Path To Godhood Begins With Marrying Wife And Gaining SSS Rank Skill Chapter 688:Connect Me Allies

The surrounding officers immediately straightened their backs and saluted.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

The order quickly spread throughout the camp while messengers hurried away to inform every division.

Haster no longer spoke. He simply turned around and calmly walked back toward the command tent. His face remained expressionless, but the anger hidden beneath that calmness was obvious to everyone around him.

Just as he was about to step inside...

Another messenger came running toward him in panic.

"Your Highness! There is another problem!"

Haster slowly stopped walking before turning around.

"What is it?"

The messenger hurriedly knelt before him while his entire body trembled.

"Your Highness... Marquise Shatad is missing."

SWISH!

The instant those words left the messenger's mouth, an overwhelming killing intent burst out from Haster.

The surrounding officers immediately felt their bodies stiffen while several weaker soldiers instinctively stepped backward. The air itself seemed to freeze under the terrifying pressure.

Haster's eyes turned ice cold.

"What did you say?"

His furious roar shook the entire camp.

The frightened messenger lowered his head even further before hurriedly replying.

"Your Highness... Marquise Shatad has disappeared. We searched his tent, but he is nowhere to be found. The guards assigned to watch him... they... they were all killed. Someone butchered them and crushed their bodies into pieces."

A deep silence followed.

Haster slowly clenched both fists until the veins on his hands bulged. His aura became increasingly unstable before he violently stomped the ground.

BOOOOOOM!

The earth beneath his feet exploded apart while countless cracks rapidly spread across the ground.

"DAMN!"

His furious roar echoed throughout the camp while everyone stood there with pale faces. Not a single person dared speak another word.

...…..

BANG!

Marquise Shatad was thrown onto the rough rocky ground. He rolled several times before finally coming to a stop. Pain shot through his body as he struggled to push himself back onto his feet. He quickly looked around and found himself in a secluded rocky place surrounded by steep cliffs. The place was completely silent, and there was no sign of anyone else nearby except the white-haired man standing a short distance away with a calm expression.

The moment Shatad recognized the person before him, his pupils shrank.

"Marquise Ethan!"

His voice trembled as fear instantly filled his heart. Countless frightening thoughts flashed through his mind one after another. He hurriedly stepped back while staring at Ethan with horror written all over his face. His breathing became uneven, and his hands trembled slightly as he spoke in panic.

"What is the meaning of this, Marquise Ethan? You can't kill me like this. I haven't offended you after that incident, so why did you bring me here?"

He looked around once more as if searching for a way to escape, but the empty surroundings only made him feel even more helpless.

Ethan looked at Shatad's frantic expression and let out a helpless sigh before rubbing his forehead. He shook his head lightly and raised one hand, asking him to calm down.

"Calm the hell down. I didn't bring you here to kill you. I need your help."

Shatad froze for a brief moment after hearing those words, but the fear inside his heart did not disappear. Instead, confusion quickly replaced it. He carefully looked at Ethan and asked in a trembling voice while pointing at himself in disbelief.

"My... my help? What kind of help?"

Ethan looked straight into his eyes without the slightest hesitation and answered in a calm voice.

"Help me contact the Allied forces."

The words struck Shatad like a bolt of lightning.

His face instantly turned pale, and his eyes widened in complete disbelief. He instinctively took another step back while repeatedly shaking his head.

"W... What Allied forces? How could I possibly have contact with them? You've got the wrong person. I don't know what you're talking about."

His voice became more unsteady with every word he spoke, and his expression was filled with panic.

Ethan's expression immediately turned cold.

"Stop lying!"

His sudden shout echoed throughout the rocky valley and startled Shatad so much that his body shook.

"I don't have time to waste listening to meaningless blabber."

Ethan slowly walked toward him while keeping his eyes fixed on him. Every step he took made the pressure around Shatad grow heavier.

"I know very well that you're a traitor. In fact, Haster also knew about it a long time ago, and he even placed hidden guards around you."

The more Shatad listened, the more horrified he became.

His entire body stiffened, and the color slowly drained from his face.

"What... what do you mean by that?"

His voice had almost become a whisper.

Ethan stopped only a few steps away before speaking again in a calm but heavy voice.

"It's simple. I have been backstabbed by that fucking son of a bitch, Haster."

"Huh?"

Shatad stood there blankly.

For a brief moment, he wondered if he had heard wrong. He stared at Ethan's face, searching for even the slightest trace that he might be lying, but there was none. Ethan's expression remained deadly serious, and his eyes showed no sign of hesitation.

"I am not lying. That bastard betrayed us. He even tried to kill Duke Osantra. We accidentally discovered something that we were never supposed to see, and because of that, he decided to silence every one of us."

Ethan slowly clenched his fist so tightly that the sound of his fingers tightening could almost be heard.

"They are playing a very big game out there, and they are doing all kinds of nefarious deeds behind everyone's backs. We only managed to catch a glimpse of it, and because of that, he wants every one of us dead."

Shatad remained frozen where he stood.

His breathing gradually became heavier while his mind fell into complete chaos. He looked at Ethan with disbelief, but the seriousness on Ethan's face never changed.

Everything Ethan had just said completely overturned everything he had believed until now, and for the first time, he felt that the situation around the war was far more terrifying than he had ever imagined.