Jack Hughes did not sleep long that night.
The reason was he had to report his safety to Mr. Ward. Moreover, the sound of the wind wailing outside in the freezing Northern Territories was not ideal for him to sleep.
With a fireplace burning nicely in the room, alongside a heater, the room was not cold at all.
However, the wind wailing in the middle of the night made it an ordeal for anyone to get some sleep.
Moreover, horns and gongs sounded occasionally inside the “Thegiant City”. There were also noises of troopers in armor patrolling the place.
The entire Dragon Cavalry strictly followed the protocols from ancient armies.
Jack, who had newly arrived in the “Thegiant City” , was not used to his new lifestyle.
He was silent for the whole night.
Jack was woken up by the noise of an army drilling in five in the morning.
The sun had not risen by then, the whole place was still covered in darkness.
“Is this why the Dragon Cavalry conquered the border of the Northern Territories?”
Jack rubbed his nose and chuckled. However, he was excited for the coming three months of his life in the Dragon Cavalry, as he would never back down from a harsh experience.
He had been treating himself harshly for his entire life. He was certain that he could only be in a better place if he treated himself harshly.
This aspect of Jack fitted perfectly with the Dragon Cavalry.
If he spent three months just hiding in the Dragon Cavalry, it would be a colossal waste of time for him.
Three months were not long, but they were not short, either. Three months were long enough for him to make a lot of drastic changes.
Dedicating three month’s time into training was the best choice for Jack.
As he wasn’t drafted into duties yet, he was not keen on joining the troopers in drilling.
Jack recalled that Zenith Harol told him about a surprise, so he took out his phone and started searching for online news.
All he found was articles after articles of boring news, his so-called surprise was nowhere to be found.
However, he trusted in Zenith’s words on a surprise, so he kept on refreshing the news feed when all of a sudden.
A newly published news article caught Jack’s attention.
The words that made up the title of the article were striking to his eyes.
When all of the words were put together, they became Jack’s promised…surprise.
The article was the headline and reported about an incident that happened overseas.
The content was, the Sunder Cathedral was bombarded by an airstrike during midnight!
The simple title was able to capture Jack’s interests and made him extremely happy.
When he started learning about the Bloody Angel group from Brent and his associates, he remembered hearing from Brent that the headquarters of the Bloody Angel was in the Sunder Cathedral.
Well, if he recalled correctly. This news was a massive surprise for Jack!
He started working things out in his mind immediately.
He rubbed his nose and muttered, “Zenith told me about the surprise, then the Sunder Cathedral was bombarded by jets, don’t tell me…Zenith sent out jets in the middle of the night and bombarded the place?’
A short while had passed.
Jack said while laughing, “If it really played out that way, then I assume that the bastard of a fighter jet that intercepted me yesterday was sent by the Bloody Angel.”
In the blink of an eye, everything was clear to him.
For Jack, it was the only way to explain everything logically.
Thanks to Zenith, Jack really was surprised by the news.
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