Mercenary’s War

Nobody can save a damned soul, but those who seek death can still be saved with some effort.

But Nate wants to take Angel down with him to die, and the dozen or so remaining members of Angel are willing to accompany him in death; this is quite a dilemma.

Gao Yang truly doesn’t know what to say because Nate is genuinely not an easy person to persuade.

"Leave? I would love to leave, but if I don’t pull you back at the brink of death, I’ll regret it and live in self-blame. So to make my life a bit less painful, I have to save you."

After speaking ruefully to Nate, Gao Yang said helplessly, "Nate, you’re wrong. Your decision is a mistake. You’re great, I admit it, you’ve always been extraordinary, but you can’t take all your brothers to die just because hope is lost. In Colombia, without your help, Satan wouldn’t exist now. Last time, if you hadn’t arrived on time, I, shielding a heap of immobile wounded, probably would have been finished too. So, I saved you once last time, but I haven’t repaid the favor completely."

Saying a mouthful all at once, Gao Yang took a big gulp of coffee, only to quickly put down the cup, burnt, yet still dared not rest, and urgently said, "I said it, I would save you this time, and for free, so I’m here to save you now."

Nate’s face darkened as he spoke to Gao Yang, enunciating each word, "Stop wasting my time."

Gao Yang got angry, slammed the table, and shouted at Nate, pointing at his nose, "You’re the one wasting my time! You crazy bastard, if you insist on dying, I’m not stopping you, but don’t take Angel to die together. I’m on good terms with Can Opener and also with the Prince. Now that the Prince is dead, I can’t watch you send Can Opener to his death as well!"

Nate became serious, looked at Gao Yang, and said coldly, "I don’t need friends, Angel doesn’t need friends either. Ram, don’t flatter yourself. Letting you go in Somalia back then was to see if a worthy opponent would arise because invincibility is lonely. Now, not being your enemy doesn’t mean we’re friends. Clarify your position..."

"Bah!"

Gao Yang spat contemptuously at Nate, then loudly said, "Do you still think I’m the rookie I was back then!"

Nate furrowed his brows as Gao Yang spoke with disdain, "Back then, I really thought Angel was invincible. Thirty-something people, surrounded by thousands, without any fear, even accurately told us how many we had and could wipe us all out and escape safely. Bah!"

Gao Yang pointed at Nate’s nose, disdainfully saying, "You still want to trick me with that talk now, do you think I’m an idiot! I’m telling you, Satan is stronger than you now. In terms of battlefield mobilization, I can marshal more power than you. Back then in Somalia, huh, you were impressive, but surrounded by thousands, compressed in a small area, even if those surrounding you were gun-wielding monkeys. Trying to break out, I won’t even say if all of you could make it out alive, but not losing half wouldn’t get you out!"

Nate’s face turned completely cold, but Gao Yang continued disdainfully, "On land, Angel’s combat power is strong, but at sea? It’s already blocked by my forces at sea, and on land, it’s mortar and rocket fire. No matter how strong your combat power is, you’ll be slowly bombed to death, you arrogant lunatic!"

Nate’s jaws tightened.

Gao Yang refused to relent, wearing an arrogant smile, "Later, as Satan grew in numbers and strength, I learned more and slowly realized you weren’t fearless; you just didn’t want to die outright and intentionally negotiated with me, claiming it was due to mission expiration soon, while really, you were just buying time, scaring me off to escape! Wasn’t it!"

Nate opened his mouth, looking furious, but Gao Yang continued, not giving him a chance to respond.

Gao Yang slapped the table hard, shouting, "Setting the table and serving coffee once again, repeating the old trick to fool me! You even said it was good, not bad, that injuring two of your snipers was beneficial to them. Bah! Bah-bah-bah! If killing me guaranteed your escape, you would have done it right then! You were just posturing to trick me! Letting you go obediently, wasn’t it! Wasn’t it!"

Nate glared sharply, slowly saying, "You can try it now!"

Gao Yang was partly speaking from later realization but significantly exaggerated.

The Angel Mercenary Group didn’t have Satan’s overall capabilities, but in terms of assault capabilities, it is the strongest mercenary group.

Gao Yang and Nate viciously stared at each other until Gao Yang waved his hand and said to Nate, "I know why you refuse to stop, because you think there’s no hope. But, Nate, there is hope. If Ukraine doesn’t work, you could go somewhere else. Didn’t you just want to control a country? It’s quite simple. Look at me, I’ve already done it!"

Rushing through his words, Gao Yang grabbed the coffee pot, saying, "Don’t interrupt me now. Angel is like this pot of coffee. Two cups are poured, but there’s more than half the pot left. You can look back now; starting over is fine. But if you die here, it’s like the coffee pot..."

Gao Yang took the pot to the table’s edge, let go, and let the pot drop down.

"Just like this coffee pot, once shattered... just like this pot of coffee, once spilled, it’s gone."

Gao Yang meant to use the coffee pot as an analogy, but it turned out the pot he dropped was made of such material it didn’t shatter.

Luckily the coffee spilled out, so Gao Yang had to use the spilt coffee as an analogy.

Gao Yang cursed at the sturdy coffee pot for messing up his point while Nate calmly said, "This is my usual pot; it doesn’t break easily. You said you’d achieved what we hadn’t? No, you only influenced Somalia, but you didn’t control it. Somalia’s government wasn’t established by you, so what have you accomplished?"

After speaking, Nate stood up and then said flatly, "I understand your point; I appreciate your kindness and forgive your rudeness. Now that the coffee is finished, and so is the conversation, please leave. I have other matters to attend to."

At this moment, the sound of helicopter rotors rumbling outside made Gao Yang tense up. He and Joseph quickly drew their pistols, but Nate remained calm.

The ones arriving by helicopter were Angel’s people. The door opened, and a group rushed into the room, the lead person saluting Nate before loudly reporting, "Colonel, the mission is complete. Scarface is dead, Can Opener is severely injured!"

Nate turned his head to glance at the two carried inside, and then gently said, "Send the two of them inside. We’ll continue!"

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