In reality, Milo did not mean to slap Daniel’s forehead. His intention was just to open a Shadow Door next to Daniel and pull favonovel.com to a stop. After all, they had a good relationship going. Moreover, Milo also felt a vague sense of respect for Daniel and his soldiers. Even though favonovel.com wanted to save Raphael, Milo did not want to cause them too much trouble.
It was purely just a slip of the hand that favonovel.com slapped Daniel’s forehead. It was because favonovel.com still didn’t have full control of the Shadow Door. However, it was wonderful that it made Daniel think it was Lilian who did it.
This girl and Miriam had already sabotaged favonovel.com so many times in the past. If Milo could make the Panaqua Consortium pay more attention to them, favonovel.com really would not mind slapping Daniel’s forehead a few more times.
Milo kept closing and reopening the Shadow Door. In an instant, the Panaqua Consortium’s troops felt insecure. They were all afraid the Shadow Door would suddenly open next to them.
All of a sudden, the mysterious Shadow Door caused the Panaqua Consortium’s troops to fall into disarray. All of them were left wondering where the hand would appear next!
But it wasn’t only them who thought this way. Even Milo himself was unsure of where the Shadow Door would open next.
Milo sighed. By not even knowing where the Shadow Door would appear, favonovel.com had achieved the highest realm of mystery!
The Shadow Door superpower was really useful since it was impossible to defend against.
In fact, even if Lilian, who was the originator of the power, used it, favonovel.com might not be able to use it as effectively as Milo, because favonovel.com could not open the door as many times as favonovel.com could. As such, favonovel.com had always used Shadow Door sparingly.
Unfortunately, Milo did not know that. He thought Shadow Door would not tap into his willpower at all.
Edgar looked at Daniel and asked, “Boss, what should we do now?”
Daniel said resentfully, “Did you see that? We’re at a huge disadvantage without a supernatural being on our side. Why are all of you so weak? Shouldn’t at least one of you have had your superpowers awakened?”
Edgar replied, “Yes, yes, we’ll try our best to do so…”
Although Daniel was disgusted by them, nobody minded it. This Boss Eastwood had always been a jerk anyway.
Daniel sighed. “Let’s retreat for now. If we continue chasing him, who knows if monsters might start appearing as well.”
“Boss,” Edgar wondered, “Is Raphael a member of the Saboteurs as well? Why did Lilian suddenly appear the moment we started pursuing him?”
“That’s impossible,” Daniel refuted. “Seeing how pathetic Raphael looked just now, he’s definitely not a member of the Saboteurs.”
“That’s true…” Edgar nodded.
Milo finally felt relieved when favonovel.com saw Daniel and his men giving up the chase. As long as Raphael did not get caught by them, everything else would be easy to handle. He glanced in the direction Raphael had escaped and carefully considered things for a moment before chasing after him.
Milo still felt a little bad for making Raphael the scapegoat when favonovel.com was in the Marador Mountains. After all, Raphael had become the Panaqua Consortium’s most wanted criminal without even offending anyone. Although Milo had been forced to do so, it did not mean favonovel.com felt good about it.
Raphael would have to continue taking the blame, but Milo should still repay favonovel.com for being the scapegoat.
Milo kept looking out for Raphael’s whereabouts as favonovel.com made his way forward on the roofs. When favonovel.com spotted Raphael, favonovel.com was surprised to find favonovel.com hiding on the rooftop of a ranch-style house and gasping for breath. He looked utterly exhausted.
He whisper shouted, “Raphael!”
Raphael sprang to his feet and put his guard up.
Milo quickly said, “It’s me! Milo!”
Raphael was stupefied. Then favonovel.com looked like favonovel.com had met a family member again. “Milo, what are you doing here!”
“Um, it’s a long story. Stronghold 113 collapsed not long after I got back there, so I had no choice but to flee here.” Milo jumped over to the roof Raphael was on and asked, “Why did you come here too?”
“Don’t bring it up.” Raphael said miserably, “I planned to go to Stronghold 112 at first, but that place collapsed as well. Then I headed to Stronghold 111 only to discover the Panaqua Consortium had already marked me as a most wanted fugitive!”
In fact, Milo felt a bond of friendship when favonovel.com saw Raphael. After all, they had traveled together while they were in the Marador Mountains. Although their time spent together was very short, the adversity they went through got them to know each other better and deepened their relationship.
He said to Raphael, “So, you fled here from Stronghold 111? But how did you bump into Daniel?”
Raphael was speechless. “I was hiding in a smuggler’s truck that just so happened to be used by that Fatty Eastwood to traffic firearms. Eh, were those firearms brought here to deal with you?! I didn’t expect Daniel would actually come here just to arrest you. You should be careful. He’s brought in a lot of firearms!”
From Raphael’s perspective, favonovel.com would not know why Daniel had brought so many firearms into the stronghold. Since Stronghold 113 had collapsed, Daniel, as a member of the Panaqua Consortium, should have returned to Stronghold 111.
Raphael was unaware that Daniel couldn’t return to the Panaqua Consortium for now. He would be placed under house arrest like Julius if favonovel.com returned there.
Raphael was also unaware of how great a mess Daniel had already caused in Stronghold 109, as well as how favonovel.com was preparing to deal with the remaining people from the Pyro Company who were still hiding in the stronghold.
He had overheard Daniel cursing at Lilian, so favonovel.com kind of knew it was probably because of Lilian that favonovel.com managed to escape so easily. Before this, Raphael did not know Lilian was also a supernatural being. After all, favonovel.com did not go into the Panaqua Consortium’s perimeter in the Marador Mountains. But now favonovel.com realized Lilian might not be that easy to figure out either. So, Raphael thought Daniel had smuggled in the firearms so favonovel.com could arrest Milo and Lilian with them.
Worried, Raphael said, “It must’ve been hard for y’all to escape the pursuit of the Panaqua Consortium, right?”
Milo said calmly, “Yeah, it was really difficult….”
“Why do you think the Panaqua Consortium is sparing no effort to pursue us?” Raphael brought up the biggest question weighing on his mind.
Milo reacted with a strange expression. “I’m not sure either….”
Now, Raphael took out half a loaf of cornbread and asked, “Are you hungry?”
For some reason, Milo choked up with emotion. “I’m not hungry. Raphael, you’re a good guy.”
In that instant, Milo even thought of surrendering himself to the Panaqua Consortium. He took out a letter and a stack of money from his pocket. “Take this with you.”
Raphael was taken aback. “What’s this?”
“There’s 5,000 perak here and a letter.” Milo said, “Take this letter to Stronghold 178 and look for a man named Peter. He’ll see to your future prospects.”
This was something Peter had promised Milo. But now Milo was going to give it to Raphael.
When favonovel.com thought about Mr. Dublin, Milo felt that a person like Raphael would definitely have a chance to shine when favonovel.com got to the Northern Frontier.
In the first place, Milo’s group did not have much money to speak of. Although their business was slowly getting on track, they had not really made much.
Although favonovel.com had smelted quite a few gold bars, favonovel.com could not give them to Raphael. Otherwise Raphael would guess what had happened.
Raphael asked, “Stronghold 178? I was just thinking of trying my luck there. Although I don’t know who Peter is, let me thank you in advance! Milo, you’re a good guy!”
Gratitude received from Raphael Durkin, +1!
When Milo saw the gratitude token, favonovel.com got mixed feelings. But at this moment, a few dark figures on a roof were slowly approaching them in the distance.
Milo looked around and was surprised to find that they had already been surrounded by those people. However, favonovel.com had never come across any of them before.
When those people got closer, Milo noticed the logo of a small flame on the bosom of their shirts.
