EX-SOLDIER: In Another World
Hunting - Part 4

...[.One day before Matilda's confession.]...

"What do you want, Vincent?" Ask a beautiful woman with silvery hair. Sit on a chair with a steaming glass of tea in his hand as Vincent enters the room.

"I want a small army to be on standby and be mobilized easily." Vincent said as he walked towards the woman. Sit across from Celestine and light her cigarette.

"And why should I provide that for you?" Celestine asked as she raised one of her eyebrows, curiously painted on her face with Vincent's sudden request.

"Say, I have a sharp feeling. I will need a small army of troops for our common cause and it will bring benefits to the Duke of Mandoze's family both politically and socially."

"Is this related to the prostitute?" Celestine and Vincent asked just nod.

"I've been suspicious, so my guess is right, isn't it? He's a spy." Celestine said proudly. "So why do you need a small army just for a homeless girl?"

"not for him. But something bigger than that." Vincent said, his casual tone changed to be all at once in an instant.

"And that was?"

"The criminal organization called Eclipse."

"We can't be serious, Vincent?" Celestine asked trying to find the lie from Vincent's words. "You, seriously?"

"Do I look like someone who's joking now?"

"How do you know that?" Celestine and Vincent asked, pointing to the window.

"A drone? How comfortable." Celestine said cynically.

"So?"

"A deal, I'll provide what you want on one condition."

"Say your terms."

"I want access to your little toy." Celestine said as she pointed at the drone hovering outside the window.

"deal. Although I don't know what you want from this." Vincent said while taking out a special glasses with four drones from his inventory along with a communicator.

...Xxvx...

...[.Back with Vincent, Current time]...

"You heard everything, didn't you?" Vincent said through the communicator in his right ear.

Vincent believes Celestine is listening to all the conversations between him and Matilda because of the drones and cameras Vincent keeps in his room.

("I'm surprised that your hunch is right. It's convenient to have modern technology.") The answer from the communicator. It was clear that Celestine was enjoying such an unexpected show from the new toy Vincent had given her.

"Prepare the troops you promised. I'll do the opening for the entrance for the troops I ordered."

("You? Alone to the enemy base? I'm starting to question your current sanity, Vincent.")

"I wouldn't do such a bold thing without bail."

("Oh! And that guarantee is?")

("I wonder what that is? And you didn't pull out your best weapon during the attack on Angelbarrow City? Mark me surprised.")

"I had other options then. Despite the complicated circumstances back then, I didn't feel the need to take it out. But this time, I had no other choice."

("All right, Duke Mandoze's army will soon be following you. Good luck.")

...Xxvx...

Two figures walked on a path made of gravel in the middle of the night. They were not too far outside the capital and they could still see the light produced by the city in the distance.

One figure was taller than the other figure that was with him. Both of them were wearing black robes that covered their entire bodies. Their destination was not far from there, only a few hundred meters away. The two figures were already aware that they were being observed from the shadows around them. Of course, the place they were heading to was well guarded; even more so today.

The two figures approached the huge iron gate. The smaller one knocked twice, waited a few seconds, then finally knocked three more times. The gate immediately opened, revealing a fat little man. He's bald and his eyes look like pig's eyes.

"You know the code, but I was told not to expect anyone today." He said with his hoarse voice. The smaller robed figures took off their hoods, revealing a beautiful young blonde woman with deep purple eyes.

"It took me a little longer than expected, but you could say I managed to complete my mission." A sly grin appeared on the face of the pig-like man.

"Oh, that's good Matilda. When I heard you died, I was really sad. For a moment I thought that I should look up another little ****** to serve me." The woman did not appear to have registered her comment or if she did, she did not admit it. The larger figure shifted slightly under his robe.

"Are they all here?" He asked with a stoic expression.

"Yes, you know they won't like it. Even if you succeed, you force them to hold an emergency meeting, causing them to cancel or delay an important project…"

.........

The two enter the mansion with Vincent who is dragged by two people who Vincent considers as the guard of this mansion.

Along their journey in the mansion, Vincent cannot hide his disgust with the environment at hand. Vincent could hear the faint screams of women and the laughter of men coming from above them and the deeper they descended into the basement of the mansion, the worse it became. Those screams and cries seemed to be coming from the wall itself as if they had absorbed those sounds for many years.

'This place makes me sick.' His mind darkened as his eyes fell on the young lady next to him once more. 'Is this where you live your whole life, Matilda? Initially, I thought this organization could be exploited, but this.'

They walked on in silence until they reached the deepest basement in a building style that looked out of place.

Vincent saw five people sitting at a round table with four people standing guard in every corner of the room.

"Ah Matilda, nice to meet you. It's a pity that we lost you." Said one of the people sitting in the chair.

'So all the higher-ups of the organization were here, a total of five with four elites from the Black Robe security division. As expected.' Vincent thought as Matilda spoke to the higher-ups.

Vincent, whose hands are tied with his mouth shut, is not considered a threat to the people in this room. What's more, he's taken care of by two men who don't take their eyes off Vincent while Vincent himself listens to their conversation.

It took a few minutes and their conversation was over. Matilda looked at Vincent and started walking, then she took off her mouthpiece with Vincent grinning after the lid was opened.

One of the elites of 'Black Robe', the branch of the security division of Eclipse seemed to be aware of that and was trying to move to close the distance. Just out of pure instinct, the man who once disguised himself as a bandit attacked Vincent for sounding a dangerous alarm, but unfortunately he was late when Vincent spoke.

"Assault Mode: Activated." With that said, Vincent's body was instantly enveloped in futuristic armor from head to toe, reflecting a dagger that struck his neck.

A gapless helmet with two blue lights belonging to Vincent glanced at the person who attacked him, and what followed was that the man flew by Vincent's blow with great force thanks to the armor Vincent was wearing.

"Well, it looks like everything has gathered. Time for a cleanup." Vincent said as his armor let out a gentle hum as a sign of the engine operating with two blue sockets as the eyes on his helmet turned red.