Preparation Day

Two days later, the most awaited moment has come. Everyone was expectant at the grouping results. Though, the real deal will commence on the next day, they can't help but get nervous on their teaming. The team will decide their future.

When they get wind that the Austere Captain was also included in the Melee.

Heck, who knows how many of them was anticipating to be in his team while most of them is feeling uneasy about it.

It wasn't only the Austere Captain, there are also personalities that has a huge impact too, just like Caelan Rose, Kimura Mato, He Xie, Fargo Erich and many more. Those are few examples of people that they should look forward to.

At exactly 10:00 am. The grouping results has been announced and all of the list was shown on the screens. Since this is a mash-up from all the Sect, many was unfamiliar with each other. Just imagining how many soldiers that belong into a single sect is a head ache.

There were too many. Hopefully, they didn't include the Marine and the Air Force corps, or else who knows if war would outbreak at the very ground of the military.

There was a total of a 300 teams. Each team consists of ten members only. The groupings was made by the pairing of the each, Combat, Survey, Strategic, Medical, Investigator, and others, the Forensic Sect was even concluded.

When Caelan saw the groupings he immediately launch forward Aka's cottage when he arrive, he saw the man leisurely looking at the groupings like as if this was nothing.

"Which group are you?" asked Caelan at Aka with a curious gaze.

"Don't worry, even if we meet each other at the battle field I won't harm you" Aka nonchalantly answered.

"F*ck, don't take this seriously" cursed Caelan. He know that once this man gets serious, he won't stop until he felt satisfactory.

"Well, I don't and I do. This is a great opportunity" Aka said pretending that he isn't the antecedent of all of this. He is a great pretender.

"That's a fudge. There's no way I'm going to losing my damn life in this training from hell" Caelan rolled his eyes as he went at the kitchen and opened the fridge. As usual, it's always filled with goods. He grab a can of cola.

"You're really a malefaction" Aka uttered though he didn't see Caelan went into the kitchen. He clearly fathoms everything that was happening around him even if he wasn't looking around. Especially if it was his peat.

"so what team do you exactly belong to?" Caelan asked as he open his phone and went to scroll at the grouping list.

"Team 37" Aka replied boringly

"Team 37, team 37…." Caelan hurriedly searched at the team from the Military's Melee Forum and he nearly spat the cola he is drinking.

"What the hell is with this grouping!" he exclaimed as he saw some familiar names on it.

"Well, you can't blame me. The upper ups said that they closed their eyes upon teaming each other so there wouldn't be favoritism"

"Favoritism my *ss! Your team is already the winner before this sh*t would even begin!"

"This isn't a competition, thorn"

No matter what Caelan couldn't believe his eyes. Beside Aka on the group was a name he was very very familiar with. It was Gear Seige! If Aka was number one then this man is in number two!

What's the point of fighting anymore if these two powerful aces was on the same boat? Aren't that a terror?

Gear Siege, was the Survey Sect ultimate fiend. He is the said captain of the survey unit where Mato belongs to. He is also obviously, allied to Caelan and Aka for Thorn to react this way, he is gob smacked. This is too unfair!

"I will really report this matter to the head quarters! Closed their eyes when choosing, who do they take me for?" Caelan spat as he cursed those geezers.

"That will do, good luck" Aka replied in earnest. This grouping wasn't impactful toward him and it was all just serene toward him. He doesn't mind whose team he is aligned with as long as he is able to put a fight and that's all.

"Only I'll, if I'm on the level as you" Caelan retreated, like as if he will go and charge those higher ups for just a simple matter. Of course he was just joking. That would be very shameful and unreasonable.

Thus to begin with, they're all soldiers here. If they complain about this matter, that would be of course can cause a bad reputation right at them. Before becoming a licensed soldier, they had undergo agonizing, tormenting trainings and most of all, they had already come this far and pledged their loyalty at the military, that no matter what, they will be liable at any assignment the Military would throw at them.

They have their own pride that won't just crumple because of this.

Without determination, man is an untempered sword.

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work, body and soul. The greatest difference between men is the ability to see and to act that's why this Melee was established to begin with, it will become a foundation for someone to know his self, as it goes, Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.