Connected World's

Operation Kingdom Shield II's

Lieutenant General Norman who returned to the command building, he immediately greeted several officers who seemed busy with their respective duties.

"Continue gentlemen"

Norman said as those standing saluted him to immediately lower that attitude and return to continue their duties.

When he reached the operation control room where several officers appeared to be working on a lot of documents using their laptops.

"Lieutenant General, please have your coffee"

A Second Lieutenant who had just walked into the room started to give him the warm cup of coffee he had just made.

"Thank you Second Lieutenant Raymond"

"By pleasure, Lieutenant General"

The Second Lieutenant returned to his sitting position in the corner of the room, Norman began to turn on his computer where the screen showed the latest information about the development of this world.

'The information we have still includes socio-political, structural government and economy, we still do not have a definite answer about the existence of magic'

As he begins to look at the attachments of the letters in one of the files, reports of the hand-transfer to interrogate Tiara will be carried out by one of the members of the Intelligence Specialist 0231 O-4/Major Vincent.

The agreement is still waiting for confirmation from him, Norman himself he began to see a list of biodata from Major Vincent's, the, and it's quite impressive to see Vincent's achievements during his 15-year service with two Re-Enlists each time his contract expired.

'Maybe he's reliable'

...****************...

Pentagon, United States.3 March 2023

In the meeting room between the military higher-ups in each branch, a man in the military clothes of an officer with the rank of Brigadier General began to stand up and show the report that was in his hands.

"Gentlemen, the situation is starting to change. We lost six of our marines behind the world to a unilateral attack by a kingdom that showed no potential for negotiations between us and them. We're so lucky the media still doesn't pay much attention to this so we can give false information about why they died, but I'm sure you all know that sooner or later this operation will be uncovered"

As he finished speaking, the Brigadier General then sat back down, the monitor screen in the room began to light up which showed a woman with white hair who was currently in the holding room.

"According to Norman, the woman was the prime suspect in the incident, reports said that the female undercover force carried out a unilateral attack on the Marine base and began attacking civilian areas, due to the situation, and that the police were not involved in the incident, Norman has to use sea assets from the U. S. Navy, I hope you understand that"

The two men who had the post of Lieutenant Colonel in the Navy and Air began to stare at the monitor where they witnessed the complete report of one of the officers who accompanied the Brigadier General.

'The situation seems to be getting worse, huh?'

The Brigadier General thought while looking at what they should report to the congress next year.

Meanwhile, at Delta Headquarters prison, Major Vincent, Intelligence Specialist O-4, while about to enter the room where Tiara was detained began to fix his clothes.

He was wearing a standard black suit but the US pin logo appeared to be attached to his right chest as a symbol that he would be a representative in this conversation.

"Sir, thank you for taking over this task, we have had a very difficult time getting him to work with us"

One of the lieutenants appeared to ask him to speak before he entered the room, Vincent only replied with a nod before he entered the room

The sound of the iron door opening made Tiara's gaze diverted to the figure that entered this room.

"Hmp, are you here just to ask me? Surrender, I won't speak for a moment no matter how much you torture me"

Tiara in a loud tone seemed to be trying to intimidate the man who was likely 40 years old with a thin beard on his face.

The man named Vincent then sat across from Tiara in the detention room where Tiara had been raining various questions from the intelligence team.

As Vincent sat down, he began to put the documents on the table by slamming them a bit, making a sound that was not too loud but enough to make Tiara's attention fully fixed on him.

"Can we just go straight, Miss?"

"Hmp! You're human, you're trash! How dare you call yourself human after cooperating with those demons"

Tiara's slurs seemed to provoke Vincent, but for men who were trained and experienced longer in this field did not make him hooked at all, He actually opened the attachment of the document in the envelope of the file.

"Let me repeat, you're Diara Claudisse, am I right?"

"Tsk! Why did you spell my name wrong!? I'm Tiara Vunois Claudisse! Crown Princess of the Kingdom of Claudisse who once recorded history as a kingdom that defeated demons!"

He said proudly making one eyebrow Vincent slightly raised.

"Well, sorry for my earlier disrespect, Tiara? Am I right?"

"Your! This time you're right, so what do you want from me? You can't be here just for a little fun"

Firmly Tiara with a sharp look, Vincent once again did not flinch, he answered the gaze as if it was just a joke

"Okay, I'll introduce myself earlier. I'm Vincent, I represent the Delegation for talks between the United States and your Kingdom"

"Huh?"

Tiara did not understand the meaning of the words of Vincent, because according to him a sentence like Delegation is a vocabulary that he never knew.

"What did you say? what does it mean that you're some kind of representative of another human kingdom? Hmp! You guys must be so proud to beat us?"

With a haughty tone Tiara still did not care that he was now under their detention.

"All of you here should not be too arrogant, for if the other human kingdoms knew that if you cooperated with Satan, you would be wiped out"

Threatening Tiara, again a flat expression still plastered clearly on the face of Vincent who did not bother about it at all.

"So, you are one of the crown princesses of that kingdom? Can you explain to me what makes your kingdom more attractive than other kingdoms?"

Tiara who heard Vincent's words that seemed interested in his kingdom began to chatter with a tone that contained deep pride in its place, but for Vincent himself, he did not care at all about the chatter, deep in his mind he analyzes the personality to the attitude patterns of the Tiara which he can use to attack his mind effectively.

'He is just an ordinary teenager, facial expressions to emotional speech are still fairly unstable. It's too easy'

".... That's how we are, we're a kingdom full of irreplaceable cultural values and transcending magic..."

"That's enough, I don't want to listen anymore"

Cut Vincent in a resolutely resolute tone made Tiara slightly turn towards him with a look of anger but Vincent's sharp facial expression managed to silence Tiara from words.

"We don't care about your kingdom at all, we don't care about it, now you have to understand your situation, son, do you understand that you're in custody because of what you did?"

"Ha!? what does that mean! I didn't do anything wrong, we did it because they're Devils! They are nothing more than enemies of man!"

Tiara was firmly in her seat, but the next thing Vincent did again made Tiara silenced.

"Geek!"

Tiara's small scream when a hand hit the table hard enough to add Vincent's sharp expression made Tiara silenced in fear when she saw that expression.

"So quiet, you gotta understand, son, you're here because you we're holding, whatever you say won't change the facts about it. I want you to work with us, or I guarantee you'll hate what I'll do to you if you refuse my request"

"What .... What do you mean I ...... Uh..."

Tiara was cut off from the words she was about to say when she saw Vincent's still unaltered sharp expression, the expression was gripping to the point of making her spine shiver.

"I say again, cooperate or face what I'm going to do to you, I give you 5 seconds to decide"

Threatening Vincent with an icy tone, Tiara would argue but somehow she felt so scared of this person before her

'He just scares me. There's no way he's.....'

A gaze that had no clear intention, plus a very pressing aura made Tiara feel that her life was in danger if she said something wrong.

"A...are you going to hurt me?"

with a slightly quivering tone, Tiara started talking trying to return Vincent's extremely sharp eyes.

"Under HAM's terms, I wouldn't hurt you, if, you cooperated"

A little curious Tiara wanted to lure Vincent, but the words he was about to let out were stuck in his throat as if he did not dare to speak which could provoke them.

For Vincent himself, for him it was too easy to interrogate someone using only simple actions.

Speaking from his experience during his tenure as an Intelligence Specialist makes it very easy to guess a person's personality and weaknesses just from the way he talks.

And it turned out that it was still effective for otherworldly humans.

'In part why do they think that using teenagers will be very influential in fighting?'

Vincent's reading of reports about Tiara's ability to control magic makes him a little interested in the fact that the human abilities of this world.

Just a little interrogation with a sharp gaze managed to make Tiara stutter and quiver in fear, a method that relied on one's Psychology to fight against the person was the most effective way in their world.

Seeing that Vincent and Tiara's frightened affair was over, Vincent began to stand up and walk towards the exit, but once again he turned to Tiara who was immediately shocked in fear

"You're gonna keep us on hold, and don't try to do something that makes us resort to rude methods, do you understand"

Strictly Vincent answered with a nod from Tiara as if he did not dare to fight him.

In the room of the Joint Operation & Tactical Center, Norman saw a report coming to his desk where the results provided by Vincent was enough to make him satisfied

'I was expecting this to be so'

From Vincent's conclusion, the Human Kingdom very clearly does not tolerate the existence of humanity in cooperation with the demon race, in other words there will be potential conflicts that will occur in the future.

This report is almost the same as what JAD reported to him three hours ago about the possibility that the team was targeted by the human kingdom for bringing three humans from their world back to Headquarters

"Sir, should we keep an eye on the kingdom?"

One of the communications and intelligence operators began to propose advice to Norman.

"Good advice, order E-2 to monitor the location of the kingdom, provide status updates for once an hour"

"Affirm"

His laptop screen then shifted to another document attachment coming from the Pentagon as to what they should do at the moment.

Meanwhile in the Administrative district of Rosella de Voir Junois, Jonathan Crish, the rank of Corporal.

He walked down the busy city streets with various things, and one of them is the process of rebuilding and repairing buildings that look old eaten by age.

'You know how many times I've seen this, I still don't tire of how race differences spoil my eyes'

Jonathan thought as the various races with unique features on their bodies made a very interesting sight for him and the Marines who were here.

"Hm? Is there anything I can help you with, Sergeant?"

A sergeant who suddenly came to him without much talk directly brought him back to the Keating base where Colonel Anderson was.

'This is gonna be a problem'

Jonathan thought with a sigh.

And just as he thought, Jonathan who was in the tent of command center FOB (Forward Operation Base) Keating, was greeted by a serious gaze from Anderson

"Your corporal will be assigned together with the 2nd Company, 5th Mechanized Infantry, be prepared, your assignment will last for 2 Weeks"

"Yes sir"

Corporal Jonathan, he is currently unable to refute the order shortly after receiving the confirmation warrant Anderson gave him

Slightly annoyed, Jonathan walks toward the armory where he retrieves the supplies he needs during the assignment, listing the supplies listed in the manual record of supplies and weaponry.

He thinks this is very troublesome and annoying because if you are wrong or lacking in care even if you eliminate the equipment in the record, be prepared for your salary to be cut by 80 percent for 4 full months if the equipment has a price value above $50 thousand USD.

'Damn it, why did it have to be this way'

Jonathan thought when he looked at the list of weaponry to the equipment he had to bring to this mission.

A particularly troublesome fixture is the M203 Grenade Launcher which is usually mounted under the barrel of an M4A3 weapon for a Grenadier like him or an M16A4 for a Rifleman.

'If it looks really cool in the photo, in fact the weapon mounted with M203 is very annoying, adding that thing you only add weight to your weapon, not to mention if in a down position, not to mention in the down position, aiming at your weapon with it attached under the barrel of a gun, it's almost impossible to get in a comfortable position to shoot'

Jonathan started putting M203 in his gun, and then he got another thing that was as troublesome as that.

Namely FGM-148 Javelin, an object that has a value exceeding his salary for a full year, now he must take it again to the combat area.

Unimaginable of the burden he had to carry onto his body in this mission, Jonathan sighed again while crafting every piece of equipment given to him by the Inventory crew of the weapon.

The mission includes surveillance and border control operations that are likely to result in armed contact, so the team is supported by Abrams tanks and LAV-25 and Bradley armored vehicles.

'Too weird they're sending Abrams to the front line'

Jonathan thought as he stared at the Abrams crew who had started to prepare the tank.

As Jonathan finished with his preparations, he walked out to the meeting point with the team where he would be under the leadership of First Sergeant Oprah.

"Copral Jonathan Crish, 0311, Rifleman, Grenadier Infantry, Alpha Company, 1st Company Division, reporting for duty"

Say Jonathan to First Sergeant Oprah who nods when all the squads have gathered, the total Marines sent were 50 Infantry and 30 Combat Engineers who were responsible for 12 armored vehicles that were their assets on the front lines.

Jonathan himself when he saw the vehicle that was ready to move began to raise his eyebrows,

'Don't you send 4 Abrams there a little too, overkill?'

He thought as he looked towards 4 LAV-25, 2 M2-Bradley, and 2 Humvee.

Their mission sounds very simple but if he thinks again, it is impossible for this mission to be just observation, it is very clear that Delta Main Headquarters must be thinking about the posibility of large-scale armed contact

...****************...

The king who was currently sitting on a throne with a woman with long white hair seemed to exchange views.

"So, do you think they're a threat to us?"

The King asked in a calm tone to the woman who was a legitimate Queen of the kingdom Claudisse, Her Majesty Queen Solia Yunos de Vunois Claudisse, the woman smiled with a very cold gaze when asked like that.

"They've sided with the demon queen Rosella, and they also managed to defeat my daughter's army, it's very clear that they're a real threat to us"

"Hm.... I can't ignore that fact"

"Then, do you agree with my proposal, King Arthur?"

"....."

The king was silent for a moment before he turned to Queen Solia.

"I think you're right, we can't just sit around, we have to get rid of them, this I think is part of the prophecy for us"

"Fufu.... Then I look forward to your squad preparation"

"You too"

As Solia exited the throne room, Arthur gazed up at the ceiling of the room where a large painting looked very beautifully engraved on the ceiling.

'The prediction that a mysterious presence will change the world, I'm not sure if we can even fight them'

He who has witnessed the ability of humans who claim to come from the world where the hero comes, makes him a little curious what will happen in the future