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
"That’s impossible," Ben said in a firm tone.Reiner also responded, "They couldn't have killed Riley."Ben added, "If they killed Riley, I'm sure they'd have announced it. Or ... at least they would have done something like confuse us with Riley's whereabouts."Seeing James looking frustrated, Reiner said again, "He must be alive. It's just that we haven't found him yet.""That’s right. He was probably transferred to their secret place," Ben said.James' face relaxed more than before when he heard the two friends' soothing words. He was a little more relieved.James then nodded his head, "Then we should find out more.""Yes, we will. Don't worry!" Reiner said.Ben said with a confident tone, "We will definitely find Riley, James."James chose to believe and returned to search more thoroughly. Unfortunately, although the soldiers of Ans De Lou Kingdom had interrogated the prisoners of Mecco Kingdom, they still could not find a single clue regarding Riley's whereabouts.In addition, K
Reiner frowned, "That's impossible. Is he lying?"James shook his head firmly, "No way.""How can you believe her so easily?" Reiner asked while still inspecting the area.James sighed softly, "I have never met an Ans De Lou soldier who dared to lie to me."Reiner instantly turned his head and looked at his friend without blinking.Two seconds later he nodded in agreement, "Oh, you're right. How could anyone dare to deal with you?"James waved his hand.He looked up and widened his eyes once he got something. He quickly asked Reiner to come closer to him."What's up there?" Reiner asked as James looked up.However, James did not answer Reiner's question and instead stood on tiptoe and picked up a small object attached to the wall."What is it?" Reiner asked with a curious expression.James examined the object and immediately cursed, "BASTARD!"Reiner was wide-eyed in shock. James' swearing really sounded full of emotion and his tone of voice was almost like someone who was shouting.
James sighed softly, it was clear that the soldier knew nothing about the latest situation outside."Yes, I'm back. I wasn't captured by them," James explained as he helped the soldier to lean against the wall.James glanced at his friend who looked very weak, but didn't dare to touch him as his wounds looked much worse.James examined the soldier's wound whose shirt had been torn off briefly and knew immediately that the soldier must have been severely tortured.He gritted his teeth, trying to contain his anger."Then ... did we win, Deputy War General?" the class two soldier asked with a hopeful look in his eyes.James nodded, "Yes, we won.""R-really, Vice General of War? We won? I'm not dreaming, am I?" the soldier asked with tears on the verge of falling.James looked at the soldier with a sad gaze.The torture he received must have frustrated the soldier for his emotions to become so unstable."You're
Xylan immediately realized that his father wouldn't just let him go.He knew that Keannu Wellington wasn't in the best of shape, but his father was still thinking things through carefully.Therefore, Xylan who had never lied and would never want to lie, especially to his father replied, "Yes, Father. He is not a palace staff who has been in the palace for a long time. In fact, he doesn't even have any relationships with other palace officials."Keannu instantly fell silent.Xylan quickly composed words and continued, "But ... I can guarantee that he will do his duty well. You will see that my choice will not be wrong."Keannu let out a long breath.Xylan was beginning to worry.And after a long silence, Keannu finally looked back at his son and said, "Alright."Keannu's one-word statement confused Xylan so he asked again, "Alroght? What do you mean, Father?"Keannu smiled gently, "You can choose him."
Xylan could only remain silent without being able to say a word.Keannu sighed softly. He looked at his son who was still so shocked.The old man said hoarsely, "I know you're not ready yet, but ... I believe you're capable of leading this country."Xylan lifted his head and looked at his father's pale face that looked so very weak.Xyan instantly wanted to curse himself. How could he think so weakly? He may be young, but he was not ignorant. Over the years he had learned various things, including about the government system. His father had also taught him about many things to prepare him as his successor.Then, after all that had happened, how could he be hesitant like that?Moreover, his father's condition no longer allowed him to rule the country. Keannu Wellington was no longer young. He had experienced a great deal of health problems.Keannu's time as a king was up. The old man should spend his old age living a much more relaxed life.So, as his son, he naturally had to suppor
James didn't have to wait long to connect with Josh Cleve.Once connected, before James could speak, he heard Josh say, "I've got it, General Gardner."James didn't have time to reply, but Josh was already speaking quickly, "Thank you, General Gardner. This is all because of you.""If it wasn't for your strategy, I wouldn't have been able to conquer the sea area," Josh continued, sounding like someone who was holding back tears.He didn't even dare to look directly through the screen at James.James smiled at Josh and chuckled, "Gosh, are you going to cry?"Josh snorted but everyone could see that Josh was really very moved. All the soldiers of Ans De Lou Kingdom had known all the efforts that Josh Cleve had made to improve his sea warrior skills. However, he had not been successful.However, after James Gardner became his leader, he was able to bring victory to the Ans De Lou Kingdom.With so much gratitude Josh said again, "It's all thanks to you, General."James instantly shook hi
A class two soldier of James' age replied, "Maybe he was practicing during his long break."Ben shook his head, "I'm not sure.""You mean, Senior Ben?" Jason Hoult asked with a facial expression full of confusion.Ben smiled faintly.Without turning his head towards Jason, the man who had long been a first-class soldier replied, "There's no time for that. He's very busy managing his business.""What business, Senior Ben?" Jason asked back, looking both surprised and curious. Ben almost tapped his forehead from talking too much."Uh, what are we doing? Isn't it time to help him? Come on, Jason. Get back to your position!" Ben ordered.Jason was forced to move away from the area in disappointment. Uh, he was really very curious about the story of James Gardner.He used to feud with the young man who always had a cold impression, but he could finally understand James' attitude.James always had an annoying expression on his face, but the young man wasn't actually an annoying man. In fac
Kurt Zys smiled mockingly, "Thank you?"He then spat to the side and said again, "Are you dreaming? Do you think that by capturing us, you think your army will win over our army?"Kurt laughed dismissively. "In case you forgot ... I'll remind you, we ... have an important person from your kingdom.""That's right, your war general is in our hands. What can you do with your new war general? What can he do?" a soldier sitting beside Kurt said in an annoying tone.Kurt flashed his mocking smile again to irritate Justin.Justin raised his right eyebrow and immediately realized that there was no way he could get what he wanted from the enemy soldiers. The young man sighed softly. He felt that talking to the enemy soldiers was pointless so he simply replied, "Well, since you can only belittle us, it would be much better if we didn't hear your voice."Kurt frowned, looking somewhat confused.However, it wasn't long before he heard Justin command, "Shut them all up! Don't let even one of them
Some people began to look worriedly at their war general who had not moved an inch."What the hell is going on?""Why is General Gardner just sitting there?" a class three soldier asked his fellow soldier.The soldier standing right next to him replied, "I don't know. It looks like General Gardner is confused.""What? Why is he confused? Does that mean he's going to ... retreat?"A class two soldier who heard those words instantly turned to the class three soldier as he raised his visor, "What did you just say, huh? You think General Gardner is a coward?""No-no ... so, Senior. But ... why didn't he act immediately? We're already in enemy territory," the soldier replied, who initially seemed to doubt his general stammeringly.The class two soldier who defended James replied, "Perhaps General Gardner is adjusting himself. He hasn't fought in a long time so he might need time to readjust."Another also nodded in agreement and quickly responded, "Right. He is ... one of those great warrio