Rowena wanted to refuse, but the girl could not, for she had been forced out and escorted to her residence by a number of soldiers on the king's orders."Oh, this sucks!" the young girl grumbled as she entered her residence.She put on a sullen face, so annoyed that her personal attendant, Celia, asked, "Why do you look annoyed, Your Royal Highness?"Rowena stared at the young girl in disbelief, "You still ask, Celia? Oh my!"Celia winked, not knowing how to respond.The princess bent her face, supporting her head with her right hand. She also muttered softly, "I am not angry with my father, I am angry with myself."Celia nodded and immediately replied, "For protecting the would-be warrior who saved your life, Your Highness?""It's not that, Celia. It's just that I was ... upset that I didn't know his identity in the first place. And now I'm confused, I ... was somehow involved in forging this young man's identity. If my father finds out, he will definitely punish me for sure," Rowena
However, someone else said, "Hm, maybe he decided to back out earlier, but then he changed his mind and well ... they came late in the end."The rest of his friends responded with mocking laughter and Jason could only let out a long sigh."Hey, what are you looking at?" James suddenly said in a louder tone until the group members who were talking about Riley no longer dared to open their mouths."If you can't concentrate, you'd better raise the white flag and quit this group," James said in a sharp tone.The future soldiers were even less willing to move and just stood stiffly while listening to the chairman's words.James glanced at Riley who soon left the plane. He was relieved. He's finally here, this challenge wouldn't have been as much fun without him, James thought.Truly, the only opponent he thought was comparable to him was Riley and somehow Riley always made him a person who always tried hard.It's like saying it was Riley who gave him the spirit to get up. In fact, it was a
The budding soldiers of the group of four gave James a disapproving look, but then they heard Jason speak up, "Riley's the smart one, he's the leader. I bet he came up with this strategy too."James hated to admit that Jason's opinion was actually true, so he just cleared his throat and said, "Never mind, there's no need to think about what the other groups are capable of. Let's strategize something just as great. Let's regroup quickly and listen to me!"Having no other choice, they immediately turned their attention back to James.The other groups, intimidated by Riley and Justin's strategy, quickly decided to change their strategy so they wouldn't lose.In the forest itself, Riley ordered, "Split up now! And remember, if we get the target number of flags, stop immediately and do the second mission.""Ready, understood," the would-be soldiers replied in unison.They split up, with Alen sticking to Riley, who was paired with him. "How do we know we have 20 flags, Riley?" Alen asked wi
"Hey, I should have said that. You made a sudden turn," the man said angrily, still not getting up.Not to be outdone, Alen replied again, checking his hand that was a bit sore after the collision, "What am I supposed to signal? And how should I give a sign? This isn't a highway and I can't honk to warn you.""Don't you have a flashlight or something?" the group member was not to be outdone by Alen.Riley, not wanting this to become a big problem, immediately said, "Alen, stop it!""Craig, stop!" another group member said after he had picked up his dropped bag.Even though it wasn't very bright in this part of the area, Riley could still see the face of the young man who had just opened his mouth. It was Justin Donovan.Justin stared at the two people and looked surprised, just like Riley, who hadn't expected their paths to cross."Oh ... Riley Wood." Justin said with a small smile.Riley was stunned, "You know me?"Justin chuckled, "How could I not? You're ... very famous. There's no
Alen replied, "We saw it first. You guys-""But we were the first to arrive, so you can't call us sneaky," the tall young man replied, holding back an annoying smile.Alen was about to reply, but Riley beat him to it, saying, "Let's go somewhere else!""Riley, come on!" Alen said with a pitiful look on his face, knowing that Riley was about to give in again."Alen, come on!" Riley said in a tone that didn't seem to want to be contradicted.With that, Alen turned and followed Riley away. At the same time as they ran, the insidious herd laughed at them.Alen gritted his teeth, "Look, they're laughing at us.""I don't care," Riley replied as he ran. He kept checking his surroundings."But I do care, I don't want us to be mocked and belittled like this, Riley," Alen replied irritated.Riley sighed, "Then what do you want us to do? Fight with them? Even though we don't know if there is a flag or not? Hell, Alen. We're just wasting time.""Better to search another area. Remember, we're racin
"Follow me and don't ask too many questions," Jason replied quickly, not wanting to waste any more time.Their group, group four, had collected 16 flags, which meant they still had to find the other four. He knew that James hated to lose, and even though he was so upset that James, the leader of his group, had left them without saying anything, Jason couldn't protest. It was as if he could understand James' actions.While they were searching for the flags, they suddenly heard another announcement that group two had successfully completed the first mission and were the first group to start the second mission."Oh damn it! Why are they so fast?" one of the members of Group Four complained."They have a better strategy. Oh, I'm annoyed that we have to be led by Gardner," another friend continued, now irritably picking up rocks.The first person to comment said, "Exactly. If we had Riley Wood or Justin Donovan, we'd be safe."Jason, who was checking the water section of the pool, immediat
"Yes, they found it." Riley quickly picked up Alen's pin again and looked at the clue in the form of a floor plan of the food warehouse that appeared a few seconds later. Alen also looked at the small pin with an astonished look, "Wow! This is amazing!"Riley nodded in agreement, truly pleased with the results they had achieved this time. At the same time, their group's name had also been announced as one of the groups that had found the food warehouse. "Come on, let's go to the camp! You must be thirsty and hungry, right?" Riley said with a faint smile.Alen nodded enthusiastically, "Of course. I just drank a few drops of water and ate some bread. How am I not hungry?"Riley chuckled softly and ran quickly around, looking at the floor plan so they wouldn't get lost when they found the food warehouse.On their way, they passed some other groups and it was obvious that some of them were looking at them with annoyance.Suddenly Alen laughed and Riley turned to him, still running, "What
"Gotcha," Alen said when he managed to pull the hand of one of the five would-be soldiers. Unfortunately, the soldier didn't give up easily and put up a fierce fight. Alen tried to bind his arms, but it turned out that the prospective soldier with the purple flag still managed to escape. Then he ran quickly."Oh, no. I won't let you go," Alen said as he ran after her.Meanwhile, Riley had already managed to knock down a young man with an oval face and a body much shorter than his own. He immediately grabbed both of his opponent's hands, preventing him from moving."Let go of me, damn it!" the opponent cursed, but Riley ignored him and with quick movements bound the hands of the desperately rebelling future soldier."Damn it, what are you doing?" the eyes of the soldier, who wore a ferret pin as his insignia, bulged perfectly.Riley simply said, "Calm down, I just need a few seconds."And after turning the opponent around, Riley saw the silver pin. "No," the would-be warrior struggled