Several military vans were seen heading to the headquarters direction. Jonathan was in one of the military vans and he was resting his back on his seat.
The seat was comfortable and relaxing. It would definitely make a civilian fall asleep but not a soldier.
Being in a vehicle like this means they were heading to war, and the mind would never want to suggest sleeping.
In his former world no soldiers were bold enough to sleep inside a military van, and it was the same thing in this world. Nobody was cocky enough to sleep off even though they were only heading to the headquarters. The tension was simply inexplicable, however Jonathan looked like somebody that would be breaking the rules soon.
He rested his back fully on the seat. Charles' words were still ringing loudly in his head.
Charles said absolutely nothing to motivate them. He simply said they were heading to the headquarters for a quick training so that they would be able to participate in the upcoming war.
Even if Charles had said some extraordinary vocabularies, Jonathan would've translated all as garbage in his head.
Just as Jonathan was relaxing. The guy opposite him tapped him in his shoulder. The guy's name was Julian and he was part of the people that didn't awaken the martial arts ability.
"What was the battlefield like?"
Julian spoke when Jonathan faced him. Before Jonathan could say anything, the guy opposite Julian responded with a smile on his face.
"What are you thinking, asking this weirdo how the battlefield looks like. How would a martial arts ability user be able to describe the battlefield for somebody that is superior to him."
With that the guy on Julian's left hand side chuckled.
"I heard a lot of people died, well that is because they were all martial arts ability users, only Commander Greyson was the true soldier there."
The guy named Luke voiced out as he faced Julian and Cater.
Julian faced Jonathan back with a half smile on his face.
"I am sorry for asking you man. I will just experience it myself."
Jonathan felt like hitting them in the face not for belittling him, but for calling Commander Greyson the only true soldier, when a lot of people gave up their life to ensure their ass stayed safe in the base.
The three boys immediately started discussing among themselves when Jonathan cut them up with a gripping tone and words.
"You are not immortal."
Jonathan said that to get the boys attention. They looked at Jonathan puzzled by his words and Jonathan continued.
"Because you didn't awaken the martial arts ability doesn't mean you are immortal.
Everyone dies. You will see how the battlefield looks very soon, and perhaps you might only get to see a glimpse of it before you get swallowed alive by a giant rat with saliva rushing through his tongue!"
Julian couldn't help but throw up when Jonathan finished.
Jonathan crossed his legs and he softly sounded.
"You can't even handle the narration and you will physically be there soon. If I were you, I would just pretend to be a normal human being. You might not awaken the martial arts ability, but you are weaker than them, both mentally and physically, and you know. The battlefield deals with you mentally, so I don't know how you are going to survive the next upcoming days.
Good luck on dying quickly, man."
Julian threw up again when Jonathan finished. His friends quickly rushed to help him. They stared at Jonathan angrily.
"That is enough, pal. Don't say things like that. You are scaring him.
You are just jealous that you awakened the martial art ability while he would be awakening something bigger, which means he will be a better fighter than you!"
The place was silent for a while before Jonathan suddenly burst out laughing.
Jonathan continued to laugh for a few minutes before he finally voiced out.
"You guys have no idea what you are getting into. You think this is about awakening the martial arts ability or awakening the summoning ability. The battlefield doesn't care what abilities you awaken, all the destruction of this world comes at you at once, then you will know if you can withstand the force of the destruction or not.
If you can, then that is when you can fully call yourself a soldier. But if you can't, then you have been pretending all these while, you are nothing but a child watching a military parade on the TV and thinking you are actually one of them."
Jonathan's last few sentences were strange but it made Julian throw up again. The faces of Luke and Carter became ugly. They didn't speak anymore until the military van arrived at the headquarters.
It was night already and it was raining as well, but even though it was raining, a military personnel was waiting for them, and immediately the doors of the vans opened, the military personnel's voice was heard loud and clear.
"Welcome to the headquarters. It's already dark so your training will be starting tomorrow. right now, I will be awarding you to your different rooms.
Go to sleep immediately, tomorrow you're going to get your ass ironed until you all collapse to the ground!"