Chapter 85: China’s Hidden Dragons

"You survived. That's passable" The tall muscular man nodded in appreciation.

"Master's strength has once again grown."

"You have Humphrey to thank for that. His son's visit will be classified as a mission of top priority. If Lennox wants his son to see the Underworld, then we shall happily comply. Is that clear?"

"We understand, Master." The lead assassin nodded. Wounds were slowly appearing all over his body. It was as if an invisible knife was slowly slashing his skin.

"Sting should be back after his mission. His growth is impressive. It seems that his encounter with one of Lennox's men gave him great fortune. Make use of this encounter and learn from them as they will be learning from us. This should all awaken us and remind us that there are mountains beyond mountains and heavens above the heavens. If I find out that you all are weaker than them… then you all know what to expect in the future."

The assassins in the room felt a terrifying pressure and some even started bleeding through their nose.

"Yes, Master!" All assassins nodded immediately. At this point, everyone was doing their best to remain unmoved as they knelt down.

"Go now." The huge muscular man commanded as the pressure disappeared.

The assassins immediately dispersed.

The ceasefire had ended and the war raged once again.

New Great Britain's success in the first battle was met with strong opposition.

The battle was no longer on New Great Britain's favor. The powerful technology was no longer as effective as before since Australia was ready.

With the diverse technologies of each country, revealing one's technologies too soon could lead to a country's defeat.

New Great Britain's move was deemed foolish and reckless because of this. Not only did they reveal their new "Technological Possibilities" to Australia, but the entire world now knew. This would be an advantage if ever the enemies of New Great Britain would act.

As the Southern seas waged its wars, the Northern coast was weary at the potential attacks that One China would do.

Near the Northern coasts of Australia...

A military convoy had just finished evacuating the civilians from the fallen base on the southern region and was en route to the South.

"Sir! We're detecting movement! There seems to be a person walking alone in the desert about three klicks from our location."

"Move along. It might be some civilian that got lost in all the chaos. Let's pick him up and send him to the next city we pass by." the commanding officer ordered.

The squad continued to move on the route and later found the civilian walking alone in the hot sands of the wilderness.

The person's walk indicated that he was exhausted and at the end of his capacity. He was covered in a black rag that covered his entire face as he slowly walked in the heat of the sun.

"Medic!" The Commanding officer shouted as he saw the poor state of the man.

The squad immediately rushed faster towards the man and several medics rushed even faster.

But then, the man suddenly stood still. He shot his arms forward.

This was the last thing the medics saw.

Back in the Tatsulok Aguinaldo…

Colestart slammed his fist on the table angrily as he continued to take his stance.

"You have acted recklessly and almost brought a nuclear holocaust to our nation! How dare you call me a coward!"

"War is knocking on your doorsteps and I am the most capable General here! I destroyed New Birth Fort! If you hadn't blocked my path, then that city would have remained in our possession until the next Border Ceasefire!" Harker shouted back.

The Generals of various nations all sighed.

Harker was right. After the fall of New Birth, if President Colestart immediately authorized the mobilization of the entire Pangean army, then New Birth Fort would have remained in their hands longer. Harker could have held the city long enough for these nations to send in their spies. But the lack of support from Colestart resulted in New Birth Fort being reconquered by Australia.

"The Border Ceasefire has already given ample time for that country to restore New Birth Fort! Now all my hard work became nothing! The death of my daughter became nothing! The death of President Albert's son became nothing!" Harker roared once more.

"Shut up, you stupid corrupt General! I know you are corrupt and have an organization in the Underworld! This entire thing might be a big scam you planned!" Colestart shouted back.

This sentence created a commotion as the important leaders and General's gathered reacted on Colestart's crazy accusation. The media continued to document everything. The reporters were smiling in their hearts and even the people in the room could imagine the crazy headlines about Colestart tomorrow.

Because of Harker's information, almost all of the superpowers were secretly supporting Harker. And all these nations urged their media to attack Colestart.

Colestart is usually calm, radiating in righteousness and would make a decision before a logical analysis of his available options. But at this moment, he was angry and illogical.

Harker stood silently and did his best not to smile at Colestart's accusation. Colestart just dug his own grave.

Of course, Colestart's anger was without reason. The piled-up stress and attacks he has been receiving have given him endless torment.

Days before the Australian Avarice took place, he suddenly received concentrated attacks from all media groups in the three Pangean nations. News reports, complaints, disgruntled and unhappy citizens flooded the news.

News about poor traffic on the highway road of Phil-Pangea's biggest city was blamed on Colestart's administration.

News about long delays on the International Airport of Indo-Pangea was blamed on Colestart's administration.

News about the defeat of world champion Pangean Boxer became a trending meme wherein the blame was placed on Colestart's administration.

His previous allies and connections in the media world could do nothing to help him in minimizing this tide of media attacks.

He did his best to salvage his reputation and was able to maintain his status and was winning the media wars at first.

The barrage of defaming news brought about by the media did little to sway his followers and supporters which consisted of the majority of the Pangean population.

A war against the media took place as Colestart's supporters started attacking these media.

But then, he made one bad call.

He went against Harker's actions and displayed hesitation in his actions against Australia.

His heart was pure. Colestart knew Pangea could not afford to fight Australia and that negotiations were still possible. Aside from this, the war in itself looked like a big misunderstanding.

There were attempts to kidnap Albert, but was Australia really involved? The war itself seemed to have started under unclear circumstances so Colestart believed that this issue would be easily cleared up without falling into war.

And this stance sealed his faith. International and national media groups attacked Colestart and his supporters slowly dwindled. The synergy of the previous bad news paired with this internationally known scandal made many of Colestart's supporters shake.

So despite Harker's action being too daring and reckless, the media was on his side. As Harker was still building up a reputation from the previous victory over the scandal in Malay-Pangea, his momentum and strong charisma gave him the support of the majority.

To the masses, Harker was a hero. But to Colestart, this was all a façade used to steal the Presidential seat of the Pangean Nations.

"Harker's actions are reckless. I cannot hand over full military authority over to you! You are emotionally incapable of assuming command over this battle!" Desperate to cling to whatever power he has, Colestart immediately went with his ace.

If a joint military operation of several countries were to be made, then the other General's would probably agree that it would be reckless to leave Pangea in the hands of a vengeful father.

"You only want revenge and who knows if this could lead to some Cyber Abominations!" Colestart screamed. He was at the brink of defeat. Everyone knew that these accusations could only damage Colestart's reputation. But his disparity drove him to the point of blunt accusations which do not do well in politics.

Suddenly the Chinese General, Dyne Lu, stood up in surprise!

"I've received word from our fleet! The northern base of Australia, Fortress Plastorrid has just been conquered! Fleet Admiral Loren Plastorrid is dead!"

"What?!" the surprise shouts of everyone had not yet echoed across the room when various aides and news reporters started running around to confirm this news.

"How?!" Harker immediately asked.

Lu's stunned face had not vanished as he read the memo from his handheld device.

"This…. Get the media out!" Lu demanded as he continued to look in shock at the message.

The reporters and all unimportant people were thrown out of the room immediately as Lu insisted strongly.

"We have received a message for you, General Harker." Lu looked towards Harker with eyes brimming with caution. The entire room turned to Harker.

"What is it?" Harker immediately asked.

"Meng offers this tribute in commendation for your courage."

This sentence silenced everyone.

Almost everyone in the room did not understand what this meant.

Only a few Generals and the leaders in that room understood what that meant.

Colestart paled in shock.

He unceremoniously left the room in haste.

"It's over. It's all over." He kept repeating.

"What was that?" A high leveled government official asked as he chased Colestart.

"During the third World War, China fell into a dangerous position as it had to face the Russians up north, the Eastern Alliance on it's East, India on the South West and New Great Britain was marching at their West." Colestart narrated.

"What?"

"Aside from the threats outside, the power struggle between two political groups were also intensifying. It's a known fact that both political groups were using borrowed hands from the foreign invaders to kill their enemies."

"What are you talking about?"

"But a third political group appeared. This group suddenly rose into power due to the backing of one Chinese General and that won the peoples trust. It commanded a strange army of strong warriors. Martial artist experts of all sorts appeared and wiped out the enemy. A single soldier from this army could kill hundreds. And some had even a thousand confirmed kills."

The official following Colestart was now quiet. It was beginning to understand.

"You know history! This army made a single attack! A damned single attack! It moved South West and burned the lands of India! At the first Border Ceasefire, One China was formed. India was conquered! Who do you think the leader of that organization was?!"

"You mean to say that that army belonged to that man named Meng?"

"Yes. It was under his father's back then. China's Hero-General who we know in history. The Golden Dragon of China, Nogard Meng. He was a part of the army but he had a secret army which he commanded. That was that army!"

"But that's over sixty years ago! Nogard's dead!

"And his organization grew stronger. His son took over and is currently the head of that dark empire. Every President who took the mantle in Pangea is given several highly classified information. One of them is a simple instruction written by the findings of President Doronilo's administration. 'If we want this country to continue to exist, don't mess with Graydon Meng!'"

Colestart's pace was getting faster and faster. Staying in the Tatsulok would be useless. With Meng's support, Harker is sure to soar.

The victory at Fortress Plastorrid proved that the army of the Dragons was still as strong as ever. Though news of their existence was wiped out of the pages of history, a few people committed it to memory.

And now, his appearance brought a tremendous shock to the world once more. There was no detected rocket launched, no earthshaking battle reported on the news, yet a fortress has fallen.

Those who were aware of this organization only had one thing in mind.

The long-dormant leader was now taking action.

The Black Dragon of China had awakened.