Winner Takes All

Zenith Harol's solemn words made the atmosphere in the room very cold.

The atmosphere was heavy and tense.

Jack stared at Zenith blankly.NôvelDrama.Org owns this.

He saw Zenith very few times, but every time he was proud and domineering to the extreme, and his warrior abilities were dignified and brilliant.

But now, when facing Zenith, Jack felt that he completely changed his attitude.

His pride and arrogance disappeared and he just had a grave expression.

"The so-called peace is maintained by some people in the dark who risk their lives at the cost of death."

Zenith had a deep voice and a cold expression, "I won't tell you in detail these things, but you will discover them when you join the army. I just remind you that, since you chose this road, you should be ready and do not rush out carelessly. If so, as your senior, I would feel sorry for you.”

Jack shook his head, "No problem. I will do my best even when tackling minor issues. Thank you senior for your remind."

The loud sound of the drill outside gradually weakened.

Zenith patted his knees with both hands and got up. "Come on, let's go to the recruits' reception office."

Jack nodded and, when he followed Zenith out, Zenith stopped and turned to the incense table when Dragon Silver Spear was enshrined. He picked up three sticks of incense, lit them and after three bows, inserted them respectfully and solemnly into the censer.

"Senior, is that the sword you used to destroy the city at once?" Jack asked curiously.

"Yeah, this is my old weapon, but I haven't had my weapon in recently like...two years" Zenith said with emotion, and let out a smile.

"You also need to pay your respects. That year in that city, I could only rely on the protection of my old weapon."

Jack smiled and said nothing more.

He picked up three sticks of incense and, in the same way as Zenith did, lit them and bowed, and after inserted them into the censer.

Then Jack followed Zenith to the recruits' reception office.

With Zenith's arrangement and also with the organization of the Golden Guards and a few middle level generals, Jack easily blended in with the recruits.

With Jack, there were a hundred recruits in total that time.

That number, if compared to the three hundred thousands of the Dragon Cavalry, was a drop in the bucket, even could be said that it was very little and almost insignificant.

But, when the recruits chatted with each other, Jack learned that the so-called recruits who entered the Dragon Cavalry were selected from the various military elite and after, they came to the Dragon Cavalry to report as recruits.

The Dragon Cavalry forced across the northern border, and faced a situation more dangerous than any other territory.

And the military achievements of the Dragon Cavalry made it become the holy place where the soldiers of the troops of every territory wanted to rush in.

Standing among the recruits, Jack heard about some who had already held positions in the old army and were willing to join the Dragon Cavalry.

Moreover, the number of recruits was not fixed, while the number of the soldiers in the Dragon Cavalry had always been maintained at three hundred thousand in a determined short time, after counting the missing and the new recruitments.

As for the recruitments of that time, it had only been three days since last time.

That, for Jack, was a startling situation.

One hundred recruits meant that one hundred veterans lost their lives in the last three days.

"Maybe is that what keeps the Dragon Cavalry at its peak, by sucking the blood of other armies?"

That was what Jack had in mind.

Anyway, there was nothing wrong with the attitude of the Dragon Cavalry.

Every border area had its natural barrier which could be relied on and defend the enemies. But the Dragon Cavalry was the only one that could guard firmly the border area like a fierce beast just by casting a "Thegiant".

Besides, inside the territory, every school kids knew that border.

The northern territory was definitely the most dangerous one!

The intensity of the war and the degree of cruelty in that place was perhaps even superior to all the other territories put together!

If you didn't use that blood-sucking recruitment method, not to mention Zenith, even if it was God, it would be very difficult to make the northern border invulnerable!

"Dude, which territory did you belong to before?"

A laughter penetrated into Jack's ears and broke his thoughts.

Jack turned his head, there was a burly man in front of him, who was half a head taller than he was.

His short hair stood upright like a steel needle.

He had a tough and stocky build, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and showed a determined attitude.

But while laughing, he showed some honesty.

"My name is Debut Moore, from the southern border 302Lion Special Operation Troop, I'm 25 this year."

The man in front of him grinned and reached out his hand to Jack.

Jack reached out and shook his hand, "I'm Jack" he said with a smile, "I can't say more because it's a secret. I'm sorry."

Now that he was a soldier, buried among the three hundred thousand soldiers of the Dragon Cavalry, Jack didn't have to hide his identity, which was quite common.

But as for the other information, like that of Debut, what should he say?

It was not that he didn't want to say anything, it's that he didn't have any information. Could he just make it up?

And yet, such a sentence immediately let Debut look at Jack with different eyes, awe-inspiring.

"Jack, I got it, I got it!"

Debut got closer to Jack, deliberately lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Jack is a talented man. After joining the army, if I'm lucky enough to be with him, please take care of me." Jack was speechless.

'What the hell...is he thinking too much?'

He didn't expect that such a perfunctory words would set off a brainstorm in Debut's mind.

Anyway, it had already come to that, so Jack didn't want to make more explanations.

Nodding his head, he smiled and said, "We have to take care of each other. After all, we are all recruits."

And yet. "Jack is really a talented man, so calm and composed, and he's similar to all the valiant generals I saw." Debut looked at Jack's eyes, completely into awe.

Jack was speechless again.

What the hell did he say?

"My name is Cole Sanchez everyone is a recruit here, let's know each other!"

Another recruit smiled and extended his right hand to Jack and Debut.

Debut first introduced himself and then, with a chuckle, he shook the hands of Jack and Cole and introduced Jack, "This is Jack."

No more details, no more words.

Jack and Cole got stunned for a moment.

"All right, all right. Just stand still, the roll call is coming up."

Debut giggled and let Cole stand on one side.

And then, after some time, he turned his head, looked at Jack mysteriously and then he raised his right hand, clenching his fist, and smacked it softly against his heart.

He said with a deep voice, "Don't worry, Jack. I know the rules of all the great talented men like you. Don't worry, I will keep your secret."

With that, he winked at Jack with an awe-inspiring expression.

Jack's eyes crinkled and his veins twitched.

Facing Debut, he suddenly understood clearly a new meaning of the word "Debut".

Smiling awkwardly, Jack looked the other way.

He couldn't say nothing more, otherwise Debut would misunderstand again.

"The Golden Guard is here!"

Just then, a might roar rang out.

Everybody in the crowd of whispering recruits got silent at the same time, and without exception, a hundred of people stood at attention with a snap.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐