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Chapter 173
Chapter 173
Chapter 173
Chapter 173 1/2 The moment Adrian charged toward the Luposians, Mya, who was being held hostage, broke free from her restraints and launched herself toward Beowulf. While Beowulf was startled and took a few steps back, Mya swung her iron fist at him, sending him sprawling onto the floor. At the same time, Adrian shouted, “Now!” What followed was a loud explosion, and the hotel’s main entrance was blasted open. The windows were shattered and armored soldiers from the Battle Warrior Department charged in. Meanwhile, Adrian swiftly retreated, allowing the Luposians outside the elevator to be trapped in a pincer attack. They ended up falling into pools of their own blood. Up in the sky, a helicopter hovered above the hotel while Daniel, Thor, Zagan, and Serpent led their respective teams in an airdrop into the building. A full-out assault had started inside the hotel. “Protect the hostages,” Adrian ordered.
Special Ops units swarmed the place, with Magus personally leading the charge to surround and form at defensive line with their bodies to protect the hostage. Magus then said, “I need all of you to leave this place in an orderly but swift fashion.” All of the hostages got up and ran out while keeping low. One by one, the hostages successfully left the hotel within minutes and there were zero casualties. Outside, standby vehicles were already waiting for them. They immediately left the area after the hostages got in. And so, the situation in the hotel reached its climax, with gunshots ringing out through every floor. Most of the Luposians were dead within half an hour, with Daniel and his men cleaning up the stragglers. Downstairs, Mya had successfully pinned Beowulf to the ground, who was later tied up by the others.
He could not break free. After another half an hour, the assault ended in a sweeping victory. Beowulf stood by with a horrified expression on his face, never expecting that his defenses would end up being taken down so quickly. Adrian walked up to Beowulf with his hands behind his back and said, “Looks like your people oversold you when they gave you the nickname ‘Northdesert’s King.” “How could you be worthy of being called a king when you can’t even defeat Lucas’ subordinates?” Beowulf looked at Adrian as he breathed heavily, unable to recognize the latter through just his eyes. “You’re not Lucas. Who are you? How did you manage to infiltrate my ranks without me noticing? Who in the hell are you?! “Lucas would never have defeated me if not for you.” Adrian smirked and replied, “I’m the war legate, but most people address me simply as ‘legate.’ You’ve heard of me, right?” Beowulf instantly broke out in cold sweat at the sudden revelation. He looked at Adrian in a daze. “Y-You’re the legate? Impossible. You can’t possibly be here. Shouldn’t you be at…” “Shouldn’t I be where? Are you sure your intel didn’t get mixed up?” Adrian smiled. “You…” Beowulf’s mouth was left ajar. Before he arrived at Swallowston, he was most afraid of running into the legate, so he made doubly sure that Adrian was not around. Yet, the very man he was afraid of was now standing right before him. Would you not agree Beowulf was playing with fire by doing such a thing in the presence of the legate? “Sir, I Beowulf was suffering from a men tal breakdown as Adrian said, “Take him back and find out who it was that allowed him to come into Swallowston. I want to know everyone who allied themselves with him.”
“Yes, sir.” Adrian did not stay behind and left the building to look for Samantha.
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