Chapter 426 Mere Cannon Fodder
[The conditions for the upgrade of the system have been completed. The upgrade of the system authority of the host will commence in 1 minute.]
Jack's eyes shot open the moment that the voice echoed in his mind. At the same time, he felt excitement in his heart considering that, after a long period of time, he had finally completed the conditions that were required for him to upgrade the system authority to the second level.
Moreover, with the upgrade of his authority to the second level, the system would be able to influence Celine. At the same time, even though he was not holding much expectation, but at least, he was expecting the changes that were about to occur after he upgraded the authority to the second level.
Just after he sat up, he suddenly felt his eyelids turning heavy. At the same time, dizziness enveloped him, and without even having any chance of resisting, he collapsed back onto the bed, passing out.
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While Jack had just passed out, there was a group of four people that was still awake. They were looking outside the floor to ceiling glass windows, looking at the bustling city.
These were none other than the Guardians that came from the Panthers organization. They had been waiting for the best time to strike, and they thought that, night was the best.
"Looking at the city here, I can finally understand how it is those people that usually come from places like this feel like. A person like me who was born in the stronghold was never given a chance of enjoying the life here." One of the Guardians, Steve, spoke.
"It's not like the life here is any good. It is just that, you will live a life of an ordinary person, enjoying yourself, but still, the life is quite boring without fighting." The only lady in the company of the three men, Doris, whose hair was dyed red replied.
Just like Antonio and Patricia, she was also from a country like this one, before she was able to join the stronghold. Of course, before joining the stronghold, she became a mercenary, and was very good. That was the reason as to why she had been recruited by the Panthers organization.
After joining the Panthers organization, she was able to exhibit her determination, added to her great potential. For that reason, she was given many resources, and with each resource that she was given, she made sure that she put in a lot of effort, making sure that the resources were not wasted.
That was how she managed to catch the eye of Antonio Phillips. At that time, Antonio had just taken over the position of the vice supreme leader. For that reason, with the support of the vice supreme leader of the Panthers organization, she was able to climb up the ladders easily.
During the time that she managed to reach level 8, and she was given the eight star badge, she was also selected as a guardian for the entire organization. Joining the ranks of the Guardians, she was obviously excited.
And, knowing that all of this had been brought to her by Antonio, she decided to join his faction. Well, she had always been in his faction ever since she began growing up in the organization.
Well, that was just her story. Just like her, the other three also had their own stories that they could tell. Two of them were actually born inside the Stronghold, while, one of the men was just like her, born outside, but managed to enter the stronghold with their own effort, before they were nurtured into guardians.
"It might be true that the life here can be sometimes boring, without getting any competition, but, the life at the stronghold is also risky. It is not that easy to continue staying at the stronghold, without the fear of what would happen tomorrow." Ken, a man with a cleanly shaven chin replied.
"Well said. We are always at the risk of getting attacked. And, as I look at this busy and peaceful city, I can get envious sometimes. I do wonder how life would have been if we were strong just as we are currently, and we were not being invaded." John, who had a crew cut, said as he looked into the night sky that was currently covered in stars.
There was no moon today, so, had it not been for the fact that the entire Kartu city was lit up by several street lights, then, the city would have been depending on the stars for illumination.
"That would have definitely been better. Going to the battlefield, without being a superhuman, then, we are all bound to be cannon fodder. That is the fate for all of us. And even if we want to reach the superhuman level, being in such a small stronghold, there's no way that we can get enough resources to boost us to reach the superhuman level." Doris said with a hint of resentment.
Of course, none of them liked the fact that, there were not enough resources for them. Even though they were actually doing a lot, but, in the main frame of the things, the invasion was being stopped by the superhumans.
As for them, they were only used as cannon fodders. That was just the fate of all those that had not reached the superhuman level, and they were inside a stronghold.
All those that were outside always competed, struggling, fighting so that they could get inside the stronghold. But, for those that were inside the stronghold, if they were given a chance, they would definitely want to go back to how they were living before.
Of course, this only applied to those that had good backgrounds. As for those that had experienced the terror of the dark side of the humankind, of course, they were not willing to go back. They believe that, with the power that they currently possessed, then, perhaps, they might be capable of protecting what they loved.
"Anyway, how are we supposed to make the moves now? We already know whom we are supposed to look for. That Nathan suddenly disappeared, but, he still has a family." Doris spoke once again.
The others remained silent for a moment. Of course, ever since they had departed from the stronghold, they would have already arrived here a long time ago. It was just that, they were not willing to give away the location that they were in, and neither were they willing to give any clue about what they were looking for.
For that reason, they had been staying in another country in another continent, making sure that if there was anyone that had managed to follow them, they would give up after realizing that they were doing nothing special.
Then, after they had completed all the research that they had to do, they came to realize that, Nathan was actually part of the Jesda family. Additionally, they realized that he had a sister and a brother.
Since currently, Nathan was nowhere to be found, then, they could simply go ahead and ask his siblings. Moreover, it was not like they were in a bad relationship with Nathan at all. So, they did not see any harm in going there to ask.
The only reason as to why they had been acting so stealthily was simply because they did not want to attract any attention towards them. They still remembered the fact that it was in this country that Erick had been killed. Since they did not want to have the same fate as Erick, they had to be careful.
"We have already done the investigation. It is going to take us some time to be able to reach Nathan's home. But, there is actually someone else that is way closer for us to approach. That person is not more than 2 km away from us." Ken replied.
The others also thought about it, but, Steve shook his head in response. "There's no need for us to target him. At the end of the day, we know that the relationship between him and Nathan is not good. So, I don't believe that he is going to be capable of knowing the location of Nathan."
"Well, you have a point. Since we don't want to waste time, there's no need for us to go in several roundabouts. So, we will just target either his brother or sister. After that, we get the location of Nathan. After picking him up, we will try looking for the person that had dealt with Erick. If possible, we will kill that person before departing." Doris said after a moment of silence.
In the group, she was the one that possessed the highest authority. In other words, she was currently the strongest amongst them, even though they were of the same level.
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"Aargh!"
"Hey Jack, what is it? How can you continue sleeping at a time like this?" Jack opened his heavy eyes as he heard Celine talking to him.
Looking at her, he found out that she had a worried expression on her face. She had to come over to look for Jack for breakfast, but, she realized that he was still sleeping.
At first, she thought that he had slept late. So, she decided to leave him to continue sleeping for a little while longer. But, it had already been several hours, but Jack showed no signs of waking up.
She had no choice but to come over and try working him up personally. She was worried, perhaps he was sick? Well, she did not know if the superhumans also got sick.
"What time is it?" Jack asked as he sat up on the bed.
"It is 11:00 a.m." Celine replied with a frown on her face.
"What?!" All the sleepiness in Jack's eyes instantly disappeared. At the same time, he could not believe that he had actually slept for that long.
[The host has finally woken up. Here are some of the changes that have occurred after your authority has been upgraded to the second level.]
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