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
James Gardner turned his head towards the person who had just spoken. Riley and Alen glanced at each other as if they knew something bad might happen.James smiled at the senior and said, "Senior, what makes you conclude that I need attention?"Joseph Cole shrugged and grinned, "Isn't it obvious, Gardner? You're saying we're annoying for not mentioning your services?""Not so. You misunderstood," James said, still sounding casual and it was beyond Riley's prediction.Alen even raised his right eyebrow in disbelief that James could still use words and a gentle tone."Misunderstood? Do you think I can't digest what you're talking about with these two friends of yours, Gardner?" Joseph replied, this time while squinting.James walked over to Joseph who was surprised by the step James had taken. But, Joseph still looked warily at his junior."Senior, what I mean is that I just find it strange that you and your friends are acting like I'm not in the war," James explained.Riley really appre
"Calm down, General Reece can't lose," a class two soldier said, who sounded still full of confidence.James closed his eyes for a second and replied, "Hey, this is not the time for positive thinking. Instead, it's time to be prepared for all possibilities, even the worst."Ben shook his head, "James, we'll see."James turned to Riley and saw Riley just staring seriously without saying a word. James was even more confused.James' breathing was really irregular now. During his time fighting in that place, it was the first time he felt so uneasy.How could he not be anxious and restless? The war general of their kingdom looked almost defeated which could mean that their kingdom would also lose.Some of the senior soldiers also looked extremely tense, completely at a loss as to what action they would take.However, only Riley tried to remain calm and studied the situation for a while. Meanwhile, Andrew Reece kept up an admirable resistance and did not let Fabian Fermoza gain the upper ha