Adrian and Mya walked over, placed the flowers before the tombstone, and took a step back.Mya tousled her hair and looked at the tombstones all over the mountains and lamented, "They all sacrificed themselves when they're in their prime. Everything we enjoy today is what they gave us with their lives."Adrian replied, "Yes, you're right. The dead can't be resurrected, but someone has to shoulder their burden and move on. All we can hope for is for their sacrifices to not be in vain."Mya nodded. "I feel really sad whenever I come here. It's as if I can still see everything that happened before my eyes.""Let's pay them our respects and leave.” After Adrian said this, he bent his knees and was just about to kneel when Mya pulled him back up and said, "You're the legate. You can't…""Have you forgotten that I no longer am one?"Mya looked at Adrian and smiled, getting down on her knees together with him as they paid their respects. When they got back on their feet, Mya said, "We w
Lincoln turned around and looked toward the horizon. The spot he was looking at had an island, which contained a large number of corpses.Lincoln rubbed his eyes. "The mission Gloria undertook ended up with zero survivors, and I'm the one who caused their deaths for not arriving sooner. Five years since then… Yet their bodies still lie on that island. I really wish to go there and bring them back to give them a proper burial.""What?" Mya was stunned when she heard this and took a step back. "I feel very sorry for them too, sir, but do you have any idea how dangerous it is to be on that island? We don’t have the ability to do such a thing right now."Lincoln looked at Mya. "When else would we have the ability to do so if not now, Ms. Mya? The moment I close my eyes, I see them, sunlight shining on their remains and blown by the sea breeze."Legate, I remember that you were Miss Gloria's beloved. You're the one who was supposed to be on that mission, but she took your place. Are you
But Mya ultimately chose to swallow her words before she said them. She wanted to say she was going to follow Adrian there, but she knew he would surely object to it. So she thought she might as well follow them when they departed, leaving them with no choice but to let her join them.Thus, Mya agreed and said, "Okay, I'll head back to the hotel right now." She got into the car and drove off, while Adrian went over to the harbor to the northwest.The harbor was a route near the city of flowers, with a team of Wyvern Peak soldiers guarding it. After Crystal ascended the throne, she assigned Jacky Castro to guard the route. Jacky, a general of Wyvern Peak, was now the harbor general.Adrian would have to depart from the harbor if he wished to reach the island. Plus, it would be via speedboat. The journey would be filled with dangers that might appear at any given moment.***At that moment, at the harbor's base camp.Jacky was wearing his uniform at his headquarters, watching the l
"Yes, sir." Jacky chose not to say anything further when he saw how determined Adrian was. He turned around and said to his subordinates, "Prepare the NS Trinaga so that the legate can go out to sea with it tomorrow.""Yes, sir.""I'll arrange for a few people to go with you tomorrow, sir," Jacky added.However, Adrian shook his head. "I don't need a single one of your men. Just do your job and leave the rest to me. Also, don't worry about me. A new legate will be here to lead you all soon."Jacky took a deep breath, while Adrian said nothing more as he headed toward the pier. He sat down, facing the harbor in front of him, where tens of countries were within the outlands. Despite how vast the sea was, there were too many memories of the past in Adrian's mind about this place.For a moment, Adrian could not calm his heart.Shortly after, a woman appeared behind Adrian and said, "Um… General Jacky asked me to bring you some food and drinks, sir. Your room is ready too. You may go
"That's right! They say those who don't wish to become generals aren't decent soldiers, which is why my sister and I have been studying and training hard. We wish to surpass our limits when we take the test in two years.""I know you'll succeed in the test," Adrian said."Thank you!" Celene smiled. She then suddenly asked, "By the way, sir. The elders had agreed for you to carry on with your role, so why did you insist on retiring? Everyone's quite anxious now that Wyvern Peak doesn’t have a legate in charge."Adrian smiled and replied, "Take a guess."Celene chewed on her lip. "My guess is that you're trying to make use of this vacancy to attract everyone into being more passionate about taking up the role, causing them to work even harder, perhaps their best when the test arrives. You're doing this so that more outstanding talents will show up to the test, correct?""Looks like I really am too old to continue being in this position. You juniors have unknowingly surpassed me alre
As Adrian continued to sit there, Lincoln showed up shortly after. Adrian could guess who it was after hearing the sound of the footsteps behind him."You're no longer as young as you used to be, so are you sure you wish to spend the rest of your life this way?" he asked without even turning his head.There had been numerous veterans who have met unhappy endings throughout their life in Wyvern Peak, and there were many who were like Lincoln. Some of them chose to retire from the battlefield because of how much they missed their brothers. Some of them even lost their minds because of it. There are also some whose bodies crumbled from exhaustion after surpassing their limits when they were young. As a result, they were riddled with illnesses all over.Such was going to be Adrian's outcome when he got older. It was an inevitable shackle.Lincoln stood behind Adrian, dressed in his battle suit. It was an older version Wyvern Peak used to distribute, and Lincoln's had many stitch marks
Aside from their difference in personalities, Mya did resemble Gloria in many ways. Even their personalities were similar sometimes. Gloria was a woman who would bravely do or say whatever she wanted, completely fearless of the world. Even if God were to show up and challenge her, she would bravely accept it.It was exactly this personality of hers that stopped her from being able to drop her dignity and retreat from the island."Let's get on the boat."Adrian said nothing in retaliation, silently accepting the fact Mya would not leave him no matter what he said. Mya finally smiled and got on the boat with Lincoln.Behind them, Jackie yelled, "Salute!!!"With a thunderous "swoosh," the Wyvern Peak soldiers saluted the NS Trinaga.After Adrian got onto the boat, Jackie said, "The NS Trinaga is capable of diving underwater, so you can use it to retreat if the situation gets dire. It also has weapons built into it. I've asked someone to set the boat on autopilot to Isle 416. You may
Time passed quickly.A few days passed. Adrian, Mya, and Lincoln had already spent three full days out on the Sant Sea. NS Trinaga cruised forward in the direction of its destination. Sea conditions constantly changed in the past three days and the ship had encountered some small storms but thankfully, the waves died down after the storm.Mya stood on the deck and looked out into the sea in the distance. She turned her head and said to Adrian, “There’s still an hour to go. We’ll be leaving our waters soon and arriving at the international waters. I hope everything will be fine!”Isle 416 was located at the edge of the Sant Sea and it would require at least a week’s time to get there. The third leg of the trip would be the most dangerous. One would need to face more than just the weather upon arriving in international waters.“Doing okay there, Link?” Adrian turned his head to look toward Lincoln.Lincoln was old, his back bent and needed a cane to prop himself up. Upon hearing Adr