Ch 3

After completing his cultivating session Alex came to his grandpa Anthony's room to attend an important meeting of state.

When Alex entered he saw a guy in black clothes and a face covered with a weird mask reporting to Anthony with a rage-filled voice but seeing Alex he stopped speaking and left the room.

In the room were Noah ( Prime minister), Henry(Garrison Commander), Commander Luther( Training camp commander) John ( Head of the Intelligence Department) & Gerald ( Head of Palace Gaurd) Anthony looked at the people in the room and said

"First of all a month later, We Anthony Williams will place my grandson Alex Williams as the next Earl of Uniyara. Start decorating the palace as We will officially announce this in court in 28 days."

Anthony looked towards Noah with a smile and spoke " Noah, send a letter to Count Westwell & other vassal forces informing them of this event."

"Your majesty, please think of it as done," Noah spoke as he bowed respectfully.

Looking at his subjects and seeing no objection on their faces, Anthony continued.

"The point is that we have got information that Earl Ronald Brown and his successor Dean had been murdered by their vassals. And with their death, their power on vassals has ceased to exist. John, order your subordinates to give Alex the files that contain information about Brown vassals."

Anthony turned to look at Alex and said, "You should study these files carefully. Alex should Uniyara remain passive or active in this situation is your decision. As your decision can determine the fall or rise of Uniyara think about it carefully before making any decision."

Anthony waved his hands as a signal for Alex to leave. After Alex left, the meeting continued for hours with its contents unknown to everybody.

After Alex got the documents he studied the documents all night. Alex left his room early morning to go to the barrack thinking, "I should know the army I am going to command and it's never hurt making some connections."

After Alex entered the barracks he noticed an instructor who was shouting arrogantly at soldiers.

Alex picked a wooden sword and headed straight for the sparring area as he asked the instructor for a duel, "Hey let's have a duel."

The instructor recognized Alex and looked at Luther for help but Luther shook his head coldly. Seeing this the instructor's face went pale, noticing Alex spoke to the instructor

"It's a simple duel and nobody going to kill you if you injure me. So relax and enjoy the duel."

Taking a deep breath the instructor entered the ring while thinking he was dead. They both took a fighting stance and started moving in a circle while looking at each other.

Alex attacked first and swung his sword toward the opponent's head casually. But that casual strike contained so much power that Alex's opponent was forced to bend his knee.

The instructor used all his power to push back Alex's sword but it was a futile attempt as before he could stand up he got kicked in the head with such force that he lost consciousness.

A few minutes later the instructor woke up to see Alex standing in front of him. Alex asked while laughing, "What's your name?"

"Roman Berg" he replied of breath.

"Roman, you called this a fight. You know the way you were shouting at those soldiers, I thought you were strong but you were surprisingly weak. Well, at least you have courage."

Alex noticed a wagon trying to enter the barracks while he was talking and shouted toward the guards, "Let that wagon in." Looking at the new soldiers who were looking at him with eyes filled with anticipation, Alex ordered,

"Today you guys are going to drink beer until you faint and don't worry nobody going to punish you."

"Hurray!" The soldiers cheered thunderously.

Alex smiled as he looked at them but internally he was thinking,' I don't know how many of you are going to be alive after the operation. So, think of it as your last beer.'

While the soldiers were drinking beer and enjoying the party, a guard approached Alex and Luther and said politely, "Sirs, the bandits struck the Arcadia village and killed three hundred of our soldiers."

Hearing this news Alex's expression didn't change but Luther clutched his sword causing the soldiers to stop drinking.

"It's fine, continue your drinking," Alex said to the soldiers with a smile causing Luther to look at him with questioning eyes.

"These bandits are asking for death. Hurry with the preparation, we will be leaving in 3 days." Alex whispered to Luther.

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Amelia POV

When I got to know what was going on, I hurried to get trained by my brother. When I found him he was being lovey-dovey with an uncle. Hearing my footsteps my brother broke away from his uncle.

"What are you doing?" I asked but what I wanted to ask was 'You ain't gay, right."

"I am talking about something important with Luther. What are you doing here?" My brother asked me.

'As if I saw you being lovey-dovey with Luther.' I wanted to say that but couldn't cause I knew it was all my imagination. Like every girl's imagination whenever they see two handsome guys standing close to each other.

"I came here to get training from you to become a warrior. I want to help too." I declared in a firm voice.

"What?" My brother looked taken aback for a moment before he smiled and ruffled my hair.

'Fuck, you are messing my hairstyle.' I cursed internally.

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Near Arcadia village, inside the mountains were bandits partying while sitting beside the campfire.

One of the bandits said to their leader, "Boss you were right. Those fucking villagers and merchants were truly lying. They were filled with gold but weren't willing to pay security fees."

Another bandit jealous of his companion's closeness with the leader gritted his teeth as he took out his treasure which he found in the village.

"Boss, I found this girl unconscious inside the village. She is really pretty."

The girl he was pointing at was barely 20 years old with cherry lips, big eyes, and black skin. Her body was toned with large breasts and hips. In other words, She has an attractive body that these savages couldn't resist.

"Haha, You have made me happy." The bandit leader laughed gleefully as he looked at the attractive lady with lustful eyes.

A new bandit whispered in the older bandit's ears as he looked at the group partying without fear,

"But we killed 300 soldiers, we should be hiding not partying. Williams soldiers will kill us if they got their hands on us."

"You are a newbie so you don't know but the Williams can't do anything to us. It's not the first time we have killed their soldiers." The older member reassured the newbie.

But what he didn't know was that the newbie was right. Death was approaching them soon in the form of Alex.