The Military officer looked at Alex like he was stupid.
Why on earth would any D- rank awakened come to a Floodgate a whole tier above him? It just didn't make sense to the guy.
It was just suicide.
But since Alex's information checked out, he couldn't really do anything about it.
If Alex was here, it meant that the university had agreed to let him take on this mission, which the Military officer didn't have the authority nor the effort to override.
If he wanted to go and get himself killed for such a stupid reason, then he wasn't going to stop him.
He was just a logistics officer, it wasn't his job to authorise who could and couldn't participate in this mission.
"Well, Alex, your information has been confirmed with the database. If you can just wait here while I go and fetch your Floodgate emblem, then you can be on your way in no time." The Military officer said.
Alex just nodded his head at the guy and watched him sprint away towards one of the nearby buildings in the military base.
He could tell the guy thought there was something wrong with Alex for coming to this place, but Alex didn't need to explain anything to him.
And just like he said, the Military officer returned in no time with an item in his hands.
"Here's your Floodgate emblem. Happy hunting!" The Military officer said with 'enthusiasm' before he handed the emblem over to Alex.
He left immediately after, leaving Alex to his own devices, giving him the chance to inspect this thing that would supposedly record all of his kills and contributions in this Floodgate mission.
It didn't look particularly striking at all, it was silver in colour, covered in some other little red sparkly specks which he suspected had something to do with the monitoring system installed inside it.
They were probably just the assortment of different devices installed inside of the emblem that allowed it to track Alex's data, like cameras, heat sensors etc.
'He said the Floodgate is 500 kilometres north of here. I guess I should get moving then.' Alex thought, after hooking the emblem to his chest.
Not even the C+ rank awakened leading the pack of mercenaries and students had an aura as strong or fierce as Alex's.
'It's time to put my new abilities to use!' Alex thought, as he jumped right into the action.
His first target was a Mutant C rank beast that over a dozen Ordinary C- rank awakened were struggling to deal with.
'Phoenix flames!'
Alex decided to put his newest talent to use first, and a terrifying, deep red fire appeared in his hands.
The flames the area surrounding Alex, which drew the attention of both the awakened and the Rhinoceros-like beast towards Alex's location.
The Rhinoceros was huge, at least 10 metres long and 7 metres tall. Such a thing was noticeable even from kilometres away, that was why Alex chose it as his first target.
It was just the first beast of decent strength that he had spotted.
"Who the fu-"
One of the awakened, a mercenary immediately tried to step up to intimidate Alex, but he was stopped dead in his tracks as he felt the terrifying pressure the flames in Alex's hands were giving off.
There might be a divide in opinions on whether or not he was justified to be angry with Alex, as Alex was technically coming in to steal their kill and take their contribution for himself.
But with how long they were taking to kill this beast, they were putting more and more lives at risk.
'This feels amazing!' Alex exclaimed inwardly.
The moment he activated his Phoenix flames talent, he barely even felt a lick of his energy being used up, due to the increased capacity from finishing the Heart of the Phoenix technique.
But even more amazing to Alex was the fact that unlike his previous normal Flame talent, the moment the Phoenix flames came out, he didn't even need to use his energy to keep them sustained.
Thanks to the unquenchable heat attribute, the flames sustained themselves until Alex willed them to dispel!