Chapter 335: the final sweep

Seeing the joy and happiness emanating from the soldiers surrounding him, Clark could not help but let himself drown in this feeling. This was a feeling that he loved; that feeling of victory, he never got tired of it.

Despite not being citizens of Vatican City, seeing the result of their efforts before their face, King, Josh, Captain Briggs, and all the invited reinforcements felt a proud feeling well inside their hearts.

It all started as a dream, but now this dream was finally fulfilled.

When Clark originally told them about his plan to purge the Persian tigers organization from his city, they originally scoffed at him that it was an unrealistic ambition, but here they were.

It felt just like a dream to them, having the opportunity to battle against an old freak like the terrorist Commander only added more solemnity to it in Captain Briggs and Josh’s dictionary.

They felt proud; what an endeavor! What a victory! What a battle!

As they rejoiced in celebration of their victory, Clark suddenly stiffened as he felt his companion’s stare at him suddenly become more intense. Turning around, he saw a look in their eyes that he’s not seen before.

He thought he’s seen it in movies before when he was small, what was it again? Before he could think further, he suddenly saw King rush at him, and with wide hands, he was swept off his feet.

“WE WON!”

Cheering after King, Josh and the others joined him as they threw Clark up and down in celebration. Clark felt awkward, he felt like bonking each of them on the head but he had to admit that he enjoyed the feeling.

Despite wanting to just stay there wishing that the day never ends while celebrating, Clark knew that they still had some things to wrap up.

“Drop me!”

“WE WON!”

“King! Put me down!”

After putting in a lot of effort, he finally got King to put him down. Turning around to glare at him, the glare soon turned into a grin before turning to a full-fledged chuckle.

Unlike them that got only mildly involved in this plan, he was the one that drafted out the plan. If winning could make them feel this way, he was obviously feeling it much more he was just doing his best to hide it.

“I DID IT!”

He also yelled loudly, but that was all as he soon turned to face his soldiers again. Seeing the expressions of triumph on their faces, he nodded to himself before giving them a speech.

“Soldiers! We already accomplished everything that we planned, now is the time to find all the terrorist bases and take what belongs to them”.

“As the victors, everything that originally belongs to them is now ours. Their wives are ours; their wealth is ours; their equipment and machine are ours; all their net worth is ours”.

“Today, to wrap up this legendary raid,” he paused for a moment as a wide grin took over his face. “Let’s loot the terrorist bases!”

“For Vatican City!” He pumped his fists at the air.

“For Captain Clark!”

With that, they finally got set to leave the city. Clark being the leader of the operation took to the front, his exotic car having drunk the blood of thousands of terrorists today led the charge.

It was just a car, but to the soldiers who were currently following their leader, it was already like a totem of the city.

Putting outside the help that it rendered to them in killing the terrorists, just its identity as their leader’s one and the only exotic car was enough to grant it a transcendent status already.

The soldiers were tired from the battle, but looting was a sacred act that could even motivate depressed individuals intending to commit suicide.

All their exotic vehicles were mobilized again. Leaving only 40% of the soldiers behind to safeguard the city, the rest all went into the nearby forest bordering the city.

Only an order from Clark made the huge energy shield retract back underground, so their passage was smooth.

The movement was a little hasty, but Clark had his reasons for enforcing it. 2 terrorist Commanders escaped; if he didn’t act fast enough, those 2 may retrieve all the loot that was now rightfully theirs.

As soon as they entered the forest, they started a sweeping raid.

With top-notch scanning and detection devices, nothing on the earth, under the earth, or even above it could escape their vigilant eyes.

Like Clark expected, as terrorist bases that possibly already stayed here for decades, they were filthy rich.

Vatican City lost a lot of money from the expansive destruction caused by the battle, but the wealth of the terrorists could offset a lot from it.

Only 30 minutes, that was all it took for them to loot all the terrorist bases, leaving them as bare as Captain Brigg’s bald head.

After doing this most important sacred ritual, they finally returned to Vatican City to meet the rewards of their daring action.

They returned as not only soldiers but heroes.

…

“Ugh!” A deep masculine voice grunted, sounding tired.

“Titus, you’re dying, you need to rest”.

“No, keep going”.

Commander Titus had a fierce expression on his face as he firmly rejected his counterpart. Despite the drain that was slowly sapping him dry from his soul, he tried to endure through it.

His body was currently resting on the female Commander’s, and she was the one who helped him move forward slowly.

After the last move that he made to break through the energy shield, he felt drained like a fish that was dried from all water on the sun. His heart felt squeezed, his lungs felt hot, everything about him went wrong.

He urgently needed a doctor, but he did not dare stop.

In such a vulnerable state, if any of the 3rd rank high-grade soldiers currently in Vatican City met him, he was toasted meat.

Persevering through the pain, he continued forward while leaning on his companion for another 15 minutes before they stopped. They finally left the borders of the cursed city.

Turning back, he looked into the distance at a city with a complicated expression on his face.

“I wonder what the higher-ups will feel”. Commander Keidi sighed.

Commander Titus scoffed. “Who cares about them?”

He took a deep breath. “Whether they like it or not, another Leonidas is being created already”.

“What a world!”