“Lord Amino! Lord Amino! Lord Amino!!”Ryuzaki and Amino raised their heads from the overflowed paperwork inside the inn just near the shore.Currently, the heat of the beginning of the war could be smelled miles away. Hundreds of ships and thousands of soldiers had been dispatched to Country C. All left a few soldiers that held a great significant power to maintain the traps that they both buried all over the borders around the country.It took them exactly three months to work on it together with their soldiers.Ryuzaki looked up from his desk, where he's been subconsciously doodling Shadow’s smiling face all over the report that he should’ve actually finished half an hour ago.“Ryu…” Amino called him out without looking at him.“Oops, sorry,” Ryuzaki said, not because he was caught.He breathed out, realizing that he’s been drawing with a pen, instead of a pencil, which means he’s going to have to grab himself another copy to get started on it. “Edmund, what’s wrong?” Amino beckon
For another two days, Malikul roamed around both worlds, destroying the potential enemy while keeping the country in check. So far, he didn’t see any suspicious moves from a normal citizen but who knows when things will change. He needed to be careful so that no one saw him slip.{Why are you doing this, Malikul?}Wan couldn’t understand it. Malikul painstakingly went all the way to remove any potential backstabber. If he were Malikul, he would watch from the sideline. Why? It was not because he didn’t love his girl, but a girl like Shadow was more than capable to handle herself.If he helped without asking, it would be considered an insult to her and it would be a perfect way to start bickering.{She is the lord of the Underworld because of her achievement. Don’t you think your action will be viewed as an insult to her?}“I know that.” Malikul gritted his teeth and blew a heavy punch on the enemy’s stomach. “I have my reason to do it.”{What is it?}“This is my atonement to her.” He
Shadow finalized all the plans which increased the difficulty of the training, both mental and physical. Day and night without a rest. In conscious and unconscious. Their training seemed never to end. Every day, they would undergo a new training regimen without a single rest. As if, this battle would be her last.In a way, they were not entirely wrong. This battle would be their last, indeed. They had only another one week and four days before the final battle and a week to prepare their mental and physical strength and boarded the ship.Due to a circumstance, WARP technology was temporarily shut down and all the management refused to operate as usual.It was probably because the biggest war was approaching and they were prohibited from making money out of it. Ergo, any WARPing technology would be at the lowest cost or completely free depending on the distance. Why?No one knew why the developer created such a rule. Or probably, they just wanted to make the management have a hard t
Part of them wanted to believe in Shadow, the others believed in Amino due to his past achievements.Not many were aware of her achievement but many were scared of Amino because of that very achievement. Amino had a history to back him up while Shadow had Samuel to prove her legitimacy.So far, Samuel seemed reliable enough, so they had no choice but to trust Shadow.“My Lord… should we release the footage of our training?” Sabrina asked, as quietly as possible. Their training regimen was one of the sacred things that they should never disclose. However, Shadow’s achievement didn’t make any noise as she tended to hide it under the rug. Now, people became uneasy about Shadow's lack of proof.They needed to see something to understand Shadow's position better.“You don’t have to.” Shadow swallowed the new chunk of pepperoni pizza that was brought by the cook. “But it was thanks to you… that we had enlightened on the corrupt nature of those demons. For all that you’ve done for us, allo
Days later… Shadow moved stealthily on the battleship for a few days and when she stepped off the ship and onto the docks of Country C, she could feel the heat of the war, brazing her skin. The sunlight burned her skin and the tight sensation that filled her chest at the sight of the port was astonishing.The harbor was full of life, more people than Shadow had ever seen moving about the sturdy piers, chattering loudly and shouting amongst one another in one official language of the novel. However, their clothes varied from man to man to indicate their different backgrounds. Shadow stared into the distance while the rest of her people unloaded all the equipment that they brought. The possibility that the enemies were nearby was higher but no one cared enough to look around.That was because, opposite her battleship stood a ship with a figurehead that resembled some dolphin or whatever, rearing and throwing its head back. And some other ships that she couldn’t care about.“I can tel
“Okay, gather up.” Samuel beckoned them to move closer.The head of each department; Hashim, Naomi, Mina, Sabrina, and Cole craned their necks, and gathered their attention on the round table where the map was located. Shadow at the other side just listened without looking at the map she had memorized by heart in a glance at the moment when Samuel showed the map at her with the prettiest smile resided on his face.“This is the map of the whole location of the whole battlefield that you have studied each since we have arrived.”As Samuel stated, as soon as they arrived inside the country, all those people headed out to gather as much information as possible. They went toward the assigned location and carried out a secret mission.After they covered all the areas that they desired, they returned and combined all the information with Samuel before Samuel compiled it into a full report and sent it to Shadow for approval.Their battleground would be in the middle of the ruined city - the
Amino.The man on the other side of the camps did not look to be doing well. The man who used to look majestic and spotless was currently standing and leaning on the wall with his messy hair while persistently staring into the other side.“Are you doing okay there?” Ryuzaki entered Amino’s tent with worry marring his brow.He just shrugged it with a simple small hum.Ryuzaki sat on one of the chairs available as he tossed the clean apple in the air a few times while leaning the chair backward with two front legs in the air.Amino gave the heaviest sigh ever. Even though he felt Shadow’s presence on the other side, she was still out of his reach. He felt like they were so close yet so far.“Amino… talk to me. My heart is hurting seeing you like this, My Lord.”“Bullshit.” Amino was about to say something else before he saw Ryuzaki’s sadistic smirk and chose not to say it. Instead, he got down to business. “I saw the dragon’s unit residing in the nearest place, just behind the other’s s
“Let’s follow them.” Shadow grabbed Sabrina’s hand that night.Sabrina who was already curling her body into a small ball on the bed looked up at Shadow who was already jumping down the bed with a perverted smile planted on her face.I smell trouble; Sabrina couldn’t help but whisper the sentence upon looking at the smirk. “What are you planning to do?”Shadow had already discarded her pajamas and ripped open the luggage to search for her working attire. “Something fun.” She said after a beat of silence.“Fun?” Sabrina alarmedly rose from the bed and instantly hopped next to Shadow with a face full of concern. “What kind of fun are you seeking, sister?”Shadow stopped halfway, body turned stiff. The air around suddenly became awfully heavy with a rigid breath escaping her mouth.The goosebumps crawled all over Sabrina’s body and she readily looked at Shadow to understand her better. “Sister…”Shadow raised her head, the mischievous smirk maintained on those beautiful lips. “Fun. Let'