Winner Takes All novel Chapter 886

He did not hide his aggression. Although Achilles had been demoted from his position as the Chief Guard, he still had the confidence and aggressiveness of the past. At this point, his presence filled the entire military service department. Even Commander Shawn was overwhelmed and was stunned for a moment when he was pushed aside by Achilles.

Jack and the rest simply followed Achilles into the department. Debut and the other three were ecstatic and were secretly celebrating when they walked into the department in full view of the others. They were under the leadership of Achilles and were happy that Achilles was the victor in this encounter. The other sergeants started to whisper among them.

“Tsk tsk… Once a Chief Guard, always a Chief Guard. Even if the Commander had demoted him, not anybody could offend him.”

“Terminal Arena… haha, Commander Shawn will never have the guts to take Achilles on at the Terminal Arena. He would be ground into mincemeat by Achilles.”

“Sigh… look at that Commander Shawn. Those were past grudges. Now he still brought it up to Achilles. Now he had shot himself in the foot and had lost face. If they were to fight at the Terminal Arena, even three of him would not be able to take on Achilles.”

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The combination of whispers became loud because of the number of people present. Each of their comments trickled into Commander Shawn’s ears. Instantly his expression turned for the worst as each sarcastic comment was like a blade slicing into his body. He felt the intense fire raging within him…

Indeed, he wanted to make things difficult for Achilles. Why couldn’t he take a shot at the sergeant who was once a Chief Guard?

But Achilles’ mention of “Terminal Arena” had put the fear into Commander Shawn’s eyes and he did not want such a conflict. Now, it was clear that he now had lost face.

All sorts of mixed emotions raged within Commander Shawn. When he saw the five of them entering the military service department, Commander Shawn said through his gritted teeth, “Stop right there! Achilles!”

The intense roar silenced the entire room. Everyone stared in disbelief at Commander Shawn. Did Commander Shawn really want to challenge Achilles at the Terminal Arena?

Achilles stopped and slowly turned towards Commander Shawn and walked past Jack and the rest. He looked directly at Commander Shawn and asked, “Has Commander Shawn changed your mind and would like to challenge me at the Terminal Arena?”

There appeared to be a hint of panic in Commander Shawn’s eyes.

After a pause, he sternly said, “Bullshit! So many people are here to make their reports. You’re only a sergeant, how could you bring four rookies straight into the military service department?”

On hearing, the onlookers became perplexed. Some of the sergeants began to look at Commander Shawn with scorn and disdain. They might not feel that way if Commander Shawn had accepted the challenge to the Terminal Arena. Which one of them had not gone through the baptism of fire? Now, not only Commander Shawn did not dare to accept Achilles’ challenge to the Terminal Arena, but he also continued to harp on something trivial to create trouble for Achilles. This was getting … ridiculous! How could a Commander speak in this manner in front of his subordinates?

“Commander Shawn, are you so despicable?” Achilles said and continued to ask, “You dared not accept my challenge to the Terminal Arena and now you want to lecture me on queuing up as a Commander?”

“These are the rules!” At this point, Commander Shawn had lost the moral high ground and could not care less about what the others thought and continued, “Everyone is queuing up, what makes you so special that you can cut the queue? No matter what achievements you had, you can’t utilize your influence as the former Chief Guard to cut the queue. How can you lead you men like that?” He said it as if each statement was factual and reasonable. However, everyone felt uncomfortable when they heard his statements.

Every soldier was dedicated and full of pride. Whatever Commander Shawn was doing now had started to make a fool of himself.