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nIt was just 1 P.M when Landon and his crew had just arrived at a very small island close to Terique.

nIt was believed that the island was inhabited by pirates.... But so what?

nEver since they had arrived, they had immediately gone out to look for these pirates, and had already successfully locked all of them up in their own dungeons there.

nAfter searching through the place, they had quickly seen letters from Nopline as well.

nIt seemed like the reason why these men were able to stay comfortably here.... was the fact that they were under Nopline's protection.

nHence no one dared to do anything to them.

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nThey searched for a while, and soon.... they had also freed up the slaves and innocent people who had been taken by this pirate as well.

nFor sure... when asked if these prisoners wanted to leave or come with them, some chose to return back to their own empires, while others chose to follow their saviours in the end.

nNonetheless, Landon had agreed to everyone's request... with just one condition.

nAnd that was to only leave this island once his mission had been completed.

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nNow that the island was theirs for the taking, it would be a great area to hide their massive warship undetected... as they didn't want anyone having any funny ideas while they were gone.

nAs for how Landon and his crew would invade Terique.... Well, they would do so with the use of hot air balloons!

nOne had to know that it has been a month ever since hot air balloons had been made.

nAnd while the attraction site was still under construction.... Landon had immediately requested for all warrant officers and those of higher statuses should learn how to pilot these balloons immediately.

nOf course the Marines, Navy and Coastal guards also had to do these tasks as well.

nSo every week.... he had requested that everyone should parachute down at least 14 times a week.

nThat was 2 times a day.... or 3 times a day if Saturday and Sunday were kept off.

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nTo start off, Landon had used the first week of training to teach the leaders and teachers to parachute down on their own.

nOf course for their first 3 times.... He had strapped himself to each of them and had jumped down with them.

nIt was safe to say that everyone was scared silly with their first 2 attempts.

nBut after that, they soon calmed down and even began to think rationally while in the air.

nAnd on the 4th day of the week.... Landon had told them to jump out on their own at least 10 times that day.

nFor sure, everyone had that first initial fright.... as they all thought that they must be mad to jump out at this height.

nBut after doing so without his majesty assisting them, they felt very free while descending onto the ground.

nIt was like they had somehow conquered fear, and they could even fly like the birds in the sky.

nIt was a feeling that was truly hard for them to explain.

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nAs for where they landed, well.... they soon realized that controlling the parachute wasn't that easy as his majesty had made it seem.

nOn that day, they were supposed to land on an open field within District B.

nBut some ended up at the entrance of the police academy, while others almost ended up back at the barracks instead.

nHow disgraceful!

nAs teachers and leaders, how could they mess up lime that?

nLucius had almost ended up at the entrance of the Marine academy with the way he was maneuvering the parachute.

nBut when the others looked at how seamless Landon had managed to Landon directly on target every time, they couldn't help but nod in appreciation.

nAs expected of their king.... nothing was ever hard for him to do.

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nAll-in-all, on the 7th day of training, each leader and teacher had jumped off from the hot air balloon a total of 30 times on their own..... And 15 times while being strapped to his majesty, Landon.

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nAnd by the end of it all, they had gotten pretty good at landing on the targeted spots.

nGranted they weren't perfect, but after repeating something over and over again daily.... Come on, one would definitely get the hang of it to some extent.

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nAnd after that week..... they in turn, started teaching the other warrant officers and all those with higher positions as well.

nOne should know that teaching was also a form of training... So they had also been improving daily as well, while being strapped with their students.

nAs for the students, they had been learning for the past 3 weeks now... And had to jump out at least 14 times a week.

nSo in total, some of them had jumped out a total of 52 times.

nWhile others had increased that number by jumping out at least 5 to 10 times on weekends... making a total of 74 to even 91 times these past few weeks.

nBut of course, since the warrant officers and even those with higher positions knew how to fight pretty well.... Landon prioritized those who had more control and handle over parachuting, as well as those who excelled in piloting these hot air balloons when choosing men for this mission.

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"Warrant Officer Wayne.... Join the others and hold up the hot air balloon's envelope.

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"Captain Raymond....please ensure that each person had a parachute on them.

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" Warrant officer Cederic.... Get the weapons and place each weapon type in each passenger stall.

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nAs the command was being given out, those freed slaves all had a look of shock in their eyes.

nWhat sort of contraption was this?

nThey watched the large cloth (balloon)

/grow bigger and bigger in awe.... and they soon looked at their saviours with worshipping gazes, especially the leader of the group.

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"Sir God... Do ... Do you need food to eat?

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"Supreme God.... Please don't walk on the ground, as your feet might get dirty.

nPlease let me and my brothers carry you instead

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"Ahh!... As a person from Terique, I never believed that Gods actually existed.

nBut from today onwards, I will definitely turn a new leaf and believe in the heavens!

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nAnd so, Landon and his crew prepare for the mission helplessly.

nBut in the eyes of these people, the Gods had finally descended from the heavens.

n'Praise the Gods!'

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