Charlie snorted before he said indifferently, “So, that’s the case.”As he spoke of this, he then asked Yaron curiously, “By the way, there is a problem that I cannot seem to understand no matter how much I think about it. Can I ask you for some advice?”Yaron grunted, “Go ahead!”Charlie laughed and said, “Since your Ten Thousand Armies is so strong, then why were you guys defeated by a group of illiterate men one battle after the other while suffering huge losses at the same time? If I remember correctly, you should have lost more than two thousand and five hundred men, and one of them was also some kind of five-star War General, right?”“You…” When Yaron heard these words, he was instantly very angry and furious, and he reprimanded Charlie sternly, “You guys only relied on using insidious and cunning means to win twice. Ten Thousand Armies will definitely settle this score with you with added interest sooner or later!”Charlie laughed and said, “In that case, we really welcome
In truth, Charlie’s real purpose for this trip was not to meet the government supreme commander at all.The person that he really wanted to meet was Zayne Carter, who was the supreme commander of Ten Thousand Armies in Syria and was also known as the Green-Eyed Wolf King.He wanted to bring Sheldon Schulz back to Oskia under the heavy siege of more than thirty thousand men. So, Charlie’s only option would be to capture the ringleader first in order to bring his followers down. Moreover, it just so happened that Charlie could also take advantage of this opportunity to personally witness and feel Ten Thousand Armies’ actual combat effectiveness. At the same time, he could also see what kind of level their Four War Kings actually possessed. As for Yaron, Charlie could tell that he was a martial artist who had opened two of his meridians, and he was almost at the level of a two-star martial artist. So, Charlie deduced that Ten Thousand Armies’ middle and higher-level should mostly
So, Yaron brought Charlie with him to board the helicopter that had already been prepared long ago before they headed to the opponent’s frontline command. After flying for about ten minutes, the helicopter slowly landed in front of a prefabricated modular house. These prefabricated modular houses were all the residences of the middle and higher-level officers from the government and Ten Thousand Armies. The condition of these prefabricated modular houses was indeed much better as compared to the tents. Besides that, regardless of whether it was a tent or a prefabricated modular house, they were all covered with camouflage clothes, and since it was all dense camouflage, it would be very difficult to distinguish the exact location that the officers were based at from the sky.After getting off the helicopter, Yaron brought Charlie with him all the way to Ten Thousand Armies’ frontline conference room. As he walked, he then asked Charlie, “Brother, I still do not know your name and
Zayne and the government supreme commander were sitting in a rigid and uptight manner inside the conference room at this moment. Zayne was pondering as to how he should subtly and cleverly interfere with Hamed’s intention to have a peace negotiation with the government later. When he suddenly heard Yaron’s words, he was a little startled, and he subconsciously asked, “What did you just say the name of the negotiator was?”Yaron replied awkwardly, “Master Wade…”After saying that, Yaron quickly moved aside and spoke to Charlie, who was behind him, “Master Wade, please come in.”Charlie nodded, and he placed his hands behind his back as he walked into the conference room in a leisurely manner.As soon as he entered, he saw Zayne, who was sitting at the conference table. After taking a look at Zayne, Charlie realized that Zayne possessed extraordinary strength indeed. He looked like he was about thirty years old, but he had actually opened up six out of the eight extraordinary merid
Zayne snorted and asked rhetorically in an unpleasant tone, “So, it seems as though you are really very awesome, huh?”Charlie nodded, and he pried his fingers open as he said, “Look, the tactical planning of using permanent fortifications and reverse slope fortifications with defensive tunnels inside, guiding them to abandon their base in the valley and asking them to hide in the tunnels inside the fortifications on the mountain, coupled with the strategic tactic of strengthening the fortifications, storing up on strategic reserves and laten enthronization. All of these were my ideas. With the guidance and essence of these tactics, even if it was just a bunch of hillbillies, they would be able to display combat potential that is beyond ordinary people’s imagination. This is what I have tailor-made for Hamed. Judging by the first two major victories, I think that I am indeed quite awesome.”As he spoke, Charlie paused slightly before he smiled and said again, “At the very least, I a
Charlie started laughing instead when he saw that Zayne was already angry at this point. After that, he said emotionally, “Sigh. I suddenly recall someone asking me a similar question more than a year ago. At that time, she asked me whether I came to celebrate her birthday or whether I came to borrow money. In truth, when you said those words just now, the expression on your face was just like the expression on her face back then.”Zayne reprimanded him coldly, “You must be really pretty f*cked up to actually want to borrow money at someone’s birthday banquet!”Charlie sighed emotionally and said, “That’s right. It’s really pretty f*cked up, but it was my last resort, and there was nothing else that I could do. Who would be willing to borrow money on that kind of occasion? However, at that time, a life-saving benefactor of mine was seriously ill and needed the money urgently. So, I could only go all-out and shamelessly give it a try.”The expression on Zayne’s face eased a little, a
The government supreme commander, who was aside, was already stunned. He was personally an advocate of the peace negotiation, and when he heard Charlie’s words, he was even more convinced of his own views. So, he subconsciously blurted out, “Master Wade… If we withdraw our troops, can your army leave the opposition force and join the government instead? If you can do that, we can just write off everything in the past. We will also give Hamed full autonomy, and we will even allow him to remain neutral in our battle against the other opposition forces. I wonder if Commander Hamed would be interested?”The government personally felt very pessimistic about attacking Hamed.Therefore, they would prefer to be able to take Hamed in.This was because they acknowledged and recognized Hamed’s warfare capability very much. It would definitely be the best of both worlds if Hamed would be willing to join the government. When Zayne heard these words, he immediately said angrily, “What do you
Charlie’s words made the government supreme commander feel shocked to the point of horror!Before this, he had never once thought about what Charlie was saying, but now, he suddenly felt that Charlie’s words seemed to make sense.Meanwhile, Charlie stared at him intently as he said seriously, “To you, Ten Thousand Armies is just like the gauze that is used to dress your wounds!”“When your wounds keep bleeding, it will be the time when you would especially need the gauze to help you stop the bleeding and heal your wounds.”“But once your wounds are healed, you would not leave the bloody gauze on, and you would also be thinking of removing the gauze!”“As for the gauze itself, if it wants to remain on your body, the gauze will have to make sure that your wounds would never heal and just continue to bleed forever!”“If the gauze wants to occupy a larger area on your body, it will have to find a way to cut and cause more wounds on your body! They will not stop until your bodies are
Holding up a thumb at Charlie, Julien exclaimed in approval, "You're right, my friend! That's far more exciting than having him jailed!"Just hearing that he would be sent to a kennel, Jimmy knew nothing would come of it—even if he didn't know the details, it was so obvious that Julien was thrilled by the very idea!Turning nervously toward Charlie, he was sobbing as he asked, "Mr. Wade…? What's this about a kennel…?"Julien chuckled coolly even before Charlie said a word. "A kennel is where you keep dogs, of course. Though there are literal dogs and metaphorical dogs, and you are the latter."Oh, don't worry. It's a really nice place where you get your own cage, and you'll be fed every day. You don't even have to work, so just sit tight and keep eating until the day you die."Jimmy's soul left his body in that instant.He was going to be locked in a cage?! That was way worse than being locked up and sent to jail! Where was the humanity around here?!Even as the thought struck h
Matilda was actually caught off guard by Jimmy's pleas, and even Paul found it hard to watch.Turning to Charlie, he said, "Please, Mr. Wade—my uncle can be a little despicable, but he is my father's brother. Please, let him have a chance to turn over a new leaf, seeing that he's earnestly repenting."While Paul spoke with Charlie, Jimmy was still confused and wondered why Paul would plead his case with Charlie instead of Julien. If there was anyone Paul should ask, it was Yolden since he was Julien's friend. So, why would he ask some young man instead of Yolden?That was when Charlie asked in curiosity, "You want to let him off? After he tried to take away your parents' legacy?"Paul smiled awkwardly. "I mean, I know the guy. He made sure to travel all this way to make a scene because he had nothing legal that could help him claim Smith Group Corporate Law from us. Otherwise, he'd have already filed the lawsuit in the States. Sure, it's a dirty move, but that's basically a des
As Julien finished, he realized something was wrong and turned toward Charlie before he knew it.Charlie held his gaze in turn, his expression quizzical and amused.Julien cleared his throat right then. "See, there are people who can order me around, but they have my utmost respect. However, a third-rate lawyer like you? Who do you think you are?"That was when Julien's butler called, and he reported respectfully as soon as the call was answered, "Sir, I've spoken with Nate Ellis, the owner of Ares LLC. He has since agreed to fire Jimmy Smith right away as well as disbar him nationwide."Julien asked, "Good. Anything else?""Well, Mr. Ellis also delivered some documents that can be used as evidence against Jimmy Smith, which he claims is enough for a lifetime sentence. If you deem it necessary, we can have it sent to the FBI.""Yes, let's go with that!" Julien replied, his tone satisfied. "And ask the director to handle it personally—I want this prick to never set foot stateside
Jimmy was sweating profusely in fear, but he argued back before he knew it, "That's impossible! Everything you say is bullshit! Gaiman simply thought he had a fair chance of winning and didn't want to pay Ares that much, and I have no idea who he partnered with, and I'm certainly not involved. Don't you try to slander me!"Nate chuckled. "Come on, Jimmy. We're all adults here, so there are things we shouldn't have to be so direct about. Mills Gaiman and your old classmate met in private many times, not to mention the private conferences you three had in secret, discussing your overall strategy and decisive points. Just so you know, Gaiman recorded every conversation, and I have the tapes with me."Jimmy's heart was left pounding as he blurted, "B-Bullshit! That's impossible!""Grow up, Jimmy," Mr.Goodman chuckled. "Every partner in every law firm always strives to rise higher, so I'm going to need as much leverage as I can. Otherwise, I'm not about to let them advance any further, e
Although the ringtone and vibration frequency were the ones Jimmy always used, this call somehow felt more urgent, leaving him exceedingly uneasy.When it abruptly stopped and left a missed call on his log, Nate Ellis soon sent a text: [Answer your damn phone this instant!]Just seeing the text left Jimmy feeling like his throat had gone dry, and as he gulped, it felt like his throat was being ripped, leaving him hurting.Still, he couldn't care less as his boss called again.Having seen the text, Jimmy didn't hesitate this time and promptly answered, watching Julien's smug face as he started tentatively, "Y-Yes, boss...?"Nate immediately yelled at him hysterically, "What the hell did you do?! Why did the Rothschilds call to complain about you?! And the complaint was from their heir apparent, at that! I worked hard for them and always toed the line for years, and I still haven't gotten a chance to meet the man, so how the fuck did you upset him?!"Jimmy's heart sank to rock bott
Fuming, Jimmy snapped at Julien, "If you insist on playing it like that, I will call my boss, and you can talk to him yourself!"Julien chuckled. "That's unnecessary. I've never met him. He would never recognize my voice."Jimmy laughed and nodded despite himself. "Impressive—you can really come up with anything! You don't have his number because he's beneath you, you refuse to call him because he's beneath you, and when I say I'll call him for you, you say he won't recognize your voice. Well, how do you suppose we should sort this out? At least prove you're a Rothschild, or anyone could claim that they are—"Julien held up a hand to stop him. "Then, how about this? I'll ask my butler to talk to your boss."Jimmy laughed even more loudly as if it were the best joke ever. "Hahaha!!! Butler, you say?! You really know how to talk! Alright, I'll wait and see what your 'butler' can do… I mean, what you can do. We'll see whether my boss calls me!"Julien ignored him and whipped out his
Naturally, Jimmy couldn't care less about Julien's suggestion, even looking at him pointedly from head to toe while smirking in contempt, "What, do you think I'd just do what any nutjob tells me to do just because they're claiming to be the Rothschilds' heir apparent?"Julien nodded, still smiling. "Good point, but don't worry—it's the same whether you call him or he calls you."Jimmy laughed. "I was offering you a way out, but you want to keep pressing your luck? Since you don't care to back off, let's see how you're going to finish this fight."Then, he shrugged while pointing at Yolden. "Well, it's the perfect chance to measure Matilda's husband, I guess."Based on what he saw of Yolden, there was no way he would buy Julien's claims, and thus labeled him an impostor in his mind.An ordinary lecturer in Aurous Hill, being friends with the Rothschilds' heir apparent? Not to mention that there had been plenty of fraudulent cases outside the States where the Rothschild name was use
Jimmy was taken aback since he didn't recognize Julien at all, mainly because the Rothschilds had always kept out of the public eye.In fact, it was basically impossible to gather genuine information about the Rothschilds online, as it was a mix of press releases and gossip. Most online biographies would only be about the older generations or certain frivolous figures. Any information about key members like Steve would never be searchable online.Matilda was confused as well, not quite understanding who Julien was since he wasn't on the list of guests invited.Seeing that she was confused, Julien turned and smiled at Yolden, "So, Professor, shouldn't you introduce me to the bride?"Yolden finally remembered that and quickly nodded, "Sorry, it slipped my mind."Turning toward Matilda, he smiled, "Darling, this is Julien Rothschild… A friend of mine from the states…"Julien's full name left everyone within earshot gaping as the Rothschild name was way too famous across the globe.
Seeing that Jimmy was getting a little nervous, Charlie smiled and assured him, "Please, you have nothing to worry about. No one's going to do anything to you, but if you feel threatened in any way, you can call the cops. The Oskian emergency hotline is 110, by the way."Jimmy was slightly relieved as he could see that Charlie really wasn't trying to make things awkward for him, and he straightened his collar as he said, "Actually, I didn't mean to cause trouble—I'm pleased that Matilda has found true love once more, and if we can be friends, I can set aside my claim and stay for the rest of this wedding, offering the newlyweds our best wishes as a representative of my family."Still, his expression showed contempt as he turned toward Yolden. "Also, I'm really curious and looking forward to seeing what connections Professor Hart might have that you say could be better than Bill.""You'll see soon enough," Charlie smiled and nodded.Jimmy remained skeptical and scoffed, "I really do