The Legendary Man novel Chapter 531

Chapter 531 Separatist Movement

Wilbur’s smile faded when he saw the “X” mark on the table. As the commander of Yaleview Army, he had an army of more than six hundred thousand men under him. Being second only to the commander-in-chief, he was on par with Jonathan in terms of status.

Being such a high-ranking officer, he had seen it all, and nothing could really easily arouse his interest. Asura’s Office was the exception.

With the intensification of the in-fighting within Chanaea, it was expected that sooner or later, Yaleview Army and Asura’s Office would come face-to-face in confrontation.

Thus, Wilbur, as commander of Yaleview Army, would naturally be interested in information about Asura’s Office. He looked at Joshua warily and said, “Commander, if it is about Asura’s Office, I would like to hear about it.”

Asura’s Office was set up less than two years ago, but within that short time, it had unified all the armies in Chanaea other than Yaleview’s.

On many occasions, Wilbur had planned to get some men to infiltrate Asura’s Office to spy on them for him. However, it wasn’t easy, as the general population highly regarded the newly established Asura’s Office.

Trying to overthrow such an organization would be almost impossible. He never thought Joshua actually had the means to get access to insider information about Asura’s Office. Belatedly, he realized he had underestimated Joshua.

Within a decade, Joshua had risen from a deputy director to the position of commander-in-chief. To achieve that feat, besides the support from respectable families, it was only reasonable that he also possessed the necessary abilities and skills.

“I just received information that Jonathan had ordered all his undercover spies in Yaleview to retreat, evacuating all his own men. So, you should know what that means. They’re getting ready for war,” Joshua shared.

Wilbur was a tad disappointed with the information that Joshua shared. He initially thought Joshua had some highly confidential information, so the revelation of such inconsequential information was a big let-down.

Even if Joshua had not revealed that to him, and if the spies of Asura’s Office retreat en mass the next day, it would be obvious. As such, that information wasn’t very valuable to Wilbur.

Joshua noticed Wilbur wasn’t impressed with the information he shared, so he added, “One more thing—monitor the Eastern Army in the Northeast. According to my sources, there are unusual military maneuvers in that area, so they could be planning a separatist movement.”

Wilbur’s eyes narrowed when he heard that.

“Karl is planning to betray Asura’s Office? Would he dare to do that?” he asked in astonishment.

“It’s merely my guess at the moment as I do not have evidence to back it up now.” Joshua solemnly added, “Lately, Eastern Army has been very active. Our latest intelligence revealed that Karl’s family had gone missing for almost half a month. A few days ago, he captured Aidan, the commander of Medved Army, but the latter managed to escape during the hearing and made his way back to the north of River Onxy.”

Wilbur’s mind was rapidly analyzing the information as Joshua spoke, and he was quick to link the dots.

“You mean Karl may have made some sort of a deal with Aidan?” Wilbur muttered as that thought came to his mind.

When he looked up, what greeted him was the frosty look in Joshua’s eyes.

“Wilbur, did you just address me as ‘you’?”

At that instant, the world seemed to be frozen in time.

Wilbur felt his spiritual energy boiling over and then being drained out of his body. All of a sudden, he felt like a deflated balloon.

He stood up, bowed slightly at Joshua, and apologized, “It was a slip of the tongue, Commander. Please forgive me.”