“Doyou still wantto interfereinothers‘affairsnow,Gideon?”


    Dustin’sgriptightenedonGideon’sneck.


    Gideonstruggledtobreathe,andhis heart raced.


    “Youngman,don’tact recklessly!”


    Gideongrittedhisteeth.“Holdingahigh–rankingmilitaryofficerhostageisa majoroffense.Evenifthemilitarycan’tcatchyou,theMartialArts Unionexists.Theywon’tletyougoifyouhurtme!”


    TheMartialArtsUnionwasresponsibleforsupervisingmartirtists‘conduct.Theywouldusuallypunishthosewhobroketherules.


    Itappliedtoallmartirtists,regardlessoftheirstatus,includinggrandmastermartirtists.


    “Areyoutryingtothreatenme?Doyou thinkI won’tdaretokillyou?”Dustin’seyesgrewcolder.


    “I’mjustwarningyou.Don’truinyourfuture,”Gideonadvised.


    “You’reyoung,talented,andhave apromising futureahead.Stopwhatyou’redoing;it’snotworthsacrificingyourfuture.Thinkitthrough.”


    “So,areyoutryingtostopme?”Dustinasked.


    “Listen,thisisyouronlychance.Ifyougonow,Iwon’eafteryou.Butifyouinsist,there’sonlyoneoueforyou–death!”Gideon statedfirmly.


    AsaGeneralofthe DarkPantherCavalry,heneededtodisyhistoughness,evenwhentakenhostage.


    “Gideon,stopwastingmy time.Youhavetwooptions:leaveorfacedeath!”Dustinwasgettingimpatient.


    He hadtriedtotalk itout,butifsomeone continuedto block him,he’dhavetotakedrasticactiontomakeapoint.


    “Damnyou!”GideonredatDustin.


    “Three…”


    Dustinbegancountingand tightenedhisgrip,makingbreathinghardfor Gideon.


    “GeneralZink!Thisguyisjusttryingtoscareyou.Don’tfallforit!”Trentchimedin.


    “That’sright!!Withyour reputation,hewouldn’tdaretoactimpulsively!”Jacobadded.


    “Rhys!GeneralZinkleadsahundredthousandtroops.Ifyouharmhim,youwon’tleaveherealive!


    “Dnshouted.


    “Two…”This belongs to N?velDrama.Org: ?.


    Ignoringtheiments,Dustincontinuedtotightenhisgrip.


    Gideonstruggledfrantically,and thefearofdeathoverwhelmedhim.Hewantedtobegformercy,


    buthispridekepthimsilent.


    “GeneralZink!Hang on!”TrentencouragedGideon.


    Hiseyesfilledwithanevilintent.HeknewthatGideon’sdeathwouldbenefitthem.WhenDustin


    killedGideon,theDarkPanther CavalryandtheMartialArtsUnionwouldgoafterhim.


    “GeneralZink!Restassured,evenifyouwerekilled,we’vengeyou!”Dnderedwith


    conviction.


    “Avengeme?”Gideon’seyestwitched,andhealmostcouldn’tcontain hisanger.Itwaspointlessto


    avenge himifheweredead.


    “One…”


    Oncethecountended,Dustin’seyesbrimmedwithdetermination.


    Gideontrembled,convincedthatDustinwaswillingtogothroughwithit.


    “Wait…”