The Legendary Man

Chapter 637 Warlord

Back in the temporary command center, Karl stared silently at the map on the table while his adjutant, Lochlan Xenakis, stood beside him.

As a veteran who had been working alongside him since joining the army, Lochlan was one of Karl’s most trusted aides and often assisted in planning the Eastern Army’s missions.

“Commander, Blood Squad’s latest update is that they’ve infiltrated the edge of Norham district. They should be able to reach Wildefield tomorrow, where Mrs. Hamilton is being held captive,” Lochlan reported as he marked out the Wildefield area on the map. “Once they’ve rescued Mrs. Hamilton, Blood Squad will sail south of the Lerner River and meet up with our informants near Redlington. After that, they’ll return to Horbah by land. By our estimate, the journey will take at least five days.”

Upon hearing his subordinate’s analysis, Karl shook his head. “Five days is the duration of the journey, but once Wildefield is under attack, I have no doubt the Medved Army will take immediate action. When that happens, there will be roadblocks everywhere.”

With that, Karl leaned back into his chair wearily.

It was the second time his wife and child had fallen into the enemy’s hands, and on both occasions, he had told the enemies that he didn’t care whether his family lived or died.

However, as a husband and father, how could he not care?

Karl knew that if he wanted to save his family, he’d have to waylay the Medved Army along River Onxy. As long as Aidan was focused on the situation at the river, they’d have a better chance of ensuring his wife’s and child’s safety.

After all, people would inevitably die once a battle began.

“Lochlan, we’ve had to deploy ten members from the Blood Squad to rescue two people. On top of that, we’d also need to keep creating conflicts with the Medved Army to buy our squad more time. I can only imagine how many lives will be lost when the battle breaks out.”

“Commander, our Eastern Army will never give up on any of our comrades,” Lochlan replied solemnly.

“But they aren’t soldiers!” Karl retorted.

“We’re talking about your wife and child. We can’t ditch them.”

“Why not?” Karl snapped, his eyes turning red. “Tell me, Lochlan, if the wife and kids of a junior officer or soldier get caught, will we send out an army to rescue them?”

assumption. There’s no way the Medved Army will

a conflicted

matter of time before war breaks out between the Medved Army and us, and there are plenty of reasons that can trigger it. It could be the capture of an informant, a military drill gone

for this war,” Karl muttered as he tightened his grip on his chair. “If it does happen, the soldiers who die on the battlefield won’t die fighting for the country. They’d have died

soldiers, Commander. It has always been our

words, Karl froze. “Fight for

couldn’t

From the moment I turned my back on Asura’s Office, the Eastern Army solely belongs to me. The fact that these soldiers

make me a warlord?” Karl stammered as he turned

for seven years, and for five years before he followed Jonathan, he had already combed the Doveston region to wipe out the local forces. He hated

he had unknowingly turned into his worst

warlord?” Karl exclaimed, standing

the loud, crisp sound rang out, the reverberation sent a shiver down

authorized to carry out my job, but now that I’ve left, I’m back to being just Karl Hamilton. That also means my soldiers have become my private

Karl was, Lochlan

of Diyouli or not,

more Lochlan held Karl down, the more the latter struggled. Karl’s cultivation level might have reached the God

the advanced phase of the Superior Realm, managed to hold

to struggle with all his might, but in the end, it became more of

he finally slumped into his chair,

other hand, quickly straightened his clothes and brought the cup

“Have some tea, Commander.”

Karl downed the tea and turned

set up our defense and

“Got it!”

sense into the Heaven Sword as the Ancient Sacred

had the highest level of privacy, he even enveloped