for you to discuss with Royal Houses.¡± Me: ¡°Then how about a Mana Gun. You mentioned something like that. Where do I get it?¡± Castein: ¡°That is also a matter for you to discuss with the...¡± Me: ¡°Royal Houses...¡± I finish his sentence. Castein: ¡°Yes... you have to make them believe in you and trust you enough that they would make the Mana Gun for you. A Mana Gun costs very high. All four Royal houses have to unite their resources to make one single Mana Gun. Again... the matter of its mechanism should be...¡± Me: ¡°I know... I know, discussed with the Royal Houses.¡± I was quite annoyed. Probably sensing my annoyance, Ayda asked. Ayda: ¡°Would you like something to eat Sir Storm?¡± Me: "Yes please... I was quite hungry; we have been traveling for so long and haven¡¯t stopped even once to rest." Smiling, she brought out a container. After opening it, she passed everyone some type of sweet fruit. The container had many more unfamiliar items. Ayda: ¡°We should be stopping soon so I do not want all of you to spoil your appetites.¡± I thought about asking the name of the fruit, but decided to sniff the fragrance coming from Aeson. Why can¡¯t I resist her intoxicating fragrance? With that question hanging, I sat back and relaxed, while waiting for the next stop.
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Operation:- Meeting The Rulers (AUTHOR''S NOTE:- PLEASE POINT OUT ANY MISTAKES/ INCONSISTENCIES) ********************************************************************************* [Planet:- Islade] [Continent:- Ki] [Location:- Royal House of Rarocs] [Throne Room] We reached the Palace many hours ago, but was asked to rest first before my official meeting with the all the Rulers of all continents. When we first reached here, we first had to travel on a long bridge made up of a sky blue material. Before even I could ask, Castein informed me about it. Apparently, this bridge connects the Palace to the mainland. The Palace is situated on a single mountain and this is the only way for transportation. The bridge is 500 ft long and it is made up of a material called Bashine. It is one of the strongest material found on this planet. It has no not worthy uses. It is also used because it reflects light, giving this sky blue colour of it and at night, it glows giving light to the surrounding area. For it to glow, it has to absorb the light energy too, that means it reflects only 20% of the light and the rest it absorbs into it. The bridge was guarded by soldiers at regular intervals. They wore a chestguard which were silver in colour, a blue cloak, a pair of blue bracers, a pair of silver pauldrons, blue leggings, brown boots, brown gloves, a silver helmet with open spaces for the eyes, nose and mouth and equipped with a sword and a shield. The shield and the armour had an sign etched in them. Two letters ¡®R¡¯ and ¡®A¡¯ were written in black on a golden crown. The shield had them in the center while they were present in the upper right corner in the armour. After crossing the bridge, we came to the barred doors of the castle. Seven thin, square towers are low, but set firm and strong for a great defensive line and are connected by huge, chunky walls made of dark red stone.Small windows are scattered here and there across the walls in an asymmetric pattern, along with asymmetric crenelations. Once in the castle, we were brought in a room filled with furnitures of different kinds. Some were made of wood, some made of unknown stones and some hovered from the floor. But everyone of them were comfortable to sit in. I sat on a single chair facing the doorway. But the rest of my company stood behind me along with Castle Guards who had escorted us here from the Temple of Irah. The wooden door opened and few Isladens came inside, four to be exact. Well, one led while others followed. All of them wore blue shirt with the same emblem worn by the Guards. The wore brown leggings and had white gloves. All four of them were male. They were close to my height. The one was leading the rest wore a golden spectacle and had a certain dignity in his walk. They reached us and stood in front of me. I stood up while my attendants bowed these men. I did no such thing¡­ I barely know this people to even consider them as my superiors. The man with the golden spectacles spoke. ???: ¡°Hello! And Welcome! Welcome, to the Palace of the House of Rarocs. My name is Teral¡­ Teral Rouv. I am the Prime Court Minister of King Valter Rarocs, King of the Continent Ki.¡± I start to give my introduction. Me: ¡°I¡­¡± Aeson: ¡°May I¡­ present to you, Sir Teral Rouv¡­ Prime Court Minister of Our King Valter Rarocs, with the full blessings of Our Goddess Irah and with the full support of the Faith of Irah¡­ Stormspike¡­ the Marked One.¡± Me: ¡°Hello¡­¡± He along with the other three members bowed to me. Then Teral spoke. Teral Rouv: ¡°Finally we have the honour to meet the Marked one¡­ the one who is going to fight for our planet as well as for Our dear Goddess Irah¡­ Was your journey comfortable¡­ umm¡­¡± Aeson: ¡°Stormspike¡­ he can be referred to as Sir Storm to¡­ authorized by the Faith.¡± Teral Rouv(with a smile on his face): ¡°Certainly¡­ Sir Storm.¡± Me: ¡°Yes, we did have a comfortable journey¡­ though it was a long one, but your Guards were careful and attentive.¡± Teral Rouv: ¡°Ah¡­ It is good to know. We are proud of our men and women who serve us with their life on the line¡­ just as you will, Sir Storm.¡± Me: ¡°We are extremely sorry to arrive early to our designated meeting time, if¡­ i am not wrong.¡± Teral Rouv: ¡°Absolutely not!! In Fact, we are glad you arrived early, but at first¡­ let me show you your room Sir Storm. As per the request of the Faith of Irah, your attendants rooms have been placed within close proximity with your and are also connected to each other.You must be tired too¡­ please take rest. When you are well rested the meeting can begin. All the rulers of all the continents have already gathered here and are very excited to finally meet the Marked One.¡± Me: ¡°Me too¡­ now that you mention it, I am a little tired and I¡¯m sure my attendants are too.¡± Teral Rouv: ¡°Certainly¡­ please follow us. We will show you the way.¡± He led us to a very large room with three more attached to it. The halls and corridors were being guarded heavily. The corridors were decorated with many paintings depicting many number of things. But I had no interest in them so I didn¡¯t bother to look at them closely. There were many statues of different sizes to, but I kept moving. Teral Rouv: ¡°Here you are Sir Storm, your living quarters. I will send a maid to bring you some edibles while you rest. I will come again at 2400 hours to escort you to the meeting.¡± Me: ¡°Thank you, Prime Court Minister.¡± Teral Rouv: ¡°It was my pleasure¡­ please excuse us.¡± They exited the room and the door was closed from the outside¡­ presumably the guards posted outside did it. I turned towards the people that accompanied me here. Me: ¡°Alright, pick your rooms and take rest for sometime.¡± Castein gave out a huge yawn to which he got nudged by Shilia, his sister; who stood beside him. Castein: ¡°What???¡± He asked his sister. Shilia: ¡°You are being rude towards Sir Storm.¡± Castein: ¡°He told us to take some rest didn¡¯t he.¡± Shilia: ¡°Yes¡­ that does not mean we should forget our duties handed by the Faith.¡± His face showed the displeasure he felt¡­ he was a sweet kid. Shilia looked towards me and spoke. Shilia: ¡°Sir Storm, please wait a moment.¡± She walked towards the bags which were sent by Viva. I wondered about their contents. She opened them and picked out something after carefully choosing. She turned back and came towards me. She then extended her hands which had a wrapped item. Shilia: ¡°Sir Storm, please change into these clothes. These are specially made for you while you rest.¡± I took the clothes from her hand. Before I could say anything else, the door opened. A few maids came inside and did a bow. The one leading them came forward and said. Maid: ¡°Sir Storm¡­ we have been instructed to serve you while you are a guest in the Royal House of Rarocs.¡± Ayda: ¡°Hello¡­ my name is Ayda and I am in charge of overseeing Sir Storms meals. Please show me the way towards your kitchens so I could choose his meals.¡± Maid: ¡°Certainly Miss Ayda.¡± Ayda: ¡°And this is Shilia. She is charge of maintaining and washing Sir Storms cloths. Please show her the way towards your washing area.¡± Pointing towards the girl. Maid: ¡°Of course. Would be interested in knowing the way of your respective places now or later?¡± Ayda: ¡°Now would be a good time.¡± Maid: ¡°Then please follow us.¡± Ayda: ¡°Come on Shilia.¡± They exited the room and I was left with a sleepy Castein and Aeson, who gave out sweet and an intoxicating smell which I found hard to resist. I looked towards Castein and said. Me: ¡°You can go now Castein. Take some rest.¡± Castein: ¡°I was going to do exactly that.¡± He walked towards a room which was attached to my room. He closed the door behind him, leaving me and Aeson. I looked towards Aeson¡­ her eyes were showing signs of fear. Do I scare her? Well¡­ with the things I have been doing with her from the first day, who wouldn¡¯t be? This damn intoxicating fragrance!! Ruining my image. Me: ¡°Aeson¡­¡± She got startled when I called her name. She was sweating a little bit and forced herself to smile. Me: ¡°Do I scare you?¡± Aeson looked surprised at first, then she looked down while sliding a lock of hair behind her ears. Aeson: ¡°Ye-yes¡­ Sir Storm.¡± Me: ¡°I understand. We had a long journey today¡­ please pick your room and rest.¡± Aeson: ¡°Yes, Sir Storm.¡± She turned around and after choosing a room, she went inside and closed the door. After changing my clothes which was a night gown¡­ very¡­ very comfortable, I sat on the bed thinking over somethings. I should start to train with this body and I should exercise restraint over the sweet fragrant business too. Soon, Ayda came in with Shilia and other palace maids behind her. The maids were carrying plates full of food. Just behind them, butlers also came inside carrying a small table and few chairs. They placed it in the middle of the room and stood around it. Ayda motioned me to sit in the chair. As I sat, a plate was placed and Ayda put different types of dish one by one until it was full. I ate the delicious food until I could no more. Cleaning everything up, the maids and butlers left the room. Ayda and Shilia were standing holding four plates. Me: ¡°Why didn¡¯t all of you eat with me? We could have spent a meal together.¡± Ayda: ¡°Do not worry, Sir Storm. It is quite alright for us and we should not share a meal with the Marked One. Now, please rest Sir Storm.¡± She then asked Shilia to call both Castein and Aeson to come over Ayda¡¯s room. I got myself in a comfortable position in the bed and slowly drifted into sleep. ???: ¡°Have you gotten used to it?¡± Me: ¡°Why do you ask¡­ Goddess Irah?¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°Can¡¯t I inquire about the welfare of my Marked One?¡± Me: ¡°Yes¡­ yes you can. You can ask your Marked One, but not me.¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°Mortal¡­ you are now my Marked One.¡± Me: ¡°Yeah¡­ and what am I supposed to do? Fight!!! with whom? How? What type of tournament is this? Are all of you sick in your minds¡­ if you have one? Who bets a whole planet? No¡­ why this tournament in the first place?And there are many other questions to follow.¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°Did the Faith not tell you about all of this?¡± Me: ¡°Oh¡­ they did. But I although I don¡¯t remember anything about my life before, I am feeling a very tingling sensation within my gut. You are not telling the truth. Am I right?¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°Hmmm¡­ You are right. I have altered a single information about the tournament.¡± Me: ¡°And what would that be?¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°It you lose, with my death¡­ this planet will die too. Every planet lost in the bet is destroyed. That is the true rule. I did not mention it to the Priestess¡­ I¡­ simply altered it.¡± Me: ¡°Great!! Now¡­ I am responsible for the whole planet!!! And what would I get, if I win?¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°As I described before¡­ I will bestow upon you blessings which would be worth your while.¡± Me: ¡°It pains to hear my Goddess Irah turned out to be more of a celestial broker than an actual Goddess.¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°You have no idea about the position I am in. Win¡­ at all cost¡­ My Marked One.¡± Me: ¡°How? You made me into a True Energy user. There is no True Energy user on this entire planet¡­ all of them are born with Real Energy. How should I now find out how to use True Energy¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°You will get your answer in the meeting with all the ruling families.¡± Me: ¡°Oh... I just remembered¡­ why the heck do I keep smelling an intoxicating fragrance from a girl in the Faith?¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°Hmm¡­ I suppose I could shed some light on it. As you are a True Energy wielder¡­ there are women who are close to the True Energy wielding level, but still not quite there. This takes a toll on their body, thus making them unable to bear children. As a True Energy wielder yourself, you too are not exception to that rule, but as they are close to your level of energy, they have the innate power to carry your excess or any type of essence or mana or both within them¡­ within their womb to be exact. Thus, when you have a surplus of essence or Mana inside you, you will get Essence Poisoning. No one can store them at will. You have a limit¡­ a limit which you can increase after training yourself. Just place any of your hands on their womb and push the excess or all of your mana inside you to go into her through your palm. They can store up to the level of the woman you are storing them into. The higher the level, the more intoxicating fragrance you will receive. That fragrance is an indicator.¡± Me: ¡°Can I take back the stored mana or energy?¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°Yes¡­ at will by using the same process of injecting the essence. now, you just will be extracting out.¡± Me: ¡°Can I store an Spectral inside them?¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°No! Only essence or mana and nothing else.¡± Me: ¡°When will this circus of yours will start?¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°WATCH YOUR MOUTH MORTAL!!!!¡± Me: ¡°How can I? I can¡¯t even see my face.¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°YOU FORGET YOUR PLACE, MORTAL?¡± Me: ¡°Can you please stop shouting in my mind? It is unbecoming of a Goddess¡­ whom I respect very much.¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°What do you want to know, mortal?¡¯ Me: ¡°When will The Universal God Wars start?¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°You will be informed about it, when the time is right. All you need to know is that¡­ you have one month to get a good grip over your new found powers and add them to your already existing capabilities.¡± Me: ¡°That is my goal, Goddess Irah.¡± Goddess Irah: ¡°Sleep well, mortal¡­ I will have words with you at a later time.¡± Me: ¡°Next time¡­ please call me Stormspike instead of ¡®mortal¡¯.¡± I woke up suddenly and sat upright. What kind of communication was that? I feel as if my mind was melted and I could not feel anything¡­ as if I didn¡¯t exist yet I was present there. I didn¡¯t see anything except I felt like I saw everything¡­ these Gods and Goddesses sure know how to play games. With my right hand, I wiped my face. I was sweating heavily so I turned to get out of the bed, but I found Aeson standing beside me¡­ shocked. Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit. Me: ¡°Aeson¡­ what happened? Why are you standing there?¡± Aeson was looking at me as if she had seen some kind of ghost. She had covered her mouth with her hands. The room had no lights, but the windows were open so the bright moonlight came into the room giving me enough field of view. Me: ¡°Aeson¡­ what happened?¡± She did not answer, but just kept looking at me. I got up from the bed and walked towards her. She was just a few feet away from the bed. I approached her and put my left arm on her shoulder and gave her a big nudge to snap her out of whatever she was in. It did work and she snapped out of whatever she was in. She slowly looked towards me and tears started to trickle down from her eyes. Me: ¡°Aeson! Why are you crying? What happened??¡± Aeson: ¡°I- I- I- I¡­¡± Me: ¡°You¡­ what?¡± Aeson: ¡°I fe-felt it¡­ I definitely felt it.¡± Me: ¡°What did you feel?¡± Aeson: ¡°I- I- I- I don¡¯t know how, bu-but I- I felt it.¡± Me: ¡°You are not making any sense Aeson. Come¡­ sit down for a moment.¡± I dragged her towards the bed by holding her hand and made her sit on it. I asked again¡­ Me: ¡°Please tell me what actually happened?¡± Aeson: ¡°I- I was on my way to wake you up for the meeting. A maid had come and told that you are requested by the King to attend the meeting within an hour. The Prime Court Minister would come to escort you to the meeting room. I was just about to call you when I- I felt it. I- I felt a warm sensation on my stomach. It was warm for a second and suddenly it turned cold. Here¡­ please feel it¡­¡± She took my right hand and placed it upon her stomach. Right then, I felt a sudden rush of blood in my head. I got dizzy for a moment and I removed my hand from there. She was still in shock and continued to look at me. Aeson: ¡°I- I felt it again. I felt as if something was coming out from your hands¡­ I- I never felt such warmth before. What is it, Sir Storm?¡± I had a vague idea about it. She must be having a reaction with my energy. It was not there before. She is not acting now and she didn¡¯t feel it before. I smell a work of a certain Goddess¡­ well other than Aeson¡¯s intoxicating fragrance. Me: ¡°I have no idea Aeson, but do not worry¡­ I am sure it¡¯s nothing. Where are my cloths that I am going to wear in the meeting?¡± Aeson suddenly stood up as if realizing something. Aeson: ¡°Oh no¡­ I- I am calling Shilia, she knows where they are.¡± She quickly ran over to Shilia¡¯s room. After Shilia came, I got dressed and was escorted by the Prime Court Minister. And now¡­ here I am, standing in the throne room filled with Royalty from all continents. I brought Aeson with me as she was my personal assistant. The throne room was nicely decorated with paintings on the left side and a few status and weird plants on the right. The room was filled with Royal Guards who were all positioned close to the wall. A few soldiers were standing below the pedestal, where the throne was and a few behind the throne. My host hasn¡¯t come yet and none of the other kings too. The Prime Court Minister, Teral Rouv upon reaching the throne room, informed me that I should wait here as the King will be with us shortly. But¡­ it has been a long time since that and no one has showed up yet. No one even offered us any seating arrangement. Strangely, I had no difficulties standing for long periods of time. It felt like I was habituated with it¡­ I wonder what I was before Goddess Irah pulled me here. My concerns were for Aeson who was clearly not used to standing for long period of time and was struggling. Atlast the door on the other end of the throne room opened and after a few guards, five people entered the throne. Suddenly, the throne was now filled with maids and servants setting up highly decorated chairs on the pedestal, beside the already present thrones. When the extra thrones were placed so to say, the rulers took their respective positions. They all had a look of importance on their faces and they were constantly looking at me with a surprise. I turned back to see how Aeson was feeling and found her kneeling on one knee and bowing her head. So¡­ you are expecting a bow¡­ not going to happen. Teral Rouv came forward and while facing the people sitting on the thrones, bowed. He stood up and turned towards me and started with the introductions. He started from the left. Teral Rouv: ¡° May I present, King Folwin Ebla, Ruler of the continent Zhai.¡± This guy had an oblong type facial structure and was bald. His face was full of wrinkles indicating his experience in age. His eyes were hooded type and were brown in colour. His face had a small thin line of beard over his pointed chin. He had a brown skin tone. He had an average build and was relatively the shortest person in this room. He wore a very long sleeved, velvety jacket covers him to well below his knees and is tightly tied with string at the bottom left side. The sleeves of his jacket are a comfortable fit and reach down to well above his hands, they''re decorated with a single thread lining from top to bottom.The jacket has a wide, rectangular neckline which reveals part of the luxurious shirt worn below it and is worn with a small cloth band, which is held together by a small belt buckle. The cloth band is purely a functional addition.His pants are simple and incredibly wide and reach down to his hard leather shoes. The shoes are made from a very uncommon material unknown to me. Teral Rouv moved to the next one. Teral Rouv: ¡°May I present, King Halamer Becub, Ruler of the continent of Sumer.¡± This guy had an oval type facial structure with short black hair. He also had wrinkles on his ebony skin tone, indicating that he too was quite old. He was clean shaven and was quite tall. He too had an average build. His very short sleeved, hide jacket covers him to well below his knees and is bound slightly off-center. The sleeves of his jacket are quite narrow and reach down to just above his wrists, they''re decorated with a decorative band at the edges.The jacket has a wide, rectangular neckline which reveals part of the ornate shirt worn below it and is worn with a dark rope belt, which is held together by a small belt buckle. The rope belt is partially decorative, but mostly a purposeful addition.His pants are simple and narrow and reach down to his hard boots. Now he points to the person to the extreme right. Teral Rouv: ¡°May I present,King Ailliun Agnai, Ruler of the continent of Pol.¡± He was quite young compared to those two Kings. He had a round shaped facial structure with long blue hairs which reached up to his shoulders. He had a slight fair complexion and was well built, considering his wide shoulders and bulging arms. He had a stubble on his face. His short sleeved, hide jacket covers him to well below his waist and is tightly tied with string at the left side. The sleeves of his jacket are a loose fit and reach down to well below his wrists, they''re decorated with a single thread lining and a decorative band.The jacket has a deep, rectangular neckline which reveals part of the traditional shirt worn below it and is worn with a small leather belt, which is held together by an ornate pin. The leather belt is mostly decorative and a sign of wealth.His pants are simple and a little narrow and reach down to his shoes. Teral then pointed towards the woman next. Teral Rouv: ¡°May I present, Queen Saida Raroc, Queen of our great continent of Kai.¡± She was sitting very gracefully with a small smile gracing her beautiful heart shaped face. She had long black hair which reached up to the small of her back. She had a very sharp deep set of green eyes. She was a little short, but had a voluptuous figure. She had a luscious lips which complimented her well with her fair complexion. She had small ears which were partially covered by her hair. She had a very delicate shoulders which tried best to support her full breasts, if I am not wrong. She had a slight curvy waist and her figure was like an inverted triangle. Her stylish dress flows from top to bottom and has a scoop neckline, which gracefully reveals the rather simple dress worn below it. The velvety, buttoned up fabric of her dress covers her stomach where the continuous flow is broken up by a dark leather belt worn fairly low around her waist.Below the leather belt the dress opens up and reveals the dress below. The front of the top dress is shorter at the front and flows straight down, the back continues to flow a small length behind her and ends in a broad rectangle.Her sleeves are a little short and a comfortable fit, their flow is broken up at the elbow where they''re divided by thin, decorative bands, these are the same fabric and color used to outline the sleeves and bottom of the dress. There was a very troubling thing about her¡­ I smelled a very strong intoxicating fragrance coming from her¡­ so much strong that I couldn¡¯t feel Aeson¡¯s fragrance at this moment. Oh My¡­ I was starting to feel dizzy¡­ so¡­ strong. But I held back and forcefully pulled my eyes off her and towards the man beside her to which Teral was pointing now. Teral Rouv: ¡°May I present, King Valter Rarocs, Ruler of the continent of Ki.¡± This man had an rectangular face with a face full of a thick beard. He looked quite experienced and was of brown skin tone. He had short green hair and had broad shoulders. He was the tallest in all of them and seemed the more arrogant. His fairly short sleeved, leather jacket covers him to just above his waist and is tightly tied with string at the left side. The sleeves of his jacket are quite narrow and reach down to well above his wrists, they''re decorated with a single thread lining at the sleeve ends.The jacket has a round neckline which reveals part of the traditional shirt worn below it and is worn with a simple cloth band, which is held together by a big belt buckle. The cloth band is purely a functional addition.His pants are simple and a little narrow and reach down to his black boots. All of them kept staring at me as if I had committed a murder in front of them. Aeson gave my introduction to them. Aeson: ¡°Our Goddess Irah¡¯s chosen Champion, Islade¡¯s one true hope and saviour¡­ May I present to you, Sir Stormspike¡­ the Marked One.¡± King Valter Rarocs: ¡°It seems the Marked One lacks proper etiquette.¡± King Folwin Ebla: ¡°Yes!! How could our Goddess Irah chose this being.¡± Me: ¡°With all due respect to your Majesties¡­ you may be rulers of this planet, but not in mine. Atleast I think so¡­ I mean I don¡¯t remember where I am from, but I am sure we didn¡¯t have any Kings ruling over us¡­ In short, don¡¯t expect ¡®etiquettes¡¯ from me¡­ I am here to fight so called Marked Ones of other Gods¡­ for which I need some things. I am told that you can provide me those things.¡± King Ailliun Agnai: ¡°And what would those be?¡± Me: ¡°I need a Mana Gun.¡± King Valter Rarocs: ¡°A Mana Gun!!! Impossible¡­ do you know how much it costs? Absolutely not.¡± Me: ¡°So¡­ you are denying the Marked One of your beloved Goddess Irah a material which you are able to provide. It¡¯s cute really¡­ I am not asking to you to give me¡­ I¡¯m ordering you to.¡± King Ailliun Agnai: ¡°On what right?¡± Me: ¡°The right given by Goddess Irah. Now, how soon can you provide me with a Mana Gun?¡± King Folwin Ebla: ¡°HOW DARE YOU SPEAK LIKE THAT WITH US?¡± Me: ¡°How dare you¡­ to make us wait for so long. Do you think¡­ you are a higher being than me? Do you really think so? You will give me what I want or I will take everything from you. Your whole life depends upon me now. You may be the rulers, but I am now the highest entity present in this planet. I have no wish to take your place, but do not force me to. I need the Mana Gun¡­¡± Queen Saida Raroc: ¡°And what else do you need, Sir Stormspike?¡± Me: ¡°Please call me only Storm, Your Highness.¡± She gave a small smile amidst frowns from all three kings. Queen Saida Raroc: ¡°As you wish¡­ Sir Storm.¡± Me: ¡°I am in need of a person who is well versed if not the best in the theoretical and practical applications of True Energy.¡± King Valter Rarocs: ¡°Why do you need to learn about True Energy?¡± Me: ¡°Because¡­ I wield True Energy and I want to learn about it and to learn how to use it too.¡± Queen Saida Raroc: ¡°It is a topic on which very few people research about it. And out of those few people only a handful can partially grasp the idea of True Energy and even fewer who actually know the practical use of it. But¡­ aside from that, I am considered the foremost scholar of True Energy in the entire planet of Islade.¡± Me: ¡°Do I detect a hint of arrogance in your voice?¡± King Valter Rarocs: ¡°Yes¡­ she is the greatest scholar our planet has ever produced.¡± He was beaming with pride and was the envy of the rest of the kings. Queen Saida was a truly beautiful woman and not because how she looked, but because of warm feeling she gives out for everyone to feel. Her voice can even calm a turbulent sea. That¡¯s how she carried herself¡­ a true and a worthy Queen. Me: ¡°Then it is great¡­ and Oh¡­ I also need something. It is the most important thing in the list of what I need.¡± King Folwin Ebla: ¡°What is it?¡± He spoke while trying to control his anger. Me: ¡°I need your wife King Valter Rarocs.¡± Absolute silence fell in the throne room... absolutely pin-drop silence.
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Project:- MAP This my first ever attempt of creating a Map. If any of it seems out of place or not clear, feel free to let me know about it... ********************************************** Map Of Planet Islade:- Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road. 1. Continent Ki. 2. Continent Pol. 3. Continent Zhai. 4. Continent Sumer. 5. Droz Bheck Sea. 6. Rarzha Channel. 7. Norenz Ocean. 8. Ocean of Irah. The Royal Castles of each continent is shown as well as the Temple of Irah in Continent Ki. As the story progresses, the map would continued to be updated. Operation:- Anomalies [Planet:- Islade] [Continent:- Ki] [Location:- Royal House of Rarocs] [Throne Room] King Valter Rarocs: ¡°WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!?¡± HOW DARE YOU?¡± Me: ¡°Relax King Valter, I did not insult you or your wife, Queen Saida Raroc. I need to learn everything about True Energy and its uses. Apparently, Queen Saida is the foremost authority on it. I can¡¯t stay here so, I want Queen Saida to accompany me back to the Temple of Irah. She will stay there until I become proficient enough in True Energy.¡± King Valter Rarocs: ¡°PREPOSTEROUS!!! I WILL NOT ALLOW IT!!!! ¡° Me: ¡°Then I cannot win in the Universal God Wars, your precious Goddess Irah will die along with the people attached to me. Who knows what could happen with your world? You know¡­ I should just tell Goddess Irah that her followers want her to die. They do not want your blessings. While I¡¯m at it, I should inform the Faith of Irah as well as Viva, a High Priestess in the Temple Of Irah that they should prepare for their death. And all of this because a King was insecure in his relationship with his wife¡­ Truly pathetic! ¡± King Valter Rarocs: ¡°Did you just mention the name of the High Priestess in the Grand Temple?¡± Me: ¡°Yes¡­ her life is also attached to mine. But¡­ I think I should go back and inform her that their King is an insecure and a shallow man.¡± King Valter Rarocs: ¡°She- she has also been collared?¡± Me: ¡°Oh yes¡­ she is one of many whose lives are at stake. Do you, there King¡­ want to be the reason for their death. How will you face your people knowing that you had the opportunity to save them yet out of your stubbornness, you denied them life.¡± King Valter Rarocs: ¡°I-I will give the permission. I will give it. Queen Saida will stay in the Grand Temple of Irah while providing you assistance about the matter of True Energy. Take as much time as you want, I-I¡­ she will stay until you have mastered True Energy and have attained the level where you could win in the tournament.¡± He looked distraught and looked worried. Why the sudden change? All the other Kings looked at with surprise. Queen Saida however, remained calm and did not show any kind of surprise or shock. Well, I got what I wanted so I have no place to complain. King Folwin Ebla: ¡°What are you saying King Valter? We do not know anything about this being and you decided to send Queen Saida away with him!!! ¡° King Valter Rarocs turned his face towards King Folwin Ebla and replied back. King Valter Rarocs: ¡° King Folwin, this man has been chosen by Goddess Irah herself. Who are we to question her decision? I have simply decided to help him in however I or we can.¡± He then looks towards his wife who also turned her gaze towards him. She gives him a slight nod which brought out a faint smile on his face. How cute! Oh¡­ forgot about another part. Me: ¡°And what about the Mana Gun?¡± King Valter Rarocs: ¡°You will also have your Mana Gun, Sir Storm. But, it would take some time to make it.¡± Me: ¡°Great!¡± I looked towards Queen Saida and spoke. Me: ¡°Then with your permission, we will start our journey back tomorrow, Queen Saida.¡± Queen Saida Rarocs: ¡°Very well, Sir Storm.¡± King Valter Rarocs: ¡°Prime Court Minister Teral Rouv, make preparations for The Marked One¡¯s and Queen Saida¡¯s journey to the Grand Temple of Irah, tomorrow. I want the 1st Royal Guard to be stationed outside the Temple and guard the Queen until her work there is done. Is that understood!!¡± Teral Rouv: ¡°Yes My King!! It shall be carried out as per your wish.¡± King Valter Rarocs: ¡°Then this meeting is over. Please escort Sir Storm back to his room and attend to his every need.¡± All the Kings and Queen stood up from their respective thrones and walked back towards the door from which they came inside. Everyone else bowed to them except me. Soon both me and Aeson were escorted back to our room. When we entered the room, I saw Ayda and Shilia patiently sitting close to the window, watching the night sky. They looked content, although it was still night, it seemed to me that they were well rested. I didn¡¯t want disturb them, but Ayda noticed me entering in the room. She quickly got up and spoke. Ayda: ¡°Ahh¡­ you have returned Sir Storm. How did the meeting with the Rulers of all continents go? Shilia! Fetch Sir Storm some comfortable clothes to change in.¡± The girl quickly got up and ran towards the wall closet. She picked out some clothes and placed them on the bed. She came upto me and said. Shilia: ¡°I have placed the clothes on the bed, Sir Storm. Please change your clothes first.¡± Ayda: ¡°Yes please change into something comfortable.¡± Aeson! Shila! come¡­ Let us give Sir Storm his privacy.¡± Both of them nodded and followed Ayda who led them into her room and locked the door. Meanwhile, I walked up to the bed to pick up the clothes. Suddenly, I sensed something. I side stepped towards my left and saw a knife like material fly past me at an altitude same as my head. I turned my head towards where the knife came flying. I saw a figure standing in my room close to the open window. He was dressed in a manner to conceal his identity. Only his blue eyes were visible. The rest of his body was covered in black. Me: ¡°Who are you?¡± I asked him silently. There was no point in making a fuss about it. If I made a large commotion, then Ayda, Aeso, Shilia or Castein¡­ anybody¡¯s life could in danger. He didn¡¯t answer him and stood his ground. I slowly walked towards him and continued with my questioning. Me: ¡°Who sent you here? Do you want me dead?¡± He still didn¡¯t reply, but gave a slight nod after hearing my last question. So¡­ you have come here to kill me. How annoying! I dodged to my right as a knife was hurled at me. When I was in the dodging motion, I could clearly see the knife while moving its trajectory. It felt like to me that it was slowly flowing through the air piercing it. As soon as I got a hold of my feet, I stood and faced him. I searched for the knife that was previously thrown towards me. I found it stuck to the wall which indicates that it had a good amount of force behind it. Still, I was able to see the whole motion of the knife with time to spare. I realized something I should a long time ago¡­ Idiot !!!!! I started to walk towards him at a gentle pace¡­ step by step. I wasn¡¯t sure of what I was going to attempt, but the predicament I was in¡­ I should be able to do it at this level. The figure got into a stance and in a quick succession, threw four knives aiming at me with both of his hands respectively. The knives travelled at a fast pace. Two of them was aimed towards my head while one was aimed towards my chest¡­ most probably the heart was its intended target and the last one aimed towards my throat. As the distance were much smaller than my first encounter with this figure, there was no time to dodge all of it¡­ If I had decided to dodge it. But I could not miss this golden opportunity to test my body movements. I was going to take part in a fight after all, no sense in wasting an opportunity. I closely followed their trajectory for any anomalies in their flight path. Up till a few feet away, I couldn¡¯t see any anomalies, but when they entered the kill zone so to say, all of them dipped a little in their flight paths. Thus the angle was sharp and their speed increased exponentially. In a matter of seconds, they will do their damage unless I do something¡­ which I did. The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. From the beginning of my slow walk towards the figure, I was searching something within the depths of my body¡­ I was searching for the entity called Energy. I can at least find it and try to use it even if in some small capacity. Searching and searching, when the figure threw those knives; I stumbled upon something which I can only describe as a new revelation. Delving my mind within my body, I found that I had no heart¡­ or any other organ resembling it. I was missing a heart!! How am I still alive? Oh Goddess Irah how many surprises have you left for me!! When I felt that, I suddenly discovered another anomaly¡­ my eyes. I could not only see the knives and their motion, but I could put more focus towards them. When I did that, I saw the edges and contours of each of the knives. Calculations quickly started at that split second a counter measure was presented to me by my brain. Within the time taken for the knives to cover their half distance towards me, I could twist to any angle and rush towards the figure taking the fight to him. Calculations were done quickly taking into account of the distance to be covered by me and at which angle if I pressed him would yield the most successful result. That computation too was done within another few seconds. All this felt out of place to me¡­ as if I wasn¡¯t used to this anomalies within my physical form. I also derived another anomaly¡­ my brain. My brain functions and capabilities have increased by four- five folds. I did not know how many capabilities I had before coming here, but right now, I felt I was living in someone else¡¯s body¡­ a much superior body than my own actual one. Without further delaying, I tucked and rolled forward while all the knives went overhead. With a nice form and balance I closed the distance between me and the unknown person. When I stood up, I was facing him and we were standing a few feet apart. Without any delay, I followed the fight plan I devised while rolling forward. The second I stood up, I attacked him with a roundhouse kick with my right leg aiming his neck. He was quick to get his guard up and blocked it with the back of his left forearm. Although initially blocked, I was surprised that the power generated by the kick did not stop there. With a large cracking sound, the figure quickly went on down on one knee due to the force of the kick. He screamed¡­ ¡°AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH¡± I quickly retracted my right leg and followed it with a kick on his right thigh. He was already down on his left knee and now a with kick on his right thigh, he fell down on the ground¡­ screaming. ¡°AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH¡± I picked the figure up in the air by holding his collars of his black dress. His legs were now out of commission¡­ they were no longer available to him at this point in time. If my calculations are right then there should be a few broken bones in his right leg. His eyes had teared up and he was holding onto my hand, trying desperately to get himself released. I turned and threw him towards the bed. He flew¡­ like a bird in the air¡­ and landed on top of the bed with a large thud. Due to the force of my throw, he bounced off the bed and landed down on the floor. The man shouted another round of scream which echoed in the whole room. ¡°AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH¡± The door of Ayda¡¯s room opened and all three of the girls came rushing out with a surprise look. Ayda: ¡°What is going on here, Sir Storm? Who was screaming so loudly? Did you injure yourself?¡± Me: ¡°No¡­ there is an intruder in our room. He tried to kill me. Aeson¡­ go outside and call the guards.¡± Aeson nodded and quickly ran over to the main door and opened it. She then ran towards the hallway where a number of guards were positioned. I looked down towards the unknown figure who was lying on the ground, clutching his right leg. He had his eyes closed and was in severe pain. I walked close to him and after grabbing his collar again, I picked him up in the air for all to see. While he was lying on the floor, he was not visible to Ayda and the rest. They were standing on the other side of the bed. After picking him up I tightened my grip over his collars and with a large force, I pounded him on the bed with his back towards it. Upon impact with the bed, the bed smashed on the ground and cracked with a large sound. *DDDDDDDDDDDDHHHHHHHHHUSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH¡­* The figure lay on the destroyed bed. His body was limp and his eyes remained closed. He was knocked unconscious. At that moment, Aeson came running into the room. Aeson: ¡°Sir Storm! Sir Storm! I- I have brought them like you¡­ Oh my Goddess!! What happened here?¡± Me: ¡°Calm down Aeson, this the unknown assailant. Don¡¯t worry, he is unconscious right now.¡± Ayda: ¡°But- but who is this person and what was he doing here?¡± Me: ¡°I believe he came here to kill me.¡± Aeson: ¡°Kill you!! Bu-¡± Ayda: ¡°Whyy??? You are the most important person in this planet right now. Didn¡¯t they know that the Order of Irah as well as Goddess Irah are supporting you?¡± Ayda cut short of Aeson¡¯s question, but after looking at Aeson, I think her question were going to be the same. A group of armoured guards came running inside the room. They stopped when they saw the destruction in front of them. Me: ¡°Ah¡­ you guys finally arrived. What took you so long?¡± A guard came forward and asked. Guard: ¡°Sir¡­ what happened here?¡± Me: ¡°This person attacked me.¡± I pointed towards the unconscious figure lying on the destroyed bed. He looked towards it and motion some of the guards standing behind him to pick the figure up. Me: ¡°I believe his right leg¡­ if not both¡­ are broken. Please take him into custody.¡± Guard: ¡°But, how did he get in here?¡± I pointed towards the open window behind me. He understood and ordered his men. Guard: ¡°Place him in the jail !! I will personally interrogate him.¡± Other guards came around and picked the figure up. Each of them holding a hand of the figure. ¡°What is the cause of this ruckus?¡± It was the Prime Court Minister Teral Rouv, who had come into my room. He looked at me with many questions bubbling on his face. Me: ¡°This person attacked me, so I knocked him out.¡± Teral Rouv:¡± What?? How dare he? Let me see his face. I want to see the fool who dared to attack our Royal guest.¡± The guards complied and one of the guards opened the piece of cloth that had covered the figure¡¯s face. As soon as he opened the mask, there was a large gasp around the room. Everyone froze on their respective spots; their mouths remained open. When the mask was unveiled, I saw the figure had the face of a young girl. She had a brown skin tone and quite long silver hair, neatly tucked within the rest of her dress. The guards who were holding her were trembling along with my attendants too. I turned towards Teral and saw his pale face. His mouth had remained opened as soon as I turned again to see the young girl, I heard Teral utter something. Teral: ¡°Princess!!!¡± Operation:- CoalMining Canary SIX YEARS EARLIER [Planet- ZENO115C7B:- Codename= Ketor] [City- Xine] [Operation CoalMining Canary] ¡°Control ! Alpha Team in position. North bound.¡± ¡°Control ! Bravo Team on position. South bound.¡± ¡°Control ! Charlie Team on position. East-North bound.¡± ¡°Acknowledged. Control signalling Green. Control signalling Green.¡± ¡°Roger.¡± Alpha Team:- ¡°Liu ! Bran! Breach.¡± Liu: ¡°Roger that Zyre! Placing explosives on the door.¡± Bran: ¡°Moving into position.¡± Bran moved to the left corner and took cover while Liu, after attaching the small limited powered explosive on the door took cover on the other side of the door, firmly holding the trigger. Zyre, the Alpha Team Leader, also took position behind Bran. He looked towards Liu and got a thumbs up in response. They were all set to breach. Bran: ¡°Do it, Liu!¡± Liu: ¡°Roger that! In¡­ 3¡­. 2¡­. 1¡­.¡± He pressed the trigger. Within milliseconds the explosive burst with a muffled sound and blew a large hole where the door was previously. These explosives were special made for stealth breaching purposes for the [S.O.K.U.A.S] or The Special Operations of Kaanvale United Alliance System. Letting the some small amount of debris that was created after the blast settle down, the entered the complex. The complex itself was not so complicated. The lower level that were being breached from multiple parts was a warehouse. The two next upper floors were quarters for employees, which now served for the lodging of the Kolarev Spine Gang¡¯s members. It was estimated that about 50-60 KSG¡¯s were guarding the place. All the S.O.K.U.A.S teams destination was a room which was all the way up in third floor. The third floor had 10 rooms and it was believed the person of interest was present in the 3rd room. It is also believed that KSG¡¯s would hurt the person of interest if she tries to resist. The person of interest of the S.O.K.U.A.S is a woman named [ Milaya Harp ]. [Milaya Harp works for Collbix Alin, a High Councillor of the Kaanvale United Alliance System. Her designated working capacity is of the Personal Aide/ Attache. She was kidnapped from her home by the Special Operations Cell of the KSG. Her kidnapping occurred the day before today when Milaya Harp came back to her home at about 11 PM after work. The Special Operations Cell of the KSG had previously broken into her home and waited for her to come home. They ambushed her as soon as she entered. Although she put up a good fight, but was ultimately drugged which knocked her unconscious.] Zyre: ¡°Control... Alpha Team moving in.¡± ¡°Acknowledged, Alpha Team.¡± After informing Control, Zyre signalled his team to move in. Bran took the lead, while Zyre in second and Liu moved to the rear. They moved inside the warehouse in a linear formation, keeping their guard up and HRSC¡¯s armed and readied. They saw the other two teams move inside the warehouse from their respective entry points as well. The warehouse was not large in length, but had a quite a few blind spots within it. It had goods stacked on shelves and had multiple entry points which led to different parts of the warehouse. But¡­ there was only one path that after intersecting different other paths, lead to the door of the second floor. All the S.O.K.U.A.S teams were aware of the path and moved slowly to find that particular pathway. Zyre: ¡°Keep your guard up boys.¡± PEW PEW¡­ PEW PEW¡­ PEW Bran: ¡°CONTACT AT 3!!!!¡± Zyre: ¡°ENGAGE!!!¡± Suddenly, the whole warehouse was filled with the sounds of SRC¡¯s firing. Compared to SRC¡¯s, the HSRC fired without much noise which all the S.O.K.U.A.S teams used. Sounds of many SRC¡¯s firing together created a frenzy. The S.O.K.U.A.S teams kept making headways deeper into the warehouse in a calmed state. Alpha Team after the initial attack on them, had managed to take down two KSG¡¯s. They did not divert from their original plan and kept moving towards the marked pathway. Many stray rays shot past them while they returned the favour in more disciplined manner. While they were moving deep, they took a sharp right turn and came face to face with an already waiting group of KSG¡¯s. Immediately, the KSG¡¯s opened fire and the Alpha Team took to evasive action to get themselves behind some steel crates and use them as cover. The SRC¡¯s fired away continuously at them. While The Alpha Team waited for their chance to attack. Zyre: ¡°Anybody hurt?¡± Bran: ¡°Negative.¡± Liu: ¡°I think I may have been shot Sir.¡± He looked towards his legs and found a large blood stain over his right thigh. He quickly put his right hand over it and sat down behind the crates. Zyre: ¡°Bran! Keep returning fire to those fuckers.¡± Bran: ¡°Roger.¡± He sat beside Liu and took out a small medical box out of his gear. He put a fresh cloth over the wound and bandaged it. Zyre: ¡°Can you walk, Liu?¡± Liu: ¡°I don¡¯t think so Sir. I have already lost feeling of my right leg.¡± Zyre: ¡°Damn! Alright¡­ stay put. Control¡­ this is Alpha Leader¡­ We have a man down¡­ I repeat¡­ we have a man down. We are currently in a hot zone. Our movement has stalled. Waiting further directives. Alpha Team Leader Out.¡± ¡°Acknowledged Alpha Team Leader.¡± Bran: ¡°What did they say, Sir?¡± Zyre: ¡°Nothing¡­ it looks like we have to defend this place. Hang in there Liu.¡± Liu: ¡°Yes Sir!.¡± Zyre got up and resumed his position and started firing back. Bran: ¡°Those fuckers are hunkered down good, Sir.¡± Zyre: ¡°It seems like it.¡± Bravo Team:- ¡°Viper! Place the explosives.¡± Viper: ¡°Roger that, Daemon.¡± Daemon: ¡°Bandit, take position.¡± Bandit: ¡°Yes Sir!¡± Viper attached the explosive onto the locked door and took cover to the side of a wall. Daemon, Bandit took cover on the right side of the door. Spotting Viper, taking his position after placing the explosive, the Bravo Team Leader Daemon got ready to give the signal. Daemon: ¡°Blow it up, Viper.¡± Viper: ¡°Roger.¡± With a thumbs up, he pressed the trigger and the a large hole formed. Daemon: ¡°Control¡­ Bravo Team moving in.¡± ¡°Acknowledged, Bravo Team.¡± Daemon: ¡°Alright! Team move in.¡± The entered the warehouse in a linear formation. Upon entering all the other teams have made their way in. Bravo Team without wasting time searched for the designated pathway. They were the most closest team to the pathway in the compound. All of them were professional operatives and moved as such. Daemon taking the lead with Viper in the middle and Bandit took the rear position. After clearing some distance, they saw a group of KSG¡¯s standing showing their backs to them. Daemon: ¡°Contact¡­ at 12. Engaging.¡± Three of them opened fire on the group of five KSG¡¯s guarding the place. During the initial firing three KSG¡¯s was instantly killed while one was shot on his shoulder and he took to cover with the sole uninjured KSG member. They turned a series of large boxes into a cover and returned fire. Bravo Team was already behind cover , when return fire came along with some profanities that the KSG member had spat out. Daemon: ¡°Bandit! Move over to that small crate to the right and give covering fire.¡± Bandit: ¡°Yes Sir!¡± Daemon: ¡°Viper, start covering fire for him.¡± Both of them emerged from their cover and started to fire towards the KSG member. Grabbing the opportunity, Bandit made his way to his designated position at ease. Upon reaching position, he readied himself. Bandit: ¡°Sir, Bandit in position.¡± Daemon: ¡°When you spot Viper moving, cover him.¡± Bandit: ¡°Roger.¡± Daemon: ¡°Viper, take the left flank and move over towards those case.¡± With a slight nod, Viper got ready to run. Both Daemon and Bandit started firing and Viper dashed out. He was about to reach his designated position when a ray hit his left shoulder and he tumbled forward. Bandit: ¡°Viper is down!¡± Daemon: ¡°Fuck!¡± Another group of KSG¡¯s came out of hiding and opened fire on them. Viper was down, but tried to avoid the firings. He started to roll towards his designated cover and took another hit on his knee before reaching safety. Viper: ¡°AHHH¡­ Motherfuc¡­ Sir, I am hit.¡± Daemon: ¡°Where?¡± Viper: ¡°One hit on my shoulder another went through my knee.¡± Bandit: ¡°Sir!!! We are getting pinned down here.¡± They were under heavy fire and though the KSG¡¯s were not trained as them, the main concern was that of stray rays. They were in an enclosed space and targeted firing could prove to be fatal for the S.O.K.U.A.S. If you stumble upon this tale on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. Daemon: ¡° Control¡­ this is Bravo Team Leader. We have a man down and in need of immediate medical attention. We are pinned down and are under heavy fire. Your call Control¡­ Bravo Team Leader Out.¡± ¡°Acknowledged, Bravo Team Leader.¡± Daemon: ¡°Viper! Are you stable.¡± Viper:¡± Barely¡­ Sir!¡± Bandit: ¡°Hang in there, buddy.¡± Viper: ¡°This is just depressing.¡± Charlie Team:- ¡°Spook blow a fucking hole for us.¡± Spook: ¡°Right, Bruiser.¡± Spook triggered the explosive creating a whole. Bruiser: ¡°¡°Control¡­ Charlie Team moving in.¡± ¡°Acknowledged, Charlie Team.¡± Bruiser: ¡°Drake take the front.¡± Drake: ¡°Yes Sir!.¡± They quickly moved inside and did not pay any attention to the other teams that had moved in too. They faced no problem when the sound of first contact came in. Within a few minutes they found the designated pathway and 15 KSG¡¯s guarding it. Bruiser: ¡°Charlie Team, engage.¡± From behind a loaded shelf, they started firing from the HRSC¡¯s. Charlie Team took the KSG¡¯s by surprise and thinned out the herd quite a bit. But, when they got reorganized, they clamped down adamantly. How much firing they faced, they did not budge. Bruiser: ¡° Control¡­ this Charlie Team Leader. We have found the designated path, but they are being guarded by many KSG¡¯s. We need backup from other teams. Charlie Team Leader Out.¡± ¡°Acknowledged, Charlie Team Leader.¡± ¡°Activating Stormspike Valkyrie¡± 3rd Room, Third Floor:- ¡°Shit!!¡± SLAP ¡°Aaaarrggghhh¡­¡± ¡°Hey! Stop that! You¡¯re going to damage the girl. The boss won¡¯t like that.¡± ¡°Yeah right¡­ Boss is in Eminjo. He wouldn¡¯t know who did something naughty to this girl.¡± ¡°Eminjo¡­ Eminjo¡­ hmm... The city in Planet Viamia?¡± ¡°Yeah!! Where else it be? Our boss likes to party there. He has a club there¡­ his favourite place in that city. I heard that he likes the tails in that planet.¡± ¡°Wow!! A club of his own¡­ Hey, what¡¯s the name of that club?¡± ¡°Why? You want to go there?¡± ¡°Hell Yeah! I¡¯ll party my ass off and maybe pick some of his leftovers¡­ he he he he.¡± ¡°Its Isabel''s Fountain and stop laughing like a joker, you jackass. Only Level 5 members and above are allowed. And I don¡¯t think that you¡¯d want the leftovers from those members.¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Let¡¯s just say that¡­ It¡¯s better to put them out than to put it in.¡± ¡°Oh!!! Damn!!!¡± ¡°Chin up Blake¡­ if tails what you want, then I¡¯m happy to share this fine piece.¡± ¡°Really? You sure that we won¡¯t get our balls squashed by the boss?¡± ¡°How¡¯s he gonna know id nobody tells him?¡± ¡°Are you sure, Walbahr?¡± ¡°First of all, wipe that saliva off your lips. And second, yes I¡¯m fucking sure.¡± ¡°He he he he he¡­¡± ¡°Stop laughing you moron and pull her panties down.¡± ¡°Re-really!?¡± ¡°Which fucker let you join us? I told you to pull her panties and you practically orgasmed.¡± ¡°Well¡­ whatever¡­¡± Both of them turned towards a woman, who was standing while her hands were attached to a pole over her head. She was gagged with a cloth in her mouth and had strains of mascara on her face, which is a result of her crying. She is the person of interest, Milaya Harp. The woman has a square shaped face with almond shaped light grey eyes. Her forehead is wide and she has prominent cheekbones. Her nose is button like and she has lopsided brown lips which complemented her brown skin tone. She has rounded chin with large ears from which two large gem studded earrings hung. She has shoulder length auburn hair. She has narrow shoulders, well rounded breasts which were locked behind her red bra with few designs on it. Her white shirt had been ripped open which made her bra visible. She had a flat stomach with a slight curve towards her waist. She was slim and her hips were wide. She is wearing a black office skirt which came upto her knee caps. Her legs were long as she possessed a good height, around 5¡¯8¡±-5¡¯9¡± ft.She looked tired and scared. Blake bent down and put his hands inside the skirt from underneath. He turned around towards Walbahr and spoke. Blake: ¡°What are doing?¡± Walbahr: ¡°Hmm¡­ I am going to do something I wanted to try for a while.¡± Blake: ¡°And what is that?¡± Walbahr: ¡°I¡¯m gonna clamp her nipples.¡± Blake: ¡°And why would you want to do that?¡± Walbahr: ¡°Shut the fuck up! Stop with your questions and pull her panties down quickly or else I will change my mind.¡± Blake: ¡°No no no no¡­ please¡­ here.¡± Blake pulled her panties down which was pink up to her ankles. Walbahr: ¡°Ho ho!! Look at that! This whore is already dripping wet. Oh!! I will have my time with her.¡± Suddenly¡­ noise of firing erupted within the building. Blake flinched upon hearing the sounds of firing. Blake: ¡°What the fuck is going on?¡± Walbahr: ¡°Who cares? Just shut up and quickly fuck her.¡± Blake: ¡°Wha-What if people came to save her?¡± Walbahr: ¡°So?¡± Blake: ¡°They might come here and kill us. Is it not good for us to get away while they are busy downstairs?¡± Walbahr: ¡°Those fuckers would never reach this place. Even if they did, there is a way at the end of this corridor from where we could escape with this whore. Now¡­ shut up and turn this bitch around.¡± Blake: ¡°Alright Walbahr.¡± Blake got up and faced a panicked and crying Milaya. She was pleading them with her eyes and saliva came out of her mouth, drenching the cloth wet. Blake gave her a smile and she gave a look of horror. Blake his hands on Milaya¡¯s hips and¡­ ¡°Activating Stormspike Valkyrie¡± Walbahr: ¡°Hey dumbfuck, I don¡¯t have all day¡­ just turn her around. I want see that ass shake.¡± Blake: ¡°Yes yes¡­¡± He turned a crying and terrified Milaya around. He then turned towards Walbahr. Blake: ¡°There! happy?¡± Walbahr had already opened his fly and had taken out his hard penis. Walbahr: ¡°Good¡­ now step aside son¡­ Let Daddy teach some manners to this whore.¡± Walbahr approached Milaya holding his penis with his right hand. Milaya was squirming, trying her best to break free, but to no avail. Blake: ¡°Oh!!! I just remembered one thing Walbahr.¡± Walbahr: ¡°And what is th-¡± Blake: ¡°I forgot to say thank you for informing the whereabouts of your boss¡­ fucker.¡± Walbahr lay dead on the ground. Blood poured out from the large hole in his head drenching the floor. Blake: ¡° Stormspike Hot.¡± He put his hand HRSC inside the holster and approached the squirming Milaya. He put his hands on her shoulder and turned her around, facing him. She faced him with a puzzled look and then her gaze fell upon the dead Walbahr. He took out the cloth from her mouth after which she gasped for air slightly and coughed. He then untied her hand from the pole and stepped back. Stormspike: ¡°Are you alright?¡¯ Milaya: ¡° Valkyrie Hot. You know¡­ when I saw the great Stormspike was pulling my panties down, I thought that this is it¡­ finally, I¡¯m gonna be the one that he fucks. I even got wet¡­ really wet thinking about it. But, this is just not fair. You could have fucked me and then untied me. I would have let you¡­ you know. There is still time¡­ maybe you could think about it¡­ what do you say, Storm?¡± Stormspike: ¡°Sorry Valkyrie, my hearts taken and our mission is over.¡± Valkyrie: ¡°That¡¯s just great!! I¡¯m horny here and you still think about a fucking mission which was supposed to be easy in the first place. I mean¡­ what kind of dumbfuck would just blurt out a sensitive information like that?¡± She left her torn up shirt and wore the shirt Stormspike handed her. Stormspike: ¡°Maybe¡­ he was heavily influenced by your fragrance.¡± Valkyrie: ¡°Hmm¡­ wanna try some up close and personal.¡± Stormspike: ¡°No thank you. my heart is for only Goddess Irah.¡± Valkyrie: ¡°What kind of twisted cult is that? Not letting male members enjoy the deed with an ACTUAL woman!¡± Stormspike: ¡°It is not a cult and we could discuss this after getting out of here.¡± Valkyrie:¡± I will hold you up to that.¡± ¡°Hey Blake! Have you two fi-¡± Stormspike put his hand HRSC inside the holster again. He gave a hand SRC to Valkyrie and both of them ran towards the place where Walbahr had told Stormspike about. It was a garbage shut and it ran all way down to the back of the compound. Both of them went down the garbage shut and landed in a dumpster outside the compound. Stormspike: ¡°Control¡­ Canary is out. I repeat¡­ Canary is out.¡± ¡°Acknowledged Stormspike. Return to base.¡± Stormspike: ¡°Roger!¡± ¡°This is Control. All teams clear the compound. Retreat to Stormspike rendezvous point. Retreat to Stormspike rendezvous point.¡± ¡°Alpha Team Acknowledges.¡± ¡°Bravo Team Acknowledges.¡± ¡°Charlie Team Acknowledges.¡± Operation:- Flush Out- Phase 1 FIVE YEARS EARLIER [Planet= Viamia] [City- Eminjo] [Operation Flush Out- Phase 1] ¡°All Comms Check¡­ All Units Standby¡­ Flush Out is a Go.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go Hira.¡± Hira: ¡°Yes Sir!¡± Me: ¡°Free yourself, Hira.¡± Hira: ¡°Yes Sir!¡± Me: ¡°Have you read your Cover dossier?¡± Hira: ¡°Yes Sir!¡± I sighed¡­ and sighed again. I have been training this girl for a few years now and she still can¡¯t calm herself down. Let me first tell you about her:- [CodeName:- HIRA She has a square face with down turned blue eyes. She has an average forehead, prominent cheekbones with a large nose and thin pink lips. She is of fair skin tone and a wide chin. She has long, black hairs which reach up to her shoulders. She has wide shoulders with nicely rounded breasts. It far wider than her hips and waist. Her body figure is similar to an inverted triangle. She stands at 5¡¯11¡± ft. A killing machine trained by me.] Me: ¡°Tell me again Hira, who are you?¡± Hira: ¡°Yes Sir!¡±
COVER OF AGENT HIRA:- Name:- Sorine Hogh. Designation:- Personal Secretary of Chester Everhill. Information about Chester Everhill:- A successful Businessman from the planet Ketor. He made his fortune selling and buying commodities of exotic nature.
Me: ¡°Good¡­ remember, Miss Sorine¡­ once we are inside, address me as Mr Everhill. Got it?¡± Hira: ¡°Yes Sir!¡± Me: ¡°No¡­ again. Did you understand what I told you¡­ slave!¡± Hira: ¡°S-Sir, I-I mean Mr Everhill.¡± Me: ¡°Good¡­ now we are in character.¡± ¡°Nice touch Storm... way to go ¡®deep¡¯ inside your cover. Be sure to treat her well Storm.¡± ¡°Command¡­ stop your bullshit. Keep the comms free please.¡± ¡°¡±Ye-yes Master¡­ he he he he. Command Out.¡± Finally¡­ it was time to begin this damn operation. Me: ¡°Let¡¯s move, Sorine.¡± Hira/ Sorine: ¡°Yes¡­ Mr. Everhill.¡± Our car rolls in front of the Night Club. A bellboy opened the door and we got out. I extended my hand and like rehearsed Sorine wrapped her arms around it. Me: ¡°So¡­ this is Club Scarlet.¡± We walked towards the door of the club. The club had a long line of enthusiasts waiting to get in. Six guards were posted outside of the gate out of them four were managing the people standing in line. The other two were managing the gate. One of them stood behind a small podium while the other one stood in front of the door. I could see a small bulge on the right side of his jacket. A concealed hand held SRC would be my guess. All of them were dressed in black suit and judging from their lean physique, they must be specialized for quick responses. We stood in front of the podium and I gave a smile to the man behind it. His dull eyes checked both of us out. Though he looked tired, but the way his darted pointed towards the fact that he was checking for any sign of concealed weapons. Once he stopped, he looked towards me. Guard: ¡°Good evening, Sir. Do you have a reservation?¡± Me: ¡°Yes¡­ It must be under the name of Chester Everhill. Here is the ID.¡± I handed over to him an ID card which would prove my cover. He took it and ran in through a portable database kept on the podium. He looked back at me and handed over my ID. Guard: ¡°Welcome, Mr. Everhill¡­ welcome to Club Scarlet. Your reservation of two is ready. Please enter the club and an attendant will guide you towards your reserved area.¡± I smiled over to him and proceeded towards the entry where the stationed guard opened the door for us. The moment we entered, we saw another room which had a Full Body Detector placed in the middle of the room along with four guards stationed at four corners of the room. All standing facing the Detector. Walking through the Detector we approached the actual entry of the club. The Guard stationed there opened the door for us and we were met with another small area which had a door on the opposite side. I could hear the muffled sound of music being played on the other side of the room. Here, a lady dressed in a black dress was waiting for us. Her brown complexion went really well with her dress which hugged her body tightly, leaving nothing to imagination. Her left shoulder was open and the seam of the dress came over her right shoulder and went down just covering her left breast. On her left shoulder, the word Scarlet was tattooed. She was holding a something in her hands. When we approached her, she smiled and said. ¡°Welcome to Club Scarlet. May I see your ID please?¡± Me: ¡°Certainly.¡± I handed her the ID card which she took and swiped it on the device she was holding. She smiled and handed back the ID. ¡°Good evening, Mr. Everhill. My name is Katharina and I¡¯ll be your host for today. Please, follow me Mr. Everhill.¡± Upon opening the door, we were hit by the loud music being played inside the club along with an interesting fragrance mixed in the air. It was pleasant considering many upon many people dancing inside the club. The host lead us on a path with was illuminated with a lighter shade of blue light. The path was cutting the dance floor in the middle and had steel railings as its boundary. Countless people packed the club and the music was loud enough to drown our voice. Katharina, our host lead the way. She walked while saying her body, especially her butt. In a few instances, she looked back towards me and smiled more in a suggestive way rather than a sincere way. Well¡­ it was all normal as this kind of Clubs are known for their illicit activities. Some laws had been passed to safeguard this kind of clubs in most ways and the government also allows it to run. In return, the government gets a hefty amount in tax as well as informations, contacts and other sorts of little things which we are always in need. Walking a little while longer, we came to a place that had open ended wide booths along the borders of the dance floor on both sides. She led us straight into one of the widest booths in the club. The booth had walls on three sides while the front was open to the view of the dance floor. There were no guards around the area. The booth was lit with a dim orange light and had a glass table surrounded by sofa on all three sides except the front view. She stood in front of the booth. Katharina: ¡°This will be your private area for the evening, Mr. Everhill. Please make yourselves comfortable.¡± We both made our way into the booth and sat on the sofa. The sofa was covered by black cover and it was very soft. Katharina with smile came close to me and bend down. She maintained eye contact with me the whole time and took out a device under the table. She extended the device towards me by holding it with both her hands. A posture emanating submission from her. Katharina: ¡°This device contains everything Club Scarlet has to offer today. It has been upgraded to Grade A level as you are a very¡­ very important customer to us.¡± I took the device off her hands and smiled. She came forward and placed her face along side mine. Our cheeks were touching just barely, her lips were close to my ears while her hands were upon my thighs. I could smell a sweet and alluring fragrance coming from her. She whispered. Katharina: ¡°Your first few rounds are on the house and I¡­ will¡­ personally select it¡­ just for you, Mr. Everhill. You¡­ will not be disappointed.¡± Her voice was soft and had a mischievous undertone within it. Even though the music was loud, but her words fell upon my ears clearly. She moved back moving her chest just in front of me before walking back. She stopped and winked at me after turning back towards me and continued to walk back towards the crowd. Hira: ¡°What is this place, Master?¡± Me: ¡° We are in.¡± I looked towards Hira, she was sitting quite a distance away from me. I could barely hear her from there as well as she should be sitting close to me as part of our cover. I signaled her to close closer. She stared blankly towards me. Me: ¡°Come closer, slave.¡± This time she understood and obediently closed the gap between us. I put my right arm around her shoulder and made her tilt a little towards me. Yes Hira¡­ come close to him. He needs his slave to service him¡­ he he he he ¡°Command¡­ Keep quite.¡± Shorry Masster¡­ he he he Sigh¡­. Hira: ¡°Now what, Master?¡± Me: ¡°Now¡­ we wait and enjoy the atmosphere.¡± People were dancing to the beats as if they were one with them. Men, women all huddled together and had let themselves free. Many of them belong to rich families while the one¡¯s working are from the poor ones. All the booths opposite to us were filled with party goers. Some were enjoying each others company while some did other kinky things. I saw many men and women having their way with some women and men of their choice. Many men and women strapped and bound their respective partners and forced them to watch while they enjoyed the company of others very intimately. ¡°I wish I could have been there with you, Storm. We could have enjoyed ourselves.¡± ¡°Command¡­ will you ever stop?¡± ¡°Come on¡­ just think about it, Storm. You could have bound me tightly and made me watch you fucking some random girl. Ohh¡­ just thinking about it is getting me-¡± ¡°Command¡­ stop spouting nonsense.¡± This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Hira: ¡°Master¡­ I-I have a question.¡± Me: ¡°Hmm¡­ what is it?¡± Hira: ¡°We passed through the Detector and why didn¡¯t it pick up our equipments?¡± Me: ¡°Simple¡­ we are the ones that are behind the companies that create the Detectors. Only our equipments cannot be traced¡­ we made it like that.¡± Hira: ¡°Really?¡± Me: ¡°Hira¡­ we are a part of something big and the organization does not get to the position where it is now if we didn¡¯t invest into these little things.¡± I picked up the device our host handed me and started to search it. The device listed a long list of assortments found in the club. It ranges from drinks to exotic powders. It even had a category named exotic goods. Under it, many pictures of both men and women were listed along with their price for the evening. So many choices and each of them were priced very high. ¡°Did you find something you like, Mr. Everhill?¡± I looked up and found Katharina standing in front of me. Behind her stood a girl dressed only in black underwear holding a tray containing three glasses and two bottles. Katharina sat to my right while pressing herself to me. She waved her hand towards the girl who quickly placed the tray over the table and went away after giving me a bow. Me: ¡°No¡­ the evening is too early that.¡± Katharina smiled, her eyes were sharp and hinted towards her ill intentions. I glanced over the tray where three glasses was placed. Me: ¡°Why three glasses?¡± Katharina: ¡°I thought perhaps Mr. Everhill might need the help of his¡­ host this evening so I brought one for me too. If you mind¡­ I could leave¡­¡± She left the sentence hanging while constantly maintaining eye contact with me. She even once never looked towards Hira. Me: ¡°And leave me without a host for the evening? Absolutely not.¡± Katharina: ¡°What about Mr. Everhill¡¯s¡­ escort. She will definitely mind-¡± Me: ¡°A slave does what her master wants.¡± Her eyes sparkled that very moment. Katharina: ¡°Then I am yours¡­ for today, Mr.Everhill.¡± With a smile, she poured drinks into all three glasses. She first handed Hira one of the glasses and after that she handed me one. And¡­ our drinking phase began. She kept pouring drink after drink for both of us and ignored Hira after giving her the first one. From the first sip, I tasted the Mithrox in it. A pleasure drug to decrease one¡¯s cognitive function making the subject open for suggestions. Lucky for us, all agents have a resistant nano bots living inside us to counteract the effects of any kinds of drugs. She cozied herself against me and kept rubbing her hand on my thighs. She kept making little intimate touches while conversing with me. Katharina: ¡°Mr.Everhill, what do you do?¡± Me: ¡°That¡­ is a complicated question.¡± Katharina: ¡°I am sure you can simplify the answer for me¡­ right Mr. Everhill.¡± Her gaze were piercing while her touches became more frequent. I smiled hearing her. Me: ¡°Let¡¯s just say¡­ i deal in commodities.¡± Katharina: ¡°What kind?¡± Me: ¡°Perhaps, the exotic kind would suit the category.¡± Katharina: ¡°Ohh¡­ the exotic kind¡­ I understand.¡± She took a quick glance over to my right and smiled back at me. Katharina: ¡°Oh¡­ your glass is empty. Let me fill it up for you.¡± She took the bottle and took some sip directly from it into her mouth. Taking some amount, she put the bottle down and moved her lips closer to mine. Without wasting any time, I moved myself closer to her. Our lips met and stream of alcohol flowed into my mouth directly from hers. It became a common sight from then onward. She would take some sip directly from the bottle and pour it into my mouth directly from her mouth. The mouth to mouth transfer in time turned into a kissing sight. To give her more signals, I let my arm loose over her shoulder and traced my fingers over her right breast. We were deep kissing each other, her hand were now onto my crotch massaging it. She suddenly broke away from our kiss and smiled mischievously towards me. Katharina: ¡°Perhaps, Mr. Everhill would like to dance.¡± Taking her hint, I let myself be guided by her onto the dance floor. People were in a trance while dancing to the beats. Both of us danced within those people for an unknown amount of time. She kept grinding herself onto my crotch while we kept on kissing each other. Time went by and exhausting ourselves, we returned to my booth. Hira just sat there watching us as we sat on the sofa, Katharina sat on my lap while she placed her hands around my shoulder. My left hand was on her back and my right was on her thighs. Taking and touching each other for a while, she whispered. Katharina: ¡°Mr. Everhill¡­ Let me get us some more drinks.I¡¯ll be right back.¡± With one last kiss, she walked away from the booth while I sat. ¡°Are you enjoying yourself¡­ Mister¡­ Everhill?¡± ¡°Command¡­ do you want me to hit you?¡± Ohh¡­ spanking from Stormspike! I would love to receive some Misster Everhil¡­ he he he.¡± Sighed again. ¡°Mr. Chester Everhill, I presume.¡± I looked up and saw a scrawny man standing in front of me. He wore a suit just like the guards, he was small compared to them. Had a cut over his left eye while all of his hairs were missing. Due to the lights in the club, I could not see any more of his features. Me: ¡°Yes¡­ and you are?¡± ¡°I am Luis¡­ Luis Almeida.¡± I could hear his voice clearly through the loud music in the backdrop. Me: ¡°And?¡± Luis: ¡°I am an¡­ working executive of Club Scarlet.¡± Me: ¡°What can I do for you, Mr Luis?¡± Luis: ¡°I have heard¡­ you are a man who deals in commodities of exotic kind.¡± Me: ¡°Now¡­ who informed of you about that I wonder.¡± He smiled and said. Luis: ¡°Mind, if I sit here and could have a chat?¡± I pointed my right hand beside me. Me: ¡°Please¡­ make it quick.¡± Luis: ¡°Very well¡­ A client of ours is interested into some exotic commodities.¡± Me: ¡°Who isn¡¯t these days?¡± Luis: ¡®Yes¡­ yes, exactly. He is looking for a Jarovine Piece.¡± Me: ¡°Ahh¡­ the most expensive commodity to be found.¡± Luis: ¡°We have heard that you are the only one that could find such a thing in this galaxy.¡± Me: ¡°He he¡­ I am impressed. How did you hear about that?¡± Luis: ¡°Your reputation precedes you, Mr. Everhill.¡± Me: ¡°Okay. If and I am only saying if¡­ I could supply one of them, then what gender would your client would like?¡± Luis: ¡°A female of course.¡± I looked at him, for a while. Me: ¡°You do know¡­ they are an extinct race of species. Only a few lives here and there. A female Joravine would cost your client huge and I do not negotiate with price.¡± Luis: ¡°Our client is ready to pay any amount to acquire such an exotic commodity.¡± Me: ¡°Your client has a very good taste, Mr Luis. It has been said¡­ A Joravine female gives the best pleasure during full moon and luckily, two days from now there is a full moon.¡± Luis: ¡°Excellent! I would convey the good news to our client right away.¡± Me: ¡°Wait! As I said, I do not negotiate with price. I still haven¡¯t decided to do anything for your client if some specifications are not mentioned which falls under my payment.¡± Luis: ¡°Such as?¡± Me: ¡°Ninety million Kaanvale Credits plus the name of your client and a direct meeting with him. The first one is my payment and the rest are the specifications which have to be met.¡± Luis: ¡°Mr.Everhill¡­ the payment itself is of no matter, but your specifications are-¡± Me: ¡°I do not do business with shadows¡­ Mr Luis. A lesson learned from a very very unfortunate incident. Besides¡­ I deal in white commodities. I am pretty much sure I am the only one in my line of business who has a license from the government.¡± Luis: ¡®Mr. Everhill, I cannot-¡± Me: ¡°I suggest you discuss it with your client about it thoroughly. This deal will only be available for the next five minutes. If it is even five minute and one second¡­ the offer is off the table.¡± His face tensed as he thought long and hard. He took out a Messaging System and started conversing on it. I laid back and watched him as his expression turned from tensed to grim to being filled with a sliver of hope. I kept an eye on my watch and as it was just about to hit the five minute mark, Luis spoke. Luis: ¡°Alright Mr.Everhill. My client accepts your specifications.¡± Me: ¡°Good. Now, put those information right here.¡± I took out a device which stores memos and handed to him. He diligently wrote something within it and gave it back to me. I took a quick glance over the information and said to him. Me: ¡°Very Well¡­ Mr Luis. Inform your client, we will meet two days from now in Club Isabel¡¯s Fountain.¡± He stood up and replied. Luis: ¡°I hope you keep your end of the bargain. If not¡­ then I don¡¯t need to inform you about my client¡¯s reach.¡± Me: ¡°I only care about my credits and nothing else, Mr Luis.¡± Luis: ¡°Very well, Mr. Everhill¡­ I will now leave and please enjoy your stay here. Everything is on the house.¡± Me: ¡°Oh¡­ Mr. Luis.¡± Luis: ¡°Yes?¡± Me: ¡°Please tell your spotter not to mix those filthy drugs in my drink. I didn¡¯t reach this kind of position without knowing anything.¡± His face got flustered and gave a slight nod before leaving my booth. Glancing towards the information provided by him, I read it again. Sramek Radovan¡­ I have finally found you. ¡°Command be advised¡­ Phase 1 complete. I repeat¡­ Phase 1 complete.¡± ¡°Command Acknowledges Stormspike. Well done.¡±