Bzzzt!! Bzzzt!! Bzzzt!! Kalen woke up quick. He heard the familiar ringtone that was coming from his military phone. “Shut the hell up! Don’t disturb me,” he complained in a grumpy tone. He was having the strangest dream that he was facing off against dragons and aliens.
“Shit, what time is it?” He quickly got up to get his phone to quiet his phone and check the time. His consciousness quickly cleared up. It took him a few minutes to find his phone and quiet it.
“Thank God, it’s only 0500. I still have time to get ready before morning drill,” he exhaled in relief. He went to the sink to wash his face and brush his teeth, before he suddenly recalled something important.
“Oh shit! Something happen to cause my phone to go off, if there was still time before drill. Shit! Shit!” He cursed has he ran back into the room for his phone.
There he saw a message notification on his phone. He unlocked his phone to read the message:
“Good morning squires, there is a change of plans. Starting today all squires will begin the advanced technology training. So, get your asses up and get ready for this new phase of training. Good luck! Knight Captain Reede.”
“No way!! I can’t believe this?” Kalen question loudly while he was jumping up and down.
“It is too exciting that we are starting the advanced training. This is so awesome." Kalen exclaimed in surprise, as he directly entered a completely giddy mood.
Kalen rushed to get dressed so he could be ready to start the training. He started reminiscing all the lessons he had about the advanced exotic and technology training. This was something that all squires look forward too, because it means that graduation day is approaching.
He also heard the rumors that the government was even suppling their own machinery, exotic knight armor, exotic weapons and other ammunitions that the squires could use. It felt so surreal, that Kalen thought this was a dream.
There is one rumor that he is the most excited to hear. There is talk about the provision of the legendary exotic stealth armor that was used to assassinate the former president of the Confederates States of America to the best squire, after all the points are calculated.
Confederate States of America is largest, most populated, strongest and the most prosperous country in the world right now. Kalen home country is just a small country at the corner of the world that has middle-grade military strength.
Kalen thought about his own country, the Kingdom of Camelot. It was named after stories about King Arthur and his knights. Camelot is among the lower-ranked countries, as in military power and technological development.
It is the 23rd century, the age of majestic and technology. Technology is now at the peak of humanity. Kalen remembered an old quote from a famous professor from his country once said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."
Technology has advanced so much that all children are augmented with implants that will boost their strength, intelligence, and other attributes. They can also gain access to the internet through these implants.
Children in every country now has these implants, starting from the age of 10. During the period of 5 years, the child is expected to learn everything that he/she needs through the implant.
Then it is at the age of 15, most children are allowed to focus on any profession they desire. But there are about 95% of parents that push their children into the military, to help build their country’s strength by becoming soldiers.
It is like in the primitive ages where strength was needed. But now it is military strength and technology that makes a country strong.
The combination of exotics and technology advanced military and medical. By advancing medical it helped to prolong life in humans.
The law and order of the world is handled by the new superpowers, these are the 5 biggest organizations in the world.
There is the Blackwater Mercenary Alliance, Hellfire Legion, The Sea Angels Alliance, Ottoman Empire, and the Confederate States of America are the true rulers of this era. CSA is widely known as the strongest force with the most territory.
CSA and Ottoman are the only 2 superpower countries. These 5 superpowers never stop fighting for any exotics. It allows them to further their technology to keep their status as the strongest powers in the world.
This tug of war has not yielded any significant impact for a century, as the big 5 are mostly evenly matched in terms of military strength. Even if one of these superpowers becomes more superior the margin will be too small to make any impact on the world.
After the Great War of Exotics and Technology the concentration of power shifted to the big 5. It led to the suppression of all other lower countries and organizations making them fight for survival.
Lower countries would invade other countries to gain their resources as the concentration of exotics are too low as the big 5 takes everything.
There is lot of resentment in the world against the big 5, but in this era the one with the biggest military might get to speak. Kalen came from a relatively average family, where both of his parents died on the battlefield fighting for their country.
Every country dream of creating the perfect soldier that would one day be so exceptional enough that they would be recognized by the big 5. This led to a sharp increase of people becoming soldiers, in the last century.
If the big 5 selects the exceptional soldier from the lower countries. That country will undergo vigorous changes that will help them advance their country and allows them to lean on the superpower for help.
The soldiers within the countries are only people who are treated better than any other job. They are better paid and receive better benefits. The other occupations cannot complete with the military.
While he was in the squire training base, Kalen was not best but the was among the better ones. He wants to make his mom proud to join a superpower, as it was the dream of every soldier. Kingdom of Camelot called their soldiers, knights.
Kalen already finished his bath and was dress ready to go.
“Kalen!! Kalen!!”
Kalen could hear an exceptionally loud voice outside his door that was yelling his name. It startled him and about made his thoughts go haywire from the noise.
“That can be only one person who can be this loud in the morning.” Kalen suppress his frustration and ran to the door. He was dressed in the standard Camelot squire black uniform and black boots.
“Kalen Drake, where the hell are you? You are going to make me late again. Hurry the hell up, fool.” Aledos grumbled.
Aledos is Kalen’s friend from squire camp, and both were 18 years old. They met at the squire camp 3 years ago and ever since them they got along so well, hence their friendship.
“Oh my, is it Aledos the drunken master. Hold on to your pants, I am coming.” Kalen replied sarcastically in a lazy tone when he heard his friend’s voice.
“Bastard, my name is Aledos Hawke. Kalen, don’t be trying me this morning, because I will give you a good pummeling before, we go into formation.” Aledos retorted with a dark face.
Aledos is a dark-skinned, with a muscular build unlike Kalen. Kalen was fair-skinned, with a mild athletic build. They were both 6 feet tall. Kalen opened the door and they both face each other with a stone-faced.
The tension started to build, before Kalen started to laugh. He bonked his friend on the head.
"Let’s get going. I am ready to head out. We don’t want to be late to 6am formation. Or do you want to face Knight Captain’s wraith.” Kalen asked in evil grin.
“Hell no! I don’t you drakenfool.” Aledos replied as he tried to keep his poker face, but he failed so miserably as he started to laugh. He hugged his friend and gestured them to get going.
“FORWARD MATCH!!” Haywoode yelled to the squires as they did their daily morning parade drills. Haywoode is the best squire out of all the squires that enter the training facilities. He had great leadership, marksmanship, and fighting abilities. He was dark-skinned and muscular. He stood out from the rest of squires standing about 6’2,” as he led them through the parade grounds. He is standing on the side of the parade grounds with a batch of knights in Camelot military uniform. Behind the knights was Knight Captain Reede, the leader of this military base has he watched the squires do their drills. Once the squires finished their drills, Reede stood up and faced the squires. “Good morning, squires.” “Good morning, Knight Captain,” they yelled in reply. “I know that everyone is excited to start the advanced tech training. We will be starting it today but let me give a piece of advice. “Don’t get too excited, because what you experience before was nothing compared to what you are a
The Republic of Gaul is a country with middle-grade military power, and they are directly opposite of Kingdom of Camelot in terms of territory comparison. Republic of Gaul and Kingdom of Camelot are neighboring countries with no close sentiments to each other. Invading other counties for their resources or territories are the norm in this century. Republic of Gaul has always coveted the Kingdom of Camelot’s territories and resources. The Republic of Gaul is more advanced than Kingdom of Camelot technologically, but not by much. The Gauls don’t like that and show much aggression against the Knights of Camelot. All citizens of Camelot have hatred already indoctrinate into them. There is no good interaction between the countries only hatred. If the countries every interact with each other, it always leads into small skirmishes. These skirmishes would at time lead into major invasions. The Gauls are more enthusiastic about the invasions, as they are slightly stronger. Kalen, a knight
Kalen woke up feeling refreshed and revitalized. “I feel like I am in a VIP suite. It is so comfortable. It feels way better then I imagined,” he moaned with satisfaction. He stared at the makeshift bed of tress leaves. He smiled and looked satisfied with his work. “I am going to miss this experience.” He got out of his tent and observed his surrounding making sure there is no danger near back. The sun was shining brightly. He started to grin, as he was enjoying free vitamin D. “What a beautiful free world,” he exclaimed feeling satisfied. He found water pit near his camp. He washed his face and filled his canteen with water. He checked his shadow to see what time it was, he felt it was around seven in the morning. “I should eat something before I leave and continue on my training,” he thought. He ate some of the tigon meat, and then stored the remaining meat in a makeshift bag that he hand-made with some tree leaves. He knew that improvisation is a must learn skill to survive in
“This training is going to be harder than I thought,” Kalen thought, as he walked through the forest looking for a place to wash the blood off his body and clothes. After about twenty minutes of walking, he found a stream nearby. He subconsciously looked around the area for any kind of threat. He quickly rushed up to the water as soon as he noticed he was in the clear. “These four days remaining are going to be a pain in the ass,” he thought out loud. He looked to his right, and he was shocked to find a jackfruit tree. He eyes brightened immediately. “Thank you, God. There is something to eat beside meat. He brought his dagger and climbed the tree for the fruit while staying alert. “I can’t let my guard down. My life is more important than this fruit. He knew that if he let his guard down like a fool that was hungry, he could be attacked and killed. Suddenly he thought about his friend Aledos, as he probably in same situation as him. “Make it through this brother. You are not allo
Bzzzt!! Bzzzt!! Kalen woke up top hear his alarm going off on his phone. “Damn, it’s 6am already. I didn’t get enough sleep last night,” he grumbled as he quickly got up. He showered and brushed his teeth.Twenty minutes later, he was dressed in his new military uniform that was provided yesterday. He strapped on his sword and daggers, and ready to face this new challenge. He left his room surprised that Aledos was not waiting for him. He is usually up before him.“What happened to this fool now?” He questioned as he went to his friend’s room. “I can’t believe he is still sleeping. He reached Aledos’s room in about 15 seconds.Boom! Boom! Boom! He banged on his friend’s door as he called out, “Hey dumbass, what the hell are you doing in there?”“Alright, you can stop banging on my door. I just woke up late. I’ll be there in a minute,” Aledos yelled to his friend.“I said it, when the sun rises normal people respond fast to get up. But you my friend are slow as a snail. What a bad infl
After 30 minutes, were one of the first groups to be dropped off within the mountainous region of the forest reserves. As soon as Kalen landed, he surveyed the area to make sure there was no immediate danger. “This will work for us. We can see far and have more obstacles to take cover,” he told his friend, who also surveying the area. “Kalen, I want us to dominate this competition. Let’s find a place to set our camp and defensives before we scout the area.” Aledos said in a calm tone, as he turned to look at his friend. Kalen grunted in reply, as they quickly found a cliff that gave them plenty of cover from the exobeasts. The friends dropped their gear and went out to prepare their defenses. They decided that Kalen would wield the sniper, as he was a better marksman than his friend. They knew that Aledos can’t shoot to save his life. He has poor accuracy. They quickly set up their makeshift perimeter without any delays. They settled down, and Aledos decided to go into the forest
Aledos woke up and looked around, “where am I?” He asked out loud as he tried to stand up, which brought on a wave of dizziness to him. He touched his head and felt the cloth bandage. He began to recall what happened to him.He sighed as he glanced outside. “It’s already evening, I wonder where Kalen went to.During the construction of their make-shift residence, they placed rocks to form a cave before their encounter with the exobeast. He went out of the tent to see his friend sitting beside the fire roasting some meat.“Looks who is wake? Bro, how’s your head?” Kalen asked as he casually munched on his meat.“I am not sure to be honest. I still feeling little dizzy though.” Aledos replied as he supported his head with his palm.“Man, you are tough as hell. Come and eat some roasted meat. While you were sleeping, I killed an antelope. It is so good, come and eat,” Kalen said with a smile.“Alright,” Aledos replied as he moved forward. He felt the wave of hunger as he smelled the meat
Aledos Hawke woke up to see that the sun arisen. He could see the sun rays filter into the cave. He admired the rays as his eyes adjust to the light. He checked the watch on his wrist to see it was already 7am. “Why haven’t that fool wake me up already?” He cursed as he quickly got up and made his way outside. He saw Kalen already up and he was doing some pushups. “I can’t believe this asshole. He does these pushups daily so he can keep his 8 pack, just to impress the ladies. F**k!” Aledos cursed as he watched his friend. "Aledos, you awake. I thought you will be sleeping all day. You would have missed a fun day. Good morning, dumbass.” Kalen got up to greet his friend properly. “Kalen, you better watch it. My head injury healed, so don’t try me. I can still kick your ass if you call me a dumbass again,” Aledos while giving his friend the evil eye. “Damn, Aledos. You are such ungrateful bastard. I was so nice of enough to protect you throughout the night. I even prepared you a ni