Three shadows are seen moving slowly in the muddy Magnild swamp water, one shadow in the middle looks shorter than the other as if to confirm if he is the youngest in line. The three shadows are owned by three people who wear white hooded coats with black layers on the inside, walk slowly in silence with one person in front who determines the direction while looking at a small instrument in the palm of his hand.
The guide suddenly stops and raises his hand, immediately the person in the back says 'Stop' immediately the person in the middle also stops.
"Are we there yet?"
Ask the person at the back with a deep voice that sounds like a grown man.
"This should be the place, I'm not sure myself"
A person in front answered it with a voice that sounded exactly the same, he looked around but only found thatch and puddles. But a moment later the Fog began to spread quickly on the ground, as if it had happened suddenly and they soon found themselves surrounded by thick fog that made their visibility only a few meters ahead.
The man in the back row immediately stepped forward to embrace the little one in the middle with one hand while the other hand moved quickly to issue a dagger with a bluish silver glow, it could be seen if he was in the highest alert mode.
"Looks like we're in the right place, don't worry too much. We are just waiting for the code "
The one in front looks relaxed even though his view shines sharply around, then out of nowhere but suddenly there is a fireball that seems to be fired into the sky sequentially in the distance. Three fireballs exploded like fireworks in the sky, although the fog seemed to be blocking but the blast fire was still clearly visible.
"That's the code, Jack"
"I know ... Jack, I hope they can give us another name next time"
The man in front complained as he created a Fireball in his right hand, he threw the Fireball twice in a row. For a moment silence and fog thinned as suddenly as they came, but once the fog around them seemed to lift and move away from them then the two men immediately put on a combat alert pose while pointing a gun.
That was because what they had just seen was not to be believed even though they saw it with their own eyes, they both found that they were surrounded by a group of people wearing complete Armaments who were standing quite close to them.
There were about 30 of them, and although the man named Jack knew that the ones they were going to meet were people who had special missions and certainly also a collection of Elites like himself and his partner, he still couldn't figure out how they could not realize if they were surrounded by in all directions without leaving a place to escape? He did not hear footsteps, saw movement or felt the waves of their aura, if they were enemies it was certain he and his partner had been killed since earlier.
He watched these knights of armor one by one, their body sizes did not look like normal humans. All of them are more than 2 m tall, in fact one of them may even reach 4 meters. Most of them wore white cream armor and only two people wore bluish white armor, all wearing full helmets that were the same color as the armor worn even though the models were different. Maybe more precisely the ornamentation of horns that seems different for each person, there are curved horns such as bulls, goats and others. Before he paid further attention, one of those who wore a bluish-white armor saying something while pointing his battle ax ...
"A 2000-year-old Banyan Tree that lived on a barren, barren hill ..."
Jack knows if they want to confirm again and provide a second confirmation code, made layered in case if the Fireball code was guessed accidentally by someone else.
"Heavy rain in the middle of a long drought gives false hope, because the lightning sent by God gives absolute death ..."
Hearing the answer the two men who were wearing bluish-white armor looked at each other, one of them nodded as if in agreement. Then both of them took off their helmets and showed faces that had been hidden, and now he could clearly confirm their faces and their races.
"Let me introduce myself, my name is Jord Aeson. Secondly in control of the Argonauts fourth Division of the Kingdom of Bisrakh, and this is my partner ”
"Castor Vargas, leader of second squad of Argonauts fourth division of the Kingdom of the Bisrakh"
They both are Orge, the Nephilim the result of Titan and Asmodian. Perfect hybrid between two races created by two different gods which normally is not possible, usually a child resulting from cross-marriages between two different races will only follow the race of one of his parents. Nevertheless, it is true that the parents' racial abilities may be inherited by children. As a particular race's special abilities, although this is very rare, and skin color, hair and eyeballs are the most common.
But about a thousand years ago, it seemed uncontested. A completely different race was born out of an unintentional cross, indeed the territories of these two Deities were next to each other so that the assimilation of the population between the two Nations was inevitable. Plus a pretty good relationship between the Giant God and Night God, where history records disputes between them almost never happen. Although the 'Vampire Vendetta' that occurred 800 years ago was take quite a lot of casualties, but Bisrakh did not consider it an action orchestrated by the Night God himself. Giant God even seemed to help Night God in this case by sending troops, and now it's all just a dark history that is covered up by both parties until now.
Apart from that, Orge is a name given and approved by the Two Gods. Their physical posture is greater than Asmodian and Titan's normal form, but they are still smaller than Trolls. At first glance they look like normal humans with the size of XL, while Trolls are humans with size XXXL who suffer from severe 'Down Syndrome'. The special characteristic of their race is the color of the skin and horns on their heads, these two things that make them very easily distinguished from most normal humans and other races.
Skin color is an absolute indication of their basic elements, and this is also a problem that is quite complex for some of them. Look, if you see the red Orge, it is certain he has a Fire Element or something like that. Likewise for Orge in blue, he must have an element of Water or the like and also applies to other skin colors. And nicknames that sound racist enough to be unavoidable namely, Red Orge, Blue Orge, Green Orge, Gray Orge and so on. As if classifying them into a different tribes even though it is not true, because they only consist of one big race.
Horn is another feature, which can be ascertained if this is derived from Asmodian namely Race created by Night God. Each of them has a different horn and it is common knowledge that the shape of an Orge's horn is strongly influenced by the shape of his parent's horn, its shape is not its size. Like Asmodian who quite adored their horns, Orge also has a tendency like that even though power is still the main thing.
If asked to whom their loyalty was given? Then it will be difficult to answer, because the dualism side will be the origin of their birth. But for the case this time it seemed they were both on Bisrakh's side, seeing the symbol engraved on the chests on the left side of their armor and the name Argonauts was not an arbitrary name.
Argonauts was the most elite Special Unit of the Bisrakh kingdom, chosen through a strict selection whose rumors were monitored directly by Obelix. Argonauts are said to have special abilities such as moving quickly on every terrain, reconnaissance, and anti-terror. Argonauts' tasks in War Military Operations include direct attacks to destroy enemy logistics, Combat SAR, Special Intelligence Operations, anti-insurgency operations, rebellion separatism, assistance to Bisrakh police, Special SAR and VVIP Security.
A collection of Elites whose abilities are undoubted and function as weapons that often face the highest level of danger, such as against Dragon Lord of Dragonia who is the biggest threat of Bisrakh and the most secret missions that may deal with special units of other countries. If Bisrakh has moved them, that means Bisrakh is not messing with this. Because of their illegal presence here, it could be a trigger for war between Elvia and Bisrakh.
"My code name is Jack, and the one behind me is Jhon. We were ordered by our superiors to deliver a package to you "
Jack answered while lowering the Magic Pistol in his hand and opening the headscarf to show his face, Jhon behind immediately followed. They both look like brown-haired Caucasian men, seen as they wear formal suits under a coat that covers the entire body. The two of them also introduced Sun Glass which they also immediately released, and the two Orge could see if these two people had a similar appearance as if they were identical twins.
"We've been waiting for your arrival, so that's the package?"
Jord spoke to Jack for a moment and then glanced at the third person in front of him who stood in the middle and was much shorter than the other two, it was unknown what a boy or girl was because he just stood there quietly and his face was still covered by a veil. Jord is a Red Orge who has silver hair, a pair of white horns growing from his forehead and rising straight without an arch. He may be the shortest among his group, however Jack and Jhon must look up to look at him because their height difference is quite significant.
"Finally, okay, I think we just solved this because we are also racing against time. Please hand the package to us, we will take care of it from here. We will send some people to guide and make sure you return safely out of this Marsh ”
The Orge named Castor now spoke in a much calmer voice, he was a Gray Orge. His face looks pale white with a sour face characteristic of a soldier and his body is bigger and muscular than Jord, his horns are Black growing from the temples of the forehead and curved like the horns of a male buffalo. He stepped forward but stopped after a few steps, Jack and Jhon taking up their weapons again signaling if they did not agree with what Castor would do.
"Sorry we can't agree with that, we can't just hand this over without meeting your Head. We also have a mission, and before we make sure if the package arrived safely and also make sure how you want to process it from here. We are authorized by our superiors, to withdraw and cancel all transactions. Please do not get me wrong, because we really hope this transaction is successful. But because this item is very valuable ... "
That unexpected answer no doubt forced Castor to take a slow step backward, though he seemed calm but his close gaze at the two of them signaled that he didn't like this situation. After returning to his original position, he now put on an attitude of preparation for battle. Suddenly the entire Orge around them also ducked to prepare to attack, only Jord was still in an upright position and his expression indicated that he was thinking hard.
"Jord, you have the highest rank here ..."
"I know..."
"Then what else !? From what we know, there is no such agreement! They might be Elvia's spies! While the 'White Arena' is still installed, we take it ... ”
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"If, they are not the couriers we are waiting for. That means the original spewed out everything they knew, and what was there wasn't the thing we were waiting for. "
Jord interrupts Castor with a deep voice ...
"If so, this mission has failed since the informants reported their arrival yesterday. But why?"
Jord spoke again, now with sharp eyes staring at their guests.
"Why? Why were we not attacked last night? To the point of having a meeting like this? The whole area of Elvia is like the skin of Forest God, and its guards are assuredly here no doubt Efficient people. Even though we managed to trick them so far, but if somehow Forest God is awakened, this mission will simply disappear. Our insurance at Elvia also didn't say anything and that gave me a little doubt, if there was a possibility that they were the real Couriers. It's just that they're acting up, or indeed ... Hoi you guys, mention it and tell us your affiliates !? "
There was silence as soon as Jord finished his sentence, the man named Jack looked a little doubtful. He knew his answer would determine everything, he closed his eyes for a few seconds to think and was sure he would not be attacked because Orge in front of him had the qualities of a leader who could make wise decisions when it was crucial. And knowing that it is common knowledge that Bisrakh is a kingdom of hot-blooded people, so he will not let go of the opportunity he has been given.
"I'm sorry ... in addition to our name, we are not allowed to advise further"
The answer that seemed to break a thread of hope was greeted by an ax that flew at the speed of sound towards Jack, at least that was what Jord originally wanted to do. But the pair of black wings that emerged from behind this man named Jack discouraged him, grasping his battle axe tighter now.
"Jack !!!"
"Calm down! Delivering goods is the first priority, don't you know that? "
Jhon behind shouted as if to warn, their wings could be said to be absolute proof of who their Affiliates were. That made Jord take a deep breath and let it out slowly, stuck his battle ax on the ground and folded his arms.
"None any of you give suspicious movements, anything that can be considered by them as an attack or the like"
Jord ordered the other soldiers to take down the weapon, but Castor was still not sure of the situation.
"Jord, maybe Elvia hired them ..."
"Castor, contact Headquarters. Explain our situation and ask for further direction "
"Damn! ..."
Despite his grumbling, Castor had no choice but to follow the orders of his colleague and his boss, took out a ‘Handie Talkie’ which was quite large in size from his ‘CR’ and started talking. After connecting and making sure the other person is his partner using 'Password' he starts explaining their situation to the person he is talking to, but from what Jord hears it seems Castor still hasn't given up on his suspicions and is trying to get them to take orders to take more aggressive actions to the Courier that they met.
Jord, glancing at the back of his friend, who spoke with his back to his position, he just give a little grin to see his colleague suddenly acting upright and getting ready. After talking furiously to his interlocutor, his voice was now stiff like his facial expression which also looked tense, not long after the conversation was over and he turned to Jord with a dull expression.
"So?"
"The General requested to bring our guests to Headquarters ASAP, and treat them well ..."
"What did I say, you fool..."
"Ughh why me, even though I'm an ArcMage"
Castor Vargas, although he is one of the Orge who has the biggest body here but for matters of magic he is second only to their General. Tier 5 Magic Spells 'White Arena' which creates fog around them and Tier 3 Magic 'Aquatic Step' which is raped to each of them and makes them able to walk on water, Castor is responsible for it all. If there are troops waiting for them outside then Castor is the person who has the highest level of success, to get out of this place without anyone knowing.
Even so, it looks like for work that requires more brain he is still under Jord. It seems that the nature of Orge's hot blood still strongly influenced him in making decisions, although he was dissatisfied and resentful that he was grateful if Jord was here and made a more rational decision.
"Alright guys, we apologize for our unpleasant actions just now. And as you requested, we have obtained permission to bring you into our camp. And I swear on behalf of ‘Giant God’ will protect your safety during the trip, come with us. Castor! "
"Yes, yes, I know"
Castor patted his palm twice, not long after all the fog around them began to thin out and disappear. Jack looked at Jhon behind who was answered with a nod, they both returned their weapons to their original places. The entire Orge who had surrounded them now marched and invited them to walk forward with their leader, Jhon and Jack, had no reason to reject it.
"Walk and follow"
Once Jhon's words to the third person who was with them, the words sounded like a command. Castor who hears it can't hold back his curiosity and asks, but Jack answers if they will explain it when they have reached their destination.
"I assume you all know the situation in the city of Adali?"
Jack opened the conversation when they were about ten minutes walk, he had his own worries about that. One company of troops with three 'Pillar Knights' station with a distance that could be considered not far from this place, is Elvia also involved with what they will do?
"Yes, we were also surprised by their presence, but they already on standby there before we got here. But order still order, sword doesn't think it only cuts ”
"No matter how you look at it, we are sure that if this transaction has been leaked, do you know if the 'Central Alliance' sent their dogs to the Jansen Area? From what our informants said, they even have photos of your faces. This is too strange for coincidence, for sure there are traitors who open their mouths. It's just that we don't know whose sides "
Jord glanced at them as if he wanted to confirm something, Jack answered coldly.
"Yes, the most suspicious are those who force transactions in areas that are very high risk. You might swear on your God's behalf to protect us on the way there, but you didn't say until afterwards "
Jhon in the back seemed shocked to hear his words and suddenly stopped, even so Jack did not stop his movements and kept walking normally but still looked at each other with Jord. Although shaking his head not sure at first, he then decided to walk again. Jord, who grinned small also did not stop his steps ...
"Hahaha. Well, I'm not the highest in command here. The General will determine that, and I warn you not to upset him. You have to prepare a story that makes sense if you are interrogated later, and don't expect to escape. Our camp is lined with high-level barrier walls, you won't be able to use your wings there ”
"Men, you guys really enjoy this dangerous situation right? But forget it, I'm grateful for the information just now. No need to worry about us, because we will not disappoint you. Before you ask how we can go this far even though they have our photo, it's because Elvia's neighboring country has a lot of corrupt bureaucrats and this ... "
Jack grabbed his left cheek and pulled it with all his might, a strange sight immediately appeared. Stretchy facial skin is abnormal and pulled a few inches down, as if Jack's facial skin is made of rubber. Jord and Castor who saw that only put on a flat face, though there was a sign as though they had just realized something.
Jhon in the back made a gesture as if he wanted to pull his face along too, but he undoed it because Jack had released his grip on his cheek. Now stretchy skin like rubber had returned to normal and did not leave any marks.
"'Full Body Id', allows us to copy a person's identity within 24 hours. Face, body shape, fingerprints and even DNA level if needed. This is a very practical and useful item, "
"And also very dangerous, I'm surprised you managed to get it. 'Bisrakh' looking for it at high prices on the black market, but the results are nil. Naturally, because it is reportedly really a strictly prohibited item to circulate and the rumors are no longer produced ”
"Huh, why don't we just make it?"
"Again, you think short, if it were that easy we would no longer need to carry out troublesome infiltration missions like this you know. From what I hear, there have been many countries that have tried to create the copies, but it seems that the creator, Rozen Ishtar, is truly an untouched 'Brain Monster'. "Mesmerize Memory" that we have also the results of her work that is prohibited, our scientists were even confused when examining it "
"‘ Mesmerize Memory ’?"
"We are also very fortunate to find that some are still circulating on the black market. This thing is like perfume and if a person is conscious or not inhaling it, then that person will be hypnotized spontaneously and with that you can suggest anything including memories even the details such as actions or something like that. Well it also depends on the target's mental strength, but for now we only use it on the possibility of the object's biggest effect, which is to erase short-term memories. ”
"Mist Monster huh?"
"Hoo, have you heard? We are quite famous right? Ha ha ha"
Castor walked in laughing, seemingly opening the conversation was the right idea, thought Jack. The atmosphere is more relaxed now.
"And you almost threatened all this, damn Castor you remind me of things that piss me off. Remind me to beat you up when you go home, I'll beat you both up until your skin changes color "
"It will be a bit difficult to happen, once we arrive maybe the war will start immediately"
Jord glanced back to see the smallest person of their guests, his gaze sharp but with a look of wonder.
"This kid has such great abilities?"
"You don't feel comfortable because the thing we are doing is exactly like kidnapping a child?"
"... ... ..."
Jord did not answer and just proceeded without making a sound, and during the next trip they did not say a word. Until they finally stopped when they reached the edge of a large lake, Jord turned to his guest and Castor patted his palm twice and a thick fog reappeared around but still made room for them to see each other.
"Alright, we arrived"
"We don't see anything?"
"That's because we haven't shown it yet, who knows if someone might be spying on us with long-range binoculars. So this is sort of the final security protocol. "
Castor, who hasn't open his palms, now closes his eyes to concentrate more deeply, it seems like he uses a lot of 'Mana' to create a wider fog area. Not long before suddenly there was a wave like a ripple of water droplets floating in the air, from the middle of the ripple created a hole that grew bigger and formed a circle like a portal. The size of the hole was big enough for them to pass through, the view that was seen from inside the Portal looked bright and was very different from the foggy conditions of their current place.
After Jhon gave orders to shorter people, they unhesitatingly stepped inside. Jord and Castor do nothing but watch their backs disappear into the portal, a moment later Jord moves his head to the other soldiers as if to signal them to walk in first.
"Huh finally ... is there a problem?"
Castor seemed to feel uneasy about something and looked in the direction where they were coming from.
"The moment when I made the Arena White Arena’ earlier, I felt a vague presence of two creatures that entered the reach of my fog. You know, because we entered, I made my fog thicker and wider ”
"Is that a monster?"
"I don't know, I can't be sure and lock where it is. Just disappear ... Now I have a bad feeling "
Jord put his battle ax on his shoulder and looked out, sharpening his instincts and senses trying to feel if there was an aura of living things around them but the result was still nothing.
"I'm not catching anything, are you sure?"
"Maybe a large animal that runs away feels threatened by my fog? May be..."
Castor tried to convince himself, that can be captured by Jord from his colleagues. Indeed, for matters that racked his brain he did not really believe it, but from his experience since they were young. Jord knew very well that Castor had the instincts and intuitions he could rely on, so without a doubt he immediately turned around and walked quickly.
"Come on, if it's an enemy. We can't just stay here until they charge toward us, it's strange that Pahl didn't warn us. And if he forgets to install the detector at such a crucial time, I hope you help me to beat up your brother ”
"With pleasure"
The two of them now turned and walked quickly towards the portal hole, after entering through it the hole slowly closed and leaving nothing but empty air.
"How's Zel-chan? Do you see anything? "
"No, the damn fog is still there and there is no movement that indicates if it will expand again"
"Are you sure we don't need to go into the Fog? Closer as possible, so we can hear what they are talking about "
"Don't mess, even this close is risky, you know. If the user is a skilled wizard, he would immediately know if anyone enters the spell's territory you know. Tch, I'm not even sure if they don't realize we are here ”
Azel stood with his feet on Cain's shoulders, staring at the fog that was quite thick in the distance with his Binocular with an annoyed expression as usual.
At first they were stalking with a fairly safe distance from the Knights of the North continent, but for some reason suddenly the fog thickened. If it was a natural fog maybe he would just stay quiet but in such a situation, Azel once again decided to follow his instincts and run with all his strength to get out of there even without using 'Mana' so that they were quite out of breath at first.
"Are you sure we didn't get caught?"
"I already said I'm not sure but take it easy, I already spread the trap earlier. If they catch up or come closer I will know ... hmmm? "
"Why Zel-chan?"
"The mist is running low ..."
It is true now that the fog seen in the distance is thinning, and soon it disappears completely. Azel moved the Binocular wildly as if looking for something, and after a while he realized that what he was looking for could not be found as if it disappeared without a trace.
"Fuck ..."
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Jack and Jord find themselves on the edge of a place that looks like a campsite with a large tree growing nearby, this place looks like a field with lots of big white tents filling every corner and making a circle. Seen in the middle of this camp was the other Orge Knights lined up as if waiting for them, and without thinking twice he took a step forward without hesitation. After close enough