Salute To The General

Leading his men, Nathan began to retreat.

At the same time, Malcolm ordered the Volk army to monitor the Eurasians at a distance.

As Nathan and Lucas sat in the command vehicle, both of them stared at each other in silence.

In the meantime, Nathan's body swayed rhythmically together with the vehicle's movements.

When he saw the wounds that covered Lucas' body, he asked plainly,

"Do you have anything to say over your dire circumstances?"

Ever since Nathan was the Commander-in-Chief of the North Army, Lucas was dissatisfied with him.

Back then, he liked to compete with Nathan at every opportunity as the commander-in-chief of the West Army.

In fact, both of them even fought against each other at the West Army's base.

Nathan was promoted by the President and took on the role

the latter to prove that he was just as good. Unfortunately, he had committed a grave mistake in his strategy and actions against Volk, resulting in devastating

he had planned to martyr himself at the

would launch a raid on the summit with an elite team and pull him out from the jaws of death.

dawned upon Lucas how big the gulf

accomplish something that was

finally convinced of Nathan's strength and realized his initial desire to outdo the latter was nothing but

have committed a serious mistake and caused irrevocable loss. When I planned to redeem myself by dying, I didn't expect you to

way I can sit idly by and watch you get yourself killed. Also, I'm the Chief Military Governor, while you are the commander-in-chief of the West Army.

couldn't be more grateful when he heard

latter and acted on his own

in a choking voice, "I deserve

a pillar of the nation. Lucas, as soldiers, our lives aren't in our hands, they belong to the nation instead. Therefore, we cannot selfishly take

learned my lesson and will definitely devote myself to

you have contributed significantly to the nation. Despite having caused significant loss with your insubordination, it doesn't negate your contributions from the past.