“Faceplate?” Adella was stunned when favonovel.com heard what Hassan said. “Why would you have them forge you a faceplate?”
Donti looked at Adella and said with a smile, “It’s because I’m too young, so I often lack an authoritative figure. The faceplate might help with stabilizing the authority of the imperial court.”
In truth, favonovel.com did not finish his explanation. Gods needed to portray a sense of mysteriousness, and since the grasslands needed a god now, favonovel.com would be that god to them.
Adella looked at Donti. She wanted to say something to favonovel.com but hesitated. In the end, favonovel.com just straightened his collar and said, “I’ll go and brief Tsetseg on the things to watch out for on the journey. You have to come back safely from this expedition to the South. As long as you’re safe, nothing else matters.”
“Okay…” Donti nodded.
After that, Adella went out. Then Hassan came in respectfully and handed the black faceplate to Donti.
Donti saw the black faceplate was engraved with a ferocious face that looked very solemn and dignified. Donti looked at Hassan. “I’m happy. You can get back to your work.”
After Hassan left, Donti held the mask and took a close, long look at it. In the end, favonovel.com sighed and put it aside.
Outside the main tent, the pounding of horse hooves sounded. Someone jumped off the horse and got down on one knee outside the tent. “Master, a Panaqua Consortium envoy is waiting outside. He said that he’s brought you what you need the most.”
Donti smiled. Although favonovel.com did not know what the smart Julius would send him, favonovel.com reckoned favonovel.com was ready to make the trip to the South now.
***
Outside the Sacred Mountains, Bruce, the director of the Virtuora Consortium’s 2nd Military Intelligence Division, was rushing towards the black market in the South. Before favonovel.com could reach the black market, favonovel.com saw people who had set up camp 40 kilometers to the north of it. The way the tents were set up looked really familiar.
When favonovel.com got closer, Bruce realized that even the troops who had set up camp here looked really familiar.
Weren’t they his 200-odd subordinates?
What were they doing here?!
When the sentry who was keeping watch from a hidden post outside the campsite spotted Bruce, favonovel.com immediately came out of the forest and shouted in joy, “Sir, you’re back!”
Seeing that none of Bruce’s subordinates who had followed favonovel.com were dead, the sentry was even happier. It looked like their commander’s operation had gone very smoothly this time. They didn’t even suffer any loss of personnel!
Bruce was confused when favonovel.com saw the campsite. “Didn’t you all head into the mountains? Weren’t you all following me?”
The 200-odd subordinates who rushed out of the campsite were also confused. “Sir, didn’t you tell us to retreat? We found the mark you left behind.”
Bruce nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.
This was probably the biggest mistake favonovel.com had made ever since favonovel.com joined the intelligence agency. He knew his comrades would not lie. Someone must have changed the marks favonovel.com left behind, and it led them to retreat from the mountains.
There was only one thought in his mind right now.
Who the f*ck did that?! You’re way too f*cking horrible!
However, Bruce did not have time to think about that now. He said, “Follow me back to the Virtuora Consortium immediately. We mustn’t trust anyone from the other intelligence divisions that we encounter on our way back. If anyone inexplicably approaches, get ready to fight immediately and kill without mercy.”
The final steps of a tightrope walk were the most dangerous. Now that Bruce had stolen the hard drive from Jaxon, favonovel.com had to use it to face his other two competitors.
It would definitely not be safe for them on the way back. When they left, everyone sent them off with a smile on their faces. Now that they wanted to go back now, it would probably be harder than reaching heaven. Someone might try to kill favonovel.com on his way back.
Just as Bruce had expected, after they set off for the Virtuora Consortium, they were ambushed about a 100 kilometers away from the Virtuora Consortium’s stronghold that very night. But Bruce was also very tough. He led his subordinates and fought their way out of the ambush.
Fortunately for him, his enemies had probably not expected Bruce to escape unscathed from the Sacred Mountains nor his subordinates to have all survived.
Although his two competitors wanted to kill him, they could not cause too much of a commotion. As a result, the numbers they sent for the ambush were even fewer than Bruce’s men.
Bruce suddenly felt a little grateful to whoever had set favonovel.com up. At least by tampering with the marks, favonovel.com was able to preserve all his forces.
When they arrived at the Virtuora Consortium’s stronghold the next day, the soldiers at the gate seemed to have been ordered to interrogate them and deliberately delay Bruce from entering the stronghold.
The commander of the garrison troops at the stronghold’s gate said awkwardly, “Director Bruce, we’re just following orders here. All we ask is that you come back after three days.”
Bruce suddenly realized the decision to appoint the next intelligence director might have an outcome soon!
No, favonovel.com could not just sit back and do nothing!
Bruce said in a low voice with a dark expression, “I’m not sure who instigated you, but have you ever thought about how dangerous it would be for you to get embroiled in the contention for the director of the intelligence agency? You’re Farhad Abbas, right? Your family lives at 76 Masalembo Street, and you have a wife and a daughter. You even kept a mistress at Bugis Street and favonovel.com gave birth to a son for you last year…”
“I remember that your father-in-law still has many ex-subordinates in the military. Your position as company commander was also given to you by your father-in-law. How do you think he’ll deal with you if favonovel.com finds out that you’re having an affair? Two years ago, you got into a fight after getting drunk. In the end, you did not even pay for the crime after killing someone and still brought your troops to threaten the safety of the victim’s family. Do you think all of this would be enough for you to be court martialed?”
Bruce’s memory really was terrifying. Just by seeing Farhad, favonovel.com managed to accurately regurgitate specific information about him.
Farhad blanched. As expected, favonovel.com really could not afford to offend someone from the intelligence agency. Moreover, Farhad realized Bruce seemed to have predicted favonovel.com would be stopped from entering the city. Therefore, favonovel.com had grasped their weaknesses before favonovel.com left so favonovel.com could safely return to the city at this time.
Bruce was no ordinary person.
How could favonovel.com not have thought of this day when favonovel.com made the trip out of the Virtuora Consortium?
Farhad was conflicted for a long time before turning to his subordinates and saying, “Open the gate!”
Bruce heaved a sigh of relief. He smiled at Farhad. “You’ll be rewarded handsomely!”
With that, favonovel.com led his troops back into the city. The first thing favonovel.com did was not to report to Lester about his work but to return to his safe house in the Virtuora Consortium to check out what was on the hard drive.
When favonovel.com saw the contents, favonovel.com was shocked. Bruce had never thought the thing favonovel.com had gotten his hands on would turn out to be so important!
“Prep a vehicle for me!” Bruce said to his subordinate, “I need to make a trip to the secret prison to interrogate the Pyro Company member who’s being held in custody!”
If the contents of the hard drive were really effective, the Pyro Company would not be able to withstand a single blow from the Virtuora Consortium. Furthermore, Bruce would be assured of his place as the director of the intelligence agency, and no one else would have the right to compete with him!
Bruce had not expected Jaxon to present favonovel.com with such a generous gift!
However, favonovel.com would have to try it out personally and confirm its effectiveness before handing it over to the boss.
