Inside The Impregnable Fortress

"Welcome to Livania, Staff Sergeant Zeroll." A blonde Asian female greeted me as soon as I stepped out of the portal.

"Thanks, and you are?" I asked shaking her hand.

"The name is Kayla, Kayla Lee. I'm the section chief here, and you'll be under my care till you're assigned a rank."

"I thought I already have a rank?" Does this woman has a severe case of amnesia or what?

"I just called you staff sergeant, didn't I? Of course I know you have a rank but those ranks have no significance once you're inside Livania. We can chat later, the President wanted to meet you as soon as you arrived. So leave your stuff here. I hope you liked travelling through the portal because you're in for a hell of a ride."

Everyone knew that the President lives in Livania, but not everyone knew where. Not even his own Generals. I thought these security measures were extensive but then I remembered what had happened at 'The base', if, and it's a big if, somehow Livania was invaded by the enemy, they wouldn't know The President's location and by the time they find where he was, he would've already been relocated to somewhere safe.

And so my portal jumping journey began, we were continuously hopping from one portal to another, no breaks at all! It felt like I had been thrown into the space and then forcefully dragged back to the surface. Having this sensation once or twice was bearable, but we had to jump through 13 such portals before we stopped before a three storey, country styled building.

"Wait!" I said gasping for air. "you... mean... to say... the President lives here?"

"Um I suppose so, you see it's my first time seeing him in person too." Kayla answered ruffling her uniform. "Here, put this on your chest."

"What's this?"

"Just put it on and press the button. Be fast, we don't have the time."

"Okay?" I said taking the badge like thing. I placed it on my chest and pressed the button like Kayla asked to. In less than a second, my entire body except my fingers and face got covered in a black bodysuit.

"This will be your uniform. It's made from the highest quality fabric the world has to offer, it's bullet and magic proof specially designed to Livanian security forces." Kayla said placing a similar device on her chest and was soon covered in a similar kind of body suit, the only difference being that her bodysuit had a low cut top design, that was too deep in my opinion. Not that I was the kind of guy to complain about it.

"Are you ready?" Kayla asked.

"Yeah, I think so." I replied.

"Let's get going then." Kayla said knocking on the house's door.

"State your rank and purpose of your visitation. If any discrepancy is found in the information you provide, you'll be arrested or executed on the spot depending on the severity of the discrepancy found." An automated voice stated.

"Section Chief Kayla Lee, along with Staff Sergeant Zeroll, we're here on the orders of President Niall." Kayla replied.

"Please wait while I confirm the information you've provided... Thank you for waiting. You can enter the premises now."

Kayla opened the door and we went inside. I thought there would be guards and what not but the hall was empty, apart from what looked like an elevator.

"Follow me." Kayla said and went inside the elevator. "The President really likes to live in the old days, I guess."

She then proceeded to enter, what seemed like a code, in the elevator's control panel. As soon as she entered the code, the elevator started to descend. After five minutes or so, the elevator came to a halt and we were standing before a glass door. We entered the room and Kayla immediately bowed down, I followed her lead.

"My my, I don't think a beautiful young lady like yourself needs to bow down to an old guy like me. Please have a seat." A masculine voice said in a humble tone.

It was then I saw the man who was supposedly the most powerful and important person on the planet. The guy looked like he was in his late fifties, but was extremely well built. His body put mine to shame. He was wearing a black tuxedo and had a scar on his face, which extended from his right temple to the right chin.

"Thank you Mr. President." We both said at the same time.

The President then shifted his gaze towards me.

"It's been a long time, Zeroll." He said. "How have you been, young lad?"

The President knows me? WTF! I calmed myself before answering.

"I'm sorry Mr. President, but I've lost any memory that I had of this world recently, and I'm not sure if I remember you." I replied.

"Hahahaha!" The President roared with laughter. "Of course I was informed about it. Please forgive this old guy's memory, it's been so long since I saw you, that I forgot that you're a frozen being. Allow me to reintroduce myself, I'm the President of the United Government Of The Earth, Niall O'Connor. You might be wondering why I called you here, right?"

"I won't lie and say I wasn't curious about it." I smiled.

"You see, I'm an honorable man who doesn't like being indebted to anyone. And that's the reason you're here right now. I have a debt, that I'd like to settle today." Said The President.

"You mean that you owe something to me?" I puzzled, what could have I possibly done to make the most powerful man indebted to me?

"Indeed. How can a father not get indebted to the man who saved his daughter's life."

"Wait! I did what now?" To say I was confused would be an awful understatement.

"It's understandable that you don't remember about it, but it wouldn't change the fact that you saved Anna's life. I wanted to pay you back, then and there, but the request you made took us two years to fulfill."

"What was the request?" I said thinking about what I could have possibly asked for?

"You wanted a weapon, Twin Swords, to be precise. And as you might know SPARTANS, or The Chosen ones, like you, can only wield weapons made of Phoenix stones-"

"What stones?"

"Phoenix stones, stones that are extracted from the asteroid that crashed into the Earth." Kayla informed.

"Oh that. I knew about it, just didn't know what they were called." I replied scratching my head.

"Anyways, crafting weapons from the Phoenix stone is not an easy task, but the Mastersmiths were able to forge the weapon of your choice. Now if you'll follow me." President Niall said getting up from his seat, we followed his lead. "Anais could you open up the safe please."

Just then the wall behind us disappeared and the President signaled us to follow him inside.

"Would you mind looking away while I unlock the safe? It contains various important Relics and Artifacts that I'd rather not talk about." He said.

"Of course Sir." We said as we turned around.

He then went ahead and unlocked the safe.

I felt a gentle breeze flowing out of the vault.

"I present to you, humanities best creation." President Niall said, opening an Iron crate.

Inside the crate, were two identical black swords, each having a gem engraved in them similar to my rings.

I grabbed them and a message appeared before my eyes.

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YOU'VE EQUIPPED:

THE BLADES OF CALAMITY

TYPE: TWIN SWORDS

ITEM ATTRIBUTE(s):

+500 PHYSICAL ATTACK

PASSIVE ATTRIBUTE(s):

UNLOCKS SKILL:

1. SYMPHONY.

2. BLOODLUST.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO STORE THE ITEM:

THE BLADES OF CALAMITY

IN YOUR INVENTORY?

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