Salute To The General

At a small town at the borders of Volk.

This town that was less than five kilometers away from Ares Squad's headquarters, was livelier than usual.

The Eight-Nation Alliance's summit was going to be held here today.

As the organizer, Volk had been invited to attend it as a guest country.

However, the President of Volk, Malcolm Stryker, didn't show up personally. Instead, it was Isaiah, Volk's God of War, who would represent the country at that time. That fact alone was enough to prove the rumor claiming Malcolm was a pacifist who disagreed with joining the alliance, and Isaiah was a hawk who wanted Volk to join the alliance.

At the venue, countless Volkian soldiers patrolled around with serious expressions.

Inside the venue, Max and Isaiah were chatting cheerfully regarding their win a few days ago.

Right then, the reporters erupted into cheers. As the cameras rolled into action, the representatives of Eagleland, Jetroina, Hallsbay, Ferropene, Frosa, Xenhall, and

Xyperia arrived and made their way into the hall.

Eagleland's representative was Catherine, the Duchess of Eagleland.

Jetroina sent its commander, Kenshun Aoki.

representative was its prime minister,

its commander of Special

sent its chief

representing Xenhall was an Admiral going by the name

minted

the leader of the summit. After the representatives arrived, he and Isaiah went up to

reporters took pictures of their conversation to publish

trusted aides, had the reporters snapping photos of them for nearly twenty

content of the summit is confidential.

led

a commotion broke

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man holding a spear in his left hand. The man, a Eurasian military officer, was also holding a bloody

nearby. Some bold ones even inched nearer to take photos

who were in charge of the security raised their sub-machine guns and surrounded the unwelcomed

military officer was none other than Lucas Ziegler, commander-in-chief of the West, also known

thousands of Volkian

plain-clothed bodyguards from various