Chapter 149 - Past events (1/2)
”Are you perhaps the General in charge of this area?” Nightin asks politely with his right fist thumped on his chest as a salute.
This might seem like a gesture of close to zero importance in the cultivation world, but this gesture of his has earned the respect of some soldiers. Even they might just speak respectfully without the salute, it has already been forgotten and is merely recorded in the manual during Kingdoms exchange travels.
Lionel looks at Nightin once again before raising his head towards the plain ceiling, a crescent formed on his stern face and the hopeful sunlight radiating with energy replaced the despair and stress snowballed till now. This young boy, he reminds me of the younger self of that person, maybe he might exceed him in time to come, but that is if time can wait for him to develop.
”Young boy, what's your name and why are you appointed as a ninth-grade noble all of a sudden? I don't recall ever seeing you.” Lionel asks, his politeness surprising all of his man even though no one stands out to question, they know their general better than anyone. Their general was someone who turns serious when it comes to political and military affairs, he's however known for his keen eye when it comes to the scouting of talent.
”Reporting to General, my name is Nightin and I'm someone who made it here in one leap from the lower grade realms. Here, I have no background and am only affiliated with the Voyager kingdom because of a unique contract they agreed on with the Evil Academy.” Everything was spoken out, but details about the contract and Evil Academy and sent through telepathy to the General.
”You kidding me? He skipped past the middle grade realms and high grade realms and ascended to our Overlord realm this easily?” A Elite soldier exclaimed in surprised.
”Maybe his true identity isn't as simple as it seems, maybe he's a spy from enemy forces of the descendent of some legendary characters.” One of the Elite soldiers replied while nodding his head in approval of his own idea.
”Elite Soldier! Have you forgotten about the teachings of our army?” Lionel interrupted in with his usual tone, causing the soldier to stand upright and face him. Lionel didn't even give him a second glance before turning away, only asking ”What are the three absolute rules I reminded all of you to follow?”
”We train to protect our loved ones and protect them from harm, we are the shield of our loved ones and the spear of our lands and seas!”
”Resilience should never slip out of our mind, we can die with pride and glory, but never scamper away from the battlefield with our tails between our legs!”
”We should never jump to conclusions and should only state something when there is sufficient proof and evidence to prove our theory!”
”Repeat the last rule again.” Lionel says coldly, shutting down the soldier mindset of disobeying him in the slightest.
”We should never jump to conclusions...”
Before the Elite solider could even finish what he had to say, Lionel had already sent him crashing into the wall while signalling for the healers to recover his injuries. Making use of this chance to bring his dominance to the other level, he says at the top of his voice ”I understand that you have your qualms and doubts about what he just said, but I can assure you that everything he mentioned was true.”