How can you become stronger if you don't build up bonds?

At 10 p.m., Lin Wei and his group of four prepared to set off.

The plan was to arrive at the Third Army's encampment at midnight and subdue and suppress all ten men, including Pavseldon.

Lin Wei's original idea was to carry out the arrest when the Third Army Corps arrived at the Corps' daily base, the Third Town near Fengdu, so that there would be no room for any accidents.

But Eugene's early solo return trip ruined this plan.

Lin Wei felt that it was possible for Papf to have noticed something unusual.

As the commander of the first vanguard battalion of the Third Army Corps, he directly commanded a force of 2000 men.

The quality of soldiers in the First Vanguard Battalion was second only to Eugene's SS Regiment, and even better than the Second, Third, and Fourth Regiments of similar size.

Furthermore, Pavf's influence was not limited to the First Vanguard Battalion he commanded; two of the ten men from that year were assigned to the Second Battalion, each commanding a battalion-level formation of 200 men.

Since the main targets of the various kingdoms over the past decade have been liches and monsters, the Third Legion, as a combat force to defend against enemy nations, has rarely engaged in actual combat.

There are also very few internal transfers and promotions within the legion.

In such a relatively rigid environment, trusted generals like Baffp, who have an inherent aura, can easily expand their influence.

He was extremely good at making friends and could always find ways to curry favor with people. Over time, his reputation in the military rose steadily.

Based on this calculation, the person Lin Wei is going to make a move against tonight is actually the second most influential figure in the Third Legion, second only to Eugene.

Eugene had seen all of his past behavior, but he hadn't thought much of it, simply assuming he was just trying to gain fame.

Looking back now, he was actually preparing a backup plan all along.

Although Eugene repeatedly assured that tonight's arrests would not cause any trouble, Bapf's so-called backup plans were meaningless.

As the head coach, he ordered the arrest, and Bapf surrendered without resistance. He was then taken back to Fengdu for trial. It was that simple.

But Lin Wei always felt that there was some clue he hadn't found.

Arresting and killing people is easy, but the key is to make the arrests justifiable and the killings convincing to everyone.

"Preparations are almost complete."

Apart from Eugene, Lin Wei and the other two wore pure black cloaks, and as long as they wore hats, no outsider could identify their identities.

"Your Highness, let me ride Justice with you, and I will shield you from the wind," Ares pleaded.

The staff in Zoreni's hand behind her tilted unexpectedly.

"No need, Justice." Lin Wei called out to the giant wind eagle Justice.

Upon hearing this, Zhengyi immediately put up a wind shield and ran obediently to Lin Wei's side.

Lin Wei slowly walked up to the back of Justice and gestured for Yare to quickly go to the judgment side.

This time, it wasn't Lin Wei trying to play matchmaker; rather, he had some personal matters to attend to during his journey and didn't want to be disturbed by Ya Lei.

"Set off."

…………

Late at night, on the Wallis Plain, near the Third Army's temporary encampment.

"Aren't you going back, boss?" Seldon asked, holding a torch as he approached Papf.

This was the edge of a forest, quite a distance from their camp, but Papf had been here an hour earlier.

"Is something bothering you?" Seldon asked again when Papf did not answer.

"Seldon, do you think we are heroes?" Bapf asked in a slightly hoarse voice.

"Is there even a question? We changed this era! If it weren't for us, the Hossman spears would still be constantly hovering over our heads! Even more people would have died at the hands of the lich in the early stages of the Lich War!"

Perhaps because there was no one around, Seldon couldn't help but raise his voice a little more:

"We are the great heroes of this era!"

Seldon's face was filled with excitement and pride, a stark contrast to the unease on Bapf's face.

"However..." Seldon suddenly changed the subject.

"But what?" Papf pressed.

"No, I just suddenly thought of someone, and when we talk about great heroes, we might have to exclude him first..."

"Who?"

"Are Chris, that man is simply not human. Boss, what kind of blessing did he get from Prince Lin Wei? Is there really such a thing as a blessing that makes someone immortal? He even dared to charge forward when the lich self-destructed..."

"Alright, Seldon, that's enough."

In the areas not fully illuminated by the torch, Papf's eyes were incredibly gloomy.

"Boss, why do I always get the feeling that you don't really like Alec Chris?"

"What if one day he wanted to kill you? Would you still continue to praise him like this?"

"Why would he kill me? I'm not a lich," Seldon asked, his face full of confusion.

"But you once obeyed the lich's orders."

"But I didn't know it was a lich back then. Besides, I was just obeying him and killing some damned scourges." Seldon remained self-righteous.

Bapf didn't know why, but hearing Seldon's stories didn't ease his unease; instead, it made him even more panicked.

Just then, he seemed to suddenly sense something.

"Who's over there?!" Papf instantly drew the dagger from his waist and threw it towards a clump of trees in the darkness.

"Ding!"

Upon hearing that the dagger had been precisely blocked, Papf's expression changed.

"Seldon, magic!"

Seldon possesses a slight talent for spellcasting, and over the years Bapf has forced him to learn several auxiliary spells.

"The Hothmans have gotten this far?!" Seldon unleashed all his light and signal spells in one go.

A piercing blast and a blinding ball of light rose into the sky simultaneously, and the figures in the bushes gradually became clearer.

"Your...Your Grace, what are you doing here?"

Seldon, who was drawing his weapon, froze when he saw Eugene's face, then breathed a sigh of relief and patted Bapf's arm:

"It was a false alarm, a false alarm."

But what he didn't notice was that Baffp's body was already extremely tense, and one of his hands had even touched the axe handle behind his back.

Eugene suddenly raised a hand.

The next second, dozens of rune-inscribed hard bows appeared from the bushes, aimed at the two of them.

Those were Eugene's most trusted archer guards.

"Lay down all your weapons and surrender. I'll only say this once." Eugene's voice was so cold it seemed to seep from a crack in the ice.

"Why...why? What happened...?"

Seldon was completely panicked. He instinctively obeyed orders and raised his arms.

But then, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Papf hadn't moved an inch, and even more surprisingly, his expression was one of defiance.

"Captain, what are you doing...?"

Bapf ignored Seldon; he was waiting.

There's still a chance for things to turn around if more people come here.

Sensing the firelight from the camp rapidly approaching, Papf finally spoke:

"If Your Highness only wishes to take my life, then please draw your bow; I will not flinch."

But if Your Highness intends to force me into submission through this fabricated charge, then I am afraid I cannot comply!