Ashgard: Ambition and Purpose
The Invaders #76

"Boss, we're ready, when are we going to start moving?" Adam walked up to Berlin, who was seen sitting on top of a tree trunk lying there. The view of Berlin is constantly pointing towards the shoreline and the tidal waves there.

"Just relax first, we'll move by midnight." Berlin gave his answer to his colleague who was currently standing right beside him.

"Well," said Adam bowed his head slightly and then left Berlin alone.

The night wind blows so fast followed by rising tidal waves from the sea water that slowly hit the coral reefs. The atmosphere of the night is very calm and cold, lucky Berlin wearing his favorite jacket blue white.

In his grasp there is a cell phone that turns on and displays the contact of the person he wants to contact. Yes, the plan is tonight Berlin will contact his wife Nadia by phone. But unfortunately, the signal on the island is a constraint.

"Damn it, I forgot this one obstacle," Berlin grumbled by himself and then turned off his phone again.

There hasn't been a day since he left Nadia. But somehow his heart felt homesick with the woman. The aroma, his soft voice, his attitude, his cheerfulness, all of that often reflected in the shadows inside his head that could not be separated to think about Nadia.

Once on this island Berlin felt isolated. He found it hard to get a signal to be able to contact his wife who was far away.

Sreek ... SreeK ...!!!

Suddenly there was a sound of friction from the leaves coming from a thick thick bush behind him. Berlin felt that a pair of eyes were currently watching him.

"Who? Come out, you've been found out!" tell Berlin with a loud voice booming without looking back.

A girl in simple, light blue clothes who was familiar in Berlin's eyes came out of her hiding place to slowly approach her. The girl was the girl he had met the first time he came to this island.

"I'm sorry, I accidentally passed by and saw you keeping quiet here. I was just curious" the girl told Berlin, bowing her head beside Berlin.

"It's okay" said Berlin before then asking one question, "what do you need? To the point that you secretly watch over me like that."

The woman was silent for a moment standing beside Berlin with a slightly confused look at her. Seeing this, Berlin invited the woman to sit on the same tree trunk as him.

"Sit down! Then answer my question!" berlin said then slightly shifted to the edge of the tree trunk he was sitting on.

The beautiful brown-haired girl sat next to her at a distance of course, and then replied, "me ... just want to know, what made you come to this island."

"And did ... you come for us?" the girl asked with a hopeful look.

Berlin was quite confused by the last question posed by the woman. But he was trying to answer those questions.

"I came for my business with those men in white" replied Berlin.

The girl suddenly raised her face to look at Berlin and then put on a happy face mixed with relief after hearing the answer.

"What made you come?" the girl asked again. But Berlin was silent after hearing this question.

"Oh, sorry! I'm too curious about people's problems, I'm sorry. My question just now didn't need to be answered," the girl's chimpanzee came back with a pretty bad taste because she was too curious about other people's problems.

Berlin slightly shook his head and smiled, "intention is natural, and should also be controlled."

The woman nodded obediently hearing a little advice from Berlin. His attitude really shows that he is a polite person, seen from his way of apologizing that always keeps his head down.

"May I ask you something?" cetus Berlin turned his head and looked at the innocent face of the woman next to him.

With a slight tilt of the head and a curious look, the woman replied, "want to ask what?"

The girl was immediately bowed with a sad expression when she heard the statement. Seeing that sad face made Berlin feel a little guilty for asking him that question.

"It happened 20 years ago when I was a baby. The white-clothed people had come to the island three years earlier, and with the lure of advancing the island's economy. They built tourist attractions here and there, and built a trading center on the island. At that time .. we islanders were really helped, because with all that we can improve our economy and food."

"But entering its fifth year, the men in white slowly monopolized the market, and forcibly employed our people."

"So gradually they seized the territories on this island, even they could take up arms to control every territory that the islanders have."

Tears belonging to the woman suddenly dripped when telling a story to give an answer to the Berlin question.

"Now only this Northern region is left for us, and they ...," his remark came to a halt due to a slight sobbing while speaking. But then, the girl resumed her sentence.

"They enslave our people who are late to this Northern region. Not only that, they also .. have the heart.. sell us as slaves regardless of old or young and children or adults."

The girl was instantly speechless with both hands wiping away the tears that she had unknowingly wet her cheeks. While Berlin, he was made silent after hearing the story. It's really hard to believe.

"They are invaders, and I hope ..the place you come from is not the arrival of people like them," the girl continued, looking back at Berlin with a faint smile.

Berlin bowed slightly and said, "sorry, I asked you that."

The girl smiled and it was as if she no longer felt the sadness she had previously felt when telling stories. "No need to apologize. I told you everything because I believe in you, so I tried to answer your question before," he said.

"Oh yeah, I've talked a lot but I haven't introduced myself." The woman was really awkward when she talked to Berlin.

"My name is Luna, and I'm the younger sister of this village chief, Mavi." With intonation and a very polite speech. The woman named Luna slightly lowered her head when introducing who she was before then raised her face again.

"I only live alone with my sister," suddenly Luna's gaze returned slightly bowed before finally continuing her words, "while our parents, they both have been ... killed by the attack carried out by the men in white."

Berlin could only be silent when Luna told him about her past. It was truly a tragic past, and it was caused by Clone Nostra as the culprit of the problem.

"Greetings, you can call me Berlin." Berlin welcomed the girl.

"Berlin's? Isn't that the name of a city abroad there?!" sahut Luna was a little surprised by the name belonging to Berlin.

Berlin chuckled and said, "yes .. you're right."

"Hey, have you ever been there? To the real city of Berlin?!" timpal Luna with a sparkling look.

"Yet, but maybe my parents did, they were inspired by the name of the city and made it a name for me" replied Berlin.

Unknowingly, the night continued to dissolve and the time awaited by Berlin had arrived. Ashgard along with the scout squad led by Prime were ready to make a move. But before that, there are some things Berlin needs to prepare.

"It seems I have to take care of something first, thanks for answering my curiosity about this island," Berlin told Luna before she left.

"No, I should be the one to thank, thank you for the time," Luna said with a smile that seemed difficult to fade.

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Seriate.