Salute To The General

Back at the chairman's office in Cross Group, Nathan was sitting on the chair Penny always sat in. He closed his eyes as he enjoyed Penny's massage.

Penny noticed the exhaustion on his face, and she asked, "Is work taking its toll on you?"

Nathan opened his eyes and smiled. "I just killed an Ariarica commander who was stationed in Jetroina not long ago, and all the western countries made a hoo-ha out of it. They kept protesting through their diplomats and asked the military to punish me. And they're up to no good in the military as well.

"All the bases are getting busy, since they need to handle a lot of matters. A battle might come at anytime, so we have to be prepared for it.

As the Chief Military Governor, that means my job is piling up, so it's tiring me out "

Ever since that decisive battle against the Davier family, Penny found out that her husband was the elusive Chief Military Governor. She looked at him gently and pecked him on the cheek. "I'm proud of you, hubby," she said softly.

Nathan smiled. He pulled Penny into his embrace and was about to make out with her, but then, someone suddenly opened the office's door.

who came in was none other than Penny's bodyguard-Ava. She forgot to knock since she was in

to knock the door. I'll

off and closed the door. When she knocked on the door and came in

was feeling awkward

I forget to lock the door? And Ava, you're getting a bit too

you need anything,

serious. "General, the leader of Blackwell clan's division in the South has sent

look on her face. "I don't really think that's good

at her. "What did he say? Let me

letter over to Nathan. He took a look, but there was only a short message and a signature on it. The

reading the message. He wants me to beg for forgiveness, and he's threatening me with my family's safety? How

he noticed that the sender was calling themselves 'Marshal,' his face fell. Nathan only became a general after he fought countless battles in the North. He had to bathe in blood and battled for hours on end; he had to watch as his comrades fell, leaving their families behind; he had to wade through a river of blood and eke his way up to a mountain of bones,