Kalen grew up in Sicily City, a relatively small city when compared to the other big cities in Camelot.Due to the introduction of implants, children from the age of 10 hardly any physical friends. Once Kalen received his implant at the age of 10, he was introduced to the virtual world.His childhood friends became a distant memory, as the curiosity of this world overwhelmed them. They would spend less time together, as they rather spent their time on the internet or learning new knowledge through their implant.He did make some virtual friends, but they were not close as they never met in person.His home situation was different from friends his friends, as his parents were knights. They rarely stayed home, as they deployed to various places for missions and other government assignments.He would spend his time on his implants, has his parents were distant from him. They spent their time serving their country on their deployments.They refused to hire a nanny or maid servants for the
Kalen quickly arrived in the nearest town, as he inquired about the name of where he was. He found out that the town was close to Panama City.Panama City is a highly developed city in the southern region of Confederate States of America. The city is more developed than Sicily is.He asked for directions but discovered that Panama City was not the destination the wristwatch was giving him. He asked the watch on where it is trying to point him to and discovered that it is a small town that mainly deals with fishing and agriculture.It is hard to see communities relying on agriculture and fishing as their main source of income. Everything in the world was focused on technology.Despite this, agriculture and fishing are still an indispensable part of humanity as it provides food for humans. Unless a technological gadget is created to where humans don’t need food to survive anymore, the humans will never abandon agriculture and fishing.With the increased technological advances in the wor
Whoosh!! The wind howled fiercely as Kalen ran to the policeman head-on. The policeman waves his baton, trying to strike him, but in Kalen’s eyes, the man was just too slow.“Sorry bro,” he thought as he quickly dodged the blow. He expertly retrieved the baton from the policeman, while conveniently knocking the man out with a strike to his neck.He turned to continue forward but was shocked to see 5 policemen were moving towards him from his front. He glanced behind him to see the other 2 policeman approaching him. He knew that these men were well trained and were top notch in catching criminals.He observed his surroundings, while making rapid calculations in his head. His initial plan was to give the police a hard time catching him, but in the end be detained by them.Due to his outstanding but controlled maneuvers, he was confident that the terrorist organization would break him out to make him earn their gratitude and have him join them as payment. One of the biggest and well-know
Kalen woke up to see himself in a room with very dim light. The dim light, paired with the silent atmosphere painted the room to look like a torture chamber that was used in the old fictional movies.After he woke up, he was very self-conscious, as he remembered everything that happened to him before he was knocked out. He glad and heaved a huge sigh of relief, as this meant he was not drugged.He calmly glanced around, trying to see his surroundings more clearly. Suddenly, the dim light brightened as the door to the room opened. He squinted his eyes, as he frowned as he tries to adapt his eyes to the change in light intensity.The man who opened the door came in, he recognized him mainly because of the vibe he exuded.This was the first time he saw the guy’s face under the bright light. He knew he was in a very dangerous position, as he was deep behind enemy lines. He felt nervous but did his best to calm his beating heart and act like a regular criminal.“Why did you lock me up in t
Recruits like Kalen were many within the Red Water Legion’s base as they trained with vigor. He played along, as they taught them basic marksmanship and fighting techniques.He later figured out that the terrorist group stopped in this base to train the recruits. He sighed, as he watched the recruits train in high spirit, trying to outdo each other in results. They wanting to stand out for the leadership.After hours of training, he finally brought his training results up a bit, to the point that he was matching with the top recruits. He was drawing gasps and dirty looks from the other recruits, as they saw him start training just a day ago.After the day’s training, he quietly entered his assigned room, together with 7 other recruits. He didn’t try anything funny, as he knew that he was being watched and monitored, to further confirm if he was really a stray criminal.A new routine started for him, as he trained daily with the recruits. It was a boring routine to, but it was a missio
For the rest of the day, training continued as usual, as Kalen continued to best the other recruits in marksmanship, close combat fighting, and other areas the organization focused on in their training.****************************************************************The following morning during their training session, the base commander for the first time visits them. Kalen was the probably the only recruit that already met the commander before. All the recruits greeted him, as the commander addressed them.His burly and muscular figure was enhanced further when he faced the recruits from an elevated platform. After a week of indoctrination and training, there were already some fanatics in their midst., as they shook with excitement, knowing that this was the overall leader of their base.The commander first announced to them that they will all graduate today, which clearly shows the difference between the standard military training and the farce of training, done by the terrorist or
The terrorist group traveled deep into the nearby forest, to ensure they were not followed before they stopped to rest and do a death count. They suffered a huge loss from the battle, as they lost 60 recruits from the original 115 recruits and lost 20 veteran soldiers. The loss was huge, but it was within their tolerance range. After the death count, the commander finally came out to meet the soldiers. “There have been some unexpected changes,” he announced. “The old soldiers are already familiar with this, so here is my advice for the recruits. There is a high chance that the local forces of all nearby towns have already deployed their forces to intercept us. You wonder why we didn’t clash aggressively with the local forces.” “Yes, we could have killed them completely, but in return, we would have surrounded from all sides without any way to escape. We would have won the battle but lost the war.” “Get prepared, because we will be clashing with a strong and very prepared oppositi
Rustle!! Rustle!! The forest leaves swayed gently to the rhythm of the wind, as activities begin in the temporary terrorist camp.Kalen joined the other soldiers, as they checked their weapons, before proceeding to load their resources for the inevitable battle. After taking the armor yesterday, he went over to the other armory where they stored the normal weapons.In there, he dropped his old gun, exchanging it for a better machine gun and a sword made from reinforced steel. Almost all the other newly graduated terrorist soldiers made the same decision.He was assigned to be in a vehicle, at the forefront of the formation of vehicles. The 2 high-grade warriors that fought in yesterday battle, was in the same car with him. The engines of the vehicle roared to life, as they started moving forward in an orderly fashion.Vroom!! Vroom!! The vehicles moved with such momentum like they were going to war as their hardened tires left deep trails behind in the forest surface.Well, their situ
After a week of waiting, the award-giving day finally arrived. It was a Monday, and the whole gladiator district was riled up for this day. The spectators could finally see their best gladiators get their awards in the arena. Today, the Neo-Rome team members were going to get the award for their labor of 3 years. After years of only wearing armor and light clothing as gladiators, they were finally going to dress corporately again. Kalen froze in place with a smile on his face, as he stared at his fresh look while dressed in a suit. After so long he finally cut his beard yesterday. It felt funny to him; he already entered the vicious men’s circle of cutting your beard to avoid it looking wild. He was not even sure if Nami would recognize him again if she saw him with a beard. Despite already cutting the beards, the slight sings to indicate that he was a man with beards were still left there. He carefully admired his electric blue suit, as his smile slowly morphed into a grin. Pair
As usual, medical practitioners on white quickly rushed into the arena with a floating stretcher. They brought cleaning bots with them this time, as the blood and gore were quickly sucked and cleaned throughout the arena. Kalen’s unconscious body was carefully placed on the stretcher, as it directly floated back to the medical bay. As the medical practitioners worked, the commentator finally started his ending speech with a smile. “Ladies and gentlemen, my fellow Sea Angels, we now finally have a winner for this gladiator tournament. After these countless difficulties, we finally arrived at our destination.” “The winner of the gladiator tournament this time is the Lone Dragon, he proved his strength today in this arena.” “I won’t waste your time much, I just want to inform you that according to the organizers; if everything goes according to plan, the award-giving ceremony will be held within the week.” “Let’s all come back for this final event, to establish our winner’s status
As the atmosphere grew tenser, gulps left throats unconsciously, and speculations rose higher, the gladiators finally moved. Kalen moved first. As soon as he gathered some strength, he used his spear as a support to lift himself off his opponent’s sword. Spurt!! He closed his eyes while gritting his teeth in pain. More blood flowed out of him, as the sword was roughly yanked out of him. His opponent also flinched in pain, as the spear stirred in his abdomen. Thud!! He dropped down to the ground, as he quickly summoned more strength to roll further away from his opponent. He already grew accustomed to pain after so many years of being a knight. He could not directly say that he liked pain, but at least he could bear a lot of pain. Despite this being the case, the pain that he was currently feeling drove deeper into his inner self. He felt like his body was no longer his own, he felt like his body was just a cage where he was receiving torture. He could not help it, as tears flow
The huge energy that was covering the arena slowly opened, as the 2 strongest gladiators entered without hesitation. World Destroyer slowly took off his helmet, as he faced his opponent with a curious smile on his face. Unlike his opponent’s solemn expression, his was complete opposite, he had a calm look on his face. “Magician, you surprised me yet again. I didn’t think you would have the guts to fight me again. Last time we fought, you did put up with great fight, but you know I am going to kill you. I promise you will regret your decision of walking into this arena.” He slowly said with a smile. Kalen didn’t reply, as his blood was already feeling hot for this fight. He had no time nor luxury to reply to foolish questions. He didn’t come here to discuss, at least he didn’t have that luxury like his opponent. He had an uphill and almost impossible target to overcome, he was ready to put his all. “Enough bullshit! You will know soon enough which one of us is the best. Now, let’s
Today was the day, that will determine who the strongest gladiator from this tournament. Today was the day that justify all the bloodshed and deaths throughout the past year, in the gladiator arena. Kalen entered the gladiator armory in a solemn mood, as he went forward to where the weapons were kept. On seeing the empty, grey-colored cold chamber, he could not help but feel a sense of emptiness. For weeks now, he had been training to get the required level to win this fight. He did not know why he was anticipating it, but he felt that he would benefit a lot if he emerged as the winner of this fight. Though his thoughts were numerous, they quickly cleared up as he advanced to the spear section of the armory. He stood before the large row of spears, before falling into a daze. Spears spread for as far as his eyes could see. From short spears to long spears, to broad, to thin spears, every type of spear was available. His hands extended forward, as he firmly grabbed the long spea
The days moved forward just like chess pieces that were being randomly shifted by a chess player. After months of preparations fights, the date for the individual tournament finals has been finally scheduled. After the end of the team tournament, the gladiators on the teams who won were already eligible to take their awards. Despite this, they don’t get them immediately, as the Sea Angels Alliance extended the award ceremony to the week after the end of the individual fight fights. ********************************************************** Bam!! Kalen’s spear stabbed forward in quick succession, as his opponent hastily raised his spear to parry the strike. His hand blurred, as the stab was quickly converted into a sideways slash. Kane narrowly blocked the strike again, but the force exerted by his vice-captain still pushed him back. As Kalen rushed forward to finish him off, Kane’s teammates finally recovered as he quickly slashed his sword forward in retaliation. Whoosh!! Dere
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The large fleet of vehicles slowly coming into the compound surprised the now freed gladiators, but they suppressed their curiosity and went forward to meet the General. “Good evening, General.” They all greeted respectfully. “Haha, that’s my soldiers.” The General responded with a loud laugh that was unusual for someone of his status, as he went forward to pat them on the shoulders. “Congrats, y’all didn’t disappoint my expectations. Though it is shame we couldn’t get the 1st place position but taking the 3rd place position is already commendable. “My Captain already told you, sometimes ago that we would not shy in terms of rewards if you won the tournament of you ranks, we intend to keep our word.” “Now, taking 3rd place can be seen as you winning to us, so today, I’ll present the awards that we prepared for everyone.” The Neo-Rome Captain finally came forward and placed an exotic metal box before his General. He opened the box quick
Nami dd not have much to arrange, she just came back to get some of the essential things that she could not leave behind. As she arranged, her mind could not help but drift again to a frail-looking imagination of her mom. At this age where medical technology already advanced so enormously, her being called for indicated how serious her mom’s situation was. There was no way it was a normal illness, which only made her more anxious. “What is so serious that I had to be called for?” She questioned herself again doubtfully. It didn’t take too long before she was finally ready, as she turned around to go. She changed from her old suit into a new suit that she got recently, to present herself in a fresh outlook. Not long after, she finally arrived back at the parade grounds. She was not surprised to still see the summoned horde of knights all standing at their positions in attention. There was no way these guys would leave their positions until orde