Winner Takes All novel Chapter 921

After receiving his investigative surveillance mission, Achilles returned to his barrack with deep suspicion written all over his face.

Jack felt a sudden realization hitting him when he saw Achilles unnatural facial expression.

Perhaps… His visitation this time didn’t serve to squash the suspicions, instead it had worsened it.

“Sergeant White, what is our mission for today?”

Debut was oblivious to any irregularities on Achilles’ face as he began asking.

“Some investigation and surveillance.”

Achilles came back to his senses and suppressed the unrest in his heart as he replied calmly, “Go get ready. We are departing in five minutes.”

Just as Debut and the others were busy preparing themselves, someone summoned Jack outside the barracks.

Without hiding anything, Achilles said, “The Golden Guard camp which Shawn belongs to did not carry out the escort mission lately while this mission is usually carried out by the teams under the commands of the Twelve Golden Guards.”

“What about it?”

There were slight wrinkles in between Jack’s brows, “Don’t you hear about something else?”

“This is the only piece of information I am able to get using my connections. If I continue to dig further, I would have violated the law in the army.” Achilles sounded a little powerless, “His position is higher than me, and I’m just a sergeant. It’s wrong in the first place to investigate someone higher than me in the dark.”

Jack rubbed his nose and cheekily tried to console Achilles, seeing that he was gloomy, “You don’t have to fret. You just saw him passing by the fortress, maybe he’s on some covert mission? After all, you can’t get anything substantial out of him, and I on the other hand need to hide my identity, rendering me unable to use my power as the Chief Guard. We have to tread carefully here step by step.”

“We have no other choice.”

Achilles could only nod with resignation.

Very soon, Debut and the others were ready with their stuffs.

Achilles led Jack and the gang to the supply department to get their gears, and then the five of them were trotting horses as they went out of the fortress. They started to make way towards the North with a snow storm over their heads.

However, unbeknownst to them, while they were sitting on horses as they galloped out of the North gate and disappeared into the snowy horizon, there was a pair of eyes that resembled a viper’s venomous gaze, fixating on their backs from the tall wall of the North gate.

Only when Jack and the gang had disappeared into the snow without any trace did Shawn retrieve his gaze and muttered with the stark coldness of winter biting into his bones, “The almighty Wolf, this is my first show of loyalty towards you. I hope that you won’t let me down…”

His voice was so soft that it was instantly lost in the howling wind after it came out of his mouth.

Nobody would pick up on that.

In the North region where the wide desolate plains were, chilly winter winds were blowing through everything, and the rain was hammering down on everything too.

They were threatening to swallow up this whole land.

As the weather became colder while winter came, the temperature in the North became lower and lower while the snow storm continued to ravage the land.

As for the region lying in the outskirts of the North, it was even more desolate with no signs of life. The whole place was a tundra, and there were decayed corpses just underneath that blanket of snow!

Jack and his team all had armors and full gear. Their war horses were galloping towards the outskirts and going deeper into the unknown.

Compared to their first investigative mission, they were now barely talking. Their senses of danger and alertness were heightened at the same time.

Achilles didn’t dare to let down his guard this time!

Their first mission completely threw him off guard.

If there didn’t exist Jack, who was the X-factor in the team, even if Achilles could secure his own life, he didn’t have the confidence to save Debut and the others.

Therefore, this time, Achilles no longer wanted to be caught off guard.

Even though this investigative and patrolling mission was harmless and relatively safe in their eyes, there might still be danger lurking around every corner, waiting to ambush them.

“Are we going deep into this territory for 100 km this time too?”

While they were venturing into the depths of the region, Jack shouted out his question to Achilles.

Although he was screaming, but his voice was immediately lost in the bristling winds. Only Achilles who was nearby could hear him.

But after he asked that, Debut, Cole and Yarol all turned to look at Achilles.