It was just 1 P.M when Landon and his crew had just arrived at a very small island close to Terique.
It was believed that the island was inhabited by pirates.... But so what?
Ever since they had arrived, they had immediately gone out to look for these pirates, and had already successfully locked all of them up in their own dungeons there.
After searching through the place, they had quickly seen letters from Nopline as well.
It seemed like the reason why these men were able to stay comfortably here.... was the fact that they were under Nopline"s protection.
Hence no one dared to do anything to them.
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They searched for a while, and soon.... they had also freed up the slaves and innocent people who had been taken by this pirate as well.
For sure... when asked if these prisoners wanted to leave or come with them, some chose to return back to their own empires, while others chose to follow their saviours in the end.
Nonetheless, Landon had agreed to everyone"s request... with just one condition.
And that was to only leave this island once his mission had been completed.
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Now that the island was theirs for the taking, it would be a great area to hide their ma.s.sive wars.h.i.+p undetected... as they didn"t want anyone having any funny ideas while they were gone.
As for how Landon and his crew would invade Terique.... Well, they would do so with the use of hot air balloons!
One had to know that it has been a month ever since hot air balloons had been made.
And while the attraction site was still under construction.... Landon had immediately requested for all warrant officers and those of higher statuses should learn how to pilot these balloons immediately.
Of course the Marines, Navy and Coastal guards also had to do these tasks as well.
So every week.... he had requested that everyone should parachute down at least 14 times a week.
That was 2 times a day.... or 3 times a day if Sat.u.r.day and Sunday were kept off.
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To start off, Landon had used the first week of training to teach the leaders and teachers to parachute down on their own.
Of course for their first 3 times.... He had strapped himself to each of them and had jumped down with them.
It was safe to say that everyone was scared silly with their first 2 attempts.
But after that, they soon calmed down and even began to think rationally while in the air.
And on the 4th day of the week.... Landon had told them to jump out on their own at least 10 times that day.
For sure, everyone had that first initial fright.... as they all thought that they must be mad to jump out at this height.
But after doing so without his majesty a.s.sisting them, they felt very free while descending onto the ground.
It was like they had somehow conquered fear, and they could even fly like the birds in the sky.
It was a feeling that was truly hard for them to explain.
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As for where they landed, well.... they soon realized that controlling the parachute wasn"t that easy as his majesty had made it seem.
On that day, they were supposed to land on an open field within District B.
But some ended up at the entrance of the police academy, while others almost ended up back at the barracks instead.
How disgraceful!
As teachers and leaders, how could they mess up lime that?
Lucius had almost ended up at the entrance of the Marine academy with the way he was maneuvering the parachute.
But when the others looked at how seamless Landon had managed to Landon directly on target every time, they couldn"t help but nod in appreciation.
As expected of their king.... nothing was ever hard for him to do.
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All-in-all, on the 7th day of training, each leader and teacher had jumped off from the hot air balloon a total of 30 times on their own..... And 15 times while being strapped to his majesty, Landon.
And by the end of it all, they had gotten pretty good at landing on the targeted spots.
Granted they weren"t perfect, but after repeating something over and over again daily.... Come on, one would definitely get the hang of it to some extent.
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And after that week..... they in turn, started teaching the other warrant officers and all those with higher positions as well.
One should know that teaching was also a form of training... So they had also been improving daily as well, while being strapped with their students.
As for the students, they had been learning for the past 3 weeks now... And had to jump out at least 14 times a week.
So in total, some of them had jumped out a total of 52 times.
While others had increased that number by jumping out at least 5 to 10 times on weekends... making a total of 74 to even 91 times these past few weeks.
But of course, since the warrant officers and even those with higher positions knew how to fight pretty well.... Landon prioritized those who had more control and handle over parachuting, as well as those who excelled in piloting these hot air balloons when choosing men for this mission.
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"Warrant Officer Wayne.... Join the others and hold up the hot air balloon"s envelope."
"Captain Raymond....please ensure that each person had a parachute on them."
" Warrant officer Cederic.... Get the weapons and place each weapon type in each pa.s.senger stall."
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As the command was being given out, those freed slaves all had a look of shock in their eyes.
What sort of contraption was this?
They watched the large cloth (balloon)/grow bigger and bigger in awe.... and they soon looked at their saviours with wors.h.i.+pping gazes, especially the leader of the group.
"Sir G.o.d... Do ... Do you need food to eat?"
"Supreme G.o.d.... Please don"t walk on the ground, as your feet might get dirty.
Please let me and my brothers carry you instead".
"Ahh!... As a person from Terique, I never believed that G.o.ds actually existed.
But from today onwards, I will definitely turn a new leaf and believe in the heavens!"
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And so, Landon and his crew prepare for the mission helplessly.
But in the eyes of these people, the G.o.ds had finally descended from the heavens.
"Praise the G.o.ds!"
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