BXBX NOVEL Chapter 45 Conflict
Luis frowned as he looked at Theodore. This guy has been constantly ordering them to rest and travel slowly. It has already been two days since the travel.
The journey to Gandu Region was supposed to be 3 days if traveled at full speed, but by the speed they are traveling now, it would take 5 days.
Luis was boiling with anger as he thought of this. He decided to confront Theodore.
He walked up to Theodore, who was sitting in front of the fire camp roasting meat, enjoying his time with other followers.
"Commander, the orcs were spotted near Gandu region 2 days ago." Luis stood beside Theodore and questioned, "Why are we traveling so slowly?"
"The damage will already be done till we reach there."
Theodore, sitting on the log, eyed Luis, "Who are you, kid? Don\'t you know the rule?"
"I am Luis Hartmann. The son of Felipe Hartmann," Luis introduced himself along with his father. He doesn\'t want to waste time with this arrogant guy. If he reveals his background now, a lot of nuisance can be reduced.
The sidekicks of Theodore who were about to stand and teach a lesson to Luis paled when they heard the introduction.
Theodore looked at Luis closely with a dismissive glance and said, "You a kid who is not even 15 don\'t tell me what to do. Go back to your group; don\'t question me."
Luis stared at Theodore before slowly backing up. He looked at Theodore with mockery.
\'This kind of insecure guy dares to come into the battlefield,\' Luis thought as he walked back.
In the fire camp, Theodore laughed, looking at Luis back.
"An illiterate kid from a family of savages, with no sense of nobility. Instead of studying at the academy, you show up on the battlefield." He said it loudly. Others around laughed when they heard this.
Luis, who was walking away, heard this and looked back with shock. This guy acts too arrogant, insulting the nobles. How dare he call the Hartmann family a Savage family?
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The night passed by, and the next morning arrived.
The group of 4000 was still traveling slowly along the way, resting in many places. The road ahead was sometimes barren, sometimes filled with greenery.
Luis, however, was impatient at the travel speed. He doesn\'t like this kind of slowness. Previously, when traveling to Remora City, he reduced the journey from 30 days to 10 days.
"We will settle an account with that Theodore after hunting down the Orcs," Luis whispered to the guards around him.
Everyone around him nodded when hearing this. If they attacked Theodore now, it would affect the morale of the army.
After traveling for three more hours, Theodore again ordered for everyone to rest.
Luis pulled his hair when hearing the order from this coward. They were knights; even the weak reserve knight won\'t get tired when traveling the whole day, and the horses of this world are strong too.
Luis was really frustrated facing the order of the coward. How could this guy lead the army? War Council is trash for sending such a coward as a commander.
Just as they were resting, a horse galloped towards the resting group. Everyone felt this and looked at the figure in the galloping horse.
It was a man in his twenties riding on the horse. The knights who were on duty to guard the camp came forward to question the man.
"Show your identity. Which force do you belong to?" A Knight questioned
The man\'s eyes were red as he stared at the army. As he dismounted from his horse, tears quietly streamed down his face.
"I... I am Lee, son of Alvarez Pioneer Knight," Lee said in a crying voice.
The knight was surprised after hearing this; Lee seemed to be the son of a pioneer knight of the Gandu region.
Knight immediately brought Lee towards Theodore after knowing this news.
Luis and his small group also came to see Lee. This man must have brought some important news.
"Tell me all the things that happened in the Gandu region." Theodore questioned Lee.
"Everything… destroyed. It\'s all gone! No one in the city was left alive. Father, mother, brother, sister, all of them—killed! Every last one of them, gone!" Lee said while sobbing sadly.
The atmosphere immediately became heavy after the news. The pioneer knight city was destroyed.
"What about the other three Pioneer Knights? Any news from them?" Luis immediately stepped forward to question
"I don\'t know... I don\'t know! Our city—it was the first to be hit. The first! Everything\'s gone!" Lee said with deep sadness. The family progress of decades was destroyed on just one attack.
Now he was only left surviving among tens of thousands of people.
Luis closed his eyes when he heard. All of this could be prevented if they traveled quickly instead of wasting time on the road.
Xiao Wei, who was beside, looked at Lee with deep sympathy. He has faced this kind of thing and knows the pain one will suffer.
Theodore looked at all of this coldly. He was angry because Luis cut him off when he was questioning Lee.
Suddenly, a sinister plan appeared in the mind of Theodore.
"Hmph, coward. If your entire family was killed, then why are you still alive? What, did you hide while they died?" Theodore mocked looking towards Lee,
"The son of Alvarez? A coward through and through. He ran away while his family fought the Orcs like real warriors."
There was gasp from everyone when they heard Theodore. Luis and others were shocked. Especially Xiao Wei, who was boiling in anger when he heard this.
Lee broke down even more when he heard Theodore.
"I didn\'t mean to... My father forced me to escape with my brothers! I wanted to fight, but... but my father...!" His voice cracked as tears streamed down his face. "We all ran in different directions, and... "I ended up here...
with you all."
Xiao Wei immediately stepped forward to support the crying Lee. He supported and brought him towards his own group.
Xiao Wei stared at Theodore coldly. If eyes could kill, he would have died countless times.
It was not just Xiao Wei; everyone here had a cold face. Luis was on the verge of losing control; he could attack Theodore at any moment now.
The atmosphere of the entire army changed; tension lingered in the atmosphere.