Unexpected Circumstances

Seeing his general lose all his jewels, Renaldo is thinking about the current circumstances, he needs more information first, because this is different from what he is expecting.

Based on history, the Juramentados were just Moro swordsmen who uses drugs and their massive belief in their religion to survive those low caliber bullets, especially when they fought against the United States Army during the Philippine-American War, they were actually one of the reasons why the US stopped using low caliber revolvers and reinstate a new type of weapon, the M1911. The US soldiers were so scared of seeing people get shot, stumble down and then get back up again, like the immortals from legends, hence the Immortal title.

This new type of information baffled Renaldo, as he didn't expect that the Juramentados are connected to the Spirit Realm. To be honest, he doesn't even know that there are spirits! The most unexplainable thing he knew about in his past life was the discovery of the Atlantis 5 years before his death, when humans have finally explored the depths of the ocean. At first, humans thought that Atlantis is a magical place but they can't be more wrong, Atlantis is actually a technologically advanced civilization that shut its doors entirely towards the outside world, Alas! The Atlanteans never opened their doors towards humans but only sent a single envoy to study and communicate with mankind, The Shark Princess, Bawr Bura.

Renaldo shuddered at the thought, this current predicament is a wrench in his plans, a massive difference in history that wasn't included in the stories. If the spirits were real, then why didn't they show up? Why are there no information about them in the codex? Is he still on the Earth that he knows or is this a secret hidden by those higher ups? What changed? What gives?

After finishing his inner monologue, Renaldo's inner nerd is actually excited about the prospects of having spirits as his soldiers, Yes, he wants to conquer them and bend them to his will! because he remembered something The Overseer told him about before, that this world is the most stable world out of the countless ones in the cosmos, therefore making it possible that while these spirits are strengthened physically, with heightened characteristics, maybe peak human strength and peak human intelligence, and some low fantasy magic, but they won't be able to fight against the sheer numbers of mankind and their technology, for they are on earth, where mana is at its thinnest, and the laws of the world are absolute, where science prevails over magic!

After pausing for a few minutes while digesting his thoughts, Renaldo asked Bonifacio to calm down before asking a few more questions about the situation and what exactly happened. The General was panicking but with Renaldo's persuasion, he calmed down a bit and told him about the proposal of Orion, which gave Renaldo an inkling about what happened in the past, Renaldo immediately thought that maybe Orion's wife died before the Americans came, and this made him withdraw from the issues of this world and left the Juramentados on their own.

"Okay Heneral, this is what I want you to do, first, tell their leader, Orion that I am personally going to give him a visit to negotiate about our terms and agreements, of course, I have a war to fight and prepare for so tell him that I will go there after this battle against the incoming Spanish Forces. If he doesn't agree to wait, then immediately pull your forces out and return here, we will come back and deal with them later."

Bonifacio, gulped down his fear and said;

"I will convey your message master, and I'm sorry for my initial outburst, I was out of my wits seeing things that are way out of the norm"

Seeing that his general has gathered himself, Renaldo said;

"It's normal to be afraid heneral, especially towards the unexpected, that's human nature. But do not apologize for you did well, I would've soiled my pants if I was in your situation, I won't accept your apology for you are not in the wrong, you did great and I commend you for it, but you are dismissed for now"