“Ten years, Mayor Duke Robinson.” Adrian broke his silence, his eyes brewing with contempt. “Ten years since you became the Mayor of this City. Ten years since I left Hillcrest before my return…” He turned to Sally, but he only gave her a swift stare before turning to face the Mayor again.“Nothing has changed. People are still begging for food in the streets. Hospitals are still losing lives due to the lack of medical equipment. Criminals are roaming the streets, acting like the place is theirs to rampage.” “You just returned, Adrian. How do you know all of this?” Duke asked with a smirk all over his face, looking Adrian in the eyes.Adrian scoffed, shaking is head slowly.“These things are there for everyone to see, Mayor Duke. I don’t need to be told before I know how terrible you are as a leader. You have done nothing since you took over as the Mayor of this city. Of course, in a very dubious manner." Duke snarled at Adrian, but it didn’t look like that was going to be able to

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE “I take it that your visit to the Mayor didn’t go as planned,” Rylan observed, but it seemed like the Shadow Monarch had lost the right words to speak, holding onto the device pressed firmly to his right ear.“I have bad news.” Rylan continued, causing Adrian to grunt, his chest tightening while he struggled to create more room for bad news. Adrian took a deep breath, hoping that he was going to be able to get himself ready to deal with whatever the Commander had called to tell him.“Let me hear it…” He broke his silence, but his voice said otherwise, cold and slippery. Rylan cleared his throat, but he said nothing at first, almost seeming like he had sensed the feeling brewing inside Adrian and decided to give him some breathing space. “We just discovered that our armory was looted, my liege. We have lost more than half of our weapons.” The news came crashing into Adrian, causing his heart to plummet into his stomach, breaking through the defense

CHAPTER HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE“Yes, my liege.” Jay nodded, taking a deep breath. “We were supposed to be four, but he got sick and begged to leave…” Jay paused, and then he gasped, turning to face the soldier to his right.“I think Cole did it! He must have slipped something into the drinks when I was not looking!”Gary scoffed, and then he looked at Jay with a burning rage, glittering in his eyes. “Don’t be ridiculous, Jay!” He scowled at him, wishing that they were not in that situation so that he could throw a punch in his face.“You have finally been caught, and the only thing you could think of was to accuse someone else! You are a traitor and a manipulator!” Gary fumed angrily, and then he turned to the commander, equally avoiding Adrian’s eyes.“I think he did it, Commander Rylan. Cole was injured from the last mission we embarked on, and ever since then, he has been complaining of his sigh. A bullet flew past his eyes, causing him to have pain and a bad sight.” Gary’s ex

Cole grunted, still pushing upward, his hands sprawled all over the floor. “Let me go! I need to leave this place! My eyes hurt!” he cried, but it didn’t seem like that was going to save him. The Commander dragged his hands behind him, and then he forced him to get on his knees before the Shadow Monarch, glaring with so much contempt.At that time, Gary and Luke had been left speechless, staring at the middle-aged soldier they had defended with wide eyes. None of them could look at Jay, but it didn’t matter to him. He was just glad that the real culprit had been found out. He sighed heavily, and with a smile all over his face, he paid keen attention to see what Adrian was about to do with the middle-aged soldier. “You drugged them with this…” Adrian confirmed after he had sniffed the white powdery substance inside the small bag. “Who are you working for?” He asked, glaring down at Cole.“No one!” The middle-aged soldier blurted, but that came along with a deafening sleep, landed

At first, the Commander wanted to stand and watch the Shadow Monarch walk away and disappear into the paths, but he was reminded of what was at stake, forced to run after him.“My liege! My liege!” He called out, grunting as he tried to catch up with Adrian.At that moment, he regretted why he didn’t make that move earlier, and it was probably because he had been dumbstruck by everything he witnessed, especially the fact that Cole was Eren’s father.Luckily for the Commander, the Shadow Monarch decided to stop, turning to look at him, impatience and anger written all over his face. Rylan panted when he was able to catch up with Adrian, taking so much time to catch his breath.“I am sorry!” He said with an unstable voice, but he knew that it was either he stated his purpose for stopping Adrian or he was going to make him angry. He cleared his throat as soon as he was able to get a grip on himself, looking Adrian in the face. “What do we do now, My Liege?” He asked with a nervous