All Chapters of The Dark Blade: Return Of The General.
: Chapter 11
- Chapter 20
70 chapters
Chapter 11: A Vow of Vengeance
"You let him walk out of here like he was some kind of king!" Marcus Nico's fist slammed against the auction house wall, leaving a visible dent in the expensive paneling. His bodyguards stood nearby, carefully avoiding eye contact with their furious employer. They had witnessed Marcus suffer the worst public humiliation of his life, and none of them wanted to become the target of his displaced rage. The auction house had emptied quickly after Jacob's departure. Seron's elite had scattered like roaches exposed to sudden light, each of them eager to spread gossip about the mysterious billionaire who had appeared from nowhere and crushed Marcus Nico's pride in front of everyone. "Sir, perhaps we should leave," his chief bodyguard suggested carefully. "The crowd outside will have grown by now, and the longer we remain here, the more people will witness—" "Witness what?" Marcus spun around, his face twisted with anger. "My humiliation? That has already happened! By morning, every person
Chapter 12: Blood in the Parking Lot
"Sir, we should leave immediately." Leo's urgent voice crackled through Jacob's phone as he and Roseline walked toward the parking area behind the auction house. Jacob held the velvet case containing his father's amulet closer to his chest. "What is wrong?" "I have been monitoring police frequencies. Marcus Nico just made several calls to known enforcers in his organization. They are mobilizing toward your location right now." Roseline's hand immediately moved to her concealed weapon. "How many?" "At least twenty armed men, possibly more," Leo responded. "They will arrive within three minutes. I am pulling the car around to the west exit now." Jacob quickened his pace, his mind already calculating escape routes and defensive positions. He had expected retaliation, but not this quickly. Marcus must have been more desperate to save face than Jacob had anticipated. "Roseline, you should leave separately," Jacob said as they rounded a corner. "This fight is not yours." "Do not insul
Chapter 13: The Expensive Amulet
The moment the parking garage lights exploded into darkness, Jacob moved. He grabbed the velvet case and dove behind a concrete pillar as gunshots erupted in the blackness. Marcus Nico was firing blindly, his bullets sparking off metal and concrete in every direction. Men shouted in confusion, unable to see their targets or each other. "Roseline, east exit!" Jacob called out, trusting she would find her way even in complete darkness. "Already moving!" her voice came back from somewhere to his left. More gunfire filled the garage, but Jacob was already running toward where he remembered seeing a stairwell entrance. His combat training had taught him to memorize every exit in any location, and that discipline was saving his life now. He heard Leo's car engine roaring, then the sound of metal crunching as Leo rammed through whatever was blocking his path. Tires squealed, and suddenly headlights cut through the darkness, illuminating the chaos. Jacob used that moment to sprint for th
Chapter 14: Demanding Answers
"One hundred and fifty million dollars." Anna repeated the words slowly, as if saying them again might make them make sense. "You spent one hundred and fifty million dollars on a necklace." She stood up from the sofa abruptly, the first aid kit tumbling to the floor. Her hands were shaking, and Jacob could not tell if it was from fear or anger or both. "Anna, please sit down. Let me explain—" "Explain what?" Anna's voice rose sharply. "Explain how a man who showed up at my family's house pretending to be nobody has one hundred and fifty million dollars to spend on jewelry? Explain how you can throw away more money than most people will see in their entire lives like it means nothing?" Jacob remained seated, keeping his posture non-threatening. He had faced down armies and warlords, but an angry wife terrified him more than any battlefield ever had. "It was not about the money," Jacob said carefully. "It was about recovering something that was stolen. Something that meant a great d
Chapter 15: Partial Truth
Anna sat back down on the sofa, her hands folded tightly in her lap. "I am listening." Jacob remained standing by the window, choosing his words carefully. He would give her truth, but not all of it. Not yet. Some secrets were too dangerous to share until she was ready. "My name is Jacob Krigg," he began. "That much was true when I introduced myself to your family. What I did not tell them was that I am an international businessman with investments across multiple continents." Anna watched him carefully, her intelligent eyes tracking every expression, every gesture, looking for signs of deception. "I started with nothing," Jacob continued. "Fifteen years ago, I left Seron with barely enough money to survive. I traveled north to the Himulan territories, where I met people who taught me skills that most men never learn." "What kind of skills?" Anna asked. "Business strategy, negotiation, combat training," Jacob replied, mixing truth with careful omissions. "The Himulan region was u
Chapter 16: The Investigation
Marcus Nico sat in his private office, staring at the wall of photographs and documents his team had assembled over the past twelve hours. His face still burned with the humiliation of the previous night, and his rage had transformed into something colder and more dangerous—calculated vengeance. "Tell me you have something useful," Marcus said to the three private investigators standing nervously before his desk. The lead investigator, a former police detective named Raymond Cross, stepped forward with a tablet. "Sir, we have run every search possible on Jacob Spencer. The identity exists in all the right databases—banking records, credit history, property ownership—but it is completely fabricated." "Fabricated how?" Marcus demanded. "The identity only goes back six months," Raymond explained, pulling up documents on his tablet. "Before that, Jacob Spencer did not exist. No birth certificate, no school records, no employment history. Someone with significant resources created this
Chapter 17: Home Invasion
Two nights had passed since the auction, and Jacob had convinced himself that Marcus Nico would need more time to plan his revenge. He had been wrong. The evening had been peaceful. Jacob and Anna finished dinner together, talking about her childhood before the accident and his carefully edited stories about his years in the Himulan territories. Anna seemed more relaxed now that she understood their connection, though Jacob could still see questions in her eyes—questions he was not yet ready to answer. "I am going to take a shower," Anna announced, standing from the dining table. "Then maybe we can watch a movie? I feel like we never just relax together." Jacob smiled, touched by how much she wanted normalcy in their complicated situation. "That sounds perfect. I will clean up here and meet you in the living room." Anna headed upstairs while Jacob carried dishes to the kitchen. He was rinsing plates when his combat instincts suddenly screamed a warning. Something was wrong. The nig
Chapter 18: Combat Revealed
The giant's fist came at Jacob like a freight train, but this time Jacob was ready. He had been testing the man's speed and reactions, understanding his patterns. Now it was time to end this. Jacob ducked under the massive punch and drove his elbow into the giant's exposed kidney with surgical precision. The big man grunted in pain but swung his other fist in a backhand that would have shattered Jacob's skull if it connected. It did not connect. Jacob was already moving, flowing around the attack like water around stone. His combat training from the Himulan Sect had taught him that size and strength meant nothing if your opponent could not land a hit. Three more intruders rushed forward to support their leader. Jacob met them with a combination of strikes that would have looked choreographed if they had not been so devastatingly effective. A palm strike to one man's chest sent him flying backward with broken ribs. A spinning kick caught another in the temple, dropping him instantly
Chapter 19: Dangerous Truth
Jacob stared at Anna, seeing the fear and fascination warring in her eyes. She had asked the one question he had hoped to avoid for months longer. What are you? "Anna, sit down. Please," Jacob said, gesturing toward one of the few intact chairs. "I will explain everything, but you need to stay calm." "Stay calm?" Anna's voice rose sharply. "You just fought off eleven armed men like it was a training exercise! Jacob, I watched you break bones, knock people unconscious, and move faster than should be humanly possible! How am I supposed to stay calm?" One of the unconscious intruders groaned and started to move. Without taking his eyes off Anna, Jacob walked over and struck the man once more, sending him back into darkness. Anna flinched at the casual violence. "You did not even look. You just knew exactly where to hit him to knock him out again." "Muscle memory," Jacob said quietly. "After enough training, these things become instinct." "Enough training," Anna repeated, walking in
Chapter 20: Family Interference
Anna stared at her phone in confusion. "Father, what are you talking about? What incident?" Kelvin Tate's voice grew more urgent. "Anna, I received a call from a business associate twenty minutes ago. He said there was gunfire reported at an address in the north district—your address. Police are responding to the scene. What is happening there?" Anna looked at Jacob, who was already moving toward the front door to assess the approaching sirens. The flashing lights were visible now through the broken windows, casting red and blue patterns across the destroyed living room. "There was a situation," Anna said carefully, choosing her words with precision. "Some men broke into the house. But Jacob handled it. Everything is under control now." "Handled it? Anna, these men had guns! You could have been killed!" Her mother Elizabeth's voice cut in—the call was on speaker at the Tate mansion. "This is exactly what we warned would happen if you stayed with that man!" "Jacob protected me," An