2026-10-30 11:07:44The stink of urine and copper still hung thick in the dawn air. Mandragos crawled through the shattered doorway on all fours, dragging his two unconscious lackeys behind him with a right arm that shook violently.
"You... you will die at the hands of the Ephors, Jackson, you son of a bitch!" Mandragos hissed through bloody teeth before vanishing around the corner of the Eurotas road.
A cold silence swallowed the ruined shack once again.
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Chapter 24: Wolf Tactics in the Dead of Night
A spiky-haired mercenary carrying a double-bearded axe stepped out of the darkness, intending to relieve himself behind the bushes. His sleepy eyes suddenly widened as he spotted the silhouette of his dead comrade lying under a tree with his neck twisted at an unnatural angle.The man stumbled backward, his mouth opening wide to let out a warning howl toward the hut. "ENEM-"WHOOSH!Before the first syllable could be finished, a black shadow lunged from the top of the rock pile beside him.Jackson sailed through the air, driving a flying knee strike straight into the man's lower jaw.BAM!The sound of shattering teeth and a crushed jaw silenced the scream instantly. The mercenary's body was thrown backward, slamming hard against the trunk of an olive tree. Before his body could even hit the ground, Jackson's left hand had already seized his crushe
Chapter 26: Sparks of Fire
"But what is your next move, Jackson?" Casandra asked, her tone dropping into a serious whisper. "Today is the due date for the grain tax at the city square. If you sneak Mandragos into the council office in this condition, Xenon can easily twist the facts. He will accuse you of staging an armed rebellion against a state official."Jackson narrowed his eyes, staring straight at the main Eurotas road stretching into the distance."Who said anything about sneaking him in?" Jackson replied coldly. "I am going to drag this pig right in the broad daylight, in front of the eyes of thousands of Spartans."Casandra's breath hitched for a second. Her pupils widened in disbelief. "You are insane, Jackson. You do not plan to pay the tax quietly? You intend to shatter the Ephor council's authority in front of the entire public!"Jackson did not reply. He turned around and walked toward the wooden wagon Freya had
Chapter 23: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted
"Then Ephor Xenon better prepare to lose his favorite pet dog."Jackson's cold response at the mouth of the cave at dusk still rang clearly in Casandra's mind. Jackson did not flinch, hesitate, or show any fear at the name of Sparta's highest ruling elder. Before walking away down the steep cliffs of Mount Taygetos, Jackson only left one absolute command for Casandra and Shirin. Seal the cave entrance with woven fig roots, keep the fire burning without smoke, and do not step a single inch outside until he returned.Alongside Freya, who had sworn to be his sword, Jackson pierced the darkness of the Eurotas valley. During the three hours before midnight, the former modern mercenary had transformed the perimeter around his old hut into an invisible minefield. He rigged copper wire snares on olive branches, marked enemy escape routes, and smeared their bodies with pitch-black mud to blend in with the cold night.And now, the
Chapter 22: The Three Beauties' Astonishment
A barrage of heavy thuds slammed into the limestone cave floor, causing minor tremors and kicking up a thin cloud of sweet-smelling dust that stung the nose.Casandra stumbled backward. Her hand reflexively gripped Freya's arm. The Athenian princess's eyes widened so far her pupils shook violently. Beside her, Freya drew her black knife halfway out of its sheath, her breath caught dead in her throat.In front of them, in the exact spot that was just an empty, dusty stone floor a second ago. Now stood a mountain of neatly stacked food supplies and clean water.Twelve massive hemp sacks, each weighing fifty kilograms, stood firmly, holding a total of six hundred kilograms of super-premium white wheat. Beside them rested two wax-sealed wooden casks containing fifty kilograms of pure white crystal salt that sparkled like diamonds in the dim light filtering from outside. It didn't stop there. A full sack of refined cane sugar
Chapter 21: The Escape
The blaring red alarm inside Jackson's skull slowly faded, leaving behind a cold pulse of tactical tension at the base of his consciousness.Eight hours.That was the time remaining before the sun sank behind the spine of Mount Taygetos, and twenty mercenaries hired by Mandragos surrounded this dilapidated hut with oil torches and drawn swords.Jackson did not waste a single second panicking. In the modern combat world, waiting for the enemy to attack inside a cramped, fragile perimeter made of rotting wood was the literal definition of suicide. His military doctrine taught one absolute principle. The best defense is to attack, relocate non-combat assets, and choose the battlefield to secure the upper hand in the fight."Pack whatever you can carry," Jackson's baritone voice cut through the dawn silence. It was cold and sliced through the air leaving no room for negotiation. "We are leaving thi
Chapter 20: The Uninvited Guest
Damn it. Am I going to die in a filthy hut like this?! Freya thought, resigning herself to her fate.However, Jackson did not swing the blade toward her neck.CLANG!Jackson threw the modern carbon steel combat knife at the ground. The sharply angled tip of the Tanto blade struck the clay floor exactly three inches in front of Freya's chest. It embedded two inches deep into the rocky soil with an incredibly dense and heavy metallic thud.The knife blade stood perfectly straight in front of Freya's face. Its surface was pitch black without a single reflection of light, absorbing the dim Spartan dawn like a bottomless pit. There was no rust. There were no forging imperfections like ancient bronze. What radiated from that quarter-inch thick black blade was a high-tier aura of death, engineered by modern 21st-century metallurgical technology.Freya froze. Her eyes were glued to the s
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