Chapter 624


    Rue looked up and stared at the vast sky


    Samantha held on to Rue’s arm and said, “Let’s head inside, Mother. With great poweres great


    responsibility. Adrian’s not just your son now, but Navia’s beacon of hope and the future it possesses.”


    Rue looked at Samantha. “I’m sorry you’ve had to suffer so much hardship after marrying into our


    family, Sam. You haven’t been able to enjoy your life, and now that you’ve finally gotten it, Adrian-”


    Samantha smiled and interrupted her by saying, “What are you saying, Mother? I live in a vi, eating


    meal after meal of exquisite food every day. Plus, I’ll have a child to apany me soon. I couldn’t ask


    for anything more.


    “Most importantly, my husband’s a hero–someone his child can look up to in the future. When our child


    grows up, to tell them all their father’s stories!”


    Hearing this, Rue smiled and went back inside with Samantha


    I’m going


    That day, amotion swept through the cities of Southrive. So much so that Novemton’s Internal


    Affairs became aware of it.


    Chase was still in his office at headquarters when his phone rang.


    “Sir, we’ve just received word from various city branches in Southrive that Wyvern Peak’s retired


    soldiers have suddenly gathered in Southrive. There are approximately thirty thousand of them at this


    moment!”


    “What?!” Chase’s expression instantly changed.


    As the chief secretary of Internal Affairs‘ headquarters, he reported to only one person. Because of this,


    Wyvern Peak had


    be a thom in his hide.


    Wyvern Peak would always suppress him from doing what he wanted in this country. Sometimes, he


    had to be cautious when giving out orders, which was why he wanted to destroy the whole of Wyvern


    Peak


    However, there were times when Chase would bepletely befuddled by Wyvern Peak’s actions. To


    be more specific, he could not figure out what Draco wanted to do.


    His understanding of Adrian was just too shallow to understand anything. In fact, Adrian was not a man


    he could ever.


    understand.


    Chase replied, “Why are they gathering at Southrive? Is there some kind of operation going on?”


    The other person on the phone answered, “I’m sorry, sir, but we don’t have a clue what they’re up to.


    Shall we send out a team to stop them right now?”


    “No!” Chase immediately rejected the idea. “I want you all to stand down for the time being. We need to


    find out what War Legate Draco’s rming. I want everyone to keep tabs on their movements at all


    times and inform me the moment something fishyes up.”


    “Yes, sir.”


    After hanging up the phone, Chase got up and said, “Inform everyone in headquarters that I want a


    meeting to be held this instant!


    While Chase summoned everyone at headquarters, Adrian was driving on Southrive’s highway while


    on the phone.


    Mya was on the other end of the line. She said, “I’ve given out your orders, sir. Everyone will arrive at


    the meeting spot in the next two hours. We’re expecting a turnout of thirty–one thousand men.”


    ”


    “Send out a team to surround the Gardner residence immediately and wait for me there. The others are


    to be divided into smaller units and scattered throughout Southrive on standby for my next orders.”


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    “Yes, sir.”


    Meanwhile, all the Gardners were going about their daily lives at ten thirty in the morning that day when


    tens of thousands of men suddenly diverged on their location from all directions.


    The Gardner residence was heavily surrounded, throwing everyone in the family into huge shock.


    Nobody knew what was happening.