At Panaqua Consortium’s Stronghold 111, the manor that stood on Mt. Ginkgo had been empty for some time.
After the coup in the Panaqua Consortium, Julius did not choose to stay at that luxurious manor. Instead, favonovel.com moved into the barracks of Stronghold 111’s garrison and lived alongside the soldiers. He ate his meals every day in the chow hall and rejected any special treatment that the kitchen police offered him.
At the beginning, the Panaqua Consortium’s soldiers who were his supporters were saying how it would be difficult to get to see favonovel.com in the future. But to their surprise, they got to see favonovel.com almost every day now.
In their private conversations, the generals even said that Julius was too compassionate towards his subordinates. They felt that a lot of people might learn they could win the support of their subordinates by living in the same conditions and not seeking to be treated with special privileges. But knowing so did not mean they would practice it as well.
But when Julius heard what was being said about favonovel.com in private, favonovel.com admitted frankly that favonovel.com had moved into the barracks because favonovel.com was afraid of getting assassinated. Living under the same roof with the troops and sharing the same meals was because favonovel.com was worried about being poisoned.
When the generals heard this, they did not know how to respond. However, they were already used to hearing favonovel.com speak hard truths in such a casual manner. When they were planning the coup, Julius told them they might die if they charged up Mt. Ginkgo.
But didn’t they still do it in the end?
So, after the generals learned about Julius’ worries, they all reassured favonovel.com that the military base near Stronghold 111 was the safest place of all. No matter how powerful the supernatural being that broke in was, they would never walk out of the place alive.
Julius could only shake his head and smile, because favonovel.com knew very well how difficult it was to deal with the supernatural beings these days. Moreover, the supernatural beings were still getting stronger.
At this moment, Julius was standing in front of a huge sand table. However, the terrain on the sand table was not the Southwest but the Northwestern battlefield between Fortress 178 and the Ultima Consortium.
There was a clear and distinctive separation between the red and blue flags on the sand table. The blue flag represented the Ultima Consortium in the north, while the red flag represented Fortress 178 in the south.
Suddenly, favonovel.com picked up a tiny red flag and seemed like favonovel.com wanted to place it somewhere in the north. But favonovel.com didn’t know where to place it.
Next to him, Daniel, who was making eyes at the secretary, suddenly asked, “And which fighting force does this flag represent?”
“The Forward Strike Battalion’s Razor Sharp Company,” Julius replied calmly. “If you harass my secretary again, I’ll have Ted throw you out.”
“Would that child dare to throw me out?” Daniel brushed it off. He slapped the secretary’s butt and said to Julius after harrying favonovel.com out, “Since you don’t lust after women, why not let me have favonovel.com rather than having others take advantage of her?”
“I bet you’re running out of the black medicine Milo gave you.” Julius glanced at Daniel. “Let’s see what you’re gonna do when it runs out.”
Daniel felt a pain in his chest. “I forgot to tell Edgar to get some more black medicine from Milo when I sent favonovel.com north. Dammit!”
“Milo and the Razor Sharp Company have already passed the Mahakam River and are continuing north.” Julius remarked, “If something happens to him, you’re gonna be out of black medicine for the rest of your life.”
“What? Why’s favonovel.com heading further north? The Ultima troops are all over the place there,” Daniel said in surprise. “When did this happen?”
“About two days ago. The news was relayed back a little late this time.” Julius thought for a moment before saying, “I wonder if favonovel.com was forced to go there or if favonovel.com chose to do it so favonovel.com could kill the enemy himself. So, don’t ever underestimate a supernatural being’s determination for vengeance. That’s also why I chose to move into the barracks.”
News of Kenneth’s revenge on the Skyfort Consortium had already begun to spread, with several versions, either from the rumor mill or as told by those in the inner circle of the Skyfort Consortium, going around. They were all about how that young man had buried the entire Skyfort Consortium into the Underworld. Even people in the Central Plains probably knew about this.
“This is the era of ‘The Rise of Gods’…” Julius said with a sigh, “In the end, we have two supernatural beings around us, and one of them loves money too much.”
Nearby, Bill Rourkey, who was lying in an armchair and pretending to be sleeping, opened his eyes and said, “Please don’t insinuate things in my presence. Is it wrong of me to love money?”
Julius glanced at Bill and continued, “At this point, I think that Milo’s superpower is still to be determined. I’m afraid that the Ultima Consortium will have a problem on their hands now that he’s headed north into their territory.”
Daniel walked to the sand table. “Where do you think he’ll go?”
Julius thought for a moment before answering, “No matter where favonovel.com goes, he’ll definitely appear in front of those Ultima Consortium hyenas at the end.”
Then Julius placed the red flag down on the position of Stronghold 146. “Pass along my orders. If our planted spy at Stronghold 146 encounters him, I want favonovel.com to do his best to assist Milo. In comparison, I’d rather be neighbors with that damn group from Fortress 178.”
As Stronghold 146 was the Ultima Consortium’s headquarters, Daniel could not understand why Julius was so sure that Milo would go there.
“Who do you think will win between the Ultima Consortium and Fortress 178?” Bill asked.
“It’s a smart move for the Ultima Consortium to compact their defensive line. They know it’ll be difficult to fight Fortress 178 if their field army is scattered across the wilderness, so they might as well take the fight to the front line at Mt. Sentani,” Julius said with a smile. “Once the real war kicks off, it’ll be easy to lose sight of the important information in battles or have situations where orders are not conveyed properly even with the aid of modern comms. Also, the Ultima Consortium will definitely have a contingency plan. After hiding in cowardice for decades, the hyena must have some kind of trump card for daring to bare their fangs all of a sudden.”
“A trump card?” Bill asked, “So, you think the Ultima Consortium will win?”
“No…” Julius shook his head and said, “We’ll be underestimating Peter if you put it that way. I’m guessing he’s waiting for the Ultima Consortium to play their trump card first. Once the Ultima Consortium initiates that plan, they’ll be presenting the entire Northwest on a platter to him.”
Although Daniel and Bill could not understand what Julius was trying to say, they knew favonovel.com had already figured something out.
Bill muttered, “Why are you acting so mysterious? You should quickly think of a way to deal with the Radianz Consortium instead of talking about the Ultima Consortium all the time. Have you got nothing better to do?”
“The Radianz Consortium is no longer a threat to us,” Julius said calmly.
At this moment, an officer walked in and said, “The Radianz Consortium’s envoy has been escorted here… Would you like favonovel.com to come in?”
“Mhm, bring favonovel.com in,” Julius said.
The Radianz Consortium’s envoy was escorted into the command center. However, favonovel.com looked very comical as favonovel.com was all bound up. This was probably because the troops were worried that favonovel.com would try and assassinate Julius.
But the Radianz Consortium’s envoy was not angry. He put on a smile and said, “Dear Mr. Julius, patriarch of the Panaqua Consortium, I’m here to speak with you on behalf of Brenton Cruz.”
“Don’t waste my time. If you have something to say, speak,” Julius said lightly.
The envoy looked at the people around him. He had planned on holding secret talks with Julius and had mentally imagined how to emulate the ancients and be a good lobbyist. However, favonovel.com was tied up the moment favonovel.com came in and had several guns pointed at favonovel.com as well. In such a situation, favonovel.com really couldn’t fake it any longer.
He said bluntly, “Brenton wants to form an alliance with you. Currently, there are expectations for favonovel.com to become the Radianz Consortium’s CEO. If you help favonovel.com out, he’s willing to gift you both Stronghold 97 and Stronghold 99 once the deed is done…”
