134: A Raid?

A Raid?

The next day, Kai went to the school for the sake of reporting his mission and receiving his reward.1

Many students were busy with their respective classes while he walked nonchalantly in the corridor. He didn't break any rule since students didn't need to come to school after finishing a mission. In other words, this was his day off.

Michelle could get it instead of him or maybe in a few days. However, this mission would allow them to get into the top 100, giving his group a personal helicopter. The amount of paperwork needed to be dealt with was tremendous, so he decided to come as the leader of Lion Group.

The student council would help him with the paperwork, so there was no reason for him to be slacking. 

After walking for a few minutes, Kai arrived in front of the student council room, knocking on the door a few times.

Knock knock.

Kai waited for a response as he heard two people inside. After a few seconds, a male's voice resounded from within.

"Ah, it must be Kai Carter. I've read your message. Please, come in."

"Excuse me." When Kai heard the voice, he opened the door and went inside.

The two people inside were precisely Bryan and Mia, the student council president and his vice. 

A smile appeared on Bryan's serious face as he greeted Kai, "It's been a while, I guess since you usually come here with Michelle."

"Well, I'm the group leader, so I thought I should handle this myself," Kai replied with genuine concern for Tasha and Michelle.

"Sorry, but there are only the two of us here since the other two are in class. We're going to update your group points and ranking in a minute," Mia said while walking toward a table with a stack of papers.

"Yes. Thank you for your help." Kai nodded. 

"Come here first so you can check your current ranking." The president waved his hand, telling him to go to his table.

Kai slowly walked toward him.

The president was typing on his keyboard before projecting what was displayed on his screen onto the table. The screen only had one name. 

76th Lion Group - 56900 Points

"Your last mission earned you more than twenty thousand points. I'll transfer the money after this. If I'm not mistaken, it's one million or something. This shows the appreciation of the army." The president retracted the screen projection.

"After all, you've commanded the army bravely. I heard from my father that you fought very gallantly on the battlefield, taking command of four thousand people, and directing the reinforcements. I would like to thank you for your efforts as because of you, the military base will be able to operate like normal again soon enough," Mia added as she walked toward Kai while bringing a few sheets of paper.

"Your father?" Kai tilted his head in confusion.

"Ah, did he not introduce himself?" Mia lifted her eyebrows before replying. "My father is the commander of the middle army, Jack Carr."

Thud!

Kai opened his mouth in surprise, remembering what kind of person Jack was. He was utterly speechless. Even after taking a few deep breaths, the words still didn't come to his mind.

"Fufu…" Mia chuckled like she expected such a reaction. "What? Do you think we're nothing alike?"

"Ehm…" Kai thought for a moment, inwardly debating whether to answer with a yes or a no. 

Without waiting for him to answer, Mia continued, "Haha. No need to be like that. I hear it every now and then. Unlike how free-spirited he is, I'm more like my mother. But I can assure you, he is a great commander and father."

"Yes. He is indeed a great commander. Without him, the middle army probably would've collapsed." Kai nodded in agreement. Although he couldn't see it by himself, his ears still recorded the situation of the middle army, and he knew that without Jack, it would be run over by the military beasts.

Mia nodded before discussing the business again. "Since you have officially entered the top 100, your group will receive a personal helicopter… though, you'll get it from the group that you kicked out of the top 100. There are a few things that you need to take care of when it comes to your group's personal helicopter.

"It would be great to have a personal transportation vehicle for the mission, but you also need to take care of the helicopter with care. First, the helicopter shouldn't be destroyed, as it would cost a great resource. The pilot has been informed about it too, so he will never go too close to the magical beasts.

"The school will pay for the maintenance, but the fuel will be on your group. Of course, it looks more like a burden instead of an excellent transportation vehicle. However, since you've entered the top 100, more difficult missions are available to you. You'll get more money and points that way.

"If the helicopter is somehow destroyed, then your group will need to pay for it. Before you can pay it, the school, or rather the government, won't give you another one. Do you have any questions?" Mia finished her explanation.

"There is one. What about the pilot? Do we need to give a share to him?" Kai thought for a moment and said.

"No. The government will pay for them."

"All right." Kai nodded. 

"This is the information about the helicopter and all the things you need to know. As for the official form, let's sit there so we can fill it. I'll guide you in filling the forms." Mia smiled as she guided him to the couch before handing the forms.

While Kai was filling out the form one question after another, the president suddenly remembered another thing. 

"Ah, I almost forgot about this. There's a raid event in the school for the top 100 groups. This is a mandatory mission as well as a joint mission with the military. This can be a hard mission or an easy one. We, the student council, will also take part in this mission," the president suddenly interrupted as he walked around the room, seemingly searching for something. "Ah, here it is."

"We found a nest underground in Quebec, Canada. According to the military, there are a large number of creatures inside the nest cohabiting with each other… mostly bugs such as ants, termites, earthworms, or even mice.

"According to the scout, the nest was huge with several tunnels and numerous magical beasts, making it impossible to search the entire nest. Around five thousand soldiers will participate in this with an addition of us and another five hundred people from the military school.

"The military wants to train us through this raid. Of course, even though this is said to be training, it will still be a real battle. That's why they asked for no groups below the top 100 to be allowed to participate. This shows how important this mission is.

"Our mission is to exterminate all the creatures inside the nest or at least understand the scale of the nest. I believe that your ears are capable of fulfilling all those, so I'm glad that you joined the top 100. I believe that with your track record, you'll also take command of the army… or at least a portion of them."

Kai was astounded, never expecting another big mission after the last war. "How can we resign from the top 100? I don't want to enter that position again…"

"Haha… I know how you feel. We, the student councils, also deal with raid missions like this from time to time. In fact, there will always be at least one raid mission every year. The purpose of this mission is to train students as well as expand our borders."

"..." Kai paused for a moment and sighed. "I feel like another person would certainly make me join this mission even if we hadn't made it to the top 100."

"Haha… If you're talking about Sir Nathan, he's the leader of this operation."

"Yeah. There's no way he would leave me alone." Kai sighed. Resigning to his fate, Kai asked, "When is it?"

"After the new year, the specific date is still unknown. According to the information, the ants take fifty percent of the population there, so we're going to attack them in the middle of winter.

"Although ants have a big population and can be seen in various places from spring to autumn, they go into hibernation in winter. The body temperature of ants changes in response to the atmospheric temperature. In winter, their body temperature falls so greatly that their movements inevitably grow sluggish. Therefore, the military wants to use this chance to attack their base."

"I can understand their reasoning." Kai nodded and looked down, thinking about something.

"Depending on the result, the battle can last from days to weeks. Unless we know that we can't wipe all of them out within a month, the mission will most likely get canceled as the army will take over."

"How big is their tunnel?" Kai asked, wondering how many people would be able to fit inside the tunnels.

"They vary in size. It's like how each species has a different size, so we can't really judge it. Of course, if you're asking about the ants' hole, it should be around ten meters in diameter. It is pretty big, so we can send around a hundred people at a time."

Kai couldn't picture it with only this information. Knowing that Nathan would most likely invite him to this mission, it would be better to ask him for more information at that time.

He didn't talk about it anymore and continued filling out the form.

It took them two hours just to fill the form because he needed to fill at least fifteen pages and some clarifications. 

After finishing his task, Kai stretched his hands tiredly before saying goodbye to Bryan and Mia.

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