The Mercenary Queen Strikes Back (Lily Hastings) novel Chapter 100

Chapter 100

Before they tried out for the force.

Violet, and Brooks were all stationed in the war zone, but they’d never

Some were from spec-ops member, others handled covert assignments.

They’d all tramed their bodies and skills to a sharp edge-none of them were what one’d call average.

But because they were so young and their jobs so different, they’d never been sent to real battlefields.

In other words, to earn a shot at joining the task force, they’d spent countless hours secretly drilling-but when it came to real-life combat, they had zero experience.

After all, Zoria was a peaceful country-no wars, no battles-so there were barely any chances for them to storm the front lines.

So guys like Andrew, Brooks, and Aurelio, even though they were spec-ops members, were still pretty green at actual combat

missions

The only ones with any real experience were those like Oliver, who’d served in the field units and seen the real deal.

Oliver had been keeping a close eye on Nova ever since she pulled off that insane AK-18 teardown.

He genuinely admired Bloodforge, the legendary weapons maker, so the excitement in his eyes wasn’t faked.

But what really mattered was, Oliver was quietly sizing Nova up from the shadows, trying to figure out what she was truly capable of

He hadn’t cracked her secrets yet, but the more he dug, the more he realized Nova was anything but simple.

And the craziest part………..

She was shockingly familiar with mercenary life!

“You’ve dealt with mercs before? Oliver broke in

Nova didn’t hesitate. “Yeah,” she said, just like that

As soon as Nova admitted it, the dozen people in front of her all froze on the spot, totally dumbstruck.

Nova kept going, her voice steady.

Tve wandered through all sorts of countries, run into mercs more times than I can count.

“That’s all stuff I picked up from talking with them.”

She kept a straight face, spinning convincing lies as if it was second nature.

To be honest, before she ever returned to the Blake family. Nova barely ever lied.

day

w just to keep up her role as the Blake family’s third daughter, she found herself weaving more and more tales every

ng fuel to the fire, everyone swallowed Nova’s story hook, line, and sinker

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dered ofwhen she was a kid and spent more than a decade lost.” Andrew explained, milking the story for th. She only showed up again recently, can you believe it…?

Everyone abruptly fell silent, if they’d all suddenly realized the same thing, and instinctively closed their mouths.

What could really happen to a girl who looked so helpless if she ended up following these criminals?

Wasn’t it just like those awful stories that played over and over again on the news?

Even Violet, who’d never liked Nova, just opened her mouth and then forced herself to stay silent.

‘Nova… the girl I’ve always hated… Violet thought, feeling tangled inside.

‘All this time, I thought she was just some stuck-up rich girl… Violet muttered in her head, suddenly unsure.

‘So she didn’t actually grow up spoiled and pampered?’

“Thanks for stepping up and telling us,” the selection officer said, turning to Nova.

“I’ll go talk to them.

“If We

can settle this with cash, let’s not start trouble. Otherwise, it’ll just screw up our mission.

“Eyes on me, folks,” the selection officer said, glancing around to make sure everyone caught his signal.

Nova’s quick thinking got the ball rolling.

Pushed by her suggestion, the selection officer went right up to the squad and started negotiating face-to-face.

They didn’t even hesitate to cough up the toll fee just to get through.

Just like Nova had guessed, these mercs chasing danger didn’t/mind making a little easy cash on the side.

Why turn down easy money?

Once the cash changed hands, the meres didn’t stir up any trouble–they just waved the group through without a second thought.

As they walked past the mercenary squad, everyone held their breath, trified that even a loud exhale might set the mercs off and make them change their minds.

But Nova was the only one who didn’t seem the least bit nervous. As she strolled through, she lazily checked out the shabby tents scattered around the camp.

Up ahead, a bunch of mercs were gathered around filthy, rickety tables, yelling and laughing like wild animals, smoking, drinking, and tearing into chunks of meat like they hadn’t eaten in days.

These were the lowest of the low-mercs so far down the food chain they didn’t even get their own place to crash.

Maybe they got paid decent cash, but at the end of the day, they were just selling their lives for somebody else’s dirty

business.

For them, every day was a win-just surviving was all they could hope for.

Nobody ever knew when death would come knocking-maybe tomorrow they’d just drop on some battlefield, with no one even blinking an eye.

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cony kinds who groot lost when they were young never get to see their pares PAN.

witut adult was one of the lucky few.

seas the busiest street in Trinova-yet everything here still felt stuck in Zoria’s nineti

time itself had never movet

Innova was hardly what you’d call modern-filth, chaos, and total

had a few stores open, their neon buzzing in the darkness

the selection officer said as he led everyone to a hotel near the strip

dle to anything in Zoria-everything here was basi

was about as good as at got

eryone could speak to the turtley with the way to

once they checked in, the sclery

cer grusted

This time, our mission is to snatch back a resear

nova’s number-two drug lord’ the selects

1. Hayes was a research scientist from Zora

the Dr. Hayes

While passing through Trinova, he was kidnapped by Mihoon, do

Later, Zoria sent in a crew of elite operatives and managed to rescue Dr

ft behind.

Word was, the report had solved the puzzle of a deadly disease-any convey would kei priceless.

Mihoon was eyeing that report’s worth and planned to sell it to whoever paud the hughest price

No way the war zone was gonna let this go down

1 his fight was on-there was no backing out now.

Mihoon and his crew are making the deal tomorrow night, out in the slums

secret

Wouldn’t surprise me if they’ve set up some ambush out there.

We’ll figure out the plan tomorrow afternoon. It’s late-get some rest so we’re ready to roll

Get some rest, we need to stay sharp for the big fight tomorrow?”

After the meeting ended, Nova didn’t head for her own room like everyone else.

Instead, she snatched Andrew by the arm just as he was about to go upstairs, dragging him out the hotel

se one’d use to scoop up a stray kitten.

are you seriously heading out this late? In Trinova, of all places? What are you two even doing Oliver called our

hack when he spotted them slipping out the door.

Nova shot back, not bothering to look over her shoulder.

going for a walk, Oliver shook his head and headed upstairs with Leanne and the others

here Nova was taking him, Andrew scratched his head and trailed after her

make it look so easy? Andrew wondered, confused by how someone as petite as Nova could tag alag

ut even breaking a sweat

they stepped outside the hotel, “Haah…” Andrew yawned, still half-asleep and trying to figure out Nova’s plas Nova, why drag me out here so late? You get the creeps walking alone, so I’m your bodyguard now

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heath a straight answer She just glanced over, her voice cool and matter-of-fact, “Are you the type tra ney!

“Cry Me Come on. I’m a grown man-that’s not really my style.” Andrew replied, wriggling a little in embarrass

“Crap, my underwear’s riding up again… Andrew cursed silently, trying to fix it wilkout Nova noticing.

They turned down a couple of side streets and ended up at the mouth of a dim alleyway.

Even though it was a slow night for foot traffic, Andrew had no problem spotting the casino up ahead. The place stuck out like a sore thumb-loud, packed, and bursting with energy, its neon lights glaring through the gloom.

Oversized red letters loomed above the entrance: “Seduction Casino”.

Inside and out, gamblers milled about nonstop, turning the whole scene into a rowdy nighttime marketplace buzzing with noise and chaos.

“Seduction Casino?” Andrew echoed, his eyes bulging as he stared at Nova in disbelief.

He paused for a moment, then sneakily reached down the back of his pants, trying to discreetly fix his wedged underwear with zero dignity.

“Nova, don’t tell me you’re really planning to-

But before he could finish, Nova swung her leg and landed a sharp kick to his backside.

Not only did Nova’s kick yank his underwear tight like a rope, but the jolt of pain was so sharp that Andrew nearly let out a wolf’s howl.

Before he could make a peep, Nova clapped a hand over his mouth fast as lightning.

He didn’t even get a chance to scream and let out the pain.

Getting booted right on the butt hurt like hell for a second, but it was the kind of pain that faded fast and left no lasting damage.

Honestly, it was just like when grown-ups swat a kid on the backside-makes one yelp, but that’s about it.

It stings enough to teach one a lesson, but it’s not gonna actually do any damage-just like how grown-ups swat a kid’s butt to make sure they never forget.

Nova’s kick, plus her hand clamped over his mouth, left Andrew no room to yell. The sting was so intense it made his eyes water on the spot.

In no time, his eyes were all red, looking like he’d just finished crying his heart out.

“It’s game time,” Nova said, cool as ever.

gew was still reeling in confusion when Nova grabbed him by the collar and dragged him right up to the front door of

tion Casino.

muscleheads stood guard at the entrance, and the moment Nova and Andrew made their way over, they blocked them. th broad shoulders and barked out in Veldorian, their accent thick and unmistakable.

are you two? What are you doing here?]

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Chapter 100

juction Casme wasn’t the kind of place that just let new faces stroll in whenever they wanted.

A newcomer had to report to the casino office first-real name registration only. Full name, nationality, ID, all the paperwork-one wasn’t getting past those doors without proving identity.

Getting stopped at the door was exactly what Nova had expected.

She didn’t panic at all. She just grabbed Andrew still sniffling from the pain-and put on a look that was equal parts nervous and desperate.

She replied in flawless Veldorian, her voice steady and convincing.

“ຂ້ອຍໄດ້ມາຫາພໍ່ຂອງຂ້ອຍກັບອ້າຍຂອງຂ້ອຍ,ພໍ່ຂອງຂ້ອຍຢູ່ໃນກາຊີໂນ,ອ້າຍຂອງຂ້ອຍບໍ່ຍອມໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາເຂົ້າໄປບໍ?

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