Andrew Reece was naturally surprised by the question from the king's eldest daughter. It was unusual for the princess to be concerned with matters of the palace. In fact, it could be said that Rowena Wellington didn't really care about anything other than herself. However, Andrew now realized that the princess' change had been visible since last night. Precisely when Rowena witnessed what happened in De Frost Forest.What exactly happened? Andrew couldn't guess the princess' reason."Why are you looking at me like that?" Rowena looked back at Andrew with her defensive gaze.Andrew shook his head, "I apologize if I made you uncomfortable, Your Highness. I'm just surprised that you are now starting to pay attention to palace matters."Rowena winked, turned her gaze around and was now looking at her mother who was also looking at her."What's wrong, Mom?" Rowena asked, starting to get a bit anxious if her attitude was making the people around her suspicious.Monica replied, "Just like G
Riley was silent. Silence that Greg Sehel interpreted to mean that the young man couldn't answer his question. "If you really don't want to fight against your friends, you can withdraw from the selection of this new soldier," Greg said with a gait, looking at Riley from a distance that was of course rather far away. Riley was still silent, so Greg added, "If you still have a weak heart, you shouldn't register yourself as a soldier." Riley, who had lowered his head, raised his head again just to listen to Greg's words again. "How can you fight your enemy if you can't even win over your own friend? This isn't even a matter of life and death. It's just a matter of you beating your friend in a competition," Greg continued. Riley slowly clenched his fists. His heart was in turmoil. What Greg said was true. It was just that he still found it hard to accept. He had fought all night with his group mates, working together to get through to the next stage. However, after they pas
Riley didn't know how to respond to Warren's words anymore, so he decided to keep quiet. Alen himself sighed repeatedly until one of his group members said, "Your opponent is Bennedict. It won't be too hard."The young man who was quite close to Riley replied, "What won't be difficult? I see, Bennedict was even one of the people who contributed to the third mission.""Hey, he only got one pin," Adam retorted, the young man with gray eyes."Still, he helped collect it. Me ... if it wasn't for Riley's help, how could I have contributed pins to our group?" Alan replied. He was looking grim.But he quickly added, "But at least I'm very lucky that I didn't fight Riley. If he was my opponent, I would have just stayed quiet and waited for the announcement if I lost."Adam responded with a smile that also displayed his pure white teeth, "Oh, if I had faced Riley, I would have immediately retreated without even going to the practice arena. Well, why fight if you know you're going to lose?"Th
Rowena shook her hair and tried to look more relaxed, "Oh, Commander Sehel.""Your Highness ... You and ... Wood, what did you just do? Princess Rowena ...." Greg was unable to continue, while Riley, not wanting any misunderstandings, said, "Commander, it's not as you see it. I just-""Oh, come on. Riley, you don't have to cover this up anymore," Rowena interrupted.The young girl sighed and girded her loins as she looked at the confused Riley, "I don't think it matters if Commander Sehel knows.""Know what, Your Highness?" Riley said, looking panicked.Rowena shook her head and turned around, facing Greg Sehel who still looked so shocked. "Commander Sehel," Rowena called out."Y-yes, Your Highness," Greg stammered.Rowena took a quick glance at Riley again and said, "You were once a young boy and I'm sure you know what's going on without me telling you."Greg's face instantly turned red, while Riley was even more clueless. "I didn't expect you to keep this matter a secret from the
"No problem with the training branch. Whatever it is I'm ...." Warren raised his eyebrows, waiting for Riley to finish his sentence. As he looked at him deeply, he also heard Riley say again, "I hate having to fight against my own group members, but you know better that I have no choice." Warren was suddenly impressed. Moreover, Riley then added, "Make an effort, Warren. Use all your skills, losing or winning in a match is normal. However, when you are pessimistic from the start then it will affect the process." The young man even smiled, "Please, don't let me win easily!" He was really going to hate Riley right away. But after what Riley said just now, there was no way Warren could hate him. The man even became more fond of Riley. "Of course, I won't give up easily. You'll see that I'm a tough opponent," Warren replied which he then ended with a smile. He was ready to win or lose. Riley smiled back and the two shook hands before starting the match. Yes. Riley calle
"Yes, Your Majesty. I even had a one-on-one talk with the boy and ... didn't find the boy to have the slightest resemblance to General Mackenzie other than his very admirable abilities," Andrew explained honestly.Keannu sighed in disappointment, "Oh, what a pity! If he were General Mackenzie's son, I can see that his name would shine much brighter when he is officially commissioned as a soldier in the future."Greg shook his head vigorously."What's with the reaction? You don't believe what I'm saying, Greg?" Keannu asked with a visibly offended expression on his face.Greg swallowed before saying very carefully, "Your Majesty, I believe what you say regarding the boy's prowess. It's just that ... I can assure you that the boy really isn't General Mackenzie's son."Andrew immediately glanced at his friend sharply, his thick eyebrows also raised in obvious disagreement with Greg's words. Greg who realized he was being stared at in such a way sighed, "I have a good reason, General Reec
"He's not stupid, Your Majesty," Andrew said. In Greg's eyes, Andrew had clearly been sedated by the prowess of the young man he had seen kissing the king's daughter just a few hours ago.Andrew even added, "He's very intelligent. Not many people teach their opponents and I'm very confident that in the future he can become a great leader."Hearing Andrew's words, Keannu impatiently asked the currently serving war general, "Andrew, do you intend to exercise your right to vote to ... vote for him?"Greg was surprised to hear the question, but he was also very interested. "You mean, the right of the war general to choose the next war general candidate, Your Majesty?""Yes." Keannu replied with a nod.It was known that at the end of the selection, Andrew Reece would soon resign from his position so the Ans De Lou Kingdom needed a new army leader as the war general.Therefore, the palace had issued a regulation that there would be three candidates for war general. One would come from a new
Instead, Keannu laughed crisply and waved his hand as if to dismiss Greg's remark. "How could he possibly do it? He's not General Mackenzie who can train his men in a short period of time and see the results quickly. He's just a snot-nosed kid who's not even 21 years old, for crying out loud!" Keannu said in a dismissive tone.Even though the man who had just spoken was the king, Andrew listening to every word that came from Keannu's lips made him a little irritated.So Andrew finally decided to respond, "Your Majesty, he is indeed not General Mackenzie. But, believe me ... he can even be friends with the son of a traitor. Doesn't that mean he's very special indeed?"For this, Greg had to agree with Andrew, "That's right, Your Majesty. James Gardner refuses to be friends with anyone, except Riley Wood."Keannu chuckled impatiently, "That's because no one wants to be friends with that traitorous kid. They must be reluctant or afraid."Andrew's eyebrows knitted together, but he didn't w
"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