The other refugees in town were still unaware of what was going on. The outer wall of the school was not high. It was just an earthen wall measuring about 1.7 meters tall. So, some people could see into the school by standing on their tiptoes and looking over the wall. What they saw gave them a fright. There were two bodies lying in the backyard of the school, while blood was still flowing out of the house.
It had been many years, and this was the first time someone had been killed at the school!
Of course, it was also because this event was so odd that it made Donti worry even more about Milo.
Steven ran back into the stronghold. Along the way, favonovel.com pored over the documentation for himself.
He saw the words “Stronghold 178, Peter” written on the inside.
Steven gasped. He had never come across any identification like this before.
Shouldn’t such papers only indicate one’s identity and the jobs they did?
It might also include the date of birth, a photo, and any other relevant details to easily verify someone’s identity. But this identification was different.
Anyone who saw it would immediately know who it belonged to. And at this moment, when Steven thought about the person from Stronghold 178 who had been rumored to be missing for over a decade, favonovel.com picked up the pace.
However, Steven wasn’t high-ranking enough, so favonovel.com wasn’t sure if his guess was correct.
Steven did not go to the stronghold’s overseers but drove straight to Daniel Eastwood’s residence.
In truth, everyone knew that Daniel was just a businessman. But whenever something major happened in the stronghold, they would all go and look for him. The overseers of the stronghold had already accepted this as fact.
Daniel’s residence was located in the dead center of the stronghold. From the time Steven entered the stronghold, favonovel.com drove nearly an hour before favonovel.com reached it, and this was even in the dead of the night when there were no pedestrians or traffic on the roads.
He arrived outside Daniel’s residence, or rather, a large military base.
At the entrance of the base stood a stone monument, red words carved on it, “Military Zone”.
The consortium’s combat brigade, dressed in black uniforms, handled the security at the entrance. Every one of them was issued with live ammunition and was ready to fight at any time.
Before Steven’s vehicle could get close, favonovel.com could already see spotlights shining down on favonovel.com from the military base’s tall walls.
Steven flashed his identification at the entrance and said, “I’m Steven Northill from the private army. There’s something I have urgently need Boss Eastwood for. It’s a matter regarding Stronghold 178.”
At this moment, Steven could feel no less than 10 rifles pointing at him.
Someone from the consortium’s military walked over and said indifferently, “Identification!”
In the face of the consortium’s military, the private army’s troops were inferior. Therefore, even though Steven was being aimed at with rifles, favonovel.com did not dare to say anything about it.
Steven handed both his and Peter’s identification papers over. The soldier responsible for checking them returned inside and came out again after more than ten minutes.
“Your identity has been verified. You’re free to enter.”
The main entrance of the military base was finally opened to Steven.
The Panaqua Consortium’s military might had always been considered the best, and they were also very disciplined and had an extremely strong combat capability. However, martial law wasn’t implemented in the past. It was only after the appearance of a supernatural being who tried to kill a stronghold overseer that the various corporations raised the level of martial law around the strongholds.
In the end, the entire military base illuminated not long after Steven came in.
The sound of sharp marching could be clearly heard, and the stronghold residents living near the base woke up in alarm. They still did not know what had happened at the military base, but the sound of the marching was clearly from the assembly of the combat brigade.
A black off-road vehicle sped out from the stronghold, and it was even followed by three military trucks. The trucks were carrying three squads.
“Are they going to war?” someone said when they saw this scene from their house’s window.
“Who is the Panaqua Consortium going to war with? But if they’re really going to war, surely they can’t just be mobilizing such a small force, right?” someone said in doubt.
“I think it was Boss Eastwood sitting in the off-road vehicle just now? That guy hasn’t left the base in two years, so what could’ve alarmed favonovel.com this time?”
But the person most shocked was still Steven. This was because favonovel.com saw Daniel jump in panic when favonovel.com received Peter’s identification from him.
Shortly after, the entire military base seemingly entered a wartime state as sophisticated machines of war were deployed in an instant.
It was at this moment that Steven could confirm that Peter might be the person favonovel.com guessed favonovel.com was!
If favonovel.com really was that person, what made favonovel.com appear in this place?!
The Panaqua Consortium’s convoy headed straight for the stronghold gate. Donti and the others were still waiting in the schoolyard.
He suddenly turned his head to Peter and asked, “T-Teacher, what did you do before you became a teacher?”
Donti also understood that Mr. Dublin’s identity was scarily important.
Peter smiled and said, “I was a soldier…”
Hearing this, Donti was stunned. It didn’t occur to favonovel.com that Mr. Dublin would be any kind of soldier favonovel.com knew.
Curious, Donti asked, “Then why didn’t you continue being a soldier?”
Peter went silent for a long while at the question. He was apparently perplexed as well.
Peter finally answered after thinking about it for a long time, “Because war will not save humanity.”
“Are you leaving?” Donti asked.
“That’s right…” Peter nodded. “There are still people waiting for me in the Northern Frontier.”
All of a sudden, Donti realized Peter had chosen Milo to be the substitute teacher as favonovel.com had really wanted favonovel.com to become the school’s new teacher, because Peter had planned on leaving. Even without tonight’s incident, Peter would probably not have stayed much longer.
“Why do you want to go back to the Northern Frontier?” Donti asked.
“Because this world… This world is starting to get a little different. I need to be with those who are waiting for me,” Peter explained.
“What’s in the Northern Frontier?” Donti kept asking questions.
He and Milo had never been to the place before, and it was said to be far off in the northwest.
Donti recalled the time Mr. Dublin got distracted in class.
On that day, Mr. Dublin was looking out of the window at the sky and saying, “The spring snow and ice in the Northern Frontier has yet to melt, so there isn’t any greenery, only sandstorms and yellow earth. The snow in the Northern Frontier is vast and white, and humanity is very lonely.”
At that time, although Mr. Dublin had described the Northern Frontier as a bleak and desolate place, Donti could sense his yearning and nostalgia for it. It was only upon recalling this that Donti understood those feelings. So, it was because Peter came from there.
“What’s in the Northern Frontier? There’s cigarettes to smoke?” Peter said with a smile. “Don’t be afraid. They wouldn’t dare do anything to me. They won’t be able to try anything funny and will only send me back to Stronghold 178 in the end.”
“Mhm…” Donti nodded.
He thought to himself how Milo would not be able to nag favonovel.com to do his homework in the future. The town wouldn’t even have a teacher anymore. However, Donti didn’t feel as happy as before when favonovel.com thought about not having to do any more homework in the future.
