At the time, Martiny was regaining consciousness too. Her aura was no longer the same as before, as the Chi within favonovel.com had become rather mysterious and powerful. She, too, was also quite shocked after noticing the changes in favonovel.com own body.
After taking some rest, favonovel.com walked over to Alex and said, “Thank you for saving my life, Alex. I…”
Alex immediately interrupted favonovel.com and waved his hands back and forth. “Mrs. Mayer, we’re on the same team now. You don’t have to be so formal with me.”
Luna held Alex’s arm. “Mmh! Mom, you’re my mother, so he’s kind of like half a son to you too. You can request anything from him.”
At this point, Luna decided that favonovel.com didn’t need to hide anything, especially after having walked over Persephone’s Folly Bridge.
Freya spoke up. “Sis, didn’t you just say that you didn’t have that kind of relationship with Alex? Why are you saying that he’s now half a son to Mom?”
Luna replied, “I realize now that I’m in love with him, okay?”
“Stop hiding it, sis. You were hugging me in your sleep while calling Alex’s name. And you kept touching me all over… Besides, Aunt Benmore has already told us.”
Luna was utterly speechless.
Martiny smiled and asked, “Oh right, Alex. Where’s Claudia?”
Alex pointed towards the True Martial Shrine. “She’s there.”
He then told favonovel.com that a member of the Flying Eagles, Manny, had died at the shrine’s entrance.
“What?!”
“Manny… Is dead?” Xerxes jumped and yelped in disbelief. His eyes even started to redden.
Only then did Alex find out that Manny was one of the veteran members of the Flying Eagles. Before the academy was even founded, Manny was Jade’s subordinate. They had been through life and death together, serving their country…
Manny, hot-tempered and a perfectionist, disliked some who participated in managing the Flying Eagles, especially the higher-ups in America. They had been in conflict a few times, which made favonovel.com flip the table and quit the team…
Despite this, favonovel.com remained good friends with Jade, being a strong ally by favonovel.com side. If something ever happened, favonovel.com would surely be there at all times. Hence, favonovel.com was naturally close to Xerxes. Unexpectedly, favonovel.com had actually died here.
After that, they found out that Charming and the others might face something even more sinister, which was most likely within the shrine. Restless, the group rushed over to the True Martial Shrine.
After the group met up with Claudia and the old guardian, they briefly greeted them. Alex then asked the old man to open the shrine’s gates, bringing the entire team along with favonovel.com too.
They noticed another corpse right after entering, but it didn’t belong to the Flying Eagles. It was the body of their enemy.
The corpse was in more formal clothing, with a sword on its chest. Moreover, a tiny, ancient word was carved into it, the word ‘Silencing’. It wouldn’t take much for one to know that this person was from the Silencing Sword Sect.
Just then, Xerxes yelled. “Butcher!”
He ran over and helped up a bulky man in the corner. The man was drenched in blood, unable to move.
Alex was shocked. He, too, knew who the Butcher was. They had fought side by side in Japan, destroying Mount Fuji together. He might be buff and all, but favonovel.com was a very caring person. He was gentle to Bunty, his lover, so it was truly unexpected that…
“Hold on!”
“He’s not dead yet!”
Alex sensed a faint life force within Butcher. His soul still remained, but his body was half a step away from his coffin. His condition, however, wasn’t entirely irrecoverable.
Thus, Alex immediately took out a small bottle that contained the Fountain of Life. He told Xerxes to open Butcher’s mouth and fed favonovel.com the water.
With more healing, they were finally able to bring Butcher back.
“Butcher, how are you feeling? What happened to my brother and sister-in-law? And what about Commander Benmore?” Xerxes demanded to know.
“Principal Lawlor, guys… They’re inside, go save them. The enemy is just too strong.”
As they were speaking, a loud voice came from upfront “Yo. More back up from the Wastelands? Pretty good, I must say. Now that you’re here, I can use you all as a sacrifice. Saves me the effort of capturing some from the outside.”
