Chapter 1294 Austin Is Telling The Truth
''I know him! This elder in the green robes has helped me a lot, '' Austin remembered.
"Oh, it''s you.
It''s an honor to meet you again. I''m fine, thanks,"
Austin replied in a humble tone, cupping his hands at the two elders in a show of respect.
"Good, good. That''s great to hear,"
the man replied with a nod.
"Julius, Peter, what''s your rtionship with this brat? Why do you keeping to his rescue every time
something''s up?"
Baldwin questioned in a still furious tone, glowering at the two elders.
He knew that the two elders would stop him from taking Austin''s life.
Julius, who was dressed in green, and Peter, who was dressed in red, were both powerful elders and
he couldn''t afford to fight them and Austin at once.
In fact, the two of them were rather prestigious people in the South Continent and it wouldn''t be wise to
provoke them.
"Baldwin, what did this boy ever do to you? Why do you want him dead so badly?"
Peter countered without replying to Baldwin''s question, rolling his eyes at thetter.
"You!"
Baldwin was so furious at this that he ground his teeth hard, almost biting his lips in the process.
"Peter, don''t even think for a second that I fear you. If we get into a fight, you might lose,"
he finally continued after a moment, staring at Peter with a disgruntled look on his face.
"I know that I am a bit old now, so I don''t like resorting to violence and force. But if you insist, I''ll not
flinch in face of a fight," Peter responded.
Apparently, he too wasn''t afraid of offending Baldwin.
"Baldwin, just let this matter go, for my sake,"
Julius told Baldwin, cupping his hands to show that he didn''t want to fight, but discuss matters
amicably.
Baldwin''s gaze flirted at Julius''s face for a moment and then, with a hesitant look in his eyes, they
turned towards Austin.
''With these two old men around, it''s gonna be hard for me to take care of Austin.
What''s worse, he has a strong helper on his side—that stupid demon!
Looks like I will not be able to end Austin; at least not today, '' he mused.
"Humph!
Julius, Peter, are you sure you want to take this brat''s side?
You can see for yourself that he walks around with a demon who is amazingly powerful. Don''t you think
we should figure out what''s going on between those two? Why would a demon be on his side?
You also know that we had reached an agreement and appointed Colin as themander of the city,
but Austin yed some dirty tricks to take his ce.
As one of the leaders of the Southern Alliances Army, I think I am within my rights to punish him if I find
him guilty," Baldwin said, looking at Julius and Peter.
He was trying to turn the tides in his favor through discussions now.
"Have you forgotten what we promised ourselves when we first organized the Southern Alliances
Army?
We all agreed that everyone has to obey the rules and we are the ones who will make the decisions.
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Anyone who breaks the rules will be punished ordingly, without discrimination, without partiality.
But now you are trying to protect this brat.
Exactly what do you want?"
Baldwin stated calmly.
"Ha-ha, Baldwin, don''t be so serious."
Came a voice with a chuckle, as an elder, dressed in a silky white robe appeared beside Austin out of
nowhere, with a calm smile on his face.
"Godwin? !"
The sight of Godwin left Baldwinpletely flummoxed.
"Have youe here to back up this brat too?"
Baldwin asked.
''Just what the hell''s going on? Why are so many people trying to help this brat?'' he wondered.
Austin''s mood lit up when he saw Godwin. Here was a man he could truly respect from his heart.
He was about to greet the elder very politely, but thetter stopped him.
"Be silent for now," he told Austin through his spiritual sense.
Although Austin was confused, he did as he was asked. He stood still silently, and let Godwin speak.
"You got me, Baldwin. I am here for him. Now, do me a favor and spare Austin,"
Godwin replied, in his same, calm tone.
"Now that you all are speaking for him, I will spare his life today.
But I need to make one thing clear to you.
Austin has be themander of the Trinary Star City without our permission. We never
appointed him to this post, so he must resign from it.
Colin should continue tomand the troops here, because he is the rightfulmander.
We appointed him here, and that post is no child''s y.
If everyone begins to follow Austin''s example and steal their superiors'' ce, the Southern Alliances
Army would end up like a hell-stew. In fact, in such a case, the Southern Alliances Army won''t exist
anymore.
If you insist on letting Austin be themander, I''ll back out and leave the Southern Alliances Army.
And I won''t be the only one, I can assure you. There are going to be hundreds who''ll follow me without
question!"
Baldwin had given up on the thought of killing Austin for today. But that did not mean he had made
amends. He still hated to see him doing so well. That was why he wanted Colin to take Austin''s ce
and be themander. That would be at least one thing in Austin''s face!
"Come on, Baldwin, there is no need to be like that. I am sure there are simpler and amiable ways to
solve this,"
Godwin said, knitting his eyebrows.
''Baldwin is quite powerful. And he has a bunch of followers in the Southern Alliances Army.
If he backs out, a lot of cultivators will leave us behind him too. It would mean the loss of quite arge
number of cultivators and hurt our alliances in the long run. I''ve got to think about us too, '' he
contemted.
Julius and Peter also raised their eyebrows, though they didn''t know what to do now.
''Looks like this guy is determined to give me a hard time. Very well, so be it!'' Austin thought, staring at
Baldwin.
After musing for a while, he reached a decision.
"Ha-ha. I understand what you want. You want me to resign from the post ofmander.
Fine!
You should know that I never asked for this position. The only reason I am here is because every single
cultivator here asked me to. I was doing it for them, not me. So...
Anyway, you''re the boss, so you have the say.
Gentlemen! From now on, I''m not themander of the army in the Trinary Star City," Austin
announced in a t tone.
''Perhaps it''s better not to be in charge here. I feel rxed already, '' he thought to himself.
However, Baldwin didn''t even want to let him take the high road! "Austin, you''re a liar and a cheat. You
took the post against everyone''s will. Don''t think you can fool us; we know what you are!"
Colin berated emotionally, pointing at Austin with his index finger in a warning tone.
"Humph! You''re young, but you''re tricky. You''re not going to have a good ending!"
Baldwin tried to add to Colin''s insult, casting an angry re at Austin.
"Hang on! There''s no need for unnecessary finger-pointing and conjectures! I can prove that
Commander Austin is telling the truth. We asked him to lead us in our fight against the demons.
He didn''t use any dirty means to ensnare or trap us.
Everyone in this city is a witness to that fact," rk suddenly spoke up loudly after hesitating for a
while.
He took a step forward and then turned towards the cultivators in the city.
"Everyone, you were there, weren''t you? Austin agreed to be themander just at our request, right?
Are you all witness to that fact?" he asked in a clear and ringing voice.
The whole space quieted down for some moments.
Every single person who had fought beside Austin nced at one another, waiting for someone to
speak.
Momentster, not someone, but everyone did.
"Yes, he is right. We asked Austin to take charge of this ce. He is here only because of us!"
The cultivators of the Trinary Star city bore witness in unison and announced simultaneously.
Over fifty thousand people spoke at the same time, their voices ringing loud and clear and shaking the
earth and the sky.