Greg shrugged, "He looks too much like Jody Gardner's son. Didn't you see for yourself, General? He didn't even attack James Gardner, instead he avoided him."Andrew shook his head and exhaled heavily. While Keannu said without looking at the estimate, which he also considered a silly guess, "If he really was the son of one of Jody Gardner's men back then, he would have openly revealed his loyalty immediately.""Your Honor, in that case, he could have been warned by his father not to be too overtly on James Gardner's side," Greg argued, still confident in his guess.Andrew couldn't stand it anymore, "Damn it! Are you stupid or what?""Oh, come on. You're a war general, but ....""Actually you are stupid, Greg." Andrew said in a lazy tone.Greg gritted his teeth, "If he's not the son of one of the royal traitor's followers, then whose son is he?"Andrew was silent for a long time, Keannu also seemed to have no idea of the answer.Seeing that the two were silent, Greg said impatiently,
William immediately turned to his wife and held her shoulders, trying to calm her down, even though he himself was growing restless.Then he turned his eyes back to the young girl who was the daughter of his best friend. "Mary, you're not wrong about this, are you? Jody Gardner ... has a son? Why didn't I hear about this before?" William still sounded like he couldn't believe it. Mary explained, "We don't know exactly how, General Mackenzie. But judging by James Gardner's birth record, it is most likely that his mother, Dorothy Winks, left the palace while she was pregnant. And ... it is possible that Jody Gardner himself did not know that his lover was pregnant."William frowned, as if trying to jog his memory. The incident had happened more than 20 years ago, but he was sure he could remember what had happened. He vaguely remembered that Dorothy Winks had left the palace long before the incident in which he killed Jody Gardner. "Well, actually, his birth certificate has the name
"Yes," William replied again, simply.Before Mary could ask any questions of the war general who had once earned the nickname "God of Death," Cassandra, who had lived with her husband for nearly twenty-five years, asked with widen eyes in disbelief, "You're going to keep your visit to the palace a secret, Bill?"William gave his wife a faint smile, "You know me very well, Cassie."Cassandra snorted, "The two of us have lived together for almost half my life, of course I can guess your train of thought.""But ... why do you want to keep it a secret?" Cassandra asked now with her thick eyebrows raised."Because I only want to talk to Riley, not the people in the palace," William explained firmly.He remained true to his principles, unwilling to dwell too much on the palace life he had left behind long ago. All he cared about was his son.Cassandra still showed a confused expression, so William slowly and patiently explained, "I need to talk to Riley so that he knows what he is doing now
"The most important thing for us right now is to get the two remaining pins. Losing the current two pins won't have a bad effect," Riley explained reasonably.Alen winked, "Oh yeah. That's right. The number of pins taken from us is unknown, but ... I still think the number we will get is much higher.""Hmm, the issue of the number of pins taken by the enemy only affects our final ranking, right? It has nothing to do with whether or not we can escape," Dean said.Warren, who was able to think clearly, finally said, "Then go. Get the remaining pins! We'll try to keep the pins we still have, but if we can't ....""It won't be a problem," Riley continued, trying to reassure Warren.Warren also nodded with a slightly embarrassed expression. And with that agreement, Riley left his three friends in the area near the food warehouse.Riley moved quickly with sharp eyes always watching his surroundings. He didn't have any pins to protect, so he was now completely an attacker.As soon as his brig
"Riley Wood?" one of the group said, laughing."Why should we run? He's alone," the second pin owner said."That's right. We can definitely catch him," the first pin owner continued, looking confident that he could defeat Riley."You idiots, this is Riley Wood. Did you forget what the ... group said?"The warner did not continue, but instead snorted in annoyance. In an exasperated tone, he said, "Screw you!"After swearing like that, he was the first to run away. Meanwhile, the two pin owners and the other two people were still standing there as if they wanted to prepare for fighting Riley."He's such a coward!" the second pin owner said sarcastically when he saw his friend actually running to save himself.Riley let out a harsh breath and charged at them without a word. As usual, the young man did not actually hurt his opponent. He always tried to render his opponents helpless by attacking some of their weak points.In fact, as far as attacking his opponents was concerned, Riley had
Justin didn't take offense and said, "Hm, you're right. I'll see you at the palace."After saying that, Justin and the rest of his group left the area. Riley walked at a light pace towards the main post where his airship was waiting for all his group members to be brought back to the palace. He could see a lot of confused would-be soldiers looking for pins to make their group escape. When they saw Riley, they could only hold their breath in disappointment for not getting anything. One of the rules of the third mission was that the group that passed should not be disturbed and the pins could no longer be taken. However, even so, Riley was quite curious about the final result regarding their missing pins.So, when he reached the boundary line, after the staff had logged him out of the forest area with the automated machine, he immediately looked for the special monitor where there were details about the pins gained and lost of all the groups.And he breathed a sigh of relief, pleased
"Oh, he's really got me worried, Riley," Alen said anxiously.He was wringing his hands to overcome his anxiety. Riley himself was also starting to worry but he was still trying to remain calm, unlike Alen who was becoming increasingly agitated to the point of repeatedly standing on tiptoe to look towards the forest border area.With only three minutes left, Alen exclaimed, "There he is! Damn it!"Riley caught sight of a young man with a sweaty face who ran over in a hurry at the same time that Diego Greco's group had also completed the third mission."I'm going to give him a beating first for giving me a near-heart attack," Alen said who then ran straight towards Diego who was also running.However, apparently Riley didn't see the scene where Alen hit his room-mate, the young man hugged Diego as if he hadn't seen him for a long time. Riley smiled and shook his head at the encounter between the two friends.As he waited for the next announcement, someone cleared their throat behind hi
Alen was instantly silenced. The soldier's words were too sharp for him to answer.The soldier let out a long sigh. He could not really blame the future soldier for his complaints. However, he had to be strict in order to make their recruit's mentality stronger.With a serious expression, the soldier who looked quite young said, "This is just an exercise. But you're already complaining. I suggest that if you really feel that you can't handle your days as a junior soldier here, you better pack your things and leave the palace now." "You know, there are thousands of people who want to be soldiers in this country. And we just sent home hundreds of potential soldiers who failed the third mission," the officer named Daniel Moore continued.Daniel looked at Alen's name tag and said again, "And you, Alen Smith. We don't mind sending you home if you don't want to. How's that?"Alen was even more stunned, unable to move, even breathing was very difficult at that moment."Do you want to take yo
At first Michelle Veren didn't understand what James Gardner was asking. However, when she saw the look on the general's face, she immediately knew he meant the time of the departure of the three people they were looking for.So, the Veren boutique owner replied, "About an hour ago, General Gardner."Hearing that answer, Reiner immediately went limp. But, it was inversely proportional to James who was even full of enthusiasm. This could be seen from James who even said, "Come on, Rei. Let's go after him."Reiner looked sadly at his best friend and replied, "It won't catch up, James. It's been too long."James did not even listen to Reiner's words and ordered some of his men, "Prepare the car, let's go after them!""James," Reiner called softly.James ignored the call and kept saying to his men who were still quietly waiting, "Find out through the CCTV which area they are currently in. They ... should be visible if they take the highway from behind this building."Reiner bit his own
Unfortunately it was all too late for the young girl to realize. All the words of the girl named Alice Porter were clearly heard by Reiner Anderson and James Gardner.With a dark look on his face, James said, "Miss, you-""No, no. I just misspoke, I ... I don't know anything. You heard me wrong," Alice said, whose face paled even more. Especially when she saw the aura of James Gardner, the terrifying war general, she found it even harder to breathe.Reiner also could not help himself so he said in an exasperated tone, "Tell me everything you know or you ... will know how terrible it is when you face the two of us.""I don't care if you are a woman. I can still find a punishment that you deserve," Reiner continued coldly.Alice swallowed harshly. Of course the young girl was very confused. Moreover, no one was trying to help her at all. All the employees in the boutique looked so frightened that no one dared to open their mouths."Say it now! We don't have much time, Miss!" James gro
James' question immediately made Reiner silent for a few moments. He stared at the boutique with a confused look on his face.Meanwhile, James didn't want to waste any more time so he wordlessly walked towards the boutique owned by Michelle Veren, a forty-year-old female designer who was quite famous in the country.Reiner didn't just stand by and do nothing, lamenting his inaccuracy. He followed James with a small trot right behind James without a word.As soon as James was faster than him to reach the door, he immediately saw the two boutique guards who opened the door for them."Can I help you?" one of the boutique guards asked James."I'm looking for Princess Rowena. Where is she now?" James asked back matter-of-factly as he darted his eyes all over the first floor of the boutique.Although there was a suspicion rising in James' mind, the young man put his anxiety ahead of his suspicion."You're looking for Princess Rowena? Who are you? You-""James Gardner. Royal War General Ans
Reiner Anderson did not answer James' question. Instead, he had a facial expression that looked both hesitant and confused.Of course, that made James Gardner even more annoyed. "Come on, tell me quickly! What's so strange about Princess Rowena?" James urged, impatiently.Reiner swallowed and scratched his ears before answering, "Well, I'm not sure if this is strange to you. But ... I think it's very strange, James."James gritted his teeth in growing annoyance and impatience.Luckily, he didn't need to ask anymore as Reiner added, "So, according to reports she went outside the palace."Hearing Reiner's answer, James snorted rudely. "What's so strange about that? I know she often goes outside the palace."Reiner sighed softly, "Indeed. But, this time ... a few hours ago, she left without a bodyguard. And she ... left with their son, Prince Kharel."Instantly James glared in shock, "What? Are you ... sure?""Yes, James. She just-""How is that possible? King Xylan ... didn't forbid he
Gary Davis did not answer Xylan's question. He just wore a pitiable expression. It instantly brought out the guilt in Xylan Wellington.Oh, no. What have I done? Did ... did I go too far in becoming suspicious of my own personal assistant? Xylan thought to himself as he stared at Gary's innocent face.The viceroy sighed softly. He went back to thinking hard. He tried to remember everything about Gary. He had never made a mistake, not once. He also never did anything suspicious all this time. Gosh, am I suspecting the wrong person? Xylan thought.However, he shook his head quickly as he realized something.But, wait a minute. It was James Gardner who suspected him. He couldn't have spoken carelessly. Otherwise, there was no way he could have been selected as the deputy war general. His instincts must be very strong that he has suspicions of Gary Davis, Xylan thought seriously.He then looked at Gary once more and finally nodded his head.He does look very innocent, but he could be h
Ben didn't know how he should respond to his friend's words, but all he could do was go over to James and pat him gently on the back repeatedly in an attempt to calm him down."He's really not coming back, Ben.""No, he's not. It's just-""He wouldn't give that kind of message if he didn't mean what he said," James cut Ben off.Ben sighed softly, "James, what I meant was ... he probably doesn't want to be looked for anymore because he wants to go back to the palace himself."Ben's words made James, who had been so frantic, straighten his back. The war general then turned to Ben and responded, "What do you mean?"Ben wasn't sure what he was thinking but he said it anyway, "I think ... he just wants to go home alone."James paused, trying to digest his friend's words."Tell you what ... how about we just go back to the palace, who knows if Riley might actually be home," Ben explained.Ricky and Steven Drilon were silent as they listened to Ben's words.They also didn't have time to reac
Ricky Drilon could only stare at the question.Oh, he often found himself in a confusing situation. But, he had never once felt depressed.Though he was also very often faced with a difficult choice. However, again, such things could be resolved well without any inner turmoil.However, one question asked by Riley Mackenzie put him in his most difficult phase. "Why are you doing nothing? Who are you going to obey? Me or General Gardner?" Riley repeated his question.Ricky swallowed harshly, getting more and more confused.His forehead was furrowed, clearly showing a great deal of indecision. He repeatedly smoothed his hair in just one minute. That made Riley smile strangely, "So, what? Who are you going to choose to obey?" Ricky bit his own teeth.How is this? What am I supposed to do? And why am I in this situation? Ricky thought.He looked indecisive, full of doubts. Riley himself looked very calm and relaxed at Ricky's confusion."Why aren't you answering me?" Riley asked with a
Ricky didn't answer James' question immediately, instead he looked back at Steven, his brother. From the look in his eyes, it was clear that the young man was seeking Ricky's approval. Apparently, James Gardner noticed this habit and with an exasperated look on his face, he commented, "Come on, do you have to have a discussion before answering a simple question like the one I asked you earlier?" "Don't you have your own opinion?" James continued in a cold tone. Ricky and Steven's faces turned a perfect shade of red. Ben grimaced at James' assertiveness but he didn't make an interruption. Not wanting to make James even angrier, Ricky finally replied, "If it's an ordinary person, we can probably still go after him. However, if it's General Mackenzie, I ...." The young man did not dare to continue his words. From the look on his face he looked hesitant until James continued his words by saying, "You're not sure we can catch up with Riley?" Ricky stammered, "Absolutely, General Gar
Benedict Arkitson instantly froze like a statue as if he dared not move his body at all. The thirty-four-year-old senior class one soldier was stunned without being able to issue any rebuttal to the junior soldier's explanation.He thought that he had no reason to doubt Lory Blackwell's words. Meanwhile, the strangely gloomy James Gardner looked the other way, as if reluctant to meet Lory Blackwell's eyes that were staring at him innocently. The young war general then said, "It's Riley. It must be him, it can't be wrong."Lory smiled with satisfaction and nodded with relief. The young man let out a long sigh after his statement was beyond doubt.However, he saw the sad look on James Gardner's face that the war general couldn't hide.He even heard James mutter softly, "It really is him. But ... he must be angry with me. If he wasn't angry, why would he leave?"That of course made Lory very surprised. James Gardner had always been known as a very rigid and cold person. He never imag