DAY 3 – KENSINGTON (DEADLOCK)
16:16
North of Town of Kensington (Half mile away)
Northern Battleground
During these several hours, the enemy had successfully advanced into the half-mile zone at the north of Town of Kensington. Wave after wave of undead soldiers had swarm into the defense line continually. Although, the defense line was being able to hold off most of the enemy’s attacks. However, it was still outnumbered by the undead soldiers. A while later, two persons had arrived at the enemy’s frontline and they started to reform their battle formation by using the Suits Armors as their center force.
Once, Ms. Angel had realized those two persons were Mr. Famine and Ms. War. She immediately reported that to Ms. Wheel of Fortune.
“Horsemen!”
Ms. Wheel of Fortune had noticed and asked.
“How many?”
Ms. Angel took a closer look at the enemy’s frontline, then replied.
“Two! With the Spades, Hearts and Clubs Suit Armors in a Flying V formation!”
Ms. Wheel of Fortune glanced over the enemy’s wedge formation. She turned to the Colonel from World Federation and said.
“Colonel, tell your troops to fall back to the town now!”
“Rogers!”
“Secure the road blocks in infantry square formation.”
“Understood!”
Hence, the Colonel turned around and started to retreat his troops back to the town. Meanwhile, Ms. Wheel of Fortune was advancing to the frontline and looked for the Twins. Soon after, she had found the Twins. Both of them looked at her and asked.
“Ms. WF, new order?!”
Ms. Wheel of Fortune glanced over those Suits Armors at the enemy’s frontline and said.
“Listen, you two… Out flank their wedge… Go to their left side and get rid of Ms. War!”
Without any hesitation, the Twins started to push forwards to the enemy’s left-flank.
“Mr. Juggler! Take the right-flank and get rid of Mr. Famine… Now, go!”
Mr. Juggler nodded and then started to push forwards into the enemy’s right-flank.
Ms. Wheel of Fortune waved at Ms. Angel and Mr. Tower. They immediately came over to her position. Meanwhile, Ms. Angel glanced over the enemy’s frontline and asked.
“Ms. WF, now what?”
“The three of us will take their center force. Hold our position until Servant could be able to launch her range attacks.”
Ms. Angel listened and then turned to Mr. Tower.
“Mr. Tower, get ready and activate your skills.”
“Understood… Serious emoji… Activate Skill – Ikkitousen!”
The three of them had charged into the center of the enemy’s frontline. During the standoff, they were clashing with the enemy’s center force. The Suits Armors were instantly responded by pushing forwards with their full strength, while Ms. Wheel of Fortune had sent out her Gan Jiang and Mo Ye into the crowd.
“Gan Jiang Mo Ye… Attack – Flying Guillotine!”
All of a sudden, Ms. Wheel of Fortune saw another group of Suits Armors had come out of the corner of her eye. When, she turned around. She saw Mr. Conquest was leading the Diamonds Suit Armors, which was advancing towards the town’s border.
Ms. Wheel of Fortune glanced over Mr. Conquest.
“Damn it, a wedge within a wedge.”
Then, Ms. Wheel of Fortune shouted it out loud.
“Ms. Justice… Intercept the Diamonds Suit Armors… Now!”
At the moment, Ms. Judgement and Ms. Justice were surrounded by Ms. War and her Suits Armors. When Ms. Judgement heard the message. She turned to Ms. Justice and said.
“Ms. Justice… Go!”
Ms. Judgement had unleashed her area attacks with her Honjo-masamune, while Ms. Justice had turned around and started to intercept Mr. Conquest and his Suits Armors.
Once, Ms. Justice had caught up with Mr. Conquest. She started to summon the Twelfths from her Skofnung, while she was yelling at Mr. Conquest.
“You, son of the bitch… It is your time to die!”
On the other hand, Mr. Juggler was cornered by Mr. Famine and his Suits Armors. Soon after, Mr. Juggler glanced over his surroundings. He pondered for a moment, then he had decided to use his puppets as suicide bombers.
“Sigh… Desperate times call for desperate measures… Haha... Puppets, let’s blow them up!”
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The whole northern battleground was in chaos. Everyone on the battleground were using all of their massive area attacks and skills in order to hold off the enemy’s frontline. Unfortunately, the enemy’s frontline had around twenty hundred thousand of undead soldiers as the main force with another ten hundred thousand undead soldiers as the left and right flanks. By this numbers, it was already overwhelmed. Furthermore, all of the four divisions of Suits Armors with three of the Horsemen were advancing towards the town’s border. It seemed Origin Six, Underdogs and World Federation military troops were totally out of option.
Although, World Federation’s military troops were fighting against some of the undead soldiers inside the town by using their guerrilla tactics. However, the town had already suffered certain degree of structural damages and also tens of thousands of human casualties. The whole situation was devastating. It was hell unleashed by itself, and it had scorched on every street and every corner of the town.
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Servant was standing on the roof of the clock tower from the town hall. She was waiting for the coordinates from Ms. Wheel of Fortune, which would allow Servant to activate her massive range attack. During that period, Servant had noticed World Federation military troops were fighting at the north of the town while they were trying to evacuate most of the civilians to the south.
Half hour later, Servant had received the coordinates from Ms. Wheel of Fortune. Her Pandora Box had immediately computed all of the necessary calculations. Afterwards, Pandora Box had spoken out with its digital voice.
“Coordinates Positioning… … … Completed.”
“Fourth-dimension Vector Space Projection… … … Completed.”
“Projectile Paths… … … … Completed.”
“Multiple targets locked… … …”
Servant’s face twisted into a horrible rictus of a smile.
“EAGLE EYES!”
The digital voice responded.
“Affirmative.”
Pandora Box had opened up slowly and Servant took out a weapon while its countdown sequence had been initialized.
“Initialized countdown sequence…. in 5… 4… 3… 2… 1…”
Suddenly, Servant had stopped the countdown.
“STOP!”
The digital voice responded.
“Countdown sequence... … … Stopped.”
Servant paused for a moment. She looked heavenward and then she gave her Pandora Box a new set of commands.
“Recalculate… Fourth-dimension Vector Space Projection and Projectile Paths… Reinitialize launch sequence at the sky from the east...”
The digital voice responded.
“Recalculating… … … Completed.”
“Reinitializing… … … Completed.”
“Multiple targets locked… …. …”
“Ready to fire… … …”
Hence, Servant pondered for a moment and then she contacted Ms. Wheel of Fortune.
“Ms. WF, incoming from the east… FIRE!”
Meanwhile, Ms. Wheel of Fortune was fighting at the enemy’s frontline.
“Huh? I cannot hear you… What did you say, Servant?!”
All of a sudden, Ms. Wheel of Fortune had heard a huge explosion from the east of the town. She immediately took a quick glance of that. She saw a group of fighter jets and bombers got shot down or knocked down by that huge explosion in the eastern sky. Furthermore, there was another group of army which was advancing from the east.
This new group of army consisted of fifty hundred thousand of undead soldiers with another ten hundred thousand of human soldiers from Secret Societies. It also had hundreds of artillery units which had stationed at the back. Several thousands of tanks and armored vehicles were advancing in the font, which used as shields for the undead soldiers.
Ms. Wheel of Fortune glanced over the east side once again.
“Shit… Mr. Devil and his army are here too!”
A moment later, Servant had contacted Ms. Wheel of Fortune.
“Ms. WF, I will advance to the east and stop them. And they will help…”
Ms. Wheel of Fortune replied with a smile on her face.
“Don’t worry… I trust them…”
Servant jumped off from the clock tower and she was heading towards the eastern highland.
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16:55
East of Town of Kensington (Half mile away)
Eastern Highland
Soon after, Mr. Devil and the enemy’s main forces had arrived at the eastern highland near Town of Kensington. Mr. Devil had ordered an air strike before he would send his ground troops into the town. Unfortunately, the air strike was stopped by Servant.
Mr. Devil glowered then he turned to Ms. Fortitude.
“Tch… Servant…”
“Honey, don’t worry. Let’s just launch the artillery bombardment.”
“Babe, let’s make Kensington worse than hell. Haha…”
Mr. Devil smiled at Ms. Fire and said.
“Ms. Fire, get ready to launch the bombardment.”
“Understood.”
Meanwhile, Mr. Devil glanced over the horizon. He saw someone was heading toward them. He looked at Ms. Fortitude and said.
“Dang! Servant again…”
Ms. Fortitude turned to everyone and said
“Mr. Swords, order the army of undead and those humans from Secret Societies to advance forwards and tell them to ignore Servant!”
Mr. Swords nodded and then went to the frontline.
“Ms. Fire, launch the artillery strike directly into the town… Remember, your target is not Servant.”
Ms. Fire’s face twisted into a horrible rictus of a smile and replied.
“Understood.”
Ms. Fortitude glanced at Ms. Chariot and Mr. World.
“Ms. Chariot and Mr. World, it is our time to meet Servant. The three of us shall destroy that piece of junk for our master.”
Both of them had bowed and replied.
“It is our pleasures.”
Meanwhile, Mr. Devil turned to Ms. Fortitude and said.
“Babe, I’m going with you too.”
Ms. Fortitude replied with a warm smile on her face.
“Honey, sure… Hehe… We will destroy that piece of junk!”
Ms. Fortitude’s face twisted into a smile and said.
“Haha… I could even foresee the ending of this battle… Haha…”
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Meanwhile, Servant was heading towards the east of the town. When she had a sight of the enemy frontline. She started her area attacks with the help of her Pandora Box. However, most of the enemy’s troops were trying to avoid her which were en route to the town. Once, Servant had realized the enemy’s main objective. She was starting to intercept the enemy’s tanks and armored vehicles, until Mr. Devil and his team had arrived to interrupt her actions.
Mr. Devil was greeting with a smile, while Servant was surrounded by Ms. Fortitude, Ms. Chariot and Mr. World.
“Servant, it is impossible for you to fight against us…”
Servant had not say a word, while Mr. Devil looked up into the sky and said.
“I see… You want keep it in silent. However, you should already realize that...”
Mr. Devil pointed at the sky above him. Everyone looked at the sky and saw several hundreds of glowing tails were traveling throughout the sky above them. Afterwards, Mr. Devil laughed and said.
“Checkmate! Let’s watch the fireworks from here. Shall we?!”
The impact would be happened within several seconds, while those artillery shells were traveling towards the town closer and closer. However, Servant just stood there and did nothing at all. Ms. Fortitude stared at Servant for a moment and asked.
“So, you give up?!”
Servant glanced over the surroundings and replied.
“No need for that.”
A moment later, those artillery shells had reached the town. A sequence of explosions had appeared in the mid-air above the town. Mr. Devil looked ahead and he had realized those artillery shells got intercepted by someone.
“What the heck? Dang! For sure, it’s him… That gunslinger.”
Mr. Devil turned to Ms. Fortitude and said.
“Honey, it is Mr. Hermit who shot down our artillery shells… Just tell Ms. Fire to keep on launching the artillery strikes now!”
Ms. Fortitude nodded and then contacted Ms. Fire immediately.
“Ms. Fire! Start the artillery bombardment… Never mind, just keep on firing at the town.”
Hence, Ms. Fortitude had contacted Ms. Fire and called for more artillery strikes. But, it seemed those artillery strikes of theirs had not arrive at all. So, Ms. Fortitude tried to contact Ms. Fire once more.
“Ms. Fire, where are the artillery strikes?”
Ms. Fire replied in a hurry.
“Ms. Batons is here!”
Then, Ms. Fortitude was glowering at Servant, while Servant’s face twisted into a horrible rictus of a smile and said.
“The four of you, get ready to die!”
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17:12
Town of Kensington
Downtown District
Mr. Hermit and Aoi were standing on the roof of the clock tower from the town hall. Soon after, Mr. Hermit had intercepted the first round of artillery bombardment. Mr. Hermit was watching over the horizon in case of there would be more to come. A while later, Mr. Hermit looked at Aoi and said.
“Aoi, it seems the artillery bombardment had finally stopped. Probably, your Mom is over there and destroying their artillery units…”
Then, Mr. Hermit glanced over the town and continued.
“Sigh… The enemy’s infantry force had reached the east side of the town. It seems World Federation military troops are in trouble now.”
Aoi looked at Mr. Hermit and asked.
“Dad, what should we do?”
Mr. Hermit glanced over the southern side of the town and said.
“Aoi, you go to the south side of the town and help the Ambassador and his officers there. And I will go to the east and aid World Federation military troops.”
Aoi looked over to the south and replied.
“Understood.”
Mr. Hermit smiled and said.
“Aoi, becareful.”
“Dad, you too.”
Mr. Hermit pondered for a moment.
“Aoi, if you find something abnormal over the southern side of the town. You immediately report that to the Ambassador, and he will contact us.”
“Understood.”
“Aoi, and remember, don’t try to handle that by yourself. Okay?”
“Understood. I will report to the Ambassador first.”
“Okay, then go.”
“See you later, Dad.”
“See you.”
A moment later, Mr. Hermit had arrived at the east side of the town. He was helping World Federation military troops to defense. He glanced over the surroundings and was searching for the Colonel. Finally, he found the Colonel was shooting behind those container trucks at the crossroad.
“Colonel!”
“Mr. Hermit!”
“How many man you had?”
“Around five hundred… However, we are low on ammo.”
“Okay. I will go out to the battlefield and start drawing some attentions. Meanwhile, all of your troops should save up the ammo, unless those undead soldiers had reach here.”
“Understood and good luck, Sir!”
Mr. Hermit looked at the Colonel and said.
“Strength and honor!”
The Colonel’s eyes were glowing.
“Strength and honor, Sir!”
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Fifteen minutes later, Aoi had finally arrived at the southern side of the town. The scene was devastating. When Aoi walked down the area. She could see the human race was dying, physically and mentally. The temporary hospital was full of injured humans, and the dead had put inside the body bag which had stored aside at the cremation site near the temporary hospital. The sudden presence of large numbers of dead bodies in the southern town area would heighten concerns of disease outbreaks. Certain types of communicable and vector-borne diseases could be jeopardized the southern town area. Diarrhea, Hepatitis, Leptospirosis, Measles, Dengue, and Tetanus could be spread out easily with the current condition of the town. Although, World Federation was trying to control the situation and had tried to resolve those issues as soon as possible. However, the lacks of water, food and medical supplies which had already pushed the human race on a knife-edge.
A while later, Aoi had arrived at the command post inside a tent near the temporary hospital. She looked around and saw the Ambassador was trying to make contact to the supplies convoy.
“Hello?! Oh… Umm… Yes… You guys are on the way?! How far?! Oh… Five miles away… Umm… I try... WTF?! Ambushed?! Then?! What?! Hello?! Hello?! Hello?!”
Afterwards, the Ambassador took off the headset and threw it to the ground. Then, he looked at Aoi and had not say anything. It was a moment of dead silent within the command post. The staffs and officers were grinding their teeth without any reaction after they had heard the supplies convoy got ambushed by the enemy. A while later, the Ambassador gave a half smile to Aoi and said.
“Ms. Hamasaki, I think you should go to the hospital and help the doctors in there.”
Aoi glanced over everyone who were inside the command post.
“But, Ambassador… Should we send a team out there?”
The Ambassador glanced up to the ceiling.
“We can’t. Our supplies convoy got ambushed by the enemy. That means it had become a deadly trap for us… If we send a team over, they will ambush by the enemy also…”
“However, Ambassador… I will go…”
“Listen! Ms. Hamasaki, I know everyone in here are willing to go there without any hesitation. However, it is too dangerous to go there without any military support…”
Everyone inside the command post was fighting back their tears. They knew that the risk was high and for sure it was a one-way ticket for them. Each of them was ready and willing to sacrifice their life for the mankind. But it would be a meaningless sacrifice, if they just went there for the supplies convoy. The main objective was to secure the supplies and brought them back to the town, while the chance of success was close to zero. Everyone inside the command post was anxious at the moment. Afterwards, Aoi had stepped outside of the command post. She looked heavenward and pray. She was hoping a miracle would happen, just for the sake of mankind.
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An hour ago, approximately ten miles south of Town of Kensington. World Federation’s supplies convoy had drove off from the highway. Their concern was they might get ambushed by the enemy, when they were traveling along the main roads. Then, the Captain of the supplies convoy had decided to take the country roads instead of the main roads. After another fifteen minutes of driving, the supplies convoy made a complete stop. It was because there were four persons who were standing in the middle of the country road ahead of them. The Captain had realized this might be the enemy. Although, the supplies convoy had twenty soldiers as its escort. However, the Captain did not want to take any chance. He had ordered the supplies convoy to turn around in order to avoid those four persons.
All of a sudden, one of them who wore a suit of Samurai armor had made a move. He had advanced forwards to the supplies convoy, while he was introducing himself.
“I’m Mr. Emperor, and we are Big Four… And this is the end of your journey!”
Soon after, Mr. Emperor had drawn his Demon-muramasa out of the sheath and swung it horizontally. The Captain had noticed this was the end of his journey. Then, he closed his eyes. But he was not afraid of dying in here. Instead, he had regretted that these supplies would never reach Town of Kensington.
A while later, the Captain had heard someone was shouting at him. Once, he opened his eyes and looked out from the window. His jawed dropped instantly because there was a giant robot bear was talking to him. Then, the Captain took a closer look at the robot bear again, and he had found out that there was a girl who was standing on the robot bear’s shoulder. That girl smiled at him and said.
“Hey Captain, you better turned around and travel along on the main roads.”
“Understood.”
“We will take care those for you. So, now go, go, go.”
The supplies convoy had started to turn around and were leaving the country roads in a few minutes.
On the other hand, Mr. Emperor stared at a scythe which had blocked his attack earlier.
“Tch… Double Sins…”
Mr. Death glanced at Mr. Emperor and said.
“Of course, it is me. Haha…”
Then, Ms. Traitor looked down from Shin King Kuma.
“And also, me and my lovely bear here.”
Ms. Empress stared at Ms. Traitor and said.
“I see, this is King Kuma… So, you must be Ms. Traitor.”
Ms. Traitor jumped down from Shin King Kuma and took a closer look at Ms. Empress.
“Yes, yes… Umm… Big Four?! You are Ms. Empress?!”
Ms. Empress curtsied and said.
“It is our pleasures to fight against you two.”
Ms. Traitor scratched her head for a moment.
“Umm… Four versus two of us… It is troublesome.”
“Ms. Traitor, please don’t worry about that. Only Mr. Emperor and I would be you and Mr. Death opponents.”
“Then, what about those two over there?”
“Oh, you mean, Ms. Popess and Mr. Pope… They are just our audiences.”
“I see, I see… Then, we are so lucky since a divine healer and a holy knight would be our audiences.”
Although, Ms. Popess had stared at Ms. Traitor angrily. But she had not say a word after all.
Mr. Emperor looked at Ms. Popess and Mr. Pope then said.
“This is a two versus two. The two of you stay out of it.”
Ms. Popess and Mr. Pope nodded in agreement.
Mr. Emperor stared at Mr. Death.
“Shall we?”
Mr. Death and Ms. Traitor looked at each other. Both of them smirked at Big Four and said.
“Sure, why not.”
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After another fifteen minutes of driving, the supplies convoy was traveling on the main roads. The Captain took a look on the GPS navigation. It seemed they are only five miles away from the town. Then, the Captain had made a contact to the Ambassador. Suddenly, his driver shouted it out loud.
“RPG!”
His driver made a sudden turn and his armored vehicle went off-road for a moment. Then, the Captain immediately gave out his orders to his troops.
“Twelve o’clock ahead… Three people in sight… RPG from our left…Team Bravo, protect the supplies… Team Charlie and Team Delta, advance and take down those RPG...”
Then, several more of Rocket-propelled Grenades (RPG) had landed around the supplies convoy. Team Charlie and Team Delta had gone over to the left and tried to take down those shooters. Meanwhile, the Captain and his Team Alpha were staring at those three persons who were standing on the main road. A moment later, the shooting from their left side had stopped. It seemed Team Charlie and Team Delta had successfully taken down those RPG shooters. Then, those three persons were slowly walking towards the supplies convoy. The Captain took a closer look at them and had realized those three persons were three teenage girls, while one of them had spoken out loud to him.
“I’m Ms. Sun… This the end of your journey! All of you must die!”
The Captain gave his orders to his troops.
“Fire at will…”
Soon after, several rounds of machinegun firing. It seemed the bullets were totally ineffective for those three girls. Then, Ms. Sun casted several magic spells, which made the supplies convoy and its escort unable to move freely. The Captain noticed these kinds of Gravity Magic had existed inside those MMORPGs. But he never thought of that would be actually existed in this world. He stared at Ms. Sun and asked.
“What do you want?”
Ms. Sun turned to her sisters and said.
“Ms. Moon and Ms. Star, let’s slaughter these humans.”
Both of them nodded in agreement.
The Three Sisters had started chanting some sort of area magic spells. All of a sudden out of nowhere. A middle-aged man with a Ahoge hair style had come out from the bushes, while he was holding his pants with his belt. The atmosphere was kind of odd ward. Everyone’s attention was on him, but it seemed he had taken a dump in those bushes before he walked out onto the main road. A while later, that middle-aged man glanced over the surroundings for a while. Then, he had realized the situation around him. Soon after, he put up his hands in the air. His pants dropped onto the ground immediately. Meanwhile, the Three Sisters had screamed together and were trying to cover their eyes with their hands.
“Argh… Hentai! Pervert! Middle-aged man!”
That middle-aged man looked at the Three Sisters and asked.
“Where? Me?! No, no, no… I’m not.”
Ms. Star closed her eyes and pointed at that middle-aged man
“Yes, you are. You are showing your… thing… there!”
That middle-aged man looked down and replied.
“Umm… Is that a problem? I was always wondering is that color looks good on me or not.”
Ms. Moon shouted at him.
“You, pervert!”
That middle-aged man scratched his head and said.
“Huh? What do you mean? Oh, I thought you girls didn’t like the color of my boxer.”
Ms. Sun yelled at him.
“You, hentai old man!”
That middle-aged man replied.
“I’m not that old though. Maybe you girls should address me as the most handsome of all middle-aged man.”
The Three Sisters glowered at him and said.
“Ugh… Anyway, now you must die!”
That middle-aged man replied with a smile.
“Okay, no problem… Just let me pick up my pants first?!”
The Three Sisters had rapidly casted several school of magic spells such as Lightning, Water and Gravity onto that middle-aged man. Meanwhile, that middle-aged man was picking up his pants without any injury. Ms. Sun had realized that middle-aged man could be dangerous, since their magic spells could not even reach him. So, she had decided to active her Kelper’s Sphere.
“Kelper’s Sphere – Supergravity!”
That middle-aged man replied with a smile again.
“Hey, Ms. Sun. Are you sure, you know how to use that scepter?”
“Tch… You pervert!”
“Never mind, just let me have a look first.”
That middle-aged man was slowly walking towards Ms. Sun.
“You want to die! Hey… Wait… Sigh, I cannot move again?!”
Ms. Sun turned to Ms. Moon and Ms. Star, but both of them seemed got the same problem.
“Ms. Moon and Ms. Star?”
Ms. Moon rolled her eyes and said.
“Ms. Sun, seriously did you read its manual?”
“Huh?”
Ms. Moon yelled at Ms. Sun.
“We are stuck here again!”
Ms. Star nodded in agreement.
However, that middle-aged man was standing in front of Ms. Sun. Then, he sat down on the ground and tried to look under her dress.
“You, hentai! Pervert! middle-aged man! What are you doing?”
That middle-aged man replied with an evil smile.
“I’m wondering what color is your panties for today.”
Ms. Sun had screamed in agony.
“No, No, No!”
Then, middle-aged man turned to Ms. Moon and then Ms. Star. Once, he had finished up the sightseeing. He had pondered for a moment.
“Umm… Ms. Moon, black lace sexy… Ms. Star, blue stripe cutie… However, Ms. Sun?!”
Ms. Sun blushed and glowered at that middle-aged man.
“You dare to say a word. I will kill you and then kill myself.”
That middle-aged man winked at Ms. Sun.
“Don’t worry. Let’s just keep it as our secret.”
“Ugh… What do you want old man?”
That middle-aged man narrowed his eyes and said.
“Ms. Sun, you just never learn… Anyway, the three of you will become my subordinates from now on till the end of your death had come upon you.”
The Three Sisters shouted at him.
“No way! We won’t.”
That middle-aged man was shouting around.
“Head Maid! Head Maid! Head Maid?!”
A lady who dressed in a French maid uniform with a red collar on her neck had suddenly appeared behind him.
“Yes, my lord.”
“Collar, please.”
She curtsied and then took out three red collars.
“Yes, my lord.”
The Three Sisters shouted at him again.
“Huh? WTF? What are you doing?”
That middle-aged man slowly put the collars around the Three Sisters’ necks, while the Three Sisters were screaming and crying at the same time. Afterwards, his face twisted into a horrible rictus of a smile.
“Now, you three are all mine… Haha…”
Then, that middle-aged man glanced over the supplies convoy and said.
“Are you guys going to Town of Kensington?”
The Captain replied.
“Yes, we are.”
That middle-aged man smiled at the Captain.
“Oh, that’s great. My car had broken down over there. So, if it’s possible, can you guys give me a free ride. Please… Many Thanks…”
“Umm… Currently, we can’t move…”
“Oh, yeah. I forgot to deactivate my magic. Haha… Here we go.”
Everyone instantly broke free from his magic. Then, the Captain replied with some hesitation.
“Umm… I think… We could give you a ride.”
“Yeah. That’ll be great.”
That middle-aged man turned to his head maid and said.
“Bring those three back to the mansion. They are now under your supervision. Oh, by the way. I won’t come back home in this evening. So, you guys don’t need to wait for me for dinner.”
His head maid curtsied.
“Yes, my lord.”
His head maid glowered at the Three Sisters and said.
“Let’s move, little maids.”
His head maid had opened a teleport portal, then she pushed the Three Sisters into the portal. Afterwards, the portal disappeared. Meanwhile, The Captain and his troops got back into their armored vehicles with that middle-aged man who was sitting beside the Captain. Soon after, the supplies convoy was back on the main road and was traveling toward to the town. The Captain asked that middle-aged man a question.
“Pardon me, Sir… What is your name?”
That middle-aged man looked at him with a smile and replied.
“Oh, my name is – Deathmar Schneider the Wise, but the people usually called me – Mr. Weirdo…”
Soon after, the Captain had heard the name. Terror overtook his face. Hence, Mr. Weirdo was scratching his head and said.
“Oh well, maybe you humans had make a mistake. I’m not either of this-him or that-him. Furthermore, I’m not come from either of this-organization or that-organization. Basically, I’m a freeman and I like to travel around the this-world and that-world. So, in other word, I’m only a mere traveler. Haha…”
Then, the Captain gave his regards to Mr. Weirdo.
“I see… Umm… Thank you for saving us.”
Mr. Weirdo had pondered for a moment.
“Oh, did I?!”
The Captain glanced at Mr. Weirdo.
“Umm…”
Mr. Weirdo rested his chin in his palm and said.
“During that time, those three teenage girls were so rude to me. So, I just gave them a little bit of my punishment.”
“I see, I see… But Sir, maybe you didn’t know yet. Town of Kensington is currently under sieged by the enemy.”
“Oh, really?! I see…”
“Do you have any important business over there? Otherwise, I suggested you shouldn’t go there at this moment.”
Mr. Weirdo had pondered for a while and then replied.
“Someone had told me, there is a famous tea house inside the town. So, I just want to go there and have some green tea.”
The Captain narrowed his eyes.
“Oh…”
A while later, Mr. Weirdo burst into laughter.
“Haha… That stupid idiot had tricked me… Haha… Oh well, I wish I could have some of those green tea when I’m in town. Haha…”
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An hour later, the supplies convoy had arrived at the first crossroad, which was half a mile away from Town of Kensington. The Captain glanced over the surroundings cautiously. Meanwhile, Mr. Weirdo was looking over the horizon. He had realized the situation was devastating around the town.
“That dude had gone mad?! Definitely, this is overkilled.”
“Mr. Weirdo, becareful. We are going into the town, now.”
Mr. Weirdo winked at the Captain and said.
“Oh, thank you for your friendly reminder. By the way, no need to worry… Trust me, we will be fine.”
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Surprisingly, the supplies convoy had arrived at World Federation’s settlement on the south side of Town of Kensington without further problem. It seemed the enemy did not notice their arrival. Once, the people within the settlement saw their arrival. The morale among the people had been brightened up. Especially, the Ambassador and his officers. They could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
The Ambassador and his officers had come out from the command post immediately, when the water, food and medical supplies were offloading from the trucks by the field officers and other volunteers. Once, the Ambassador saw the Captain of the supplies convoy. He bowed and said.
“Thank you very much, Captain. You and your crews save the town.”
The Captain looked at the Ambassador and replied modestly.
“Ambassador, it is our duty to deliver the supplies into the town. Although, we got ambushed by the enemy twice. However, by the help from others. We finally arrived here safely.”
“I see. During our last contact, I thought we had lost you out there.”
The Captain turned to Mr. Weirdo and said.
“We almost got wiped out by the enemy. Fortunately, this gentleman – Mr. Weirdo, saved the convoy.”
The Ambassador smiled.
“Good jobs, everyone.”
Soon after, Aoi had heard the supplies convoy had arrived safely. She went over to the convoy and tried to help out the offloading of supplies. Afterwards, she had realized that Mr. Weirdo was staring at her for several minutes.
Suddenly, Mr. Weird turned to Aoi and asked.
“So, are you Aoi Hamasaki?”
Aoi had not say anything.
“Umm… I see… In case of others will eavesdropping on us… Then, let me stop it.”
Soon after, Mr. Weird snapped his fingers. Everyone had stop moving, in term of Time. Aoi glanced over the surroundings. She had realized only herself and Mr. Weirdo were still able to move around. She even activated her Time Magic and tried to cancel the effect. However, it seemed the effect was not cause by Time Magic.
Aoi inhaled a sharp breath and then glanced over Mr. Weirdo. Meanwhile, Mr. Weirdo’s mouth curved into a smile and said.
“Okay. We can talk now.”
Aoi clenched her teeth, but she said nothing. Then, Mr. Weirdo narrowed his eyes and said.
“Let me ask you once more. Are you Aoi Hamasaki?”
Aoi glanced at Mr. Weirdo once again. She had noticed must say something, otherwise he might get angry.
“What did you do, Mr. Weirdo?”
Mr. Weirdo glanced over the surroundings and said.
“Don’t worry everybody is fine. As you can see, they are just stopped. Hehe…”
Then, Mr. Weirdo sneered and flicked lint off his suit.
“Okay, let’s negotiate. Umm… We need a quiet room. Ah, the tea house will be the best place… Here we go!”
Aoi scratched her head and asked.
“Huh? Negotiation?!”
All of a sudden, Mr. Weirdo and Aoi had teleported to the tea house in the downtown district. Aoi was shocked and she was sweating uncontrollably. Meanwhile, Mr. Weirdo smiled at her and said.
“Let’s have a sit first.”
Once, they had sat down on the Tatami. Mr. Weirdo began to smirk to himself and said.
“So, right now at this moment. Nothing will happen. In another word, the time is stopped by me. Hehe…”
A moment later, Mr. Weirdo rested his chin in his palm and looked thoughtful.
“You want some green tea?”
Aoi looked at him and replied.
“No, thanks.”
Mr. Weirdo smiled at Aoi once again.
“Oh well, I always prepare mine…”
Mr. Weirdo took out his own Chadogu from his inner suit pocket. Then, he started to perform the tea ceremony. Aoi’s forehead furrowed, while she was looking at him. A while later, he started the talking again.
“Umm… Probably, you don’t have a clue at all. So, just let me formally introduce myself first.”
Mr. Weirdo bowed and then started his own introduction.
“My name is – Deathmar Schneider the Wise, but the people usually called me – Mr. Weirdo. Of course, you might already realize that I’m related to The Fool and Mr. Joker. Hehe… Yes, I’m their younger brother, and the third son of Deathmar Schneider the Great… So, if The Fool has the white pieces and Mr. Joker has the black pieces in this Reversi War. Then, I will be the grey pieces in this war of theirs. When, The Fool is Time and Mr. Joker is Space. Then, I’m Space-time itself. So, if you are thinking that The Fool must be the Good and Mr. Joker must be the Evil. Then, I’m the Neutral…”
Aoi narrowed her eyes.
“So?”
“Then, you might wonder why I’m here… Of course, I definitely want a piece of the pie. Haha… However, my approach is simply and clean. I could end this war now, and everyone will live happily after and definitely, it is the best ending which you are looking for. That’s why I came here to negotiate with you.”
Aoi scratched her head and asked.
“ME?!”
“Yes, you. My solution is quite simply… With my helps, you take over both of the dimensions. That means I will get rib off my two elder brothers in order to help you to become the official ruler of this and that-dimensions. Everything will end in right. No more wars, no more battles, no more bloodsheds, no more casualties, no more human sacrifices, et cetera. This war will be ended peacefully. If anyone, any country and any race wants a dimension-wide peace treaty. Sure, why not. I will throw that into my proposal for free.”
“Huh?”
“Of course, you are now thinking of once you have agreed on my proposal, and then you will become a puppet ruler under my control?! But I can tell you my answer is NO. You will not or shall not under my control. You will become the official ruler for the both dimensions, and I won’t get involve or even try to get involved in any circumstance in This-dimension or That-dimension. I will keep my word, and I will even write it down on the agreement between us.”
Aoi glowered at Mr. Weirdo.
“You want something out from me?!”
He replied instantly.
“You? Of course not. However, what do I really want? My answer is also quite simply. I just want to get rib off my brothers, and that’s it. Nothing more…”
Aoi was puzzled for a moment and said.
“Why are you doing this to them?”
“Sure, definitely this is my revenge, after what had they done to me during the First Millennium War. So, what is your answer then?”
Aoi clenched her teeth, but she said nothing.
“… … …”
“Haha… Of course, you can choose whatever you want. However, I bet you will choose wisely. Since, if you don’t want to rule over both of the dimensions. Then, somebody is willing to do that for you.”
Her eyes widened.
“Huh? Who?”
“Don’t worry, take your time to think about it. Since, the time had stopped. Definitely, you got lots of time to spend. Haha…”
Aoi stared at Mr. Weirdo.
“Ugh… … …”
“Ah, of course. I forgot to mention its outcomes when you won’t accept my proposal. Haha… I think the answer is also very simple. I will still get involved in this war, and I will destroy both of my brothers and their empires. Then, somebody will become the official ruler over this and that-dimensions. Haha… Of course, that somebody won’t be you anymore. Haha…”
Mr. Weirdo’s words chilled down her spine, but Aoi said nothing.
“… … …”
Mr. Weirdo looked into her eyes and said.
“Don’t worry, take your time and think about my proposal. Meanwhile, I will tell you a story which was originated from the One-god.”
Afterwards, Mr. Weirdo glanced up to the ceiling and said.
“Once upon a time, the One-god had created the Dimension, which was the Only-Dimension. In side this dimension, the One-god also had created all the living things. Among all of the living things, there were the nineteen races: Amphibian, Ancients, Angels, Automata, Avian, Beasts, Demons, Dragons, Dwarves, Elementals, Elves, Giants, Orcs, Plants, Reptilians, Spirits, Undead, Vampires, and Werewolves. Some of them had high intelligences and some of them bared with incredible physical strengths. Since Day-one all of them did coexist without any conflict. All of them were living happily after in the Only-Dimension peacefully…
Then, several thousands of thousands of years later, there was a group of people among Ancients who were seeking for highly more advance knowledges as their lifetime goal. Then one day, the leader of this group of people had found out a secret from one of the Ancients’ manuscripts. This manuscript had mentioned that there was a Key, which was being able to unlock the Tower of Forbidden Knowledges from the One-god. So, the treasures hunt began…
Of course, the Emperor of Ancients had realized their intention. Such that, he ordered the leader to disband this group of people immediately. Although, the Emperor’s order had enforced by Ancients’ laws. But, instead of disbanding the group. The leader actually shifted it into an underground organization, which would continue their search for the Key…
Then, somehow from somewhere, the leader received a message from someone which pointed the direction for the Key’s location. So, the leader had send out an exploration party to the Key’s location. Amazingly, the exploration party somehow got the Key and brought it back to the leader. Once they got the Key, the leader and his followers went to the center of the Only-Dimension, which was the Tower of Forbidden Knowledges. By using the Key, this group of people had successfully entered into the tower. Afterwards, this group of people had possessed the Forbidden Knowledges from the One-god. Since, the Forbidden Knowledges consisted of great powers which would unbalanced the Only-Dimension. Such that, the leader had decided to keep this secret within the organization and nobody should exploit it to the other races which also included Ancients…
When certain members of the organization had realized they could use the Forbidden Knowledges to rule over the other races and enslaved the others to become their servants. The conflicts between the organization and other races started to get out of hands. Although, the Emperor of Ancients had denied such organization had existed within Ancients civilization. However, other races were strongly disbelieving in that. And it was pointing towards the Emperor himself, who was actually controlling the organization. Due to these circumstances, the war between Ancients and other races had started…
During the war period, the Only-Dimension was in chaos. At the beginning, it was Ancients was at war with other races. However, somehow at certain stage. The other races had turned against each other. This war had become a genocide of races. Its death toll was uncountable…
Fortunately, the One-god had stepped in and resolved the whole dispute. Then, the One-god had found out the organization was the root of all evil. Although, the organization had possessed the Forbidden Knowledges by their efforts. But they did not use it wisely in terms of goodness. Therefore, the One-god had punished the organization in exile and out of the Only-Dimension forever and ever…
Due to the mistrust and misunderstanding in between all the other races during the incident. The One-god had decided to create more dimensions and let the other races to choose to live on as one community or to split itself up into smaller communities. Furthermore, Ancients had been assigned as the guardians in between different dimensions…
Certainly, the organization had also split up and send to different dimensions in exile as their punishment. In the Records of Ancients, the organization had called themselves – Secret Societies of Humanoids. Soon after, it had expanded into a larger and larger community throughout Ancients’ history. They had decided to separate themselves from Ancients and started to call their race as HUMANS.”
Mr. Weirdo stared at Aoi for a moment and said.
“So, Aoi. What is your decision?”
She spaced out for a moment, when her face went blank.
“Eh…”
Mr. Weirdo clenched his fists and said.
“So, you still haven’t made up your mind!”
Aoi looked heavenward.
“Eh… Soon… Very soon…”
Mr. Weirdo gazed down at her.
“Oh really?!”
Aoi faked a smile. Then, she rested her chin in her palm and looked thoughtful. A while later, Aoi turned to Mr. Weirdo and said.
“Mr. Weirdo, I had made up my mind, and here is my decision.”
Mr. Weirdo glanced at her and said.
“So, tell me. Is it a YES or a NO? Are you going to become the ruler? Or you just walk away from here? Now, you have the power to choose. Remember, you must choose wisely. Now, both of the dimensions are laying in your hands. Haha…”
Soon after, Mr. Weirdo took a sip of his green tea. Then, he stood up and started to walk towards the Shoji sliding doors of the tea house. Once, he reached the Shoji sliding doors. He glanced over his shoulder and asked.
“Aoi Hamasaki, what is your final answer?”
