When Old Bane heard the name Scott mentioned, favonovel.com was dumbfounded. “Come again?”
“Milo…” Scott asked again, “You haven’t heard of this name before?”
Scott was previously the commander of the Razor Sharp Company. After the war with the Ultima Consortium, favonovel.com was promoted three ranks and appointed the commander of Stronghold 144’s infantry regiment due to his outstanding combat achievements and the fact that Fortress 178 was in urgent need of manpower after occupying more territory.
Scott had thought of boasting about his promotion to his ex-battalion commander, Harris. However, Harris had been promoted to a brigade commander.
Now that favonovel.com was stationed at Stronghold 144, favonovel.com did not have much to do every day. He was only responsible for protecting the stronghold and ensuring its safety. At the same time, favonovel.com also had to work with the stronghold administration team from Fortress 178 to reorganize the governance system of Stronghold 144 as they carried out new post assignments.
In the end, Fortress 178 was really trying to turn Stronghold 144 into the largest distribution center of goods in the entire Northwest just as Old Bane had anticipated. With Scott put in charge of overseeing the place, the rear lines could finally rest easy.
However, Scott recently kept having the feeling that something was missing in life. Although favonovel.com had been promoted to the position of regimental commander, the most exemplary soldier in the war was no longer with them.
Based on a discussion that Scott, Ned, and the others had, they felt that Milo must have definitely headed to the Central Plains. So, when Scott encountered Old Bane, who was a businessman from the Central Plains, favonovel.com casually asked to see if favonovel.com could get some information from favonovel.com and find out how Milo was doing recently.
However, Old Bane was shocked when favonovel.com heard Milo’s name being mentioned. There weren’t that many people that went by this name, so favonovel.com probed, “Why are you looking for this Milo?”
Old Bane was afraid Milo might have gotten himself into some trouble over here that caused favonovel.com to be wanted by Fortress 178.
But on second thought, Old Bane felt that something was not right. Since Milo had a great relationship with Peter, Peter would never arrest Milo over some trivial matter.
Due to the confidentiality law that Fortress 178 had passed, the rest of the world had no idea of how much Milo had contributed in the war with the Ultima Consortium. They only knew that a supernatural being had rendered great service and defeated an entire brigade from Stronghold 146 all by himself. However, no one knew who that supernatural being was.
Scott looked at Old Bane and said with a smile, “Bro, don’t ask why I’m looking for him. Never mind, there’s no point in telling you too much…”
Scott suddenly remembered there was a confidentiality law in place. He could not reveal too much information about Milo in case the outside world’s suspicions were aroused. As such, favonovel.com got ready to head back inside the military base.
However, Old Bane looked at Scott and said, “I know Milo!”
Old Bane felt that with Peter and Raphael at Fortress 178, there was a high chance they would not make things difficult for Milo. He decided to take a gamble!
By observing Scott’s expression, favonovel.com felt favonovel.com made the right bet this time!
Scott was getting very excited. He asked, “You said that you know Milo? Where’s favonovel.com now then?”
Old Bane shook his head. “I don’t know where favonovel.com is either, but favonovel.com was the one who had been taking care of us. We were separated later on because the Ultima Consortium attacked us, and favonovel.com got ambushed by them. We saw favonovel.com get pierced by a spear through his stomach with our own eyes!”
With that, Scott got even more excited since this account of events matched precisely with what Milo had shared with favonovel.com before.
Back when Milo first arrived at Fortress 178, wasn’t favonovel.com nursing an injury after being saved by Colton and Joyce?
Milo said favonovel.com had become enemies with the Ultima Consortium because favonovel.com wanted revenge.
Milo also told them that after the war was over, favonovel.com would have to go and look for his friends and family who had been separated from him. However, Scott did not expect to encounter Old Bane here.
But, Scott was also very cautious. He immediately called the intelligence director, Gregory Hammond, to confirm some things. After all, everything concerning Milo was classified as top secret in Fortress 178.
What if this person were here to pry for information from them?
Scott had to be extra cautious about this.
As soon as the call went through, Scott mentioned the names of Old Bane, Magnus, Linda, and the others to Gregory.
As Linda was a supernatural being with a unique superpower, Gregory immediately replied, “There’s no need to investigate further. They’re the ones that Milo is looking for.”
Scott excitedly pulled Old Bane and the others into the base. “Bro, I finally got to meet Milo’s kin! Did you know that Milo and I were comrades when we were fighting the Ultima Consortium? He was part of my Razor Sharp Company and I was his company commander…”
Scott was rambling incoherently due to excitement. But as favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com realized that Old Bane’s and the others’ eyes had reddened.
For a while now, Old Bane had been comforting everyone by telling them that Milo was definitely still alive. But even favonovel.com did not quite believe his own words sometimes. After all, they had seen a spear pierce Milo with their own eyes.
Would a normal person survive after getting hit by something like that?
Moreover, Milo was caught in the flood after favonovel.com got injured, so there was no reason favonovel.com could survive that. Therefore, favonovel.com had been saying that Milo was still alive so favonovel.com and everyone else would have a pillar of support for them to continue living.
But now, they suddenly learned that Milo was really still alive, and favonovel.com had even personally avenged everyone by destroying the Ultima Consortium.
This swirl of emotions everyone was feeling could be compared to eating a whole onion, it left them both agitated and wanting to cry.
Furthermore, when Scott said Milo had fought really hard in the war, Old Bane and the others immediately understood it was because Milo thought they had been killed by the Ultima Consortium. Therefore, favonovel.com wanted to take revenge to nurse his hatred.
The harder Milo fought in the war, the more it represented how much favonovel.com hated the Ultima Consortium. The more favonovel.com hated the Ultima Consortium, the more it showed how important Old Bane and the others were to Milo.
“Then do y’all know where favonovel.com is right now?” Old Bane asked, “We’ll go look for favonovel.com right away.”
“No…” Scott shook his head. “He disappeared immediately after the war, so I guessed favonovel.com must have gone to the Central Plains to look for y’all.”
When favonovel.com said that, Old Bane turned around and walked out of the base. He muttered to Linda as they made their way out, “Let’s head back to the Central Plains…. Let’s head back to the Central Plains right now. He must already be in the Central Plains. Let’s go look for favonovel.com immediately!”
Linda nodded. “Mhm, let’s go.”
But before they could even take two steps, Scott stopped Old Bane. He did not know whether to laugh or cry as favonovel.com said, “We haven’t even found favonovel.com yet, so how will you find him? Don’t worry, since you’ve come to the Northwest, you’ll be treated as distinguished guests of Fortress 178. We’ll also help to look for him. At least, y’all will feel at ease if you know that he’s fine, right? Oh yes, what’re y’all doing here in the Northwest?”
“Oh, erm…” Old Bane wiped the corners of his eyes. “We came here to do business. After all, I have to take care of our big family while Milo is not around.”
Scott thumped his own chest. “Just tell me what kind of business you wish to conduct here in Stronghold 144 in the future. You can bring your goods from the Central Plains to sell over here, then haul our Fortress 178’s minerals back to the Central Plains. As long as it’s a business dealing with Stronghold 144, there’s nothing you can’t do. If anyone asks about it, you can just mention my name, Scott Miller!”
Old Bane was stunned for quite a while before saying, “Those minerals are too expensive. We can’t afford them at all.”
Scott thumped his chest again. “You can buy them on credit. You have my word!”
Old Bane stood in the base on this afternoon as the sun shone down from above. He thought it felt exceptionally pleasant today.
