Rising from the Ashes BY Only For You

A gentle breeze blew from the nearby water, bringing a rare sense of peace.

Even for Andrew, this treasure hunt had been dangerous. But from beginning to end, he had kept his cool, never once panicking under pressure.

It had been a long time since he had felt the raw intensity of surviving on the edge. The last time was when he led a team on an overseas hostage rescue mission. His squad had run out of ammunition and supplies, and his comrades had fallen one by one around him.

In the end, he was the one who held on until the very end and completed the mission perfectly.

Now, after facing another brush with death, Andrew was too wired to sleep, too keyed up to rest. The others nearby had already fallen into a deep sleep, with Logan's snoring particularly loud and ungraceful.

However, Andrew could not sleep. He stared at the sky, watching clouds drift and shift, feeling like life had slowed down.

Unconsciously, he thought about the Little Emperor of the Fallen Crimson Dynasty in the underground palace, who still carried resentment after a century. He also thought about Stanley, that foreigner who had been rotten to the core since 100 years ago.

They had both found their end-vengeance had been served, and scores had been settled. However, the price had been high because many people had died

on this journey.

Mosby was gone.

Rafael, Grand Viper, Kevin, Ralph, and even Magnus... all of them had perished in that tomb.

finally, Axel-the scheming village chief of Patoaja—had also lost his life, undone by his

treasure map he had been carrying. Despite being

the remaining fragments into the river. One by one, the pieces drifted with the current and disappeared

really throwing them away? What if they're

soft voice broke

his head and saw Natasha watching him with a smile in her eyes. He grinned.

bit her lip, her voice coy. "Well, my part's

me rest for a bit, alright? You have no idea how much energy it took to dive through those tunnels and

why I'm not in a

a short two-hour

to set, the

hovel

the hillside trail and

down toward

the night here in the village to get

agreement. "I second that, Mrs. Rhodes. Honestly, I'm dying for a

added, "Good timing too—this village actually has a couple

moment and said, "You guys go ahead. I want to take

offered, "I'll