Once the plane of the goddess of war, Anika, had landed in Placida providence, big players took note. She had been seen sending off a man that most assumed was a strong soldier or aid. The man had powered off the plane’s cargo ramp on a speed bike and was seen by members of the Reva family guard heading toward Durres. The representatives of the Reva family then met Anika, goddess of war for Placida providence as she descended the stairs of her plane, and presented her with keys to a hero's mansion commissioned just for such a hero, and a gold card on behalf of Reva and the providence. She took the keys, as she needed a place to stay here but ignored the gold card. She had an annual stipend from the capital, after all, not to mention, she was under the directed command of Andrew. If she had needs, they would be met.  The Reva family were the largest family of Placida and were intent on curing favor with the goddess of war. Located on the main trade road between the coast

Andrew hung up as he entered the construction yard. The day was already growing late, but the ten security guards were still working. Several had collapsed and were sleeping under some shade. Andrew casually walked through them, ran the course in just 45 seconds, and then proceeded back to the foreman’s office to review the footage from the day. The men just started dumbfounded yet again at the speed and strength of this man. While they had been able to complete the course now, it was a matter of taking each element by itself, and the whole course took close to an hour on their fastest run through. Andrew sat down and clicked on the video from the day and rewatched several clips and angles from the meant training. After he had a good idea of what had transpired, he went outside to work with them in person. “gather round. You all look frustrated and overworked. TOO bad. If you want to continue being employed with Dreadnought Investment, I am lo

The next few days were mostly the same for Andrew. He would wake up and work with a new batch of trainees from Dreadnought Investment. And then find food somewhere local, and return to keep training. For Andrew, the routine of the next few days would be good for him, and the time for training was also welcome. Often, he would run laps of the whole five stories of obstacles while waiting on the current batch of recruits to finish the first level. It almost felt like one of the Dragon team’s rotations back to the training barracks when they would split up and spend a week training front-line soldiers how to not die. Even a week of training with the Dragon squadron as their drill masters was enough to elevate most of the ordinary soldiers to something that stood a chance on the battlefields. The field generals were always thankful when the Dragon squad rolled though because while the gods of war were there, no one dared attack that position, plus their men always came out bette

The next day, Andrew Got up and started the current wave of security trainees on their course. All the trainees had at this point been shown the route and also received at least some personal training from Andrew. It would be up to them now to show improvement. Near 11, a sleek bike soared into the construction site.     The men all stopped what they were doing and watched and the rider glided over to where Andrew’s bike was parked next to the manager's trailer. Only a few noted that these bikes were almost identical, Andrew’s black and gold was a bit more ornate, compared to the new rider's more solid black, with just a touch of gold accent. The rider just paused and played on her phone waiting for something, ignoring all the eyes in her direction. “Back to training! If you men are distracted that easy, you will never amount to much when it comes to my security squads!” hollered Andrew. “not every day such a beauty like that

As they walked out, Andrew laden down with bags, Anika said, “hey at least I didn’t kill anyone.” Andrew shivered because he had seen her come off the battlefield more than once drenched in blood. Asrana may be the queen of Ice and have a stare that can freeze you solid, but Anika was a true queen of death in every sense of the title.   “Where to now?” asked Anika as they wondered out. “Well, I need to get these delivered to wherever you are staying because we came on the bikes. Then I need a shower before the banquet.” Said Andrew. With a sly smile, Anika said, “Don’t have to ask me twice.”  A shrill whistle was all it took to summoned a nearby transport car.  Read more