Chapter 80 - Mysterious Savior

"Then be prepared, we are already within enemy territory. From the previous display on Amanda's monitor, about half a kilometer is the first possible point where Angeline is."

Cederic frowned, "The first point of possibility? So, the place is still random? Then, how many points are there?"

"Twenty-one points. And the distance from each point ranges from half to one kilometer."

Now Cederic can't hide his surprised expression, making David put one hand on Cederic's shoulder and smile. "Don't worry, I've always been lucky with number nineteen."

If they were walking on a smooth track, that distance would be nothing for Cedeic. But now the terrain they are going through is a bumpy terrain typical of mountains filled with snow. Both the terrain and the temperature are very far from friendly, of course it will drain Cederic's energy and mental endurance, making him uncertain that he will be able to survive if suppose they are ambushed into an unexpected battlefield that can happen at any time suddenly.

Unlike David. The thought of saving the girl he loved so much made him ignore all the terrible possibilities they would face on their journey to save Angeline. David did not care if he had to be ambushed again and again by the people who had kidnapped Angeline.

As long as he could save Angeline, death is a very small bet for David.

And Catty is also unlikely to leak this information, the information of Angeline's whereabouts, because after all Catty is the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Angeline. Especially with Angeline being kidnapped, Catty has also raised the war flag at David.

So, about the identity and purpose of the mysterious hacker is still a mystery in David's mind.

But David will not be afraid even a little bit. Even though that person with Amanda's level of hacking ability would even become his enemy, he wouldn't think twice about sacrificing whatever he could to save Angeline.

David is a husband who will not let his wife be in danger for too long.

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Angeline opened her eyes, her hands and feet still tied. Dry bread and a bowl of plain water already in front of her. The smell of weathered wood still filled her sense of smell. Angeline also crawled towards the food and began to eat the dry bread directly with her mouth. Thanks to her hands that were tied backwards, she couldn't use both hands at all.

After finishing the dry bread that was even smaller than an adult's hand, Angeline took a sip of the aluminum bowl filled with water to quench her thirst.

Angeline huddled back on the blanket, shivering from the extreme temperature typical of Mount Everest. Someone came in and took Angeline's empty plate and went back out and locked the door from the outside.

Angeline could only surrender, the first two days she had to spend her voice screaming, but knowing that her efforts were in vain, Angeline stopped wasting her energy and saved as much as possible so that she could survive until someone came save her.

The girl felt guilty that she had gone and left a letter to David, she thought he must be very worried about her. And her guilt grew because she knew that David was going to fight against someone as cunning and tricky as Catty.

Angeline just realized it, David's mind must be divided by not having her next to David. If she knew it would turn out like this, Angeline would not leave David and fall into Catty's trap like she was now.

Like David, Angeline also kept blaming herself for her stupidity.

Nobody knows how much longer Angeline will have to wait, the more time passes, the more she sinks into all the bad thoughts that haunt her mind. She tried to stay strong so that she can make sure that the baby in her stomach is fine.

Yep, because Angeline has officially become a mother, of course she can no longer only think about herself.

"Hey, Little Angel, how are you in there? Do you feel as cold as mom do? I'm sorry, because of mom's ignorance, you have to feel this way. But take it easy, soon, Daddy will come and pick us up. The two of us. He will definitely come and take us to a more comfortable place. Trust me, he is the only man who loves us more than anything in this world, like mom who loves you and also your father."

It was something Angeline kept on doing, trying to talk to the baby in her stomach as if it could hear her. It can calm her down even under this kind of pressure.

But suddenly, the noise that could be heard from outside the rotten wooden hut where Angeline was lying made her rise from her sleeping position. She peeked through the hole near where she lay and saw one by one the people were knocked down by a mysterious person wearing black clothes.

Even though the girl could not see the whole incident clearly, it made Angeline smile widely and could not hold back her tears until they escaped her eyelids. Angeline thought that the silhouette of the person dressed in black was David.

Bammm! ... Crusshhh! ...

The wooden door where Angeline was being held was smashed with one kick. But after seeing the person who did it, Angeline lost the smile that had been painting on her lips.

Angeline frowned, "Who are you? What do you want from me?"

"Talk later." said the man. He walked over to Angeline and untied her feet and hands. He also took off his black jacket and put it on Angeline's body, making the girl feel warm. It looks like the jacket she wears has an electronic body temperature heating device, because Angeline now feels really warm even in the midst of the extreme temperatures typical of these snowy mountains. "If you wanna see David, follow me."

That person also gives Angeline shoes bots that seem to have been taken from one of the men guarding the place where Angeline was kidnapped. After wearing it, Angeline stepped out of the wooden hut where she had been held for the past few days and followed the mysterious person.

Angeline still couldn't trust the person completely. Even though in reality that person was the person who had helped her, his mysterious attitude made Angeline still feel alert, because there was a possibility that the mysterious person who had saved her had even taken herself as a hostage to defeat David.

Angeline has often seen this in the films she has watched, where the female character is used as a hostage to defeat the male character who wants to save her.

"Is David somewhere nearby?"

"No, he went to the wrong place."

"How do you know that?"

The man digs up a pile of ice that is behind a tree that has been scratched with an X, takes out a backpack containing an Assault Semi-Automatic firearm equipped with an optical sight that can search for heat from a target one mile away and also a cylinder-shaped silencer at the end of the barrel. He also gave Angeline a handgun type firearm with a silencer attached to the tip of the barrel.

"Be careful, if you pull the trigger carelessly, someone's life will immediately be taken away."

Angeline stared at the pistol-type firearm with great doubt. "Why did you give me a gun?"

"I am not David who would be willing to give up his life to protect you. If there is something unexpected, of course I will be more concerned with my own life than having to sacrificing myself to protect you."

"Do you know David?"

The mysterious person smiled. "Compared to all those who claim to know David well, I am the first to know him, in fact I was the first to see his face when he was just born besides a nurse in the hospital, while my hand was holding the hand of the person who gave birth to David. And what I'm holding is the hand of the same person who gave birth to me too."

Angeline tried to process the mysterious person's words in her brain, but somehow Angeline didn't feel a lie at all from every single word he said.

Was he really the first to see David's face?

And he's holding the hands of the same people who gave birth to both him and David.

It means …

Impossible! Is this true?

No, Angeline couldn't easily believe it just like that.

Angeline remembers that David once told her about his older brother being taken by a secret government organization to volunteer for war at a very young age. But it had been years, long before Angeline met David. She must not be fooled a second time. This time, Angeline just chose to remain silent and follow the man who claimed to be David's sibling.

If indeed she was taken to where David was, whoever that person was not a problem even though he was a con artist, because what Angeline wanted ... no, what Angeline needed was to see David's face, so all the worries and bad thoughts that had been haunting her mind would immediately disappear. Angeline was very sure of that, because David was the only man she loved in this world.

It seemed, the truth about this stranger who saved her could be put off for now.. Most importantly now, she had to go where David was right now.