Riley was stunned when he heard James' opinion, which was expressed in a cautious but serious tone.The young man immediately understood that James did not give that opinion carelessly.However, one of the class three soldiers who did not like James at all responded, "Hey, why are you so narrow-minded? You ... really look like your father who was always suspicious-""Leave my father's name out of this, senior! He has nothing to do with what I think," James cut in quickly.He didn't care for his senior's ramblings. He knew he didn't have time to argue so he turned to Riley again as if asking for support.Riley nodded, understanding James' gaze. And unexpectedly by the other soldiers Riley said, "James could be right. It could also be their trick to catch them off guard so ... we need to be much more vigilant."James smiled back faintly at Riley's words and looked around him, curious about the reactions of those around him. Shin, who had also seen how capable the two young men were, no
"Get back here!" Greg ordered.It was clear that Greg was going to step forward in his place. Greg was even getting ready to walk forward.Reiner was about to walk back towards his friends again but he quickly abandoned his intention and instead bowed respectfully to Greg. Greg stared in surprise, "What are you doing? Why are you still there? "Come quickly!" Greg pleaded once again.However, Reiner insisted on staying where he was and once again bowed respectfully as if asking for permission.Greg sighed softly, still silent.However, Reiner looked stubborn and continued to bow.James snorted, "Why is he so stupid? Commander Sehel is already here. He doesn't need to be there.""Commander Sehel is seriously injured, senior Reiner still wants to take his place," Riley said in a low tone.The young man looked at Greg anxiously but right now he couldn't do anything so he could only watch from afar.Ben suddenly turned to Greg who was holding his right hand. He looked carefully at Greg's
The staffer could only nod in resignation.Fabian Fermoza's face hardened instantly. The water on his face looked stiff but the people around him knew that the man was furious.However, before he could vent his anger, Alexander walked up to him suddenly, "General, attack them now! You have no other choice.""Your family is being held captive by the king. You ... must act immediately," Philip added who had come along with Alexander.Fabian sighed heavily. But, a few seconds later he said, "I will do that, but ...."Alexander was relieved but also looked worried."Tell him my one message," Fabian said."Yes, General?" Alexander asked curiously."If I die in this war, he must still free my family. Let them be commoners, win or lose," Fabian said.Alexander widened his eyes and immediately wanted to ask, but he didn't have time to do so.After talking to him, Fabian immediately moved forward and started firing mercilessly at the soldiers of the Ans De Lou kingdom.He also quickly ordered h
Alen unknowingly made a mistake in treating his commander's wound until Greg said, "Be careful, young man. This hand of mine should recover soon.""I ... still have to go to the battlefield to find your close friend," Greg added.Andrew looked at the tension on Alen's face. The war general said quietly, "Alen, what's wrong? You ... look unfocused."How could Alen Smith focus after he heard such an important fact? He even felt so incredibly lucky that he didn't faint right away.Greg exhaled harshly, "He can't focus because he heard about Riley.""Uh, I see. Sorry for taking you by surprise," Andrew said but he did not seem at all sorry for revealing the identity of his war general's son in front of Alen.Alen swallowed with difficulty and summoned the courage to ask, "General Reece, what I heard was ... true?""What part? My promise or what?" Andrew asked with a calm look.Greg glanced at the war general and then shook his head. "Young man, this is actually a big secret that no one sh
Riley felt strange about Fabian's words. Moreover, the words were delivered by Fabian in a bitter-sounding tone.The young man became confused. Indeed, he realized that there was something strange about his battle with Fabian this time. Fabian seemed to be trying his best to kill Riley, but the man was not too concerned about his safety. It was as if Fabian was letting Riley hurt him. However, that was what made Riley even more convinced that Fabian was hiding something. Still, Riley replied, "When I say anyone, it means I will also save the enemy, including you.""Even if the enemy intends to kill you?" Fabian asked with a furrowed brow."Yes."Fabian raised his head, looking at the young man with a fixed gaze. Moreover, Riley then added, "My father always reminded me never to kill, even if the enemy must be killed."Fabian was speechless, more like stunned by the answer Riley had given. Riley was also dumbfounded by the answer he had said, as if he had found the answer to someth
Ben shook his head, as if unable to say anything. Meanwhile, looking around, several other soldiers were bowing their heads. Riley immediately urged to move closer to see the face of the soldier who had been shot and was probably dead.When Riley finally managed to get close and see the soldier's face that was not protected by a protective helmet, his eyes widened. "This can't be.""No, it's not. This must be a mistake."Riley quickly removed his protective helmet and with trembling hands touched the face of the commander who was so loyal to his father."Commander Sehel. How could it be?"It was still hard to believe that the brave and great commander was now lying on the ground. Riley examined the commander's body and shouted hysterically, "He can't be dead. Medical staff, medical staff. Help!""Medical staff, please!" the young man shouted in a louder tone.Several medical staff arrived. The soldiers surrounding Greg Sehel moved aside, making way for the medical staff whose hands
A class two soldier who came along with the medical staff members immediately explained what happened.Andrew Reece listened without interrupting.While Alen Smith who was also listening carefully to the story of the incident that took the life of Greg Sehel, one of the best commanders, shed tears.Alen immediately examined Greg's body with an excruciating feeling of sadness after the soldier finished his story.Andrew came over and sat next to Alen. He then whispered, "Greg, General Mackenzie will be saddened to hear all this, but ... he will also be thankful that you saved his son."Alen heard all of Andrew's words and felt so much admiration for Greg."Commander Sehel is one of those commanders whose loyalty is really very high, his name will be remembered as a hero for all the services he has given," Alen said.Everyone in the tent agreed with Alen. In fact, Andrew also nodded at Alen, a sign that he appreciated what Alen Smith had said.On the other side, in the battle area, every
Hearing his opponent's threat, Riley simply responded, “Do you think I'm stupid?” He raised his weapon and aimed at the enemy. He even calmly aimed the weapon right at the heart of the soldier standing at a distance from him.The Fermoza Kingdom soldier named Hugo Wilson who was not wearing a protective helmet raised an eyebrow, looking shocked. “You-”“Shoot if you can,” Riley said fearlessly. His grip on his weapon was even stronger.Ben smiled, praising when he saw Riley's calmness. He was not surprised at all by Riley's decision. He himself had no problem dying there. What he thought was that when Riley complied with their enemy's wishes and dropped the weapon, they had surrendered themselves to the enemy.“Are you challenging me, young man? Don't you know I'm the one-”“Yes, I know of course. You ... who killed my commander and-”“And you still dare to face me?” a lopsided smile full of arrogance was etched on Hugo's lips.Riley let out a long breath, “I remind you of one thin
"General, we're surrounded."A soldier with a bullet wound in his leg dragged himself to walk towards the place where the war general of Ans De Lou Kingdom was preparing his weapons.The soldier who was staggering as he walked was no longer wearing his head armour or any other body armour. That made the war general glare angrily at him, "What have you done? Where is your armour?"The soldier of the first class could only grimace in pain and replied, "It's unusable, too many bullet wounds."Riley Mackenzie widened his eyes and instantly removed the goggles protecting his eyes.The young man crouched down and looked at Benedict Arkitson's injuries, which were extremely severe. Not only had his leg been shot, but his left abdomen was also severely injured. In addition, Riley saw countless other wounds. "Stay here! The medical staff will help you soon," Riley ordered firmly.Ben shook his head, "How can I leave you alone against the main army? There are too many of them.""Reiner will
Dear, Readers This is Zila Aicha who wants to thank all the loyal readers of this novel. I know, season 2 of this book may disappoint some fans of this book. However, believe me I have tried to make this book with all my heart.May I ask your opinion about this book? I will be happy to read your comments. Suggestions and criticisms will also be happily accepted.Next, I will make season 3 of this book, but season 3 will be a book with the main character “James Gardner”. Hope you all will like it.Best wishes, Zila Aicha
People were eager to approach Riley, to help him. However, when they saw James Gardner moving toward Riley, they stayed where they were.James quickly caught Riley's staggering body as if he couldn't bear the weight of his own body.James sighed softly, “What are you doing?”“Preventing you from leaving,” Riley replied weakly.James exhaled roughly and picked up Riley who was still so weak.“You don't have to waste your time and energy,” James said.“Why? You don't have to go, James. You-”“It's my decision,” James cut in quickly.Riley shook his head, staring at the young man who was only one year older than him. “You're not guilty. I'm an asshole for wanting to keep you as my best friend.”“It's nice of you to admit that,” James replied with a faint smile.“If anyone should leave here, it's me, not you,” Riley said.James frowned, “Don't be crazy! You're the general of war in this kingdom. You can't-”“I lied to everyone from the start, not just to you,” Riley cut James off.Riley's
Rowena nodded weakly, while the four soldiers who were also inside the infirmary immediately looked at each other. Riley himself took some time to process the information.However, Reiner immediately asked, "Your Highness, then ... where is the deputy general of war right now?"Rowena turned her head quickly, "I don't know. I ... only heard the news from the palace maid, just now. Perhaps ... he has already returned to the dormitory or-"Thank you, Your Royal Highness," Reiner cut off Rowena's speech quickly due to being too panicked.After that Reiner immediately paid his respects to the king's daughter and quickly left the area together with Diego.Ben also said, "Riley, I'll be there first. Later I ... will be here again."Alen nodded, "Don't worry! We'll let you know when we know what's going on."Riley could only stare at his friends' departure with a look full of confusion.Rowena was the only one left in the room and was accompanied by several staff, soldiers and servants.Row
At first Riley was eager to force James to answer him, but he stopped doing so when he finally understood that James might need some time alone.He sighed softly, “I'll talk to him later.”Meanwhile, outside Riley's room, all the people who were good friends of the two young people who were having complicated problems were staring at James with questioning eyes.While Alen and Ben were silent because they didn't dare to ask, Diego casually asked, “Did you ... talk to Riley?”James nodded.“Then ... how?” Reiner asked in an anxious tone.James did not answer Reiner's question and only said, “I'm going back to the dorm first.”Shin, who heard that, bit his lip and replied, “I'll accompany you.”James did not refuse and let Shin come with him, while Diego and Reiner remained there.After James and Shin were no longer there, Alen decided to go inside with Ben.Not long after, Diego and Reiner also entered Riley's hospital room area.“He already knew about it,” Ben said when he first looke
James laughed disappointedly when he saw Riley's silence.Riley suddenly stared at him wordlessly.“Why, did you ... did you never even have the intention of telling me about it?” James said in a sharp tone.Riley opened his mouth but not a single word came out of it.James was getting annoyed at him, “Uh, I see. I see now.”James nodded and stepped back, making Riley surprised.“James, it's not like what you're thinking,” Riley finally managed to reply to James.James shook his head.“Do you really know what I'm thinking, Riley?” James said in a sarcastic tone.The young man could no longer hide his immense disappointment, “You don't know, Riley. But ... I can tell what you're thinking.”“James, I ... know I've wronged you. But, please understand, my position is very difficult. I don't want you to ... hate me, James. I don't have-”“It must have been a lot of fun for you, huh?” James cut off Riley's words quickly.Riley who was originally leaning back immediately leaned her body, fac
Shin and Reiner glanced at each other, as if they were both confused about whether or not to leave the area as James had requested.However, the reason they hesitated was certainly not because they were both worried that James would hurt Riley. Instead, both of them were more worried about James.Unfortunately, James, who did not get an answer from his two friends, turned his head with a furrowed brow, “Why? Don't you two trust me?”“You guys ... think I would do anything ... to hurt Riley? Is it like that?” James added with a sad look on his face.Shin quickly turned to James, “Of course not. I am sure you wouldn't do anything that bad.”“Don't get me wrong, James! We're ... just very worried about you,” Reiner said quietly.James was startled and when he looked at his two friends in turn, he instantly knew that they were not lying at all.The young man closed his eyes and instantly realized his mistake, “I'm sorry, senior. I ... I ....”“No problem, we'll leave you so you can be alo
Ben suddenly bowed his head.James immediately closed his eyes, completely unable to believe the painful reality that had slapped him.Meanwhile, Shin looked at his friend with a look of disappointment.He touched Ben's shoulder and asked, “You knew about this big secret and you ... did nothing? What have you done?”Ben was silent.Shin took a deep breath and watched the expressions of all the soldiers who were his best friends. The man sighed softly, “Aren't we ... all friends? How could you ... and you hide this important thing?”Ben raised his head, “Then, what do you expect me to do?”“What did you say?” Shin retorted fiercely.“You think it's easy? Hiding a secret of this magnitude? You think ... what happens if I tell you and the others? Especially James. He ... would definitely fight with Riley. They'll-”“Damn it!” James cursed because he couldn't stand it anymore.The young man said, “Don't act like you know about me and can guess what I might do or happen. You think you can
Meanwhile, William also began to be confused to calm his wife who was crying more and more.However, Cassandra's crying finally stopped when she saw the operating room door open.Everyone also immediately stared at the door, waiting anxiously.As several people from the medical team came out, William and Cassandra walked over.“Doctor, how is my son?” William asked.The elderly doctor looked up at the middle-aged man who was staring at him anxiously.“General Mackenzie,” the doctor greeted after he noticed William's face.William nodded, “Yes, Doctor Sigmund. It's me.”Sigmund was surprised, “Riley Wood, I mean General Wood is ... your son, General?”“Yes, Doctor,” William replied.James just stared blankly ahead, as if he was ready to hear that statement. Meanwhile, Reiner and the other soldiers could only squeal in shock as an important fact had j