Riley was even stunned for about three seconds and almost took a shot to the heart if someone had pulled him out of the way too late.No one could blame a young soldier for feeling nervous when confronted with the highest-ranking officer in the enemy army.Anyone would have trembled in the face of a war general who was known to be more skilled than his men.That was also the case for Riley. But he wasn't afraid at all. He was just too shocked and a little nervous.The young man reflexively turned to the person who had saved his life and was surprised to recognize the person who always wore his protective helmet at a slight angle, “James.”“How did you get here? Shouldn't you be next-”James growled angrily, “What's wrong with you, why are you losing focus? Are you-”However, before he could finish his tirade against Riley, two bullets were fired at both of them simultaneously. The two didn't seem to have enough to say to each other, but they had to put their conversation on hold.Once
As if guessing what action William Mackenzie would take, Andrew Reece said, “If he knew what was going on here, he would definitely choose to hide his son's identity indefinitely.”Greg Sehel wanted to argue, but he really couldn't think of anything that the best war general might do so he could only hope that complicated things wouldn't happen in the future.On the other hand, Riley and James still looked united, even sharing the task of taking down the war general of the Fermoza Kingdom.Some of the class one soldiers looked shocked at the bravery of the two young men.“Aren't they afraid to die?”“I don't think so. If they were afraid, the two of them wouldn't have advanced to that dangerous place.”Someone responded, “Never mind, just let them be. They are too stupid.” A class one soldier responded, “Fighting a war general? Only soldiers who want to die do that.”Some of the class one and two soldiers laughed mockingly at the two young men who were considered too brave. However,
Riley immediately realized that his words had made James disappointed with him. Riley approached James carefully and patted his friend on the back. He then said, “No. I'm not afraid you'll imitate your father, James.”He paused for a moment before continuing, “You know ... anything can happen in war. Everything is possible. But ... what I mean is that you could lose self-control and kill him.”“After all, we have been at war for a long time and even this war is one of the longest wars ever fought in our kingdom. We are all tired, that's for sure. Out of exhaustion and frustration you could have done it.”James was still silent and looked at Riley as if he was judging him.However, Riley very calmly said again, “This has nothing to do with your father and I'm sure you're much different from him.”“Right?” Riley added, emphasizing the last sentence he said.Riley sighed and almost thought James wouldn't believe what he was saying. However, he was wrong. James nodded instead, “Yes, you
Without thinking Ben replied, “That doesn't matter either. If you face another enemy, General Reece will definitely take over.”Ben turned his head toward the rear, right where the main army was already advancing. “General Reece seems to have managed to take control of several enemy areas. We're just waiting for him to come here.”Riley nodded without arguing, “Alright, senior. It looks like I'll have to stay here a little longer until General Reece arrives.”Ben nodded in return and soon he was helping Riley to face Fabian Fermoza.However, as time went on, Fabian Fermoza seemed to grow bolder and bolder in attacking them. Ben realized that his ability was very far below Fabian. In fact, Riley, who was still a junior soldier, also began to look overwhelmed by Fabian.“Why is he getting stronger? Wasn't he not like that before?” Ben muttered in astonishment.His several shootouts with Fabian were won by Fabian and he had also been hit by one shot although the bullet did not emerged hi
Trembling, Alexander replied, “Forgive me, General. I sent one of my men to look into the war situation, but he hasn't returned yet. I can't do anything if I don't know the situation.”Alexander's answer apparently made Fabian instantly become angry. The tall, well-built and very dashing man stared angrily at Alexander.“You ... then, why didn't you go there yourself? Why sent someone else instead, huh?” Fabian said in a high tone that instantly made everyone in the room fall silent, mute.No one wanted to see their ruthless war general angry. That was because they already knew that if Fabian Fermoza was angry, he could do terrible things that humans might never think of.But, unfortunately, this time they were in a situation that they could not escape from so all they could do was stand still like statues as if they had not witnessed anything. “I can't possibly go there myself, General. It's very dangerous, I could get killed,” Alexander answered honestly.He did not hide his selfish
Fabian Fermoza was silent for an instant, seemingly preoccupied with his own thoughts. His silence raised many questions in the mind of Alexander who so obviously wanted the general's decision immediately. Unwilling to wait any longer, Alexander finally said, “You must decide immediately, General.”“I must reorganize our strategy immediately, General. We don't have much time,” Alexander urged.Fabian closed his eyes for a few seconds and biting his lower lip he commanded, “Prepare a new strategy, War Counselor. We ... follow their way of war.”Alexander was wide-eyed with shock at the unexpected decision, “You won't kill them, General?”Fabian exhaled harshly, “They don't plan to kill our troops. If we intend to eliminate them, won't this war not be seen as a balanced war?”“Even if we win, there's nothing to be proud of,” Fabian continued.Alexander sighed, surprised but pleased with the war general's bold decision. However, there was one thing that still confused him, “General, th
James let Riley's hand off his body and that made Riley even more anxious. However, Riley knew he couldn't be rash so he just stayed silent without saying another word before James answered his question.James sighed softly, "I think they found the legendary war general's son. But ... they hid it."Riley blinked, "You ... heard it all from-""I accidentally passed in front of their tent while General Reece was talking to Commander Sehel," James said honestly.He took another look at his surroundings and when he felt that the situation was safe, he continued, "They mentioned General Mackenzie's son who is also in this war."He looked at Riley who swallowed harshly, as if asking Riley to talk about something. But, Riley asked instead, "Did they mention a name?"James quickly shook his head, "If they mentioned a name, I wouldn't be here idly, right?"Riley grimaced, "You're right. Then, what ... are you going to do? Aren't you ... very ambitious to find him?"James sighed wearily, "Actu
Shin's words actually hurt the soldiers' pride. However, they were not allowed to reply to Shin's annoying words because suddenly the enemy troops fired several bullets aimed at them. Some of them split up immediately, preparing a counterattack. Shin was also about to retaliate against the enemy troops, but he saw James just standing still, not moving at all. Somewhat frantically while starting to shoot at the enemy, Shin said, "Why are you staying still, James?"James shrugged, "I won't do anything if they don't want me to."Those words were heard by many of the third-year troops and they looked happy to hear it."JAMES!" Shin shouted in exasperation.But, the man did not want to force his junior and he also did not want his comrades to disrespect James so he chose to concentrate on the battle.Meanwhile, after only a few minutes of the battle, some of the class three soldiers seemed to be overwhelmed by the enemy troops.James who saw that chose to comment, "That's not the way. I