Cale woke up with a severe headache. He clutched his throbbing head and glanced around the well-lit room.
"Where am I? Did I not die from that explosion?"
Cale mulled his current situation while grabbing his hurting head. He stood up and was visibly shocked when he realized where he currently was.
"This room is kind of familiar, this messy double-deck bed, the dirty floor and the old version of a computer. This is...."
Cale hurriedly checked his pocket and found an old iPhone 12. He turned it on and was quite shocked to see the date shown on the screen.
"7:50 AM, August 20, 2020."
"Did I possibly return 30 years from my time? How is that even possible?" he sighed heavily.
He went outside the room and was greeted by a loud shout of an angry teen.
"Caaale, wake up now or you will be late for school again!"
"Trevor, you're alive?" Cale asked in a disbelieving tone.
"Of course dude! What the fuck is wrong with you. Get dressed and go with me or Professor Lyndon will scold you again. I should have not allowed you to drink more beer last night." Trevor said in exasperation.
"I really returned back in time." He walked towards Trevor and hugged him tightly.
Trevor was surprised by Cale's actions and was not able to escape from his hug.
"What the fuck bro! I don't swing that way! Get your hands off!" Trevor struggled fiercely in Cale's arms.
In the year 2042 when both Cale and Trevor were already soldiers of the Alliance, they were stationed in one of the temporary bases in Nigeria.
When the sky turned dark, as soldiers who experienced the terrible flames of war, they were alert in securing their camp. But despite their carefulness, the enemies advanced weaponry still overwhelmed them greatly. Laser beams were shot at them and they can do little in fighting back such advanced weapons.
In that very same battle, Trevor and Cale were able to escape the surprising assault. But many elite enemy soldiers were able to track them making their escape a hellish one. And in order for one of them to stay alive, Trevor chose to hold the enemies back to give Cale enough time to escape.
Trevor might be one of the most elite soldiers of the Alliance, but even someone like him died miserably at the hands of their enemies.
Cale was able to escape death, but at the cost of his closest friend. He regretted not being strong enough to fight the enemies and vowed to kill as many of them as possible. He honed his skills and trained every day like a madman. His training paid off and he even had quite the reputation after his big leap in strength. He became well known as the Gun Sovereign.
One man, one gun, and rivers of blood will flow.
His overwhelming feeling of rage drove him into a killing frenzy. Every time he sees those humanoid invaders, he kills them with no mercy, causing some members of the Alliance to fear him. Such strength was truly quite a scary spectacle.
Now with Trevor alive in front of him, he felt excited that he can finally repay his favor.
"Seriously bro, release me. If some ladies will see us, then they might misunderstand. What the hell, my handsome reputation! Fuck off!" Trevor flailed madly but to no avail can he escape Cale's strong grip.
Cale released him and looked at Trevor like looking at his dearest wife.
Trevor felt a chill down his spine when he saw the look in Cale's face.
"I should have not allowed those guys to make you very drunk last night. Fuck! Stop staring at me like that you.." he pointed his shaking hands at Cale and put it down hurriedly after seeing his usual cold and indifferent look.
"Wait for me, I'll get dressed fast," Cale said as he looked at the angry face of his friend.
"That bastard! He dares make me wait, now I will be late to Professor Lyndon's class as well." Trevor complained helplessly.
After about fifteen minutes, Cale went out of their room with a white shirt and black fitting jeans. He looked like a model with his handsome face and with the addition of his tall height, many girls fell head over heels with him.
"This is the last time I will go to school Trevor," Cale said casually which made Trevor visibly shocked.
"Are you crazy? Is this the effect of that beer last night? Did it smash your brain into craziness?" Trevor angrily asked him.
"No, I'm serious. And I have plans as well. First, of course, is making money." Cale answered seriously.
"Hey bro! Are you planning something illegal? The fuck, don't destroy your future with that shit bro!"
"It is not illegal, but I will be mining a lot of gold." his cold look was now replaced with an evil expression.
Trevor was shocked at his reply, he couldn't help but ask curiously "Did you perhaps discovered a gold mine bro?"
Cale smiled at him and nodded his head while signaling him to keep quiet.
Trevor glanced around and when he noticed that no one was there, he asked "Are you sure about this? How much do you think is it worth?"
Cale said while shrugging his shoulders "I'm not entirely sure, but I think around several hundred million pesos."
Cale merely provided him a rough estimate of the worth of the gold mine that was discovered in the year 2026 by some Filipino miners. There were even rumors about a large number of diamonds and expensive pieces of jewelry being found as well. And if those rumors were indeed true, then the exact value of that place was more than a billion pesos.
"So, are you with me?" Cale smiled evilly as he looked at the hesitating Trevor.
"Don't worry, this mining plan will be much safer than you think will be," Cale added.
The gold mine that Cale mentioned was actually a treasure room from an ancient royalty. It was said that the golds were gifts from the Spanish colonizer to the strongest native Rajah of the Philippines in the fifteenth century.
This Rajah killed a number of Spanish soldiers who wished to take his lands by force. With his two giant bone swords, he killed hundreds of Spanish colonizers which brought fear to them. He captured the ones that surrendered and locked them in a wooden cage.
The Spanish colonizers left with no choice brought a lot of gold and pieces of jewelry as a gift to the Rajah in order to release their captured companions.
'If the story that spread that time was indeed true, then I will be rich in just one stroke.' Cale thought as he smiled evilly.