I, who was eager to retire, became an Imperial General.

Chapter 128 Night Raid and Invitation

Nighttime, Horseshoe City, in the bedroom of the city lord's mansion.

As time passed, the moon continued to move westward, and its bright light shone through the cracks in the window, illuminating a corner of the room.

Beside the bed, two figures appeared as if by magic, scrutinizing the sleeping figure on the bed from both sides, while raising sticks wrapped with wooden strips in their hands.

Then, it suddenly slashed downwards!
"!"

At the same time, Major General Tony, who was immersed in his dream, seemed to sense something, and his previously steady snoring stopped instantly.

The moment the two dark figures lunged at his forehead, he snapped his eyes open.

He immediately used his technique without hesitation.

"Shock!"

"Crack!"

As a blinding white light enveloped Major General Tony, the next second, the sound of wood cracking and the shockwave from the impact instantly filled the entire room.

Large amounts of sawdust and broken down feathers flew through the air like exploding fireworks, obscuring everyone's view.

But Major General Tony, who had just completed the counterattack, didn't even have time to think before he sprang back towards the corner of the wall.

Almost the instant he fled, in his constricted pupils, a broken wooden splinter was suddenly impaled on the metal frame of the bed.

Listening to the dull thud, Tony had no doubt.

If he hadn't dodged in time, there's no doubt that the blow would have crippled his arm on the spot.

"who!"

Major General Tony stared in shock and anger at the dark figure ahead, about to activate the communication device on his waist to warn his soldiers of an enemy attack.

The next second, he suddenly felt a tremendous force slam into his neck.

"Oh!"

"Crack!"

With this impact, Tony was slammed into the wall on the right. The terrifying force made his throat churn, and he almost vomited up his dinner on the spot.

He endured the sharp pain in his neck and the discomfort in his stomach, opened his eyes and looked at the two assassins in front of him, dressed in black night clothes, but whose figures still made them recognizable as two women. An uncontrollable surge of anger welled up in his heart.

Just as he was about to unleash his full power of magic to show the two assassins who dared to attack him just how terrifying the Lyra family's shock magic was.

However, the moment he raised his palm...

He suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of crisis. Just as he was about to withdraw and dodge, he discovered that an arrow flashing with green light and moving at an extremely fast speed broke through the constraints of space like lightning and approached him in an instant.

With his indescribable strength, he covered his hands with an elite-level steel body technique, making them able to easily withstand 5.56mm rifle bullets.

While piercing through in an instant, it also used indescribable precision to firmly pin his body to the wall behind him.

What shocked Tony even more was that three more arrows, also shimmering with green light, followed the attack.

Unlike the former, these three arrows were aimed at his other arm and two thighs, respectively.

What they had in common was that all three attacks pierced through his body.

"Boom!"

The arrows trembled under the force of the impact, and General Tony, who had been furious, was now pinned to the wall in a bizarre manner by the four arrows fired in quick succession.

And under the entanglement of that green light, even though his face turned red, he was still unable to break free from the oppressive force of the arrow.

Most importantly, under the illumination of this green light, he could clearly see the distinctive silver hair of one of the two assassins who had tried to kill him.

He suddenly understood everything and was about to angrily berate the other side's commander for daring to send them to attack him when, in the next second, another female soldier suddenly pressed a face mask against his face.

Stimulated by the intense smell of a mixture of magic suppressants and potent sedatives, his body convulsed for a while before finally going limp.

"Clap clap clap!"

However, after seeing Tony fall unconscious, the female soldier who had drugged him did not stop. Instead, she used all her strength to slap him three times across the face.

Still seemingly unsatisfied, he was about to deliver a kick to the other person's groin when...

Feeling Leia's questioning gaze, Wendy reluctantly stopped what she was doing. Instead, she pretended that her legs were sore and moved her ankles, but secretly took the opportunity to step on Tony's feet several times.

Having finally calmed down after retaliating by stomping on his toes, Lieutenant Wendy coughed twice and then used the communication device in her ear to contact Siegfried, who was waiting for a reply on a distant building:

"This is Lieutenant Wendy. The target is unconscious. Mission accomplished. Corporal Siegfried, you may now release the magical restraints!"

"Roger that!"

"Buzz!"

As the words fell, the emerald green thread connecting the arrow slowly dissipated.

Tony, who had been firmly suppressed by this force, fell to the ground as Wendy reluctantly pulled the arrow out. His forehead made a dull thud as it hit the floor.

"Boom!"

"Lieutenant Leia, I'm not trying to be mean, but what were you thinking just now? Why did you hit him on the neck? What if you'd killed him? Our mission would have failed!"

As Wendy took out a pre-prepared rope from her bag and deftly tied Tony up like a human dumpling, she complained somewhat resentfully to Leia, who was silently pulling out a sack behind her:

"Luckily, I was more skilled and prepared sleeping pills in advance, otherwise I would have really been killed by you this time."

"Feel sorry."

Leia blushed and replied, her heart filled with annoyance.

She originally intended to imitate the other members of the Black Hawk Down special forces and use a clever technique to knock Tony unconscious.

But she never expected that Tony's steel body magic would be so fragile.

It couldn't even withstand a third of her power before being shattered by her.

Even if she hadn't noticed the moment the magical barrier on the other person's body shattered and stopped in time...

Tony's neck will most likely have been severed by her chop.

If Tony were to die in this mission to capture prisoners, it would undoubtedly cause trouble for Major John.

And I'll probably be disliked by Major John because of this, right?

Sure enough, I was a useless piece of trash who couldn't do anything right, far inferior to Lieutenant Wendy.

Leia watched with envy as Wendy skillfully bound Tony into a tight knot and quickly stuffed him into a sack.

But when she saw Wendy turn to look at her, she lowered her head in shame.

"Relax, relax, I'm not criticizing you. After all, everyone makes mistakes. The captain also told me this. As long as you can recognize your mistakes in time and correct them, then you are an excellent Maslow's Hierarchy fighter."

Seeing Leia's expression, like a child being scolded by their parent for making a mistake, Wendy felt extremely smug. However, she didn't make things difficult for this silly, strong girl. Instead, she coughed lightly, mimicking the captain's manner, and then said in a pretentious tone:

"Besides, as your senior, I also bear some responsibility for not informing you of this beforehand, so Leia, you don't need to feel so guilty. Just remember to correct it next time. Try to knock the target out in one go, understand?"

"Understood, Lieutenant Wendy. Next time, I'll definitely try to knock the target out as soon as possible!"

Leia looked determined. She had decided that after the mission, she would study how to subdue the enemy without killing them.

Of course, against more difficult enemies, it shouldn't be a problem to cripple them appropriately, right?

"Very good, Lieutenant Leia, you have not disappointed me. This is the mindset we must maintain. Only in this way can we, under Captain John's leadership, continue to contribute to the Empire, enabling it to become great again and spreading its blessings throughout the entire planet!"

"Yes!"

"Speaking of which, Lieutenant Leia, do you know anything about those five company commanders? Could you give me some information about them?"

"I do not know."

"Huh? Really? You're not kidding me!"

"No."

"..."

Amidst Wendy's scheming attempt to extract information about the "Contenders" from Leia, and Leia's quiet conversation, and the thumping sounds of Major General Tony's head being stuffed into a sack and dragged down the stairs, intimately colliding with the stairs.

After meeting up with Siegfried, the three figures gradually disappeared into the deep night.

Meanwhile, just as Wendy and her two companions completed their mission of capturing prisoners and returned to camp.

In a manor in Horseshoe City, as the door to the conference room was slowly pushed open, Samuel's weary and slightly puzzled figure slowly walked into the room.

Under the lights, he was taken aback when he saw the other four leaders, who were also gathered there and staring at him with the same surprised look.

What's happening here?
Didn't Major General Tony say he only invited him?
Why are the other four regimental commanders here as well?
Could it be that Major General Tony made a mistake when using the communication device and sent messages to the other four as well?
But before Samuel could even ask if the others had also received the order for an emergency operations meeting from Major General Tony,

As footsteps echoed down the stairs on the second floor of the conference room, John Maslow, dressed in an Imperial Air Force uniform and wearing a military cap, and surrounded by five company commanders from the 1st Battalion, led by Barnapo, slowly descended from the second floor amidst everyone's astonished gazes.

He first walked to the conference table, then, amidst the puzzled or surprised gazes of the crowd, he raised his hand to adjust his military cap, and then a gentle yet elegant smile appeared on his face.

But what he said next instantly made the pupils of the five regimental commanders in the room shrink to the extreme.

"I apologize for inviting you all here at midnight. If you don't mind, please have a cup of hot tea to refresh yourselves."

"After all, I don't want anyone to give the wrong answer in the next meeting because they are tired."

"As the host of this meeting, I hope to get off to a good start, gentlemen."

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(End of this chapter)