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Chapter Twenty-One [The Capital]

I feel bad my updating schedule has gone to absolute shit. I can't stay consistent! D: Besides getting grounded, it has also been hard to stay inspired.

I have a solution that is somewhat working, basically whenever I can't write I just stop and go write something else. It seems to work and give my brain a chance to relax from my stories.

Also, I'm not grounded anymore because I got accepted into some summer college programs and what not, which the only reason I got grounded is because I didn't submit a form. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS FINE BECAUSE I STILL HAD TWO DAYS BEFORE THE PROGRAM DEADLINE, AND BESIDES THAT PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS I GOT ACCEPTED TOO. *Cough* anyways, I'm no longer grounded

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Chapter 21 [The Capital]

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For the remainder of those 12 days, Adam and Jin have not been on speaking terms. Not once have they looked each other in the eyes without mentally throwing daggers at each other's back and muttering hateful swears under their breaths.

And poor Barney really did try to smooth things over between the both of them, but neither were interested. And it really sucked, because besides Adam, Jin and Ross were selected to go to the End. One because Jason said he needed his apprentice, though a more accurate term was lackey, and Jin had risen to the top of his trainee division quite quickly and was exceptionally skilled. Of course he came from a pretty decent family with a good record of excellently skilled Players.

So Barney had to stay behind. But Ty and Tyler, the TnT duo, were also staying behind. Despite being the most powerful team in the AHD, Ty original expressed his disagreements to the expedition and not to mention he was also the head of the AHD. So he had to stay behind to run it, and Tyler, was a much stronger person with Ty around, so....it was better if he stayed.

It was early before the break of dawn, so many Players and OP's were gathered in their tired states. Many were anxious for the day because it would be a long ride to the capital. Adam wondered where the End portal was. Since he's never heard of the existence of the End until he came to the AHD and what not.

There were four lines, to represent the four teams. Two teams for attacking, one for defending, and a team for Jason. From what Adam gathered from Seto, Jason, and Tyler talking over these past 12 days was that the main point of the mission was to gather certain resources only found on the End. And while Jason's team did that, the other 3 teams would fight and defend to secure an exit. Because as Adam came to learn, once someone enters the End, there is no way out except to kill the dragon. And as he also learned, the dragon seemed to return even after being killed, no one was sure how, but it was only after a few months would the dragon return.

But he didn't need to worry, he would be helping Jason, and there was some good fighters on this team.

Adam looked around at those in the 4th line with him. Obviously Jason and Ross were in this team, then there was O, and that one girl he remembered the name of when she was called. Katie, or something like that. He didn't know everyone's name here, but there was a good deal of them, 15 in total...Oh, and did he forget to include Jin in the list of people he "knew". Yeah...He was here in this group too.

"Alright! Today is the day, I expect you all to be on your best. This is a rare opportunity that doesn't come around every century, and this is also a dangerous mission," Tyler stood in front of them with a mask of concern, but he hid it well.

Ty stood beside Tyler and all eyes turned to him, "As you know, this mission only picked those of you who are qualified, so as Tyler said, all of you must be on your best. As members of the AHD, I expect all of you to work together and persevere, rely on those around you, fight for each other, defend each other. This is a matter of life and death, and it is far easier to die than it is too live. If you value your life, you must value the lives of those around you. Remember that, and never give up.