Chapter 530 - Auron's Military Trial (1)

Auron was waiting outside of General Aston's office. He already told the officer in charge to say to General Aston that he wanted to meet.

Unfortunately, it was not easy to meet with General Aston. Auron was rejected by the officer. However, Auron didn't give up. He showed the officer his intelligence corps badge.

With that badge shown, the officer didn't dare to wait. He rushed towards General Aston immediately.

5 minutes later, the officer in charge returned and told Auron that the general was in the middle of a meeting. He told Auron told to wait until the meeting was over.

Auron was not in a hurry. So, he nodded and waited beside the officer in charge. One hour later, Auron got called to meet General Aston. 

Not long after, Auron went inside General Aston's room. Inside the room, he could see that General Aston was sitting relaxedly on a couch.

Actually, General Aston was not in a middle of a meeting. He was relaxing and was not in a hurry to call Auron. As the leader of the intelligence corps, General Aston already knew the reason why Auron came here.

Although Auron had saved his life before, it was not enough for him to let Auron did what he wanted.

"Come! Take a seat!" General Aston told Auron to sit in front of him.

When Auron had been seated, General Aston continued, "What makes you here?"

General Aston was pretending he didn't know Auron's intention for coming here. Auron sat straight and said solemnly, "I need some help."

General Aston frowned. He kept on his pretense, "What happened?"

Auron started to tell General Aston about his problem. He also said about the secret level inside the dungeon. Of course, Auron told General Aston the truth that he completed the dungeon.

This matter already blew up everywhere. If the military decided to investigate, they would surely find out about the result. Moreover, even if Auron could keep the truth by himself, what about the Absurd team's members. So, Auron could not lie in front of General Aston. 

However, Auron still kept the matter about his sword secret. After all, only he knew how to enter the secret level and also what his rewards were.

General Aston laughed and said, "Ha... Ha... Ha... A small matter. It just a small matter."

Auron felt relieved. However, a second later, his relieved feeling was washed away. General Aston said, "It just a small matter. But, why should I help you?"

Although General Aston knew about Auron's value, he felt that it was not enough for him. Moreover, Auron was breaking one of the important rules in the military's code of conduct. General Aston intended to punish Auron for this.

Auron was pondering on what he had to do to make the general helped him. The room was silent for 5 minutes before General Aston broke the silence.

"You know right that you have broken one of the important rules. I don't know the reason why you choose this when there are many ways to resolve your problem."

"But, well. This time, I will let it go. However, remember, it was just for this once. There is no second chance."

General Aston finally revealed his intention. This sentence made Auron felt relieved. He knew that what he was doing was stupid. He did it because he was too angry and could not think the matter straight. It seemed Auron had an anger management issue.

With General Aston's promise, Auron felt one of his burden lifted. He stood up and thanked General Aston. Then, he wanted to leave the room when General Aston said, "If you are free. You can visit the intelligence corps headquarter for a mission. There is a mission that needs some member."

Auron stopped and nodded toward General Aston. Then, he left the place. Inside the room, General Aston shook his head. Just like what he had said to Auron, he didn't know why Auron chose to act that way when there were many other ways to resolve his problem. Then, he stood up and started to call.

Auron didn't go back to his room immediately. Instead, he looked for Zephyr. He had completed Zephyr's quest but not yet reported it back to him.

Not long after, Auron met with Zephyr in his room. Seeing Auron, Zephyr's face was calm. He didn't know whether Auron succeed or not. He felt that Auron would fail the quest, but he still hope that Auron succeed.

A second later, Zephyr's face turned brighter when he knew that Auron had succeeded. Zephyr immediately asked Auron to hand over the herbs. He was in a hurry.

Auron didn't waste any time and immediately handed over all of the herbs. After receiving the herbs, Zephyr didn't wait for Auron to go and directly went outside, leaving Auron dazed. 

But, not long after, Zephyr went back. He needed to lock his dorm room. He also thanked Auron and directly left Auron once again.

Auron shook his head. He didn't mind Zephyr's action. He knew why Zephyr acted like this. It was obvious that he was very eager to save his family's life.

Auron left Zephyr's place and went back to the Absurd team's base camp. However, before he walked too far, he remembered what General Aston had said. Hence, he turned around and went to the intelligence corps' headquarter.

What Auron found inside the intelligence corps' headquarter was surprising. Usually, the headquarter was calm, and there were not many people around.

However, right now, Auron could feel the hectic feeling inside the headquarter. He also saw many people running around carrying a lot of paper in their hands. 

Auron walked inside. However, from his side, a person shouted to him, "Move away! Move away! Don't just stand there!"

Auron found this situation surprising. Suddenly, a thought appeared inside his mind. "Did General Aston trapped him?"

However, Auron quickly dismissed the idea as he walked inside. He met the person in charge.