At that time, Schubert had his face filled with horror. He started to stammer as he struggled to vocalize, "Y-you, y-you are..."
Colin Dunne bellowed, "In case you have not realized, the person here is the commander-in-chief of the entire North army, the General of the North, the God of War, Nathan Cross!"
BOOM!
Schubert Barton was still completely stupefied at the announcement Colin had just made, even though he already had an inkling earlier that Nathan was the General of the North.
He felt all of his blood rushing to his head, and the world around him was starting to spin.
Thud!
Schubert lost his stance and fell on his knees in front of Nathan Cross.
Cling! Clang!
The sound of all sorts of weapons dropping on the ground was loud and clear.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
In succession to one another, all of Schubert's followers dropped their weapons and fell on their knees.
The nauseating smell of ammonia rippled across the air. It was obvious that many at the scene had lost control of their bladder and wet themselves out of fear.
The General of the North. The God of War.
The man standing ahead was the young General who led hundred thousands of soldiers and had emerged victorious from seas of dead bodies and fresh blood.
The Barton family was just a mere speck of dust when compared to the General.
As Schubert Barton and the rest fell on their knees out of fear, the sirens at the secret military base started to wail.
Weeeeewwwwwww...
Batches of armed soldiers with rifles on their hands all rushed out from the base and surrounded Schubert Barton and his men in the blink of an eye.
This had destroyed all intentions the Barton family's men had to escape.
Schubert kneeled on the ground and stared at Nathan in despair.
He had started to grasp the reason why the police of Johnstone City or the leaders of the Channing had all protected Nathan with all they had, even it was at the cost of offending the Barton family.
Furthermore, he had also started to understand why Nathan Cross had the guts to disable and even detain both of his sons.
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