Lord Protector novel (Zeke Williams) novel Chapter 1654

Halfway through, they discovered the Carters' devious plot and had no choice but to abandon their search for the spiritual land to sort things out on that front.

If his conjecture was correct, the spiritual land that Missy sensed must be the Summerbank that Ares spoke of.

“We must find Summerbank and save Lacey, no matter the cost. Janus will surely return, and when he does, we will capture him alive and force the location of Summerbank from him.”

“Understood!”

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Meanwhile, at the Prince's Residence, Julian was getting a little worried.

He wanted to contact Camul to ask if Lacey was dead but was unable to reach either him or his assistant.

Bereft of options, Julian could only humble himself and reach out to Fourth Lord, who he was told by Camul had now taken charge of this mission.

Julian was able to find out how to contact Fourth Lord with relative ease, but it ended up similarly with no one to pick up at the other end of the line.

Unable to reach Camul before and now Fourth Lord, the strangeness of this whole situation left him quite perturbed.

Julian was prepared to make a personal trip over to Camul's when a disheveled figure half ran, half stumbled into the Prince's Residence.

When he managed to get a good look at him, his heart skipped a beat as he recognized it to be Janus, the steward of the Devonville Restricted Zone.

Why has he left the Spirit Stone mine behind and come all the way here covered in blood and muck? There must be trouble afoot!

Before Julian could ask anything, Janus staggered and fell onto his knees before him.

“Help me... Mr. Thisleton...”

Julian tried to retain his composure. “Speak. Tell me what happened.”

“I was useless and unable to perform my duties. Devonville Restricted Zone is lost,” Janus said.

“What!”

This exclamation came from within the inner chambers.

Connor stormed out and glared furiously at Janus. “Useless imbecile! A hundred-thousand strong army with ten King Class warriors and numerous Archdukes in its ranks is an unstoppable force in any account. Yet you somehow still managed to lose the Spirit Stone mine with that at your disposal? You deserve nothing less than death!”

Connor wished nothing more than to throttle Janus with his own bare hands.

“It was Zeke Williams!” cried Janus. “He was the one who snatched it back!”

The mere mention of that name shook Julian and Connor to the very core.

“Has Zeke reappeared?” Connor pressed. “He imploded his life force in front of everyone and should've been reduced to a common man, so how could he have defeated your golden army?”

“His subordinates, the Azure Dragon, proved too strong for us,” Janus said.

“Azure Dragon?” Connor thought aloud. “Why haven't I heard of them before? Exactly how strong were they?”

“By my preliminary estimates, they numbered no fewer than fifty King Class warriors amongst them. The rest were Archdukes. Their total strength was six hundred in all,” Janus replied.

What!

Connor and Julian were stunned.

Fifty King Class warriors, and close to six hundred Archdukes? What sort of invincible army is this that stood head and shoulders above that of the Four Hidden Sects?

Curse that Zeke Williams! When did he forge this Azure Dragon army and why haven't I heard of them before?

“I lost every one of our ten King Class warriors and half of our total forces. Please lend me reinforcements so that I may go back and right this humiliation,” Janus pleaded.