General?
This information struck Jaxon and the rest of the Schulz army like a lightning bolt. Everyone stood there, rooted to their spots, their mouths hanging open.
Jaxon's face turned ash-white instantaneously, and his whole body began to tremble with fear. He had thought that Nathan looked familiar earlier and had been wondering where he had seen him before.
But Nathan wasn't in military uniform, so he didn't realize that Nathan was in fact the Marshal of the North.
Having finally joined the dots, Jaxon felt like his whole body had been submerged in ice water. With a quivering voice, he whispered, "Oh no... Oh no! He's the General of the North!”
Zach Hill had just led ten thousand warriors onto the battlefield, while more continued to pour in.
"Franklin Wilson, Commander-in-chief of the Channing military district, and his thirty thousand elites have arrived at the battlefield."
"Theo Crawford, Commander-in-chief of the Alberesque military district, and his thirty thousand warriors have arrived."
"Edwin Lynch, Commander of the Rapier Special Forces in East Bay, and his five thousand men have arrived."
"Oscar Anderson, Commander-in-chief of the Alberesque police force, and his ten thousand armed police have arrived."
Jaxon, Vance, Haruto, and the rest of the Schulz army could only stare and listen as the inpouring infantry announced their arrivals.
They couldn't stop their bodies from trembling, while cold sweat flooded their pores.
Some particularly faint-hearted men were so horrified that they wet their pants on the spot; the stench of urine began to permeate the air.
The number of men that had arrived to lend their support to Nathan Cross had exceeded one hundred thousand.
What is this? This is just too f**king terrifying!
Many of the men in the Schulz army even started to cry. All they wanted to do right then was to pack up and go home.
Nathan looked across at the familiar faces before him: Zach Hill, Franklin Wilson, Patrick Ward... He then glanced at the hundred thousand troops that had completely boxed in the Schulz army. A little perplexed, he asked, "Why are you all here?”
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