Chapter 1054

Immediately, a series of gunshots were fired, and all of Ariel's men fell over dead. Ariel gaped when he saw this, but the others could not see the despair in his expression thanks to his mask. "I'll ask you again… Where's the manual detonator?" Ariel trembled and panicked. "Wait! Listen to me, War Legate Draco, I'll willingly become your subordinate if you let me live. Heck! I'll even be your slave if you want me to! With my help, I could even make you the monarch so that you can rule the world!" Slash!!! Ariel's left arm fell to the ground. "Ahh!!!" he squealed in agony. "I've got ten thousand ways to make you tell me everything I want to hear. I don't wish to repeat myself a third time." "I'll tell you, but please spare my life…" Ariel pleaded. "Fine, I guarantee you'll die a little more comfortably if you tell me what I want to know. Otherwise, I'll make you understand what true despair feels like. "One… "Two…" Adrian began a countdown, to which Ariel screamed, "There are four detonators! They're hidden at the four corners of the sea around the island." "How do you contact your men holding the detonators?" "Through a wireless connection, but you've already destroyed it. I can't contact them now," Ariel replied. "What happens after that?" "They've been ordered to flip the switch and blow this entire island apart if they don't hear from me after two hours." Adrian frowned. "I need you to think of a way to stop them." "I can't, it's impossible now." "Are you saying this place will be blown apart in two hours? Well, if I'm going to die, I suppose I'll send you off first!" Arian said coldly and moved in to kill Ariel. Broken down from despair, Ariel said, "I-I can still contact them, but please… Please spare me. I'm a complete cripple now. I’m no longer a threat to you." "Fine, I'll spare you if you give me what I want." "The plane… There's a wireless connection on the plane that can link you to them. They'll cancel the whole thing if I can speak to them." Adrian brought Ariel to the plane when he heard this, with Steel, Gloria, and a few others following behind. On the plane, Ariel quickly turned on the wireless equipment and tried contacting his men. The call was soon connected and Ariel said, "First to Fourth Squad, do you read me? This is Ariel." Beep, Beep! Two beeps were heard, followed by an answer, "Copy, sir. What's going on? Why did we lose contact with the base all of a sudden? Did something happen?" Ariel glanced at Adrian and replied, "We got a system error back at the base that caused a minor fire. We're postponing the plan for a day until the new temporary base has been built. In the meantime, I want you all to hold off from flipping the switch and wait for my instructions. Do you understand?" "Yes, sir. Copy that." "Over and out." The communication was cut off, and Ariel turned around. "I've done as you asked. They won’t flip the switch for the time being."