Riley didn't answer and instead squatted down to examine Warren's wound. As soon as Riley held Warren's leg, which was still dripping with blood, Warren immediately grimaced, "Oh, are you adding to my misery?"Again, Riley didn't respond to his friend's words and instead turned to Dean, their friend who was with Warren, "Dean, how did this happen?"Dean sighed and began to tell the story, "We just came from the food warehouse and when we were about to catch up with you guys, some people attacked us and tried to take my pin. Warren tried to stop them and was successful. Well, unfortunately one of them had a knife and attacked Warren aggressively."Alen was gaping. "This is crazy! He wasn't the only one with a knife, Riley had one too. But ... he never used it to attack other future soldiers."Warren said, "But ... they ran away in the end, you cowards!"The young man laughed crisply, but fell silent when Riley gave him a sharp look. "Why? It's their fault, Riley. Not me."Riley sighed,
Warren gritted his teeth, "Voluntarily? Do you think we're that weak?""We have a first rank leader, in case you forgot," Alen said with a challenging look.One of them spat when he heard Alen's words, as if he wanted to insult Alen and his friends. Alen clenched his fists while the spitting young man grinned, "And where is this Wood? Why don't I see him? Wasn't he with you earlier?"Dean started to answer, but the insolent man, now snorting again, said, "He must have run off and left you here."Mocking laughter erupted from the group of would-be soldiers from Group three with red cloth marks on their arms."Oh, never mind. No need to waste time, let's grab their pins and get out of here," one impatient group member said.He instructed his friends to immediately attack the three opponents he considered weak."The rest of you watch," the young man said again, requesting that only three people from his group fight the would-be soldiers with the lion pins."Damn it! They underestimated u
Unfortunately, even though the three of them attacked Riley at the same time, they still couldn't defeat him. In just a few minutes, Riley managed to subdue them.Riley tied them up with ropes while enduring the attacks from the members of the group of three, who were quite random. However, Riley once again showed his amazing skills as he managed to tie six people to a tree in a very short time.Now only the four opponents stared at Riley in amazement, wonder, and horror. "H-how did he do that?" Damian asked, his legs shaking.He saw Riley kick, but his hands were also busy grabbing his other friend and elbowing his other opponent at the same time. Really, he could defend himself while attacking without getting hurt in the slightest."He's ... very fast and agile. I ... I don't dare to face him," one of them swallowed.Damian snorted in exasperation, "You want to be a coward?"The young man with the knife in his hand did not answer, for although he was offended, his courage was evapor
Warren prepared to attack James. But contrary to their predictions, James raised both hands.Riley sighed, while Dean exchanged glances with Warren, who also seemed confused about the meaning of the gesture.Meanwhile, Riley asked in a surprised tone, "Are you alone?""Hm," James replied briefly, still with his hands raised."Then where are your group members?" Alen asked, who looked around for his group mates. But he did not find anyone behind James. The young man was all alone.James even asked back, "By the way, how long do I have to raise my hands?"Riley snorted, "And who told you to raise your hands?""Oh, damn it!" James cursed.He lowered his hands in desperation.The man walked towards them so casually.That made Warren stare in surprise, "What are you trying to do?""Riley, why are you so quiet?" Dean asked confused.James wiggled his eyebrows as he looked at Riley. Riley immediately rolled his eyeballs lazily and explained, "He's not going to attack our group."Warren was
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