“Hello?” Captain answered the call. “Oh, already? Well done. You did well.” He listened yet again. “Okay. Thanks for the hard work.” He stopped the call and placed his smartphone to the side.“What?” Hisoka, who was laying on his back on the floor, turned his head toward Captain.“My team’s report has arrived. They have successfully planted a seed of doubt in a few of the soldiers. Right now, the rumors are spreading like wildfire to the whole area. Soon, it would spread to another region.” Captain cracked his knuckles as he met yet a new contestant; Blue. “Eh? It’s only been two days since our working distribution.” Blue admired them even more. Mandrill was a group that committed to their teamwork. Their work ethic was commendable. Even Hisoka was shocked to see their efficiency.“They expect to work miracles. My teammates are capable enough to deal with cumbersome matters and resolve the problem in a day.”“I’d say… you are squishing your teammates dry.” Hisoka was quite uncomfort
“Check. Checkmate.”Blue’s jaw dropped as leaned forward with dramatic gazes.Just like that, Captain won the battle. He took his knight and waved it in the air. “But, Shadow wanted the best from me.”“So, what did she do to you? How can you outshine Blue? The literal king of schemes?”“Because if I lost, Shadow would never leave me be. She taught me everything. She reformed me, from head to toe. But, in this game, I am still lower than Psycho, though. I can never win against him.”Blue, who was upset at the start, immediately raised his hands. “I will not complain ever again. Psycho is literally the hidden gem. His mind… I can’t even fathom how his mind works.”“His uniqueness is the charm. I am grateful to have him as my teammate.”“Anyway, it’s your win.” Blue patted his shoulder and acknowledged his loss. “I’m not good enough to beat you.”“I thought Psycho is supposed to be in the genius team, or I am just tripping?” Smiley continued with his card game with Hisoka. “He is.”“But
Ajiad that shut his mouth at the back raised his hand which quickly gathered everyone’s attention.“Duke Ajiad, isn't it? Please speak your mind. I’ll listen to every word that you’ll say.” He smoothly changed the focus to the man at the back.Stepping forward, Ajiad used his business smile at Captain. “Thank you for your consideration. I want to ask one thing.”“Please.”He cleared his throat. “My intelligent agent has spoken to me. A threat seems to lurk around the kingdom around us, however, our kingdom is not their target. As far as I am concerned, we are still safe. Now, here is my concern. Why do we need to poke our nose at the wolf tribe?”Captain raised his brow, quite taken back by the question. “Don’t get me wrong. The wolf tribe is highly related to Albert and we all know that Albert is part of us. Nevertheless, I am not sure why we must protect the tribe.”“Excuse me?” Captain narrowed his eyes, his voice filled with disdain.Promptly, he raised both of his hands. The lea
Shadow stared reassuringly at Captain. “Furthermore, they are trained to be my substitutes if anything happens to me.”“Your substitute if something happens to you?” For some reason, Ibrahim hated that sentence so much.“The facilities are a brutal place for a mediocre kid. They'll die if they didn't perform. Unlike normal children, we are trained as mercenaries as early as 10 years old. Captain was included. The only difference was, he was hired by the government which later was betrayed by the said government.”Mercenary? A professional hitman that only listened to the order. What the...“Except Shadow, of course. She was five when she started the job.” Hisoka corrected any rising misinformation inside any of their brains. “She also became our leader as soon as she joined the field.”Yet another bitter truth that all of them had to swallow. “But what about him?” Yusuff gestured at Captain. “I don’t smell any mana inside him. Meaning that he didn’t have anything appropriate to prote
Black space. What is Black Space?The Black Space was the residence of the villagers along the south beach. The locals were so closed off and trusted no one, including the king. Ibrahim left them alone because they were so adamant to protect their own traditional nonsense. “Am I missing something here?” Ajiad was quite sure why they reacted that way. “My king?” He nudged Ibrahim’s shoulder.“Remember that time one of the locals took Aidan out of town during his visit time after the wolf ambushed them?” Yusuff asked. Hisoka smelled danger, his smile widened and became creepier. “Yes?” Ajiad nodded.“They had a run-in with some mercenary shit and later the T-Vir gang.”“You mean, was that the shoot-out in the small town?”“Yup, we couldn’t account for the sniper who took out one of the T-Vir. Sheriff Akhbar speculated that the sniper was from another outer threat and the man who shot some locals worked for T-Vir.” Ibrahim added.“I can smell bullshit from far away,” Hisoka squinted
“I got the den in sight,” Smiley murmured through the wireless walkie-talkie.Currently, they are in a desolate area, the farm. The farm was set amid rolling hills, away from civilization near the Woodland Forest. Smiley had hunkered along the crest of one, training his binoculars at the structure in question.He and Black entered the location and found their own location to observe their target. The uneven ground and short hike were beneficial in keeping them sharp. Their sense became sharper as they descended into the enemy territory. And both of them had agreed to split their area of coverage.Black covered the outside farm, while Smiley was in charge of the hidden den that camouflaged with the surrounding. There’s another den next to the existing den that was surrounded by the cow all around. There were zero guards stationed from the outside layer leading to the den, probably because this place was so desolated from civilization and most people avoided this place. Next to this d
Panic gripped the entire place as everyone sheltered themselves and listened to the scuffles breaking out around them.The supposedly peaceful event was ruined with just one blow. The ground was breaking, the chairs and desks were flipping over and the soldiers were dispatched to control the chaotic situation. Amid the chaos, the royal family of wolves gathered in one place and was escorted out of the place.“Oh hello, there.”Yet, were stopped by the small body of the person that they knew too much.“Shadow!!! Where did you hide my fiancee?” Finn had lost his cool as soon as he learned that his fiancee was nowhere to be found right before the ceremony.Shadow drummed her finger on her cheek, acting cheeky. “Ah, you mean Crown Princess Lily? She is not your fiancee anymore.” She said nonchalantly, taking one step ahead.“Don– don’t come any further.”“Stop– stop!”“Don’t move.”The other royals were screaming in poor terror. On their faces, the prominent eyebags were colored undernea
It was already eight p.m and the wedding would start no later than nine. And here, Lily was still screaming her head off because she thought her wedding dress was not pretty enough.“Err, Your Holiness, please calm down the crown princess. We implore you. The wedding will begin soon, and here we have no progress. We still need to fix her makeup to cover up the tear stain.” One of the professional makeup maids hesitantly pleaded to Shadow who had obviously wanted nothing to do with the wailing bride. A few maids around Lily were seen nodding their heads in desperation.They should have arrived at the venue by now, yet, here they were, waiting for the bride to calm down.Shadow glanced at the overly eager makeup maids, hence, the small sigh was inevitable. They were looking at Shadow as if she was the problem solver – which wasn’t far-fetched – considering that she had the knack to slowly talk others into agreeing on anything. The silver lining was, she was like their angel.“Lily…”Li