174: Chapter 130, The General’s Son!
174: Chapter 130, The General’s Son!
“I had a friend…” the old man began.
Tang Fei glanced at the old man.
Conjuring friends out of thin air?
Whatever topic n might be discussing, if they start with that phrase, it’s likely about themselves…
Tang Fei suspected the old man was spinning another tale.
If it really were just a story, he would leave without looking back and never trust him again.
He had listened to his two stories, and he did not want to listen to a third…
“From a very young age, his dream was to beco a General.”
“I was the opposite of him; I was afraid of death, afraid of bleeding, and didn’t dare to go into battle and fight, so I wanted to work behind the scenes, designing Intelligent Armor or weapons to help him in his battles…”
“We both had made a promise early on, striving toward that goal.
He battled through the bloodshed at the front, and I backed him up by crafting the most powerful military weapons and cha.”
“He was a Martial Arts prodigy, entering the Grandmaster Realm at a young age, the youngest Grandmaster in the history of the Phoenix Empire, and the man most likely to reach the peak of Martial Arts and beco a Great Grandmaster…
those so-called March Seven Stars are no match for him, they aren’t even worthy to carry his boots…”
“Back then, New Star was rather unstable, with frequent wars erupting between nations, especially as our nation and the Aus Empire fought to the death over resources and land.
On several occasions, a nationwide mobilization order was issued…”
“In such troubled tis, heroes erge.
My friend started as an ordinary chanical Soldier and quickly beca the commander of a chanical Camp, leading them to nurous extraordinary military feats, achieving one military miracle after another…”
“His rise through the ranks was incredibly fast.
Taking command of a division, then an army, he beca the Grand Marshal of the Empire before he turned forty…
Second to none, above tens of thousands…”
“Although he ca from a noble family, he didn’t carry any of the arrogance or pretense of those high-born young masters.
He was as close to every soldier as brothers…
Always leading the charge in battle, always the last to retreat…”
“He never once abandoned any of his comrades, always telling them, you are your parents’ child, the parents of your own children…
The General is human, you are human, the General has a family, and you have one too…”
“Such actions are actually quite foolish, for the battlefield is ever-changing.
A mont’s neglect could land oneself in grave danger.
Yet, it was this ‘foolishness’ he persisted in for decades, and he saved countless lives…
No matter where he was in command, the soldiers adored him, proud and honored to be his troops…”
“My wife was a dical soldier.
During one rescue mission to the front line, their dical chopper was intercepted by Aus Empire forces.
All the dics were captured…”
Tang Fei looked at the old man with surprise and asked, “You were married?”
The old man had never ntioned his family, let alone his marital status.
Tang Fei had also asked the old man where he ca from, and he said from a faraway place.
At that ti, Tang Fei didn’t quite grasp the concept of ‘faraway,’ thinking Lingyang City was already distant enough.
Without answering Tang Fei’s question, the old man seed completely imrsed in reminiscing, solemnly saying, “Everyone knew, given the hostile relations between the two countries at that ti, falling into the hands of soldiers from the Aus Empire ant those dics had a slim chance of survival…
It was likely they would suffer inhuman torture and humiliation and wish for death…”
“Upon hearing this, he led his chanical Camp in pursuit, slaughtering the Aus Empire forces, which outnumbered his own, and completely rescued the dical team…”
“I asked him why he did this.
He said that as the commander of the camp, it was an extrely risky and irrational act.
But as my brother, he couldn’t stand by and watch a brother’s family fall into enemy hands and be destroyed without doing anything…”
“If there was nothing to be done, then that would be it.
But to watch indifferently out of concern for one’s own safety when sothing could be done would haunt him for life…”
“Back then, I was just a chanic in the equipnt departnt.
I thought I didn’t need to go to battle, so there was no need to practice or learn those boring Ancient Martial Body Techniques…
It wasn’t until then that I realized how insignificant and vulnerable I was…”
“There was another incident where a batch of supplies from the equipnt departnt had issues.
Weapons intended for our Imperial Army sohow appeared on the black market and were first used by Galaxy rcenary Army…
The Military Departnt was furious and began to investigate who had sold the supplies…
And after all the searching, it ca back to , my signature on all the sales lists…”
“I was arrested, and with the evidence and those signatures…
all accusations pointed toward , privately trafficking Military Weapons during warti was a capital offense.
Awaiting was only the death sentence.
The trial verdict ca swiftly, and three months later, I was to be executed by injection…”
“In such a critical mont, my family couldn’t stand up for to avoid suspicion and for their own protection…
Because at that ti, people didn’t believe it was just , but considered it to be the collective act of our family…”
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