Chapter 138: Red Dawn (Part 2)
I immediately walked to my subordinates' room because I was wondering what the meaning of Hatano sending me the earlier text. I walked through the hallways while looking around to look at the guards who were guarding the rooms and the maids who were walking past me to do their own jobs.
Sometimes looking at the ways people in this world work made me feel interested and also relaxed, they were hurrying to do their work after two days off. I looked around for more and noticed that many people who wore white and red cloaks that seemed to be healers and mages were chatting with the guards, I has never seen these guys before.
The people I considered mages held long wooden staffs which had blue crystals on top of them, maybe those were magic staffs. Some Warsaw guards were handing each other small wooden sticks that had similar shapes to the magic sticks, what were these guys doing, making another celebration or what?
And I also noticed that the guards who were guarding the Palace today were more dense than usual as if today was an important day or something. These guards were behaving strangely but I didn't care, I hadn't researched much about Warsaw people's tradition, maybe today would have another celebration or a march or something like it.
I walked slowly to see the guards and noticed most of them were all have the magic sticks which were hung in their chests, those were magic weapons, what were they gonna do white them?
I also saw some healers lying on the floor while the other healers were crowding around as if they were in training or something like that. These guys...were cooperating to make a military exercise or what? I was with Shera and Reimi earlier so I didn't notice anything around me but now I felt it was very strange.
I walked more and accidentally walked to the garden, the garden was full of Warsaw guards who were sparring with each other with real swords. Some guards were running past me while pointing their bows, their crossbows and their magic sticks forward the hallway, they were all serious as if they were in war training.
"Ahh, sorry, Sir!" - A Warsaw guard while running past me accidentally collide with me, I should ask this guy
I immediately grabbed the guard and then faced him, I would ask this guy to know what the hell these guards were doing.
"What are you people doing?"
"Doing a military exercise to protect the Palace against the rain, Sir!" - Wait, what the hell?
"What do you mean?"
"Lady Shizuka Hatano told His Majesty today would have a very strange rain which would occur in the entire continent, she said it would be very large."
"Don't understand, explain easier to me."
"Lady Shizuka said the rain would drop the things like humans on the ground, we don't know much about her meaning but please let me out to let me do my training, Sir."
"Why do I see many people who wear cloaks?"
"They are healers and mages who are summoned here to join the military exercise with us, Sir! All of us have done the training in the arenas days ago before heading here to protect the Palace."
"Please let me go, Sir."
I later put my hand out of the guard, I would ask Hatano about this, I walked through the hallway and saw the backyard, guards were also training in there. The backyard had many scarecrows which had been placed around while the guards were pointing their magic sticks toward the scarecrows.
I looked closer to the guards and saw Baston - the jail keeper, he was commanding the guards to point their magic sticks at the scarecrows forward them. Not just Baston but also other commanders were standing beside him, they were modifying the guards' postures as if to train them how to aim and shoot the magic sticks properly.
I should not waste my time standing here to watch anymore, I slowly turned around to walk through another hallway to get into my subordinates' room. While going in the hallway, I saw maids were also joining to do the military exercises alongside guards, mages and healers.
The maids were being trained by the healers to use white cloths, maybe those things would be used as bandages. The maids were sitting on the floor listening with confusion on their faces, maybe they didn't learn well or they were wondering the reason to have this strange military exercise in the Palace.
I kept looking at the maids and forgot that I must meet my subordinates, I changed from walking to running fast to their room. After a short time of running, I saw my subordinates' room so I stopped at the door and then grabbed the door's handle and opened it up.
I opened the door and saw Sarah and Hatano were now cleaning their M4 and their M21 rifles, Hatano was still emotionless as always while Sarah was quite confused. Both of them kept lowering their heads to clean their rifles, after had done cleaning their rifles, Hatano grabbed her Katana, drew out her sword and then cleaned it with a white cloth.
"What are you two doing?"
"To prepare for a Red Dawn, Commander." - Sarah said to me and then started to assemble her M4 because she had done cleaning her rifle
"What do you mean, Sarah?"
"My sis said Yura made another prediction again, that elf girl said there would be a big human rain today and the people who have weapons would die."
The half-elf woman named Yura, I had asked my subordinates about this, before I reunited with my subordinates after being lost to this world, they had lived in a jungle village named Zaira. Yura and King Ralla were two people I met in the village before going with my subordinates into a teleport machine which was placed under a warehouse in that village to reunite with Shera and Reimi.
According to Hatano's words, Yura was a prophet who could see the future, she was the one who predicted the explosion in the ceremony. Hatano also mentioned she had gone alone to Zaira village to ask King Ralla to let her use the teleport machine to go around the world to find her father.
Maybe Hatano had met Zaira during her journey and that half-elf woman told Hatano about this strange prediction. I didn't have any memory of Zaira village or anyone named Yura or Ralla, maybe living ten years in the previous timeline made me forget about them.
"But wait, Hatano! Why did you not report not me this important alert until this time?"
"I was so... sleepy...so I forgot...sorry, Commander."
"What?"
"Wait, why didn't you report me when you got that intel, Sarah?"
"I just have known about it recently, Commander." - Sarah said to me when she was checking her M4's chamber
"Hoster knew about this, right? Why did he not tell me?"
" My sis said this to His Majesty and he didn't announce it to the people because he didn't want to cause nervousness in the public."
"And Hoster has already alarmed this to the other Kingdoms but their leaders didn't hear him, please be careful when you go outside with Princess, John."
Sarah grabbed an M4A1 Carbine which had been attached to an M203 Grenade Launcher and gave it to me, my subordinates stole my weapons when I didn't notice. I looked around and noticed that my Alrotz bag had already been placed in the room, I was still doubting Yura's prediction for some reason.
"Hatano, you sent me a text which has the word "rain", what does it mean?"
"You don't get it, Commander?" - Sarah was quite shocked
"Tell me."
"I mentioned you Red Dawn earlier, Commander."
"You mean...a massive invasion by the air?"
"Yeah, Commander!" - Sarah kept raising my M4 toward me to wait for me to grab it
As I could remember, the Demon Lord warned she would wipe out the entire humans if they kept holding the ceremony, maybe an invasion would be high possibly. The result of the meeting in Washrun had been leaked, I think! That would be exact to let the Demon Lord attack the humans.
According to what I saw from my first encounter with the Demon Lord, their technology would be as developed as the Second World War technology in our world. But if Hoster knew about the invasion by hearing it from Hatano, why did he not choose to close the schools? I must return to Shera and Reimi fast.
"Then why did Hoster not close the schools to keep the safety of the students but have to open them when he knows an invasion is about to come here?"
"His Majesty wanted to find an excuse to close the schools but Prime Minister didn't allow it."
"But don't worry, Commander! The Princess's school is very well secured today and the students would be able to go home before noon 30 minutes."
"Even if we are well prepared but we have to use the technology from Medieval to fight against the mid-20th technology."
"Did you see how many B-29s and airships flew over the sky that day? And did you realize how strong their technology has, Sarah?"
"Commander, I know you are worried but complaining here would make no difference." - I must return to Shera and Reimi fast
I fastly took my M4 from Sarah's hand, even if I was well prepared, I would have to be alone to fight against the invaders and have to protect Shera and Reimi. I was wondering if Hatano and Sarah could follow me to school or not, if the people in this world had the war experience from fighting against firearms then it would help me a lot.
"When would the invasion come?"
"Yura said her prediction maybe miss for 1 or 2 days but according to her prediction, the invasion would starts in the afternoon." - That meant I could bring Shera and Reimi back here to protect them
"Why did you behave freely, Hatano!" - I was a bit panicked so I asked Hatano quite loud when she was very calm
"The Demon Lord...said she would...wipeout entire humans...but she... didn't bombing...us."
"Wait, Yura said the invasion would start with paratroopers, right? Then why did the Demon Lord not bomb us?"
"Lack of...technology?"
"What do you mean, Hatano?"
"Their technology could...create things...but not evenly...no bombing shells...have to use paratroopers to replace."
"But there were dozens of B-29s in the sky a week ago!"
"But which...had been threw out...from the bomb bay door? Bombs...or papers?
"I think...those demons didn't have...even an armored vehicle or even a tank... Commander."
"Their technology...is on World War 2 era...their soldiers must have only...bolt action rifles or more simple guns."
"Commander!" - Sarah said to me, I didn't notice her because I was concentrating on my conservation with Hatano
Sarah had already brought to me my Alrotz bag, if the invasion started in the afternoon then I must not be too worried to prepare, I would let loose a bit. But I would stay with Shera and Reimi in the school until near noon then I would escort them to return to the Palace fast.
"Hatano, Sarah! What are you two will do in this today morning?"
"Guard in the Palace, Commander!"
"Can you two teach the guards out there to know about fighting against guns? I don't want to see the second GATE." - The Medieval soldiers from the GATE anime were very stupid, they charged themselves in the rains of bullets without being scared or thinking
"Okay, Commander." - I would go now, I was thinking about spending my time intimate with my subordinates but seemed like I didn't have time
"Contact me with your Advisors if you see anything suspicious."
"Roger that!" - Sarah made a military salute toward me while Hatano was attaching a suppressor to her M21 rifle
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"Commander, you don't take your M4 and your bag with you?"
"No, Sarah! I would get armed after returning here, no need to rush."
I walked outside of my subordinates' room and immediately ran back to Shera, I must protect Reimi and Shera, I didn't want to see them die anymore. Wait, about Hatano and Sarah...when I had returned to the Palace with Princess and Reimi, I would tell all of them to stick with me.
According to Hatano's analysis, she must be right in her analysis because if the Demon Lord's army could create planes but could not create bombs then they would drop paratroopers from the sky. The Demon Lord's purpose was to make the human go extinct, she would use the fastest ways to do it, but with the lack of technology, she would send paratroopers to invade Warsaw.
The invasion would occur in all 15 Kingdoms on the continent, but I would ignore other Kingdoms, I must stay alive and focus on saving my wife, my lovers and my subordinates. Hatano's analysis could be right to say the demons was lack technology, maybe their paratroopers would be armed with simple guns or even muskets...or they would have no guns but have to use melee weapons.
With the demons' backward firearms and not evenly in their military technology, we could protect ourselves against the invasion, we would fight against the invasion in Warsaw before forming defensive lines on its border. Warsaw's territory did not connect to the sea territory, which meant if the demons dare to attack Warsaw, they would use the ground forces and the air forces instead.
But I was analyzing the direction of the invasion's opening, the north of Warsaw had a border named Snow border which was connected straight to Demon Kingdom's border. How could the demons move their planes out of that terrible cold border? They would use another route? But which direction they would send their paratroopers?
I walked back to Princess's room while analyzing, the best answer I could explain was that the demons would use the routes from other continents such as the Dwarves continent to attack Warsaw. Maybe I should stop thinking about this, I must get Shera to school and then I would keep analyzing in the school, I must return to my lovers.
Suddenly I felt my right hand get grabbed by something behind me, I looked behind and saw that was Shera and Reimi, I didn't notice that I went past them. The guards, the cloaks man and the maids were now doing the military exercise around Shera's room, maybe Shera and Reimi didn't know anything and they got confused.
"John, do you know what made the people out here behave strangely?"
"I would talk to you when we are on the way to school, Shera! It's a long story."
"But I haven't said goodbye to my brother and my sister-in-law yet."
"I would apologize to those two when we return here from school this noon."
"This noon?" - Shera seemed very confused
"I will explain further later, now go with me."
I later grabbed Shera's hand and then walked with her and Reimi out of the Palace, we fastly headed to the streets to join the people on the sidewalks. I looked around the streets and saw the people were still working as usual, they would not know there would be an invasion about to occur this afternoon.
Most of the buildings were still hanging Warsaw national flags as if the people didn't want to pull them down though the Warsaw national day had gone for 2 days. I saw some taverns were having people who were still drinking together, I was wondering how would they fight against the invasion.
But wait...I noticed that many Warsaw guards were guarding the streets more than usual, maybe these guys would protect the people if the invasion come. Reimi and Shera were very nervous because they didn't know anything, the streets were dense with people, maybe we should stop somewhere to talk.
"Sir Rigen, can you please let us know what the hell is happening here?" - Reimi asked me because she was confused
These two seemed very hate each other earlier but now they had finally made up, it was good to know, I must find a quiet place to talk to them. I didn't want to see my lovers die anymore, I must protect them at all costs, I would stay with them all the time to protect them.
I looked at my watch and saw this time was 7:14 AM, we would need to walk less than 10 minutes to go to school, the school time would start at 8:00 AM, a bit late maybe would take no problem. I slowly led Shera and Reimi into an empty alley, I stopped at the alley's entrance, I didn't want to go deeper because there must be thieves or gangs inside there, I didn't want to waste my bullets killing them.
"Can you explain to us what is happening, John?" - Shera asked me
"Hear me, you two! I would brief you fast, don't be shocked, okay?"
"Nod!" - Both of the girls nodded, I must stay with Shera and Reimi to protect them
"The meeting in Washrun has already had the result, the summoning ceremony would be held but with more secretly and somehow that information has been leaked to the demons."
"In this afternoon, all 15 Kingdoms would be invaded by the demons, we would fight against that invasion alone without alliance from the elves or the dwarves."
"What!" - Reimi yelled in shock
"But even if that is true...then how would they attack us, John?" - Shera was nervous but she kept calm to ask me
"The demons would attack us by the air attack."
"Air! They will use dragons or what!" - Wait, Reimi just had yelled "dragon", this world had a dragon?
"This world has dragons, Reimi?"
"We used to have them in the past, Sir Rigen! But now tamed and even wild dragons have all gone extinct..."
"The demons would attack us by dragons? I heard the dragons in their lands have already died for so long."
"No, they would use other creatures, the planes like the B-29 ones that you saw a week ago, Reimi."
Reimi was so shocked that she held her face and kept silent, Shera suddenly tapped me and looked at me with her nervous face.
"Will we all die today, John?"
"No, we will survive, Shera! We have well prepared for this invasion, all of us will survive." - I later hugged Shera to comfort her
The things I said to Shera were a half-truth, only Warsaw had prepared for the invasion, the other Kingdoms maybe would all die.
"Commander, I forgot to say this, I have a Radar system to scan the military vehicles, from armored vehicles to planes but somehow it didn't work during the previous incident." - Advisor suddenly spoke to me
"But I will do my best to do the scan, please be careful, Commander." - I must get Shera to school fast and then think about the plan to fight against the invasion
"Don't worry, Shera! I will stay in the school with Reimi to guard you, when lunchtime comes, follow me fast back to the Palace, okay?"
"I will...but I must warn my friends and my teachers first." - Hoster didn't tell the public about the invasion, maybe fussing the news to the people in the school would be no problem, we would face the invasion sooner or later
"Okay, okay, Princess! Now follow me." - I slowly grabbed Shera's hand and then went with her and Reimi out of the alley
When we went outside of the alley, I saw many people who were crowding the streets with the Warsaw guards standing around them, the guards who stood in front of the road seemed to want to say something.
"People, please listen to us, this information is very important!" - The guards yelled at the people, the people were curious, maybe...these guards were about to announce the invasion
"His Majesty has made up an order, from the 12th bell, all social activity would be stopped, all civilians would have to stay in their homes for the curfew!"
"All the students would have to stay home with their parents, the curfew would be activated this noon."
"Hey, hey, hey! What the fuck is wrong with the King, what is the purpose for the curfew!" - Some citizens were unpleasant and scolded the guards
"You people didn't learn anything after the previous coup or what! We had to stay in our homes without the government's support, we also lost our jobs!"
"Let's ignore them." - I pulled Shera to go with me, Reimi was still looking at the crowds for a few seconds and then ignored them and kept up with me
We later walked to the school slowly, maybe we would get to school in less than 5 minutes, Shera and Reimi were nervous about the invasion earlier but now they had calmed down. I would protect Shera and Reimi, even my subordinates at all costs, the time until the invasion comes was still long, I must take my last hours to draw my plan.
"John, did you hear strange noises?" - Shera suddenly asked me
"I also heard that too, Sir Rigen! Those sounds may come from the sky." - Reimi also said that and then looked at the sky, Shera also did similar to Reimi
"What the hell are those things!" - I saw some civilians who were walking on the streets suddenly yelling and looking at the sky
I also heard strange noises, they sounded like planes' sounds but...wait! The invasion was supposed to come in the afternoon, what the fuck!
"Are those things the "planes" you explained to us earlier, Sir Rigen!" - Reimi yelled in panic and then tapped my shoulder to tell me to look up at the sky
I looked up in the sky and saw dozens of purple planes which were flying above us, the planes seemed to have a design similar to Douglas C-47 military transport planes. Those C-47 planes kept flying fast in the sky and then dropped things like humans down the sky, many things looked like purple parachutes slowly popped up from the sky.
"People came out from those planes...are those demons, John!" - Shera was nervous when she asked me
"Sir Rigen, we have to run now!" - Reimi yelled to me
I was sure the people who were floating in the sky were the paratroopers, I didn't think that the invasion would have come up this soon, I must get Shera and Reimi to safety. I noticed that the citizens around me were nervous about the planes but some of them and the soldiers walked in the direction of the floating paratroopers as if they were curious.
"Shera, Reimi! Follow me now!" - I grabbed Shera's and Reimi's hands and then ran panicked to somewhere I considered safe
"Ahh! Hey!" - We collided with some people when we were running, I must save Shera and Reimi, I didn't want to see them die anymore!
"John, you are holding my hand very tight, it hurts!" - Shera, I'm sorry but I have to make sure you are safe
I looked up in the sky again and saw some paratroopers floating down and some were nearby our position so I carried Shera in my hands and then ran fast forward.
"Reimi, go fast!" - I yelled back at Reimi when she was behind me, she was quite panicked while running
"What should we do now, John? My brother is still inside the Palace."
"He will be safe with his guards, Shera! I will protect you and Reimi till the end!" - I ran faster and I noticed that Reimi had finally kept up with us, so happy!
"Where should we go, Sir Rigen!" - Reimi asked me
"Follow me!" - I didn't know where to go, I ran panicked to nowhere, I didn't have a direction to follow
When we were running together, I saw that Shera was still holding her brown school bag, just fucking drop it for your life, goddammit, this was not for school time!
"Shera, drop your school bag now!"
"But my textbooks and my school tools are inside it, John!" - Please stop being dumb, my wife!
"Drop it!" - I yelled quite loud and then Shera dropped her school bag on the ground
After dropping the school bag, I saw some paratroopers had already landed on the ground and now were away from us not so far, they were rolling with their parachutes after landing. I saw there was an alley which was on the left of my sight so I ran straight into it and then put Shera on the ground, Reimi was sweating a bit after running.
"You two stay here! Reimi, guard for Shera for me, I must collect the intel and then come back here soon."
"Understood, Sir Rigen." - Reimi stood beside Shera to protect her
"John, please don't go." - I ran away when Shera was calling me
"I will come back in seconds, wait for me!" - I ran and then sneaked behind the wall and peeked my head out to see the landed paratroopers
I immediately pulled out my M1911 pistol and pulled its chamber to load the bullet on the gun, I peeked out and saw a brown dense fur huge creature that seemed to be an orc. The orc was one of some paratroopers that I saw landed on the ground, it wore purple leather armor with a purple helmet, it also held a purple weapon which was similar to a BAR automatic rifle.
On the left shoulder of the Orc's armor had a white emblem of an eagle which seemed similar to the United States Great Seal. I saw a Warsaw guard who was walking toward the Orc, that guy didn't draw his sword and was behaving as if he was curious.
"Hey, who are you people? Why you people are so huge? What are you doing here after flying down of those metal creatures?" - The guard asked purely when the Orc and its soldiers were pointing their guns toward him
"O w vah oissimrep t oohs th reidlos wh ra on sniaga u!"
(Do we have permission to shoot the soldiers who are not against us!) - The Orc asked a soldier behind it who seemed to be its Commander with a strange language
"Oohs eht la!"
(Shoot them all!) - The Orc who wore a hat that seemed to be a purple beret and held a black pistol that seemed to be an M1911 pistol yelled at the previous Orc with also a strange language
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" - The Orc shot the Warsaw guard with its BAR gun in the automatic mode
"Ahhhh!" - The Warsaw guard yelled after being shot and then dropped dead right awa
Not good, I could not fight against all these soldiers, I must return to Shera and Reimi!
I immediately ran back to Shera and Reimi and then ran away from the alley by another route with their yells to ask me, many gunshots had already been fired on the streets with the screams from the people. The citizens and the guards who were curious earlier had now finally run away, some guards were pulling out their magic sticks or bows and pointing at paratrooper monsters.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" - I heard gunshots from a short monster who was floating with its parachute in the sky and was about to land, the gunshots were pointing at Reimi but the gun's recoil made all the bullets miss
"Bang? Bang! Bang!" - I shot three times at the monster with my pistol and it dropped dead after being shot
The short monster dropped dead and then landed on the ground, I saw this monster's height was as short as a goblin, it wore armor and a helmet, all in green. The goblin's hand held a green gun which had a design similar to an M3 submachine gun, I immediately grabbed the gun, I hope I know to use this old weapon.
I was about to run but I later saw 3 monsters who wore armor and helmets in black color, they were black and had pointy ears like elves. Those monsters held purple guns that looked like Thompson submachine guns and then pointed at the Warsaw guards who were standing behind us.
"Gunshots!" - I managed to grab Shera and Reimi to run out of the gunshots, the gunshots were loud and I saw blood everywhere while running
"Hey, get over here quick!" - I heard many yells and I looked in the direction of the yells
The people who yelled at me dressed similar to Shera's school guard, in front of me was an orange building that looked like a school...wait a minute!
Shera and Reimi suddenly grabbed me and the three of us walked inside the school and the school guards closed the door. I saw 5 corpses of the school guards and a corpse of a monster who had horns and wings on the floor, blood drained a lot on the floor.
"Sir, ladies! Please get on the highest floor for safety, we will protect the school to the last breath!" - A yell called us, that was a school guard who was holding a magic stick in his hand
I immediately grabbed Reimi and Shera to run to the highest floor, I saw many teachers were also running out with their magic sticks to aid the school guards to fight. I ran with my girls for a few minutes and we had finally gone to the highest floor, most of the students panicked and peeked out of the windows to see the war scene.
"Hey, why did those monsters only kill the soldiers but not civilians! They didn't give a care but ran past the people down there!" - Some students yelled while looking out of the windows
"Do not let them get in! Do not let them get in!" - I saw many students and teachers grabbing tables and chairs to block the entrance of this floor
"They are coming up here! You guys drop the weapons or they will shoot us!" - Some students yelled and then dropped their magic sticks, some even smashed their weapons, maybe gunshots could be heard very close to us
I noticed that Reimi, Shera and I were having weapons, if those monsters didn't harm the civilians then we must have a chance to survive. But to make sure Reimi would be safe completely, I must take off her armors, which meant she would be naked, I was scared that the people who wore like soldiers would also be shot.
"Reimi, Shera! Follow me!" - I would hide our weapons somewhere and wait for the time to take them back
I grabbed Shera and Reimi and then ran with them to a women's restroom, I got in there with my girls and put them into a restroom. I immediately dropped all of my weapons, my pistol, the M3 guns and even my M9 bayonet, maybe Advisor would not be considered a weapon.
"Take off your clothes, Reimi!"
"What, Sir Rigen! Why d-, ahhhh, wait!" - I panicked and grabbed out Reimi's upper armor in panic, I had to lose the ropes which were attached to the armor's plates and dropped them
"What are you doing, John!"
"You drop all of your weapons too, Shera! The monsters won't shoot the civilians!"
"But! Ahhh" - I immediately grabbed Shera's dagger and then threw it to the floor
Reimi was now closing her eyes and kept silent because shy because her upper body was fully naked, I tore out some cloths from her pants to make her not look like a soldier. Shera was very unpleasant to me but she later followed me by pulling out her knife holster and dropping it, she also took off Reimi's holsters and her weapons to drop them on the floor.
I took off my military uniform and gave it to Reimi, my upper body now only had a tank top. I would go check outside while waiting for Reimi to wear my uniform, the gunshots in the school had stopped strangely.
"Here, wear it to replace your armor! You stay here with Reimi for your safety, Shera." - I immediately walked outside and closed the door
I would stay inside this room to protect my girls, I would not leave them alone, I looked out the restroom's entrance and later saw 10 figures who were pointing their guns at me. Some were dark elves and some were Orcs, those soldiers were pointing their guns at me with very aggressive looks.
"Your hands in the air, get out here now or we will shoot!" - An dark elf who wore a purple beret seemed to be the Commander of that squad yelled at me while pointing his M1911 at me, I slowly raised my hands above to surrender