His control over human nature had reached perfection! "I know that you have already seen through every one of the Allied Forces' schemes, and as a prisoner, I am in no position to make demands of you."
"But as long as you agree to send agents to rescue my family from the Victoria Kingdom, I, Will Hoffman, am willing to swear in the name of the Hoffman Family that I will offer all my loyalty to the great Empire and fight for it until my death."
"So, could you please grant me this humble request in light of my good attitude toward surrender? I beg you, respected Warrant Officer John!"
Under everyone's astonished gazes, Will Hoffman—a man whom the soldiers of the Fifth Legion had always regarded as a model serviceman—was now making a surrender declaration so humiliating that he had utterly cast aside his dignity before the enemy commander.
But only Will knew that before this Imperial devil, who was sneering and had seen through everything—
As nothing more than an ordinary man, he had no choice but to admit defeat.
This was probably his fate!
At that thought, Will could not help revealing a bitter, despairing smile.
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Dude, what the hell are you talking about?
What do you mean, I saw through everything? What agents?
Do you even hear yourself?
All I wanted from the start was to get the Allied Forces' military funds from you. I only called Dick over because I wanted to use him to break through your psychological defenses and force you to reveal where the gold really was.
I really didn't know your mission was to assassinate me!
John roared inwardly, while the expression on his face became utterly spectacular.
At that moment, he truly realized just how cruelly fate had toyed