Cadfan shook his head. “I’m not too sure either. There have been divergent views and different opinions on this matter all these years, but no one has any conclusive evidence. Slowly, this matter has already passed for too long, and no one has continued pursuing the truth behind the matter anymore.”Porter sneered and said, “It seems as though being able to work out splendid plans and devise strategies that will assure victories from a thousand miles away is far from enough! If you want to gain a foothold in this world, you have to have an active mind and the ability to fight! If Curtis Wade could have had ten percent or even just one percent of Ten Thousand Armies’ power back then, he would not have been murdered at such a young age!”Cadfan was slightly startled. After that, he quickly came back to his senses, and he hurriedly smiled and said, “Porter, you’re right! These days, there is no point in just having a good brain. You would have to master both the pen and the sword!”As
While the young people in Oskia were still playing with drones that cost thousands of dollars as they filmed blindly in the wilderness outdoors, Hamed’s subordinates were already using these kinds of inconspicuous things to achieve complete airborne monitoring of their local battlefield. The advantage of being completely suspended in the air was that the drones could remain stationary in the sky while observing the target closely, unlike the Global Hawk from the United States which would need to constantly fly around in circles around its target.On the other hand, Hamed had already long made his own tactical arrangements while being in awe of Charlie’s abilities to plan and devise strategies. Through the image transmission signal uploaded from the sky, Hamed analyzed that there should be no more than one thousand and two hundred people from the other party.Moreover, they were currently circling around toward the west wing, and there was an eighty percent probability that the op
The first and best plan was for Zephan and his men to secretly sneak up to the entrance of Hamed’s permanent fortification so that they could suddenly rush in and catch them by surprise. That way, they could destroy and kill Hamed and his men inside the fortifications that they had built themselves. This was also the goal that most offensive and attacking parties would be most eager to achieve in all offensive battles. This was because this was the only way to get their objective done with the greatest ease and the least number of casualties. The second-best plan was to use the RPG rockets to accurately strike the permanent fortification with precision after reaching the vicinity of the permanent fortification. This method was similar to the process of blowing up the bunkers and artillery in anti-Japanese films.As for the third and worst plan, it would be for them to storm in and launch a forcible attack at all costs.However, the third plan was rarely ever successful.This was
Ten minutes later, the artillery that was attacking Hamed’s frontal position stopped on time.Three thousand soldiers on the frontal battlefield carried hundreds of RPG rockets as they charged toward Hamed’s position once again. This group of people had already been beaten once just now, and they knew that the enemy had very fierce firepower. So, all of them were very nervous as they launched the second attack out of fear that they would be killed if they made any mistakes.However, since they had already received a military command, even though they were all afraid, they could only bite the bullet and charge forward with their heads held high.Very soon, they once again entered Hamed’s fortifications’ firing range. Hamed naturally showed no mercy toward these kinds of people who were courting their own death all the way to his doorstep. So, he immediately ordered his soldiers to fire and kill as many enemies as possible. The second round of fire was immediately exchanged betw
In order to snipe Zephan’s troops, three hundred of Hamed’s soldiers immediately closed off the entrance of these firing points from the inside after entering more than thirty of these firing points. This way, each firing point would then become an independent bunker, and the soldiers inside would have no way to retreat either.Although there were many drawbacks to this method, there was also an advantage to it. The advantage was that the soldiers inside would coexist with the bunker as they had cut off their only way of retreat, and they would have to be determined to fight to the very end. So, their will to fight would be very high. Each firing point could be configured with five to ten men depending on the size of the area and the angle of the design.The configuration of the firepower inside was light and heavy machine guns, as well as RPG rocket launchers.In addition, it was also equipped with adequate ammunition reserves as well as enough food and drinking water to last t
As Zephan led the thousand soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies to charge forward and rush toward the slope on the west wing, he had already fallen completely into Hamed’s encirclement on the west wing.Just as Zephan was still worrying about missing the opportunity to win the battle and was leading his men to charge forward quickly, he did not notice that there were already multiple stone gaps that had suddenly turned into flat black holes.Immediately after that, the machine guns started firing instantly!The sudden gunshots were extremely loud! Zephan could only hear gunshots all around his ears. Before he even had time to react, he then heard the miserable wailing sounds around him accompanied by the sound of soldiers falling to the ground after getting hit by the bullets!One thousand men were completely targeted by the muzzles of more than two hundred light and heavy machine guns as well as dozens of RPG rocket launchers.After that, there was a heavy and not in the least mis
The other mercenaries who followed after him could not escape this fate either. They were all quickly shot to death, one after the other, and all of them were killed in action in less than thirty seconds!This one-sided massacre only lasted for less than five minutes before it came to an end.After that, Hamed’s soldiers came out of their bunkers as they began to clean up the battlefield. Based on the post-war statistics, there were a total of one thousand and one men from Ten Thousand Armies, including Zephan, who were all killed in the battle without any survivors at all. As for Hamed’s side, there had sixteen casualties with six deaths and ten injured soldiers, none of which had life-threatening injuries. This was definitely a complete and total victory.At this moment, after waiting for a long time and not seeing Zephan entering the battlefield from the side even after he had already lost nearly a thousand of his soldiers in this feint attack, the supreme commander who had
The news of the death of Zephan and one thousand soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies was like a bolt out of the blue for the supreme commander on the offensive side!It was not that he cared about the death of Zephan or the soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies, but it was because he felt that if the people from Ten Thousand Armies could not even take Hamed’s permanent fortifications down, it would be even more hopeless for the group of pathetic subordinates under his command. Furthermore, he had brought a total of five thousand soldiers here, and nearly two thousand men had died after two rounds of assault. One thousand and five hundred men from Ten Thousand Armies had died, and he had already lost at least half of his actual combat power! What was even more serious was that after two rounds of assault, his soldiers had already clearly realized that it would be impossible for them to take down Hamed’s position with their own flesh and blood. They had personally witnessed the deaths of
Jacob zipped toward Raymond, his attitude immediately subservient, "I'm sure you've seen what Zachary Evans posted on his Twitter page, and to be honest, it's so terrible that my position in the Calligraphy and Painting Association has been affected too. I mean, you've made a lot of money, right?"Hell, even if you donated ten million, you'd still have another ten million and 970 thousand in net profits. So, all I'd like to ask is for you to post something to disclaim Zachary's post.Jacob's words left Raymond in thought.For Jacob, just being suspected of fraud would definitely be terrible. In fact, his position in the Calligraphy and Painting Association would definitely be threatened—if not dismissed altogether—if he wasn't cleared of suspicion.Since Jacob was Charlie Wade's father-in-law, Raymond had reason not to drive Jacob over the brink.But that also begged another question—it must be under Charlie's intention for Zachary to post his confession, and that meant Charlie in
Raymond couldn't help chuckling just as Jacob finished—he had honestly never heard of anyone who demanded a refund after donating to charity, but he was certainly seeing one now.Still, the receptionist was clearly experienced and slowly explained, "Sir, it's a legal clause of the country that all donations for philanthropy purposes can not be refunded under most circumstances—""It truly was a mistake," Jacob quickly said, cutting the receptionist off. "I was going to donate thirty thousand but pressed an extra zero by mistake. Please discuss this with your management—you just have to refund 27 thousand, see?""Sorry, sir," the receptionist apologized. "But it's a strict rule that we ourselves do not get to access the funds that have been donated into our accounts. Every donation will be screened extensively, and if you consider that there was a major oversight on your part, you may seek legal counsel to appeal for a refund. If the courts back your appeal, our organization will the
Nonetheless, Jacob darted into Treasure Measure and plucked off his mask, asking nervously, "Excuse me, Mr. Cole? It's me… Jacob Wilson…"Raymond looked up, pausing for a moment before acting as if he was actually curious, "Mr. Wilson! What brings you here? Don't tell me—you want that bronze sculpture back too?""No, no, no…" Jacob quickly shook his head. "I would never… I returned all the way from Dubai to apologize!""Apologize?" Raymond smiled faintly, and he did not play dumb this time as he asked bluntly, "Did you come back because of Zachary Evan's post?"Knowing he couldn't deny it any longer, Jacob nodded, "Yeah…"Raymond nodded and said calmly, "That's unnecessary. I was the one who benefited in the end."Jacob wasn't quite keeping up—thinking that Raymond was just trying to be nice by telling him he didn't have to apologize, he quickly pulled out his phone.Tapping on it and bringing up his transaction records, he handed it to Raymond reverently, "Mr. Cole, I understan
The cabbie chuckled. "You're a local yet you're heading to Antique Street right away as soon as you land instead of going home? And you're still saying you're not trying to pick up a killer bargain deal?"Come on, man—it's not just you, I want that too. We cabbies work ourselves to death only for ten thousand per month at best while our friend over there made twenty million in one night. I could keep driving cabs for the rest of my life and still not make that much money."Jacob knew that the cabbie must be talking about Raymond and became even more miserable then, grumbling unhappily, "I'm going to Antique Street for business—I'm not trying to pick up some missed bargain.""No? Then you didn't hear what happened yesterday?"The cabbie was immediately curious, and without waiting for Jacob's answer, he exclaimed happily, "Look, man—it was so ridiculous not even Hollywood would put it in their script. There were these fools who were trying to sell an antique trader a replica, but th
It was nighttime in Dubai as Jacob dragged his weary body from the hotel back to the airport.As he was flying economy this time, he was left sitting at the hard bench near the boarding terminal, waiting for it to open.While he waited, his heart was torn as he tapped into the website of the Aurous Hill Charity Fund, found their donation account, and wired the entire 300 thousand he had made over to them.He had picked the Aurous Hill Charity Fund because the circles of antique collectors in Aurous Hill were all discussing how Raymond had donated half of the 20 million he had made to that same charity fund.After Raymond skyrocketed to prominence in Antique Street and became a star, it could not be denied that people admired his profound ability.However, there were also people who envied his skill in turning the tables just as there were those who were jealous he had made twenty million in a single night.Still, Raymond moved fast—soon after word spread that he had made twenty m
Elaine quickly asked, "Well, what if you can't get it done?"Jacob was apprehensive even as he sighed. "If they really pressed the issue, guess I can't even stay at the Calligraphy and Painting Association now… We will see. If things get bad, I'll just resign. I won't ask for much right now, just as long as I don't have to go to jail."Elaine nodded. "Then you should try to reason things out with Raymond Cole or ask for Charlie's help if push comes to shove. Being humiliated is still better than prison.""Okay!"-It was nighttime at Aurous Hill by the time Elaine and Jacob arrived at their hotel.Charlie and Claire had just had dinner, and Claire pulled out her phone, saying, "I just checked my flight app, and it says my parents should have landed two hours ago. They are probably at the hotel, so I'll check in on them with a video call."She had yet to open her WhatsApp when Elaine called her on a video call.Jacob was planning to check in with Claire and Charlie to put their
Hearing what Jacob had said, Elaine became anxious and pressed him as he hung up, "What's going on? You're leaving? But we just got here! My shoes have just caught Dubai dirt, so why are we leaving so soon—"However, Jacob was wiping the sweat off his brow as he mumbled quietly, "Well, at this point, I have to leave or I won't be vice president anymore."Elaine immediately fumed. "We've been married for half our lives, and this is supposed to be our honeymoon, yet we're just leaving? I've posted about this on social media too—there are plenty of people who're waiting for more posts on our trip!"And don't forget—we spent a lot on our flight tickets and our hotels! The hotel bookings can't be refunded either!"Jacob scowled dolefully. "Well, what can we do? Why don't you stay? I'll go home and get this sorted out first….""Well, how long would that take?" Elaine asked."How should I know?" Jacob sighed, uneasy and annoyed. "Don Albert is saying I have to go back and donate the 300
"But I spent 98 thousand on that bronze sculpture!" Jacob exclaimed in agitation before he knew it. "I made 300 thousand from it, and that means my profit was 200 thousand at best, but I'm supposed to return that to him as well?! That means I'd have lost my own capital too!""I can't help you if you can't bear to part with that money, Mr. Wilson," Don Albert said quietly. "In that case, you'll just have to handle it yourself.""Wait, wait, wait!" Jacob immediately became antsy and cried out right then, "Please, Don Albert! I'll return the money! I'll return it, alright?! The entirety of my profits—202 thousand, okay? At least let me keep the money I spent, okay?""By that reasoning, Mr. Wilson, when a phone scammer is told by the cops to return the money they've made from defrauding, should he be allowed to keep the money he spent on telco charges? ""Oh, I…" Jacob was left stumped and could not come up with an answer.Don Albert then pressed on, "Mr. Wilson, I've offered a prom
"Mr. Wilson, what you boys did was truly heinous!" Don Arnold growled. "I scolded Zachary myself when I found out, and I was the one who told him to post that statement!"Jacob was shocked. "But why, Don Arnold? Are you friends with Raymond Cole?""Never met the guy," Don Arnold replied.That left Jacob even more confused. "Then why are you taking his side?""I've been doing my best to clean up my image over the past couple of years," Don Albert replied coolly. "I rarely get involved in mob business or anything illicit, and everyone in Aurous Hill knows that Zachary is my right-hand man, yet he confessed to committing such a heinous crime behind my back. What is that if not sullying my reputation?"Jacob was left reeling as he didn't expect Don Albert to be so serious, but he quickly explained, "I'm sorry. I didn't expect it to affect you so terribly… It's all Zachary's fault! I wouldn't have been aware that Raymond had returned at all, but he just had to tell me and come up with