Ch. 6 – Cry Havoc
In Another World with My Smartphone is owned by AT-X, Tokyo MX, and BS11, I only own the OCs. Semper Fidelis, Oorah!
James and the Marines stared at the large dragon that hovered above them, waiting to see what its next move would be. 'Relax, it doesn't want a fight.' Azazel said telepathically to James as the Marine kept his hand on the revolver in its holster.
"I have no intention to fight, it seems a brethren of mine has made a nuisance. My apologies." The large dragon said as it hovered overhead. "Woah! You can talk?" Touya asked as he stared up at the dragon. 'We both have Monarchs and this is what surprises you?' James thought to himself.
"I am the red dragon who oversees The Sanctuary Ground, I came to bring back the reckless dragon, but apparently I'm too late." The red dragon said as he looked over the deceased dragon. The White Tiger changed forms from its small, innocent form to its full tiger form as it stared down the dragon. 'Can I go?' Azazel asked, James chuckled before he sat the three-headed dog down.
Azazel walked toward the dragon and the White Tiger as it took its full form and towered over the White Tiger "Tell this to the "Blue Monarch" when you meet that dragon. 'You'd best educate your retainer properly.'" The White Tiger said to the red dragon that hovered overhead. "What? This presence… this can't be, are you the White Monarch? Why are you in such a place?! And you… devil, the so called 'Hellfire Monarch'." The red dragon said as he looked at Kohaku and Azazel.
"This one is no Monarch, he's but a creature who thought himself a god." Kohaku said as he maintained his glare at the dragon. "Hmph, says the over glorified kitten. You may be the 'King of the Beasts.' But I'm the King of the Devils." Azazel said as the right head faced Kohaku. "Alright you two, cut it out." James said as he stepped between the two Monarchs.
"Sorry master." Azazel said apologetically as he shrunk back to his puppy size. James picked Azazel up and handed him to Naomi who rubbed his three heads, the Marine approached the dragon who had landed and lowered his head "I humbly request you pardon my insolent manner. Also, about the matter of that black dragon, I wish you show us your mercifulness." The red dragon pleaded. James was about to speak when Touya pushed past him "But only for this time, okay? Make sure you warn the young ones so something like this doesn't happen again." Touya said as he forgave the red dragon. The dragon bowed its head "Yes, as you wish. I'll return immediately to the sanctuary ground and convey this message to everyone." The red dragon said before he took off into the sky. James turned around and saw that the girls were on the ground looking up at Touya and the Marines stunned "What's wrong?" Touya asked as he looked at them confused.
"What's wrong is that... we couldn't move." Elze said as her body trembled. "Were you fine that whole time, Touya?" Linze asked shaken. "Completely." Touya said nonchalantly as James helped Naomi and the other girls off the ground. "Is everyone alright?" James asked as he took Azazel from Naomi and put him on the ground, Azazel grew in size slightly so he was about the size of grown Labrador Retriever. Marilla and Zaleria walked over to Azazel to pet him, their hands scratched his neck through his purple fur while his tail wagged happily; the Marines regrouped with the Gunnery Sergeant who gazed at the town that had smoke rising into the sky. James pulled his phone out and typed 'Injured people' into the map, seconds later multiple dots popped up on the screen; James tapped away at the dots before he held his hand over his phone "Come forth, Light! Calm of the Goddess: Mega Heal." James chanted before sigils of light formed in the sky and shot beams of light down toward the injured people.
One by one, the villagers were healed by the magic that rained down from the heavens above "Awesome, now only if we had an army core of engineers here to help rebuild the houses." Pearson said with a chuckle. James cleared his throat before he whistled for Azazel, the Hellfire Monarch walked over and sat down next to his master, one head looked up at him while the other two watched the town below. "Hey Azazel, can you summon some creatures of your domain to help rebuild?" James asked. 'Can I? Please, that's nothing.' Azazel said telepathically before the middle head howled loudly, black sigils formed on the ground before eight Demon Lords and six Lizardmen rose out of the ground.
Azazel faced the newly summoned creatures and increased his size to his full form, two of the heads growled deeply before the third barked loudly; the demon lords stood up and slammed their fists into their chests alongside the lizardmen 'At your command, sir.' Azazel said telepathically to James who nodded. "Alright, split into seven teams of two and go through city, help the people rebuild their homes. If one of you try to hurt them, Azazel will rip you to shreds." James said as he ordered the summoned creatures, the creatures slammed their fists into their chests before they split up and moved into the town. The Marines followed behind them as they entered the town, James watched as two Demon Lords approached a villager who was struggling to move some lumber. The man was terrified at their presence as they moved closer, he closed his eyes as they reached for the man and took the beam from him; the man opened his eyes slowly and saw the two Demon Lords lift the lumber that was blocking the entrance to his home.
"Oh my god, this is amazing." The villager said as the Demon Lords continued to remove debris and started to rebuild some of the houses that weren't too far gone. After an hour and a half of work, most of the homes were rebuilt mostly and the summoned creatures were dismissed, save for three Demon Lords who made a contract with the village chieftain at the order of Azazel and James. The Demon Lords were tasked with protecting the town from bandits and thugs in exchange for an offering of a sacrificial goat; with everything sorted, the convoy lined up and readied itself to move again "What are you going to do with that dragon?" Garn asked, Touya looked confused "What do you mean?" Touya asked perplexed.
"I mean, just think of the raw materials! If you sold them, you could generate a large sum of money." Garn said as he examined the scales closely. "I can sell them? I can sell the entire dragon's corpse?" Touya asked. "Materials from a dragon can be used to craft weapons or armor. In short, you can sell any part of it for a high price." Garn explained. "The one who has the right to deal with it is the nine of you who have defeated it but, the other three entrust this matter to you, Touya, so its up to the six of you." Garn said as he crossed his arms while the Marines deliberated. James nodded as Ramirez and Pearson gave their two cents, James moved over to the dragon and ripped off one of the scales "Modeling." James said as he held his hand over the scale, the scale glowed briefly before it turned into a long, razor sharp, black blade. "Protection. Enchant: Power Rise. Boost." James said as he enchanted the newly formed blade.
James moved over to the tail, he lined the blade up with the meeting point between the tail and the body, he raised the blade over his head before he swung downward and sliced through the dragon's tail like warm butter, James stabbed the blade into the ground before he grabbed the tail "Power Rise!" James chanted before his body glowed as he picked up the tail "Storage!" James said again before a portal opened, James placed the tail into the storage portal before it closed behind him. "Alright, they can have the rest." James said as he picked up the newly created sword. "So, whatcha gonna name the blade?" Ramirez asked as James held the blade.
"Hmm, Dragon's Bane." James said as he placed the blade into the Humvee, "What did you enchant the blade with?" Fox asked as he looked at the black blade that sat in the passenger seat. "Boost and Power Rise. The wielder's overall strength and speed increase tenfold when wielding it. I also cast protection on it so the blade won't break, that's how I sliced through the tail with ease." James explained. "Speaking of protection, where the fuck is Touya?" James asked as he looked around, he noticed an elderly person walking toward them. "I'm looking for the commander of the demons that helped us start the rebuilding process." The old man asked. "Yo! What's up?" James asked as he approached the man along with Azazel. "We wanted to thank you for defending our village with your metal beasts, what is your name?" The old man asked, James ego seemed to peak for a moment before he opened his mouth "My name is James 'Kraken' Murphy, Kraken is my nickname. And this is Azazel, the envoy of the devil." James said as he rubbed Azazel's left head.
"You have our thanks, Kraken and Azazel. My name is Solum, the village chief. We wanted to give you one of the dragon's horns as thanks for defending the village and donating such valuable resources, it's the least we could do." Solum said as the younger man presented the horn to James, but James shook his head "I appreciate it, but I think Touya could use it more than I could. Besides, I took the dragon's tail which is more than enough for myself and my team." James said gesturing to the Marines behind him, Pearson was reloading the coaxial guns while Fox was pulling tree limbs out of the tracks while simultaneously yelling at Pearson.
"They're good people, honestly. We're on our way to the Capital of Mismede; but Solum, I have a request for you." James said as he approached the village elder, the elder nodded his head as he looked up at the marksman. "So, in the months coming, I'll be going to war against the Kingdom of Sandora and I want to know if I can store a metal dragons here as well as massive weapons that are capable of hitting locations that are far away." James said as he described Reaper drones and Cruise Missiles in terms they'd understand.
"After you saved our village? It's the least we could do." Solum said as he shook James's hand. James turned around and returned to the Marines as Solum presented the dragon's horn to Touya who humbly accepted it since his sword broke during the fight with the dragon, James looked around and noticed Azazel had increased his size so Marilla and Zaleria could ride on his back while they boarded the back of the Super Stallion with Minerva and Camilla to get comfortable with the helicopter before the convoy left. James walked away from the tank in search of Touya who seemed to be M.I.A. He rounded the corner of one of the carriages and found him asleep on the ground with his head in Yumina's lap while the Elze, Linze, and Yae watched on in envy.
"Hey girls, what's going on?" James asked as he walked up to the three girls, the three girls looked at James and then back at Touya "How do we do it, James? How do we get like what you have with Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn?" Elze asked shyly, James looked at them stunned before he started to back away slowly. "Alright, so I'm not the best person to ask about this. What I can say though is that he's still young, he's still learning about himself and he'll come around. But, if you want to get your points across, you'll have to make the first move, like Yumina for instance." James said as he gestured to the blonde girl who knelt on the ground. The girls seemed slightly disheartened which James picked up on immediately "Alright, I tell you what, I know a song that will convey your feeling perfectly that some of the Marines and I know. We'll sing it once we get to our destination." James said as he made a promise to the three girls who seemed to long for Touya to acknowledge their feelings.
Linze lit up like a firework in the night sky as the thought of Touya noticing her feelings filled her mind, which caused her to get flustered and blush uncontrollably. "Alright, when he wakes up, tell him it's time to leave." James said before he turned and made his way back to the Humvee. Touya began to stir as the Abrams roared to life and the Super Stallion's turbines warmed up slowly "Have you woken up?" Yumina asked as she blushed lightly, Touya shot up like a bolt of lightning as he distanced himself from Yumina's thighs. Touya turned around and found the three girls staring at him with envious eyes "It was a good sleep." Elze said as she looked at him coldly, Linze nodded her head "I bet." She said mono-toned. "He seemed to enjoy it." Yae said as she seemed disheartened.
"Oi! Hate to break up the little meeting but we gotta keep moving! Now!" James yelled from the Humvee as the Super Stallion lifted into the air and the Abrams pulled out onto the main road, James closed the door of the Humvee and pulled up behind a few carriages as the convoy got back on the road. As the convoy drove, the lush green grass was slowly replaced by a sea of sand that seemed to go on for an eternity, stone pillars lined the road that seemed very similar to the ones from ancient Assyrian city in Iraq "Heh, it looks like the Assyrian ruins from Iraq that those goat fuckers destroyed." Ramirez said as he studied the craftsmanship of the pillars.
As the convoy continued into the Kingdom of Mismede, a large structure came into view that looked bizarrely familiar "Is that the fucking Taj Mahal?!" Ramirez asked confused, James shook his head with a chuckle "Nah, this one looks a lot better than one of the 'Seven Wonders of the New World'." James said as the rest of the structure came into view; the carriages pulled into the courtyard of the Capital City of Berge while the Humvee and the Abrams pulled into the sand. James felt this anticipation and adrenaline fill his body as his grip tightened on the steering wheel, James shifted the Humvee into neutral and revved the engine multiple times before he threw it into Drive, the V8 engine roared loudly as the Humvee tore through the sand and flew over sand dunes with ease. James slammed his foot on the brake and caused the Humvee to drift through the sand before he pressed the pedal again caused the RPM meter to almost red line.
"Wooooooo!" James yelled as the Humvee screamed across the desert and ripped up sand behind them, he hit the brake again and drifted the Humvee around so he was facing the Capital; James shuddered with exhilaration as he drove the Humvee back toward the Capital and parked next to the Abrams "You get that out of your system?" Pearson asked as he leaped to the ground below, James nodded as he cut the engine off and stepped out of the Humvee. The Marines looked up toward the top of the building as the Super Stallion circled and slowly landed behind them, the Marines ran for cover as the Super Stallion blew sand in all directions "Oh god, it's in my mouth!" Pearson yelled as he started to spit wildly. Ramirez pulled on his goggles from his helmet and pulled up the tan bandanna that was around his neck over his mouth while James lifted the Shemagh that around his neck and covered his face to keep the sand out as the Super Stallion's blades finally slowed down.
The sand slowly settled as James and the Marines stood up, the back of the Super Stallion opened as Lance Corporal Austin and Corporal Fox walked down the ramp followed by Ayumi, Naomi, Shelyn, Minerva, and Camilla while Marilla and Zaleria rode on the back of Azazel. 'Aww, you're so good with kids.' James said telepathically to Azazel who looked at him with one head 'I swore to protect your family, master.' Azazel said as they walked into the Capital. The Marines kept their weapons pointed toward the ground while Touya's group walked in front of them along with Olga and some of the Mismede guard, Olga took a knee in front of a man with a white beard who sat on a throne.
The group followed suit and knelt before the king of Mismede "My lord, I, Olga Strand have returned from the Kingdom of Belfast." Olga said as she knelt before the king. "Hmm, well done. Garn and also the Knights of Belfast. I'm glad that you all were able to escort Olga safely as expected." The king said as he thanked the guardsmen. The king scanned the groups before him, his eyes landing on the strange dress attire of the Marines "You all are the people that the King of Belfast sent? I heard that your group defeated the dragon that attacked Eld Village during your journey here, is that true?" The king asked.
Yumina stood and faced the king of Mismede with a strong complexion "Yes, you have heard correctly. These nine people besides me had killed The Black Dragon that attacked the village." Yumina proclaimed as she gestured to Touya's group and the Marines. "Hmm, curious, what strange attire does that one wear?" The king asked as he looked at James and the rest of 2nd Battalion. James stood up and slowly approached the king "Hello sir, my name is Gun-" James started to say but Royal Guards quickly surrounded him with spears pointed at his neck, the other Marines shot up and raised their weapons, their sights leveling onto each of the guards that surrounded the Marine.
"Stand down, Marines." James said as he held his hands up "Easy guys, it's just like Kabul and Ashraf Ghani. Remember what his golden rule was." James said as words of President of Afghanistan resonated through his mind 'When you enter a man's kingdom, place the olive branch on the table, but keep your gun ready.' The voice said in his mind. The Marines lowered their weapons and backed up a few steps "Stand down." The king announced, slowly the guardsmen backed away and returned to their positions by the throne.
"Hello sir, I'm Gunnery Sergeant James Murphy of the United States Marine Corps. This attire is our traditional combat uniform, we wear this into battle along with our weapons and vehicles." James said as he introduced himself. The king nodded slowly "I see... and who might you be?" The king asked as he looked at Yumina. "Pardon my late introduction, I'm the daughter of Tristwin Ernes Belfast, the King of the Kingdom of Belfast, Yumina Ernea Belfast." Yumina said as she introduced herself.
"My... why is the Princess of Belfast here in my kingdom?" The king asked confused. "To show just how important we consider the alliance with Mismede. Here is a letter from my father, I humbly ask you to read what he has written." Yumina said as she presented a sealed letter to the king of Mismede. The king took the letter from the princess and carefully read it to himself before he folded it again "I see, so that's how it is. Give me time to consider what is written here and I'll give my response soon enough. Until then, feel free to make yourself at home in my palace." The king announced as he handed the letter to his assistant.
"Now then, we can stop the formalities right here." The king said as he extended his hand. "There's something that I've been wanting to ask... Is that white tiger yours?" The king asked, Yumina nodded "Yes, it's Touya's, it's sort of his servant." Yumina said before Kohaku let out a tiny roar. "I see, so a White-Tiger-Taming-Hero defeated a dragon. *Chuckles* It's been a while since my blood has boiled like this." The king said which caused the Marines to instinctively reach for their weapons.
James stood up and looked at the king while Azazel seemed to grow slightly larger "And you... the curious one, the Cerberus with you, seems... different. Care to explain?" The king asked, James chuckled "Not particularly. This is Azazel, he's my hellhound." James said as he rubbed one of Azazel's heads. "Interesting, how about this, you two; wanna spar with me?" The king asked which elicited two different responses "Huh?" Touya asked confused "Hell yes!" James exclaimed excitedly. "Wait, we never got your name." Ramirez said as he stood up along with the other Marines. "Ah yes, I am Jamukha Blau Mismede." The king said as he formally introduced himself. "Alright, now we can whoop each other's ass." James said as he cracked his knuckles.
Touya and Jamukha stood across from one another as a man with large wings on his back served as the match advisor, James stood near the top of the arena and watched the three individuals talking "You gonna go in?" Ramirez asked as he leaned against a wall and watched the arena below. "Just a moment, it's all about making an entrance." James said before he used the Null spell [Speaker] on his phone and projected a large speaker made of light over the arena. James pressed play on a song before he handed the phone to Ramirez, slowly the sound of fire burning filled the air followed by the sound of a lone church bell. Touya and Jamukha looked around confused as an electric guitar riff came through accompanied by the heavy beat of drums, James appeared from the shadows as horns accompanied the ensemble before the main riff took over. James quietly chanted to himself "Rise thus, Fire! Flaming Defenses: Fire Wall." James chanted silently.
Shepherd of Fire - Avenged Sevenfold
Suddenly, a large wall of fire erupted behind James as he moved out of the shadows, the fire gave the Marine an almost demonic look as he walked out of the shadows.
Let's take a moment and break the ice
So my intentions are known
See I have pity in watching you suffer
I know the feeling of being damned alone
I've got a storybook of my own
James moved closer to the group as the fire seemed to weaken behind him.
Don't you see I am your pride, agent of wealth, bearer of needs
(And you know it's right)
I am your war, arming the strong, aiding the weak
Know me by name, Shepherd of Fire
James raised his hand and signaled Ramirez to cut the audio, the ref looked at James who nodded as he readied himself "The match will last until one side receives an injury that would be fatal. Magic is also allowed, however, offensive magic aimed directly at your opponent is forbidden. Do all parties agree to these rules?" The ref asked, the three individuals nodded as the ref backed away. "Don't you dare hold back. Consider this a real fight, use all you have and try to defeat me!" Jamukha exclaimed as he lowered his body. 'Ready? Fight!" The ref announced. Touya raised his hand and spoke "Slip!" Touya said before Jamukha slammed to the ground from an upright position. Touya moved over and pointed the wooden sword at the king's neck "Alright, that's a wrap." Touya said as he held his hands up. "Wa-Wait a sec! This is not fair? What was that all about?" Jamukha asked confused.
"It's my Null spell [Slip], non-offensive magic isn't against the rules, right?" Touya said defensively. "No no no! That's cheating! You can't win by doing something like that!" Jamukha said irritated. "I want a rematch! But this time don't use that spell anymore!" Jamukha yelled, James rolled his eyes as he rested a wooden sword on his shoulder "Let's go already!" James yelled as he readied himself again. The winged man held up his hand momentarily "Fight!" The man yelled. "Come forth, sand! Obstructing dus-" Touya started to say before James bolted past him and swung upward at the king who leapt backward.
The king countered the Marine and attempted to slice down at James, the Marine raised the wooden sword up and blocked the king's strike before he drove his elbow into the King's nose; Jamukha stumbled backward to try and regain control but James sprinted toward the king and threw a roundhouse that narrowly grazed the king's head. "Heh, you're good I'll gi-" The king started to say before James rushed him again and unleashed a flurry of strikes. Jamukha blocked the strikes and dodged what he couldn't block "Accel." Jamukha said before he disappeared and appeared behind James in the blink of an eye.
James spun around and blocked a strike from Jamukha "Ha, I've got you now." James said as he lowered his body. "Accel." James whispered under his breath before he disappeared and reappeared behind Jamukha "Omae wa mou shindeiru." James said before struck Jamukha in the back of the head with the wooden sword's pommel. Jamukha winced hard as he stumbled, he quickly spun around and slashed at the Marine, James leapt back and used [Accel] again to put space between the two of them.
Meanwhile, the Marines watched from the stands next to Touya's group and some Mismede citizens who had gathered to watch "Come on, James! You got this!" Shelyn yelled which surprised both Ayumi and Naomi, "Wow, meeting him really made you more confident with yourself, huh?" Naomi asked as she hugged the wolfgirl, Shelyn giggled "Yeah, it's something about him that brings me out of my shell." Shelyn said before she kissed Naomi on the cheek.
"Boost." James said before sprinted toward the Beastman and raised his sword as to swing, Jamukha raised his wooden blade to block as James neared him "Accel." James whispered before he disappeared and reappeared behind Jamukha, the Marine wrapped his arm around the king's neck and put him into a rear naked choke hold with the edge of the wooden blade pressed into Jamukha's neck. "Game. Set. Match." James said before he released Jamukha from the grip. "I don't quite understand the meaning of those words but I guess I've lost." Jamukha said as he dropped his sword and shield.
"The winner is James and Touya!" The ref said as James tossed the wooden sword onto the ground; Jamukha approached the Marine and extended his hand "I didn't expect you can use [Accel] as well." Jamukha said as he shook James's hand. "Well, there's a lot of things you don't know about me." James said as he let go of the kings hand. "It seems that I had extreme confidence in my own spell, I must not let it happen again." Jamuhka said as he nodded his head subtly.
James dropped the wooden sword into the sand and made his way back to the stands where the other Marines were "So, now you got a new trick up your sleeve." Ramirez said as they followed the Gunnery Sergeant "But did you have to hit em' with the 'Fist of the North Star' reference?" Pearson asked as he chuckled mid sentence. James shrugged "Eh, I couldn't resist the temptation." James said as they started to leave the arena.
"James! Wait!" A voice called out from behind the Marines, James turned around to see Elze running toward him "James, where are you going? Are you staying for the banquet?" Elze asked, James shrugged "Well, it wasn't our initial plan as we were only tasked with escorting the envoy here." James explained in a mono-toned, Victoria elbowed him in the side and made him snap back into reality "But we'll stay and eat, I love me some good food." James said as he backtracked his statement faster than Usain Bolt.
"Great! And you can sing that song you mentioned." Elze said before she skipped away. James chuckled before he turned to Ramirez "Hey bud, got a favor to ask." James said with a grin, Ramirez looked at the Gunny and started to shake his head "Oh no! No, no, no!" Ramirez protested.
The Mismede gala was in full swing as the attendees conversed amongst one another while others enjoyed the food that was provided in abundance, everyone was dressed in traditional Mismede attire except the Marines who wore their Dress Blues, their ranks were on their arms including James's new Gunnery Sergeant insignia. Numerous medals and ribbons were displayed on the front of their dress jackets, James had a Bronze Star Medal and Ribbon, a Meritorious Service Medal and Ribbon, two Purple Heart Ribbons, a Silver Star Medal and Ribbon, two Distinguished Flying Cross Ribbons, a Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, an Iraq Campaign Medal, and a Medal of Honor Ribbon.
Ramirez wore the standard ribbon decoration along with a Meritorious Service Medal and Ribbon, a Purple Heart Ribbon and Medal, a Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, an Iraq Campaign Medal, and a Legion of Merit Ribbon. Fox, Pearson, and Austin all wore the standard Ribbons that most Marines wore with their dress blues; "You know we're supposed to wear our Civilian Evening Dress Uniforms, right?" Ramirez said as he stood next to James, James shrugged "Yeah, but they're so ugly. I like these better." James said as he stood at parade rest with his hands behind his back and his feet shoulder width apart.
"Yeah, that's true. I know Cunningham would have a coronary if he saw us." Ramirez said as he scanned the crowd. "Say, where did Ayumi, Naomi, Shelyn, and the girls go?" Ramirez asked, James shrugged "Minerva and Camilla took the twins back home since Minerva was worried something might happen. As for Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn; they went with Elze, Linze, and Yae to get dressed up for this little party." James explained.
Suddenly, James felt Victoria elbow him in the arm and gesture toward an entrance off to the right; Elze, Yae, Linze, Yumina, Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn had returned now wearing traditional Mismede dresses "Is it me or do those..." James started to ask "Yeah, India. Weird." Ramirez said as he looked at the apparel. James placed his dress cover on his head before he walked over to Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn "My god ladies, you look stunning." James said as he complimented his lovers. Yumina giggled before she looked at Touya "I wish the man I loved would compliment me sometime." She said passive-aggressively.
"Wow James, you outfit looks amazing, but what are these?" Ayumi asked as she pointed to his accommodations. "Oh, these are just medals and awards I received, most are from the field of battle." James said as he danced around explaining the term 'firefight' to them. "My word, I would have never guess you were such a highly decorated solider, James." Jamukha said as he placed his hands on his shoulders, James nodded before he pointed to the Medal of Honor around his neck "This is the most prestigious of all my medal, it's called the Medal of Honor. I got it for pushing my comrade out of the way of danger and taking an explosion spell to the chest. Luckily, my vest absorbed most of the damage." James said as he explained the time he shoved a Marine out of the way and took a rocket from an RPG-7 to the gut but it ended up being a dud.
"Oh wow! That's amazing." Shelyn said in astonishment, Jamukha shook his head "I sure hope they got the person who launched the spell." The king said in a perturbed manner, James chuckled "Oh yeah, there wasn't anything left of them." James explained as he pulled up a picture of him in a hospital bed giving a thumbs up while his abdomen was bruised badly with different shades of purple and black. Everyone was stunned at the sight while Jamukha was amazed at the magical device in his hand "My word, what is that magic item?!" Jamukha asked amazed, James turned his hand so the phone was facing him before he let it fall into the sleeve of his jacket, he turned his hand back around "What item?" James asked as his phone was now "gone".
"How did you do that? Was that a spell?" Linze asked amazed, James chuckled "Nope, simple sleight of hand." James said as he made his phone reappear. Jamukha and a few others clapped at his tiny performance as James placed his phone back into his pocket "So this is the ceremonial uniform of your military, the Marines?" Jamukha asked, James nodded slightly "Yeah, but the Marines aren't the only military we have. All together is the United States Armed Forces and then it goes Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. It's no specific order, Navy specializes in ocean-based warfare, Air Force handles air combat, Army handles land combat, and the Coast Guard protects the waters around our nation. The Marines are elite soldiers and this is our insignia." James said as he pointed to the golden insignia on his cover.
"The story of the emblem goes 'We stole the Eagle from the Air Force, the Anchor from the Navy, and the Rope from the Army. On the seventh day while god rested, we overran his perimeter, stole the globe, and we've been running the whole show ever since.' But that was just some story made up by the higher ups to increase troop moral." James said as he explained the 'story' behind the Marine insignia. "Hmm, interesting. You are a very interesting man, James." Jamukha said as he patted the Marine on the shoulder. "Yep, that's our James." Ayumi said as she pressed her body against his and kissed him on the cheek.
"Oh James, you said you were gonna sing a song for us for... for the you know what." Linze said as she coded her sentence, James sighed as Ramirez glared at him "Yeah JAMES." Ramirez said, putting emphasis on his name. "Fine, fine. Come on." James said as he walked toward a raised platform and pulled an acoustic guitar from his storage spell. "Alright, this is a song for a dense human being, like I'm talking denser than steel, from four individuals who want you to catch a freakin' hint." James said before he pulled a guitar pick out of his mouth. "Wait, how did he..." Fox was about to ask before Ramirez cut him off.
"Lost one of his molars in basic and never got it fixed so he kept a guitar pick in there, pretty dangerous but this is the guy who took an RPG rocket to the gut and walked it off." Ramirez said. "Pretty sure you need to mention it was a dud when you say that." Pearson said as they watched James tune his guitar. "Anyway, here's Wonderwall." James said, the room was silent except for Pearson and Fox who started laughing. "Sorry, that was a joke for those two. Alright, the real song." James said before he started to strum the guitar.
Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment (.'s so its easier to read/sing ie chorus/verse)
Desperate for changing, Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started, I'm chasing after you
.
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you
James started to bang his fist onto the back of the guitar as he kept pace with the percussion as the song played in his head.
Forgetting all I'm lacking, Completely incomplete
I'll take your invitation, You take all of me now
.
I'm falling even more in love with you, Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move, I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know, I'm running and not quite sure where to go
And I don't know what I'm diving into, Just hanging by a moment here with you
.
There's nothing else to lose
There's nothing else to find
There's nothing in the world
That can change my mind
There is nothing else
There is nothing else
There is nothing else
.
Desperate for changing, Starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started, I'm chasing after you
.
I'm falling even more in love with you, Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move, I'm hanging by a moment here with you
I'm living for the only thing I know, I'm running and not quite sure where to go
And I don't know what I'm diving into, Just hanging by a moment here with you
.
Ramirez hopped up onto the platform next to James as he was finishing up the song, since he knew what part was coming up. "Just like basic." James said with a wink, Ramirez repressed a grin as he shook his head.
Just hanging by a moment (R: Here with you)
Hanging by a moment (R: Here with you)
Hanging by a moment (R: Here with you)
Hanging by a moment here with you
James ran his fingers up the neck of the guitar as he finished the song, the room filled with claps and cheers from the Mismedian people who never seen anything like that, ever. "Hey hey, while I'm here, here's a song for three ladies who are special to me." James said he strummed the guitar again.
Song #3 - Stone Sour
If you take a step towards me, you will take my breath away
So I'll keep you close and keep my secret safe
No one else has ever loved me, no one else has ever tried
I never understood how much I could take
Then I saw the worst was over when I laid my eyes on you
It was all that I could do to know my place
Out of all the past illusions, out of all the dreams come true
I was gone until I finally saw your face
.
If you cried out for more
If you reached out for me
I would run into the storm
Just to keep you here with me
I have gone beyond my years
I've wasted half my life
But I found it all in you
Did I save you? 'Cause I know you saved me too
.
Let me take a step towards you, let me feel you in my hands
Let me cross this line and show you where it leads
There's a darkness down inside me that I know we'll both enjoy
And it's screaming from within to set it free
I have left this bloody nightmare in my wake but out of sight
All I want is deviation by design
Out of all the past confusion, out of all the common spite
Just tell me I am yours, 'cause you are mine!
.
And if you cried out for more
If you reached out for me
I would run into the storm
Just to keep you here with me
I have gone beyond my years
I've wasted half my life
But I found it all in you
Did I save you? 'Cause I know you saved me too
.
James played the solo the best he could on an acoustic guitar, his fingers glided along the neck of the guitar as he played it so sweetly.
It doesn't really matter what you do or say
I'm never going anywhere anyway
'Cause when I'm dying for you, I've never felt so alive
.
If you cried out for more
If you reached out for me
I would run into the storm
Just to keep you here with me
I have gone beyond my years
I've wasted half my life
But I found it all in you
Did I save you? 'Cause I know you saved me too
.
I know you saved me too
James placed the guitar back into his storage spell and popped the pick back into his pocket, he walked off the platform to see Pearson staring at him "How do you store a pick in your mouth?" Pearson asked, James looked at him confused before he started to laugh "Oh, Ramirez was just fucking with you since I put one in my mouth when I get anxious about things, it's something I did way back in high school and basic." James explained.
Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn nearly tackled James to the ground as they swarmed him and flooded him with affection in the forms of hugs and kisses "Easy girls, easy." James said as he tried to catch his breath, he stepped back and took a deep breath; suddenly, a flash of light covered the area beside James as Touya took a photo of Elze, Linze, Yae, and Yumina in their dresses. The flash of light alerted the guards who readied themselves for combat but Jamukha held his hand up to stop them "What was that?" Jamukha asked curiously and cautiously, Touya chuckled nervously "Oh I'm sorry, this is also one of my null spells. It's a thing that takes pictures of a scene." Touya explained. Jamukha was pleasantly surprised "Ho! A spell that draws a picture by itself, you say? I've heard of someone with a similar spell over in The Refreese Imperium." Jamukha explained.
'Must be talking about the null spell [Drawing]. I doubt anyone has a phone like us here.' James thought to himself before he felt himself being pulled away by Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn to an unknown destination. "Go get 'em, Gunny!" Ramirez yelled as James disappeared around the corner. The girls pulled James into the room the king had set up for them since Victoria managed to explain James's relationship with Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn to the king. Naomi locked the door behind them as Ayumi carefully unbuttoned his dress jacket, she stopped momentarily as she looked at all the medals that hung from his chest.
James carefully removed his jacket and hung it on a large chair before he followed with the pants, button up shirt, and his white cover that he carefully placed on a table near the door as to not scuff the brim. James pulled out his Colt 1911 from his waistline that he had modified with an universal clipdraw so he could carry it without it being noticeable, Ayumi slowly approached James and ran her fingers across his chest as she traced his scars that crisscrossed his body; from lacerations scars to bullet and shrapnel wounds. "We want to know you, James, I'm sure the girls would agree with me." Ayumi said before she rested her head against his chest and listened to his heartbeat.
Naomi and Shelyn wrapped their arms around him and held him closely as they felt the warmth of his body radiate into theirs, James lowered his head as he wrapped his arms around the three girls and pulled them close to him "I don't want to lose you girls, you're the best thing to happen to me since I di... came here." James said as he caught himself from the Freudian Slip. "We'll be by your side forever, James. We're so happy that you saved us from that fort that day." Naomi said as she held onto his right side, he looked over at her and blew on her ears lightly which caused them the flicker.
"Hey, that tickles." Naomi said with a giggle. "Now, I did promise that we'd do it once we got to where we were going so..." James said before he picked Ayumi up suddenly which caused her to yelp in surprise. He slowly carried her over to the bed and laid her down carefully, his fingers lightly traced up her exposed skin which elicited a moan from the blonde kitsune, he slowly leaned down and pressed his lips into hers while he continued to caress her gently. Ayumi squirmed in the bed as the sensations zipped through her body like a Formula 1 racecar, Ayumi broke the kiss and pushed James back lightly "James, I need you, now." Ayumi said before she pulled her top off and tossed it to the side "Now, c'mon Ayumi, don't be greedy." Naomi said as she slowly pressed her lips into James's while she guided his hands down to her ass.
Shelyn pushed Ayumi onto her back before she pounced and found the kitsune's supple lips, Naomi slipped her tongue into James's mouth and fought his for dominance; James moved his hands down to her thighs and quickly picked up before he placed her on the bed next to Ayumi and Shelyn who was feasting on Ayumi's hot core. Naomi removed her clothing and pulled her panties to the side while James unsheathed his god rod, Ayumi reached down and grabbed a hold of him while she squirmed, moaned, and panted in ecstasy. Ayumi moved her hand up and down repeatedly, picking up speed with each pump, she slowly sat up as Shelyn pulled away from Ayumi's soaked center.
The blonde Kitsune swiftly devoured his python and took him into her throat, James stared in a stunned silence as she pulled up with an audible pop "Okay, like I get that Tori taught you all this stuff but like... how?" James asked confused as Ayumi slowly pumped his now wet rod, Ayumi shot him a wink "Good practice I guess." Ayumi said before she guided him into Naomi's beckoning core, the catgirl took a deep breath in as he slowly slid into her love canal. "You okay?" James asked concerned as he leaned closer to her, she nodded as she bit her bottom lip "Yeah baby, just let me adjust to you." Naomi said as James felt her walls tighten around him.
"Alright, you can move." Naomi said before she took a deep breath in as he pulled back and thrusted back into her, Naomi gripped the sheets tightly as James hammered into her; Ayumi reached over and caressed her breasts as they bounced with each thrust, Naomi arched her back as wave of euphoria crashed through her. James felt her tighten around him as he picked the pace, she pulled him down into her lips as she reached her tipping point; he slowly removed himself from her as she panted heavily, her eyes pupils dilated in excitement. Shelyn devoured him and bobbed her head on his rod, Ayumi slowly toyed with herself as she feasted on Shelyn's hot nova, Shelyn's moans vibrated around James's member which caused him to groan in pleasure.
Shelyn pulled up with a pop before she pushed James onto the bed and mounted his piston in one swift motion; Shelyn shuddered and moaned as she began to move on his rod, her supple breasts bounced with each thrust downward as she rode him like a wild stallion, galloping through the fields of ecstasy; Shelyn placed her hands on his thighs as she started to move straight up and down on his meat missile.
James slowly reached up and caressed her angelic face lightly with his thumb before he moved it closer to her lips; in a swift yet slow motion, Shelyn wrapped her lips around his thumb and sucked on it sensually and slowly as she continued to ride him. Shelyn dug her nails into his thighs as her own thighs clamped tightly, her body shook, and she moaned out to the heavens above; James reached up to catch her as her body went limp and laid her against his chest as her walls pulsated around his gentleman sword.
"Oh fuck, baby... I-I can barely feel my legs." Shelyn said before she pressed her lips into his and wrapped her arms around his neck. Shelyn slowly unsheathed his sword from her scabbard, her essence glistened off of his spear as James beckoned it toward Ayumi who was captivated by the sight of his python; Ayumi laid back and opened herself to her lover who slowly lined himself up with her hot core, he rubbed his tool against her soaked papaya before he slowly plugged his cord into her outlet. Ayumi slowly arched her back as he continued to slide into her, he reached down and felt her breasts as he entered her completely. The desire in her eyes radiated heavily as her pupils dilated in ecstasy, James slowly leaned down and locked his lips with hers as his hips started to rock back and forth, his staff moving like a piston inside her.
Ayumi dug her nails into James's back as he rammed into her tight core, Naomi and Shelyn held each other closely as they watched Ayumi writhe and squirm in ecstasy underneath her lover, Ayumi's chest rose and fell rapidly as he hit all the right places inside her tunnel of love. Ayumi gasped and shuddered lustfully as James pulled back and hammered it home.
James slowly pulled out of Ayumi and turned her over onto her hands and knees before he pressed himself back into a dripping, hot, tight core. His re-entry sent a shiver of overwhelming sensations crashing through her body as he started to thrust into her again, he placed his hands onto her hips as he slammed into her nova.
Suddenly, he reached up underneath her and cupped her breasts before he pulled her back into his chest while he continued to thrust up into her. Ayumi placed her hands on the back of his head as he plunged himself into her nebula while her juices dripped from her core, the squishing and squelching echoed off the walls combined with their heavy panting.
Naomi and Shelyn explored each other's bodies slowly as they slowly kissed one another, savoring the feeling of their soft, supple lips on one another. Naomi let her hand trail down Shelyn's body before she pressed two fingers into her juicy fruit, Shelyn moaned but Naomi's lips suppressed it as she thrusted into the wolf girl's spasm chasm that dripped her love juice.
Ayumi leaned her head back and pressed her lips into his as her walls tightened around his god rod, her body shook as she pressed her lips into his harder and dug her nails into his skin, James held her breasts in his hands and squeezed them lightly as he slowed his thrusts to light pumps.
James let Ayumi lay down on the bed as he continued to slowly push himself into her creamy rosebud with his hands on her plump ass, he slowly picked up the pace while Ayumi continued to let out soft moans next to Naomi and Shelyn who had reached their second apex together. James's breathing slowly became rapid as he slowly thrusted faster and faster, Naomi and Shelyn moved closer to him as he pulled his sword from her sheath.
Ayumi managed to roll over as his rod erupted and sprayed his nizzle-drizzle onto the three girls, most of it landing on Ayumi's breasts and Shelyn's awaiting tongue. Naomi leaned down and took his tool into her mouth to clean his member, Naomi grabbed his rod and bobbed her head viciously until he let out another load with a grunt that she consumed gulp by gulp.
James slowly laid back on the bed next to the girls who clung to his body as he pulled the covers over them in the stuffy room, James reached down and pulled his boxers up over his $5 Footlong before he wrapped his arms around Ayumi and Shelyn's waists while Naomi laid on his chest and looked into his blue eyes with her Amber colored eyes. "Hey babe, can we talk to you about something?" Ayumi asked as she propped herself up on her forearm.
"Sure, what's up, sweetheart?" James asked as he scratched Naomi's back lightly which caused her tail to swish happily. "So... have you ever thought the idea of marriage? With Yumina talking about marriage with Touya, it got us thinking and we'd love to be your wives, no matter how many you choose to take." Ayumi said, James looked at Naomi and Shelyn who nodded in agreement. James sighed as he sat up slightly "I'd love to marry you girls, it's just that... right now is not the best time, we'll be going up against an unknown enemy with unknown capabilities so we'll have to stay as secretive as possible." James explained as Shelyn rested her head against his chest.
"What did you mean when you said 'no matter how many you choose to take'?" James asked confused, Naomi giggled as she held his chin in her hand and looked into his eyes "It's very common for men to take multiple wives and you have this essence about you that I doubt we'll be your only lovers." Naomi said before she kissed him on the lips.
"Hey, uh, how old are you girls anyway?" James asked, Shelyn giggled as she playfully slapped his chest "You know your not supposed to ask a girl that... but Victoria told us about your country's customs so we'll tell you, we're all eighteen." Shelyn said as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
James sighed in relief as he laid back against the pillows, Shelyn's wolf ears flickered as James's hot breath that he exhaled blew on them and caused her to stir lightly. As James laid his head against the pillow, he couldn't shake the unmistakable sound of squeaking that was moving down the hallway slowly; James looked past Naomi's voluptuous ass and saw a pair of stubby legs waddling past the door followed by a pair of human legs. "Ehh, whatever. I'm in bliss." James said to himself as he fell asleep underneath his lovely ladies.
*The Next Day*
James awoke suddenly to the sound of someone banging on his door, his instincts kicked in and he wrapped his arm around Naomi, he swiftly pulled her behind him as he pulled his M45 1911 from the nightstand, aimed it at the door, and cocked the hammer back. He slowly climbed out of bed and approached the door "Gunny, stand down. I heard the hammer cock, relax, you're in friendly territory." Ramirez's voice called from the other side of the door.
James snapped out of his trance and uncocked his pistol as he cracked the door slightly, Ramirez stood outside wearing his standard issue BDUs along with Fox and Pearson "You ready to head back to the castle?" Ramirez asked, James nodded before he looked back at the bed "Yeah, just give me a few minutes, y'all go ahead and use [Gate] to teleport the vehicles back to the castle, including the Humvee." James said before he shut the door.
"James, is everything alright?" Naomi asked concerned, James sighed as he placed his pistol back onto the nightstand. "Yeah, its just my defensive training kicking in. We're trained to be ready for anything and one thing our captain did was wake us up in the dead of night to see how we reacted, we were trained to grab our weapons and aim it at the target without hesitation." James explained as he sat down on the bed and rubbed the side of his head. "Anyway, I'm gonna take some time and explore the area if you girls want to join me." James said as he pulled on his BDUs and tossed his Dress Blues into a [Storage] spell. Naomi shook her head "We'd love to, but we get the feeling this is something you're gonna need to do by yourself. Besides, we gotta go take care of the girls." Naomi said as the three of them got dressed.
James snapped his fingers and opened a [Gate] to the castle for the girls to pass through, Ayumi stopped and kissed him on the lips "Come back to us safe, please." Ayumi said before she walked through the [Gate]. James pulled his M110 SASS from [Storage] and pulled back the charging bolt to chamber a round from the magazine. "Always." James said as he placed his rifle onto his back and slid his 1911 into his waistline.
James left the room and made his way toward the King's quarters, he pushed open the heavy doors and entered the King's royal chambers where Jamukha sat on his throne while he read some documents pertaining to the Belfast alliance, the sound of the heavy door closing brought Jamukha out of his reading "Ahh, James, what a pleasant surprise, what can I do for you? Want to spar again?" Jamukha asked, James chuckled as he held his hands up "Maybe another time, right now I come with a request." James said, the sentence grabbed Jamukha's attention. "Oh, and what was it you had in mind?" Jamukha asked.
"In the coming months, I will be going to war against the Kingdom of Sandora, I'm sure you're aware of their stance and practice of slavery, correct?" James asked, the king nodded "Yes, I know what those bastards do in their country. It's disgusting, and I can't stand them." Jamukha said, James nodded as he approached the King's throne. "I have a proposition for you then, I can guarantee Mismede's protection if you'll allow me to build a few installations in Mismede, then I can have the same installations defend Mismede." James explained, Jamukha seemed perplexed as he thought it over. "What all would you have to build?" Jamukha asked, James shrugged "Well, the first thing I'd have to build is a relay tower, it's a large tower that would allow me to control these weapon installations from anywhere. The weapons would be long range explosive spells that I could hit Sandora with, I could also have land weapons that could annihilate an invading force." James explained.
Jamukha rubbed his beard and pondered the proposition "Interesting... I'll allow it, what will you need?" Jamukha asked, James chuckled "Just some resources and some of your local guides." James said as he pulled up a map of Mismede. "My plan would be to build the tower here and the installations in the area around the tower." James explained as he marked the locations with little digital pushpins. "Very interesting, I'll gather some of my best cartographers and have them ready in the next few days."Jamukha said as he stood up and shook James's hand. "Thank you, sir. You'll be quite impressed with what I got planned." James said before he turned to leave the King's chambers.
James stopped as he reached for the door handle "Say Jamukha, do you know where Touya went?" James asked as he turned around, the King nodded "Yeah, he went back to Belfast this morning, said something about building a new weapon." Jamukha explained, James nodded before he left the King's chambers. He opened his phone's map and searched 'Touya' in the search bar, a blip popped up in a forest outside Alephis. James snapped his fingers on the hand that had the ring enchanted with [Gate], he stepped through the portal and out into the forest near Alephis. James reached down and pressed the comms button on his throat "Come in, Ramirez, how copy?" James said as he slowly crept through the treeline, the comms buzzed for a moment before a voice came through "Ramirez, I read you five by five." Ramirez said through his earpiece.
"Good, bring Fox and meet at my position." James said as he took a knee with his rifle pointed toward the ground, moments later a portal formed before Ramirez and Fox stepped out with their weapons in hand. "What's the plan, Gunny?" Ramirez asked as James stood up and dusted off his pants legs. "Touya is somewhere in this forest building what I can only assume is a gun..." James started to say before Fox cut him off "... and we gotta show that little shit how to do it so he doesn't hurt himself... sorry for speaking out of turn, sir." Fox said as he saluted the Gunnery Sergeant. "Fox, you don't salute Sergeants, not even Gunnery Sergeants." Ramirez said with a smirk. "Yeah, but he also has a Medal of Honor, so... I'm gonna salute him regardless." Fox said, James chuckled "Damn Sergeant Ramirez, Corporal Fox schooled you." James said playfully before the three of them pushed into the forest.
The Marines slowly pushed into the forest, sweeping and clearing every tree or boulder they passed; the Marines came up to a clearing and saw Linze, Yumina, Touya, and Kohaku. "Damn, that cat will make us." James said as he laid on the ground and carefully extended the Bipod on his rifle, James signaled the Marines to fan out as he dialed in his scope. Ramirez moved right while Fox moved left, James pressed the stock into his shoulder as he closed one eye; he slowly turned the rifle so the crosshairs landed on the tree Touya was facing. Touya carefully built a revolver and loaded six rounds into it before he cocked the hammer back and took aim at the tree.
James took a deep breath in as he flicked the safety off and placed his finger on the trigger, he carefully squeezed the trigger lightly until he felt the trigger click once; he exhaled slowly as he pulled the trigger completely, the DMR bucked into his shoulder as the .308 screamed from the barrel and ripped into the tree Touya had shot at simultaneously. The rifle's report echoed loudly and scared the two girls along with Kohaku and Touya who was startled by the sound, James stood up and walked out of the shadows along with the two other Marines "Touya, you'd be dead if I was anyone else." James said as he rested his rifle on his shoulder.
"What are you doing anyway?" James asked as he looked at the revolver in Touya's hand. "He made a weapon like yours, James!" Linze said excitedly, James cocked one of his eyebrows as he looked at the teen "Oh really, of all the designs you can choose, you chose a Remington Model 1858. Not a Beretta 92fs or a Sig Sauer P228, but a Model 1858. Sad." James said before he drew the M45 1911 from his waistline and dumped eight rounds into the tree in a matter of seconds. Fox grabbed James's rifle as it was about to fall as James pulled a fresh magazine from his vest, dropped the empty one from the receiver, and slapped a fresh mag into the mag well in a matter of seconds before he racked the slide.
"Boom, let's see your revolver do that." James said as he slid his pistol back into his waistline and took his rifle back from Fox. Fox took the revolver from Touya and examined the barrel closer "Hey diptard, you forgot the rifling, these bullets aren't gonna do shit." Fox said as he handed the revolver back to the teen by the barrel. "Touya! Can you make us one of those guns?" Linze and Yumina asked, James was about to say something but Ramirez stopped him "No no, let them figure it out first." Ramirez said as Touya pulled up pictures of revolvers on his phone for the girls to look at, the girls chose their favorite designs which Touya quickly built for the two girls.
Touya created a snub nosed revolver for Linze and a long barrel revolver that by simply existing, caused James's eye to twitch "Alright, so you made Linze a Smith & Wesson Model 36 .38 Special, not bad. But what in the name of Lucifer's foreskin is that abomination?" James asked Touya, gesturing toward Yumina's revolver. "Is something wrong, James?" Yumina asked concerned, James sighed before he carefully took the revolver from her "So this is Colt Model 1860 Black Powder percussion cap revolver. This gun is so dangerous since if this hammer hits a cap and ignites the rest of the powder, this gun goes boom and so does your hand. Let me fix this for you." James said before he moved over to the stump and carefully disassembled her new revolver, he pulled the reel out and held his hand over it "Modeling." James said before the slots increased in size slightly before he slide one of Touya's bullets into the slot.
He put the revolver back together, used [Modeling] to widen the barrel before he cocked the hammer back and squeezed the trigger, the muzzle flashed and the report echoed through the forest as a bullet ripped into the tree he was aiming at. "See, now it works perfectly. Lesson two: Always point your gun away from anyone you're not ready to kill, this is instant death and there are no do-overs. Always treat your gun as if it is loaded, even if it isn't. We've seen too many rebels blow their friends away by being negligent with firearms." James explained. "Just like that Haji who shot his friend in the throat with that AK he was messing with back in Baghdad." Fox said with a chuckle.
"Thank you, James. Can you teach us more about these new weapons sometime?" Linze asked, James nodded "Sure, swing by the castle sometime and we'll run you through a training course." James said before Ramirez cut in "We're gonna teach you the basics from firearm management to how to properly breach and clear a room." Ramirez said, James looked back at Ramirez confused "Not breaching and clearing, that's us not them." James said with a chuckle. "How about we set one up for us then, S.S.D.D." Ramirez said as he crossed his arms, James nodded "Now you're talking." James said before he fist bumped Ramirez.
"Alright, we were just making sure you didn't blow yourself up. Marines, move out." James said before he snapped his fingers and opened a [Gate] back to the castle. The Marines stepped through the [Gate] and found themselves in the courtyard where the vehicles sat ready to move; Touya, Yumina, and Linze followed them through the [Gate] and entered the courtyard behind the Marines. "Wow, this is High Priest Juniper's castle. Father told me so much about him." Yumina said in awe, James whipped around to find Touya, Linze, and Yumina behind him.
James sighed before he gestured to the castle "I guess, welcome to my base of operations." James said. "So, this is where you went after you left that day at the ruins of the old capital. James, we're sorry we left you behind... we were.." Linze started to apologize but James stopped her "Linze, it's fine. It's probably for the best that we went our different ways." James said as he pushed himself up onto the side of the M1a2 Abrams. "Why do you say that?" Linze asked, seemingly hurt by his phrasing of words. "It's not you, it's me. My style of combat is vastly different and don't want to subject you to the horrors of combat." James explained, his words seemed to set Linze's mind at ease.
"Hey, we were gonna go to town in Mismede and get some food, would you want to join us?" Touya asked, James chuckled "Sure, let me gather my people and we'll meet you there." James said before Touya opened a [Gate] and left with Linze and Yumina in tow.
*30 Minutes Later*
Half an hour later, the three Marines exited a [Gate] to Mismede with Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn in tow; the Marines and the girls met up with Touya in the marketplace of Berge. "Hey, so glad you could make it." Yumina said as she greeted the three girls. "Oh, like we'd pass up a date with our man." Naomi said as she wrapped her arms around James. The marksman chuckled as he placed his hand on her left forearm, his tan gloves were rough on her skin but she didn't protest against it "I want to try the local dish of this kingdom, Cully is a popular dish here, I heard." Linze said.
James nudged Ramirez "You thinking it might be like Karbala?" James asked as they walked through the streets of Berge, Ramirez nodded his head "Yeah, no doubt in my mind. This is gonna be some Middle Eastern-style curry." Ramirez said as they neared the market area. The group entered a medium sized restaurant and sat down at a long table, James sat in the middle with Ramirez and Fox to his left and Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn to his right, Touya sat directly opposite the Marine with Yumina to the left of Touya and Linze to his right.
The group placed their orders and had their dishes within twenty minutes, the Marines had ordered both the Beef Cully and Pork Cully while Ayumi and Shelyn had the Beef Cully, Naomi had the Chicken Cully, Yumina ordered the Beef Cully, Linze got the Chicken Cully, and Touya had ordered the Pork Cully. The girls tasted their Cully and immediately reached for the jug of water to cool the fire in their mouths. The Marines ate theirs as if there wasn't a problem in the world "Yep, just like Karbala." James said as he coughed on the spice that hit his throat, Touya had tears forming in his eyes as he winced at the heat.
"How are you three unaffected?" Touya asked confused, James chuckled as Fox looked up at Touya "There's a place called Karbala, it's a city in Iraq and it has some of the hottest curry you'd ever tasted, stuff that would give you third degree burns down your throat." Fox said before he devoured another spoonful of Beef and Pork Cully. They left the restaurant after they finished their Cully, James bought three iced fruit juices for Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn so they could cool off their mouths; Touya followed suit and bought three as well, one for him, Yumina, and Linze.
The group walked down the road, James's rifle knocked against his Molle vest as he walked with the girls to his left and the Marines to the right while Touya, Yumina, Linze, and Kohaku were ahead of them; James, Touya, and the Marines all looked upward as they felt the sensation of being watched "Ramirez, Fox; act natural, in a few seconds, I'm gonna break off and go give our viewers a warm welcome." James said quietly through their comms system, the two Marines nodded as Touya seemed to react to the presence as well.
"[Boost]" James said before he leaped into the air toward a large tower, Touya was directly behind him as they landed on the roof of the tower and found two individuals in white cloaks and white masks. "Hey there, there's a fee to watch. Stop where you are and let's chat." James said as he approached the individuals, one fished a glass tube from their cloak and threw it on the ground "Shit, flashbang." James said before he looked away as the glass tube exploded and covered the area in a brilliant, blinding light.
"I got them on the map, let's go!" Touya said before the two of them took off "[Accel Boost]" James and Touya said simultaneously, the two sped across the rooftops; James slid across the rooftop of one of the building that faced the alley the two individuals were running down and pulled his rifle out, deployed the Bi-Pod, and lined up the shot. "James! Wait...!" Touya started to say when suddenly.
*Crack!*
The unmistakable report of a single .308 round being fired rang out over the town as the bullet hit its mark and slammed one of the observers to the ground. "James, what did you do?" Touya asked stunned by what he just saw. "Relax, I winged them. Let's go." James said before he leapt off the building and landed on the ground near one of the individuals who was slowly bleeding out, their white robe slowly turned a shade of wine red around the wound. The other observer took a defensive position with a knife drawn as James approached them "Stand down unless you want them to die." James said.
The second individual backed up but Touya quickly tied them up while James administered first aid in the form of healing magic "Come forth, Light! Calm of the Goddess: Mega Heal." James said before the wounded individual glowed, the wound on their shoulder healed and any damage was quickly removed. "And to be certain you're healed up, [Recovery]." James said as another gentle light covered their body, healing any affliction that affected their body.
"Touya, search them." James said as he stood up with his rifle pointed downward, Touya moved toward the one who'd been hit by James's rifle and placed his hands on their abdomen to search for weapons or tactical items, he slid his hands upward and seemed to cup a pair of breasts; the individual let out a "Hyah?!" in surprise. "Y-Y-You're a girl?" Touya asked as he started to sweat and become nervous. "Come on, Virgin. This is interrogation, not prom night." James said as he kicked Touya in the thigh.
"Oh geez, I'm sorry." Touya said as he backed his hand away, he accidentally bumped the mask of the individual as he withdrew his hand and caused it to fall off. Touya watched the mask fall to the ground, he looked up and was stunned at the face "What the?! Lapis...?" Touya asked confused, the black-haired girl nodded as she blushed. "Alright, start talking, now." James said as the hardened Marine side of him came out in full force.
"We are 'Espion.' Intelligence operatives acting directly under the command of His Majesty, the King of Belfast." Lapis explained. "The king?" Touya asked confused. "Dude, she just said The King of Belfast, open your ears." James said as he rolled his eyes. The marksman leaned his M110 against the wall and sat down on the ground against the same wall. "Alright, so why are you following us?" James asked as he crossed his arms. "Well, our current mission is to protect the princess." Lapis explained.
"Are you the only ones protecting Yumina?" Touya asked as James stared at the individual who stilled donned a mask. "Nooo, there's several mooore. All of them are girls, toooo." The masked individual said before she removed her mask to reveal a rather cute girl with orange colored hair. 'Alright, that's gonna get annoying fast.' James thought to himself. Touya seemed to thinking as he tapped his foot "Wait, how long have you been following us? Since we were still in Belfast?" Touya asked.
Lapis nodded "That's what our mission was, yes." Lapis explained. James let out a quiet but sharp whistle to get Lapis's attention "Hey, how's your arm?" James asked sincerely, Lapis was hesitant for a moment before she sighed "It's as if nothing happened, sorry for spying on you." Lapis said apologetically, James nodded as he moved over to her left shoulder. Lapis flinched but James grabbed her wrist "Don't move, I'm checking to see if the wound is healed properly." James said as he pulled the hidden knife from her leggings, he pulled the cloak to the side and examined the entry and exit wound that had healed completely.
"Alright, you're good. If you girls want to be effective at your job, stop by Juniper Castle and I can get you some upgrades for your gear." James said as he helped Lapis and the other girl to their feet. "I'm Cecile by the way." The orange haired girl said with a nod. "So, the one who threw the knife at the Black Dragon was..." Touya asked as he trailed on. "That was Cecile, yes. She's a knife-throwing expert." Lapis said as she praised her friend's abilities.
"Eheheheeh. Oh, I'm not thaat good." Cecile said as she blushed lightly, James chuckled "Honey, you hit a dragon in the eye with a throwing knife." James said as he tried to hammer home his point. Suddenly, Cecile grew a bit despondent and fearfully looked up at Touya "Sooo, uhmm... are we getting fiiired?" Cecile asked in her elongated speech pattern. Touya seemed confused "Hm? Why would you be fired?" He asked confused. "Well, sir, we're your maids, and instead of fulfilling our duties, we're here on another job entirely..." Cecile explained.
Touya chuckled for a moment before he looked at the two girls "No, I don't plan on firing either of you. The king only gave the order because he was worried about his daughter, after all. Also, if I fired you, I'd also have to get rid of Laim." Touya explained, the two girls sighed in relief as James cut the bindings that were on their wrists. "So, what are you going to do now?" Touya asked, Cecile rubbed her wrists before she straightened her robes "We will keep on secretly protecting Princess Yumina... but before that, we have something to ask of you, sir?" Lapis asked as she looked at Touya as if she were readying herself to say something difficult.
"Would you be kind enough to keep us a secret from the princess...?" Lapis asked. "If she were to find out about our protection, the princess would get reeeally mad at his Majesty." Cecile continued. Touya and James nodded simultaneously as James handed their masks back to them. Lapis wore the mask with a hexagon shape on the forehead while Cecile wore the one with an oval on it, James and Touya backed up slightly before the two maids leapt to the roof and disappeared into the shadows.
James and Touya returned to the group, the two told the group that the assailants had gotten away, which wasn't that far from the truth. With everything settled, Touya's group returned to the Mismede Palace while James's group went back to the castle.
"Alright, Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn. We gotta go get started on a project in Mismede, Tori will be here if you need anything." James said before he kissed each of them goodbye. "Be safe, come back to us." Naomi said as she hugged the Marine, he squeezed her back before he let go and disappeared into the [Gate] along with Ramirez, Fox, and Pearson who was piloting the Abrams. The Marines came out of the [Gate] somewhere in the Mismede desert, they climbed onto the Tank and trekked forward while James kept track with his phone's map, the phone being enchanted with [Long Sense] which mapped out every nook and cranny.
Eventually, James slammed on the roof of the tank for Pearson to stop; the tank came to stop as they stood in the middle of nowhere "Here, absolute center of Mismede. Gentlemen, let's terraform." James said as he jumped off the tank into the sand below. The Marines carefully removed supplies from their own [Storage] spells like Steel, Copper, Composite Materials, Concrete, and Aluminum; Fox and Pearson got to work setting out the bags of concrete they had made prior and used [Modeling] to turn it into a massive slab of concrete that sunk into the sand.
*Alright, this is a lot of words for they built shit which I don't want to risk getting wrong factually.*
After hours of hard work, the Marines had finally erected a large steel tower that stood over 660 Feet tall and was stabilized by four ten inch thick steel Guy Wires anchored to concrete anchor points nearly a quarter mile away on either sides. James walked up to the tower and placed his hands on the cold steel "[Enchant Long Sense] [Program start: Transmit map of surrounding area of two thousand miles and include all movements in real time, indicate whether individuals are friends or foes. Transmit in frequency number one and transmit information in labeled regions. End program." James said before he backed away from the tower.
He pulled his phone out and opened the map, suddenly he saw a live ping on the map that highlighted multiple dots in green "Gentlemen, we have radar now." James said, the Marines grinned before they got back to work building artillery batteries. The Marines quickly built concrete platforms in various areas around Mismede, the platforms were approximately thirty feet by thirty feet and each battery housed a twin-barrel 155mm Howitzer that had an auto loading system that worked of kinetic energy and some programmed electric energy.
By the time the sun was starting to set, the Marines had built seven artillery batteries in the surrounding area, pushing toward the border with The Sea of Trees. James stood by the tower with his phone in his hand as the Marines finished programming the batteries to correspond to the tower and allow for remote control. James watched as the batteries came online and got confirmation from each Marine when he successfully moved the trajectory of the barrels on one of the batteries and then when all seven moved simultaneously.
Ramirez had enchanted the loading system with [Copy] and [Program] so it would constantly reload itself and never run out of shells. Minutes later, the Marines regrouped at the tower James had dubbed 'The Oracle' as the sun had set "Well, shall we?" Fox asked, James chuckled "Light up the sky with fire." James said as he pulled up the map his phone, meanwhile Ramirez used [Protection] on the tower to ensure its safety.
"Hang on. [Fly]." Pearson said before he took off into the sky toward the top of the tower, the Marines watched as he tinkered away with something. Suddenly, a bright red light started to slowly blink from the top of the tower; Pearson flew back down but forgot how to stop and drove himself head-first into the sand "Hey guys! It's got a blinky light now." Pearson's muffled voice said as the light glowed and dimmed in a slow pattern, with a dim downtime of two seconds before it brightened again.
The Marines watched the light slowly blink as the red light illuminated the dark sand, the glow of the capital city of Berge flickered in the distance as they were surrounded by darkness that swallowed the desert. James pulled up the weapon controls for the newly built artillery batteries, he pressed 'reload all' on his screen before the Marines heard the sound of fourteen 155mm shells being chambered in unison echo across the desert.
James analyzed the map closely as he chose a barren section of desert devoid of life and away any nearby settlements, the marksman selected seven points in a linear plot before he pressed the 'fire all' button that blinked on his screen. The thunderous booms of the Howitzers shook the ground as the muzzle flashes illuminated the area as the Marines watched the shells scream through the sky and impact their target points. The shells impacted one by one and lit up the night as each shell exploded with a devastating explosion, the Marines watched in awe as the final shell exploded in a flash of glory and fire.
The Marines were silent for a moment before they all cheered gleefully "Hell yeah! Woooooo! Let's do this, baby!" The Marines cheered sporadically. James stopped cheering as a thought filled his mind "Accel!" James said before he disappeared and reappeared at one of the artillery batteries as it was reloading. James picked up an artillery shell and carefully created a secondary ammo rack for it cycle from if selected.
"[Enchant: Mega Explosion] Program start: When projectile leaves barrel, use [Fly] to carry projectile to targeted location at high velocity. Activate [Mega Explosion] upon impact with target. End program" James said before he used [Copy] to fill the ammo rack, he handed a shell to the other Marines and told them to follow suit. The Marines zipped through the desert as they modified the artillery batteries while James walked back to The Oracle. Seconds later, the other Marines rejoined him at the base of The Oracle as James held his phone in his hand, his hand somewhat shaky.
"Gentlemen, once we test this and it goes how I think it will, there will be no going back." James said as he placed his phone on the tank, the Marines were silent for a moment as they pondered the ramifications "Fuck it, they brought this on themselves." Ramirez said, James nodded as the others slowly agreed. James picked up his phone and selected a single target somewhere in the Mismede desert and pressed 'Fire: ammo type 2'. Two barrels erupted with fire from a lone battery as the shells screamed through the sky, a loud, evil moaning noise echoed through the air as they arched downward and increased velocity before they hit the ground with two massive explosions that shook the ground and filled the sky with an orange fiery mushroom cloud that illuminated the desert.
Darkness covered the area again shortly after as the Marines stood in stunned silence "Well Pearson, if you got a quick one liner, we'd love to hear it." Ramirez said as they stared into the vast emptiness, but Pearson remained silent "Sorry sir, I've got nothing." Pearson said in a deadpan tone of voice. "My god, what have we created?" Fox asked in disbelief, James chuckled "Well, we can never use those in a salvo." James said as he returned the batteries to upright rest and locked the firing system so nobody could fire them by mistake.
The Marines climbed onto the Abrams as its lights clicked on and illuminated the dark desert, Pearson turned the tank so it was facing Berge before he pressed the accelerator and drove toward the city; James looked back and watched as the The Oracle slowly blinked in the pit black sky, its silhouette softly illuminated by the moon. Ramirez sat in the gunner seat and scanned the area with the mounted M2HB .50 BMG Heavy Machine Gun "Penny for your thoughts, Gunny?" Ramirez asked as he noticed James tapping his foot in constant thought.
"Why do I feel like I don't want this war to end so easily?" James asked as he looked up into the night sky. "No idea, Gunny. I hope these Sandora slavers put up a fight, first thing first is to take out The Black Phantom Company and these 'Jade Wraiths' first." Ramirez said as the Abrams drove over a sand dune while everyone held onto the chassis for safety.
Minutes later, the Abrams pulled up outside the King's castle as the King of Belfast was leaving through Touya's gate, the Marines walked into the castle as Touya was handing a small mirror to Jamukha "This mirror is connected to Belfast. From now on, when you have an important message or something else, you only to put a letter into this mirror." Touya explained, Jamukha nodded "I see, so instead of of a 20-day round trip, messages can be exchanged instantly. This is surely convenient, I'll make sure to use it to further our friendly relation." Jamukha said as he took the mirror from Touya.
"Ahh James, Ramirez, Fox, and Pearson; how are you, sir?" Jamukha asked, James seemed stunned for a moment "Well, never thought I'd be called 'Sir' by royalty, but I digress. We have built our weapon systems and it is fully functional along with a surveillance system called 'The Oracle'. You can see it if you look out this way." James said as he gestured to an open area, Jamukha walked over to where James was and looked out into the night sky.
"Well, I don't see... by the gods, there's a red orb in the sky." Jamukha said amazed at what he saw. "Yes sir, that's called a flight beacon. Since I'll have flying metal beasts, they fly and not hit the tower since the light will be visible." James explained. "Do you mind demonstrating it?" Jamukha asked, the Marines seemed to tense up at the question. "Well sir, I'm sure you heard those explosions, right? Well, I'm positive your neighbors to the south heard it as well and I want to make a deal with them first to possibly have another weapon battery array in the Sea of Trees." James explained.
"We heard the first explosions, but the two explosions after the fourteen initial one shook the castle." Touya explained, James nodded "Yeah, the second artillery shells are called 'Falling Star of Armageddon'. It is a certified extermination notice for anyone who becomes our enemy." James explained, Touya seemed horrified while Jamukha was intrigued. "Well James, I'm sure glad we are allies." Jamukha said as he shook the Marine's hand.
"Fox, if you had to guess, about how many kilotons were those last two shell?" James asked Corporal Noah Fox who specialized in explosive ordinances and weapon ballistics before he died due to a roadside IED in Afghanistan. "Well sir, that mushroom cloud looked to be about ten miles up there and if that crater is about 210 feet deep, you're looking at about 350 Kiloton per shell." Fox explained in a whisper to James who nodded slowly.
'350 Kiloton non-nuclear explosive ordinance, sweet Jesus Christ.' James thought to himself. "You seem ready to take out Sandora, James." Jamukha said as he placed his hands on his hips, James nodded "Yes sir, there's an old saying where I'm from; 'Cry Havoc!; and let slip the dogs of war.' We Marines are called 'Devil Dogs' for a reason." James said with a smirk before the other Marines gave out a resounding 'Oorah!' in solidarity.
The Marines left the castle and boarded the Abrams, James opened a [Gate] to the castle before Pearson drove through and parked the Main Battle Tank under the naturally formed cave that was inside the cliff wall, the Juniper castle was built in the corner of a naturally formed mountain ridge that made an 'L' shape, on the other side of the cliff was Jade Falls, a powerful waterfall that flowed into a large plunge pool that then flowed into Jade River.
Victoria had been quite busy since the four other Marines left to build the weapon emplacements, she had reinforced the dragon scales and modeled them into Molle vest plate inserts; James walked over to the wall and flipped a large lever that caused the castle's floodlights to flip on, the bright lights illuminated the grasslands that seemed to go on for miles, only interrupted by the dirt road that led to Alephis and a few trees that peppered the area.
"We saw the mushroom cloud from here, it was faint but when there's zero light pollution, you could see it clearly." Victoria said as she approached the Gunnery Sergeant, James nodded "Yeah, Fox said that they're roughly 350 Kilotons." James said as he watched rabbit hope through the grass and immediately get eaten by a horned wolf that was then devoured by Azazel. "You sure about this?" Tori asked as she leaned against the wall, James shook his head as he sat on the steps "No, not really." James said with a sigh.
"You know who'd be great to have with us right now? Yuri Petrovich, the Spetsnaz engineer we met in Kuwait. Man, that guy was so cool." Pearson said as he cleaned the barrel on the Abrams, James chuckled "Yeah, but I don't think the big man is gonna throw us another bone like this." James said as he looked up into the sky. James's phone buzzed in his pocket before he pulled it out to see a message from 'G-Man', James swiped the screen up and read the text message to himself.
'James, I'm willing to bring back a few more friends of yours, but that's it. Now, name the people you want.' The G-Man said via text message. James chuckled as he typed away 'Yuri Petrovich Spetsnaz, Corporal Dalton Elliott, Private First Class Ryan Feldman, Sergeant Derryck Foley, Private Roman Campbell British SAS, and Staff Sergeant Brian Jones. I need you catch them up with everything that has happened up until now.' James said in a text message.
A minute passed and nothing happened "Well, what happened?" Ramirez asked confused, a gruff voice cleared its throat behind Ramirez "Ramirez! Are you being a cock weasel as always?! Where's Murphy?!" A tall black male in Marine Corp BDUs asked as he descended the stairs. "It's Gunnery Sergeant Murphy now." James said as he stood up and stepped toe to toe with the new man. The man wrapped Murphy in a bear hug and held him close "I'm proud of ya, son." The man said, his name tag read 'Foley'. "Missed you too, Sergeant Foley." James said as he patted the Marine on the back.
"Wait, did you mean about the promotion or..." James started to ask before he trailed off. "No dumbass, all of this. You came back and seized opportunity by the sack." Foley said with a smirk. One by one, the other Marines that were revived congregated in the courtyard; James stood up on the Abrams and cleared his throat "I just want to say first and foremost, I missed you guys. With everyone here, the 2nd Battalion is back to its original strength. Now, I'm sure the big man upstairs filled you in on everything that has happened, correct?" James asked the Marines, the new Marines nodded in acknowledgement.
"Right, you were brought back because our job isn't done. Drill Sergeant Brian Jones, I had you brought back so we can train the locals to be disciplined and better fighters, Feldman knows the most about Artillery since his favorite quote is 'Dear Grid Square...'." James said which caused the Marines to laugh while Feldman, a stocky Caucasian male with blonde hair simply shrugged. "Foley, you're the best I know when it comes to training rookies to fight." James said as he looked at Foley.
"Hey, we turned your sorry ass into a top tier marksman." Foley said before he and Jones chuckled. "Elliott here grew up on a farm and knows the most about agriculture and general hydrodynamics on top of knowing a lot about construction." James explained, Elliott nodded with a smirk as he watched Murphy speak.
"Now, there's two more people that'll be working with us. Private Roman Campbell of the British SAS, he specialized in electronic and drone warfare and since that's how we're gonna fight mostly, he's crucial." James said as a man with short brown hair and sleeve tattoos walked out from behind the tank.
"Ello mates, good to be seeing my friends from across the pond." Campbell said as he gave them the palm showing salute. "And the other person is a man who specialized in Mass Communication systems and arrays, his name is..." James started to say before a blonde Caucasian male with a white shirt with blue stripes came out with his arms outstretched "Privyet, Comrades!" The man said loudly, Pearson laughed as James leaped off the tank "Guys, this is Yuri Petrovich. Russian Spetsnaz who specialized in Mass Communication." James said as he patted the man on the back.
"Bozhe Moy! My friends, it's been far too long aye?" Yuri said with a semi-thick Russian accent. "Alright, first thing first. We need to build you guys some barracks and with all of us working together, we can knock this out in a few minutes." James said before he led them out of the courtyard and into the grasslands that were only illuminated by the floodlights. Elliott got to work alongside Fox who helped him fine tune his new powers, together they laid out a 12 foot by 12 foot concrete square before they built a large brick barracks building with individual rooms "Alright, Fox and Pearson will help you make your beds and stuff." James said before he left for the castle.
James walked into his castle and found the four girls asleep in their bedroom while Ayumi, Naomi, and Shelyn were in his bed together down the hall "So, more friends of yours?" Naomi asked, James chuckled and shrugged "Yeah, they just got in from America. They are some of the best fighters I know and they are gonna help us turn this massive plot of land into its own country." James said as he pulled his boots off. "I guess you'll be the king and we'll be your queens." Ayumi said as she motioned him toward the bed, but James shook his head "I'm actually dirty, let me grab a shower and then I'll join you." James said as he pulled off his BDUs.
James looked out a window and surveyed his domain, his new kingdom he could build and turn into whatever he "Show us your tits!" Elliott called out while the Marines all stared at James in the window, he flipped them off before he went to the bathroom. "God damn it, Elliott! He is your commanding officer, drop and give me 35 right now, Maggot!" Jones yelled in the distance while the others laughed. James couldn't help but smile as he left the bathroom door open for three other guests 'Now it really feels like the Marine Corps.' James thought to himself as Shelyn closed the bathroom door behind them.
A/N: Chapter 6 has been tagged and bagged, on to Chapter 7 with this colorful array of Military personnel. What do y'all think of it so far? Like the direction it's going? Let me know, stay tuned, Remember to Favorite, Follow, and Leave a Review, and as always, this is Nightmare 6-4, signing off.
(Edit: What do you think of the NSFW scenes? A. Tone it down B. A little more wouldn't hurt C. Fine as is [At least one per chapter.] Please let me know in the reviews.)