Daniel falling unconscious earlier and the faint glow emanating from his body had proven a fact to Milo. Daniel had really awakened his power.
Before this, Milo had gotten used to the fact that the fatty was just a normal person. But now, his power was awakened. However, Daniel did not answer Milo’s question. Instead, favonovel.com looked at the Panaqua Consortium soldiers around Bill.
They were still standing, to the end guarding Bill.
Milo saw countless withered vines pierced through these Panaqua Consortium soldiers, but none managed to hurt Bill.
These Panaqua Consortium soldiers had formed the world’s strongest wall for Bill with their mortal bodies.
Daniel stood in front of them and said, “Actually, I’m just a fat man with a blessed life to have you all sacrifice your lives for me. If I weren’t born in the Panaqua Consortium and had a powerful younger brother, I would probably be much worse off than you guys. Even though I’m randy, gluttonous, not really able to endure hardships, and scared out of my mind, I still chose to do what’s most dangerous in the world.”
No one interrupted Daniel, everyone listened quietly as favonovel.com spoke.
Daniel continued, “Before we set off, I even joked with you guys that I would find you the most beautiful wives in the Central Plains and let you bring them back home. I’m sorry I couldn’t do it. At that time, I was just bragging. All of you should know that I’m fond of bragging and don’t know when to stop… But I digress. What I wanted to say is that I’ll still have to face a lot of danger in the future. Will you still continue to protect me?”
Daniel stared hard at the dead Panaqua Consortium soldiers. As the stronghold went quiet, all everyone could hear was their own breathing.
The moment Daniel finished speaking, golden figures walked out of the bodies of the Panaqua Consortium soldiers. The golden silhouettes even retained the appearances of the soldiers.
The platoon commander looked at Daniel with a smile and said, “B-Boss, it’s been a while…”
Before this, the Panaqua Consortium soldiers experienced endless darkness and loneliness without knowing how long had passed. It wasn’t until they heard a call summoning them in the darkness that they came to keep the appointment.
Tears started to fall from Daniel’s eyes again. He wiped his tears away while smiling. “F*ck!”
Other than cursing like that, Daniel did not know what to say.
Milo watched silently from the sidelines for a long time. He could not tell what kind of power Daniel had. He could actually bring back the dead in another form so that they could continue existing in this world.
Milo got very excited. If only favonovel.com had a Perfect Skill Duplication Scroll right now, favonovel.com would copy Daniel’s skill straight away!
However, it seemed that the prerequisite of this power was that the other party must be willing to be summoned. These golden figures were spirits guarding Daniel. After they talked for a while, the golden silhouettes of the twelve Panaqua Consortium soldiers walked into Daniel’s body one by one.
“This is the power you’ve awoken?” Milo inquired.
“Yes,” Daniel nodded and sighed. “I’ve finally become a supernatural being too…”
No one else said anything else. It was not appropriate to say too much with outsiders like Grace and Hammett around. It would be better to talk in private later when they got a chance to do so.
Daniel turned his head to the Hope Media reporter, Hammett, and said, “If I pay you ten million perak, can you keep today’s events a secret?”
Hammett shook his head. “I’m sorry… Everything that happened today is of great importance, so I have to record it.”
Milo was a little surprised. Hammett actually remained unmoved even though Daniel offered favonovel.com ten million perak. This Hope Media reporter was too stubborn.
However, Daniel’s concerns were necessary. On one hand, Daniel did not want others to know that favonovel.com awakened his power. Sometimes, it would be much more effective to keep an ace up the sleeve.
On the other hand, Milo and Olivia had revealed many things about themselves in this battle, especially Olivia, who had absorbed the life force of the creeper vine that had taken over the entire stronghold. If anyone with bad intentions learned about this, it might spell big trouble for her.
Daniel looked at Hammett and said with a frown, “You can pretend that you were seeking refuge today and did not see anything. Just by doing so, you will earn yourself ten million perak. There’s probably no better deal than this in the world, right?”
Hammett said stubbornly, “You can silence me if you want, but you can’t force me to lie.”
Milo sighed. He did not know how to feel about this reporter’s undaunting spirit anymore. Sometimes, having such a principled intellectual like favonovel.com around was a very frustrating experience. They could not kill favonovel.com even if they felt like doing so.
Daniel said, “Actually, what you want to record are the events of the disaster that took place today, right? In other words, you only want to detail how it ended.”
“Yes,” Hammett nodded. “This matter is very important to mankind.”
“But my power has nothing to do with this matter. Can you keep it a secret by not recording it or telling others about it?” Daniel asked.
Hammett thought for a moment before nodding. “I can do that.”
Daniel pointed to Milo and Olivia and said, “The two of them came into this terrifying place to save us. How many people in this world do you think are willing to risk their lives for their friends? They’re our saviors! After saving you, is it appropriate that you turn around and sell them out by telling everyone about their powers?”
This time, Hammett started feeling conflicted.
Daniel felt that favonovel.com had to resort to moral coercion to deal with a principled person like Hammett. He told the other party, “I don’t mind you recording this incident nor object to Hope Media publishing the report about them in the newspapers. But I have a suggestion for you. Can you keep your saviors’ identities anonymous in your article and just report that ‘someone’ saved the entire stronghold? There shouldn’t be any conflicts like that, right?”
Hammett looked at Milo and was about to say something. “You…”
“Watch your tone!” Daniel interrupted. “You should address favonovel.com as ‘savior’!”
Hammett was speechless. So was Milo.
Daniel knew favonovel.com convinced Hammett. He said with a smile, “I know that Hope Media also keeps some of their files confidential, and a lot of the information will only be released after 50 years. So about this matter, can you place it into the confidential files?”
Finally, Hammett said with a sigh, “I’ll do as you say…”
After getting this reply from Hammett, Daniel finally felt at ease. Hammett had been following them all the while, so Daniel eventually figured out what kind of person Hammett was.
There wasn’t a need to measure others by his own standards when making an agreement with someone like Hammett. That was because Hammett would definitely keep his word as long as favonovel.com promised so.
After the matter was settled, Daniel heaved a sigh of relief and felt a little more at ease.
Suddenly, Bill’s voice rang out beside them, “Fatty, I wanna wait and see when you plan to help me up…”
Bill was even coughing up blood as favonovel.com spoke. Only then did everyone suddenly remember that Bill was still alive.
