Chapter 1534 Are You Kidding Me


    "You''ve been serving in the Dark Temple for three years now," Nathan said to Ava. "I trust you can


    identify which of the people here havemitted crimes of a magnitude that can''t be pardoned and


    which of them still have a sliver of humanity left within them."


    "Execute all the bastards who should not be pardoned. Leave the rest for the Peacekeepers. They


    will send them to the International Military Courts to stand trial.”


    "Yes, sir.” Ava bowed.


    It was not long before Ava had singled out quite a few people from the crowd present. They were


    put to execution immediately amidst a storm of blood and fury.


    Out of the remaining seventy people gathered, half of them had been grimly executed by Ava.


    A sudden bang split the still air, and it was deafening in the silence. Wood splintered as metal


    groaned torturously.


    The door of the meeting room had been blown to bits by a bundle of small-scale explosive charges.


    "Move, move, move!” A voice barked loudly. "Surround them immediately!"


    A troop of Peacekeepers rushed into the meeting room through the smoking remains of the door,


    guns drawn and armed. They fanned out quickly, surrounding Nathan and his alliespletely and


    boxing them in.


    The leader was a young man d in a smart uniform that identified him as the Major General of the


    Peacekeepers. The young man was from the Nation but carried himself in such a way that


    suggested he was from Ariarica.


    Obviously, he was themanding officer in charge of the Peacekeepers'' current operation, Axel


    Jordan.


    Axel entered the room just in time to see Ava mercilessly shoot an elder of the Dark Temple in the


    head.


    Surprise and anger racing through his mind at the sight, Axel shouted. "Stop! Put your hands above


    your heads now! Don''t even think about moving or we''ll shoot you."


    Nathan raised an eyebrow at the sudden ier. nked by Colin and his other underlings, he


    approached the Peacekeepers with his most charming smile. "Greetings! If I''m not mistaken, you


    must be Commander Jordan,manding officer of this Peacekeeper operation."


    "I''m Nathan Cross of the Nation, pleased to meet you." Nathan held his hand out in expectation of a


    handshake, even as he spoke.


    Instead, the unthinkable happened. Axel ignored Nathan''s offered hand, not even dignifying him


    with any response other than a cold usation. "Don''t tter me. Your men have been killing


    people."


    Nathan shot a nce at Ava before turning to face Axel. "Are you talking about her?"


    Heughed, startling the Peacekeepers. "I''m sorry, but we came here with a purpose. We''re here to


    eliminate the Dark Temple, not fool around."


    "Is there a problem with us sending these sinners to hell? It''s where they belong, after all."


    Axel was beyond furious. "You don''t get to decide whether they live or die— thew of the Military


    Courts does! It''s not up to you and it never will be."


    "Also," Axel''s eyes narrowed, "Don''t think even for a second that just because you threw some


    donations in our way and satisfied the leaders of the Peacekeepers, you can just trample all over us


    and do whatever you want. I won''t allow it."


    Nathan smiled. "But I wasn''t ignoring you and doing whatever I wanted. You are the keepers of the


    peace and I truly admire your dedication to uphold justice."


    "But we are warriors and soldiers. And as soldiers, we cannot be med for killing our enemies."


    Here Nathan tilted his head defiantly and he clearly wanted to challenge Axel. "Truthfully, we are all


    just doing our duties and what is expected of us."


    That being said, Nathan could not help butugh at Axel''s stony expression.


    "However, it might be true that your methods are gentler than ours."


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    Having said his piece, Nathan turned to his allies. He nodded at Colin, Ava and the Elite Eight.


    "We''re done here. Commander Jordan and his forces will take over and we should be going."


    Before Nathan could even take another step forward, Axel stepped forth to stop him. "Not so fast."


    His eyes were narrowed. "I just witnessed your subordinate Ava kill someone barely five minutes


    ago. That goes against every internationalw there is. She can''t leave with you."


    "In addition to that, my sources tell me that she was a professional assassin once." Axel''s stone-


    carved expression grew even colder. "And apparently, she was at the top of the league as well. I''m


    told her codename was S1. I''m sorry, but I can''t allow her to leave with you. We''re going to take her


    into custody along with the others to stand trial at the International Military Court."


    A dark cloud rolled over Nathan''s formerly unthreatening expression.


    He levelled a deliberately cool look at Axel. "Are you kidding me?"


    "If only I was," Axel said, just as icily. "But I haven''t even gotten started on you-allowing your own


    troops to kill prisoners of war? You''ll have toe with me for investigation too."


    "Men!" Axel raised his voice. "Arrest Nathan Cross and all of his allies!"


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