Scheme and reward

"Officer knuckles, this isn't the way we came through."

"He's right Are we lost?"

"Oh no, we are lost, we will never see the base again."

The person panicking the most was Lester. Although Frank noticed that the road was a bit unfamiliar, he had confidence in Wang Ben

"Shut up, we know where we are going," said Knuckles.

"But this road is so lonely, we haven't seen a single soul for a while now." It was Jake that spoke this time.

"We are just looking to have some fun," Marcus suddenly said with a smile.

The smile sent a shiver down the candidate's spine The smile wasn't any good ol' smile. It seemed sinister. They were definitely planning something.

"Oh calm down, nothing is going to happen to you." This time the person speaking was

Wang ben

"We have some scores to settle with someone, so we need to use the front gate."

Frank and the others had to go through the front gate before, but that was from their respective village main roads.

This was off the path and was lonely, so they were a bit skeptical. They were still young, after all, and although they trusted Wang Ben and the others, they knew that they were just cadets at the end of the day.

Soon the gate became visible and Jake and Joey sighed. They had gotten to the gate.

"All right, Frank, Joey, and Jake, back up," Wang Ben said.

They didn't know what these guys were planning, but they just followed orders and moved their horses to the back of the group.

"Let's go in," Wang Ben said with a smile.

Beside him were Marcus and Knuckles. They both had sinister smiles on their faces.

"heeya"

They moved onto the main road and towards the gate.

...…..

"Hey, you stop there," a voice echoed from the gate

It was Luke The dude had not changed at all; he was still obnoxious and power-hungry.

The men on the horses didn't even pay him any attention.

They just slowly rode into the base.

"Do you dare?"

Luke couldn't handle it anymore.

"Who were these guys? Didn't they know he was under the command of Elder Yun?" he thought.

He threw a palm toward the horse in the lead. He had lost his mind in pure anger and rage that they dared to ignore him.

"ptff"

His arm was blocked. He was knocked back a few steps

But soon managed to stabilize himself.

He felt a blade in his neck.

"Someone dared to put a knife to his neck inside the base?" he thought.

He was scared.

There were two possibilities as to why someone would do that.

One was that they had been living under a rock all their lives, but that wasn't possible. These guys were putting on fire-bird-issued uniforms, so they were definitely from this base.

No one would dare put on that uniform and come here if they weren't from the base.

The second and most terrifying possibility was that

These men did not fear him at all.

He was now afraid that they would kill him. The hit he just received proved that he had offended people he shouldn't have.

"I'm sorry, seniors," Luke said in a shaky voice.

"Ha-ha Luke to think the day would come that you would call us seniors"

It was knuckles. He was laughing at Luke.

Luke was stunned for a minute. What was Knuckles doing with this senior?

"wait"

Luke turned to take a close look at who had just hit him.

He was in shock. It was

Wang ben?

"No, he had called Wang Ben, Senior."

He knew Wang Ben was stronger than him. Wang Ben had even beat him up when he came back.

But this strength was something else. Wang Ben was now miles ahead of him.

"NO, I still have the elder Yun," Luke thought.

He then composed himself and said,

"Wang Ben, you keep acting domineering in front of the gate. You really have no respect. How dare you!" He screamed at the top of his voice so the elder Yun would hear him and come out.

But the elder didn't come out immediately. He wanted them to teach Luke a lesson. The guy was always causing trouble for himself.

Luke looked agitated The elder was ignoring him.

"He had to make him come out and save him."

That was what was going through Luke's mind, but he had no idea that he wasn't the only one thinking that

"Frank, come out here," said Wang Ben.

Luke, who was still detained

"He tortured you once, Frank. Don't you want revenge?" Wang Ben asked

Of course he wanted revenge, but although he was strong, he would still find it hard to beat Luke.

Frank slowly nodded

"Good go ahead, he won't be able to harm you while we're here," said Wang Ben.

"Yes sir," Frank said flatly, knowing exactly what he wanted.

He didn't forget how Luke had tortured him. He was almost mentally crippled, according to the old man. If he hadn't stepped in, Frank would not be standing here.

Frank slowly pulled out his knife and came down from the horse.

He was smiling.

"no"

"No you can't do this. This is the front gate. If you touch me you will be punished." he started screaming.

"Elder, please save me please."

But no answer.

When Frank got close enough, he threw a kick at Luke.

Luke tried to release spiritual pressure, but it had no effect on Frank.

"You've had your fun, now stop," a voice sounded angrily.

And an old man slowly stepped out of the gatehouse.

It was Elder Yun. He was steaming.

"You dare?" he said.

He was looking right at Frank.

A candidate hit a cadet? He would never let that slide.

"You are unruly. You think because you have Wang Ben backing you, then you can do anything."

"You overexaggerate, elder," Wang Ben said.

He had a big smile on his face. His plan had worked. He had managed to infuriate the old man into coming out.

"He just wants revenge. He was tortured almost to death," said Wang Ben.

"It doesn't matter; he is not a part of this base yet, so he has no rights here." elder Yun glared at the Wang Ben.

"Oh, is that so?"

"He's not the only one that wants revenge too," Wang Ben said with a smile.

The old man looked at Wang Ben mockingly.

"You think because you've managed to break through to rank 6 of the body refinement stage that you can face me?" 'Elder Yun' asked.

"Ha-ha, of course not, you are an elder. I can't fight an elder," Wang ben said.

"Only the aged can fight the aged."

Elder Yun was stunned for a moment.

'What was he implying?'

"Elder Yun, my teacher has been looking for you."

Elder Yun now understood

He had been schemed against; it was a trap.

"You better not run away, Yun," a voice drifted over from the distance.

An elderly man was leisurely strolling by.

"You must have known this was coming."

This was towering zen

"So this was towering zen?" Frank had only one word.

"giant"

Towering zen was huge.

Elder Yun was scared that he wasn't even close to being a match for towering zen.

Elder Yun didn't waste any time. He flashed and before you knew it, he was outside the base. He was running for his life.

"You shameless old man!" towering zen commented flatly.

"Good job, Wang. You will be rewarded when I get back."

Towering Zen then started giving chase.

Everyone looked at him with admiration.

This was a true hero.

"Wait a minute, where is Luke?"

"Damn that sneaky rat. He used the opportunity to escape." they thought

"Never mind, let's go in," said Wang Ben.

Frank stood there in a daze.

"My father is stronger than him?" Frank just couldn't believe it.

That man was a monster.

He then got on his horse and followed him.

"Officer Wang, I'll be on my way now."

It was Lester. He had to go his own way now. He couldn't stay at the base with them, so he had to continue his journey.

"Okay, don't forget to deliver my message," Wang Ben said.

He handed Lester a message to deliver.

"I will." He then turned around and left.

The horses moved through the streets of the base. It was a sight to behold.

They felt like heroes that had just come back from battle.

...….

Battle stage

These familiar characters were in front of them once more.

To some, this was home, so they quickly settled down.

The candidates went back to their dorms. This was a place they hadn't been to for a while, but they had to go back and rest.

On the way to their dorms, they met some of their neighbor's

fellow candidates like them, so they said hello.

"I'm so tired I need to crash," said Joey as he reached for the door.

"click"

There was someone in their room.

An old friend

It was the fatty.

"jack????!!!!"