The next day, as the Soldiers woke up, they cleaned themselves and donned their military uniforms, which bore an insignia that was unique and didn't have any affiliation to any of the branches of the military.
Their uniform had a special insignia which signified that they were a special team which was sent only when a few people were deployed for a special mission or when there was an infiltration task.
As they left the team's quarters, each soldier carried a bag which from the looks of it appeared to be extremely heavy. But surprisingly, the soldiers carrying the bags seemed to not be bothered even in the slightest as they made their way while carrying more than 350 kilos on their backs, without having the need to exert any strength at all.
Following instructions which were provided by Athena through the gears which they were wearing, they entered the elevator.
And much to the surprise of everyone, upon boarding the elevator and after the door got closed, the elevator immediately started rising to the higher floors instead of descending to the ground floor, soon they realized something as the elevator didn't stop and continued to make its way to the highest floor.
Soon, their curiosity was also answered after a few moments as the elevator finally came to a stop and its doors opened, revealing an expansive flat rooftop
And at the moment, the rooftop housed five super massive helicopters, which the soldiers were sure were unlike any others in the whole world. These helicopters looked futuristic and were intimidating even as they remained powered off for the time being.
Without wasting any time, all of them started boarding the helicopter which they had been designated to. As the door closed, the pilots powered up the helicopters, immediately showcasing the difference between the remarkable capabilities of these helicopters which were far superior to the rest of the world. The rotor went from being completely idle to rotating at full power in just ten seconds while being scarily silent enough for many soldiers to think if it was still operating in low power mode, but contrary to what they had thought, the helicopter wasn't going to get any louder than what they were hearing at the moment.
The massive reduction of noise from the rotors was the result of them being rotated by using the electromagnets instead of the usual rotor system, which at the same time eliminated the need for any mechanical connections, reducing the number of things that could possibly go wrong in a normal rotor driven helicopter.
At the same time, due to the reduced friction and mechanical losses, it also allowed the helicopter to have a much longer flight endurance while having a reduced fuel consumption and with the energy denseness of the fuel, the helicopter now had the capability of flying for three days straight without having the need to refuel during the period.
With the helicopter now being completely powered on, the pilots immediately lifted them off without having to worry about the other helicopters causing a problem for them as the only thing the pilot had to care for right now was to control where and how he wants to direct the helicopter to go, as for how this feat was accomplished, it was thanks to the advanced flight controlled system which will use all of the control surfaces available for it to control to bring the given command to life without failure, while the pilot only had to focus on navigating the machine, leaving everything else in the hands of the system.
With the helicopter started, it quickly started gaining altitude until it reached its ideal altitude and then immediately started heading to its designated location where these soldiers would be stationed until the batch of new trainees graduated.
Aron on the other hand was inside his living room, observing the helicopter as they departed and were heading to the border. A sigh of relief escaped his lips realizing that his worry was now lifted.
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45 minutes later.
The helicopter landed a few kilometers away from the temporary base that was set at the border, without letting any soldier in the vicinity have the idea that helicopters had entered their surroundings.
Both sides failed to pick up the presence of these helicopters on their radars, which in itself was nothing to feel proud about, knowing that the radar systems being used were pretty outdated.
The soldiers got off the helicopters one by one and soon enough, the helicopters lifted off, leaving them on the ground by themselves. With the helicopters gone, the soldiers immediately started walking to the bases that were established on the borders of Eden.
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[Sir, they've arrived] Nova reported to Aron about their arrival.
"What is Athena's next course of action?" stopping what he was doing, Aron asked the question.
[She plans to gradually start reducing the number of soldiers on our side to minimize the casualties on our side in case the other side starts firing] Nova reported back.
"Good. By the end of next week, we should have all of the soldiers now stationed there to be withdrawn from that border. How are your calculations regarding when they are going to attack going?" Aron then inquired.
[That task has been delegated to Athena and she predicts that to happen at the latest by the end of the month. Us starting the rotation of our soldiers will be seen as the window of opportunity, increasing the chances of them launching an attack during that period] Nova reported.
"Excellent. It's about time that we have our confiscated material returned back to us," Aron said without a sliver of worry because he was sure that the fifty soldiers that were stationed there were capable of dealing with the enemies as long as they had enough ammunition, especially since Athena had sent with them an overkill of them.
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At the same time, on Esparia's base on the opposite side of the border, an order was received which was sent through the military encrypted channel.
After the order was decrypted, it was immediately sent to the commander of the base who read it, immediately resulting in the formation of a smile on his face as if it was precisely something that he had been hoping to happen.
There was only one sentence written on the decrypted message: Start the preparation for entering paradise.
"Hamisi, come in," he called for his assistant to enter the room, disposing of the paper into the shredder.
"Sir," Hamisi saluted after entering the room.
"Call the high-ranking officers and inform them we have an emergency meeting," he commanded without wasting any time.
"Yes, sir," Hamis replied with a salute before immediately leaving the room in a hurry to accomplish the orders given by the commander.
