Universal Power System

Mako quickly took out the remote control that had a small screen to look through the drone camera and sure enough, when he switched on the display, the drone was staring right at the screen that was flashing with different colors with some words written on it.

[NEW ANNOUNCEMENT]

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The title had a counter underneath it which probably represented the time remaining until the flashing stopped.

Mako controlled the arms of the drone and made it tap on the screen of the tablet, making it enlarge and give details about the announcement.

The flashing of the screen stopped and the tablet automatically opened up the events tab where the description of the new announcement was highlighted.

[Horde Night Update]

[Due to unforeseen achievements of the cadets during the horde night thus far, the main commander has ordered the last and final wave of the horde night to be conducted tomorrow night, giving the cadets time to rest up and reenergize before the final fight.

Additionally, the safe unhighlighted zones of the map will also be hit with a slightly weaker version of the four regular waves of the horde night tomorrow night that the cadets within the highlighted zones have experienced tonight while the previously highlighted zones will be hit by the fifth and final wave of the horde night.

Cadets within the safe unhighlighted zones of the map have no choice but to face the 4 waves as now they have received an additional day to prepare while those who have survived the four waves tonight have the choice to either move to the unhighlighted zones where they will be safe and wouldn’t have to face the 4 waves all over again.

Keep in mind additional credits will be awarded to those who muster up the courage to remain within the highlighted areas and face the fifth and final wave. The main commander himself has promised a special reward to those who can manage to defeat the fifth and final wave of the horde night.]

A huge smile appeared on Mako’s face as he read the special announcement made by the military. He had no idea what kind of achievements would propel their main commander to make such changes to the horde night as to him everything had been done exactly the way the announcement they received a couple of hours ago had stated.

They would face five hordes of different beasts in five different waves, each wave would be an hour apart from when the cadets defeated the last wave, and with each wave, the beasts would become harder and harder to defeat, and Mako and his friends had been doing just that so he didn’t understand the achievements part.

Mako didn’t even realize the gravity of his own thoughts and just ended up chalking it up to maybe some other cadets doing something spectacular that might have caught the military’s attention, even though there were only three groups of cadets that had been able to defeat all four waves of the horde night thus far.

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Far away from the location of the shelter on the west mountain where Mako was currently resting, another duo was also reading the special announcement on another information tablet, this duo being Haruto and Natasha.

“What do you want to do, Natasha-kun? Should we stay here or flee?” Haruto asked innocently to Natasha who had a devilish smile on her face.

“Do you actually believe, I am going to risk my life just for a few extra points? If I had known that tonight would have been a horde night, I would have never stayed here in the first place, but it all worked out in the end. All we need to do is survive and make it to the military school and then we will be free. Come on, we are leaving!” Natasha responded crudely before dashing forward toward the nearest safe zone.

Haruto sighed as he placed the information tablet back in its case and jumped down the tree to chase after Natasha.

In all honesty, Haruto was very afraid of Natasha from the moment they had first met during a duel as a form of initiation to join El Diablo’s gang. Natasha had used her abilities to bring out his worst fear and she was able to shake him up so much that not only did she win the duel, but Haruto made sure to never cross her in his life.

Eventually, Natasha started to grow fond of Haruto and practically ordered him to join her group which was then eventually put under Mikhail’s lead. Natasha treated Haruto just like a pet and made him follow her every command. She liked when Haruto accidentally called her “Natasha-kun” one time, and made him only call her by that name only and Haruto couldn’t do anything but oblige.

During his time basically serving Natasha, Haruto learned a lot about Natasha’s personality and the best way he could describe her was as a cruel and cunning fox. She was incredibly smart and cunning; however, she wasn’t loyal to anyone and would always betray her comrades and side with the stronger party just to save her own skin.

She was so good at what she did that even Haruto was shocked to learn that she didn’t actually care about Mikhail one bit and only became his girlfriend so that she could come even closer to El Diablo and become promoted just like Mikhail was.

Haruto knew that Natasha would never let him go as his shapeshifting was a valuable asset that she could exploit for her own gain in the future and he had no choice but to follow along as a part of her fear aura was permanently placed inside his brain which would trigger the moment she thought he had betrayed her, trigging all those memories that he has tried so hard to suppress.

“Come on, Haruto!” Natasha yelled as she increased the gap between the two of them using her speed ability.

“Yes… Natasha-kun…” Haruto replied in a depressed tone as he ran after her toward the nearest safe zone. 𝚋𝚎ｄｎｏ𝚟𝚎ｌ.ｎ𝚎𝚝

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On the completely opposite side of the island, a single person sat on a very thick branch of a tree while also reading the announcement. He was covered in blue blood and there were several mutilated bodies of dead Frost Cobras laying on the base of the tree.

The person had multiple piercings on his face and a very thin layer of blonde hair on his head. This was the same person who had interrupted Brigadier Jones’s debriefing and was called by Mr. Wesley.

After reading the announcement, the boy jumped down from the tree branch and grabbed his backpack. He took out a couple of snack bars that he had found earlier and slowly started walking toward the direction of the safe zone.

Even though he had defeated all 4 waves by himself with no help, he was extremely exhausted and had gone past his limit, which he wouldn’t be able to recover from in just 12-13 hours so the smart thing for him was to just move to the safe zone and save himself from getting eliminated because having too big of an ego.

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[5 minutes later]

Erin and Leon were sitting beside Mako who had just finished explaining to them what he had read from the announcement and that they practically had two choices.

“Why is this even up for discussion, let’s start moving as soon as Iris and Bill wake up. We can easily make it past the base of the mountain even if we start moving tomorrow afternoon, which means we will be safe by the time the horde night begins again,” Erin said.

Leon was giggling on the inside like a little girl as he watched Erin make the same suggestion he made an hour ago, but he knew that the circumstances were different and so he didn’t say it out loud and just agreed with what Erin was saying as he was onboard that idea too.

“I hear you guys, but I still think we should stay and fight,” Mako replied after listening to Erin’s suggestion leaving Leon and Erin both shocked.

“How could you even suggest such a thing?! We all almost died while facing these previous waves and the fifth one is going to be even tougher to beat. We won’t get penalized if we escape to the safe zone so what’s the problem?!” Erin shouted in anger toward Mako.

“I understand what you guys are saying, but I also have a couple of reasons as to why we should stay and fight the final wave,” Mako argued back in a polite manner.

Before Erin could blow a fuse and completely go wild on Mako, everyone became quiet as they heard both Iris and Bill waking up.

“What’s all this screaming about?! Can’t a guy get some sleep around here?!” Bill shouted in a rowdy manner as he slowly rubbed his eyes while sitting up straight followed by Iris doing the same.

Bill continued to just rub his eyes while still dozing off a bit while Iris was now fully awake and with a concerned expression started asking the group several questions.