Chapter 39: Exland Empire Headquarters

Exland Empire, Mortred Woods, Headquarters,

Three men stared at different camera angles coming from a feed directly from Montgomery Coffee Shop.

In one screen, Yena, could be seen turning the corner before a large explosion shot into the air, causing a large explosion to sound through the streets. Seeing her head rolling against the ground, her eyes trembling, the three men smiled slightly, looking over to Indell's current location.

He was just moments away from arriving at the Montogery Coffee shop. The cops were down the street, waiting behind the bushes in the park across the verdant road. Covering them, hundreds of trees and little children heading on their way to school with smiles and gossip rolling off their lips.

Two Exland Generals watched on the roof top, clutching gigantic Ki Decay Swords that had dozens of ornate patterns up the handle. The three men laughed, clapping their hands, before Zalick, a tall man standing almost 2 meters tall with friendly blue eyes, pointed at the window.

"Reece, Kellen, and Howard are the main targets," Zalick smiled and tapped his hand against the screen, "Three of the students haven't been identified. Apparently, they have an old man with them."

"They're all weak here. He'll die and we can all go on vacation," Zalick's two partners snickered, pulling out a folder of Howard. "Anyways, Indell is almost there. Should we go with plan 1 or 3?"

"3. We didn't plan for normal cops to arrive. Send in the kids." Zalick smiled and nodded his head. "This-this is going to be fun guys! Let's make them burst!"

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Back at the Montgomery coffee shop, Reece pulled down her shirt while two officers fixated their eyes on her face, trying their hardest to not fall for the shadows below.

"Officers, that's my uncle. He just got upset."

"He damaged property. You sure you don't want him to go down to the station," A stomach jingled on the fat cop trying to apprehend the love of Reece. "I-I don't mind. It's not everyday some breaks a table with their hands."

"He used to be a fighter! A long-long time ago," Reece gently tapped the officer's cap. "Anways, come back tomorrow and you can have something on the house."

The officer's face flushed red, and he nodded his head. Pulling the hand of his partner who scoffed. His partner was much smaller with pale skin and with an anger that seemed to resonate on his surface.

Seeing his partner fall for Reece, he pointed at the storage room, turning his head away from Reece's black shirt and walking towards the back room.

"Lady, let us go in the back. Otherwise, we'll apprehend you." The little officer crossed his arms and walked to the back room. "You got a problem with that?"

"Come on. It's dirty back there!" Reece crossed her arms in front of the door. "My uncle has real health problems. You don't want to bother him."

Ding! Ding!

The door to the coffee shop opened and three children with hoods rushed with their heads down, pretending to be flying planes with their arms spread outward.

"Zoom! Zoom!"

One child laughed while the other two chased after him. In Montgomery, one of the most popular children games was called planes. Children flew in packs and fought enemies in groups of three and bombed each other with little trinkets they picked up at the store.

Sometimes, kids even used candy and the person that won would get the largest pile of goods. Seeing them run in, the cops suddenly seemed to soften, especially the small cop seeing one of them run towards Reece.

"Ugh, kids, us cops are trying to do our job. Can't you go outside and play planes?"

"Zoom! Zoom!"

One of the kids smiled and reached into his pocket! "Zoom! Zoom!"

"Kids, enough!" The cop said, preparing to open the storage room doors only to see Barabin had appeared in front of him. "Ugh, are you the damn guy who broke that table! Do you have a medical condition? Let me check your eyes!"

"You're in my way. What's that badge?" Barabin plucked the cops badge off his uniform, and stared at it strangely. "How was this made? Such fine detail."

"Give that back!" The cop jumped into the air, only to find Barabin had appeared behind him. "Come on! Give it back!"

"Zoom! Zoom!" One of the kids smiled and reached into his pocket! "It's time for the atack! You guys ready to attack the other team." The kid reached into his pocket and laughed, flapping his arms before he turned towards one of the cops. "You ready? It's coming!"

"Kids, scram," Reece said, waving her hand and grabbing one of the cops. "Please- officer, don't mind my uncle. He's from a far away town."

"Fine, we can leave," The small officer grabbed his badge back and put down a flashlight, walking angrily towards the exit. He'd never seen such a disorderly coffee shop before, but ignored the bland cup of coffee in his hand, and walked to the exit.

Seeing one of the kids looking up at him, suddenly the small officer felt a terrifying feeling in his heart. Pulling out his gun as fast as possible, the small officer grunted in fear, seeing two little small rocks bouncing against the floor.

"Get down!" The officer saw a grown man's face underneath the hood, and immediately felt a terror rise up in his heart. "Get on the floor right now, kids!"

"It's too late," One kid smiled before he pointed at the small rocks. "They already bounced three times! I win!"

Boom!

A large explosion ripped through the store, shattering windows and causing one officer to get shot into a car in the street. A large plume of light seemed to escape towards the sky, a large cloud of dust flying up into the air, as a few pedestrians got sent flying in various directions.