In my life, I always fought on foot and land.

I was born in the family of warriors in this continent, training daily and seeking knowledge to protect my family and friends from the so-called 'protectors' who were of brigands and rotten warlords.

At the age of 6, I made my first kills with my archery when a group of 5 crook ex-adventurers took hostage of my neighbors including children and elders. That day was something I would never forget because I was tired to see them oppressing the people and ruining the lives which in the words of His Imperial Highness, "a result of anarchy, a state of lawless without order."

The rest of the years on that fated day, me and my friends in the village honed and expanded our skills to make sure there won't be of them coming here. Besides archery, I trained in swordsmanship and experimented with ideas I thought might be useful for survival and be used for tactics and unconventional, which some of them worked and the rest was not.

After this continent unified by this "Will of Life" party, I fought with as a volunteer, my whole life turned when I passed the test for this "Imperial Marine Commando Course" at Commando Training Center Imperial Marines (CTCIM) - I was introduced to this new weapon that surprised me as an archer - a device called " sniper rifle", a weapon that exceeds the range of my bow without magic and deadlier with magic combined with the element of surprise and stealth over the so-called "fair" way of fighting I discarded except for the cases of a serious duel.

That time when I entered one of the training centers for "marksmanship", the reason why one of the drills instructors introduced me to this weapon was because of my prowess and rumors as an archer first and how I could kill the enemies far without missing any shots and not being spotted.

It does not mean I am bragging but it's all hard work and dedication I had before the Unification.

During my training days, when I first tried this new 'sniper rifle' named by His Imperial Highness as "AW308", I had troubles at first because of this weird mechanism, the bolt-action due to being new to me and my fellow marine sniper recruits. We haven't seen the best of days but the knowledge I had from my days of an archer and a fighter slightly helped me calculating the weather and counting the shot at our targets.

Given with a fake name that'll work as my identity and the rest of my life as a marine, "Ghost", my first action as a Marine was this joint-operation of raiding bases of Gato's remaining associates in the realm. It was a one-sided massacre.

And now, standing here with my fellow marines at this aerial transpo, wearing a different kit for Operation Loose Chain, Andres "Mudsley" Brookes, a fellow marine, looked at each of us as his issued armor pave its way to the brightness of red light showing it a lighter material clothing, an issued uniform we use.

For this Operation Loose Chain, I and other snipers will provide cover from above while other teams who'll drop off will do their part. It may look like that but there's also the Imperial Air Force and other military branches involved in this operation.

"Alright," started Mudsley. "As we all know, the main objective is to destroy and rescue the slaves illegally captured by these poor excuses of slavers from Yulong, Sandora, and who knows where."

'I've been hearing that lately. That Yulong country, it sounds darker land. The same can be said to Sandora.' Remaining silent, I continued listening to Mudsley.

"Now as for what we are about to do..." Mudsley grinned.

That grin, knowing him, it'll be a world of mischief.

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"This is Hunter 0-1, the skies are clear. Over?"

"Roger, Hunter 0-1. You are clear to engage."

"Affirmative, Hunter 0-1, out."

Switching the channel to my squadron, I turned my sights to the fortress displayed on the radar. "Alright, Team Hunter, we have confirmed the location right before our eyes. Our squad's objective is to destroy artillery pieces and to secure the skies from possible aerial threats that might hinder the operation."

The fortress itself..the intel confirmed it. The thing's near the cliff overseeing the Elementalian waters. Because of its needs in repairs, it looked like some sort of abandoned ancient castle before the current era.

As far we were told, we were not to destroy the infrastructure but to keep an eye on it for possible victims and aerial threats.

"Reuben, this isn't it like our usual recon missions and killing off rampaging dragons and wyverns." said Riese, my squad's second-in-command, whose unit he operated, flew behind me as per our formation.

"I know," I replied. "But the top brass want us to give a message to the Yulong and Sandora. Like our role as being part of the Imperial Air Force (IAF), we were expected to protect our home, the kingdom, from the bad guys even those who dared to shed an Elementalian blood and spread black propaganda."

"Okay," said Riese. "Bad guys it is. I'm not a big fan of slavery to begin with"

Hearing my friend and fellow soldier's voice, I let out a smile as I led Team Hunter towards the mountains where there is an entrance to the cove.

Switching to rifles from our issued melee weapons, I aimed the rifle at one of the mountains as I initiated countdown.

"5..."

"4..."

"3..."

"2..."

"1-"

BANG!"

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'This world it'll change a lot in the future. Heh, I never expected he would appear after laying out the foundations and results of Operation Loose Chain.' With my 'true' eyes deactivated, the planned operation, Operation Loose Chain, even without my 'eyes', I am with confidence it'll give a lesson to those who dared to mess with the country, our home, we made with our own hands alongside people who think of same minds as we do.

Yulong, Sandora, whatever country or person, we will show them Elementalia is not to be messed with.

The events that I 'saw' with my 'very' own eyes, preparation for the events will be needed.

"Dear," calling out Amelia who was beside me."I think I had enough for inspection. Let us go and see Yui-chan, shall we?"

Amelia nodded.

Using [Gate] null spell as an exit, I turned my head to the [Commandant General of the Imperial Marines], first. "Erwin-san, we'll take a leave here."

"Okay, Your Imperial Highness. I wish you and Lady Amelia-sama, a good day."

Leaving him and his staff, we left for the newly established Imperial Archery Club located at Konoha via Gate.

Being the first to exit from this 'warp' followed by Amelia-chan and our guards trailing behind us and forming a secured parameter, a figure of familiar face holding her traditional recurve bow, the kind of bow not used by Japanese/Ishenese but of Hungarians, made me smile a bit as I waited for a moment to let her fire her shot because they say it's rude to disturb an archer in their aiming a shot and concentration.

A beautiful beastkin lady with a black hair, blue eyes + dog ears and tails clad in her usual training clothes. She was almost an ideal embodiment of yamato nadeshiko except I saw her as her as a person.

Thinking how I met her before figuring Amelia, my paramour from Partheno, was right here when I made an accidental landing in Belfast from my 'unique' powers, it sort of made me not to regret it when the two got along and understood my circumstances. Though me at that time before everything became what it is, I once feared of falling in love again due to that vow of bond and eternal love I once had as Tobirama Shinju of Partheno and how love would ruin everything like what King Edward VIII of Britain from our former world did to his country when he got affected by his ambitious manipulating poor excuse of a wife's facist leanings. But with everything with Amelia who was once Parthenese princess from our past lives and combined with my eyes' abilities besides the 'time viewing' ability, I'm brimmed with confidence and that Amelia would be the last to check if they're worth engaging me like Shibata Yui-chan here.

Speaking of some god stuff, I have yet to ask for the World God-jiji's permission to make them a god because a man's happiness is to be with his beloved and that they are eternal. They already knew I'm one of the gods, a new one, but I do not want my beloved ladies to be left behind.

THUD!

With the arrow hitting the bull's eye, I joined the watchers giving an applause to the archer, Yui-chan, who bowed first then went towards here as I got a look of her tail swaying(?) which if I am right about beastkin, she's happy to see me as her pace became faster.

"Shiro-kun!"

LIke a reinforced metallic wall, I caught her without effort.

"There, there, Yui-chan." I said to her, touching her ears. "Even when you go archer mode or any, you look more beautiful no matter what."

"Hehe, thank you Shiro-kun." replied Yui-chan, enjoying my compliment as I felt her hand touching mine as I got to see her adorable smile as she asked us a question. "Say, what brings you and Amelia-chan here at this hour? Aren't you supposed to take a look at 'that' today?"

"Well, Yui-chan, our darling had enough because..he has 'that'." answered Amelia-chan for me, referring to my 'unique ability'.

"Yeah.." I gently commented."I did it because I thought it's time to forward my plan that involves Yui-chan, Amelia-chan and future possible brides."

"And that is?"

"Visiting the 'old man' and becoming 'that'. By visiting the old man for permission first, my happiness with my beloved dears will be a literal eternal." I said as I suddenly grasped both of their hands, one for Amelia and one for Yui. "The thing is I don't think I had it in me to be happy with your presence around."

"Tobirama /Shiro-kun.."

To be honest, the crappy experience from Partheno almost caused me a trauma. My family, my friends, my comrades, my men who I personally trained, they're all dead because of those crystal creatures. Being one of the older brothers as Tobirama Shinju, I really could not help but to feel anger and sadness because of those fiends killing my cousins and brothers that very day. Those buggers, if I find out they have no emotions, I will make sure their kind will go extinct, be it child or not because their kind killed the innocent children that 'fated' day.

""We will go with you.""

With renewed vigor empowering me, I told the escorts and guards they are free to go now.

"As you wish, Your Imperial Highness."

Using the [Gate] null spell, I looked at Yui-chan and Amelia-chan first who both nodded.

Entering the wormhole, the old man, World God-jiji, sat there in his residence, drinking tea(?).