Valerius then collected the two items from the soldier. He threw the treasure bag on the ground. The bag hit the floor and spilled out different kinds of treasures—gold, emeralds, mana stones, and other things. Honestly, Valerius didn't care about thses treasures. He was more curious about the map.Alator tilted his head to the side, and his gaze met Jorik's gaze. Jorik smirked. Alator just glared at him and didn’t say anything. Of course, he knew this was Jorik setting him up."One of us is still searching through his things in the sleeping quarters. He will be here shortly," the soldier added before stepping back.Valerius glanced at the map and shifted his gaze back to Alator, with rage clearly showing on his face."How did you get this?"Alator was silent and didn’t reply."You better start talking, or I will make you wish you were dead." Valerius crushed the map in his hands with a smirk on his face, but one could clearly see the rage setting in. He couldn’t believe such a thing

"I almost thought you wouldn't make it," one of the soldiers said as he pulled down his hood and walked toward Alator. Then, the rest quietly put down their weapons as they recognized it was Alator."Not really, I just took a little time to get things ready," Alator replied with relief. He was almost scared to death when these people suddenly broke out and surrounded him. After all, they were putting on soldiers’ armor."So, what are we doing tonight?" the man who seemed to be the leader of the group asked. His name was Ruk. He was one of the seven people Alator had chosen to lead the operation tomorrow—stationed at the east wing of the island."Well, since things are moving so fast, why don't we escalate it further?" Alator said."What do you mean?" Ruk asked."We will take down the east wing tonight, then place our men to guard it. That way, it will make things much easier for us tomorrow," Alator said."Isn't that dangerous? I mean, we might end up exposing ourselves if we go for a

Alator's gaze scanned the faces around, and they finally landed on Ruk, who had just stepped out of one of the tents."It seems the mission was successful," Alator smiled and quietly walked out of his hiding place."I was worried about you guys, and here you people are already organizing a feast."A voice rang out in the camp, and everyone became alert. They immediately drew their swords as their eyes began to pierce through each and every corner of the place.Right then, Alator appeared in the mist like a ghost. A sword suddenly pierced straight toward his face.Seeing the incoming blade, Alator smirked and ducked to the side. The blade passed across his face. He balled his hand into a fist and punched the wrist of the man holding the sword."Bang!"The sword fell from the soldier’s hand. Seeing that he was disarmed, and realizing that the enemy is much stronger than him, the man quickly backed away. Of course, he never intended to hurt the man, if not he wouldn't have let him off ea

"Here is what I found. I think something is off with this bag," the soldier said.The man glared at him, took the bag from him, and loosened the rope. He opened the bag and pulled it down, revealing a human head. Everyone gasped in shock, and the people broke out into whispers."Thi...this is the head of the commander!" the man blurted out in shock, with his eyeballs almost popping out of their sockets. "You killed him!" The man drew out his sword and pointed it at Kenzo. He really wanted to slice off his head right now, but he knew he would have to answer to Valerius; hence, he controlled himself.Kenzo stood there with a confused look on his face. He couldn’t understand why trouble was always coming for him, even after he had tried his best to avoid it."Just who the hell did..." Kenzo paused and suddenly chuckled darkly."Alator," he muttered. "Now it all made sense."A wide smile appeared on his face.With that, the soldiers bundled Kenzo and dragged him out of the room.Kenzo loo

The next day, early in the morning, the arena was filled to the brim with people buzzing like bees.The atmosphere was cloudy, with dark clouds roaming in the sky. It seemed like a great storm was about to come.In the arena, Lord Valerius was sitting in his usual position, with his woman sitting beside him. But oddly, his face wasn't looking good despite the company of the lady. His expression kept twitching from time to time. He looked like someone who had been fed some shit.His body suddenly trembled slightly as a shiver ran down his spine. He could still hear the thunderous voice of the Mountain King raging in his ears."What am I hearing? That some kids want to turn the island into chaos and you are still playing around? Before dawn, give me their heads or I will take yours!""Ahh..." Valerius suddenly exclaimed as he got back to his senses."Phew."He took a deep breath as he wiped off the sweat forming on his forehead."What's wrong?" the woman sitting beside him asked with a