The event ended successfully. The leader ended the prayer by asking for forgiveness from the Almighty and repenting. By the time it ended, the sun had already risen to the horizon and the birds chirped harmonically in the air. “Thank you for everything.” Salam shook Malikul’s hand with a fresh face.“Thank you as well.” He said the same thing.Shadow simply bobbed her head at them all.Salam and his friends bid them farewell after dropping a bomb that they hadn’t expected.Apparently, this cemetery was casually visited by religious people to pray for those fallen warriors. Each one of them recited the warrior names that were etched on the massive wall, praying for them. And all of them were highly related to Shadow, their former emperor.Shadow constantly viewed them as a dense society. That was because their mental capacity was lower than Shadow's. Still, she had overseen something. They might be lacking in Shadow’s standard but the Underworld people were filled with talented people
Aidan was surprised to see five people residing in the room that was deemed sacred to everyone. Each one of them had zero interest in finding another room and crashed the room where the owner was nowhere in sight. “What are you doing here? As far as I know, this is my sister’s room.”“Our sister.” Five voices corrected him without looking at him. He was dumbstruck. These people really touched his nerves.“So, what are you doing here? What about the plan?”Tak!His eyes were placed on two people who were playing chess at the office desk.“Fret not, my ma– crown prince, everything is under control.” The gold-haired man placed his chess piece on the empty slot.“Damn son. He’s good.” The opponent who wore the nerd spectacle swore under his breath. “Yeah, still manageable.” He said loudly toward another person. Tak!He placed his piece as well.“Smart, smart.” The gold-haired’s eyes were shaken.“Smiley, Captain…” Suddenly his head was throbbing. “The deadline is in three weeks but why
“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
Black and Teal landed at the training ground where Shadow was. Their clean attire fluttered around, eyes focused on Shadoe who was harassing her sparring partners which consisted of Albert, Firash, Aidan, Dhia, and also Musa. Watching those people's haggard faces and tattered clothes, Teal covered her mouth as a nostalgic feeling crept under her skin. It was not a great experience. Although, it increased her prowess, power, ability to wield her GIFT, and strength. Still, it wasn’t a pleasant experience knowing how brutal Shadow could be. “I think we need to rescue them.” “Should we?”Black mumbled while stroking her chin while Teal shivered at the thought alone. Then, both of them wavered their hands as those people took notice of them and pleaded with their eyes.“Should we?”“... we should, should we?”Black asked cunningly and Teal sighed in resignation. If they don't save them, they might hit their limit soon. In normal circumstances, it would be ideal, however, not right now.
“Hmmm… are those the ships that we need to destroy?” “Apparently so, Blue.”“Seriously?”“Yup, yup.”“... that thing is gigantic. What the…” “Fu fu fu. Believe me, I thought so too, Blue.”Blue and Pink were standing right in front of the naval ship. Blue was standing on top of the ice he created while Pink was flying, fluttering her flower’s wings behind her back.They were in the middle of the sea with nothing in it. They were sure that the mermen would be ambushing. They expected it to a certain extent, however… what they didn’t expect was the oblivious approach.The naval ships filled with countless beastmen, no. hundreds of confused beastmen. Both Pink and Blue didn’t smell particularly strong.Blue seemed delighted but Pink was quite vexed. “Did we get the weakest link?” She flipped open her paper fan and fanned it harder.“I don’t know. Feels like I am in heaven.”Pink gnashed her teeth and glared at her partner.“What?” Blue acted innocent.“You and your stupid attitude.” S
“Look. there’s an ass picture of the supposed dragon lord.” Green mumbled next to White.“I can see that, Green.” White tried to control her lips from vomiting.“Just alerting you.”“Thank you.”Green and White were disguising themselves as a wizard and a witch. Wands at each hand.“Young man,” a soft touch was placed on Green.Green reflexly turned his head at the old lady next to him. His green eyes dilated a mere second before a sweet smile emerged. “Yes, beautiful lady?” “Ho ho ho,” the old lady that looked not more than 70 years old radiantly chuckled. “How sweet you are.” White looked away, acting like Green and she wasn’t related. The old lady might appear 70, but she knew better, that the old lady was centuries old.“Do you know what is the meaning behind this painting?”Green stroked his chin, pondering at the ass painting – again, the supposed dragon lord. He wasn’t sure what to say. It was literally the buttcrack of Ferdinand. How’d he know? The description was literall
Bzzzzzzt~The sharp sound of electricity traveled across the metal factory.Unlike Grey and Brown, their destination was a metal factory. Thanks to kind-hearted Grey, they changed their destination. It was the closest and it was on the ground.Everyone knew Orange didn’t do well underground due to old trauma. Hence why Grey decided to give in. As always. Also, they all knew that Orange was Grey’s favorite. Of course, Grey denied the claim and the issue died there. As usual.They strolled inside as if they were visiting the factory, not invading. Meanwhile, the enemies were panicking.“Abad’s been hit. There’s someone out here–” The voice that was shouting through the radio before cutting out. Huh? The fuck? Abad’s hurt?“Captain Ayham, the left side is clear,” Barqi said right after that. “We’re moving, heading to the main pathway.” Ayham gritted his teeth.He was in the controller room. CCTV captured the activities inside the factory. However, the place where the enemies were situ
Tap! Both of them landed right in the middle of the nothingness. It was barren. Sand, rock, and cactus. That’s all.It was a freaking desert.“This is the right place.” Brown adjusted his mask.Grey raised his arm into the air and pulled out his middle finger and felt the air.“Why must that one?” Brown was tired of his antics.“As long as I can do my work,” retorted Grey nonchalantly. “What about your situation?” Slightly turned his head at Brown.“I have a clear vision.” Brown closed his eyes, feeling the movement underneath. “How many?” He tilted his head. Something was wrong. The weather felt wrong for some reason. The density of air was different than usual.“Approximately 50 beastmen on each floor. I could be wrong.”“And how many floors do they have?” He opened his eyes and stared at the sky.“Approximately… three.” Grey counted the clouds in the air. “Three? Are you sure?” Brown tilted his head and set his jaw, feeling the vibration even the smallest one. “Wait a minute!
“Wild Bunny, gather!” Black clapped her hands, calling the rest of the restless members.“What are we? Fucking school kids?” Orange murmured silently, his steps still trudging toward Black.“Shut your stinky mouth.” Brown clicked his tongue.“What a fool.” White shook her head.“You’re the last thing I want to hear.” Teal groaned.“We ain’t fighting.” Pink pushed both their heads at once while walking past them.The rest of them were laughing inwardly.Once they gathered, Black placed a transparent bowl with numerous folded papers in it. Her black eyes latched on each one of them, wriggled her brows petulantly.“As usual, we’ll choose our area the Old Way.”“Ugh! I hate it.” Blue murmured amongst them. The voice filled with annoyance.“We must use this method to ensure fairness, Blue Bunny.” Blue rolled his eyes shut and slumped his head on Pink’s shoulder.“I’ll pick the paper for us.” Pink raised her hand.“Me… will do.” White raised her hand as well.Gold nodded at Black.“Alright
Flashback! “Hey! Do you want to hear a secret?” Shadow asked right after her wedding took place.All the Underworld family gathered around. A secret? Just you, and the rest of us? Ehe., hehehe. Oops. sorry that had to come out. Go on.” Brown and Orange clasped their hands in full happiness.“What is it?” Black swallowed hard. “Don’t tell me…”“Something is wrong.” Captain from Mandrill Monkey arched his brow in anticipation.“I also can feel it in my dick.” Daddy from Mandrill Monkey stroked his chin.“God damn it, Daddy.” “I am only telling the truth. My dick can feel it.” He had no remorse, no shame.“Please don’t talk about that in the open, I guess?”“About what? Dick? Why? Because we have ladies here?”“Yes, and it is inappropriate.”“Why? They can talk about their vajayjay if they want to.”“Damn it, Daddy! Stop it!” Captain clasped his mouth and dragged him away.The rest of the Mandrill Monkeys were cackling as if there was no tomorrow. “After analyzing the movement of the
“Sniff… really?” Phantom rubbed his nose against Shadow’s neck.“Yes. I can’t live without you. I swear.” She tried to appear convincing.“But will you die?” He was adamant about Shadow’s life.Why wouldn’t he? He was there when Shadow was at the bottom. He was there when she was suffering. He was there when she died hundreds of times. He could do nothing but watch her from afar. He had no physical body nor the capability to protect her. He was a mere artificial intelligence living in the system. “Phantom… I will cease to exist following the promise of the previous lord. Abah. I can’t die before that. My body has been programmed to do so.”It was her sad life. Cease to exist. She would never experience death like others. She would cease to exist when the time was calling. Her death would be a mysterious death. A sudden death. Abah had promised her up to 1000 years old. She knew her body couldn’t hold that long. According to her calculation, she had 800 years more to go. Plus and min
“Have you improvised their ID card or something?”Shadow turned her head at her desk. Phantom was seen sitting on top of his folders, crossed legs, and caned his chin with his hand. He was grinning wide.“You’re here?” Shadow rested her head on the visitor chair in front of her desk.Phantom’s foot was wagging back and forth, right in front of Shadow. Yet, the girl said nothing to reprimand him. She was just extremely.Phantom waved his hand, some sort of greeting or whatever.“No, the upgraded version. As soon as the card seeped into him, his whole existence was inside the system.” She answered.“When did you develop the new version?” It piqued Phantom’s interest.Shadow merely scoffed and shut her eyes. “Mind checking how well the information settles in?” She meant all the information regarding Amari’s body.It felt like time stopped momentarily. Phantom lost his smile. The usual playful vibe was killed. Phantom killed it. Anger gradually flamed inside his eyes.“Whatever you mean