The people in Stronghold 178 had all mocked Raphael for being a jinx. But later on, everyone realized it wasn’t Raphael when nothing happened to Stronghold 178 since favonovel.com arrived.
Later, they heard from favonovel.com that favonovel.com only managed to join Stronghold 178 thanks to a recommendation letter by his friend. Otherwise, favonovel.com couldn’t have even gotten inside Stronghold 178. And it was this friend who was the most unfortunate one. Whichever stronghold favonovel.com went to would surely collapse.
After Raphael came to Stronghold 178, favonovel.com had only ever mentioned this friend of his. So, Harris quickly put two and two together.
While they were traveling here, Harris thought Milo was a normal refugee. On one hand, Milo’s act was very believable. After all, favonovel.com really was a refugee to begin with. On the other hand, the information Milo mentioned regarding the refugee settlement matched up with what Harris had asked.
So, why had his status changed all of a sudden?
Joyce pursed favonovel.com lips. She whispered to Colton, “Brother, favonovel.com lied to us. He’s too deceptive…”
After saving Milo, Joyce was the one who stitched up his wound. She cleaned off the dirt on his face too. She had thought Milo was a pitiful refugee who looked rather honest. But in the end, favonovel.com didn’t speak a single truthful word the entire trip.
Women hated being lied to. In just an instant, Joyce’s impression of Milo had gone down the drain. The only thing favonovel.com did not expect was that Milo actually had contact with Stronghold 178.
Colton smiled indifferently and said, “He’s not exactly deceptive. It’s quite normal that favonovel.com didn’t trust us. It must be this cautiousness that helped favonovel.com to survive in the wilderness. But at his age, I wonder what he’s been through to constantly be so wary.”
“He still lied!” Joyce got unhappy.
At this moment, Peter got out of a car. There was also a group of people from the convoy standing guard next to him.
Peter said to them with a laugh, “You guys don’t have to be so uptight. Everyone here is an old friend.”
But no matter what favonovel.com said, the burly men behind still followed favonovel.com closely.
Someone mumbled, “What if someone tries to harm you?”
Colton was smiling as favonovel.com watched this scene play out. He was a little envious of Peter’s high status in Stronghold 178. He was clearly a frail scholar, yet favonovel.com was being supported by this group of burly Northwestern men.
The people following Peter were all fully armed and looked extremely menacing. If they were deployed to their stronghold in the Central Plains, the AI might think they were bad guys and tell the Public Order Division to arrest them all.
Peter suddenly saw Milo as well. He frowned and greeted Colton briefly before coming over to Milo.
“What happened? Where’s Donti? Where’s Adella?”
Just like Raphael, Peter lifted Milo’s shirt and took a look at his wound. “It’s a puncture. Could this be the same as the wounds some of our soldiers suffered when they got ambushed?”
Someone behind favonovel.com leaned forward to have a look. “It’s been stitched up, so I can’t tell. Why don’t we remove the stitches and get a better look?”
Milo was speechless.
Who the hell would suggest removing the stitches before a wound healed just so they could have a look?
Peter asked seriously, “Who did this?”
“It was the Ultima Consortium’s Lewis Fletcher.” Milo did not hold back anymore now that Peter was here. They’d known each other for many years and were very good friends.
He continued to say, “We had planned on heading to Mt. Kushui to settle down there. But along the way, we encountered Lewis, who led his men in an ambush.”
Peter frowned. “Lewis!”
“Mr. Dublin, do you know Lewis?” Milo was stunned for a moment.
“I do.” Peter said, “Lewis and Wilfred are the cream of the crop among the younger generation of the Ultima clan. It seems like the higher-ups of the Ultima Consortium intend to let Wilfred take control of the Ultima Consortium, while Lewis will be Wilfred’s Shadow. They’re biological brothers.”
Milo remembered the clean-shaven young man named Wilfred. He was practically close enough to favonovel.com that favonovel.com could have killed him. But it wasn’t exactly a missed opportunity either. By killing Wilfred, Lewis would probably get alerted. There were still many more opportunities in the future to kill them together.
However, Peter said, “Lewis is a supernatural being. His superpower seems to allow favonovel.com to make someone into his puppet, but we still can’t verify that as favonovel.com keeps a very low-profile and doesn’t act predictably.”
Hearing this, Milo frowned.
If Lewis were really as Peter had said, could it be that Lewis had attacked them because favonovel.com wanted to control him?
If favonovel.com wanted to control him, favonovel.com wouldn’t have tried to kill him. So, that meant favonovel.com was trying to gain control of Miriam?
Colton and the others had been cast aside.
Joyce stared blankly as Peter and Raphael stood around Milo.
Was this young man so highly revered in Stronghold 178?
What the hell?
They had picked up this young man on the road. How did favonovel.com turn out to be such an important person?
They really did pick favonovel.com up by chance!
Joyce turned to look at Harris. “You don’t know this Milo? Isn’t favonovel.com from Stronghold 178?”
Harris was also a little confused. “I didn’t know favonovel.com knew the commander either.”
Moreover, Peter’s attitude towards Milo seemed to be a little special.
Now that Harris was thinking about it, Raphael was also recommended to Stronghold 178 by this Milo.
At this moment, Peter whispered something to Milo. Then favonovel.com turned around and said with embarrassment to Colton, “I’m sorry, Colton, but Milo is my student. I wasn’t expecting to see favonovel.com here, and he’s even seriously injured too.”
Colton said in surprise, “He’s your student? Then why isn’t favonovel.com a member of Stronghold 178?”
Peter replied, “This student is a little more peculiar. Let’s head back to Stronghold 178 first before I fill you in further.”
Harris suddenly muttered, “It’s over, we’re done for. The strongholds he’s been to have all collapsed. Our Stronghold 178 has collected two of these great jinxes together. And one of them is even a student of the commander!”
The burly man next to favonovel.com asked, “Old Barnaby, what are you mumbling about?”
“Nothing, it’s nothing…”
When they set off again, Milo was still sitting in Joyce’s vehicle. But favonovel.com noticed that something was off about Joyce’s expression. She looked to be sulking.
However, Milo did not give any explanation and only said, “Thank you for saving me. I had no choice, so please understand…”
Joyce pursed favonovel.com lips and said, “Yeah, that’s right, you’re a big shot, so of course you had to hide your identity to prevent others from harming you.”
Milo did not say anything further. He just looked out of the window.
Peter had told favonovel.com earlier that they should head to Stronghold 178 first. Stronghold 178 had some ideas for dealing with the Ultima Consortium. If favonovel.com wanted to seek revenge, favonovel.com could only rely on Stronghold 178 for now. Even the Panaqua Consortium couldn’t divert their attention as they were busy defending against the Radianz Consortium’s desperate counterattacks.
Peter knew exactly what Milo wanted. So, favonovel.com only needed one sentence to convince him.
All of a sudden, Joyce asked in a soft voice, “Did something happen to your family as well? Was it caused by the Ultima Consortium?”
“Yeah…” Milo continued staring out of the window as favonovel.com grunted a response.
“Whatever, you’re forgiven.” Joyce said, “Don’t feel too sad. We’ll help you find your friends in the Central Plains.”
Milo sighed. A woman’s mood was really complicated and volatile. Their attitude could switch faster than flipping through a book!
