The Almighty General

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“Troy is very old, don't worry about him or whatever he said. He's being taken to his room to rest."

" I'm sure that Jax has told you why you're here. " King Cypher says to me and I nod.

I hear a cough and for the first time, my eyes wander away from the king and I notice her sitting by the king... A very beautiful young lady. Roughly my age, with fine skin and light blonde hair.

“Hans, meet my beloved daughter, Diane." King Cypher says and i nod.

“Nice to meet you Princess Diane." I say to her.

She doesn't smile at me, she just stared at me. I turn away from her and I turn to look back at King Cypher. Unlike him, his daughter is cold.

King Cypher is such a nice man, the voice in my head says and I nod.

“Make me proud Hans, the league of nations have made great statements about you." King Cypher says.

“I'll Be A Great Servant of Von." I say taking a low bow and king Cypher's laugh quake through the whole throne room.

“Come and say hi to your team." Jax says and I turn to King Cypher who raises one of his finger to me, gesturing that I have been excused.

I walk closely behind Jax.

We enter into that same car and he drives away.

***

“You'll visit your team mates tomorrow, but first, you have to get some rest and get refreshed, everything you need would be delivered to your room tomorrow. " Jax says to me and I nod.

The drive from the king's palace to my room was pretty long.

We got to a tall building that looked like something earth would build in the thirtieth century.

We got down from the car and we enter into an elevator. It takes us upwards, to the top of the building, where king Jax stops walking and takes out a box from his pocket.

How long has he been walking around with that box, I wonder.

He opens the box and brings out a card, which he scans in the door and it opens.

“This is your key, don't loose it." He says handing me the key.

I push the door open and I walk into the room. It's dark themed, with dark curtains, antiques and sheets.

“Get some rest, I'll take you to your team tomorrow." Jax says and I nod.

“Thanks." I tell him and he walks away.

I walk into my room, I feel very weak and tired.

Immediately my head hits my pillow, I slept off.

***

I'm still sleeping, when I hear the alarm go off.

Then I hear a loud knock on my door.

Reluctantly, I stand up from my bed and I walk to the door.

Standing right in front of the door is Jax, his face is hard and there is no trace of a smile.

“Good morning." He says to me and I mumbled a reply.

“Get ready, we're going for your training." He tells me and my eyes open wide.

“Training, but it's still so early." I say as an excuse but he doesn't look like he's about to go back so that I'll return to sleep.

“Get dressed." He says to me and I nod. “I'll be waiting downstairs, there's a cafeteria there."

I walk Into my room and I slam the door. I eye my bed grudgingly, it's so soft.

I got into the bathroom and I shower and change my clothes.

There's a whole rack of clothes that's standing in the closet. It's all black.

Black top, trousers even my boxer briefs are black.

I use the elevator downstairs and I see Jax holding a cup.

“Coffee?." He asks me, pushing a paper cup in front of me.

" You guys have coffee here?. " I ask him and he smiles.

“Of course." He says and then gulps down what I believe to be the rest of his coffee.. I do the same thing to mine.

“Come on, let's go, we don't have time. Five spies were caught in the central city today, they've never gotten so close before, they only raid the edge, they don't come so close to the central." He says standing up and walking out of the building, he didn't even tell me to follow him, he just stood up and expected me to. I'm sure it's because of the raid of the spies that he's so sad.

We walk to a different building that looks almost like the one I lived in.

" Commander Jax, you're here. " a man says to commander Jax, then he turns to me and he frowns.

“Is this the battle angel?." He asks commander Jax who nods.

“ I expected him to be more... Physically strong." The man says extending a hand to me.

" I'm Nai, your instructor. Come with me."

I walked with the man and he leads me Into a room that looks like a garden.

" Am I going to train here?. " I ask the man and he nods.

“Yes, you are."

“What about the plants, what if it gets..." I start to ask but then he cuts me off.

“It's all virtual, it's a hologram, these plants aren't real." He says passing his hand through the plant and it glitches.

" That's really cool. " I tell him and he nods.

He picks up two swords and he throws one to me. I catch it, and he starts laughing. If I had not caught it, it would have pierced through me... I would have died.

“Don't worry, I'm not trying to kill you, just remember that although you're mortal, I'm going to make you a god." He says and before I can blink twince, he runs towards me in light speed, and clashes his swords with mine.

“Have you never fought with a sword before?." He asked me and I shook my head.

" I'd rather use a gun." I say and he laughs.

“Weak humans." He says and he instructed me on how to fight with a sword

I wouldn't say I was perfect but I was doing better than I would have expected.

By the end of the day, I was so exhausted and all I wanted to do was to go to sleep.

“Go to sleep before you die of exhaustion." He tells me in a very calm manner. He doesn't even look like he's tired.

“Come on, get out. Come again tomorrow, we're going to do this till you're strong enough and then you'll enter into another rank."