Chapter 2 - Phantom Wolf Squad

"Major General, Sir!"Cale turned around to look for the one who called him, noticing Colonel Sanders running towards his direction. He smiled at the Colonel, sending shivers down the latter's spine. The title and aura of this middle-aged major general were too great for someone of his status. Such a man was even feared by their unknown enemies.He stopped right in front of Cale and saluted him. "Sir, the Grand Commander has given me the task of following you on your mission to save Major Murphey. I'm also going to tell you all the pieces of information Major Murphey gave us before we lost connections with him." He said this while avoiding the smiling face of Cale fearfully. His knees almost buckled under the invisible pressure produced by the man in front of him. Although he had no superhuman strength, the man could kill him in a blink of an eye even if he was unarmed."Good! Call the Phantom Wolf Squad members, and tell them that we have another mission to accomplish. Also, I want a detailed copy of all the information provided by Major Murphey and his squad. You have until tomorrow to do all this. As for the Phantom Wolf Squad, I want them ready at the open field at 0800 hours tomorrow." Cale's cold voice was a prickling needle in Colonel Sander's ears.He shook off his fears and answered in a loud voice while saluting Cale "Sir, yes Sir!"Cale smirked at him and walked away, but Colonel Sanders maintained his position and only put down his hand when he could no longer see Cale's image. He sighed in relief and was sweating like crazy just by talking with him.He was about to look for the Phantom Wolf Squad when a cold sweat ran down his spine at the mere thought of that squad. This squad was a group of elite individuals personally handpicked by Cale himself. It only has eight members in total and is nine if Cale was included. This team might be small, however, they were famous for having accomplished the infamous 'Operation Meltdown'. The main goal of that operation was to destroy a base of the unknown enemy. The enemies numbered a few hundred, but they were all killed by the squad, which was personally led by Cale himself. Although that was only one of many enemy camps, the fact was that they were able to kill several hundred elite soldiers of that unknown group, it sent a message to the whole Earth Alliance. Despite the lack of fighter robots on that base camp, the enemy still had more advanced weaponry. The Phantom Wolf Squad being able to kill those elite enemy soldiers without futuristic weapons was truly a magnificent feat."Shit! Would those dragons among men even listen to a word I say?" Colonel Sanders thought worriedly as he looked for the Phantom Wolf Squad.After more than thirty minutes of walking and asking around, he learned that they were training in the underground training room. He hastily went to the location, as he was very afraid of failing to accomplish the task given by the Major General, Cale.He arrived at the entrance of the training room but the gigantic door was locked, and without the authority of the people inside, all he could do was wait for them to finish their training.He waited outside for several hours, but there was no hint of them leaving anytime soon. Colonel Sanders' heart beat erratically, and he wondered what the price of failure was.After waiting for another three hours, the room finally opened and a tall, hulking man holding a gigantic Z-Steel shield with his left hand exiting the room.Z-Steel was discovered by Phantom Wolf Squad in the very same enemy base camp they conquered. Humanity also found out in glee that the Z-Steel was capable of deflecting the laser guns of their enemies. The Earth Alliance quickly extracted the Z-Steel from that base camp and made several weapons from them.This gigantic two-meter tall shield was a personal request from the hulking man in front of him. As thanks for their squad, the Alliance approved his request and made this one-ton shield. And in the entire Alliance, only this man was capable of lifting it. The man goes by the name Baron, he was also a Major and was famously known as the Earth's strongest man.Baron, as strong as he was, still suffered greatly at the hands of Major General Cale. He was defeated within three minutes in hand to hand combat. And Cale destroyed Baron in less than a minute in shooting skills. But this did not stop Colonel Sanders from looking at the man fearfully. In the entire Alliance, only Major General Cale was capable of making this man submit wholeheartedly.He cleared his already dry throat to get Major Baron's attention and called him in a trembling voice "Major Baron, I was tasked by Major General Cale to call your squad. He said that he has a new mission for you guys to accomplish, and he wants all the squad members at the field at 0800 hours tomorrow."The hulking Major Baron glanced at the tiny Colonel Sanders briefly before turning around. His deep voice then traveled his ears "Understood!"Colonel Sanders' knees grew weak and he trembled in obvious dread. 'He was only one of their members and he was not even the strongest in overall capabilities," he thought nervously. "There was still that terrifying assassin Saber and that deadly sniper Uriel. If I will not die from this mission then just being with these monstrous people is enough to drive me crazy'Inside the training room, Major Baron informed his squad members about what Colonel Sanders told him."Good! My hands have been itching for the battle for quite some time. Now with this sudden call from Major General Cale, it can only mean that there will be another dangerous mission for us,"  a middle-aged man holding a futuristic sniper said in excitement."Will, that Sanders guy go with us in that mission? If so, then he might only slow us down." said another middle-aged man as he cleaned a Z-Steel sword in his hands with a clean, white cloth."Don't underestimate Sanders. He might appear cowardly and weak, but his strategic ability is even better than Major General Cale himself. He is also skilled in dual-wielding pistols and his rifle skills are top-notch. As one of the students trained by the grand commander, he can never be as weak as he seems to be." said a man who was fully covered in black clothes, casually playing with a deadly looking knife.The rest of the members just sat in silence and pondered about what kind of mission they will be tasked with tomorrow.