Salute To The General

Chapter 1536 A Chance To Redeem Yourself

General Zahn's frustration was more than evident in his growled answer. "I was worried about the operation, that's why.”

"And for a damn good reason too, it seems." He shot a withering glare at Axel. "Jordan, before you decided to attack General Cross, were you aware that your actions would cause a diplomatic mess so horrible it would take years to clean up?"

Axel's expression betrayed his shock and resentment at being chewed out so directly. "But, sir! General Cross and his people killed those captives— that's a direct breach of all the international laws we stand for-"

"And I don't blame him in the least," General Zahn interrupted coolly.

Axel was dumbfounded as he started to question, "Sir-"

General Zahn eyed the various captives kneeling on the ground with distaste. He was well aware of their status as the backbone of the Dark Temple. He said coldly, "Whatever you may think about these bastards, I'm going to assure you that they are at least ten times worse than that. They aren't just professional killers— no, they train others to become their brand of killers as well."

"Every year, they abduct millions of children from all around the world and bring them to concentration camps in Siberia." General Zahn chuckled humorlessly. "And that frozen hell is where they train those children to kill. Out of those millions of children, usually only one survives the entire ordeal."

Axel's eyes widened in horror. He sucked in a cold breath of air unconsciously.

A million children, set upon each other's throats to survive, killing and killing until only one prodigy survived.

This was truly success, if success was something cruel that demanded to be built on a mountain of bleached bones and rotten flesh.

words were bitter. "And this brainwashing is exactly how they create their infamous assassins. For every top-grade assassin they create, countless families across the world loses a child. They are worse than cruel- they are

General Zahn said with the same sense of bitterness that had suffused his earlier words, "I say

awkwardly silent. What had seemed like righteous anger earlier now felt extremely out of place, an insult to every victim of the Dark Temple.

Jordan, I want

he was told. Summoning his courage, he apologized

he raised his chin in a purposely defiant manner, gritting his teeth. "But I

let the law decide whether they should be killed

more than once. "The way I see it, I'm just responsible for sending the sinners to

flippant statement, Axel and his

own principles and I have my own code. None of us are in the wrong; we're just doing our duties." "But," Nathan added, "You're still inexperienced. You need a lot more

his face, Axel

as he came over to shake hands with Nathan, General Zahn said, "My Peacekeepers usually aren't allowed to interfere in battles, General Cross. They have good and adequate training,

firmly. "Especially since my men and I all look up to you

a hearty chuckle of acknowledgement. "That may be true, but I'm not much next to

comments with each other. Finally, Nathan was able to leave General

Colin, Ava and the Elite Eight in tow,

boarded a private jet to make the long trip back

allies were Ava's