"Our drones have been deployed earlier than our arrival, and the data shows that there's no abnormal level of mana from our destination. We've also gone ahead and increased the perimeter and finds that at most the Alphas are around. King Baralt is nowhere to be seen"
Standing at the very back of a big army was a woman with a scarred face.
While reporting the result from the drones, a woman clad in a military uniform who looks young seems to be uneasy at the sight of the visible scar that cannot be healed by even the best healers under humanity's reign. It was a scar that was definitely caused by a powerful strike.
More importantly, she was feeling uneasy because she was speaking to not just anyone.
Just after their army departs from the compound and plunges deep into the enemy lines, one of humanity's pillars, Giana joined their ranks and followed them to the point of impact that has been assigned to them.
In the compound, they were tasked to move deeper into the Werewolf territory.
Out of the armies that were sent in this unspecified and unclear mission, theirs doesn't only contain Awakened and Black Hands. Due to the shortage of people, almost half of the army was composed of military units.
Tanks, flying airplanes, and artillery ranks were a part of the army, marching in a formation.
Although this was the case, they were quite lucky as they doesn't need to go deep into the enemy territory, and they are also facing Werewolves. It's true that the night would make fighting Werewolves harder, but at least Werewolves don't have a long-range attack.
If anything, they can maintain distance to reduce the possible casualties.
Upon hearing the report from the lieutenant, Giana nodded her head, "Okay, keep going forward. I wanted to avoid the enemies to know that I'm here, so stay alert and don't get into a difficult situation"
"Yes, ma'am" the military woman replied with a clear voice.
Before the military woman turn around and left, she saw a hint of nervousness in Giana's eyes which should be unlikely for someone with her strength. For a normal person like her, then yes, being nervous in this kind of situation is natural.
But for a ninth-rank realm Awakened, this shouldn't be the case.
Looking at Giana's eyes which were slightly trembling while she was following behind the army in silence, the military woman can't help but frown as Giana seems to be more nervous than she is from the looks of it.
"If it's not too much to ask, but is there a reason that we need to be worried about?"
"What do you mean by that?"
Giana looks back at the lieutenant with a puzzled look.
Upon hearing this, the military woman then explained, "Out of the armies sent for today's mission, I believe that we have the easiest objective. We only need to confront one pack with an Alpha among them. Werewolves are not that threatening with our formation compared to other Supernatural races. In fact, compared to others, Werewolves should be the easiest to counter. Long weaponry is their banes. But for some reason, you look worried"
Pausing for a second, Giana looks at the woman in disbelief.
"Are you really saying to me that you're more scared of other Supernatural races than Werewolves...?" Giana asked back, totally in disbelief at what she was hearing from this lieutenant.
Not finding where she was mistaken, the military woman nodded her head confidently.
If given a clear line of sight, and an open field like the one they are on right now, then Werewolves wouldn't be an unbeatable threat for their formation. As technology keeps on growing, it would come to a point where their weapons would be able to damage higher-rank Supernaturals.
Following that logic, the military woman doesn't find any fault in her thought processes.
But this makes Giana smile to herself, almost as if she was ridiculing herself. "No particular reason, don't mind me. It's best you keep an eye on the drones, my senses may not sense everything"
Although still confused, the military woman nodded her head and walks away.
While looking at the military woman's back, Giana shakes her head. Of course, her saying that her senses might not sense everything was a lie. She only said that to drive the military woman away.
Giana was scared of the young military woman, she represents herself back in the day.
During the first couple of years after the Supernatural Emergence, she was one of the first ones to become an Awakened. It only takes her a small timeframe to adjust from the regular world to this bloody world.
In the process, she has killed countless Supernaturals and gained confidence in herself.
Every possible scenario regarding a fight against the Supernatural races, she has never shied away from it due to this confidence in herself. Even when her sister was killed, her confidence never fade away. Nothing can stop her from saving the entire world.
The time of her zenith in the world, good times.
But now, that confidence was nowhere to be seen. It was so bad that she was even feeling uncomfortable talking with the military woman, someone who represent who she was and not who she is.
Sighing to herself dejectedly, Giana looks down at the ground.
'Out of the Supernatural races, the Werewolves are the most terrifying. She must've never met with an Alpha, its reflex is unimaginable. Also, it's not necessarily the Werewolf race that I fear, but a certain individual instead' she thought, her nervousness keeps on heightening the more she thought about it.
Glancing at the back of the military woman, she then can't help but sighs once again.
'Ignorance is bliss indeed, I miss being innocent about something...'
Not wanting to dwell on the thought for much longer as she has her own mission to complete, Giana's eyes turn firm as she focuses on sensing the surroundings with her arcane mana. 'Come one, where are you... If possible, I don't want to expose myself just to attract you'
Giana decided to join this army not because of orders, but because she wants to.
Just before she departed in search of Rex's location, she was intercepted once again by Brigitta. And at that time, she told her about the crucial intel that she has just received to help increase Giana's success rate in gaining Rex's aid.
With that information, Giana's hope shone brightly once again as the plan is now plausible.
A moment earlier when she has not received the crucial intel yet, she already affirm in her heart that she would do anything that would Rex would want from her in order to win his aid in fighting the Executor.
From Rex's perspective, her request would definitely be seen as selfish and she knows that.
Nevertheless, Rex's aid is detrimental in fighting the Executor. Without his help, there's simply no notion for them to win. Knowing that deep in her mind, she swore to win Rex's approval no matter what.
It was literally a do-or-die for her, there's no in-between.
But it seems luck is on her side when Brigitta gained a crucial intel that boosts her success rate immensely, an intel of the Executor's weakness is priceless. Rex wouldn't pass up on this, he simply can't.
With the information at hand, she becomes eager to meet with Rex despite being nervous.
Also, aside from the Executor's weakness, Brigitta also told her where to start searching. Out of everyone, she was the one that saw the general direction Rex and the others are going when they left the human territory.
Brigitta told her that they should be around the Vampire and Werewolf Territories.
Since the Werewolf territory is closer, she decided to scour this place first before making a turn to the Vampire territory. If push comes to shove, she would use her power to draw the attention of Rex and the others.
Despite being pure evil, the Executor's presence is a huge pressure for the Supernaturals.
It's so huge that the Supernaturals have ceased making any movement whatsoever, and thus Giana decided to take a little bit of risk and came to the conclusion that exposing herself would be the way to find Rex.
Maybe their last encounter was rather peaceful, but she knows that it was not the end.
Rex was injured in that day, and the prospect of taking revenge on her would still be present in his mind. 'Let's follow these people first. When they finished their objective, then I can move on to the Vampire territory'
With that, Giana followed the army while hiding her presence.
Stalking the army and its surroundings from the shadow, trying to search any Werewolf Pack that has an Alpha and also the presence of Rex and the others. A moment later, the army engaged in a battle.
Along the way, the march of the army met a horde of mutated animals.
Looking from behind with her arms crossed in front of her, Giana squinted her eyes finding that the army has become stronger once again. A tank at the very front shot a plasma canon that actually managed to heavily injure a sixth-rank realm mutated bull.
It was destructive enough that the mutated bull's horn snap upon contact.
Moooou!!
Under the sundering firepower, the mutated bull collapsed and bled out buckets.
"Hah! That's the new model for you!" the military woman, not far from where Giana was standing exclaimed excitedly, punching the air in excitement. Like her, other military personnel also seems to also be as excited as her.
The Awakened and Black Hands were surprised, yet they also smiled in response.
No matter who gets stronger in this current era, as long as they are a part of humanity, then it's good for them. In this current era, individual interest doesn't serve that many people, only the comfortable ones have the luxury to think about one.
On the other side, the unfortunate rejoice at every breakthrough that humanity achieved.
Glancing back at Giana with a vibrant smile on her face, the military woman raises her thumb confidently, "We'll pay the Supernaturals back for what they've done" She shouted, smooching her confidence straight at Giana's skin.
Upon seeing this, Giana averted her eyes away not intending to humor this behavior.
If only she knows the existence of the Executor and also Rex that has power beyond comprehension, then she would know how little this achievement would impact the higher scale of the war.
Just as she was watching the show from the back, Giana suddenly glanced to the side.
Although she has covered an entire couple of miles radius in her arcane energy, knowing exactly what is going in inside of that domain, she was surprised when two figures appear out of nowhere inside her radar.
Something like this shouldn't happen, and Giana grimaced when she sensed them.
'Hmm...? Two Alphas moving alone instead of with their packs?' Giana thought with a frown. But as she was about to tell the army that their objective has appear, she stopped when she saw the smile on the young military woman's face.
Giana's body paused, and she was deliberating on what she would do.
Knowing that their objective was to confront one Werewolf Alpha, she decided that it was best to take out one of the Alphas before letting the army collide with the other one. 'Yes, that's the best course of action. These people don't need to die, especially for the Executor'
Coming to a conclusion, Giana disappeared from her spot like a ghost.
Nobody realizes that she was already gone, and the army kept on fighting against the horde of mutated animals not knowing that their backer has disappeared. In a brief moment, Giana reappears about ten miles to the west.
Looking around, she finds herself to be in a valley surrounded by jutting rocks and stones.
It was a rough and rocky terrain, not a favorable place for the army to fight in. Scanning the entire place, Giana frown finding that the two Alphas disappeared once again under her radar which is surprising.
Only an eighth-rank realm or above can do that.
"Great Spell, Radical Lightning Awareness" Giana quickly chanted a spell as she touched the ground, her senses might not be able to sense the two Alphas but she has more than one way to detect them.
An electric current exploded inside the ground, spreading to the surroundings swiftly.
But then she quickly stood back up when she finds two figures hiding behind a rock behind her, Giana glanced back while activating her energy. "Come out, you're too obvious if you want to launch an ambush on me"
Gazing at a particularly big rock, she prepared herself for a battle.
Just then Giana's eyes completely widened when a voice answered her back before the two figures exposed themselves from behind the rock. "Giana, Giana... You look quite well. Of course, not counting that scar on your face"
"But hey, a little scar like that is too light for what you did. Don't you think...?"
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