The guardian's sword by Taking Cigarette novel Chapter 1620

Steven quickly retreated to avoid it, but the slap did not really fall.

“It’s not that I won’t help you. It’s because I can’t! Mr. Joe is no ordinary man! I’m telling you. Even if the mayor Quentin showed up today, he couldn’t save you either! If you hadn’t given in and apologized, that man would have killed you!”

“Are you exaggerating it to scare me? I don’t believe he has that much power… Tell me who this Joe is.” Steven asked, looking unconcerned.

Dwayne immediately said, “You don’t recognize him? He is… He is… Forget it. I’m not telling you. But keep in mind that you can’t afford to mess with that man!”

“Hmph!” Steven snorted coldly.

Dwayne knew Steven did not keep his warning in mind when he saw Steven’s behavior. However, Steven was not his biological son, so why did he care?

***

Three days later.

Benita was working in the commander-in-chief’s office.

There was no ongoing war, so there was not much work to do, and most of it was trivial. Even so, Benita took everything seriously, especially the financial aspects.

They were in the City-State Union, far from Dragon Kingdom, and you could describe Dorodo’s city defense army’s situation as being far away from the central government and thus beyond its control.

Therefore, Benita had to avoid things like embezzlement of military funds inside the army camp. Fortunately, there was no such phenomenon in the army camp after a period of inspection, which pleased him.

Just then, Rebbeca strode in. “Commander, Astor wants to see you.”

Rebbeca nodded and turned to walk away. Astor, Hezti, and Steven soon walked in, following Rebbeca.

Astor’s expression was stiff, and he kept looking at Hezti with hostility. On the other hand, Hezti was beaming.

When Steven walked in and looked up to see Benita, his haughty expression froze.

“You!” Steven yelled, pointing at Benita.

“Watch your attitude. This is the city defense army’s main camp, and you’re looking at the city defense army’s commander-in-chief!” Rebbeca chided bluntly.