Welcome to my sixth chapter of The day Britannia fell.

So to tell you in advance, this chapter will introduce a few new characters into Alexander's legion, all of whom actually made their debut in chapter 4. So if you forget them, you can return there for it.

Among the characters I introduced, there is OC Jynetta (Vera Neckiton) from Gamerman22 and StrikerStanding692. Originated from the series SW War Torn Reboot I and II from StrikerStanding692. Be sure to check it out if you have free time.

So you may ask why do I put another OC in. Simply because I want the story to be a little bit more interesting with characters from another story in this. Of course, I have to take a bit of consideration before putting a character in, especially a Neuroi character, since it may ruin my originally intended storyline. I also tried to make all the original content of the character as ORIGINAL as possible, but there are some factors that have to be changed once it is implemented, for the sake of the story itself. If you have any witches or OC that you would like to see it appear here, you can private message me and we will discuss about it

Thank you Gamerman22 for the permission to let me use this OC, and I promise, your conditions are not overlooked.

Sorry if the encounter with the other two characters are a little bit short, since I wanted to devote a little bit to Jynetta, since she played a bigger role, and it also shows a part of Alexander's cunning personality: a man of words and no taking jokes.


Chapter 6: New recruit

Inside Buckingham's Palace

Alexander's office

"Where the hell is he?" Inside the room, echoed an impatient voice of a human-like Neuroi. Despite being a human-type, he couldn't be the so-called legendary supreme general who conquered three of the largest countries on Earth, judging by his impulsive and rash demeanor. He was instead one of the Neuroi's lower general, Gawain.

"Be patient, general. The supreme general has a lot of works to take care of." Speaking with respect, overseer Walfried Lzammer advised the young general.

"You seem to speak high of him overseer." Gawain countered, irritated by him idolizing Alexander.

"My apologies, but you cannot deny what I said, can you?"

"What do you know?" Gawain said with mild petulance of about to lose an argument.

"General…" But as he was trying to defend himself, the girl next to him shutted him up completely. "It's common sense. Of course we don't know, but we can all assume that, since he is the only Neuroi to attain that prestigious rank. It isn't questionable for us to have to wait for him."

Gawain was silenced, as he knew he couldn't win against two people ganging up on him.

About 15 minutes later, the office door suddenly opened.

Walking in was the main character they were waiting for.

"Please excuse my tardiness. I got…a little carried away with my job." Alexander said with a soft, smooth voice in slight undertone, as he took off his heavy black coat.

"No problem sir, we are honored to be able to work with you from now on." Walfried said, as he walked up to him and shook his hand.

"Indeed you do. I've heard about you, overseer Lzammer. You are the one who designed and administrated the construction of all the Neuroi's hive here on Earth?"

"Yes sir."

"They are all magnificent pieces of art. I hope you would do the same for the hive in Britannia?"

"Of course sir. I will start immediately"

"Then this meeting of yours ends right now." His tone changed slightly.

"W-What do you mean?" He asked, surprised.

"Didn't you say you would start immediately? I don't want to hear words. I want actions. Go and commence construction right away."

"Yes sir!" He complied and left the office instantly.

A few seconds were spent in nervous silence. The girl was slightly baffled by how Alexander reacted. By that, she knew he definitely wasn't the typical Neuroi officer and commander that she used to serve under.

Alexander, as he watched the overseer rushing out of his office, walked slowly to his desk, getting past the two human-like Neurois in front of him.

After sitting down, he began talking.

"So what is the Emperor's reason for sending both of you down here?"

"Well…I don't really know. I was transferred here through his message. It didn't mention any motives in it." Gawain answered.

"I see." Alexander nodded, looking a little unimpressed. "Jynetta?"

"He said I might want a little bit of fresh air, after months spending as his personal Guard. But I think there was something more to that…like there was a commotion back at the palace, but I don't know the content."

Alexander nodded in acknowledgement, this time his gaze smugged.

"General Gawain, do you have any questions relating to your post here?"

"Uh…no sir." He replied, seemingly unprepared for this.

"You may go." Alexander dismissed him. Again, his unimpressed look returned.

Gawain left without a word, leaving the young, pretty Neuroi alone with him.

Jynetta could feel her organs trampling on each other as she realized that she was in room, alone, with a man she had heard a lot about, admired, but didn't have many chances to meet him. Now that he is in front of her, in a face-to-face conversation, she honestly couldn't think of what to say to him.

Alexander was the one to break the silence, as he stood up, his arms placed behind his back with curiosity.

"Since I met you, I have one thing lingering in my mind that I would remind myself to ask you in private. In which factory was your body manufactured?"

"Eh…I remember it was called by the name Xan, back at the capital. Why do you ask that sir?" She replied.

"Because you have the same feature as I do. Very, very human-like. As I see it, you are also capable of human communication?"

"You're right, sir." She switched to the human's way of talking, through the mouth. Alexander continued with it as well

"I was genuinely surprised when I learnt about you, as I thought I was the only one capable of doing so."

"Hehe, thank you sir." She blushed slightly on her pale soft skin.

"As a member of the emperor's personal guard, I figured that you must be a capable combatant, correct?" He asked.

"The Empress's rather, but yes sir. I can deal with 20 enemies at once no problem!" She confidently stated.

"I would like to see that in action." Alexander replied, as she would expect.

"A mock fight between you and me maybe?"

"That would be unfair. I was not designed for direct combat, only to defend myself and survive in a battle. My reflex and agility maybe fast, but my endurance, power and amount of energy stored are significantly worse than you, or any common Neuroi. I will not put up a good fight against you "

"Then how about you command a wing of test drones attacking me and I'll fight them off. I want to see between your brilliant mind and my power, which is better."

"Jynetta." He suddenly lowered his voice, like a teacher lecturing a student who just made an error. "The power of the mind cannot be compared to physical strength in any ways, vice versa. Physical and mental strength are like milk and tea, salt and sugar, light and dark. None is inferior or superior to the other. It is only a true warrior who can understand and master all of that."

"..."

For a moment, there was silence. She wasn't sure how to react to such words. Such soft words but carried an unknowingly powerful force to convey its meaning. It was certainly very very different from how her teacher back there taught her, which was full of textbook knowledge. To be honest, she thought, if he became a teacher instead, many, not to say all, Neuroi schools would pay to get him to give lectures.

"But if you insist on getting a workout, I wouldn't mind. Follow me."

Alexander exited his office and led her to outside the palace, to one small building, decorated with Neuroi patterns, containing two separate rooms, furnished with absolutely nothing, aside from two doors, a transparent wall spliting the room in one small and the other large room, another door to the far left of the large room, and a few lightings.

"This is?" She asked as she looked around.

"My personal training room. Here, in my free time, I would polish my combat skill, just enough to survive on the battlefield. I set the number of training droids to 2, which is my default level, but for you, I will reset it to 20. These are all expert bots so it won't be easy to take them out."

"Twenty?! Are you serious sir?" She asked, with amazement.

"Unless you are not…up to it." His tone turned a little bit cynical. He is serious.

'Oh boy…' Jynetta broke a sweat at this. By she meant 20, it was just an attempt at being cheery and a little bit boastful. But Alexander obviously wasn't the type into, or affected by, self-flattery. He needed to see it for his own eyes. All he wanted was proofs that go with words.

But still, it would be a great opportunity to practice. She wouldn't be having this kind of stuff back at the palace. Let's see if she still possessed the power that she left it to rot in the Emperor's Palace all these months.

"I'll give it a try." Jynetta said, as she took a step into the room.

Alexander simply nodded, and closed the door.

As she watch the supreme general walking to behind the glass window for observation, a message appeared in her core control system.

Training simulator V2

Self-defense training

Number of droids: 20.

Confirm?

Yes. No.

Jynetta 'clicked' the 'Yes' button with her inner cursor.

Immediately, the Neuroi particles soon filled the arena like snow, before grouping up in 20 different positions, forming into 20 clones of witch-type Neurois.

"Are these real?" She asked.

"No, they are clones. Neurois without cores, controlled purely through one artificial intelligence. If you are hesitating on the thought of killing, then this should clear your mind of that." Alexander replied.

She looked back at them, at her faceless enemies, and took a defensive stance.

The 20 clones stood orderly, in a box consisted of 5 rows and 4 columns. Suddenly, the first row of clones raised their arms simultaneously, firing Neuroi beams at Jynetta.

Despite being a little bit surprised at first, Jynetta saw the beams coming and did a backward somersault, avoiding all of it.

Landing on her two feets, she dashed forward, her hand materializing a long glowing red sword, which she called it Retarynax. Aiming for the clone on the far left of the column, she impaled it through the stomach with the sword. The clones couldn't possibly react to such speed, only giving a screech. The others took another few seconds to realize what happened to their comrade. They opened fire again, only for it to be blocked by their own comrade's body, which Jynetta swung it to her front as a human-shield, or in this case Neuroi-shield.

The poor clone's durability reached 0 and disappeared in a shimmer of light. Not letting the other clones having the initiative, Jynetta rushed for the other 4 clones of the front row, slicing it to pieces with ease.

The young Alexander, who was watching the whole thing from the start, was quite astonished to say the least. His face looked with impress, with a half-smile and a crossing arm.

But as she was about to rush for the second row, the clones suddenly moved a few meters back, spreading out while one clone rushed for her with an arm raised. Jynetta saw the punch, and raised her arm to deflect it. But she didn't see the beams coming, as they were all shot from the spreaded out clones. The clone that rushed for a melee, all of a sudden, released from her grip and jumped sideways to clear the way for the oncoming beams.

Jynetta quickly covered herself with her arms, which was crossed on each other, forming the letter 'X'.

Don't underestimate these clones. They know what is teamwork, and they can use it as effective as we do. Alexander remarked devilishly to her in his mind.

"That is it!" Infuriated, her fist clenched as her eyes suddenly glowed with great intensity. For ten seconds, she continued to remain in her defensive stance, as beams continued to be flung at her. But then suddenly…

Ohhh.

Just a second ago, she was just a normal girl standing at 163 cm, even shorter due to her crouched position. Now, her figure stood towered with intimidation over 3 meters high, using her 8 tentacles that somehow grew from her small back.

Shocked by the sudden development, the clones were trying to soak this new data into the processor when she dived down on them, her sword raised, aiming for the clone in the middle.

That clone was killed instantly.

Standing up, she proceeded to spin around, swinging her 8 tentacles smashing onto the unsuspecting clones, sending each and everyone of them on the ground.

Alexander placed his hand on his chin, observing her beautiful and precise techniques and statures with enthusiasm.

The battle had lasted for ten minutes, with 14 of the original clones destroyed. But with every single clones destroyed, the remaining ones got stronger and harder to kill.

"I should finish this now…" She muttered as she cut another clone in two.

The 5 clones fired again, this time with much more power than it was at the beginning. Jynetta stepped sideway, dodging the beams, then released 'kraken's' tentacles on them, toppling them again. Taking the few seconds she bought for herself, she retracted her tentacles and raised her red sword straight at them.

A white circle a radius of 5 meters formed around her red glowing blade, illuminating the entire room, sending her long brown hair fluttering behind her.

Such power.

The only spectator of the simulation looked in awe as her body didn't even flinch from the enormity of the energy focused in front of her.

Her eyes radiated focus so intense that one could not believe what they saw in front of them.

"DESECRATION WAVE!"

A long, loud cry was to follow, and the circle turned into a large beam, zooming with speed faster than the speed of sound, engulfing the remaining 5 clones in white, as they vaporized into thin air in mere seconds.

The beam didn't stop there, as it crashed onto the walls of the far end of the room. It also didn't stop there, as the beam broke through it, to the outside, continuing for another 200 meters before dissipating. The destruction was so immense that Alexander had to grab hold of something to keep himself balanced.

Dear God…

"That's enough!" He shouted to her, calling her to stop.

It is then that she fully registered what she just did.

"Oh no! I'm so so sorry for what I've done!" She quickly apologized, looking at him, as her hands clapped onto each other guiltily.

"That's fine. It can be fixed without any effort. What I feared earlier was if you couldn't stop." Alexander said as he re-entered the room.

"So how was that?" She asked expectedly.

"Fascinating." He replied, bluntly. And he wasn't flattering, at all.

She blushed slightly at the blunt but honest praise from him.

"I'll give you an offer. You can choose to do normal work in my 7th Fleet, or you can work as my personal Guard."

"Can I do both?"

"That would be alright, the problem is that if you can actually take it."

"I can, I definitely can!" She said.

Alexander was genuinely impressed by her enthusiasm, as he gave her a pat on her head, following by a smugly smile, causing her to blush even more.

"Are you two done?" Came a Neuroi transmission from the direction of the hole on the broken wall. It was Eris, who witnessed the sudden explosion and came rushing down to check things out. And she didn't sound pleasant.

"Yes, Eris. I and Jynetta was just having a simulation." Alexander replied as Jynetta turned to her.

"And you blew up a wall for that?"

"We…did go a little bit overboard."

"Great, now we have to spend another great deal of particles for the repairs. Honestly, you should consider refraining from practicing. It is costing us a fortune."

"Eris." Alexander spoke to her, again with the previous tone he used to lecture Jynetta. "Practice makes perfect. A master will always prepare for everything, while mastering their strongest."

"Hai, hai." Eris answered her in a way different from how Jynetta responded, unimpressed and simply didn't care. "I haven't questioned you, Alex, for using my figure as your training droids without asking for permission."

"Well, you didn't say no. Besides you don't look that different from ordinary witch-type."

"That's copyright violation." She turned away in petulance. Seeing this little childish act, Alexander simply gave a pat on her shoulder, and said.

"Let's go."

He knew she wouldn't be angry of him by that. He had worked with her, and understood longer than anyone else.

'Alex?' As the trio left for his office, Jynetta reminisces the words coming from his personal adjutant, Eris. Was she that close to him that she could call him that?

'Wait, what am I thinking?!' But the thought was dismissed immediately, as she shook her head violently.


"Are there anything new, or strange happening?" Alexander asked as the trio finally arrived back at his office.

"Nothing really, aside from one thing, but I don't really think it is that important." Eris answered

"Oh I cannot agree with you yet. Tell me, what is it?"

"Well…it is simply a sudden appearance of a large naval fleet at the South West of the Atlantic. They looked to be heading south, to the African region, but there are a lot of Neurois there, so I just think they are doing skirmishes or something similar."

"That does not seem like skirmishes to me. What is their current location?"

"They are on their way back to Baltimore, a naval port in Liberion."

"Hmm." Alexander nodded his head, slowly, as his annalytical mind started to function.

Those ships cannot be just Britannian's. Can be a joint-fleet from other nations. And he wouldn't go that far to expose his plans for the entire naval fleet to execute.

"Eris." He said.

"Yes?"

"Do you remember the contents of all the letters we found?"

"How can I, there are lots of them."

"The overall content, I mean."

"Is it the private correspondences of some Britannian general called Maloney?" Jynetta asked, trying to join in the conversation.

"Indeed." Eris replied. "They are planning to steal our assets for some kind of mecha they made. And I heard they are doing it secretly using the budget of his witch squadrons."

"It is that, and more. According to this law of these Earthlings, every budget has its purpose, and using it for the wrong one will face severe punishment. So he cannot reveal this plan to the public unless it provides good results, and more importantly he would not be able to infiltrate our hives with only his small team he assembled in secret." Alexander explained, smoothly. "That would lead to a suggestion that he will be trying to convince the high-ranking officers to commence an attack on our hives, draw us out, and on the while send a small group to infiltrate and steal our technology."

"Then we should issue an alert at the Gallian hive." Jynetta suggested. "They will not get through our strong security."

"Nah." His tone dropped, in denial. "It may not be the Gallian. It could be any hive. And besides, like I said back at Berlin, this stealing of theirs will also be very beneficial to us."

"...I'm not sure I could follow you." Eris said, in great confusion to his statement.

"Never interrupt an enemy when he is making a mistake." Alexander said, as his tone changed again to a more megalomaniac one. "Those humans think they know us well, they believe they are so smart they can manipulate and use our own technology against us. We will prove them wrong."

The two of his aids looked at each other, then at his glowing intellectual crimson eyes, trying to guess what he was trying to do. But it was futile. There was no way to tell what he had in mind.

For Jynetta, it was a bit weird, foreign since it was the first time she worked with him, but for Eris, her tension and confusion was somewhat relaxed and eased. There was already someone who knew what he was doing, and led the way for her.


Quote references:

"Never interrupt an enemy when he is making a mistake." Napoleon Bonaparte.