His speed was so fast that Ster could barely react on time.


    “Damn it! If I didn’t see it happen with my own eyes, I wouldn’t have believed a human being could


    have such speed!”


    Ster spat on the ground.


    The warden spoke in a low voice, “The abilities of the others aren’t as high as his, are they?”


    Ster climbed into the car while nodding. “Nash’s strength surpasses theirs by arge margin!”


    As he buckled the warden’s seat belt, he continued, “There’s someone who might be able topete


    with him…”


    The warden asked in surprise, “The one from Phoenix Ind?”


    Ster nodded silently.


    Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    The warden chuckled dryly. “The one from Phoenix Ind must be over a hundred years old. This kid is


    probably only in his 20s, right?”


    The car started slowly, and Ster suddenly asked, “Warden, you seem to like young people like Nash


    and Theo. Do you have some sort of special preference?”


    In private, Ster had always considered Warden as his big brother and would asionally joke


    around with him.


    Warden red at Ster unhappily. “Cut the crap! I’m as straight as an arrow!”


    After that, he pulled a wallet from his pocket and took out an oldminated photo from it.


    The photo was reddened and half burnt, so the figures in it were unclear.


    “Do you know why I’ve never been home?”


    The warden gently touched the blurred figures in the photo.


    Ster shook his head. “I have no idea, and you always bring out this old photo of yours… Is that your


    family in the photo?”


    The warden smirked in self-deprecation.


    “I’m the warden, the defender of the nation! I’ve defended this beautifulnd, but I couldn’t protect my


    own home! In the first year I went to the Northern Territory, my wife wrote to tell me she was pregnant!


    That year, she gave birth to a big fat boy for me, but I wasn’t able to get home until the child’s first


    birthday! When I joyfully returned home, all I saw was ruins!”


    The warden’s usual amiable aura waspletely gone once he brought up his sorrowful past.


    It was reced by an aura of endless killing intent.


    His gaze was as sharp as a knife.


    Such a strong aura made it hard for Ster to breathe.


    Thest time he saw the warden emitting such an aura was when he led a million soldiers to defend


    the frontier.


    Ster asked cautiously, “Who did it? Did you… get your revenge?”


    The warden covered his mouth to cough, and the overwhelming aura around him dissipated instantly.


    When he lowered his hand, there were specks of blood on his palm.


    “I used all avable resources to investigate the murderer, but all efforts ended in vain! It’s as if


    someone knew I was investigating, and they were secretly hindering me! It’s been ten years… Half a


    year ago, I lost contact with thest member of the intelligence team!”


    The warden closed his eyes, deep sorrow brimming within him.


    Ster was silent.


    If the warden was telling the truth, then this force was truly terrifying.


    This was even more shocking than the impact that the Smiling Grim Reaper had brought upon him.


    How strong would a force have to be to stop the warden from investigating the truth of the matter for so


    many years?


    Was the warden’s poisoning and assassination attempt rted to this force?


    This force targeted not just Warden but all of his kin.


    If the person behind it was not investigated and eliminated, the warden would face even more danger


    in the future.


    Thinking of this, Ster clenched his fists.


    He had to use all his connections to help the warden find out the truth.


    “Stay out of my personal matters!”


    The warden seemed to guess what Ster was thinking and gave him a raspy warning.


    The fact that he was poisoned in the Northern Territory indicated that the force had infiltrated the


    Northern Territory war


    zone.


    Ster was the one he had brought up personally, and he was also his most trusted friend. He did not


    want Ster to get hurt because of his personal affairs.


    Nash returned to the apartment, undressed, and looked down at his abdomen.


    The ten-centimeter-long wound looked particrly terrifying.


    “Deagol’s power and speed are several times stronger than Shawn’s. If I had reacted a secondter, I


    might have been cut in half by him!”