Luminary

Episode 18 - You Can Cry on My Shoulder

The ship arrived in China safely, close to the front gates of the capital Beijing where IBI's army made of knights, mages and soldiers were making a temporary base.

In the head of the Liberation Army was a young adult called Draco, a man dressed in knight armor and a massive two handed sword on his back, pacing about near the barracks.

Draco: Phew...

He was regarded as an outstanding field general, but even he couldn't think of how to overcome this situation. Allied forces were scattered while enemy forces gained backup from Dennis.

Needless to say, morale had hit rock bottom.

Actually, retreating right now and reorganizing their forces was the better choice. But the problem was that the Forbidden City Palace was still under Dennis' control and there were many Chinese IBI soldiers among the army who wanted to take their former capital back.

The IBI has people from all nations, but this was China, the Chinese agents' pride was at the line.

Draco: Where are the reinforcements that Brazil and Australia promised...

Draco was trying to come up with a plan to overcome this situation to the best of his abilities, but they didn't have enough forces to execute any plan after Dennis' fearsome "Royal guard" and henchman arrived.

Draco: Fuck me...

Without any change, he couldn't think of any solutions no matter how much he thought, however, when Draco was about to let out a long sigh, a voice came from behind him.

Luiz: You might get stronger lungs if you keep sighing too much like that.

Draco frowned and looked back after hearing that, assuming some insolent soldier had made a joke, but only saw two guys.

Draco: W-who are you two?!

Luiz: Name's Luiz, I'm Commander Rosweel's Apprentice.

Leo: And I'm Leo. We came after getting the call for reinforcements.

Draco came to his senses and returned to his business-like attitude as he nodded.

Draco: I'm one of the liberation army's leaders, Draco. Currently in charge of this bunch. You must be the leader of the famous Team Luminary.

Draco offered his hand to Luiz for a hand shake, but Leo grabbed his hand instead.

Leo: Yup, pleased to meet you. Wait, did you say "famous"?

Draco: Well, your team wasn't a well known group before. Leaving aside how unknown its members were, it hasn't even been that long since it was formed, but word has spread around about your consecutive blows on the White King's forces and bases.

Draco's expression brightened after hearing this group's name, let alone any reinforcement at all.

Draco: Thank you so much for coming to assist us. I actually started to think my calls for help fell on deaf ears.

Luiz: Well, enough chit chat, the rest of our members are waiting for us in the transport. We came just to discuss the strategy.

Draco: Wouldn't be better if you all participated?

Leo: No, well...

Insolent voices came from behind Luiz and Leo as they tried to explain.

Nana: ...I'm just saying that you two air heads should focus more on the fucking mission!

Paris: Easy, Nana, there's no point in being moody all the time.

Nana: Listening to what's happening here come first. We didn't hurry for no reason.