Chapter 22: Operation Orion!

Dawn arrived as the sun was awoken to rise. This blazing yet gloomy orb cast its fiery rays over the city, where destruction lingered in the air.

In a living room of their temporary make-shift residence, a group of eleven figures in various dark hoods and robes sat around a table.

"First of all, let me introduce our new members to Anasthwara Domain," Kiyo broke the silence in the room. "This old fellow here is Dias, a peak level three awakener, while these two are Sergio and Isbern, his grandsons." He introduced whilst the three fellow nodded slightly.

"Sergio, let's start the planning with your preliminary briefing as you were once a resident 'there'" Kiyo decided to let Sergio tell the situation of the camp first as he is the most intelligent in their group of 3.

Every team who arrived this morning has been roughly briefed about the content of their mission this time around by Violet.

"First of all, let's start with the inner structure of the camp," He spoke. "The Orion Corps is divided into two main bases, the Crimson Light led by Sir Jimmy, a peak level three awakener and the Enigma Force led by sir Ivan, another peak level three awakener."

"Wait, if the two leaders of the camp are the same tier as you, then why did you choose to leave? Isn't this rather suspicious?" Yuno interrupted.

"I am indeed one of the top force within the camp before. However, due to conflict of interest and morals, I chose to leave the camp which caused the two leaders to be wary of me. Therefore chasing us all the way here." Dias explained.

"Let me continue then. The leader of Enigma Force, sir Ivan has another peak tier 3 awakener by his side, Ms. Yumi. Whilst the leader of Crimson Light, sir Jimmy has two tier 3 awakener holding the fort."

"However, we could reduce the risk of our operation by recruiting the two tier 3 awakener from sir Jimmy's faction into our side," Sergio suggested. "How do we achieve such plan?" Vin questioned, his muscle-head simply couldn't keep up.

"Simple, the two tier 3 awakener, otherwise known as Xila and Xild are twins." 

"What does it got to do with them siding with us?"

"As far as I know, the twins were only working for sir Jimmy by force. Their father was captured and locked up inside sir Jimmy's personal villa." "I suggest that one of us sneak in to capture the hostage before the head-on confrontation."

"Very well then. I'll do the Job with Noah, we're the most suitable for this." Yuno volunteered for the operation.

"I agree, both I and Yuno has reached stage 4, this plan would definitely be perfectly done." Noah agreed while nodding slightly.

"Congrats to you two. We now have five tier 4 awakener and a single tier 5 awakener in our team, correct?" Kiyo congratulated as he felt delighted with the increase in strength of their team.

"Wait- you've reached tier 5 already?" Vin was shocked by this sudden news.

"Yes," Kiyo answered, "So, the total power of our team is 1 tier five, 5 tier four, 5 tier three."

"I'm sure this operation would surely be smoothly done, especially when 'they' arrived." 

"What do you mean by 'them'?" Yuno asked with confusion.

"You'll see soon enough." Kiyo quickly diverted the topic. "So other than the two potential addition to our team, is there anything we need to pay attention to?"

"Yes, I suggest we deploy troops to the rear and back of the camp to prevent escape,"Sergio hesitated. "However, we lack manpower for that so-"

"Don't worry about that, I told you 'they' will arrive soon."

"Alright then. However we should avoid attacking these areas to prevent harming the residents. I'm sure with Jimmy and Ivan's personality they would attack head on as long as we keep our strength hidden to lure them out."

"I'll act as a bait since I'm sure they'll be tempted hahahaha." Kiyo suggested with a smirk on his face.

"Another thing is, the camp has around 50-100 tier one awakeners and 20 tier two awakeners."

"Does any one of you has any other plans? Do share it with us for any plausible plans you might have." Sergio asked as he finished his briefing.

Yuno raised his hand before speaking out of courtesy, "I suggest to split us to prevent unexpected factors on our operation."

"Noah and I are as you know will rescue the hostage. Vin, Wake and Azarick shall attack the frontlines of the enemy after Kiyo lured their army out. For Violet and the rest of tier three awakeners, they should assist 'them' in the rear to ensure the safety of the innocent civilians and prevent enemies from escaping.

"That seems plausible. Does anyone have any objection?" Kiyo scanned the room.

The room fell into silence once again as the group planned their next course of actions to execute the plan silently.

"They should be arriving soon." Kiyo broke the silence before standing up and walking towards the door.

The group exchanged glances before following behind him with curious glances from time to time.

The group stood on top of the rooftop as the gust of wind blew at them.

Shortly thereafter, a dense and ominous black horde emerged within their view, seemingly drawing nearer. Upon closer inspection, it became evident that the horde was clad in pitch-black armors and brandishing massive greatswords.

On a rough estimation, there seemed to be 350-400 individuals approaching them.

Azarick quickly recognized his own troops as he stared at them with disbelief.

"Boss, how did you recruit hundreds of Doom Soldiers, wait- There are even a few Death Knights mixed within them?!" Azarick exclaimed.

Realization soon hit the others as they dumbfoundedly stared at Kiyo.

"Hmm, I don't know." Kiyo kept them in suspense with a smirk on his face.

End of Chapter 22