Chapter 176 - One Seven Six
By the time Dror reached the Earth base the news of the ancient sage had already spread even throughout every commoner in the rebel base.
He couldn't help but feel that the whole rebel base seemed to be rejuvenated, As if a new life had appeared inside it.
Usually the rebel base would have a solemn atmosphere and if one was to travel to deepest parts where the commoners lived one could even feel a gloomy atmosphere.
But today when he entered even the extra vigilant and cold faced guards who kept watch outside the entrance of the base had a little smile on his face.
When he reached the army camp he could already hear the hustle bustle that was lingering among the training men. Their topics were related to what the ancient sage had said and the theories put forward by their Major earlier.
It won't be surprising for someone to connect the Ancient sage with the barbarian, especially the people who had personally listened to Dror's theories from his own mouth. Especially the idea of people's revolution.
Which he had discussed with his friends many times.
He summoned the higher ups of his company in his office .
Alexander the Deputy leader who was present among the group had a weird expression on his face as if he wanted to laugh and cry at the same time.
He had kept his mouth shut regarding Dror's venture and other parts of his plan, Dror had always cited the reason that his cultivation required him to travel and experience to further improve and he wanted to personally travel and understand the current life situation of the entire planet.
It was lieutenant Mark who spoke first
"Major what do you think about the appearance of the apparition of the ancient sage, you were still outside at that moment right, were you able to watch the prophecy made by the ancient sage personally..
"
Everyone else also looked at Dror with curious eyes.
Dror didn't want to deceive them too much, as he had always intended for them to find out everything later.
He maintained a calm and serious expression as he spoke.
"Yes I was there, But listen everyone. It doesn't matter if it is a prophecy or some hoax, we are currently facing one of the biggest challenges that we have ever faced until now.. so I want everyone to forget everything else and focus on the training for our current mission.
"
Then he looked at Xeander
" Xeander had already acquired the invitation for us, now it's time for us to show our worth… if everything goes as we expected, we will journey towards the empire after 12 days, I want everyone of you to be prepared physically as well as emotionally…. Old Zhao you know what to do with our soldiers using this last twelve days … I want all of them to be completely focused before the journey..
"
Old Zhao nodded
" yes Major..
"
Dror continued
" What about the beast tamers from the Jainver clan.. have they arrived..
"
This time it was Xeander who nodded and answered
" yes they have arrived and are currently training with the beast tamers from our company and getting acquainted with the rest of the soldiers..
"
Before Dror could further speak he received a call from the commander.
Dror took the call by pressing his sky watch and the 3D projection of the commander appeared before him.
The commander had a solemn expression as usual as he spoke
" Major Dror I have heard that you have arrived at the base, I want you to visit my office once you are finished with your affairs, There is something that I have to discuss with you in person…
"
Even though the commander appeared like his usual self Dror could feel a serious tone underlying his calm and composed talk.
It didn't take long for Dror to finish up his meeting with his friends and subordinates.
He was in front of the commander's office in no time.
The commander was sitting behind his usual old working table, when he was summoned inside.
Dror gave a military salute as the Commander nodded at him and pointed to take a seat.
" I have already heard from Xeander and the minister of war that you want to take up the war challenge of the empire. Truthfully I can't believe that you were able to convince Xeander the most.
But still you need to be extra careful, Xeander might have been convinced because he still believes he has a debt that he needed to pay back to the alliance forces and had become a little hasty about the whole thing.
That is why I want you to take charge of the whole operation and don't let him make any hasty decisions.
I have heard the whole plan from Xeander, I think your plan is workable but I want you to know the Lomba family is not to be underestimated.
They have around 15 True Level warriors that can be sent to the war challenge and if they were to combine their strength with their allies. Then the number of True warriors will easily surpass more than 40.
At that time even with six more legs you and your men will find it really hard to run from them.
I believe that you have already studied the detailed research of previous war challenges…
"
Dror nodded with a calm expression.
Then he saw the commander taking out a space ring and moving it towards him.
"This space ring contains 120 swords that have been crafted by the best black smith with the best materials possible along with shields and spear's.
There is also the best ancient style crafted heavy armors and light armors, Along with some other miscellaneous equipment and many common herbs.
You should already know that magical artifacts or modern weapons are not allowed inside the war challenge, this is a gift from me and the minister of war, to you and your men.
All materials inside the ring can be utilized inside the war challenge.
"
Dror slightly scanned the inside of the space ring with his spiritual sense and was gobsmacked.
These were all best quality items that can be used by peak level warriors. The materials used to produce these equipment were of the top grade and he could easily identify them.
This was an overkill in his eyes to use these materials to only forge ordinary equipment when these materials could clearly be used to forge magical artifacts, the amount of resources and effort put into this is not something to be scoffed off.
Dror could only bow his head slightly while using a fist and palm salute to show respect towards the old commander.
Dror had already prepared many cold weapons for the war challenge but they were not as good as what was given to him by the commander.
After discussing some more things with the commander regarding the war challenge Dror went back to the young dragon camp.
By the time he was back Xeander brought the Jainver clan's men and the two beast tamer from their own men.
Of the three people of jainver clan a middle aged man with a black eye patch on his left eye and looked like a pirate in white dress was the leader, the other two were two young men in similar black dress.
There was a same symbol stitched on the three people's chest, which was the emblem of the Jainver clan, the symbol was of a winged lion roaring towards the sky.
But what shocked Dror was that the one eyed middle aged man was in the true warrior realm and seemed as strong as old Zhao.
Xeander introduced the three people
" This is instructor Harlan from the jainver clan and these are his personal disciple Neil and Utkarsh.
You already know Malik and Eden from our camp…
"
Neil appeared to be a naive young man as he was only a teenager, while Utkarsh was little older than Neil and had a sturdy look.
Malik looked like an ordinary middle aged military man with a disciplined look, while Eden was also a young man with one peculiarity: his dark blue eyes that stood out.
Eden and Neil seemed to be getting along quite well.
All of them saluted towards Dror.
Dror nodded at them, but his focus was on the one eyed middle aged man from the Jainver clan.
The Jainver clan usually sent best of their young ones to the challenge, but this time they have sent a middle aged man and that to an instructor.
Instructors were considered the strongest fighting force of the Jainver clan.
Xeander had a complicated expression on his face when he saw Dror scrutinizing the situation.
Xeander spoke up again with a slight cough
" Jainver clan has been kind to us by sending an instructor this time, Instructor Harlan is considered one of the best beast tamers in the entire rebel base
"
Unlike his students who showed a prideful expression, Instructor Harlan seemed to be calm and composed, after listening to the praise.
Dror could more or less guess that the sudden appearance of an instructor had something to do with Xeander.