Damaged cars?
After hearing what the driver said, many of those in the truck were startled.
How could there be cars around here?
“All of you, stay in the truck.” Milo turned to Chad and said, “Chad, get out with me and look!”
The truck was already stationary.
After jumping off the back of the truck, Milo discovered Daniel had also jumped down with them. The three of them slowly advanced towards the damaged cars. But before they even got close, Milo could smell blood in the air.
Just as the driver had mentioned, three cars were blocking the road up ahead. They were all badly damaged and dripping with blood.
“Be careful,” Milo said.
As favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com inspected the nearby pavement to see what on earth could have attacked the convoy.
“Strange,” Daniel said in surprise, “These are indeed vehicles from Stronghold 109, but why did they send them out at this hour? And they were even headed in the direction of Stronghold 113?”
At present, Daniel had no idea that Julius had threatened the Stronghold 109 overseer. Jamie, who was the overseer of that stronghold, had no choice but to hold off the pressure from the Skyfort Consortium and send out a small group of private troops to search for Daniel’s whereabouts. However, they ran into an accident.
The three cars were parked in a crooked manner on the road.
The trio of Milo, Chad, and Daniel did not see any bodies and were only greeted by a trail of blood that led into the depths of the dark wilderness.
The bloodstains had already dried. Judging by the color, Milo deduced that the battle must have taken place around half a day ago.
Wait a minute!
Milo noticed a strand of white fur on the ground. Following, his expression turned to one of great shock.
“This is the fur of a wolf!” Milo retreated with Chad.
He finally realized what the bloodstains leading into the wilderness meant. It was the blood of the victims as they got dragged off in the mouths of the wolves.
What were the wolves doing here half a day ago?
But Milo didn’t care think too much. He just wanted to get back to the truck and get out of here!
“Wait a second for me!” Daniel whispered.
Milo watched favonovel.com jog all the way over to the three cars. It seemed that favonovel.com was looking for something in them.
A second later, Daniel took out a device Milo hadn’t seen before. “I found it!”
When the three of them returned to the truck, Milo asked, “What were you searching for in their cars?”
“Hahaha…” Daniel chuckled. “A satellite phone! I hope the PIN on this hasn’t been changed from the original ‘1111’, or I won’t be able to use it. We’re going to have to take a gamble.”
Milo examined it.
So, this is what the legendary satellite phone looked like?
But what was that PIN Daniel mentioned?
Milo had never even remotely heard of it before.
When the truck started moving again, Daniel said in surprise after keying in “1111” on the satellite phone, “It works!”
Right after, favonovel.com dialed another series of numbers with a sense of familiarity. He had memorized this number a long time ago.
“Who are you calling?” Milo asked.
“My little brother!” Daniel replied and then waited patiently for the call to connect.
Suddenly, a man’s voice could be heard on the other end. “Hello, who is this?”
“I’m Daniel! Get my little brother on the line!” Daniel said in delight.
Very quickly, someone else spoke on the phone. “Where are you?”
“I’m trying to escape. I can probably get to Stronghold 109 in a day and a half at the latest,” Daniel replied. “How is everything on your side? Have you made it out of the Marador Mountains yet?”
On the other end, Julius paused and said, “I’m still in the Marador Mountains… Raphael, god f*cking damn you!”
The call volume of the satellite phone was a little loud. Milo felt a little guilty after hearing what Julius said. He knew exactly why Julius was still stuck in the Marador Mountains. He was the one who slashed all of their vehicles’ tires.
Apparently reining in his emotions, Julius asked calmly, “Whose phone are you calling from? Have Jamie’s men picked you up?”
Only then did Daniel realize the three cars were sent out by Jamie under Julius’ orders.
He answered, “Something happened to Jamie’s men along the way. I found this satellite phone in one of their cars.”
Julius did not care about what happened to Jamie’s men.
He thought for a while and said, “Reorganize yourselves once you get to Stronghold 109, and don’t return to the Panaqua Consortium for the time being.”
“Why?” Daniel was taken aback but reacted quickly. “Have those old fogeys of the Board decided to punish you?”
“They’re just going to put me under house arrest in Stronghold 111,” Julius said in a relaxed tone. “But a lot of people have been very unhappy with you. If you go back now, you might receive a heavier punishment. Since they don’t know you’re still alive, you should stay at Stronghold 109 for the time being.”
“Okay…” Daniel acknowledged in a low voice.
“By the way,” Julius said, “When you get to Stronghold 109, tell Jamie to arrest Milo, Raphael, Miriam, and Lilian. I suspect these four people might’ve headed there after escaping from the Marador Mountains. After all, Stronghold 111 and 109 are the nearest to the Marador Mountains.”
Daniel gave an embarrassed glance at Milo as favonovel.com replied to Julius, “Milo is right next to me…”
Julius was silent for a while, then asked in bewilderment, “You’ve caught favonovel.com already?!”
Daniel got even more embarrassed. “You might not believe it when I say this, but based on the current circumstances, I’m probably the one who’s been caught….”
Julius was speechless.
Milo looked calmly at Daniel, who was stressed a great deal, as favonovel.com quickly sought to explain it was Milo who saved him. He would probably have died if not for that action.
Julius finally understood what had happened.
He then said from the other end, “Tell favonovel.com we’ll forget all the unpleasantness between favonovel.com and our Panaqua Consortium. On top of that, I, Julius, now owes favonovel.com a favor and a life.”
“They want to enter Stronghold 109 and become legal residents there,” Daniel said.
“You can speak directly to Jamie.” Julius did not seem too concerned about this matter.
Phew!
Hearing this, Milo heaved a sigh of relief.
The name of the Panaqua Consortium had been weighing on his mind recently. It was quite terrifying to be on the radar of such a huge corporation.
Who in this era would be willing to go against a corporation that controlled over 20 strongholds?
Of course, Milo was even more determined now to not let Julius find out favonovel.com was the one who slashed all of their vehicles’ tires that night. Just based on how Julius had sworn at Raphael earlier, Milo got the feeling this matter wasn’t over yet.
But favonovel.com remembered what Julius just said. He wondered where Miriam would go after escaping from the Marador Mountains.
Would it be to Stronghold 109 or Stronghold 111?
Or perhaps somewhere even further away?
Since there were limitations to Lilian’s power to travel through the shadows, Miriam and favonovel.com couldn’t have gone too far.
Milo glanced at Donti and Adella. Everyone heard the conversation between Daniel and Julius.
At this very moment, there was visible excitement in both Milo’s and Donti’s eyes. They understood they were no longer going to be refugees. From this moment onward, they would become legal residents of Stronghold 109!
