Daniel ran out of the house swearing. He was really angry from being suppressed by the enemy forces just now.
“Dammit, someone is actually trying to kill me. Luckily, I didn’t let my guard down.”
However, Daniel was also a little surprised. Although favonovel.com had guessed Milo was a supernatural being, favonovel.com did not think favonovel.com was that powerful.
Thinking about this, Daniel asked his subordinate who had been hiding behind the tree earlier in a whisper, “Did you see how favonovel.com killed those people?”
That soldier shook his head. “I didn’t see it clearly…”
“Who are these people?” Milo looked at Daniel and said, “You better not tell outsiders that I helped you. I don’t want to get into trouble for it.”
“Alright, that’s for sure.” Daniel looked at the corpses and said, “Search them and see if there are any clues. However, it should be quite meaningless to do so. Suicide agents won’t carry anything that might offer a clue to them.”
As expected, they discovered nothing else on these people except for guns and magazines after searching through their bodies.
Daniel squatted and thought for a moment. “Let me think about this. If I were to die, who would benefit?”
Milo sat on a stone stool beside favonovel.com and let favonovel.com think about it slowly.
“Could it be the Ultima Consortium?” Daniel asked doubtfully. “If they had me killed, then the Radianz Consortium and Panaqua Consortium will immediately descend into war. The natural environment in the north around the Ultima Consortium is not as good as the south. They’ve been plotting to get this region for a long time now but aren’t a match for us. So, they tried to infiltrate Stronghold 178 and use them as leverage. If the Radianz Consortium and Panaqua Consortium were to start fighting, they could just sit back and reap the benefits.”
However, Daniel changed his mind and said, “But the Ultima Consortium’s people are still in the stronghold. If they kill me, Julius would probably think in that direction as well and might then focus his anger onto the Ultima Consortium instead. So, it could also be possible that the Radianz Consortium is trying to kill me while the Ultima Consortium’s people are in Stronghold 88, making it difficult to discern what really happened. That way, they can force the Ultima Consortium to face Julius together with them since the Ultima Consortium couldn’t prove it wasn’t they who assassinated me.”
Milo snapped, “Your analysis is as good as useless.”
“What else can I do?” Daniel stared at him. “Since there’s no f*cking clues here, I can only make some wild guesses.”
“Alright, take your time to guess.” Milo said, “Remember not to tell anyone that I was the one who saved you. I’ll be leaving the stronghold the day after tomorrow, so don’t create unnecessary trouble for me.”
Daniel’s expression immediately changed. “What am I to do if you leave? What if someone tries to kill me again?”
“Don’t worry, Donti is staying just next door.” Milo said nonchalantly, “Besides, that guy from the Ultima Consortium is going with me too. You’ll probably be safe after favonovel.com leaves.”
“Eh, where are you all off to?” Daniel wondered.
“We’re going to exterminate the bandits.” Milo jumped back over to his yard.
He heard Daniel lower his voice and shout, “Wait, you said that Donti will protect me? Can favonovel.com really…”
By now, Milo was really treating Daniel as a friend. It was the same for Daniel, so Milo did not mind helping Daniel out.
It was just that tonight’s incident was really strange. The Radianz Consortium and Panaqua Consortium seemed to be getting along peacefully with both their armies still working together to fight the Skyfort Consortium at the front lines. It was as though Daniel were not under house arrest in Stronghold 88. But underneath the surface of this seemingly calm sea, turbulent waves were rolling.
Right now, the Skyfort Consortium’s front line at Mt. Gumbok was in grave danger. Many of the Skyfort Consortium’s military forces were forced to resort to guerrilla warfare against the Radianz Consortium and Panaqua Consortium inside the mountains in an attempt to destroy the supply lines and marching routes of both parties. After all, they were no match for the Radianz Consortium’s armored brigade on the front lines. The Panaqua Consortium’s artillery troops were especially brutal, so the Skyfort Consortium could only use this method to delay their impending defeat.
When their defeat finally arrived, the Radianz Consortium and Panaqua Consortium would probably start fighting each other immediately. This was what a lot of people speculated.
Daniel and Milo both knew Julius would send someone to save him, but no one knew what method Julius would use to conduct the rescue operation.
Launch a frontal assault?
In that case, it would definitely be over for Daniel as well.
Milo felt that based on his level of understanding, favonovel.com probably couldn’t guess what Julius was planning.
***
With the imminent departure to exterminate the bandits, Adella got busy again. She rushed everywhere to buy all sorts of supplies for Milo as favonovel.com was afraid favonovel.com would suffer when favonovel.com went outside. And now, Milo’s storage space was equipped with a vacuum preservation zone, so the food would not go bad when stored inside.
“This is a new tent, a waterproof cushion, a blanket, and a mattress,” Adella said.
Although favonovel.com did not know how Milo would take them with him, favonovel.com knew Milo had the ability to carry a lot of things with him. After all, favonovel.com was one of the closest people to Milo.
How could favonovel.com not have noticed anything after living together every day?
“I just bought these stainless steel bowls and chopsticks. Take them with you as well.”
Milo suddenly asked, “Wait, why are there two sets of bowls and chopsticks?”
“Aren’t you going with Ms. Miriam?” Adella paused. “Since you can bring more things with you, you should bring an extra set for favonovel.com just in case.”
“Then why is there only one tent?” Milo was dumbfounded.
Adella started laughing. “Why are you being so shy? I only packed one tent because it’s for your own good. It’s fine if you don’t get to use it, but if you do, you’ll thank me for it later.”
These words startled Milo quite a bit. He did not know how to respond.
Then at this moment, a car stopped outside the house.
Someone knocked on the door after getting out and asked, “Hello, is anyone around?”
Milo raised his eyebrows. This voice was a complete stranger, for favonovel.com had never heard it before.
He walked over to open the door and found a young man favonovel.com had never seen before standing there.
“Hello, my name is Lewis Fletcher. Nice to meet you.”
Lewis was the same height as Milo. He was standing there holding some gifts with both hands.
Lewis’s subordinates who were standing behind favonovel.com wanted to help favonovel.com carry the gifts, but Lewis smiled and said, “It’s alright, I can handle it myself. Wait for me outside. Don’t come in and dirty their front yard.”
Milo had to admit that Lewis looked quite friendly when favonovel.com smiled. He had the cleansing presence of a spring breeze and was completely different from what Milo had imagined.
He had originally thought Lewis was here to find trouble with him, but in the end, it seemed like favonovel.com was here to give favonovel.com some gifts?
Then Lewis said, “You must be Milo Parker. I brought you some gifts from up north. They’re our hometown’s specialty fruit, wolfberries. These gifts are very cheap, so I hope you won’t mind it.”
Milo thought Old Bane might have some use for these items, so favonovel.com decided to accept them.
Lewis said happily, “I won’t be going inside. As we’ll be going to exterminate the bandits together, there’s still some supplies I have to purchase at the market. Is there anything you need to buy? I can get them for you.”
Milo gave favonovel.com a look. “Nah, I’m good…”
“Please do take care of me on our expedition to exterminate the bandits,” Lewis said politely.
“Sure, I’ll take care of you,” Milo said nonchalantly.
“Thank you so much,” Lewis said.
Milo was waiting for this moment. He did not receive any gratitude tokens from Lewis.
