Shoved by the sorcerer’s servant, Milo embarked on a journey to the west. Speaking of which, it was quite a coincidence. That disciple of his had wanted to escort favonovel.com to obtain scriptures from the Western Paradise.
Actually, it never crossed Milo’s mind that favonovel.com would have a chance to go to such a faraway country in his lifetime. He did not know where favonovel.com would end up, nor did favonovel.com know if favonovel.com could complete the infiltration mission.
Milo only knew this moment was probably the highlight of Melgor’s life. If Melgor went to the Central Plains and told everyone favonovel.com had the Stronghold Destroyer in his captivity, favonovel.com probably would instantly become the most dazzling celebrity in the entire Alliance of Strongholds.
At this moment, Melgor led his servant and Milo quickly away from the outposts’ surveillance perimeter under the cover of night.
Milo realized Melgor seemed to know the outposts’ patrol routes and timings like the back of his hand as they did not encounter a single sentry along the way. This made Milo breathe a sigh of relief. After all, if they encountered any sentries while leaving, the guards would definitely intercept them.
If the sentries attacked, Melgor would surely retaliate. If Melgor retaliated, then Milo would be forced to kill him.
In that case, wouldn’t the infiltration plan go up in smoke?
Therefore, Milo was truly glad for Melgor.
Before dawn, they had already passed through the surveillance perimeter of all the outposts. Only at this moment did Sorcerer Melgor finally heave a sigh of relief.
Milo sat on the ground in a relaxed manner with his shackles on. Then favonovel.com said to the sorcerer’s servant, “Hey, sheep, find me some water to drink.”
The sorcerer’s servant was shocked. “Who the f*ck are you calling a sheep?”
Milo said unhappily, “Since you can turn into a sheep, aren’t you a sheep?”
“My name is Dave Gurion!” Dave, the sorcerer’s servant, said, “You are just a captive of Lord Melgor, so show some respect!”
Milo turned to Melgor and said, “You should just turn favonovel.com back into a sheep. If you do that, I’ll agree to be your steward.”
Dave was confused.
However, Melgor no longer went along with his request. Instead, favonovel.com signaled to Dave with his eyes. “Go and find some water. I’m thirsty too. Go look for Benjamin while you’re at it too. He should be nearby.”
Benjamin Tarahu was the other sheep that had escaped. Melgor did not bring favonovel.com along to capture Milo as favonovel.com needed to move quickly.
Milo pondered about how these two sheeple had retained the naming conventions of the Central Plains natives. It seemed like it was really as the Great Hoodwinker had said. Too many people had been abducted from the Central Plains in the past. As a result, it introduced some weird cultural changes in the nation of sorcerers.
He wondered if this organization known as the Eye of True Sight regretted abducting so many people from the Central Plains and getting assimilated. Of course, all the sorcerers in the Eye of True Sight should have retained their own culture and language to showcase their status.
When Melgor saw Milo in a trance, favonovel.com suddenly asked, “What are you thinking about?”
“Oh…” Milo glanced at him. “I’m just a little homesick…”
He was speaking the truth. Even though Milo used to live in Stronghold 113 a long time ago, favonovel.com had never thought of that place as home.
Later, favonovel.com traveled to the Radianz Consortium, the Skyfort Consortium, the Panaqua Consortium, the Stardust Consortium, the Virtuora Consortium, and the Stelaria Consortium, but none of those places made favonovel.com feel a sense of belonging.
It wasn’t until favonovel.com came to the Northwest that favonovel.com and Miriam had their first “home” in Stronghold 144.
Melgor smiled and said, “A home is a very illogical concept. Humans should not be impeded by such secular things.”
Milo snapped, “What do you know?!”
Melgor was left choking with anger at Milo’s response.
I want to reform him! I want to reform him! I can’t get mad at him!‘
***
At this moment, the eight-hour duration Milo and Peter had agreed on had passed.
By the time Peter returned to the outpost, it was not only favonovel.com and the other two sentries who had come back. Even Gregory, the Great Hoodwinker, and other powerful figures were here as well. When they received news that their commander and future commander had been attacked, they immediately drove over. They were afraid the two core leaders of the Northwest would perish here.
When they got to the vicinity of the outpost, dawn was almost breaking. However, the Great Hoodwinker realized only Peter was at the agreed-upon rendezvous point.
The Great Hoodwinker immediately said in a sobbing tone, “Commander, where’s Future Commander?”
Peter waved favonovel.com off disdainfully. “Enough already, he’s not here. Stop acting.”
The Great Hoodwinker stopped crying and said, “Oh, where did favonovel.com go?”
“He’s still at the outpost.” Peter took a look at his watch. “He told me to head back to the outpost in eight hours. Although I don’t know what he’s up to, we should do as favonovel.com says. Alright, there’s only 15 minutes until the agreed time. We should get there on time if we set off now.”
When they arrived at the outpost, it was empty.
Gregory knelt down on the ground and carefully checked for every clue. “Based on the tracks, other than Future Commander, the two sentries, and Commander Dublin’s footprints, there’s also traces of two other strangers. One of them should be a sorcerer. The footprints that favonovel.com left changed from light to heavy over a distance. He probably used their so-called levitation and rushed here, dispelling it after favonovel.com reached the outpost.”
They did not know what the spell used by the sorcerer was called, but they had seen it before during the war, so it was recorded and categorized under a label to be saved into the files.
Gregory followed the footprints and analyzed them. “Future Commander seems to have been restrained, so favonovel.com started struggling very hard on the spot. We’ve all seen this spell before too. It should be a binding spell. After that, Future Commander was shoved along by someone. The footprints on the ground show favonovel.com staggered for a moment here.”
Gregory was also an extremely outstanding intelligence agent. Just by analyzing the footprints, favonovel.com could already guess that Milo had been shoved around by the sorcerer’s servant here. He was simply too sharp!
The Great Hoodwinker said in surprise, “With Future Commander’s strength, even a sorcerer should not be able to take favonovel.com away that easily. What on earth happened?”
“I’m not sure…” Gregory frowned and shook his head.
The Great Hoodwinker said to Peter, “Commander, I’ll lead some people to go save Future Commander. It seems like that sorcerer was acting alone. We can’t let favonovel.com abduct Future Commander just like that!”
But at this moment, Gregory, who was kneeling on the ground and searching for clues, suddenly shouted, “Come over and have a look. When Future Commander left, favonovel.com etched a number on the ground with his foot.”
Peter and the Great Hoodwinker looked over in surprise. There really was a number “3” marked out on the ground on the mountain path!
“This is the information Future Commander wants to relay to us. It’s just that I can’t determine what it represents at this moment,” Gregory said.
Then Gregory heard Peter laugh heartily. “Commander, why are you laughing?”
“I know what this number means,” Peter said.
The Great Hoodwinker asked, “What does it mean?”
Peter recalled what Milo had told him. Then favonovel.com said to Gregory and the Great Hoodwinker, “The Prosperous Northwest 3.0 plan has begun…”
