As soon as the arrow shot upwards, lightning seemed to strike even more fiercely. In fact, it caused such a tremendous flash that all the great archers took a few steps back. Some of them turned to their calm-looking War General, asking for an explanation. Andrew Reece represented them and immediately said, "General, it didn't work." "Who said it didn't work?" Bill retorted without turning around. "General ...." Andrew Reece wore a puzzled expression. Bill then took a few steps forward and looked at the front with a narrowed gaze. All of his men were increasingly unable to understand what the general was doing. Andrew Reece who had been so close to their general just didn't understand, what more those who had only known him for a while certainly couldn't understand. Because, if they thought about it, all of their general's actions were never as expected. They then could only remain silent while waiting for the general's actions again. "Do you know why I told them to shoot th
The Fleshy Kingdom's War General may have looked young, but he didn't seem afraid to face Bill. He calmly said, "We can fight until one of us dies, no soldiers involved." William Mackenzie was surprised to hear, "You ...." "This is not a war that needs to involve them." The young War General stared with conviction. "You intend to sacrifice yourself for them?" Bill asked. The war general named Hugh Fleshy who was also the crown prince of the Fleshy Kingdom smiled faintly. "Are you underestimating me, General? Do you think you'll be able to defeat me?" Hugh replied casually. "Of course not. Well, how are we going to fight?" Bill asked. Hugh turned around, turned his back to Bill and faced all his soldiers who were staring in confusion. "Soldiers, I will fight General Ans De Lou one-on-one. I-" "Crown Prince, you ... what do you mean?" Gilar Fleshy cut off his brother's words, looking so surprised. He even almost stepped closer to his brother. But, it was not only Gilar Fleshy
From Hugh's wound, blood dripped but not too much. Gilar looked very panicked when he saw that his brother was injured. The young man couldn't let his brother be killed by their enemies. He also still remembered his father's message before he followed his brother into battle. "Hugh is the crown prince so if anything happens to him, our country will be in chaos. Gilar, make sure the crown prince stay safe." Those words rang in his head. Gilar, who could no longer bear to see his brother injured, was about to break through the front guard but Hugh shouted in a very loud voice, "Stop right there!" "No." "Gilar, stop! Don't come any closer!" Hugh said firmly. "Hugh! Don't be stubborn!" Gilar retorted, about to take another step. But then Gilar heard his brother growl angrily, "STOP!" Gilar immediately stopped walking. Gilar was extremely annoyed by his brother's hardness of heart, who had always felt the strongest. His brother actually just wanted to hide his weakness and the o
"Agreed," Bill replied. Bill immediately picked up his gun, as did Hugh. Bill then pointed his gun upwards. The Royal War General Ans De Lou said, "Once this one shot goes off, this round has begun." Hugh Fleshy looked somewhat disturbed by those words. A "round", that's what made him think that Bill only thought that what they were doing now was a game. Wasn't that too much? He even felt that his current struggle was between life and death. However, his opponent did not think seriously. Not long after, an explosion was heard. Hugh quickly aimed his gun at Bill's right leg but unfortunately, Bill jumped to the right with a sideways movement. Hugh did not give up. Again, the handsome crown prince attacked again and this time targeted Bill's right arm. However, he still failed. On the third shot, he switched to Bill's thigh. But, unluckily, again Hugh Fleshy still failed to injure Bill. With his third failure, his movements slowed down somewhat. William Mackenzie quickly t
Suddenly Andrew Reece walked up to them, "Our general didn't lose, didn't he defeat you? It's just a matter of statement, it won't matter." Andree Reece smiled at the two brothers. Hugh Fleshy realized what he should do next. "In that case, please accept my respect," Hugh said as he intended to kneel in front of Bill but Bill quickly prevented the young man and held him upright. William Mackenzie looked seriously at the young man. "You are the Crown Prince. It's not appropriate to kneel in front of someone like me." Bill said while holding Hugh's shoulders. Gilar Fleshy also looked at William Mackenzie with a very different gaze now. Previously, he had been eager to tear Bill apart due to the defeat his brother had suffered. Right now, his gaze had turned into a gaze full of deep admiration. "General Stewart, are you a god? How can you behave like a god?" Gilar asked. William Mackenzie only flashed a faint smile. "I'm not that good, back then I was even nicknamed the God of
The soldiers were waiting for the legend to greet them. William Mackenzie then smiled, "You guys, go back to your seats again!" "Remember, you're still on the plane," Bill continued, warning. Actually, they could have reused their bus that was parked at the border area earlier. However, the crown prince of the Fleshy Kingdom lent them their airplane to take them back to the Ans De Lou Kingdom as a favor. Thus, they could now relax a little more before returning home. Obediently, all of Bill's men sat back down in their respective places. Bill, who was now standing, began to say, "You know who I am now, but there is one thing I want to ask you." The hundred soldiers listened carefully. There was nothing more rewarding for them to meet the great legend again. "You are the only ones who know my true identity, along with my face that was previously hidden behind a mask." Bill paused again, sweeping his gaze over the soldiers who were now looking at him seriously. "Right now I wa
"Secretary of the palace, losing or winning a war is a common thing." Bill answered without stopping walking. "How could you lose?" Amanda replied in disbelief. Bill again replied casually, "I'm only a human, Amanda. Of course I can lose." Amanda shook her head, "No way. You ... never lose at all. I don't believe anyone can beat you. You ... oh, tell me what happened exactly?" Bill said again, "Let's just say he's better than me." "How can anyone be better than you? I've never found one. A God of Death like you can lose? That's impossible," Amanda added, looking incredulous. But then Amanda quickly shut her mouth and realized that many of William Mackenzie's soldiers were listening to her. She suddenly panicked. She said, "Bill. I didn't mean to." However, Andrew Reece said in a soothing tone, "You don't need to worry, Palace Secretary. All the soldiers who went with the general already know his true identity. Hearing Andrew Reece's words, Amanda gaped in shock. She stammere
"Are you sure you can win over that small kingdom, General Gardner?" Keannu asked, wanting to make sure. Jody Gardner immediately replied with confidence, "Of course, Your Majesty. I will get the victory that General Stewart could not." Keannu Wellington looked satisfied at Jody Gardner's answer. However, despite this, Keannu still felt that something was very off. While the young king was thinking, Bill spoke up again, "Your Majesty, why do you insist on defeating that kingdom? Wouldn't it be better to face another kingdom, Your Majesty? Why spend money on that war?" "For what? Have you forgotten that our defeat was your fault, General Stewart?" Jody Gardner said. Keannu asked Jody Gardner to shut up, while he replied, "Then, what is your solution to this problem, General Stewart? You have already lost to the Fleshy Kingdom. What can you do now?" William Mackenzie was pleased that his king was provoked. "Your Majesty, I did lose to that one kingdom. But, that doesn't mean I w
Ben quickly racked his brain, thinking of the right way to put James at ease. But before he could come up with a good line, he heard James say again, "Or ... is he angry that I took his current position? But, ...."James shook his head weakly, "There's no way he's angry because of that right? Moreover ... he knows very well that I never wanted her position. He must be-""Stop thinking like that, James! Are you stupid?" Ben said in an annoyed tone.James was about to respond, but Ben raised his right hand as if asking James to be quiet for a few moments.James seemed to understand the meaning of Ben's gesture and he let out a long sigh.Ben swallowed before explaining, "James, you know Riley doesn't care about the title 'War General' either. Basically, both of you are not crazy about positions."James faltered. Ben was right. How could Riley be disappointed and angry with me over this damn title? That doesn't sound like 'Riley Mackenzie', James thought.The young man exhaled harshly.
Without looking away, Ben thought hard. James didn't just stand by, waiting for Ben's answer. He himself repeatedly touched the handkerchief to scrutinize it. Not only that, the war general of Ans De Lou Kingdom was also sniffing the gray handkerchief as if he was looking for something.Seeing what James was doing, Ben impatiently commented, "You're not a dog. How can you track someone's whereabouts from sniffing that thing?"James instantly gave Ben an exasperated look, "That's not it. I'm just trying to smell this handkerchief. Who knows ... it might turn out to be a clue.""Then ... did you get a clue after sniffing the cloth?" Ben asked with a casual look.With a look of disappointment, James replied, "No. I didn't. I just smelled the earth."Had they not been in a serious situation, Ben's laughter would have exploded. However, they were working on an important mission so Ben knew he had to restrain himself. He certainly didn't want to be seen as trivializing his friend's rescu
Foei Maccray turned around and looked sarcastically at the junior.When he saw Lory Blackwell's compliance, Foei Maccray smiled wryly as if satisfied that he had succeeded in making one of his juniors submit to his orders.Of course, that made him feel big-headed. Hence, Foei haughtily said again, "Keep standing here until we are out of your sight. After that ... then you can walk."Lory Blackwell did not reply. But Foei took his silence as obedience so he said, "Good! You should obey your seniors' orders."Lory just swallowed without daring to say a word. However, Foei did not need an answer so he just continued walking along with his good friend, Derrick Weybe who looked bored in Lory's neighborhood. The other soldiers followed the two senior soldiers with mixed feelings. Apparently there were some of them who were starting to feel sympathetic towards Lory. But due to their status and class being much lower than the two senior soldiers who were bullying Lory, they chose to be cowa
Derrick snorted in annoyance, while Foei immediately responded, "Oh, you seem to be very timid!" Foei cast his gaze at Derrick and then flashed a smile with a mocking expression. Derrick shook his head, also smiling mockingly."If you're scared, why would you want to participate in this important mission?" Foei said.Lory quickly shook her head, "I'm not afraid ... I’m just-""Huh? Not afraid? Then, why did you just say that?" Derrick cut Lory off, as if he deliberately didn't want to hear Lory speak."You're obviously a coward! Oh my! You should have stayed in the palace and not joined the search for General Mackenzie," Foei explained with a lopsided smile. "Coward!" Derrick taunted again. "A pathetic soldier like you who dares to tell us we're slow? Who do you think you are, my superior?" Foei said with a cold tone and a dismissive expression.Oh, he was really very satisfied seeing Lory's helpless expression.The two men deliberately wanted to humiliate Lory. Their intentions w
Seeing James' confident smile, Ben instantly realized that his best friend was unpredictable. But, when he recalled the relationship between James and Riley in the past, he felt that everything James said was true. Riley had always been completely open to James. The young man only hid one thing, which was the fact that he was William Mackenzie's son. Other than that, Riley had no other secrets from James. Meanwhile, Riley was also the only person who could understand James very well. Only Riley is able to understand every action taken by James and James only wants to talk about things with Riley.So, seeing all these facts, Ben finally nodded, "Okay, then. What should I do?"James snorted and immediately put on a sullen face, "Come on, Ben! I told you earlier."Ben rolled his eyes, "I still don't understand. Please explain in more detail!"With an annoyed expression James replied, "If I had the authority to downgrade soldiers, I would definitely downgrade you to class two."Ben's n
Although they seemed confused by the war general's order, they still unanimously replied, "Yes, General."It wasn't long before all the soldiers formed a line where they would prepare to search for Riley Mackenzie as ordered by James Gardner.Most of the first class soldiers did not hesitate to do the task, but there were some of the class two soldiers who seemed to be unsure of what they were going to do.Two of them were Foei Mccray and Derrick Weybe."I don't understand why General Gardner is searching the forest. How could General Mackenzie be here? This doesn't make sense," Derrick said, who had just lined up facing the front of the forest.The twenty-six year old young man was in the front row with his best friend so they could still talk in a fairly low tone of voice.Foei nodded in agreement, seemingly thinking the same as Derrick, "He's probably too frustrated to pick a spot."Derrick exhaled harshly then glanced towards the front where several class one soldiers seemed to be
Gary Davis shook his head with a super confused expression. He couldn't guess what might have happened. He himself did not know James Gardner very well. He entered the palace when James Gardner had just resigned from the post of deputy general of war. So basically he had only met James a few times. It was different with Riley Mackenzie. He had met Riley countless times. In fact, it could be said that he already knew how Riley behaved. However, he could not think of anything about James Gardner. He was just like a blind man when it came to James. "Even young General Mackenzie is not suspicious of you. He's been in the palace longer than that general. I don't understand," Elena said, who also hadn't found the answer to the question that was bothering her.She also still didn't understand. However, a thought occurred to Gary. "Maybe I was in too much of a hurry, Gran," Gary said suddenly.Elena frowned, "What do you mean, Gary? What kind of hurry?"Gary sighed softly, "Approaching
Elena Goldwin bit her lip, feeling she had done something wrong. The old woman said, "I'm sorry, Prince ... oh, I mean ... Gary."Seeing Elena's soulful face, Gary became uncomfortable. He looked at the old woman who had taken care of him since he was a child. That woman had done so much for her family. Not only did she devote herself as a household assistant, she also became a substitute mother figure for his brother. Indeed, her age was more appropriate to be called a "grandmother", but her role was more suitable as a mother to herself and Rowen.Oh my! What have I done? She sacrificed so much, but what have I done? The old woman who has helped me with all her time and energy, I almost made her cry, Gary thought in exasperation.The young man touched Elena's hand, startling the woman. She then heard Gary say, "You don't have to apologize, Gran. And I ... I'm the one who should be apologizing to you. Please, forgive me for getting angry just because you called me that."Elena ga
Gary Davis sighed softly. Guilt immediately rushed into his heart.He immediately positioned his seat towards his little brother and looked at him with a guilt-filled gaze.The boy's gaze was so innocent that it made Gary's feelings even more chaotic.Rowen, his little brother, was still very young, but he had to bear problems that he shouldn't have thought about at such a young age. In a very gentle tone Gary said, "Rowen, I'm sorry. I ... know you must feel very lonely. But ... believe me I'm doing all this for us. I-""You risked your life, Brother. I ... I ...."Gary shook his head, "Don't think about me! You just have to grow up healthy and safe. So that when we get what is rightfully ours, we can stand tall."Suddenly, Gary's words made Rowen look down sadly. "Gary, can't you just leave it all behind?"Rowen made Gary frown but he smiled a little before saying again, "What do you mean? Didn't you say you wanted to live in the palace with me? Why are you saying that now?"The 10