Zeke immediately rushed to Ares’ side. “I’m the Great Marshal, Zeke Williams. Ares, how are you feeling right now?”
Ares suddenly grabbed Zeke’s wrist and exclaimed urgently, “The four sects have risen and plotted for a hundred years... I... Investigate them...”
Zeke was overwhelmed with admiration.
He really is loyal to Eurasia because he still worries about his nation even though he hasn’t fully regained consciousness yet.
Zeke patted Ares’ hands gently. “Don’t worry. I’ve got this.”
Upon hearing that, Ares fell unconscious once again.
Zeke then stood up with an expression of great displeasure.
The four sects have already started their operations and they have plotted for something for a hundred years!
Through that revelation, Zeke surmised that the interference of the Martial Artist National Examination was definitely the result of the four sects’ meddling.
Zeke instructed, “Sole Wolf, we’ll set off with the doctor. Also, send a message to the Alpha Suicide Squad asking them to be prepared for battle.”
Most ordinary people only knew about normal academic examinations and not the Martial Artist National Examination.
That was because the academic examinations were open to everyone, while the Martial Artist National Examination was only open to martial artists.
Once the martial artists had passed the test, they would be enlisted in the army, becoming a private.
After intense training, they would then become military officers of various ranks, taking up the responsibility of defending the nation.
It was no exaggeration to say that the Martial Artist National Examination had directly affected Eurasia’s national security, so Zeke had to treat it very seriously.
On their way there, Zeke asked the doctor for more details.
The doctor’s grandson’s name was Jeager Link, and he was trained in martial arts ever since he was a child.
He had turned eighteen this year, so he wanted to take the Martial Artist National Examination.
Passing the exam was Jeager’s dream because he wanted to become a soldier, to defend the nation just like his grandfather.
To his surprise, a group of people suddenly approached him a few days ago and stopped him from taking the exam.
They gave him two options.
One, take the exam on behalf of someone else and they would reward him with a large sum of money, or two, withdraw from the exam and get nothing in return.
They also threatened that if Jeager dared to take the exam without their knowledge, they would destroy his entire family.
The Link family knew that they were no match for them, so Jeager had already made up his mind to withdraw from the exam.
However, the doctor met the Great Marshal today, and that sparked hope in him.
Zeke exclaimed in surprise, “Mister, you’re a top-rank military doctor, so you must have some power in the army too. Why can’t you afford to cross them? How powerful are these people?”
The doctor answered, “They are from the Tomb Sect, from one of the four major sects in Eurasia.”
Huh?
Zeke furrowed his brows.
There used to be tens of thousands of martial arts sects in Eurasia, but only four of them remained until now.
The Tomb Sect is one of the four.
Even though they managed to survive, they are still in a very dilapidated state, so they aren’t very powerful.
The doctor’s authority should be much higher than that of the Tomb Sect’s.
Zeke expressed his confusion to the doctor, and he sighed and replied, “You’re right. The Tomb Sect has been dying off slowly, and they might cease to exist any time. However, a few years ago, the Tomb Sect had trained a very powerful figure, and that person helped the Tomb Sect to regain its former glory.”
Zeke asked. “I see. Do you know who that person is?”
The doctor shook his head. “No. But, I heard that the general isn’t that powerful himself, and he only managed to join the army because someone took the Martial Artist National Examination on his behalf.”
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