[We have ascended high enough to enter cruising mode.] 'Captain' Quinella said with a serious look.
I could only smile once more. This was already turning into quite an entertaining expedition.
"So, how long is it going to take?" Artemis asked me with crossed arms.
"Around 2 hours. We were flying at around 2000 kilometres per hour. That is more than enough time for Jeanne and Hippolyta to get used to the soldiers that they are going to lead." I explained to her as I started walking towards my seat. Which is like a throne. I could only roll my eyes when I saw it a couple of days back for the first time. All Quinella did was just look away and whistle like it was not her idea…
After taking my seat, I was about to relax, lean back, and close my eyes for a bit. It was a very good and comfortable captain/commander seat. Then I felt a presence and in the next moment, this presence was suddenly sitting on my lap.
I opened my eyes and saw a certain lion girl sitting on my lap.
She looked at me and I looked at her.
"What? I am your pet, according to you. So, as your pet, I demand attention." She said with an extra serious tone. It would seem that she has entered a borderline tsundere realm in our relationship phase.
My hand moved onto her waist. Moving for a little bit, I got her in a better position in my lap. It was then that I realised… I looked like a villain with a cat.
Well, not a cat, she was more of a lion… and in my case, a lion girl. Nonetheless, the way she was sitting on my lap was very beautiful.
Once I changed positions, the beauty was leaning on the right side of my chest just close to the shoulder, my right hand was on her waist, while the left was stroking her cheek.
Honestly, this was the perfect position just to relax and enjoy the flight. Simply put, I don't need to do anything. I could just nap and Quinella would do everything for me. That's the reason why she was created in the first place.
She would even prefer it, if I were to fall asleep, and she could command the operation. This way she could earn more brownie points with me.
Nonetheless, I am not tired enough to fall asleep, and there was no chance in hell I was gonna. At the moment, I have THE Chaste Huntress sitting on my lap. And she is cute and cuddly…
"There, now you can just relax and enjoy the flight," I said softly to her.
"...Yes, this is good. Tell me, Master, what is going to happen to all those vampires. I know for sure they will resist regardless of your army's performance." She said, getting right to the point.
"Honestly, the Tepes faction will cease to exist," I said to her while gently stroking her hair. By this point, I could feel her completely relaxed in my hands. Which is amazing on its own.
"Only the Tepes faction? That means you're going to let the Carmilla faction and others go?" She asked me softly. The beautiful lion girl was concerned. Well, knowing her, she is only concerned for the children.
"Well, if my kitty is personally asking me to spare the feminist faction. Sure, just for you," I said while stroking her cheek with my left hand.
Her eyes widened hearing that.
"You...will do that?" She asked with disbelief.
"Honestly, I don't care, Atalanta. I only want the cup so that I can return to my research. They can declare world war three on werewolves for all I care. Or go through a blood drinking frenzy. I would most likely just send some people to collect some samples if that were to happen. Anyways, my point is that I don't care about them. So, if you are asking me to spare the Carmilla faction, then I will." I said to her with an honest shrug. They think too much. Honestly, why would I want to wipe the vampires out? I would want them to stick around. Maybe if they are still around long enough someone could make one or two good vampire movies.
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Right, I need to type that down. Latia needs to buy some movie-making companies for me.
Atalanta looked quite curious as to what I was doing.
"Movies… how are they related to this?" She asked with a baffled tone.
"Everything, my dear kitty."
"Are all geniuses as weird as you?" She asked with a weird out tone.
"No idea...I've never met a genius before." I said with a shrug.
~~~~~~Hangar~~~~~~
Hippolyta was sweating buckets under her helmet. She was testing out her new teammates for this 'field expedition' they are calling.
She did try to tell them that they were going to war… to kill… but, they simply told her that their Master and Creator doesn't do war.
Simply put, war is something where two sides fight and have casualties… and this one? It's going to be so one-sided that their programming didn't even pick it up as a 'war'.
No, it's a field expedition.
Surely enough, she was nearly beaten a couple of times in simple hand to hand combat with just one S.P.B.A.! Sure, she didn't use any of her Divine powers, but solely with sheer skill and the experience of 3000 years did she manage to emerge victorious…
'This is nuts. How did Quinella make them this powerful? How do they have this much skill?' The redhead thought with a frown on her face.
"Okay! This is enough!" Hippolyta raised her hand to call it a pause.
She took off her helmet. And cleaned off her sweat. She was only able to beat up three of them in a close hand to hand fight. Even then, she had to take them on, one on one…
This was a reality check for her that, nope, she still needs to train to get better. As these guys were nothing more than creations from bio-chambers from which Aurora can pump them out every couple of hours…
All she can say is that technology is bullshit! How can a couple of hours cover a whole lifetime of experiences!?
Nonetheless, she needed a break and her eyes went to the side where Jeanne was practising with her weapons.
The newest Sacred Gears are nothing like previous ones. Castor and Pollux alone is more than just a Sacred Gear because it is customisable and yet, still has the same things like the capacity to enter a Balance Breaker without necessary training!
It's fascinating and she wants one or two for herself as well!
At that moment, she realised that she needs to be a good girl and woman for her future husband. First on that list is to perform as best as she could in the upcoming war/ field expedition…
After resting for a few more minutes she returned to sparring with her new squadmates. While Jeanne decided to run some squad orientated movements. Since she realised that she needs to perform above and beyond. This was no longer a game to the blonde. No...a lot of points are hanging on this!
Before they realised it, alarms had already started ringing through the whole hangar.
[All soldiers to the battle stations!]
[All soldiers to the battle stations!]
[All soldiers to the battle stations!]
[We are approaching Romanian borders! Less than 10 minutes before we will enter Vampire nation controlled lands!]
Hippolyta and Jeanne quickly stopped whatever they were doing. Thankfully neither of them got tired, instead, they were getting pumped up for what's to come.
Quickly enough they got into positions with their squadmates. Before long, a portion of their helmet HUD was occupied by Marcus who was sitting on a decorated throne.
What, specifically, caught Jeanne and Hippolyta's attention was the comfortably sitting Atalanta on his lap. Her tail lazily moved back and forth.
"[We are approaching the Tepes faction's controlled lands. Our goal is the Dhampir, Valerie Tepes. The daughter of the current King Tepes. She has short blond hair and classic vampiric red eyes. She will be hidden in the basement most of the time because of her gear. Which, according to some sources, is already active. Some of the vampires you will encounter do not fear sunshine or even holy energy so switch to regular magic ammunition in that case.]" As Marcus was explaining that, Jeanne could not control herself and started smiling seeing how Marcus looked like a big bad villain. And the lazy lion girl on his lap only amplified that…
"[Deployment is going to be regular encirclement around the castle, the Infantry will be brought down by the gunship.]"
"[We, of course, are going to offer them to surrender the girl and let them be. But, there is a small percent chance that they will do that.]"
Hippolyta could only nod to herself. This sounds about right. The vampires treat themselves as apex predators of the human world. So, regardless of things… they won't just be giving up.
This means a fight is most likely going to happen. The Queen of the Amazons even wants one personally. She has not fought against Vampires in quite a long while.
Plus, this battle is even more personal to her because she wishes to impress her future husband with her performance. While she knows he doesn't care about her battling prowess. All he cares about is the result. The cup. If her squad is to get the girl first then she will get extra points and his acknowledgement.
That moment, Hippolyta's face hardened.
"[Once the engagement begins, only dispose of the ones who are fighting you. Civilians and kids, let them be.]"
The redhead's eyebrow went up for a second. well, if he says so…
The Amazon Queen believes that this most likely has something to do with the Chaste Huntress who is snuggling harder into him.
This means that this request came from her.
"[With that said. Begin.]"
As Marcus finished, the communication was cut off and another alarm starter ringing, the S.P.B.A started rushing towards the gunships.
"Well, this is it. May the best girl win!" Hippolyta said with an eager tone. Excitement started flowing through her veins. This was it! How long ago was it that she last did something like this!? Honestly, she has no idea! hundreds if not a thousand years! As a huntress of Artemis, she was never in a proper battle for the past 3000 or so years. A skirmish or two? Yes, but that was about it.
"Yeah. I suppose. I doubt I can win against you. But, let's see who can take down the most enemies?" Jeanne suggested.
That moment, they suddenly got a notification on their HUD… Aurora pinged them with the leaderboard option.
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