-I am warning you right now ! This is the army of the united states speaking, I am general Mathew Hathaway, Mr. Ivankov, I am ordering you and your comrades to immediately leave the vicinity if you do not want to get hurt, as of now this area has been official dubbed a restricted civilian zone under the direct command of the united states government, if you do not leave in 30 minutes we will not hesitate to use force to make you leave !
The acting general commanded, his voice loudly traveling through the entire area near the dungeon gate with the help of a megaphone, almost all people who used to live close by were already gone at this point.
The government had already prior announced their intentions and issued orders to evacuate making everyone migrate, ever since the effects and use of the dungeon gates were discovered, the government was already doing their all to completely occupy every single dungeon in their country and keep them under control, the reason for this is not only because they wanted to monopolize these gates, but also because they didn’t want another problem such as the awakened springing up even more, meaning people with extraordinary power causing chaos.
There already have been a lot of similar case happening all over the states involving these gates, different organizations already started to play their cards trying to occupy the gates and use them, normally the civilians were never too much of a problem but ever since the gates effects were known people started to hunger for power that these gates bestowed.
The turbulent and chaotic times of this world had changed them, the tyranny and rule of the awakened made people aware that only through possessing such power can they protect themselves and the people they hold dear, willing to even risk their lives for it, it may not seem as if things were going to go bad right now but that was simply not true, what everyone was experiencing at the moment was merely the calm before the storm, the gates powers being the catalyst of the storm that was about to brew sweeping everyone in its wake.
Ivankov originally was one such case, using the gate he had amassed power beyond comprehension, the government had done their homework, investigating every person who had gone in and out of the dungeon they understood that Ivankov by now together with his daughters must have gone over 70 to 80 times into the dungeon, such amount was beyond human limits if you consider the time span in which it was accomplished, it being only a couple months or so.
The general with his army while only seeing one person near the gate, namely Ivankov, was still heavily wary of the situation as his superiors described that a person of such caliber or power cannot be judged and that he should be careful of handling him and treat him like one of the powerful awakened.
Ivankov arguably could be weaker or just as powerful as a awakened, since it is still unknown just how much power one gains through grinding the dungeon so many times even if its only the first floor.
Plus skills were still very new at that point, the variety and effects so massive that it was simply too difficult to really judge what kind of skills one should expect when facing a dungeon explorer.
The general pondered to himself not sure what to do as he stared at Ivankov with his binoculars, he still wasn’t responding to the warning neither did it look like he was about to get up and leave, his daughters weren’t with him either, it was reported that both of them had entered the dungeon a few hours ago and that Ivankov had been sitting in front of the entrance ever since, which was puzzling.
-Huhh…its only a single person… even if he and his daughters grind’ed the dungeon over 80 times they can’t be as powerful as a awakened…we have the number advantage and since he isn’t a genuine awakened, there is no way that he should have a ability that allows him to utilize his power in a wide and long range…
The general deduced, mostly being correct with his deduction as he remembered one of his encounters with the awakened, that person in particular was a woman who was capable of controlling the weather, killing her was nigh impossible and in the end he had indeed failed his mission, in the process losing a lot of his precious men as well, including other war machines such as the tanks and helicopters.
The extreme blizzard and lightning strikes that came out of nowhere were especially deeply engraved into the mind of the general giving him shivers, fighting the awakened wasn’t easy, while most of the awakened didn’t have such powerful abilities the ones that did were a extreme nightmare towards the army, killing a weak awakened may temporarily solve the issue but its not going to solve the problem, especially when the awakened never seem to cease decreasing but instead come back stronger as the original awakened that had been killed would figuratively come back in a different body and soul and also most importantly a completely different ability that could be even more unpredictable and terrifying like the weather woman.
Adding the dungeon explorers to this mix and you get a even more unpleasant and tough can of worms to open, the general was hesitant, mostly because he had already experienced what it was like to fight a powerful awakened, he simply didn’t know what to expect from this or what Ivankovs plan was, but hesitating wouldn’t do him any good, he wasn’t the general for nothing when it came to making decision and being cool headed he was one of the best.
-Bring out of the snipers, aim at him and await my commands.
-Yes, sir !
The soldier obliged, running off with his orders as he general turned his gaze back to Ivankov holding his megaphone.
-This is the last warning ! Mr. Ivankov we currently have snipers on you ! If you’re not going to leave at this instant we will shoot you !
The second warning came, but there still no reply from Ivankov, just like at the beginning he cold sat still in front of the dungeon gate his eyes numbly looking at their directions as if he was waiting for something but not sure what.
The general also gave him enough time waiting for another 10 minutes before he couldn’t take it anymore, he teeth for a second before ordering.
-Fire !
His words just as they came out resulted in the sound of over 10 to 15 gunshots coming out of all kinds of snipers.
The bullets flew at a extraordinary speed and velocity all aiming at one person, Ivankov saw these bullets but was still not disturbed and instead continued to be deadpan sitting in his original position as if he was inviting death.
This day would be known as the day when Ivankov openly challenged the authority of the united state.
What happened soon after these gunshots could be described in many ways, but ultimately there only needed to be one thing to be said.
They didn’t hit.
Just as the bullets came close to Ivankov the immediately exploded into shrapnel’s 100 meters away from him, it looked as if the sniper bullets had hit a incredible hard object and as result imploded because of it.
But in all reality that was no true, there was no object or wall to speak of that could have stopped those bullets, the path was open and clear objectively there should have been no problem !
It didn’t make sense.
The general seeing this started to get a but worried, but immediately he quenched this worry and calmed his mind like the trained professional he his, patiently ordering…
-Again. Fire !
The snipers also while confused still chose to not think much of it and repeat fire, once again 10 to 15 shots were fired from all angles and positions but just like last time the bullets turned into shrapnel 100 meters from the gate from where Ivankov was sitting from.
-This…how can this…
The generally was thoroughly befuddled but that still didn’t stop him, he ordered his snipers to stop, feeling that it was no use to continue fire he instead decided to go all out instead, the general simply couldn’t believe that they couldn’t break barrier that was protecting Ivankov, the general understood that the gate had nothing to do with his phenomenon even though there were “rules” inside the gate, outside the gate were no such rules other than the fact that the gate was indestructible.
Firing at it would not cause such event, obviously meaning that Ivankov was doing something.
-Heh…Maybe this isn’t going to be so bad after all, at the current stage I am not be able to hit him but that doesn’t mean I am defeated, since he doesn’t seem to be able to attack, he is simply a turtle waiting to be eaten, eventually that barrier he is hiding behind will crack and when that comes we will see what happens.
The general smirked, temporarily getting a small taste of his imagined victory but quickly cooling himself down as he coolie observed and once again ordered.
-Line up the tanks ! Prepare the attack helicopters and at my command start shooting !
-Yes, sir !
Events repeated themselves, once the general understood that he couldn’t get through with his bullets than he no other choice but to raise the firepower.
Soon enough it didn’t even take more then 5 minutes before the tanks and helicopters were all lined up, but even then Ivankov was undisturbed, from the very beginning he looked as if he was completely indifferent towards these dangerous machines, it looked as if he had complete faith in that barrier that was protecting him.
The general who expected to see Ivankov to lose his composure was disappointed in the end, but he didn’t take it to heart and simply ordered.
-Fire !
(BOOM!)
Just as his voice settled in the sound of huge explosion echoed throughout the entire region, the tanks firing their shells and the helicopters launching their missiles was a sight to behold. It was like a deadly firework festival with smoke and dust flying everyone, a smoking fire enveloped the air the shooting lasted for only a couple seconds before it was finished.
The general the entire time kept a confident smile to himself as he watched, holding his binoculars he waited for the dust to settle, fully expecting to see nothing remaining of the foolish man he thought as overly confident, but just as the dust seemed to have disappeared and he got his clear vision…
-WHAT ! THIS CAN’T BE !
His hysterical shout brought the attention of every soldier near him with confusion, and before a attend could ask what was the matter a soldier had already seemed to have realized what was going on as loudly shouted and pointed towards the dungeon gate at the place where everyone fire with their tanks and helicopters.
-LOOK !
Everyone looked at the place the soldier was shouting and pointing at, there was a eerie silence around the battlefield as the people concentrated on what was going on until they finally saw.
A smile.
A mocking smile.
-Hahaha I actually expected worse but never did I think this thing could really take tank shells and helicopter missiles…the items that come out of these dungeons are truly one of a kind !
The originally expressionless Ivankov finally spoke, standing up and patting his shoulders he smiled and laughed extremely heartily as if he had heard the most hilarious joke ever.
The general on the other hand wasn’t as happy as Ivankov, dumbfounded he couldn’t even believe what he was seeing at the moment as he shaking held his binoculars watching Ivankov laughing his ass off.
There was not even a single scratch from their attack.
A Place Of Legends 