While everyone was resting, Milo found a hilltop where favonovel.com could look around to spot the whereabouts of the wolves. But when favonovel.com reached the top of the hill, favonovel.com was stunned. Milo did not really expect the wolves to be nearby.
He saw the silvery Wolf King standing in the wilderness and staring at favonovel.com quietly. Even the wind seemed to have stopped blowing for it. But very surprisingly, Milo did not get the feeling the Wolf King had any intention of attacking them this time. It just glanced at favonovel.com quietly before turning around to run back into the wilderness.
The Wolf King looked extremely strong and powerful. Using some of the bushes that it stood next to earlier as a reference, Milo was startled when favonovel.com realized his estimation was not wrong.
This Wolf King had grown to a size larger than a cow!
Why?
What motives did the wolves have in following us?
Milo had thought something did not feel quite right. Although the wolves did not dare to pass through the canyon, Milo found they had been waiting there all along when favonovel.com returned from the mountains beyond the canyon.
At the time, Milo wondered if they bore a grudge against favonovel.com after favonovel.com had escaped from them the previous year. But now, it seemed like the situation was far more complicated than that.
Whatever!
Milo thought it was going well as long as the wolves did not attack them. As for what that reason might be, favonovel.com had no intention of delving any deeper into it.
He would be bidding farewell to the wilderness in another day or so. After that, favonovel.com would be entering the stronghold favonovel.com had always been dreaming of to live a life without fear or worry. Then their lives would start getting better with each passing day. Milo had promised Donti favonovel.com would lead favonovel.com to a comfortable life someday.
When favonovel.com returned to the vehicle, everyone had disembarked from the truck to stretch themselves. Although it was not too crowded inside the truck bed, there was still some discomfort from being stuck in it for an extended period.
Old Bane approached Milo and said solemnly, “Thank you, Milo… Thank you for taking me and my son with you into the stronghold…”
Gratitude received from John Bane, +1!
Milo looked at Old Bane and said, “You don’t have to be so polite with me. We’re not only going into the stronghold, we’re also going to reopen your grocery store.”
Old Bane shook his head. “It won’t be my grocery store but yours. Listen to me, Milo… You’ve earned that grocery store in return for risking your life. It’s enough for me to be your shopkeeper in the future. I have nothing more to ask for, except that you remember to give me a high salary.”
Milo was startled. He had not expected Old Bane to reject favonovel.com when faced with such an enticing deal.
While Old Bane continued thinking about how to persuade Milo, Milo said, feeling touched, “Okay, let’s do it as you say…”
Hearing this, Old Bane was speechless. Milo was still the same shameless, money-loving young man favonovel.com knew!
But at this moment, Milo added, “You’ll get a 30% share in the shop, and the money you get from selling those antibiotics will be yours to keep too.”
He was not exactly giving out shares to favonovel.com for nothing. First of all, Milo did not have any talent in running a shop, while Old Bane had been running one all his life. So, Milo felt favonovel.com should let the professional handle it so favonovel.com could spend his time on other things. In fact, what favonovel.com wanted to do now was not to earn money but to go to school.
***
Daniel made use of this time to size up Chad while Milo was away. He was already quite familiar with Chad. Be it his daily routine or hobbies, someone had reported this information to favonovel.com before.
Daniel had been quite envious that his younger brother had a supernatural being for a bodyguard. It felt really nice to even just think about that. Unfortunately, the supernatural being had been serving in the military base under Julius’ command. However, Daniel was not that lucky. And now, favonovel.com was starting to have such ideas again after finding out Chad was able to take on three Experimentals all by himself.
Chad was just a fool. As a big shot of the Panaqua Consortium, couldn’t favonovel.com easily fool a fool?
As Milo had never displayed his superpower in front of Daniel before, favonovel.com was only a skilled and ballsy refugee in Daniel’s eyes.
What did favonovel.com do to deserve such a powerful supernatural being like Chad as his follower?
And it was even a master-disciple relationship too!
Daniel was richer and more handsome than Milo. He was also an organization’s big shot with power beyond imagination. A person like favonovel.com should have a follower like Chad instead!
Thinking of this, Daniel went up to Chad and chuckled. “Hey, Chad, since your master is so poor, why don’t you follow me instead?”
Chad glanced at Daniel and said, “I don’t wanna talk to Benbo’erba…”
Hearing this, Daniel was annoyed.
F*cking Benbo’erba! Are you still not done with that yet?!
Just what is with a mentally ill peron’s train of thought?
Can’t it be a little more normal?!’
When Milo came back, favonovel.com saw Daniel sitting right up against Chad.
He smiled and said, “What, you wanna go with us to the Western Paradise to obtain the Buddhist scriptures too? If you really wanna, we’re still missing a White Dragon Horse…. No, you don’t look like White Dragon Horse.”
So saying, Milo turned his head and looked around. When favonovel.com saw Murdock, his eyes lit up. “We’re still missing a carrying pole and two baskets. So, why don’t you be the bamboo basket instead!”
Daniel got so angry favonovel.com turned around and left. He suddenly felt favonovel.com was not crazy enough to get along with Milo and the others.
***
Early the next morning, the truck was ready to set off again. This time, they were going to head straight for Stronghold 109!
When their other vehicles broke down, they siphoned the gas from them into the other vehicles that were still working. As such, the gas in the truck’s tank was more than enough to cover this leg of the journey.
Milo started imagining what it would be like to live in the stronghold.
He suddenly asked Linda and favonovel.com students, “What on earth is it like inside a stronghold?”
Linda thought back and said, “Students can attend lessons in the stronghold without worry. During their break, they can even play basketball and sweat it out in the schoolyard. When the girls see the boys they like, they will cheer for them. Actually, the teachers already know those students have developed feelings for each other, but they sometimes choose to turn a blind eye to it. Of course, the majority of the teachers will still choose to call the students’ parents.”
“Call their parents?” Milo was stunned. “Why would they call their parents?”
“To tell the parents so they’ll punish their children,” Linda said with a smile.
“Oh…” Milo nodded. “Fortunately for me, I don’t have parents…”
Linda choked on favonovel.com words as favonovel.com did not know how to continue the conversation!
But for some reason, favonovel.com felt a little sad for him. So, this young man had been living in the desolate wastelands in such manner with absolutely nothing to fall back on.
After a moment, Milo shouted, “Everyone, get into the truck! We’re setting off!”
Then favonovel.com saw Daniel bow three times in the direction of where they came from. He was doing that for the soldiers of the combat brigade who had died for him.
Actually, Daniel had not shown any signs of exceptional sadness along the way thus far. It was as though favonovel.com were still very optimistic about things. But when Milo saw this, favonovel.com felt that Daniel was not showing his sadness simply because favonovel.com did not want to appear weak.
